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corruptor Unregistered user |
My charactar is going for an ultra, needs a RODS or an AOL. He found an ordinary ring in the ID, just to find out it was a ring of of fire. What other names names might a RODS go under |
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Iridia Moderator on this forum YASD Last page view: 3753 days, 14 hours, 40 minutes and 2 seconds ago. |
Literally, any name. Just ID every ring you find; by now, most rings should have been identified. Die Gedanken sind Frei |
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Ekaterin Moderator on this forum Last page view: 5763 days, 11 hours, 31 minutes and 12 seconds ago. |
Actually, I think there are only a few possibilities.
The reason has to do with the material that different rings are made of. A specific type of magical ring will be the same material in every game - for example, RoDS is always adamantium. I have a theory that a ring of the same unidentified appearance will also be the same material in every game. For example, a ring described as an "adamantium ring" is always made of adamantium, and so are ordinary rings, onyx rings and opal rings, but no other rings. Similarly, a mithril ring is always a ring of ice because rings of ice are the only rings made of mithril. |
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corruptor Unregistered user |
I just found the RODS in the rift-it was Adamantium. Since it's Admantium can it be destroyed by fire? I'm about to go into the sinister library and am concerned an ancient Red dragon might be able to destroy it. I won't use yet because I know AOLS can be desroyed. Man what it takes to get an ultra ending six hours to find that! lvl 23 human wizard. |
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Ekaterin Moderator on this forum Last page view: 5763 days, 11 hours, 31 minutes and 12 seconds ago. |
No, it can't be destroyed by fire, but it might be destroyed by acid. To keep it completely safe, wear it under the elemental gauntlets. Rings can't be destroyed until the gloves over them are destroyed, and artifacts can't be destroyed. (AoLS, being iron, is much more vulnerable than RoDS.) |
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Ashandarei Unregistered user |
By the way, where is the most likely place to find either one. I've lost too many wannabe ultra-endings because I couldn't find AoLS to save Khelavaster. Please send here every little trick you might know, including chaos roulette. |
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corruptor Unregistered user |
To get one of those isn't easy- explore every possible place in the game- the TOEF, the Rift, the Tomb of the high Kings. Drain all pools in the game including the ones in the darkfoge- but be carefull as they can do nasty things to you- if you get doomed drinking from a pool, get it removed from your diety as you cannot get a wish while doomed. Other ideas- dip your worthless rings/ Amulets in blessed !exchange. You can try potions of Raw Chaos, but you could spill the potion taking heavy corruption- I think four corruptions and 250 damage. One more idea- use a wand of trp creation in the Dwarven Hall until you get water traps, have a fluff ball ready, dip it in a potion of water and kill them by the thousands until you get the ring or Amulet- but be carefull- they can get tough after 2000 or so and the Dwarven Hall corrpution rate is very high and can generate the nastiest monsters in the game, but you can find lots of great items and gold with this trick. |
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Marillion Registered user Twinmaster Last page view: 357 days, 4 hours, 37 minutes and 17 seconds ago. |
That thing aboute you cannot get a wish while doomed must be a myth... I've had it happened I am most sure... |
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Some guy Unregistered user |
Here's a variation on the gremlin-scumming trick mentioned by Corruptor: The dwarven graveyard's surface level is completely non-corrupting, and has a fairly high danger level, so eternium and wish items can be generated there. The only trouble is making a water trap there. Wands of trap creation don't work on grass, but there's another little known way of making traps, which is: Dig a hole, and "U"se any blanket while standing on it. Theoretically, this would only make covered pit traps, but it can actually make any type. I always keep all the plain blankets I find early on for this very purpose. Make the water traps near the entrance to the middle building. This way you can't get surrounded by gremlins. And, pickpocket and kill each gremlin, wish items and AoLS's can be pickpocketed. |
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Marillion *drunk* Unregistered user |
I actually practiced this trick in later games.. MUCH more reardin than ID:9 scumming... Really recommend it! |
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Marillion *drunk* Unregistered user |
I've, and rewarding was the word I was looking for.. I think I can blame tha fact that i've done aboute 12 bears this evening.. Chears mates! =) |
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Stratch one Unregistered user |
I didn't tried it, but maybe if you don't have Scrolls of id, then 'U'se every ring thats unID-d. Then you may get it. |
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Djinni Registered user don't rub MY ring Last page view: 7060 days, 18 hours, 2 minutes and 39 seconds ago. |
just make sure the ring is *blessed* before you try that ;) |
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Twinge Registered user Communist in Disguise Last page view: 5192 days, 12 hours, 52 minutes and 41 seconds ago. |
"That thing aboute you cannot get a wish while doomed must be a myth... I've had it happened I am most sure..." Not a myth. You must not have been doomed; it's obvious in the code that you cannot get a wish from a pool while doomed. You have about a 1% chance to get a wish (1 in 104). |
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Ashandarei Registered user Spearmaster Last page view: 4936 days, 11 hours, 35 minutes and 50 seconds ago. |
Well, what is the chance to get a wish if you are Lucky, Fate smiles upon you and you are wearing Ankh? That is how I usually drink pools. The rust monster touches your blessed Trident of the Red Rooster. Nothing happens. You laugh at the monster's pitiful attempt. |
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Molach Registered user Lord of DurisMud Last page view: 5139 days, 11 hours, 50 minutes and 15 seconds ago. |
About making gremlin traps: " have a fluff ball ready, dip it in a potion of water " - to avoid wasting a potion of water, just wield a fluff ball and trigger the water trap (crtl-t). Remove rustable items first. Pretty useless trick, since youll get enough water using gremlin trick |
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Alex Registered user Master Necromancer Last page view: 6506 days, 35 minutes and 21 seconds ago. |
does anyone know if there's any truth in the rumour that drinking from pools the same colour as your eyes is better? What do you wish for? wands of cat repellent_ |
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Twinge Registered user Communist in Disguise Last page view: 5192 days, 12 hours, 52 minutes and 41 seconds ago. |
"Well, what is the chance to get a wish if you are Lucky, Fate smiles upon you and you are wearing Ankh? That is how I usually drink pools." No additional effect whatsoever. It physically checks if you are doomed; it doesn't actually check luck at all. "does anyone know if there's any truth in the rumour that drinking from pools the same colour as your eyes is better?" I'm fairly certain this is false. I saw nothing like that when I was gathering all the exact pool effects... which I made a chart of btw, if anyone is interested. The guidebook is fairly accurate here, but there are a few differences. http://adom.falldowngoboom.org/pools.html I'll also note Ekaterin's theory of the un-IDed names is very interesting and it would make a lot of sense. I had definately noticed that they weren't completely random, but wasn't sure what restrictions they might have. |