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Vennom Unregistered user |
Greetings, folks, I'm new here, and it's a pleasure to meet you all...I play ADOM often, though I'm only a newbie to it myself...any helpful pointers for aspiring Necromancers would be helpful. Thanks! |
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Islandgirl Registered user Last page view: 7436 days, 16 hours, 26 minutes and 36 seconds ago. |
Hi Vennom! welcome to the forums! =) |
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Vennom Registered user Champion of the Undead Last page view: 7722 days, 15 hours, 16 minutes and 53 seconds ago. |
Heh, hadn't expected a reply so soon. Thanks fer de welcome >:-D "The dead aren't so bad, once you get to know them." |
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ArcticWolf Registered user Karmic Popsicle Last page view: 7426 days, 11 hours, 49 minutes and 19 seconds ago. |
Beginning is nasty. Troll necromancers are good for training how to be a necromancer. ^_^ Imagine a carmic popsicle - First it is red and tastes like strawberry. Then it turns blue and tastes like blueberry. And if someone takes it from ye, he or she gets cursed and doomed. |
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Vennom Registered user Champion of the Undead Last page view: 7722 days, 15 hours, 16 minutes and 53 seconds ago. |
Heheheheh. I've been doing so, actually...the hefty food requirements tend to starve me to death ~chuckle~ Mabye, what I /really/ need to know is, what's the best wat to start, with any character? Is there a good pattern to start with, or something of that nature? "The dead aren't so bad, once you get to know them." |
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Vennom Registered user Champion of the Undead Last page view: 7722 days, 15 hours, 16 minutes and 53 seconds ago. |
This one's a test for my pic ~chuckle~ "The dead aren't so bad, once you get to know them." |
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J. Registered user You'll never get rid of me Last page view: 5670 days, 22 hours, 4 minutes and 40 seconds ago. |
There is no best way to start but just try to explore the easier dungeons first. I'd suggest picking the 'Alert' for your first talent, 'Miser' for next and 'Treasure hunter' for third as then you'll tend to find more gold and better items to help you survive. I practically every time start by getting the quests from terinyo, then popping in and out of the small cave(north west from terinyo, stay out of there, it gets VERY dangerous when you get to a higher level) and then do the elder/druid quest, after that puppy quest. Then if I'm not lvl 10 yet to kill hotzenplots I descend through the unremarkable dungeon(below the small cave) to the high mountain village(and hope to get to kick a stone giant lords ass to get a corpse and +1 St). Then I should be lvl 13 to go to through the pyramid. Then if I've got water breathing or teleport I go say hi to blup's mom(she's a water dragon and lives in a pretty watery place if you didn't know that) and tell blup about it. And only then do I begin to descend the caverns of chaos. If you're starving to death play humans, drakelings or hurthlings who have the food preservation skill (it's great). You could also play monks who need only half the food others need(farmers have this ability too starting from lvl12). And always when you need something you can scum the infinite dungeon (southeast from the two first towns). Just keep going up and down the staircases and pick up items you see. This is handy for finding books as a spellcaster or a shield for a fighter, for example. Oops, now that got longer than I thought it would. 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 1/30/2003 at 09:52 (GMT -5) by J.] |
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Vennom Registered user Champion of the Undead Last page view: 7722 days, 15 hours, 16 minutes and 53 seconds ago. |
Thanks fer the info. Food preservation /IS/ great, meh heh. I'm using a troll born in the month of the Candle, with that talent that lets you heal wounds faster ~evil chuckle~ I'm doin great so far...Appreciate all the help, folks! "The dead aren't so bad, once you get to know them." |
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ArcticWolf Registered user Karmic Popsicle Last page view: 7426 days, 11 hours, 49 minutes and 19 seconds ago. |
Oh my god...I knew about the trollish healers and the month of the candle, but I didn't thought about combining it with that talent. Now that is just...a meat wall. Imagine a carmic popsicle - First it is red and tastes like strawberry. Then it turns blue and tastes like blueberry. And if someone takes it from ye, he or she gets cursed and doomed. |
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J. Registered user You'll never get rid of me Last page view: 5670 days, 22 hours, 4 minutes and 40 seconds ago. |
Just have petrification&death ray¶lyzation resists and it will be very hard to kill you:) If you can learn teleport and have teleport control... Well congrats you've just got yourself a winning char :D No, the RNG will get you, yes it will. BTW drakelings have the second fastest natural healing and they can gain something from !oTrollblood and don't require so much exp and don't require as much food and of course have the lovely lovely vomit attack so might want to try them also! P.S. yes, drakelings are my favorite race nowadays:) 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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Krusty Registered user the clown Last page view: 5593 days, 19 hours, 43 minutes and 4 seconds ago. |
Hi Vennom =) Slightly off topic but does anyone know if that vomit attack has any negative side-effects for the drakeling concerned? |
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Iridia Moderator on this forum YASD Last page view: 3762 days, 11 hours, 54 minutes and 30 seconds ago. |
Yes, it decreases satiation level. That's only bad if you're running out of food... otherwise it can be helpful, like when you're trying to consume fifteen quickling corpses before they rot. Die Gedanken sind Frei |
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Vennom Registered user Champion of the Undead Last page view: 7722 days, 15 hours, 16 minutes and 53 seconds ago. |
HHmmm....drakelings, eh...I'll give it a shot. The trollish necro is doin fine, up to level 18, farthest I've gotten so far ~chuckle~ The staff of slaughtering I found helps things along, too! Not only that, but since trolls can eat almost /anything/, and I've got my Food Preservation skill at max, there's no hunger problems, either. ~evil cackle~ "The dead aren't so bad, once you get to know them." |
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Maelstrom Registered user The Knight of the Black Rose Last page view: 3123 days, 22 hours, 39 minutes and 32 seconds ago. |
Drakelings= good spellcasters&fighters Druids = semi-spellcasters&semi-fighters Is a Drakeling Druid a good combo? 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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Iridia Moderator on this forum YASD Last page view: 3762 days, 11 hours, 54 minutes and 30 seconds ago. |
I think so... but then again I've always avoided Drakelings since I usually die in the ToEF anyways and I don't need any more complications. Die Gedanken sind Frei |
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J. Registered user You'll never get rid of me Last page view: 5670 days, 22 hours, 4 minutes and 40 seconds ago. |
That might be a good combination. I myself just don't like to have to change places with every other monster in the game :) A drakish priest also might be good. 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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ArcticWolf Registered user Karmic Popsicle Last page view: 7426 days, 11 hours, 49 minutes and 19 seconds ago. |
ToEF and drakelings are not a pretty combination. But, your speed is doupled. ^_^ Imagine a carmic popsicle - First it is red and tastes like strawberry. Then it turns blue and tastes like blueberry. And if someone takes it from ye, he or she gets cursed and doomed. |