Well crap, I've been to the elvish halls a couple of times with characters that I felt were up to the task. Both times I gave up because i thought there was ...
Peter Crowell
peter.crowell@xxxxxxx...
Mar 3, 1999 6:26 pm
50
Hi, Does anyone here know what Linley has planned for the future...this game has a huge amount of potential. It's already pretty friggin good IMO. Also, what...
Peter Crowell
peter.crowell@xxxxxxx...
Mar 3, 1999 6:32 pm
51
... I've never had a problem with ogres, personally... they are easily defeated by the run hit run hit method... see later in this message for comments on your...
Jeff Bay
jbay@xxx.xx.xxxx
Mar 3, 1999 7:49 pm
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... I think that's my problem, too much ADOM :) I play ADOM like a steamroller, mindlessly bumping into things. running isn't really a possibility most of ...
Peter Crowell
peter.crowell@xxxxxxx...
Mar 3, 1999 8:25 pm
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... adom encourages that sort of thing, I guess... I don't like it. I *want* to have to think to get out of some scrapes. Just bumping uglies with a monster...
Jeff Bay
jbay@xxx.xx.xxxx
Mar 3, 1999 9:00 pm
54
... Ok, let me understand this right. In crawl, no monsters are generated randomly after the initial generation of the level? I had thought this might be the...
Peter Crowell
peter.crowell@xxxxxxx...
Mar 3, 1999 9:13 pm
55
... Artifacts all have unusual unidentified names, which makes them easy to pick. I've never found a cursed artifact either. ... Is it possible to cast spells...
John Fouhy
jfouhy@xxxx.xxx.xx.xxx
Mar 3, 1999 9:26 pm
56
I have found Adom to be not particularly hard in the mid to late game, especially compared to crawl. Before to long in Adom you have a huge arsenal of...
Niteshade6@xxx.xxx
Mar 3, 1999 9:23 pm
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... This can't be right. I've had monsters pop into existance in my line of sight more times than I can count. And there's nothing like running back down a ...
jnorris@xxxx.xxx
Mar 3, 1999 9:30 pm
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... This is definately not the case.. they aren't created in LoS any more, which they used to be (I was once resting in the elven halls and a half-dozen elves...
John Fouhy
jfouhy@xxxx.xxx.xx.xxx
Mar 3, 1999 9:31 pm
59
... From personal experience, the properties are scattered all over the source code, much like nethack but without the #defines, which makes crawl sourcecode...
Jean Marot
marot@xxxxxxx.xxx.xxx
Mar 4, 1999 2:11 am
60
... This would be pretty useful for a Venom Mage, but pretty *bleep*ing useless for anybody else, especially once you get low in the dungeon. ... Oh, I should...
Benjamin
benjamin@xxxxx.xxxx
Mar 4, 1999 3:56 am
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... +27, -1 ackshurly. ... Others: Vampire's Tooth -- well, it's a vampiric dagger. I don't know if it's any more vampiric than other weapons of vampirism. ...
John Fouhy
jfouhy@xxxx.xxx.xx.xxx
Mar 4, 1999 6:34 am
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... Oh, there's also the "chunky greatsword" (I think) the Sword of POwer (or something). Its enchantmend apparently varies based on your hitpoints. I found it...
Benjamin
benjamin@xxxxx.xxxx
Mar 4, 1999 7:42 am
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... Actually this is one of the best artifacts I ever ran into. For the princely sum of 3 mana, you too can cast spells worth a total of 7 mana. I just love...
Rick Carson
carsonrick@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Mar 4, 1999 6:30 am
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... scythe of curses: don' remember the pluses but it starts to curse your items while you carry it....
mr characature
guises@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Mar 4, 2002 8:17 am
65
... No, monsters are randomly generated on the level later... just at a very low frequency. And when they are generated, I believe they are generated asleep,...
Jeff Bay
jbay@xxx.xx.xxxx
Mar 4, 1999 5:13 pm
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... Good point. I didn't think of that one. Of course, you'll want to ditch it before yo8u head into, say, the Crypt, but... ... I kill things with my Demon...
Benjamin
benjamin@xxxxx.xxxx
Mar 5, 1999 2:00 am
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... Someone else also asked this question by private email, but he subscribes to this list so I'll answer both queries here. Unfortunately this year I'm...
Linley Henzell
zel@xxxx.xxx.xxx
Mar 7, 1999 7:21 am
68
Remove please....
Mythagoes@xxx.xxx
Mar 27, 1999 3:32 pm
69
... *snip* ... I've been "playing" dungeon crawl since about v2.something.. I generally die pretty early or if I get I good character up and running I usually...
Thomas Wilson
s1171370@xxxxxxx.xx.x...
Mar 31, 1999 7:20 pm
70
... I just recently started playing Crawl, though I have been playing roguelikes for a long time--my first experience was with Rogue around '90, then I got ...
Blake Hyde
bhyde@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Mar 31, 1999 1:07 pm
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... *furry players sits on top of a stack of roleplaying books, tail wagging excitedly* Wuf! wufwuf arf arrrhuu! Oh, forgot, you're probably humans. Well, my...
Mortdred
mortdred@xx.xxxxxx.xxxx
Apr 1, 1999 1:23 am
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... Greetings all, I've been playing crawl since the Linux port came out. Until then the only roguelikes I had played were NetHack and it's predecessors Hack...
Daniel Ligon
makmorn@...
Apr 1, 1999 4:44 pm
73
I first encountered Crawl about 2 months ago, this was my first foray into Roguelikes period and I guess I can consider myself lucky for choosing Crawl as my...
Keith Heymann
k_heymann@xxxxx.xxxx
Apr 1, 1999 11:43 pm
74
Last I heard was that Linley that was going back to uni and v3.30 was going to be the last release that he did. I was wondering if anyone was still maintaining...
Thomas Wilson
s1171370@xxxxxxx.xx.x...
Apr 30, 1999 4:20 pm
75
... That's the case. He's still offering his input on the development of the new version, though. ... Yes. I'm part of a dev-team currently working on it....
Brian C. Robinson
bcr19374@xxxxxxx.xx.x...
Apr 29, 1999 11:32 pm
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Greetings from a new member. In answer to Heather's question, I've been playing Crawl for only a few weeks, but I have previously played Angband, Ragnarok,...
Donald Buzzelli
dbuzzelli@xxxxx.xxxx
Jun 7, 1999 3:31 pm
77
Once upon a time, Donald Buzzelli wrote: Hello there! ... An amulet of warding protects you from summoned creatures (elementals, demons, etc). This can be...
jnorris@xxxx.xxx
Jun 7, 1999 3:51 pm
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Well, let me be the first (AFAIK) to say that I believe Crawl may have contributed in part to my losing a job. ;} Not a big part, and certainly no hard...
