[Crawl] Nice Mutations, but too early

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I had no more than 9 potions identified when I already got these
mutations:

You have tough skin (AC +1).
You are agile (Dex +1).
Your flesh is heat resistant.
You are robust (+10 percent hp).

Of course I don't want to lose them by quaffing an unID'd !oCM, thus I'm
already sitting on 4 potions now which I don't dare to use. I guess my
only options are:
1.) waiting for and using scrolls of ID on every unID'd potion until the
!oCM is finally found or
2.) finding a shop with that potion in stock and buy it.

Or does somebody have a better suggestion(s)?

Rubinstein

 

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I pray you have already ID'd a potion of healing and heal wounds.
Finding a shop and buying unknown potions is a great idea, but if none
can be found you're stuck with identify scrolls. Unless, of course, you
have a spellbook and a decent amount of skill in spells to cast
"Identify"

 

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necromancer_90@hotmail.com wrote:
> I pray you have already ID'd a potion of healing and heal wounds.

Yes, I do (fortunately). You're right, thanks to that, the situation
isn't all that bad and I'm not in a hurry. 🙂

> Finding a shop and buying unknown potions is a great idea, but if none
> can be found you're stuck with identify scrolls. Unless, of course, you
> have a spellbook and a decent amount of skill in spells to cast
> "Identify"

He, you actually found something! Usually I don't bother with "Identify"
but this time it could be an option, in particular with Sif Muna. She
not only can help with temporary shuffle of spell points but also should
allow to cast Identify at low level, means w/o pumping too much XP into
Divination. I hope so at least. I'll think about it...
Thanks a lot! 🙂

Rubinstein