Originally Posted by
gosos
so if i copy guys over from 1.1.1 will this work? I don't have a 100 yet. probably 50 or so.
There's a file in your adom directory called adom.cnt. Edit this file in a text editor. In it will be a single character. Just change it to something that has an ASCII value >100. Quitting does not count as death. BugCave is a good way to increase your death count if you don't know what you're doing though...
2. Has anyone had success with merchants? They look unplayable. Gold isn't that important. Ok you can crown early with it and get a post crown item, but first off you have to live long enough to get there and that is a crap shoot. Plus you have gold to buy stuff in Lewinthol, if it happens to have stuff. how do you get these started and what race? I'm guessing this is the hardest class?
Drakelings are a good bet for tough classes. They have decent starting stats and you can spit acid at enemies to get yourself out of trouble. I also like Dwarf Merchants... you get relatively good starting gear, and enough gold to visit Lawenthelolil and buy a shield or better weapon maybe. Or play hurthling and pick up a bunch of missile talents to assist your coin throwing. There's various options that are playable. If your starting PV sucks (2 or less for sure, maybe even 3 or 4 if your To is decent), you should true berserk as well.
3. I have seen that some people consider troll priests cheating. I don't get it. Troll Priest with Candle may heal quicker, but its weak in combat. You can die to alot of things other than HP if your slow or you can get armor destroyed by jelly and stuff if you can't take them out at range or in one shot. Or a ghul can paralyze you. You don't heal THAT fast either. I even had one where I got preserver as a crowning gift and couldn't make it to dwarftown. Why do you guys like these so much? HP heal isn't that hard once you get to the big room and get some herbs. I guess they are better now that First Aid has been buffed.
Wizards are ADOM easy mode. From what I've seen, there's about an 80 percent chance your first win will be a wizard. Trolls healers are meh. I don't know that I've ever actually seen someone win with one. They're okay in early game, but, like most trolls, tend to fall behind pretty fast in the midgame. Troll barbarian is a better choice if you really want to play a troll, but most people dislike trolls immensely. If you want a good melee character, I'd go for orc barbarian or beastfighter, dwarf paladin, or drakeling monk.
Hoping to win with every class, doomed. Archer, Barbarian, Bard, Beastfighter, Druid, Elementalist, Farmer, Fighter, Monk, and ULE Priest down.