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Klavert Registered user The Hurthling Last page view: 6527 days, 9 hours, 15 minutes and 22 seconds ago. |
How do you kill/survive them? All my characters seem to run into one that kills them eventually. Klavert -I want ye to slay a rat to prove your valor- Thrundarr That really happened to me :D |
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Klavert Registered user The Hurthling Last page view: 6527 days, 9 hours, 15 minutes and 22 seconds ago. |
The thread should have been vortices, i'm sorry :P Klavert -I want ye to slay a rat to prove your valor- Thrundarr That really happened to me :D |
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J. Registered user You'll never get rid of me Last page view: 5672 days, 8 hours, 1 minute and 45 seconds ago. |
Well, obviously you should attack them at a distance. Archers have usually no problems with them. Wizards and the like should be able to blast them with some deadly magic (use ice against fire and vice versa). Melee chars ought to have enough hp to survive them, and barbarians could try to whack them while (true) berserk and use mighty blow. A good tactic is not to run around with low hp. After a tough fight, heal your wounds before continuing your wandering around. This one might be a bit spoily, so: Spoiler They're the biggest threat to low level chars, and low level chars can usually die to just about anything, so I don't consider them any more dangerous as other low-level killers, like snake pits. Though if you decide to descend the UD as the first thing you do and encounter a "threaten" room full of them, you're pretty screwed.
Have you noticed that on a level with a vortex/vortices, you get the message "you hear a distant wind"? If you get this message, you ought to heal yourself or perhaps retreat to an earlier level to heal. If you get many of them during a single turn, be afraid, as there is probably a room full of them on the level. 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 12/5/2003 at 08:03 (GMT -5) by J.] |
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Maelstrom Registered user The Knight of the Black Rose Last page view: 3125 days, 8 hours, 36 minutes and 37 seconds ago. |
If you are a melee character, then you should wait for them to come to you. Make sure you have more speed then they do, switch to Berserker tactics, and hit them hard. A good idea is to drop all your stuff on the ground, and lead them away, but it's risky. Barbarians have it easy (Treamendous blow+true berserker), and other classes should rather use missiles or spells. 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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the biz Unregistered user |
but did you all know that they are susceptible to constuct slaying ammo? Also, wand of webbing works great on Cat Lord (off topic, I know) |
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Maelstrom Registered user The Knight of the Black Rose Last page view: 3125 days, 8 hours, 36 minutes and 37 seconds ago. |
Yes, they are constructs, but I haven't had any chance to check construct slaying ammo (by the time I have enough of those to waste them on simple "V" instead of golems, I'm strong enough to kill them with one blow). 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. |