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[Dr.Feelgood]

I'm having trouble trying to decide between several options for my KoAe's melee weapon. I'm somewhat familiar with the various stats but I'm just not sure about the intricacies:

The options are +7/+4 Quick Blade, +2/0 Sabre of Speed, +5/+4 Sabre, or +2/+4 Dagger of Speed.

The sabre of speed.

Is finding doors highly dependent on Traps and Doors skill? I always seem to find them easily (within a single search session) when there are obvious locations of secret doors in the dungeon.

Yeah. Anyway, that place just has a few demons, a portal to pan/abyss/hell, and an altar to an evil god.

Also, the pluses aren't just added to base damage and accuracy. I have no idea what kind of algorithm they use, but I'm pretty sure it's not quite that simple.

Weapon pluses are randomized.

[BishopX]

So I'm doing well with a MdCk of Mahkelb. I've cleared the hive, the orcish mines, most of the lair and the main branch through D18. I currently have a choice of several main armor pieces:

+3 dwarven chain mail of cold resistance (20 ac/14ev)
+1 plate (27/7)
+0 dragon armor (23/12)
+3 orcish ring of magic resistance (19/14)
Randard +0 ring mail with Rf, Sinv, and rage (16/14

I also have a ring of cold resist if I need it, although that would mean losing sustenance.

Char Dump

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Flicker the Severer (Mountain Dwarf Chaos Knight)                                      Turns: 33844, Time: 04:39:15

HP 129/129       AC 16     Str 21      Exp: 15/108120 (7), need: 29029
MP  28/28        EV 14     Int 11      God: Makhleb [******]
Gold 2194        SH 37     Dex 15      Spells:  0 memorised, 16 levels left

Res.Fire  : + . .   See Invis. : +   p - +4,+3 broad axe (venom)
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : .   c - +0 ring mail "Woppef" {+Rage rF+ MR SInv}
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .   k - +0 dwarf large shield
Res.Poison: +       Res.Corr.  : .   C - +0 winged helmet
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   M - +0 cloak
Spirit.Shd: .       Stasis     : .   w - +2 pair of gauntlets
Sust.Abil.: . .     Rnd.Telep. : .   r - +1 pair of boots
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   e - amulet of controlled flight
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .   o - ring "Ume Maim" {rPois EV+3 Dex+3}
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: +   i - ring of sustenance

@: quite resistant to hostile enchantments, unstealthy
A: no striking features
a: Minor Destruction, Lesser Servant of Makhleb, Major Destruction, Greater Servant of Makhleb, Renounce Religion,
Evoke Berserk Rage


You are on level 5 of the Dungeon.
You worship Makhleb.
Makhleb is exalted by your worship.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 5 branches of the dungeon, and seen 32 of its levels.
You have visited 1 Labyrinth.
You have visited 2 portal chambers: sewer, volcano.

You have collected 2442 gold pieces.
You have spent 268 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 p - a +4,+3 broad axe of venom (weapon)
 B - an uncursed battleaxe of flaming
Armour
 b - a +1 plate mail
 c - the +0 ring mail "Woppef" (worn) {+Rage rF+ MR SInv}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 5 of the Dungeon)   
   It protects you from fire.
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
   It enhances your eyesight.
   It lets you go berserk.
 k - a +0 dwarven large shield (worn)
 r - a +1 pair of boots (worn)
 t - a +3 dwarven ring mail of cold resistance
 w - a +2 pair of gauntlets (worn)
 C - a +0 winged helmet (worn)
 L - a +0 dragon armour
 M - a +0 cloak (worn)
 R - a +3 orcish ring mail of magic resistance
Magical devices
 s - a wand of fire {zapped: 3}
 E - a wand of fireball {zapped: 5}
 G - a wand of lightning {zapped: 1}
Comestibles
 a - a meat ration
 y - 2 bread rations
 X - 2 chokos
Scrolls
 j - 5 scrolls of remove curse
 q - 3 scrolls of detect curse
 D - 2 scrolls of blinking
 P - 3 scrolls of teleportation
Jewellery
 e - an amulet of controlled flight (around neck)
 h - an uncursed ring of levitation
 i - a ring of sustenance (left hand)
 o - the ring "Ume Maim" (right hand) {rPois EV+3 Dex+3}
   (You found it on level 8 of the Dungeon)   
   [ring of poison resistance]
   It affects your evasion (+3).
   It affects your dexterity (+3).
 z - an uncursed ring of sustain abilities
 N - an uncursed ring of life protection
Potions
 d - a potion of might
 f - 10 potions of healing
 u - 2 potions of resistance
 v - a potion of invisibility
 A - 3 potions of restore abilities
 K - a potion of agility
 O - a potion of berserk rage
 W - 2 potions of speed
 Z - 3 potions of heal wounds


 You have 7 experience left.

   Skills:
 + Level 12 Fighting
 + Level 16 Axes
 + Level 15 Armour
 + Level 7 Dodging
 - Level 2 Stealth
 + Level 12 Shields
 + Level 2 Traps & Doors
 + Level 1 Spellcasting
 + Level 13 Invocations
 + Level 2 Evocations


You have 16 spell levels left.
You don't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (18/27)            Temple (1/1) D:7             Orc (4/4) D:9
    Elf (0/7) Orc:4          Lair (7/8) D:8          Shoals (0/5) Lair:4
  Snake (0/5) Lair:3         Hive (2/2) D:13          Vault (0/8) D:17
 Slime: Lair:6-8   

Any suggestions?

In other news,
where does the tile version char dump output to? I can't find it. On windows machines characeters are saved to C:\Users\$User\AppData\Crawl

[Soadreqm]

I would suggest going with either the dragon armour, or the randart ring mail if you lack Sinv from other sources. It's really, really nice to have once you start running into unseen horrors.

[BishopX]

I would suggest going with either the dragon armour, or the randart ring mail if you lack Sinv from other sources. It's really, really nice to have once you start running into unseen horrors.

My standard response to invisible creatures has been summoning demons. Most of whom can see invisible.

[Robsoie]

I'm having a great run with a mountain dwarf fighter following Okawaru
Great run because it seems luck is on my side (and i must say that the AC improvement in trunk proved to be a real improvement).

My latest Okawaru gift was that :

How great this can be, as my character is an huge AC tank.
Though at that point i don't need this as earlier i found an Orcish plate mail on that protect from cold which i used all my armor scrolls.

And i found some cold protection rings too along the way.

When i reached Swamp, the final Swamp floor had the cold ending for the rune, that was easy for my character that had found the exact equipment for going through that with lots of cold resistance, and so it could fetch the Swamp rune without much problems.

To me it looks like there's something very unusual as i'm never -that- lucky.
I can only guess that soon enough i'll run into a teleport trap that will throw my character in front of a dozen of ancient liches all using iron shot or crystal spear at the same time.

[Soadreqm]

The game will just arbitrarily kill you. "You suddenly suffer a fatal heart attack! Xom thinks this is hilarious."

[Robsoie]

My character is surprisingly always alive, and it has some very good items too (explaining actually why he is always alive, good items make really a big difference in crawl survival).

But he has lots of bad mutations.
I explored a lots of floors with dungeon+branches+portals (+/- 50 currently), found lots of shops too, but in all of this explored area, i found only 1 potion of cure mutation.
It helped me getting rid of one of the most annoying mutation (very fast metabolism), but there are a lot annoying left.

I'm considering now ditching Okawaru (as my equipment is now very excellent, i may not need more of his gifts) to Zin in the hope to get his last power quickly (lots of money to sacrifice, and enough food to keep waiting in temple for faith to increase).

But Okawaru's Heroism and Finesse powers have been extremely awesome in getting my character victorious of fights he would have been annihilated without, making me reluctant to ditch it now.

As i never did it, is it possible in crawl to switch back to a god you left behind ?

And i wonder, how playable Chei is for a fighter character, i never used it before ?
With the good equipment i have , i am currently at 40 AC, would Chei brand makes it way much more , or would it be just too small difference in term of damage reduction to be worth it ?

[Empty]

Chei is godly for naga's. Since you're one of the slowest moving things around.

[Robsoie]

Just read that you can't make armour ponderous if they're artifacts already, so Chei is not good for what i have (as the non artifacts armours parts i found do not have that great of brands and bonus anyways, while my artifacts are top notch).

And just a quick test with a backed up save to see if it works, indeed donating money will make the faith rank rise up quick, allowing a cure all mutation power, and then i can rejoin Okawaru without Zin becoming angry.

Great. I wonder if i'll keep Zin for a bit then while exploring further before switching to Okawaru to get back my heroism/finesse usefull powers.

[Mr.Person]

Worshipping Chei without high Translocations skill to blink around is suicide.

Every second you spend worshiping Zin is a waste of time. Get in, cure your mutations, get out.

[Empty]

Worshipping Chei without high Translocations skill to blink around is suicide.

Every second you spend worshiping Zin is a waste of time. Get in, cure your mutations, get out.

Naga transmuter who worships chie.

Spider form.
Nuff said.

[UristMcDwarf]

I had used a scroll of magic mapping while in antechamber and didn't see a door. Or do secret doors not show up through mapping?

This is in trunk, 0.8.0-a0-5207 (windows tiles). Probably not the most recent one, but fairly recent. Three weeks max

Magic Mapping no longer maps certain things. That might include hidden doors, but I know it no longer maps areas you can't go to without teleporting into. If I remember correctly, there should be like a path of trees leading to a stone wall. Unless there isn't, then I have no idea what vault you've got. Can you spare a picture? I'm 90% sure there's a hidden door, but I wouldn't fret it too much since all that's behind the door is an evil altar, a bunch of demons, and a portal to hell.

Unrealated, but your avatar really freaks me you

[smeej]

Aww, poison.

[Soadreqm]

As i never did it, is it possible in crawl to switch back to a god you left behind ?

I'm pretty sure you can, although I've never done it either. Once Okawaru gets bored of tossing monsters at you, he should be happy to take you back.

My MuVM is doing pretty well. REALLY well, in fact. A robe of the Archmagi, a ring of wizardry, decent spellbooks from both Sif and the dungeon floor. I'm probably going to end up torn to bits by my own demons.

[Mr.Person]

If you know Abjuration, summons become a joke.

I've gained a level while asleep before. It was really weird since all of the text was in the same grey color all text appeared in while you're asleep... but that text really shouldn't of been. It's important since you player might not notice that they've gained a level up if it's in a dark grey. And I had to pick a stat gain, too, so I was sitting there mashing the space bar wondering why no time was passing. If you're wondering, I shot an orb of destruction off at Aizul, then he put me to sleep.