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J. Unregistered user |
I've been playing a gnomish elementalist (atm something like clvl 30, mostly thanks to the ring of elemental mastery I found so I could spend some quality time in ToEF killing fire creatures and obtaining levels and equipment (level 30 frost bolt REALLY works wonders against those fire creatures). Now I got to the casino level and very conveniently there was a coaligned altar AND a large giant vault on previous level (got Ironfist and Long Sting there). The problem is I thought of trying to win loadsa money from the slot machines and trying to get postcrowned (never been post or precrowned ever, offering the giants only took me to very close) but if I do that the big casino guard will block the downstairs. There was not a single wand of teleportation in gift shop and not spellbook of tele either and I have not found a single one either (at least I haven't got one ATM). Should I try going back out and go get the one guaranteed in dusty dungeon (gonna take a lot of time). I haven't got any scrolls of chaos resistance or potions of cure corruption and have no teleport control (29 blink dogs killed and not a SINGLE corpse, duh !) so I can't even get the ones from dwarven mystic. Or should I wait for the shop to restock and hope getting one then. Or should I just go on.[br]Oh, and how about weapon choice, lately I've been dual-wielding maces of destruction (found two with pretty nice bonuses). Should I go on like that (got two-weapon combat and tactics from Bart and got Backstabbing and find weakness from SoEducations pretty early) or wield staff of wanderer (crowning gift) or Long Sting ? |
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Stas Registered user The Dark Lord Melkor Last page view: 7645 days, 14 hours, 8 minutes and 17 seconds ago. |
is Long Sting a one-handed? You should use the shortcut to Dark Forge (unless you've killed loads of eternal guardians :), then get the wand. What alignment is your char? "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger" Lord of The Rings "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will anger the cat lord" |
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J. Unregistered user |
Long sting is two-handed (Glaive). Eternal guardian was passed with the ring (getting the ring was piece of cake). I'm not too sure about darkforge, don't have much lightning-spells (only some elementalist-standard lightning balls) and IIRC not much else works on those steel golems. Though maybe I could get some lightning wands, gotta check. Char is neutral (as just about all my chars). |
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 Dougy Registered user What is the deal with cards? Last page view: 5824 days, 6 hours, 54 minutes and 18 seconds ago. |
The problem being in this situation that you can't get to the shortcut without teleporting the big casino guard away. Some ideas of moving him are. Any form of teleportation scroll/wand/book. Spend all your money in the casino. (this doesn't always work) Order a companion to attack, then when (s)he does exchange places with him, moving the casino guard. I just tested this with a quickling queen companion in g16p2, the big guard is the only one that becomes hostile and that's towards your pet. - Staff of the wanderer gives immunity to shock - brilliant if your just about to do the blue dragon caves. And if ur trained in staves they get nice DV bonuses that would make up for lack of a shield. [+6 +2] and +6 toughness is nice too. Long sting has a lovely paralyzation resistance but is pretty crappy everywhere else. So, in my opinion i'd keep wielding what you've got, but if you goto the blue dragon caves take wanderer, and always carry long sting around with you. There might be a dorn beast or a mimic hivemind around the next corner. (or even a ghul) DougyDougy - Dougy - DougyDougy |
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Duke Ravage Registered user Gravebane Zombie Last page view: 5657 days, 6 hours, 7 minutes and 15 seconds ago. |
i hate ghuls... i've had lvl 12 chars (higest i've ever gotten was 15... i suck don't i? *g*) doing really good get paralized by a ghul and killed... ivan.sourceforge.net |
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J. Unregistered user |
As for shock immunity, I don't need the staff for that, I got shock immunity as crowning gift. The companion trick could work, IIRC I have couple of scrolls of familiar summoning. Hmmm... Ghuls... Don't remember ever losing a high-level character to them, only some low-level ones. As for mimics, I found a mimic tension room in the CoC graveyard level. Easily blasted most of them with frost/fire bolt, then the remaining master mimic paralysed me. Luckily it was badly injured and panicked away so I survived that. |
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J. Unregistered user |
Aaargh ! Shouldn't have mentioned never having lost a high level char to one... Having just lost one human elementalist to a REALLY stupid mistake (dipping potions to the ancient scythe and other items to the !oRC. Dipped one item - BOOM ! Game over) I started a new one. Got real lucky, found a ring shop in PC:3 and potion shop and scroll shop in UD. SMC was a lot of trouble (clvl ~14) but I made it. Pyramid was a breeze as was dwarven graveyard. But no ring of ice or a fireproof blanket. Tried several times restocking the ring shop - loads of ring but NO ring of ice. Oh well, try CoC then. In DH:2 I walked towards a innocent-looking item on floor... I guess everyone can guess what happened then... |
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Stas Registered user The Dark Lord Melkor Last page view: 7645 days, 14 hours, 8 minutes and 17 seconds ago. |
lol hehe I love mimics *lol* "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger" Lord of The Rings "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will anger the cat lord" |
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Piraten Registered user Last page view: 8173 days, 19 hours, 43 minutes and 26 seconds ago. |
this might sound stupid but wich cave is the SMC, cant remember wich one /I wish u could play as a pirate in ADOM!! |
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MIndstorm Unregistered user |
Thing about mimics - having blesssed seven-league boots and speed about 130 gives you an opportunity to discover disguised mimics before they shed their camouflage. Stand next to suspected item and "l"ook at it. If the weight is shown, then it isn't a mimic. Otherwise, you may backstab him, cast Slow, or go some steps back and kill him with spells or ranged weapons. |
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Jan Erik Administrator Last page view: 4 days, 18 hours, 5 minutes and 46 seconds ago. |
The SMC is that cave slightly north-west of the town, you know the one where it's not a good idea to hang out too long... Jan Erik Mydland HoF admin |
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J. Unregistered user |
You tell me that... Recently I had a human elementalist. Had done PC and found three fountains there. Fountain scumming netted me teleport control and teleportitis but (apparently) no curse/doom (nice). And best of all - a wish. I used it on rings of ice (for ToEF, one can usually find pretty nice stuff there if one can just avoid losing stuff to heat). Then went to SMC and tried to find downstairs... Now, everyone can guess what happened... Define irony... |
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Piraten Registered user Last page view: 8173 days, 19 hours, 43 minutes and 26 seconds ago. |
u mean pool right?? not fountain /I wish u could play as a pirate in ADOM!! |