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[JoRo]

My first real attempt at an adventurer just got his head torn off by a giant cave spider.  I don't think I managed to damage it all before getting webbed and ripped to shreds.  I had managed to successfully flee from one, but this one took me by surprise.  Those suckers are fast.

[DamnedChoir]

My mightiest human adventurer once walked into a cave spider on accident. (Turned a blind corner, CAVE SPIDER!) In one blow, I cleft it chin to groin.

They are FEARSOME for a while, but once you get to be pretty badass, they're simple.

[JoRo]

I finally killed one!  I happened to be in a martial trance when one wandered by, and then proceeded to dismember it while taking no damage.  As soon as the trance wore off, I stumbled into another spider and had my upper body torn to pieces.
I need to start bringing a quiver full of arrows to chuck at them.

[Genuine]

Giant cave spiders are the new ultimate enemy considering they spawn everywhere now. I just finished playing an adventurer who managed to kill several of them using the careful methods posted earlier (throw stuff from a distance, let the drunks take the damage) but lagged into one unprepared while moving through a cave. Spider bit off her right leg at the hip, but was killed by the spearman who was following me through the cave.

Was able to (T)ravel out and retired her at a nearby town. The quest to kill the kobold elite bowman would have been safer than this.

[puffs]

Cave spiders are really only dangerous once you have 2-3 of them at a time once you get superdwarven/perfect/ultra-mighty and a decent set of iron armor. If they're in the middle of a long corridor you just chuck stuff at them until they die, and if they're around a corner I use a maul (or morningstar/hammer if you're a dwarf), beat them, then run around the corner and (s)neak again if they're not dead after one hit. The best part about blunt weapons is the knockback, those f*ckers won't be able to shoot web at you.

[God of Toast]

I've been chased by a Iron man, two cavespiders, and a cyclops. All at the same time.

[doomlichen]

Well, having cheated an adventurer to super legendary with maxed stats, giant cave spiders still aren't easy.

Sure, if you see them and get off a charge, you can take it out quick, but no matter what, one lucky shot of poison and you're as good as dead.

Legendary Super Hax took down 23 giant cave spiders in his career, before the last one survived getting 3 legs chopped off and bit his head off.

[Ostsol]

Started my first adventure in the new version.  I went right into a quest to kill a minotaur.  Down in the cave I killed several small critters including naked mole dogs, giant rats, giant bats, a giant cave swallow. . . and then I saw a white 'S' appear.  I don't know the tiles very well, so I 'l'ooked at it: Giant Cave Spider.

It was a couple tiles away and hadn't webbed me, so I charged at it.  In the first bunch of rounds I knocked it down and managed to break half its legs with my axe.  It webbed me and a giant rat joined in the attack on me.  They both got a hit in, but neither did any damage.  I got myself loose, bashed the rat away, then continued hacking at the spider's legs before one hit finally sliced open its cephalothorax, striking it down.

I hadn't received any damage in that fight, so I was feeling pretty good about myself.  I killed the giant rat that had joined the spider against me and then looked around for the minotaur.  Turning a corner, my screen was suddenly filled with announcements:

quote:The giant cave spider shoots out thick strands of webbing!
You are caught up in the web!
The giant cave spider bites You in the left foot!
The shot glances away.
The giant cave spider bites You in the head!
It is torn!
Your left ear has been badly torn!
Your nose has been badly torn!
You feel numb!
The giant cave spider latches on firmly!
You are feeling sluggish!
The giant cave spider shakes You around by the head!
It is broken!
You are partially free of the web.
You are completely free of the web.
The giant cave spider shakes You around by the head!
It is mangled!
The giant cave spider shakes You around by the head!
It is torn apart!
You have been struck down.

Dammit.  :mad:

[nicro]

Well i was strolling through the cave trying to find a particularly elusive troll for a quest. I started out having two drunks and an axeman. Both the drunks wandered off and promptly got aten by bats. I guess I was feeling ancious to the get on with the quest, so I was going pretty fast. I somehow went by a rat, but to my dismay a cave spider was right there behind it. I got stuck in between them, and in a few turns I was devoured. I guess my axeman got ate after me.

[nicro]

quote:Originally posted by BDR:
<STRONG>Hm, forgot to mention that item material and the quality of the weapon makes a difference in the damage as well.  I don't remember all of them, but unless you mod humans to have steel/obsidian/adamantium available, the best material type you can find weapons/armor as is iron, followed by (presumably) Bismuth bronze, bronze, and copper (I don't quite know what else humans have access to in the current version, as I admittedly haven't played Adventure mode much).  Quality modifiers can be found in the in-game/'?' help section, and one of the nice improvements (which is on by default) in this version is that, if the item is decorated, you can now see at a glance (without having to actually view the item up close and personal) whether it is just superiorly decorated (*<<iron>>*) or if it's actually a superior weapon as well (*<<iron>>*).  Nicely decorated weapons are nice, but they won't hit stuff any better than a non-decorated one, and they're also inevitably pricier.

I really thought you needed a hand free to strangle someone.. hm.  Well, in that case, it's a lot safer....</STRONG>

I start in a town with iron most of the time. You can't get anything better with humans? That sucks.

[Jinxed Captain Morgan]

When ever I meet a spider now I just high tail out of there.

[nicro]

quote:Originally posted by BDR:
<STRONG>Hm, forgot to mention that item material and the quality of the weapon makes a difference in the damage as well.  I don't remember all of them, but unless you mod humans to have steel/obsidian/adamantium available, the best material type you can find weapons/armor as is iron, followed by (presumably) Bismuth bronze, bronze, and copper (I don't quite know what else humans have access to in the current version, as I admittedly haven't played Adventure mode much).</STRONG>

how would you mod humans to be able to do this? I can't find anything in the human file about it.

[doomlichen]

Finally had a Giant Cave Spider work to my advantage. Got a quest to slay an Ettin, wandered to the cave, and promptly saw a bled to death message.

Being curious, I wandered in and saw a named Giant Cave Spider standing over its remains. Needless to say, I ran out of there as fast as my legs could carry me.

[Fedor]

quote:Originally posted by God of Toast:
<STRONG>I've been chased by a Iron man, two cavespiders, and a cyclops. All at the same time.</STRONG>

You aint' seen nothing, kid.

Was exploring a well-developed abandoned fortress in the 2D version (in hopes of getting better gear).  Battled my way to the cave river.  Doors open.  What do I see?  Two or three giant cave spiders, more iron men than I can easily count, and enough other beasties to densely populate a 5 wide corridor all the way to the limits of my line of sight.

I did eventually bite it on the grimly-fought retreat, but only after battling two days and a night, littering the place with iron statues, and even managing to off a giant cave spider.  That dwarf has servants a-plenty in Valhalla.

[ December 14, 2007: Message edited by: Fedor ]

[Helmaroc]

quote:Originally posted by Fedor:
<STRONG>Was exploring a well-developed abandoned fortress in the 2D version (in hopes of getting better gear).  </STRONG>

There's a 3D version? Or am I just not understanding something?