Just be sure to get the heir talent with bards. Without it, they're a very difficult class to play. With it, they're pretty fun.Originally Posted by Lasher
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Just be sure to get the heir talent with bards. Without it, they're a very difficult class to play. With it, they're pretty fun.
Hoping to win with every class, doomed. Archer, Barbarian, Bard, Beastfighter, Druid, Elementalist, Farmer, Fighter, Monk, and ULE Priest down.
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*cough* Bug temple *cough*
"And light there be!"
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Nah. You can go through the game faster, safer, and with less hassle if you don't worry about pets, IMHO.*cough* Bug temple *cough*
Hoping to win with every class, doomed. Archer, Barbarian, Bard, Beastfighter, Druid, Elementalist, Farmer, Fighter, Monk, and ULE Priest down.
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Hey guys, mind if I ask a few questions? I'm new to the game as well, and know just enough about the game to realize this character I'm playing is getting ridiculous luck from the RNG (or it seems that way to me). I've only made it to Dwarf town a handful of times, and usually perish somewhere between there and the Animated Forest. Here's my log with some questions below:
I couldn't get healing from Jharod due to my alignment at the time, considering I'm a troll is it still worth it for me to get it (I don't know how either)?Code:Brett St:34 Le: 3 Wi:13 Dx:15 To:33 Ch: 1 Ap: 9 Ma: 5 Pe:12 N- DV/PV: 18/22 H: 105(151) P: 4(4) Exp: 8/57153 D: 11 $:1808 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Character Information ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brett St:34 Le: 3 Wi:13 Dx:15 To:33 Ch: 1 Ap: 9 Ma: 5 Pe:12 N- DV/PV: 18/22 H: 105(151) P: 4(4) Exp: 8/57153 M: 12968 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Background Information Name: Brett Race: male Troll Class: Barbarian Eye color: brown Hair color: black Complexion: dark Height: 8'10" Weight: 524 pounds Age: 13 (young) Star sign: Sword Birthday: 20/Sword (day 200 of the year) Skills ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Athletics ................ 84 (great) [+2d4] Bridge building .......... 19 (mediocre) [+3d5] (mr) Climbing ................. 54 (good) [+3d5] Dodge .................... 81 (great) [+2d4] First aid ................ 67 (good) [+3d3] Food preservation ........ 68 (good) [+2d4] Gemology ................. 11 (mediocre) [+3d4] Haggling ................. 24 (mediocre) [+3d3] Herbalism ................ 66 (good) [+3d3] Listening ................ 48 (fair) [+4d4] Mining ................... 18 (mediocre) [+3d5] Stealth .................. 52 (good) [+3d4] Survival ................. 51 (good) [+4d4] Swimming ................. 38 (fair) [+4d5] Two weapon combat ........ 30 (mediocre) [+4d4] Woodcraft ................ 11 (mediocre) [+4d5] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inventory ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 2396 stones Carrying capacity: 6075 stones Head : blessed hat [+0, +2] [4s] Neck : uncursed platinum amulet [3s] Body : uncursed crystal scale mail (-1, -2) [+0, +8] [620s] Girdle : uncursed adamantium girdle [+0, +3] [18s] Cloak : uncursed cloak of adornment [+0, +0] {Ap+4} [40s] Right Hand : blessed large adamantium hammer (-1, 1d10+8) [89s] Left Hand : - Right Ring : blessed brass ring [1s] Left Ring : uncursed wooden ring [1s] Bracers : uncursed bracers of regeneration [+0, +0] [18s] Gauntlets : uncursed gloves [+0, +2] [6s] Boots : blessed seven league boots [+1, +0] [30s] Missile weapon: uncursed short bow (+1, +0) [20s] Missiles : bundle of 8 uncursed arrows (+0, 1d6) [16s] Tool : uncursed moss of mareilon [2s] Stuff ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 1528 stones Carrying capacity: 6075 stones Armor ('[') uncursed elven chain mail [+0, +5] [10s] Cloaks ('[') blessed cloak of invisibility (-1, +0) [+1, +0] [30s] Girdles ('[') uncursed adamantium girdle [+0, +3] [18s] Boots ('[') uncursed light boots [+0, +0] [20s] Necklaces (''') uncursed glass amulet [3s] One-handed weapons ('(') blessed adamantium battle axe (+0, 1d6+7) [50s] blessed heavy hatchet (+0, 1d6+1) [100s] Two-handed weapons ('(') uncursed ancient scythe [70s] Missile weapons ('}') uncursed short bow (+1, +0) [20s] uncursed sling (+1, +1) [3s] Missiles ('/') bundle of 14 uncursed quarrels [28s] uncursed arrow [2s] bundle of 10 uncursed arrows [20s] bundle of 4 uncursed arrows [8s] bundle of 14 uncursed quarrels [28s] uncursed arrow [2s] cursed arrow [2s] bundle of 7 uncursed tiny quarrels [14s] blessed arrow [2s] bundle of 2 uncursed drakish scurgari [20s] bundle of 10 uncursed sling bullets [30s] bundle of 6 cursed sling bullets [18s] bundle of 8 uncursed arrows [16s] Tools (']') heap of 6 uncursed strange items [60s] Rings ('=') uncursed vibrating ring [1s] uncursed black ring [1s] heap of 2 uncursed fire opal rings [2s] Wands ('\') uncursed rusty wand of magic missiles [3s] cursed brittle wand [3s] uncursed wand of acid [4s] cursed twisted wand [3s] cursed brittle wand [3s] uncursed glass wand [3s] Potions ('!') heap of 8 uncursed potions of booze [32s] blessed potion of invisibility [4s] uncursed potion of invisibility [4s] uncursed blazing potion [4s] heap of 5 potions of holy water [20s] uncursed light red potion [4s] uncursed potion of cure poison [2s] uncursed turquoise potion [4s] uncursed white potion [2s] cursed clotted potion [4s] Scrolls ('?') heap of 2 uncursed scrolls labeled "YNORI ERUP" [4s] heap of 2 uncursed scrolls labeled "YIKES" [4s] heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of uncursing [4s] uncursed scroll of protection [2s] uncursed scroll labeled "SutsI" [2s] uncursed scroll labeled "ECNETOPINMO" [2s] uncursed scroll labeled "KAPOW" [2s] uncursed scroll labeled "Yik Mech'Shegoth" [2s] Books ('"') uncursed light tome [100s] blessed huge manual [100s] Valuables ('$') 1808 gold pieces [18s] Gems ('*') uncursed red gem [1s]
I don't quite understand herbs, but I know some raise To- since I started with 34 does that mean my max potential To is still higher and herbs are worth looking into? I guess they would for Dex and Wi.
There is a ring of djinni summoning in the shop in the screenshot, its probably worth it for me to buy it, I guess. Also, there is a Crown of Leadership [+2, +7] {ch+18}, I don't know if its good or not but it sure is expensive and the PV would be nice.
Is there anywhere I shouldnt be invisible with my cloak? I figure shopkeepers wouldnt like it.
Lastly, my quest from Thrundarr is to kill a Leucrotta. My course of action is to just to look around in the big room and hopefully find one there, get my potion of literacy, ID all of my gear, then make my way through the Animated Forest. Sound reasonable?
Thanks a lot, I'm trying not to use the guidebook or anything and I've just been killing chars here for weeks ha.
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Healing (and extra skills, generally) is always worth it if you have herbalism. herbs cap out at ≈25, iirc. Also, beware of cursed moss. RoDS : totally worth it. Crown of leadership is an artifact. Invisibility is only bad for arena (stops access to it). If you put on invisibility JUST on top of the crown/RoDS (put them on the same square), then grab them, the shopkeeper might not notice - if he does, no negative consequence. If he doesn't, gratz on free wish and artifact.
Haven't won with : Druid, Priest, Elementalist, Weaponsmith, Ranger, Merchants, farmers, Necromancer,Thief
Currently trying : Entertaining girlfriend. Very, Very, VERY hard.
Just a silly online game
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> I couldn't get healing from Jharod
it is worth trying to figure out how to do it. You can get some
hints from jharod on how to do it... maybe rynt, the village
elder as well.
> I don't quite understand herbs,
They are the single most powerful power-up in all of adom, IMO.
They are very much worth investigating. I advise gathering a
great many before experimenting, and don't experiment with
cursed ones.
"Whip me!" pleads the adom player. The rng replies... "No."
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Hotzenplotz in bandit town might be able to help as well if you want a simpler method...
RoDS and Crown of Leadership are definitely worth getting--Worth stealing if you think you can get away with it and don't have enough cash. You can try picking them up while invisible. Sometimes the shoppie won't notice.
Hoping to win with every class, doomed. Archer, Barbarian, Bard, Beastfighter, Druid, Elementalist, Farmer, Fighter, Monk, and ULE Priest down.
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Hi Nutshell!
Good luck on your character! Keep us updated!
Also, Hello everyone!
Progress has been slow! I think I'm gonna take a break from the Slayers! (On Slayer 9 right now). Nobody has made it too far, though I have a level 10 Orc Archer, I'm not sure if I like her or not!
Also, this is a strange thing, I was N= and when I talked to the Sherriff to get my reward for killing Hotzenplotz I became N-! What's with that?
Oh, and nobody told me Skriek is a tough little guy! I was okay though, but running was involved!
Still messing with different classes, just thought I'd post an update!
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Did you actually pick up the gold? It seems a true hero must take nothing in return for his noble deeds of murdering crime lords.
He lives in a bandit village. Learn fast or die fast.Oh, and nobody told me Skriek is a tough little guy! I was okay though, but running was involved!
"And light there be!"
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Well! Still not going strong, but I thought I'd tell you the starting story of my randomly created Drakeling healer!
To start! I went to the SC.
I did not make it out of the first room. Got beat down by about 5 monsters and got Sick! Because of a rat that bit me. First 5 or less monsters in the game! Anyways, I booked it out of there and tried to recover in the wilderness, getting attacked by 2 Large Packs of Dogs, and surviving only because of Drakeling spit!
Anyways, by the time I was no longer sick I was level 5 and thought, Maybe I shouldn't go back to the SC. So I headed to the Druid's Dungeon, where what should I find but a Green Spear! With like +4, and 1d8+3! Pretty nice!
Second level down, the stairs are in the middle of a river! Okay, I can swim, and for some odd reason my drakeling is healing super fast!
Third level down, the stairs are in the middle of a river.
....
Okay! I can still swim! I made it all the way down and I'm okay, but at the bottom there is a room almost packed with animals, that happens to be the room I the stairs are in! I ran back up the stairs and had to fight my way through my retreat! Okay, so gonna take a break from that place, and go to the PC!
First Level. Ants. Ants that I have a lot of trouble killing for some reason. I ran to the second level!
Ants. And a scroll shop! But mostly dangerous ants.
Third level. Stairs are in the middle of a river! WTF?!
Fourth level! I have to cross a river! Grrr.... Game You really gonna do me like that?!!
Fifth level! Big cave type room, puppy is long dead I know, and what happens! I get SHREDDED by a Cave Tiger! I Didn't want to Kill it, but what can I do? He took down half my hp and kept making me bleed!
Anyways what happens then? A swarm of spiders from a dark elf! Okay, at least I'm blocked from the tiger! I'm stuck in a corner, at half hp, and poisoned with about 20 spiders bearing down on me! But I have a wand! What's it do? ZAP! Rumble.... Wand of Digging! I zap it and get to the other half of the huge cave!
What should I find? Another Spider guy! ;_;
I ran somehow. On level two I fought a bunch of ants but managed to get back to level one! Now I'm almost out of food! I have to fight a ton of ants on level one and the hive is right next to the stairs! I make it to the stairs with just one ant chasing me, and I'm all out of food,but I can't kill him! And the swarm slowly built up around me more and more till the Queen showed up!
Hp is at 1! I pray, "Ssrecht, Help pls!" And I get healed! I keep fighting! "Ssrecht, really sorry to bother you but could I get another divine gift, your worshipfulness?" And I am healed once more!
So what am I to do?! I'm Hungry! Time to go Berserk! And I'm fighting and fighting, and my chainmail is broken, and I'm Starving!
"Ssrecht, I'm really sorry to bother you but, if I could get a little help I promise I'll make it up to you! I know you've been eyeing this green spear!" Yay food!
SO I make it out alive, and if a Half Crazed Berserk Drakeling in tattered armor showed up in Terinyo later, now everyone knows why!
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