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[Robsoie]

I think you're talking about Sif Muna or Sif Muna

To check what is your current faith rank with Sif, if you play with the tile version, just right click on yourself to bring the character status panel and see how much # you have with Sif Muna, or you can press the ^ key and check directly what Sif is thinking of you.

If i remember well my last run with Sif, leveling Spellcasting and the various spell components (Ice magic, Fire Magic, etc...) will earn you more faith ranking, so each time you have experience to spend, cast a spell.
And additionally, be sure to worry about Spell Hunger, so prioritise Spellcasting in your Skill list (so most of the experience you can spend will go more into Spellcasting than in other magic branches, but don't worry even skills with priority turned off continue to gain a part of that experience spent, just slower than skill with priorityon) and select Intelligence each time you are allowed to increase one of your stats.

By example, when your Intelligence multiplied by your Spellcasting skill reach 100 by example, you can cast spell level 1 and spell level 2 without generating any spell hunger.

So in the beginning try to not cast higher spell level if you find very few food or can't butcher corpse easily, as the hunger they give to your character can be a real problem.

[baruk]

 I managed to complete the Tourney Sprint scenario, but 4 hours too late for it to be worth any points - it took a lot longer than anticipated..

http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/frankhovis/morgue-frankhovis-20100901-041510.txt

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.7.1-24-ga64cc90 character file.

2634392 frankhovis the Talismancer (level 18, 97/103 (114) HPs)
             Began as a Spriggan Stalker on Aug 19, 2010.
             Was the Champion of Nemelex Xobeh.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 3 runes (of 3 types) on Sept 1, 2010!
             
             The game lasted 07:06:04 (26262 turns).

frankhovis the Talismancer (Spriggan Stalker)      Turns: 26262, Time: 07:06:04

HP  97/103 (114) AC  1     Str  6      Exp: 18/253156 (3), need: 53643
MP  34/36        EV 42     Int 18      God: Nemelex Xobeh [******]
Gold 645         SH  0     Dex 18      Spells: 14 memorised,  1 level left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : +   J - +3,+9 quick blade
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : +   N - +1 robe {rN+}
Life Prot.: + + .   Conserve   : .   (shield restricted)
Res.Poison: .       Res.Corr.  : .   g - -2 wizard hat of Sif Muna's Regard {rElec
Res.Elec. : +       Clarity    : .   c - +0 cloak
Spirit.Shd: .       Stasis     : .   (gloves unavailable)
Sust.Abil.: . .     Rnd.Telep. : .   (boots unavailable)
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   T - amulet of warding
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .   v - +5,+5 ring of slaying
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .   B - +0,+6 ring of slaying

@: very slightly glowing, very quick, extremely resistant to hostile
enchantments, incredibly stealthy
A: unfitting armour, see invisible, berserk 1, deformed body 2, herbivore 3,
speed 3, -10% mp, slow healing 2, slow metabolism 3, EV +2, Int -1, Dex -2
a: Draw One, Peek at Two, Triple Draw, Mark Four, Stack Five, Renounce Religion


You escaped.
You worshipped Nemelex Xobeh.
Nemelex Xobeh was exalted by your worship.
You were very full.

You visited 1 branch of the dungeon, and saw 1 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 1 time.

You collected 6994 gold pieces.
You spent 6369 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - the +3,+3 falchion of Death's Door {freeze, rC++ Dex+4}
   (You took it off a deep elf annihilator on level 1 of the Dungeon)   
   It has been specially enchanted to freeze those struck by it, causing extra
   injury to most foes and up to double damage against particularly
   susceptible opponents. It can also slow down cold-blooded creatures.
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
   It greatly protects you from cold.
 C - the +0,+2 short sword "Cagew" {freeze, rElec rN+ SInv}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 1 of the Dungeon)   
   It has been specially enchanted to freeze those struck by it, causing extra
   injury to most foes and up to double damage against particularly
   susceptible opponents. It can also slow down cold-blooded creatures.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It enhances your eyesight.
 J - a +3,+9 quick blade (weapon)
 M - the +6 blowgun "Qavuud" {speed, +Inv}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 1 of the Dungeon)   
   Attacks with this weapon take half as long as usual.
   It lets you turn invisible.
Missiles
 e - 8 poisoned +0 needles
 I - a curare-tipped +0 elven needle
Armour
 c - a +0 cloak (worn)
 g - the -2 wizard hat of Sif Muna's Regard (worn) {rElec EV+5}
   (You acquired it on level 1 of the Dungeon)   
   It affects your evasion (+5).
   It insulates you from electricity.
 N - a +1 robe of positive energy (worn)
Magical devices
 o - a wand of healing (1)
Comestibles
 m - 4 royal jellies
 s - 11 strawberries
Jewellery
 d - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 h - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 p - an uncursed amulet of stasis
 r - the ring of Cecaolar {Hunger- rN+ Acc+2}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Dungeon)   
   [ring of sustenance]
   It affects your accuracy (+2).
   It protects you from negative energy.
 v - a +5,+5 ring of slaying (right hand)
 x - an uncursed amulet of resist corrosion
 z - an uncursed ring of poison resistance
 A - an uncursed ring of magical power
 B - a +0,+6 ring of slaying (left hand)
 E - an uncursed amulet of rage
 H - an uncursed amulet of guardian spirit
 K - an uncursed ring of sustain abilities
 P - an uncursed ring of life protection
 T - an amulet of warding (around neck)
Magical staves
 i - a staff of enchantment
Orbs of Power
 b - the Orb of Zot
Miscellaneous
 f - a stone of earth elementals
 j - a legendary deck of summonings {drawn: 3} {god gift}
 l - a legendary deck of summonings {drawn: 1} {god gift}
 W - a barnacled rune of Zot
 Y - a silver rune of Zot
 Z - a serpentine rune of Zot


 You had 3 experience left.

   Skills:
 + Level 13 Fighting
 - Level 17 Short Blades
 - Level 7 Throwing
 + Level 22 Dodging
 + Level 24 Stealth
 + Level 21 Stabbing
 - Level 6 Traps & Doors
 + Level 1 Unarmed Combat
 + Level 18 Spellcasting
 - Level 6 Conjurations
 + Level 25 Enchantments
 - Level 1 Summonings
 + Level 10 Translocations
 - Level 7 Ice Magic
 - Level 2 Air Magic
 - Level 4 Earth Magic
 - Level 10 Poison Magic
 * Level 27 Evocations


You had one spell level left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power          Success   Level
a - Blink                 Tloc           N/A            Excellent   2
b - Sure Blade            Ench           ########..     Perfect     2
c - Mephitic Cloud        Pois/Air/Conj  ######....     Excellent   3
d - Control Teleport      Ench/Tloc      #######...     Excellent   4
e - Deflect Missiles      Air/Ench       #######...     Excellent   6
f - Petrify               Erth/Ench      #######..      Excellent   4
g - Invisibility          Ench           ########.      Excellent   6
h - Selective Amnesia     Ench           N/A            Perfect     4
i - Haste                 Ench           ########.      Excellent   6
k - Levitation            Air/Ench       #######...     Excellent   2
l - Ensorcelled Hibernat  Ice/Ench       #######        Perfect     2
m - Summon Small Mammals  Summ           ####.          Excellent   1
n - Enslavement           Ench           ########.      Perfect     4
o - Mass Confusion        Ench           ########..     Excellent   6


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (1/1)

Altars:
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
The Shining One
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin

Shops:
D:1: (((=*[%![/%(%[[=**+(=?%

Annotations
D:1 exclusions: curse skull, 20 foul pestilence clouds, 61 freezing vapour clouds, 16 mutagenic fog clouds and 15 seething chaos clouds


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You are tiny and cannot use many weapons and most armour.
You have supernaturally acute eyesight.
You are a herbivore.
You cover ground extremely quickly.
You need consume almost no food.
You are surrounded by a mild repulsion field (EV +2).
You tend to lose your temper in combat.
You are clumsy (Dex -2).
Armour fits poorly on your deformed body.
You are dopey (Int -1).
Your magical capacity is low (-10% MP).
You heal very slowly.


Message History

Alright, then stay!
Unknown command.
You hear a distant "Zot"!
Are you sure you want to leave the Dungeon?
[Y]es or [N]o only, please.
Are you sure you want to leave the Dungeon?
You have escaped!

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There were no monsters in sight!

[Robsoie]

Impressive, after getting a victory in regular Crawl a day ago, now you get one in Sprint too.
Congratulations.
Before you know it, you'll get one of those amazing 15 runes victory

[Frumple]

remove duane, francis, and norbert

So I've found the git repository, and RSS'd the changes they're making... is the documentary or discussion as to the 'why' of these changes (well, the non-strictly-mechanical-improvement changes) hidden somewhere else? Duane had a really strong theme going on, with the whole sibling rage thing. I'd be curious as to why they ditched, uh, whichever gender pronoun fits that one.

Anyway, that's the question.

[Robsoie]

I think you're mistaking Duane for Dowan.

I didn't met Duane, Francis and Norbert in the dungeons enough to have them having any strong link with Crawl for me, but i find strange that the devs are removing uniques ?

I had some fun with a mummy chaos knight of Makhleb, the lack of hunger makes usage of the (if you survive enough to earn it) minor destruction spell a very good survival tool and minor servant can be very good as some demons may summon hordes of imps and create zombies with monsters that have just been killed.

The only problem is that the spell that will save your mummy from some nearly impossible to get away situations later (summon greater servant) cost so much faith that you'll soon enough lose it, needed to regain more faith ranks.
And you'll want to increase invocations instead of spellcasting if you want to keep those demons friendly instead of hostile (good that you don't have spell hunger with a mummy as you'll need to spam minor destruction to get move invocation skill).

Fortunately mummies are good characters for earning faith point for the deities like Makhleb that require corpses sacrifices, as they have no need to eat anything, you can just sacrifice everything you kill.
But it needs a lot to regain "summon greater servant".

That's a very fun combo.

[Frumple]

I think you're mistaking Duane for Dowan.

Whoops. Yeah, I was. Actually, I haven't ran into Duane very often, which is probably why I mixed 'im up with Dowan, who I run into regularly. The name's even fairly similar...

Francis and Norbert I stumbled over numerous times in th'tourney, though, I do kinda' remember them wandering around. I guess I was mostly just curious as to if there was centralized 'white page' material for crawl; I know the information is (mostly) out there, I just didn't know if it'd been put in one place. Guess I should look at the devwiki a bit harder or something.

[Robsoie]

Only wiki brainstorming page i found mentionning Duane is there :

Code: [Select]

https://crawl.develz.org/wiki/doku.php?id=dcss:feedback:uniques&s[]=duane
But nowhere i find any reason wrote for the removal of those 3 uniques.

[Dr.Feelgood]

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.7.1-24-ga64cc90 character file.

1286706 Demos the Sensei (level 25, 200/200 HPs)
             Began as a Merfolk Transmuter on Aug 19, 2010.
             Was the Champion of Cheibriados.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 3 runes (of 3 types) on Sept 3, 2010!
             
             The game lasted 12:01:18 (100621 turns).

Demos the Sensei (MfTm)         Turns: 100621, Time: 12:01:18

HP 200/200       AC 15     Str 29      Exp: 25/839726 (1), need: 60873
MP  40/40        EV 32     Int 34      God: Cheibriados [******]
Gold 3183        SH  0     Dex 30      Spells: 14 memorised,  4 levels left

Res.Fire  : + + .   See Invis. : .   c - Orb of Zot
Res.Cold  : + . .   Warding    : .   O - +3 robe of Cheibriados {rF+, Slow}
Life Prot.: + + .   Conserve   : .   (no shield)
Res.Poison: .       Res.Corr.  : .   L - +2 helmet by the Possum {Slow}
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : +   K - +2 cloak of the Snails {MR, Slow}
Spirit.Shd: .       Stasis     : .   a - +0 pair of gloves of Cheibriados {Slow}
Sust.Abil.: . .     Rnd.Telep. : +   h - +2 pair of boots from the Moon {Slow}
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: +   R - amulet of the Four Winds {Clar rN+ MR}
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .   g - ring of teleport control
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .   M - ring of teleportation

@: slightly glowing, very slow, incredibly resistant to
hostile enchantments, very stealthy
A: change form in water, Int -1
a: Make Ponderous, Bend Time, Slouch, Step From Time,
Renounce Religion, Evoke Teleportation


You escaped.
You worshipped Cheibriados.
Cheibriados was exalted by your worship.
You were very full.

You visited 10 branches of the dungeon, and saw 69 of its levels.
You visited 1 Labyrinth.
You visited 1 bazaar.

You collected 4666 gold pieces.
You spent 1503 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 f - the +6,+3 long sword of Certain Death {slice, +Rage +Inv rElec rC+}
   (You took it off an orc wizard on level 8 of the Vaults)   
   It inflicts extra damage upon your enemies.
   It protects you from cold.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It lets you turn invisible.
   It lets you go berserk.
   Cheibriados disapproves of the use of such an item.
 q - the +4,+6 broad axe of Disembowelment {freeze, Dex+2}
   (You took it off a yaktaur on level 8 of the Vaults)   
   It has been specially enchanted to freeze those struck by it, causing extra
   injury to most foes and up to double damage against particularly
   susceptible opponents. It can also slow down cold-blooded creatures.
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
 s - a +3,+2 dagger of stabbing (quivered)
 F - the +1,+3 sling of Dullness {flame, rElec EV+2 Str+2 Int-4 SInv}
   (You found it on level 7 of the Vaults)   
   It turns projectiles fired from it into bolts of flame.
   It affects your evasion (+2).
   It affects your strength (+2).
   It affects your intelligence (-4).
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It enhances your eyesight.
Missiles
 Z - 9 +0 dwarven darts of dispersal
Armour
 a - the +0 pair of gloves of Cheibriados (worn) {Slow}
   (You took it off Nikola on level 14 of the Dungeon)   
   It slows your movement.
 h - the +2 pair of boots from the Moon (worn) {Slow}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Crypt)   
   It slows your movement.
 K - the +2 cloak of the Snails (worn) {MR, Slow}
   (You found it on level 8 of the Vaults)   
   It slows your movement.
 L - the +2 helmet by the Possum (worn) {Slow}
   (You found it on level 7 of the Vaults)   
   It slows your movement.
 O - the +3 robe of Cheibriados (worn) {rF+, Slow}
   (You took it off Sigmund on level 4 of the Dungeon)   
   It slows your movement.
Magical devices
 l - a wand of healing (9)
 w - a wand of teleportation (1)
 A - a wand of digging (9)
Comestibles
 b - 3 bread rations
 N - a royal jelly
Scrolls
 i - 9 scrolls of identify
 k - a scroll of magic mapping
 r - 3 scrolls of fog
 v - 3 scrolls of remove curse
Jewellery
 g - a ring of teleport control (right hand)
 o - the ring of Heass {rPois Int+1 Acc+3 SInv}
   (You found it on level 5 of the Shoals)   
   [ring of poison resistance]
   It affects your intelligence (+1).
   It affects your accuracy (+3).
   It enhances your eyesight.
 D - the ring "Qulem" {Regen Hunger Acc+1}
   (You found it on level 8 of the Vaults)   
   [ring of regeneration]
   It affects your accuracy (+1).
   It speeds your metabolism.
 H - the ring of the Orange Skies {+Inv MR}
   (You found it on level 2 of the Vaults)   
   [ring of protection from magic]
   It lets you turn invisible.
 I - the ring of Xom's Sleight of Hands {Fire AC+2 Stlth+}
   (You found it on level 2 of the Hive)   
   [ring of fire]
   It affects your AC (+2).
   It makes you more stealthy.
 M - a ring of teleportation (left hand)
 R - the amulet of the Four Winds (around neck) {Clar rN+ MR}
   (You acquired it on level 5 of the Vaults)   
   [amulet of clarity]
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
Potions
 d - 13 potions of healing
 m - 7 potions of brilliance
 x - a potion of cure mutation
 B - 2 potions of restore abilities
 E - a potion of heal wounds
Orbs of Power
 c - the Orb of Zot (in hand)
Miscellaneous
 e - a serpentine rune of Zot
 t - a barnacled rune of Zot
 T - a silver rune of Zot


 You had 1 experience left.

   Skills:
 + Level 13 Fighting
 - Level 7 Throwing
 - Level 2 Armour
 - Level 17 Dodging
 - Level 7 Stealth
 - Level 6 Stabbing
 - Level 2 Shields
 + Level 3 Traps & Doors
 - Level 22 Unarmed Combat
 + Level 13 Spellcasting
 + Level 12 Enchantments
 + Level 3 Summonings
 + Level 6 Necromancy
 - Level 12 Translocations
 - Level 15 Transmutations
 - Level 1 Fire Magic
 - Level 4 Ice Magic
 - Level 2 Air Magic
 - Level 2 Poison Magic
 - Level 10 Invocations
 + Level 4 Evocations


You had 4 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power          Success   Level
a - Controlled Blink      Tloc           N/A            Very Good   7
c - Blink                 Tloc           N/A            Excellent   2
d - Spider Form           Pois/Trmt      #######...     Excellent   3
e - Summon Butterflies    Summ           ######....     Excellent   1
f - Blade Hands           Trmt           ########..     Excellent   5
g - Ozocubu's Armour      Ice/Ench       #######...     Excellent   3
h - Selective Amnesia     Ench           N/A            Excellent   4
i - Phase Shift           Tloc           ########..     Excellent   5
j - Apportation           Tloc           ########..     Perfect     1
k - Abjuration            Summ           ######....     Excellent   3
l - Portal Projectile     Tloc           #######        Excellent   2
m - Insulation            Air/Ench       #######...     Excellent   4
n - Alistair's Intoxicat  Pois/Trmt      N/A            Excellent   4
o - Repel Missiles        Air/Ench       #######...     Excellent   2

http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Demos/morgue-Demos-20100903-180435.txt

3rd win in a row. I should have finished this game during the tournament.

[Mr.Person]

I can answer this one. Those uniques were cut because they were boring. Really boring. The "heavily armored spellcaster-fighter hybrid unique" category was already VERY crowded.

[zchris13]

Which is odd, considering that player characters are all but barred from that route, aren't they?

[Mr.Person]

In a sense. It's more that resistances matter much more than a few points of AC or EV, so everybody wears GDA, a robe of resistance, or kickass randart medium armor if they were wearing a robe. And even then, wearing the robe is probably best ever since the AC nerf.

[Robsoie]

But wasn't the AC nerf reversed in 0.7 ?
I remember reading about AC improvement at some point of the 0.7 RC.

[Mr.Person]

It's still nerfed and point-per-point, EV is still better at damage avoidance than AC. Not sure how the new SH comes into the equation, though.

[Taxus]

Decided to try Deep Elf Summoner again, and racked up my third online win.

I was going to go for more than 3 runes, but then I thought about how long I have wanted to win as a DE caster of some kind, and how pissed I'd be if I died. I may try for 3-rune wins with each of my favorite combos, then after that start working on the crazy bonus runes. At the very least, it seemed like a bad bad idea to try the Hells when I only had 124 HP.

DESu is a very powerful combo. I think I will write a strategy guide for the wiki.

[Frumple]

Sif MuSu is where it's at, maan, as far as non-hybrid summoners go. Crap gets ridiculous when you can spit out a haunt every 2-3 turns and a literally unending stream of summon imp (plus the occasional canine and ice beast) kills pretty much everything until then. I just learned (a few days after the tourney) about the 1/2 XP thing, though. That made me sad.

'Course, Mummies kinda' suck. Probably the only mummy combo that isn't horribly gimped compared to every other race, the poor things.