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Not even close.

391 (73.4%)

Almost . . . but didn't

26 (4.9%)

Maybe managed halfway

51 (9.6%)

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[quinnr]

Love Nethack, but the clunky system started bothering me so much that I decided to start playing Slash'em.
So far, it's working pretty well. I'd recommend it to anyone who doesn't like the clunky Nethack commands.

Plus it has added stuff. That's always a win in my book.

Hrmmm, what's so clunky about it? I've never had an issue with it. 

[Lectorog]

I think I just encountered my first quest. My barbarian got a telepathic message, shortly after which I was teleported away. I was killed almost immediately, despite my +3 gray dragon scale mail, and -5 AC.

[klingon13524]

I'll have to give this a try. It's free I assume?

[Lectorog]

I'll have to give this a try. It's free I assume?

Yep, entirely free. If you haven't found the site yet, just do a Google search for it, or similar.

I just found a spellbook of Finger of Death. As a level 1 or 2 barbarian. It was coated in poison, which paralyzed me until a fire ant killed me. Wat.

[Tarran]

Obviously that's why it's called Finger of Death. You touch it with your finger, you die.

[beorn080]

-snip-

You have three options really. First, to kill medusa you're going to need that silver scale mail.

The choices are to either head back up and search for items that can be useful, perhaps a shop you forgot about, dig down, or try the quest. I'd read up on the quest, since it seems easyish.

[0x517A5D]

I just found a spellbook of Finger of Death. As a level 1 or 2 barbarian. It was coated in poison, which paralyzed me until a fire ant killed me. Wat.

FoD is a level 7 spell.  Don't even try until you reach level 15 or so and have decent Intelligence.  A barbarian is not going to have good Int.  As you found, a high level book can paralyze a low level character for thousands of turns.  Just sell it or stash it for later [spoiler]piling.

I'm looking at cursed_book() and at study_book() right now, and I don't actually see where the paralysis happens, so I can't tell you more about it.

[Lectorog]

I just found a spellbook of Finger of Death. As a level 1 or 2 barbarian. It was coated in poison, which paralyzed me until a fire ant killed me. Wat.

FoD is a level 7 spell.  Don't even try until you reach level 15 or so and have decent Intelligence.  A barbarian is not going to have good Int.  As you found, a high level book can paralyze a low level character for thousands of turns.  Just sell it or stash it for later [spoiler]piling.

I'm looking at cursed_book() and at study_book() right now, and I don't actually see where the paralysis happens, so I can't tell you more about it.

I hadn't a clue what the book was; I was low-level, a point at which I read everything I find. I've not had anything like that happen before; it said it was coated in poison, or something like that. I know reading spellbooks can paralyze you; this was something new, and I haven't found anything about it. Found it. It's what happens when you fail at reading a difficulty level six spell book.

On another note, soldier with a wand of death. I got the farthest I have to date, by far - dungeon level 24, character level 11. I still can't beat that barbarian quest, though. Too much ogre, not enough level.

[kcwong]

-snip-

You have three options really. First, to kill medusa you're going to need that silver scale mail.

The choices are to either head back up and search for items that can be useful, perhaps a shop you forgot about, dig down, or try the quest. I'd read up on the quest, since it seems easyish.

I recorded all shops found, and I've left no levels not-fully explored. I only got a huge potion shop (cleared out), a weapon shop (useless to me after I fetch all the daggers), and in Mine Town, a small food shop, a small tools and a small general shop, all cleared out.

Medusa I can fight with towel on and force bolting and poking her with Magicbane I guess. But while I've done the Wizard quest many times before, I'm sure the boss will simply destroy me when my AC is so high (6 IIRC).

Digging down is a no - too big a gamble. Not sure how many maze levels there will be, meeting a minotaur around a corner will kill me instantly.

I'll grind a little more... but not holding my breath. Probably will go with the wish and scroll writing.

[klingon13524]

What class/allegiance/whatever do you guys (and gals?) suggest using for a first timer?

[quinnr]

What class/allegiance/whatever do you guys (and gals?) suggest using for a first timer?

Whatever you feel like, you're going to die anyways

In all seriousness, though, Valkyries are pretty nice for new players, in my opinion. Nice melee skills, and easy to play...you can be a dwarf if you want to explore the Gnomish Mines with less aggro, or a human if you want to skip them. And...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Since they're both lawful and start with a longsword, you can dip for Excaliber in a fountain at level 5 without any effort.

[0x517A5D]

What class/allegiance/whatever do you guys (and gals?) suggest using for a first timer?

Barbarian, probably, for your first few games.  They're immune to poison, so you'll be able to figure out what corpses you can and can't eat.  They're tough and burly, so they can survive a few hits.  They have a good weapon, so they can hand out the pain.

After a few runs, switch to Valkyrie.

Spoiler-free Nethack beginner's guide.

[Nighthawk]

Love Nethack, but the clunky system started bothering me so much that I decided to start playing Slash'em.
So far, it's working pretty well. I'd recommend it to anyone who doesn't like the clunky Nethack commands.

Plus it has added stuff. That's always a win in my book.

Hrmmm, what's so clunky about it? I've never had an issue with it.

Nothing. It's not clunky. I'm a total derp and I JUST now realized that Nethack has a graphical version with the same interface. I thought only Slash'em had that interface.

Derp.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Getting back into this game because I deleted it from my flash drive a month or so ago and just now realized I still had the zip. I started a healer for shits and giggles and to see how badly I die. So far I'm on dlvl 2 and just found an armor shop(!) with, among other things, a +1 shield of reflection(!!), and I'm trying my hand at the protection racket, so this might not be so bad. Still need a good weapon though for when I've gotten my protection.

[SethCreiyd]

Find a tasty unicorn and its horn, and you'll have a good weapon and the ability to eat rotten flesh with impunity.