[Crawl] YACD - which skills to turn off?

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In article <MSGID_2=3A240=2F2199.13=40fidonet_283deb22@fidonet.org>,
Tina Hall <Tina_Hall@kruemel.org> wrote:
>
>Where do you get them in Pandemonium? (The question refered to how
>you keep them well there, not in the normal dungeon, which seems
>what you're refering to here.)

Ah, sorry, I misunderstood. There's plenty of food in Pandemonium, but
it's patchy. Different levels in Pandemonium seem to have different
'item-generation probabilities': some are virtually empty, while on
others every room contain 6 or 7 items. Detect Items is your friend:
fully explore the item-rich levels and each one will net you half a
dozen rations. So long as you have a reasonable stash of food with you
for a buffer you shouldn't have a problem. Bob the ghoul went in with 5
royal jellies and 6 meat rations, and after lots and lots of
demon-bashing had to drop some of his 12 meat rations because of the
weight. The only time he had trouble with food was when he was dumping
xp into spell skills: casting lots of 4th-level spells (with a low Int)
and then resting to get mana back uses huge amounts of food.

As a safety net, take a ring of sustenance with you and if you have 3
rations or less left put it on and start looking for a way out.

By the time you are high enough level that you're capable of surviving
in Pandemonium you will have enough hp that rotting just is ignorable. I
think at one stage I was 40 or so hp down, but I then noticed that I'd
picked up 25 healing potions in the meantime which fixed most of that
.

>How long does it take for a chunk to rot away?

<------------------------------>
this long

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"Tina Hall" <Tina_Hall@kruemel.org> wrote in message
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> Mark Mackey <markm@chiark.greenend.org.uk> bellowed:
> > Tina Hall <Tina_Hall@kruemel.org> wrote:
> Question: Which kinds of magic mapping were it again that don't work
> in Pandemonium? (I remember one of my characters having the ability
> from two sources - mutation and item I think - and only one of them
> worked. What about the spell? What about a crystal ball of seeing?)

Artifact items work (and also in the Abyss and Labyrinths). Mutation I'm pretty
sure doesn't. Scrolls definitely work. Spell doesn't. Don't know about the
crystal ball.

> What resistances should I have, and what of all this junk should I
> drag with me?

The levels seem to kinda have themes -- like, some of them will be full of
Balrogs and hellions and Pit Fiends and Sun Demons, and some of them will have
Ice Fiends and Ice Devils. And then there are some that are more of a grab bag.
Unless you can make an outfit that gives you a lot of different resistances all
at once, it'd probably be best to carry a couple changes of clothes, and switch
for fire or ice or whatever as needed.

Take food and lotsa healing. I guess the staff of energy. I haven'tplayed much
as a summoner, so I can't give much advice there.

Is it wiser to not switch to Vehumet for now? (Would
> hate to have Sif Muna remove a much needed spell.)

You've got enough food and a staff of energy, you could probably sit in the
temple until she's mollified (10,000 spell-levels cast, IIRC?)

--
Jeremey

 

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Dalton Wudrich wrote:
> robfromcanada@yahoo.com (Rob) wrote in message news:<894580d0.0409010742.66ad7e02@posting.google.com>...

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> Your spells are the biggest question. Even if you only learn 3-4
> spells you need to train 4-5 skills. All of those points are points
> NOT going into Unarmed Combat, Fighting & Dodge. Learning Throw Flame
> instead of using a Bow is ok, and Blink is VERY usefull, but learning
> these skills will slow down your overall progress. I would recommed
> training Blink until it is 'Good' and learning fire bolt until it is
> also 'Good' then turn off your magic skills.

You'll also want confusing touch as a monk. Since it's unresistable,
and the touch is easier to do than a normal attack.

Graeme Dice
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