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... Power combo is irresistable. I have never ascended, but I have grown bored of gaining levels as a Valkyrie. My favorite game, and luckiest, involved...
vrylakos
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Dec 1, 2003
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629
Here is a trick to do with Rangers... Play an Elven Ranger and you will begin with a +1 elvish dagger. You can name the dagger "Sting" to have immediate...
David Strutt
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Dec 1, 2003
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630
... You can name the dagger "Sting" to have immediate access to an artifact weapon. This weapon will help against "o"s ... archery skill as much as possible. ...
vrylakos
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Dec 1, 2003
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Do unicorn corpses go bad for sacrificing purposes? I killed a neutral one early in the dungeon (I was backed in a corner, and the thing just kept kicking me!)...
vrylakos
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Dec 1, 2003
11:56 pm
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Corpses will go bad after about 25 turns. In order to convert an altar, you have to be in good standing with your god, which means few alignment deviances....
David Strutt
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Dec 2, 2003
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633
... I killed a neutral one early in the dungeon (I was backed in a corner, and the thing just kept kicking me!) and ate its corpse. Levels later, I come across...
Wendy Wilson
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Dec 2, 2003
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634
... Really? Hm, I only fed gems to the coaligned ones... Vrylakos...
vrylakos
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Dec 3, 2003
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635
Unicorns can help you identify good from bad gems. If you don't know what a gem is, throw it at a Unicorn. If the Unicorn graciously accepts your gift, then...
David Strutt
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Dec 3, 2003
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636
... Patience, cowardice, and inventory management: don't ever hurry, run away liberally, and keep yourself unencumbered. Those three should get you most of...
Phillip
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Dec 3, 2003
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637
... Yeah, I haven't read all the spoilers, but now I've got the Monster Manual loaded up on my PDA so I can reference it during play. I've just printed out the...
vrylakos
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Dec 3, 2003
7:28 pm
638
GAH! Dropped all gear. Picked up Mithril Shirt and Scroll of Enchant Armor. Read scroll.... FORGOT TO PUT ON ARMOR!!! Sigh... Ok, I've got a clear potion or...
vrylakos
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Dec 4, 2003
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yep, that's how you make holy water. In a pinch, say if you have 10 clear potions and one holy water, you can dip the 10 potions into the one holy water. They...
David Strutt
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Dec 4, 2003
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640
Ok... bit of a pickle. Been playing this game on and off for 3 or 4 days. I've got a wand of enlightenment. I've got no food. I've just hit the first Big Room...
vrylakos
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Dec 5, 2003
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I've got a holy water at my gnometown base. What's the best use for it? What would it do to a potion of level gain? Also, I engraved Elbereth in the doorway of...
vrylakos
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Dec 5, 2003
7:31 pm
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Ok, my weapon all this time has been a +1 blessed longsword. I'm now an expert longsword Valkyrie. Does what I'm wielding effect what Tyr might give me? Is...
vrylakos
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Dec 5, 2003
7:35 pm
643
... I don't believe so, but I may be wrong. ... I also believe Mjolnir is a guaranteed first gift for the Valkyrie, so it doesn't matter all that much. :> -pkh...
Phillip
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Dec 7, 2003
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Ok, on break at work, I fire up the PDA. I check myself with the wand of enlightenment. I can safely pray. I love this thing! I am hungry. I pray. Am ok. MAke...
vrylakos
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Dec 7, 2003
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645
I think the asterisk beside the identify spell means you haven't read the spell in a long time, and you need to "refresh" by re-reading the spellbook. Not all...
David Strutt
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Dec 8, 2003
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646
Ok... SO, with Mjollnir I go kicking the crap out of the Big Room, Space Ghost style. Inviso is up. I dropped a duplicate ring in a sink, it's a Fire Resister....
vrylakos
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Dec 8, 2003
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647
sounds like you have found the Quest level! :) fun and games. first off, if you want to go back to the regular dungeon you just came from, all you have to do...
rachel
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Dec 8, 2003
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you can technicaly sacrifice Any corpse. the question is do you want to?? lol :) it depends on a few things. your alignment, the altars alignment, how old the...
rachel
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Dec 8, 2003
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oh yea, and the quest is pretty important, once you reach the bottom, you find your Nemisis, and he carries an artifact and the Bell of Opening, which you need...
rachel
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Dec 8, 2003
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650
... first ... Oh, it most certainly does! That leprechaun is my personal Lex Luthor! Now, I've got 2 (maybe 3?) clear potions/holy waters. Apparently, a...
vrylakos
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Dec 8, 2003
4:45 pm
651
... want ... humans ... is ... Yes, it is! Hm, the only other altar I've found in Gort's game is a neutral one outside the gnome mines, probably level 8 or so....
vrylakos
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Dec 8, 2003
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652
... Holy Crap! I know I'm a long way off, and most likely will die, but wow! It's sort of like seeing the light at the end of the tunnel reflected off a...
vrylakos
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Dec 8, 2003
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653
Good for lamps and... what else? Vrylakos...
vrylakos
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Dec 8, 2003
7:42 pm
654
apply the potion to set it ablaze and create a light radius. Throw the potion as a grenade. vrylakos <vrylakos@...> wrote:Good for lamps and... what...
David Strutt
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Dec 8, 2003
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655
... the potion as a grenade. Do I apply first then throw? Or can I throw without applying? Thanks! Vrylakos...
vrylakos
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Dec 8, 2003
10:24 pm
656
Ok, went to Nornville... put on my fire resisto ring, put my scrolls in a bag, and started killing ants with ol' Mjollnir. Easy as pie. Crept up on a fire...
vrylakos
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Dec 8, 2003
10:27 pm
657
Apply the potion first. Also, I've never tried this, but I think if you dip a rusted potion in oil you can remove some of the rusting damage. David ... the...
David Strutt
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Dec 9, 2003
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