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[Tarran]

I do have backup plans...! Like... Err... You know, you may have a point there.

Meh, the RNG usually kills me later anyway, so I might as well put my life at risk anyway then wait for the RNG to decide when it wants me to die.

Anyway, still going on with my touchstone-on-level-one knight. Let's see how this goes.

Well, I had my longsword break while trying to force a chest. That's rare.

Well, I guess I'm screwed now.

Oh hey, more salt on the wound, there was a hobgoblin with a lockpick on it one level below.

A knight with a dagger is no match for a paper golem.

That went well.

[SethCreiyd]

Probably about as well as your next dozen or so games.     Unless you're fortunate or incredibly gifted.

not to worry, you'll get better and further along with time as you learn what went wrong and what could've been done differently.  You'll learn to handle almost any situation since you'll have been (at least nearly) killed by it once before.  Despite this, you will still die in appallingly unfair ways.  Much of Nethack's difficulty lies with that merciless killer dungeon master RNG, which will realize you need a potion of healing and so spawn you a plains centaur that just happens to have poison-arrows looted from the Mordor orcs you killed but a few presses of 's' ago.

Just wait until you meet this guy.  Losing is fun!

[Medicine Man]

I am currently playing Slashem Vampire which is a Nethack mod.

[Tarran]

Probably about as well as your next dozen or so games.     Unless you're fortunate or incredibly gifted.

not to worry, you'll get better and further along with time as you learn what went wrong and what could've been done differently.  You'll learn to handle almost any situation since you'll have been (at least nearly) killed by it once before.  Despite this, you will still die in appallingly unfair ways.  Much of Nethack's difficulty lies with that merciless killer dungeon master RNG, which will realize you need a potion of healing and so spawn you a plains centaur that just happens to have poison-arrows looted from the Mordor orcs you killed but a few presses of 's' ago.

Just wait until you meet this guy.  Losing is fun!

Err, just a question, do you think I'm a newbie? Because you seem to think I am. I'm not.

I am currently playing Slashem Vampire which is a Nethack mod.

You're playing Slash'em? Hah, good luck. Just wait until you fight the replacement for the priest of moloch.

Playing as a wizard now, I've got a ton of identify scrolls and a uncursed genocide scroll. Plus I've got a grid bug pet (of course, I dump it immediately like most other pets I get, I simply don't have the patience or a use for pets).

[SethCreiyd]

Err, just a question, do you think I'm a newbie? Because you seem to think I am. I'm not.

Well, I apologize for my assumption.  Can I ask, why ya picking locks with a longsword and stabbing the golem instead of E'ing and throwing stuff?   

[Tarran]

Err, just a question, do you think I'm a newbie? Because you seem to think I am. I'm not.

Well, I apologize for my assumption.  Can I ask, why ya picking locks with a longsword and stabbing the golem instead of E'ing and throwing stuff?   

The reason I'm picking locks with a longsword is because the chance of it breaking is EXTREMELY small (at least, while playing as a knight), so small that I've made it common practice to force locks with my longsword whenever I'm a knight. It only extremely rarely breaks.

I was too busy trying to run away from the golem (I was running around and around and around...) and never thought of Elbereth. Heck, I rarely use Elbereth. I either just don't remember it or I find it not effective enough without at least semi-permanency.

Anyway, my wizard died to a snake, due to me stupidly holding down the wait button. But then again, how the heck did the snake find me?! I teleported, and I was completely out of the snake's LOS (behind a wall). That snake must have telepathy. Or something.

[Medicine Man]

You're playing Slash'em? Hah, good luck. Just wait until you fight the replacement for the priest of moloch.

I think I remember him *shudders*

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I think he is Demogorgon,the nastiest monster in the game if you have a good amount of Piety you could always transform into a cockotrice and get him stoned or find a basilisk or cockotrice egg and turn him into stone with it.

[Tarran]

You're playing Slash'em? Hah, good luck. Just wait until you fight the replacement for the priest of moloch.

I think I remember him *shudders*

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I think he is Demogorgon,the nastiest monster in the game if you have a good amount of Piety you could always transform into a cockotrice and get him stoned or find a basilisk or cockotrice egg and turn him into stone with it.

Oh, never mind. Seems like I was wrong. The High priest isn't replaced in the standard Slash'em (deferred feature).

The guy I was talking about was Cthulhu. But you need the SLethe patch to get him at all, since he's a deferred feature.

Spoiler: Current character (click to show/hide)

Anyway, playing as a Samurai. He's going VERY good, already at -3AC and level 5 at the first level at the gnomish mines, with a polished silver shield. And many identify scrolls. Wow.

Kicking ass, made it to minetown and back. The altar wasn't my alignment. I went back to the main dungeon branch. And met the ghost of one of my many Tarran named characters. Apparently this instance of me was killed by a magic missile. And hey look, it was an archeologist instance. Back to minetown to B/U/C test them.

Wow, a lot of cursed stuff. But hey! The touchstone is uncursed! Time to throw away the worthless glass.

Read a blessed identify scroll. Everything is identified now. And let's see what kind of interesting things I was lugging around. Tons of cursed food. A BLESSED Amnesia scroll. Cursed ring of shock resistance. Junk Potions that I have no use for, the levitation might be an exception though. Cursed tinning kit. Uncursed luckstone. And my gems have all been identified. Nice.

Killed a gray unicorn, got the unicorn horn.

Of course, I choke over spinach due to my stupidity on sokoban.

FFGHJTRTDESZRDTGYUFHFDS

I think I've had enough nethack for a few days...

Dammit.

[Dr.Feelgood]

I managed to beat this game years ago. It was an elven wizard. I tried to ascend a human healer afterwards, but lost interest in playing after getting killed by the Cyclops. 

[Puck]

When I was little I played nethack and I didn't mind the ASCII interface. IIRC I never made it past the first floor, and it still kept me entertained for hours.

I've been meaning to pick it up again, ever since. But these days I prefer a little bit more visualization. You know, I need to keep my imagination for all those drug induced hallucinations and dirty phantasies, I can't just go and waste it on a friggin dungeon crawler!

Joking aside, I had a look at falcon's eye or wotsitsname, but that isn't really the latest version. Suggestions? Places to start looking for tilesets?

I know the standard download comes with a pretty basic tileset, and I'll probably use that, but yeah, would be nice to have some options.

Oh, and btw, just played my first round for years. Random character, just to have a quick look, with this falcons eye thingy. Neato, the guy looks like indiana jones I come across a chest, which I fail to open, it seems. I used all my awesome brainpower, but still, I didnt manage to open it. My working theory atm is... I would have needed some sort of keys or lockpicks? I even tried smashing it with mah trusty pickaxe, but no such luck.

[kcwong]

There are a few here...
http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Tileset

I stick to ASCII myself... because I like displaying the whole level without scroll bars, and unlike Dwarf Fortress, the complexity and details haven't outgrown ASCII yet.

[Mr.Person]

You can Kick chests, although that'll surely break anything fragile inside such as potions, hunks of glass, and eggs. You can Force the chest although that risks breaking the entire chest if your weapon is blunt or risks breaking the weapon itself if it's bladed. Stabby, throwy, and whippy weapons can't be used to pick locks. Of course, you can Apply a lockpick, credit card, or skeleton key to open the thing, although in Slash'EM that risks the opening device breaking. You can use a wand of opening or cast the spell "Knock". I believe that's every way to open a chest.

Kicking and Forcing with a blunt weapon both exercise Strength while Applying a tool and Forcing with a bladed weapon both exercise Dexterity.

[JoshuaFH]

For the love of god though, always check chests for traps before trying to open them!

[Tarran]

Attempting it again.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Tarran the male SAMURAI.

An amulet in the starting room. Tempting to put it on... And since my dog says it's safe, I put it on. Nothing happens.

Came upon a store. Price identifed my things, didn't buy anything since the prices are crap. I had a scroll of light and a 150 potion.

Found and identified a 150 ring and another 150 potion.

Found another store. Price identified a 200 potion, another 150 potion, and a 100 scroll. Bought an identify, read it, identified the ring, which turned out to be a cursed ring of fire resistance. I sold it.

Found a magic whistle.

Found 'nother identify.

Found an altar to a chaotic god. Goddamn nymph stole my 200 potion, and likely drank it. Kicked a sink for the lulz, got the succubus. AAAAAAAAA

Oh crap, the succubus managed to do me in. Uhh... Uhh...

Wait, I gained a level up?

NOT AGAIN!

Wait, my health was restored? Hey! Come back here with my money!

Awww, I wanted another go. Oh well.

Goddamn black unicorn.

AFSASGDDGGGG

[0x517A5D]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Tarran the male SAMURAI.

[...]

Oh crap, the succubus managed to do me in. Uhh... Uhh...

Wait, I gained a level up?

NOT AGAIN!

Wait, my health was restored? Hey! Come back here with my money!

Awww, I wanted another go. Oh well.

Two beneficial outcomes is surprising.  That's because

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Positive vs. negative outcome depends on Charisma, and Samurai have low starting CHA.