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Mewto Unregistered user |
Hepl me, please. You guys are playing Adom for many times and you have probrably won a couple of times. What should I do?????
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Ekaterin Moderator on this forum Last page view: 5976 days, 10 hours, 14 minutes and 28 seconds ago. |
That's kind of a vague question. Perhaps if you tell us how you keep dying, we'll be able to give some tips on how to avoid that sort of death next time. One question I'll ask immediately, though, is what class/race combination you favour. Some are much harder than others. The two combinations I'd recommend are Trollish Healer and Drakish Wizard. Trollish Healers are great at whacking monsters to death, like all trolls, and also heal incredibly fast. All Wizards are great at spellcasting, and Drakelings are physically tougher than most other races and have some handy skills. |
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Mewto Unregistered user |
I like very much gnome druids and elementalists but gray elven wizards work fine too. |
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Ekaterin Moderator on this forum Last page view: 5976 days, 10 hours, 14 minutes and 28 seconds ago. |
Those are all fairly good combinations, but perhaps a little fragile in the early game. Stick with the spellcasters, since you like them and they'll really come into their own later on, but try a hardier race like Human or Drakeling. (Dwarves and Trolls are also tough, but not much good at magic.) Are you having problems finding enough food? If you are, then playing something with the Food Preservation skill (like a Human or Drakeling) will help, because monsters will leave corpses more often. (You do know that most corpses are edible, don't you?) Do you know about the Tactics command? Except when you're engaging in physical combat, it's wise to use Coward tactics so that monsters have a harder time hitting you. Are you remembering to pray when about to die? Your god will heal you a couple of times before getting annoyed. I'd recommend Andy Williams' Guidebook to you for detailed spoilers, but it seems to be down at the moment. |
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Iridia Moderator on this forum YASD Last page view: 3966 days, 13 hours, 23 minutes and 18 seconds ago. |
What Ekaterin said... About food, too... Go to the main dungeon first chance you get (the one in the middle of the mountains) and go to level 4 or 5, where there's an arena. There'll be ratlings selling food there; buy the lizards and the bats (lizards are best) and your food problem should be solved for a while at least... they restock just like shopkeepers, by the way. Oh, and if you're short on cash you can always fight in the arena (but stop short of becoming the champion, it's a Dwarven Quest and the opponent is always tough) in order to get money for food. Die Gedanken sind Frei |
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Mewto Unregistered user |
How do I kill the invisible ogre in the Arena??? |
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Ekaterin Moderator on this forum Last page view: 5976 days, 10 hours, 14 minutes and 28 seconds ago. |
One reason Iridia warned you not to become the champion yet is that you might have to fight the invisible ogre magus :-) If you have any item that grants see invisible, wear it. Cold resistance will help as well. Have you been to the Pyramid yet? The ancient mummy wrapping grants see invisible and cold immunity, among other nice intrinsics. I always leave the last Arena fight until after the Pyramid so that I can wear the AMW. By the way, the ADOM Guidebook is back up, if you want to look at the spoilers there. [Edited 1 time, last edit on 10/31/2002 at 05:56 (GMT -5) by Ekaterin] |
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Mewto Unregistered user |
Where do I get the wand of digging because I don't know how to go to the second level. I appreciate very much your help. |
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Ekaterin Moderator on this forum Last page view: 5976 days, 10 hours, 14 minutes and 28 seconds ago. |
The second level of the Pyramid? You don't need to dig to get there, just search around for secret doors. A blessed scroll of magic mapping might help show you where to search. |
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Mewto Unregistered user |
After I tried many combunations, I finally got to the HMV. How to I kill the stone giants? What spell is more effective on him: fire ball(bolt),the frost bolt or Earthquake? |
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Maelstrom Registered user The Knight of the Black Rose Last page view: 3328 days, 8 minutes and 20 seconds ago. |
Stone giant, heh? Not lord, right? fire ball should be the best (dunno what earthquake does, had it a couple of times, but it didn't do sh..t) A pessimist sees a dark tunnel. An optimist sees a light at the end of that tunnel. A realist sees a train. And the train driver sees three idiots on the tracks. |
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SuperLobster Registered user The Mad Monk Last page view: 7920 days, 1 hour, 48 minutes and 57 seconds ago. |
Earthquake is used to cause cave walls to collapse in dungeons, maybe squashing a few beasties... As far as the Stone Giant (or Lord, heaven help you!), early in the game it's best to run away. Or just keep hitting him with a bolt/ball spell, alawys trying to keep a few paces ahead of him, though he can still pound you to pulp with those boulders... You want to fight? Fight me! HAHAHA |
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Mewto Unregistered user |
Thanks. It really helped.About the Earthquake, I went to the arena and I used Earthquake in a cave. It slained all my enemies. I've got the golden gladiar or how do you call it. When should I use it. It's better to fight a hydra with what spells? |
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Griever Registered user The Beastmaster Last page view: 8039 days, 14 hours, 42 minutes and 45 seconds ago. |
Dude, Iīve played ADOM for two years now, and I havenīt finished the game yet. lvl 42 gnomish priest and the Mana temple was the furthest place Iīve ever got. I donīt play it because I want to finish it. I play it because it is ADOM. RRaaugHH!!! |
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Mewto Unregistered user |
My best was a lv. 20 gnome elementalist. I was until lv. 25-26 in the CoC but a Moloch started fighting and I ran away. I was so scared. I was invisible and I could teleport myself because I drank from a pool.I landed in the middle of a vault. Lucky me I was invisible. |
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Nolrael Registered user Lord of Baal Secundus Last page view: 7805 days, 9 hours and 27 minutes ago. |
Ha! I have played for about 2,5 years now (or how long it is from Gamma 16...) and my best char (non-cheated) is either lvl 12 grey elf elementalist who survived to Khel and a few levels down form there, or lvl 12 hurthling weaponsmith who drowned in UD:8. That hurthling had quite good stuffs to be in that stage of game...(Diadem of beauty, adamantium med. shield (+4,+4) and such). "I didn't come to play. I came to win."
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Ekaterin Moderator on this forum Last page view: 5976 days, 10 hours, 14 minutes and 28 seconds ago. |
Level 12 is kind of low to be meeting Khel - I usually seem to be level 13 before I even get to the Caverns of Chaos. Had you been through the SMC and UD and done all the Terinyo quests? I tend to do all that before entering the CoC. Also, was it the Water Temple that killed your grey elf elementalist? It killed my first character to get there too, but fire magic is really useful there. |
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Babacaman Unregistered user |
Well, been playing over 2 years also and best char was a Dwarven Paladin (try them.. they rule!) lvl 50, getting to lvl 50 of the Coc.. i know, i was close to winning, but my char had no chance against all those balors and stuff.. i just seem to get to the end without being enough powerful, even at lvl 50... i think my major problem is not getting my stats high enough.. and i really would like to know how you guys manage to get those 60+ in the stats!! i never even get close to that!
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eL Registered user Long lost brother Last page view: 7395 days, 11 hours, 52 minutes and 6 seconds ago. |
my wizards usually start with Le about 29 It's very hard to be humble, when you are great. |
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J. Registered user You'll never get rid of me Last page view: 5874 days, 23 hours, 33 minutes and 28 seconds ago. |
Try gambling the casino for millions and millions of gold and train with garth. That's slow but does the job. Toughness isn't that easy to come by nowdays because undead corpses don't always increase it. You could try wearing a ring of weakness and eating giant corpses or something, I hear it works for strength. Dexterity you can get from scumming the blue dragon caves for their corpses(and you might find many many potions too). If you're feeling happy, don't worry, it'll go away. Originally posted by noob: "I'm everytime amazed how you people know to exploit every single little bug (or not-bug) for elaborated scumming tatics even if the feature seems completely useless or bad." [Edited 1 time, last edit on 12/16/2002 at 10:30 (GMT -5) by J.] |
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Babacaman Unregistered user |
cant believe.. two votes NO in my poll.. you dont know the power of a dwarven paladin.. lol |
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J. Registered user You'll never get rid of me Last page view: 5874 days, 23 hours, 33 minutes and 28 seconds ago. |
Nothing beats a dark elven merchant! If you're feeling happy, don't worry, it'll go away. Originally posted by noob: "I'm everytime amazed how you people know to exploit every single little bug (or not-bug) for elaborated scumming tatics even if the feature seems completely useless or bad." |
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Maelstrom Registered user The Knight of the Black Rose Last page view: 3328 days, 8 minutes and 20 seconds ago. |
Dwarven Pallies can be nice, but if you meet a claw bug in the early game, then you're dead. (and their almost guaranteed in SMC&UD) Nothing beats Dark Elven Barbarians! A pessimist sees a dark tunnel. An optimist sees a light at the end of that tunnel. A realist sees a train. And the train driver sees three idiots on the tracks. |
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eL Registered user Long lost brother Last page view: 7395 days, 11 hours, 52 minutes and 6 seconds ago. |
nothing beats gray elven wizzys!! and dark elven barbarians is a lil' bit weird :) It's very hard to be humble, when you are great. |
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Maelstrom Registered user The Knight of the Black Rose Last page view: 3328 days, 8 minutes and 20 seconds ago. |
That's the point - pick the most frail and magic-user like race, and make it a big brute that can't cast spells :) (and it's my first win in 1.0 :P) A pessimist sees a dark tunnel. An optimist sees a light at the end of that tunnel. A realist sees a train. And the train driver sees three idiots on the tracks. |
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Orc Man Registered user Threadamancer Last page view: 7908 days, 14 hours, 10 minutes and 49 seconds ago. |
Orcish Mindcrafter!! "The greatest obstacle obstructing the advancement of the human race, is the human race." |
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J. Registered user You'll never get rid of me Last page view: 5874 days, 23 hours, 33 minutes and 28 seconds ago. |
DEs are okay warriors albeit pretty weak in the beginning. But they have good skills like alertness and find weakness and can go toe-to-toe with ghosts wihtout fear of dying in two hits. If you're feeling happy, don't worry, it'll go away. Originally posted by noob: "I'm everytime amazed how you people know to exploit every single little bug (or not-bug) for elaborated scumming tatics even if the feature seems completely useless or bad." |
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buttnugget Registered user Last page view: 7840 days, 18 hours, 54 minutes and 52 seconds ago. |
grey elf bards get a dragon companion, i let him do all the killing for a while. other than that i play elf priests mostly, i love detect item status. merchants are good too, but i like to have spells and weapon skills. |
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J. Registered user You'll never get rid of me Last page view: 5874 days, 23 hours, 33 minutes and 28 seconds ago. |
Elven priests are one of the easiest classes to play, at least for me. Detect item status is so nice because I want to try out every single new item I find in case it's something special and usually end up wearing six to seven cursed things which I can't take off. And they have great skills like healing and herbalism If you're feeling happy, don't worry, it'll go away. Originally posted by noob: "I'm everytime amazed how you people know to exploit every single little bug (or not-bug) for elaborated scumming tatics even if the feature seems completely useless or bad." |
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Jillian Registered user the High Elven Barbarian Last page view: 7923 days, 2 hours, 23 minutes and 45 seconds ago. |
High Elven Priests, High elven Barbarians, and Drakish mindcrafter. |
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