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Seve Unregistered user |
Couple of questions fer ye ppl who know this game better than I do. 1. What happends after those 90 days? I can't complete some quests/endings? Start to get hugely corrupted untill primal moss of chaos? Im no longer 1337 warrior? 2. What can I do with crystal of darkness? And how to do it? 3. I read about this before on other thread. How much can I use my spells if I get rusty on them?!? And with what am I supposed to kill'em monsters after I can't use my spells. I never play with anyting other than wizards... and mostly with grey elven ones with ocasional gnome twist. Been playin this game from last fall and so far only lvl 18 character. Either I suck or this game really is damn hard. Mostly I get kia by shootin myself with own magicm/lightning bots... as them darn things bounce from walls. I loath&despise everyone who cheat in any games whatsoever so I never even consider saving&reloading my characters. |
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tsmee Unregistered user |
Managed to blow my topic nicely... hopefully someone notices&answers this one. |
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The Real J. Registered user The faceless swordsman Last page view: 5622 days, 11 hours, 57 minutes and 21 seconds ago. |
1. After day 90 corruption rate doubles, IIRC. So you'll get corrupted faster, but if you have enough removal means that doesn't make the game impossible. 2. Crystals of darkness can be used to create dark areas (how logical). It is done by using them (:u and select from inventory). Darkness can come useful as Spoiler many monsters can't fight at all in dark. For instance doppelgangers are completely helpless in darkness. 3. Spells have a limited number of uses unless one uses book-casting. Think of it as some kind of fuel - a separate kind for each spell. Once you run out of fuel you can't use the spell anymore. You can refuel a spell by reading the corresponding spellbook. You should never rely purely on spells. Ever. Even a wizard can be an effective meleer with a decent weapon and some weapon skill. Also, use missiles (thrown rocks, arrows, quarrels, anything). Also, saving and reloading is not cheating. I guess you mean using save scumming, which is indeed cheating. I for one just couldn't just sit 50 hours straight in front of the computer. Sytytä toiselle tuli ja hän pysyy lämpimänä jonkin aikaa. Sytytä hänet palamaan ja hän pysyy lämpimänä loppuelämänsä. |
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Seve Unregistered user |
Thanks fer info :-) I knew about that darkness but didn't quite know what did em crystals do. Yes I ment that save scumming(can't understand use of this particular word in this context) and I use that save option in game when I must do other stuff and I bet no one is crazy enuf to play whole game thru on one sit... correct me if Im wrong Well seems like I must start to train on weapons bit more and I've magaged to waste some 64 days of gametime and dunn have any potions of cure corruption so far... maybe long dive to some dungeons... |
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Questioner Unregistered user |
Last fall? So have you been avoiding the Adom Guidebook or just didn't know about it? http://www.andywlms.com/adom/ Most of the info is accurate, the section on herbs and religion is most useful. |
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einherjar Registered user Last page view: 6842 days, 52 minutes and 27 seconds ago. |
I don't know if it is a good idea to point new ADOM players to the Guidebook, since it contains spoilers. Someone should write a more up-to-date spoiler-free walkthrough. May thy wisdom be omnipresent. |
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Questioner Unregistered user |
Players can make their choice on how much they want to be spoiled. |
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einherjar Registered user Last page view: 6842 days, 52 minutes and 27 seconds ago. |
Truth be told, this is not the case. It is hard to look at the Guidebook and not be mildly spoiled about events in the future, whether due to spoilers inadvertently mentioned in the first section on game mechanics, referred to a spoiling section, or just out of plain curiosity. May thy wisdom be omnipresent. |
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Questioner Unregistered user |
The site warns that the guidebook contains extensive spoilers. They can choose whether to read it or not. They don't have to read it if they don't want to be spoiled. I see no problems posting just the link. Spoiler-free walkthrough? Isn't that an oxymoron? |
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Seve Unregistered user |
Well I use some parts of guide book. That end part where are descriptions of different stuff and their abilities and that sacrifice guide. Haven't payed attention to that walkthrough part so far. Good to know there are ppl willing to tell some hints on how to do stuff as there really is much to be figured out by self. |
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Molach Registered user Lord of DurisMud Last page view: 5150 days, 10 hours, 55 minutes and 8 seconds ago. |
Stick to grey elven wizards. Try to "scum" (=hang around in easy parts to obtain more equipment like spellbooks) untill you have enough of many different spells. Keep using spells, they get better with use. (Also with level and some stats) And most importantly: DONT KILL YOURSELF WITH BOUNCING MAGIC MISSILE/LIGHTNING BOLTS :) If you are so unsure about these two spells, try using spells that dont bounce, or ball spells. You need to train some weapon skills too. Both melee and missile skills. When you progress in the game you might find slaying ammo, thats always good to take out beings that seem impervious to magic. But only if you have some skill in the missile weapon (5-6 skill is easy to get, and probably enough for midlevel play) Spears and shields is a popular combo for caster classes. Remember to use tactics actively. Berserking/Coward has no effect on your spellcasting prowess. Let us know if you manage to get further. P.S the game is very hard. Even some moderators on this forum have never completed it (I think? Or..?) [Edited 1 time, last edit on 5/18/2005 at 06:21 (GMT -5) by Molach] |
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Seve Unregistered user |
Got now new greyelfwiz on lvl 19 and seems like it is rolling fine. Got Whirlwind from shop (stole it with invisibility ofcourse and shopkeeper didn't even know I was there as got stealth on 100). Missed sadly that pyramid quest... I quess it is closed when u reach some certain level... (16 maybe?) Now trying desperately to find potion of exhange(preferably blessed already when found) as I managed to get miself this damn trapping studded leather armor. Should never be overconfident when I get remove curse spells. Alternatively some nice door trap would do. I think I can find such on ID. |
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Rama Unregistered user |
There is a scroll that can fix that, though telling you might be spoily. Another important thing to do is to remember your wands, especialy those of paralysis and other status effects. (A blind Snake from Beyond is a DEAD snake) Another tactic I like to use on bad monsters with a mindcrafter is to go berzerk with missiles and either confuse ray or TLKNBlast(as a coward) |
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Well finally got rid of that damn trapped armor. Died some 10 turns later by berserk lord... didn't get new shiney armor on b4 going to scorch him -> 1 miss + 2 hits = kia Oh and if ye mean scroll of item destruction it doesn't work on trapped armor atleast not b/u ones. Dunno if it would do it when that scroll is cursed... |
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Sargoth (unplugged) Unregistered user |
DON'T READ CURSED SCROLLS! Ever. |