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[tryrar]

Minotaur fighter of the Shining One, using a great mace.

[tryrar]

Double post: Goddamnit, one of the deep elves summoned a brimstone fiend. How the hell am I supposed to take on a tier 1 demon at XL 18? (Hint, I'm not. I watched my MiFi blow up from hellfire)

[Leafsnail]

Where you in elf?

[tryrar]

yup, Had finished dungeon up to floor 15, so decided to take on elf

[TripJack]

yeah you jumped the gun there bro, Elf isn't for level 18 characters it's for characters that are about ready to enter Zot...

[Mr Space Cat]

Man, I wouldn't even think of attempting Elf as a melee fighter at XL18. 2muchmagick4me.

I still haven't cleared it yet with my XL27 minotaur berserker of TSO, and I've cleared Tomb. Elf:3 is just way too open with way too many mages to obliterate you or summon armies on you or banish you.

If I were in your position I would've summoned as many angels as I needed to assault the brimstone fiend then run like hell out of there as soon as the fighting was over and the angels despawned.

[tilkau]

yup, Had finished dungeon up to floor 15, so decided to take on elf

The correct statement is
"I had MR up to my eyeballs, so decided to take on Elf."

'very resistant to hostile enchantments' is about the minimum level. 'extremely resistant' is relatively safe. I did it at 'incredibly resistant' (@ XL25) and the last parts of Elf:3 were still hairy.

IMO if you've done Lair and the dungeon is getting too dangerous, it's about time to do Snake or possibly Swamp (according to what resists you've picked up)

[Darkening Kaos]

Well, that sucked......

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.12-a0-804-gfbe0e60 (tiles) character file.

58 Boris the Chopper (level 1, 6/12 HPs)
             Began as an Octopode Wanderer on Sept 29, 2013.
             Was drained of all life
             ... on Level 1 of the Dungeon.
             The game lasted 00:01:03 (35 turns).

Boris the Chopper (Octopode Wanderer)                 Turns: 35, Time: 00:01:03

HP   6/12        AC  1     Str 10      XL: 1   Next:  0%
MP   1/1         EV 11     Int 15      God:
Gold 58          SH  0     Dex 11      Spells:  0 memorised,  0 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : .   a - +2,+1 hand axe {=f}
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : .   (no shield)
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .   (helmet restricted)
Res.Poison: .       Res.Corr.  : .   (no amulet)
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   (no ring)
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   (no ring)
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   (no ring)
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   (no ring)
Saprovore : . . .   Levitation : .   (no ring)
                    Ctrl.Flight: .   (no ring)
                                     (no ring)
                                     (no ring)

@: not resistant to hostile enchantments, fairly stealthy
A: almost no armour, amphibious, 8 rings, constrict 8, camouflage 1, AC +1
a: no special abilities


You were on level 1 of the Dungeon.
You were not hungry.

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

You collected 8 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a +2,+1 hand axe (weapon) {=f}
Comestibles
 b - a meat ration
 c - a bread ration


   Skills:
 + Level 1.0 Fighting
 + Level 4.0 Axes
   Level 3.0 Crossbows
 + Level 1.0 Throwing
 + Level 1.1 Traps


You couldn't memorise any spells.
You didn't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (1/27)           

Altars:


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You cannot wear most types of armour.
You are amphibious.
You can wear up to eight rings at the same time.
You can use your tentacles to constrict many enemies at once.
Your skin changes colour to match your surroundings (Stlth).
Your rubbery body absorbs attacks (AC +1).


Message History

Found 8 gold pieces.
Found a meat ration.
There is an open door here.
You now have 58 gold pieces (gained 8).
Found a staircase leading out of the dungeon.
b - a meat ration
Found 32 stones.
Found a staircase leading out of the dungeon.
There is a staircase leading out of the dungeon here.
You see here 32 stones.
There is a staircase leading out of the dungeon here.
As you open the door, it creaks loudly!
There is an open door here.
You swing at nothing.
A kobold comes into view. It is wielding a runed short sword.
The kobold shouts!
The kobold throws a dart. The dart hits you!
You hit the kobold but do no damage. Your grab misses the kobold.
The kobold hits you with a runed short sword.
You die...

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You could see a kobold.


Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1      | Boris, the Octopode Wanderer, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 12/12 MP: 1/1
    35 | D:1      | Was drained of all life

A kobold with a shortsword of Draining?  On DL 1?  Come on, Crawl, stop punishing me for using Octopodes..

[Leafsnail]

Elf isn't really for anyone.  Like, it's pretty doable for a high level character, but there isn't much reason to.

[Robsoie]

While testing a Lava Orc (never played with one before) i got a kobold with a dagger of draining on D:1 too, he hits me once with it but fortunately my Flame Tongue spell killed him before he could do it again.

So i got a dagger of draining early, probably then going to die quickly.

But i noticed the "Draining" word appeared on my character when the kobold hit me, and stayed for a really long time, something i didn't see before (i didn't played Crawl in a while so i probably missed most of the anti-player new stuff and nerfs) , i even had the time to make 1 more level before it finally disappeared.
I noticed it turned my skills in pink too when i was looking at the skill list to see their progress, hinting at that Draining affliction still doing something to them.

So what is draining doing in trunk now ?

Oh and i forgot how much i found the hungry game annoying, at least there's no more nausea, but due to chunks getting their nutrition nerfed, the hungry affliction appears even more often now :/

[da dwarf lord]

While testing a Lava Orc (never played with one before) i got a kobold with a dagger of draining on D:1 too, he hits me once with it but fortunately my Flame Tongue spell killed him before he could do it again.

So i got a dagger of draining early, probably then going to die quickly.

But i noticed the "Draining" word appeared on my character when the kobold hit me, and stayed for a really long time, something i didn't see before (i didn't played Crawl in a while so i probably missed most of the anti-player new stuff and nerfs) , i even had the time to make 1 more level before it finally disappeared.
I noticed it turned my skills in pink too when i was looking at the skill list to see their progress, hinting at that Draining affliction still doing something to them.

So what is draining doing in trunk now ?

Oh and i forgot how much i found the hungry game annoying, at least there's no more nausea, but due to chunks getting their nutrition nerfed, the hungry affliction appears even more often now :/

Rather than permanently losing you xp draining now reduces your effective xp in all your skills, reducing them by a significant amount, and they stay that way until you earn a certain amount of xp

[Robsoie]

Thanks, does that mean you don't lose levels anymore ?
Oh those nasty memories of going into the Hall of Blades ...

[da dwarf lord]

Thanks, does that mean you don't lose levels anymore ?
Oh those nasty memories of going into the Hall of Blades ...

Basically yeah, its replacing the small but permanent loss of xp with a much greater effective loss that is only temporary

[Antioch]

I liked the permanent xp loss, it added fear to draining attacks.


Fear is good.

[Delta Foxtrot]

I liked the permanent xp loss, it added fear to draining attacks.


Fear is good.

I thought it was just frustrating, whereas a great temporary loss increases the risk of dying short-term, thus being more frightening.