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RajAhten Registered user Last page view: 6821 days, 1 hour and 55 minutes ago. |
If you sacrifice a cat on a altar is it considered killing it for the cat rule purpose? |
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Battle bunny Registered user I'm just that cool Last page view: 5835 days, 1 hour, 12 minutes and 33 seconds ago. |
Yaeh. The only way to "legally" kill a cat is a Wand of destruction AFAIk. EDIT: Check out my new sig. (\_/) (o.0) (> <) ( / \ ) Don't click this http://www.mindistortion.net/iwantyoursoul/?i_am=Darkcutter [Edited 1 time, last edit on 8/26/2005 at 03:57 (GMT -5) by Battle bunny] |
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tongHoAnh Registered user adoomed Last page view: 6634 days, 19 hours and 40 minutes ago. |
Or: lets others kill him for you Or: Make him into something else My RL dumpyard: http://www.geocities.com/ceruleannebula/index.html |
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Morio Registered user Holy Champion of ADoM Last page view: 3906 days, 3 hours, 10 minutes and 54 seconds ago. |
Or lead it over a trap that you didn't create "I don't know what World War 3 will be fought with, but I know World War 4 with be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein |
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The Real J. Registered user The faceless swordsman Last page view: 5621 days, 11 hours, 51 minutes and 30 seconds ago. |
It is also possible to lead the cat into an alarm trap (even one you created) causing monsters in vicinity to attack poor pussycat. This could also be useful against spider factories. Sytytä toiselle tuli ja hän pysyy lämpimänä jonkin aikaa. Sytytä hänet palamaan ja hän pysyy lämpimänä loppuelämänsä. |
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Molach Registered user Lord of DurisMud Last page view: 5149 days, 10 hours, 49 minutes and 17 seconds ago. |
I usually 'm'usic them (if I have the skill, great skill for this) and when they are tame enough, I position them between myself and a suitable murderous creature. Then it "sadly" gets killed while heroically defending me. |
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Krusty Registered user the clown Last page view: 5594 days, 21 hours, 27 minutes and 38 seconds ago. |
Somewhat spoily.... Spoiler
Other methods include chucking a potion of exchange at them (bless the potion first), or feeding them rats or giant rats to calm them down and eventually tame them. (Doesn't work on lions and tigers though.) You can also use spells like calm monster or slow monster to give you enough time to run away, or even use the unpopular Ventriloquism skill on them. It may only confuse for a turn or so, but thats usually enough to get a door betwwen you and them. (Remember felines can't open closed doors.) Cats killed in vortex explosions do not appear on kill lists, however cats killed in a door trap explosion _always_ appear on your kill list. IMO, this is a bug, but nevertheless, they do. |
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Iridia Moderator on this forum YASD Last page view: 3763 days, 13 hours, 39 minutes and 4 seconds ago. |
Nobody's mentioned the Darkness spell yet? Cats can't see in the dark, so (especially if you haven't hit them yet) they are likely not to follow you through the dark. Die Gedanken sind Frei |
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Sargoth Registered user Bard Last page view: 4963 days, 15 hours, 18 minutes and 4 seconds ago. |
Darkness is not without disadvantages: there is no telling you won't run into another cat while running away... http://tankefel.blogspot.com/ So far you have only killed one wild cat. |
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Morio Registered user Holy Champion of ADoM Last page view: 3906 days, 3 hours, 10 minutes and 54 seconds ago. |
Cats can't see in dark? Didn't know that, but I think they should be able to see in dark, they are cats after all "I don't know what World War 3 will be fought with, but I know World War 4 with be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein |
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Vanger Unregistered user |
I think you can kill some cats without consequences cos you usually don't get long message about 'soul' or something after first kill... |
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Iridia Moderator on this forum YASD Last page view: 3763 days, 13 hours, 39 minutes and 4 seconds ago. |
Untrue--you see the message if your Perception is high enough, but a cat on your kill list gets the Cat Lord mad whether you've seen it or not. Die Gedanken sind Frei |
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 Arancaytar Registered user Pyromancer Last page view: 576 days, 8 hours, 20 minutes and 59 seconds ago. |
Over hours of playing, a *lot* of cats have accumulated on almost all levels of the CoC (the ones I've explored, down to Khelavaster's level) for my gray elven wizard. I just slow them and scare them, and they'll hopefully not bother me for a while. Move the cursor to the desired position and press [SPACE] when done. Impossible. Suddenly you stand elsewhere. You see an ancient altar of black obsidian. The goblin rockthrower suddenly shouts a prayer to his gods! You are consumed by a roaring column of flame! |
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tongHoAnh Registered user adoomed Last page view: 6634 days, 19 hours and 40 minutes ago. |
I once saw a level with a cat for every 5 floor. You know what I meaned? My RL dumpyard: http://www.geocities.com/ceruleannebula/index.html |
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Sargoth Registered user Bard Last page view: 4963 days, 15 hours, 18 minutes and 4 seconds ago. |
The bottom of a certain dungeon? http://tankefel.blogspot.com/ So far you have only killed one wild cat. |
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tongHoAnh Registered user adoomed Last page view: 6634 days, 19 hours and 40 minutes ago. |
That'd be a very funny situation Sargoth, especially I can retreve their bane beforehand :)) but it was not sadly. My RL dumpyard: http://www.geocities.com/ceruleannebula/index.html |
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Nchurmdaz Registered user Goblin flash mobber Last page view: 5995 days, 19 hours, 32 minutes and 43 seconds ago. |
How about charming a Dog for disposing Cats? Ubi patria ibi bene! |
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F50 Registered user Last page view: 5483 days, 20 hours, 20 minutes and 22 seconds ago. |
Aren't cats usually stronger than dogs? "If the bread weights that much in the draklor chain, then it's no wonder so many die of starvation. AND - what kind of IRON RATION weights as much as an iron shield?! A dinner for four, oven included? ;)" -Maelstrom |
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Iridia Moderator on this forum YASD Last page view: 3763 days, 13 hours, 39 minutes and 4 seconds ago. |
Yeah. You'd have to tame a wolf or uberjackal. Die Gedanken sind Frei |
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Nchurmdaz Registered user Goblin flash mobber Last page view: 5995 days, 19 hours, 32 minutes and 43 seconds ago. |
Or train a dog. That'd be more stylish. Ubi patria ibi bene! |
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Sargoth Registered user Bard Last page view: 4963 days, 15 hours, 18 minutes and 4 seconds ago. |
Goood dog! Here's a candy goblin for you! Go fetch! http://tankefel.blogspot.com/ So far you have only killed one wild cat. |
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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4076 days, 5 hours, 37 minutes and 4 seconds ago. |
The goblin attacks the good dog. The good dog is slightly injured. The good dog lies on the ground and whimpers. You are ashamed by the wussiness of your companion. You attack the good dog and turn it into a mangled heap. You pick up the good dog corpse. You eat the good dog corpse. You feel wussy. You drop the golden ball. You kick the golden ball. It slides to the west. Suddenly Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, appears! "That's not how you play Quidditch! are you even listening?" Which direction? (123456789) 4 Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is hit by a bolt of acid! Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is annihilated. You hear the ecstatic cries of a large crowd! |
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tongHoAnh Registered user adoomed Last page view: 6634 days, 19 hours and 40 minutes ago. |
The goblin hits you. You lie on the ground and whimper. :)) My RL dumpyard: http://www.geocities.com/ceruleannebula/index.html |
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ramthonodox Unregistered user |
the music skill is the best, just tame all of them |
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Invisible Coward Registered user Resident Ghost Last page view: 6634 days, 4 hours, 37 minutes and 1 second ago. |
I know its quite unusual,but i have been stuck in a tunnel between 2 cats a few times. I mean, whats a guy to do? I never seem to have any POE when that happens either.Or any dead rats. (I generally just eat off the floor with high food-preservation chars) *THUMB* |
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Soirana Unregistered user |
digging, using music or just switching to coward untill one of them gets bored and you can switch positions are common methods |
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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4247 days, 4 hours, 54 minutes and 54 seconds ago. |
And of course teleportation, or ventriloquism to confuse them. Another far riskier method is to attack one of them with a weak weapon and try to get it down to low hp so that it'll panic and run away (or berserk and kill itself). This is obviously a desperate tactic. Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |
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Invisible Coward Registered user Resident Ghost Last page view: 6634 days, 4 hours, 37 minutes and 1 second ago. |
I know there are many tricks to get around them, but i never seem to have the means.This generally happens with my Fighter chars, and i generally either try Soirana's Coward tactic or Darren's Cripple tactic, but to no avail. Its not a huge problem for me, its just happened a few times in the past 5 or so years. *THUMB* |
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tongHoAnh Registered user adoomed Last page view: 6634 days, 19 hours and 40 minutes ago. |
100% work, everywhere: set to coward [pre] ##.## f..@. ##.## ##.## ..f@. ##.## ##@## ..f.. ##.## ##.## @f... ##.## [/pre] My RL dumpyard: http://www.geocities.com/ceruleannebula/index.html |
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Morio Registered user Holy Champion of ADoM Last page view: 3906 days, 3 hours, 10 minutes and 54 seconds ago. |
tongHoAnh, it won't work in these situations: ##### f.@.f ##### (also to get the tags to work you must use capital letters) "I don't know what World War 3 will be fought with, but I know World War 4 with be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein |
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