Unarmed Monk - Tons of Greater Karmic Wyrms

[sytar6]

So I'm making my way through the cavernous level just past the Cat King's level with my unarmed monk. All of a sudden, I notice a pack of like 30 Greater Karmic Wyrms. I try to get away, but they all start casting confusion on me in a bad way and throwing bolts at me. I have Sun's Messenger and like 5 or 6 rounds of dragon slaying ammunition. I have this weird feeling that they're sitting on the down staircase, but I haven't had a chance to explore the level yet. Is there a way to...like...kill them? Or is it just one of those things ADOM throws at you that you got to run the fuck away from?

[grobblewobble]

One thing you can try is to read a scroll of familiar summoning and hope you get something that can handle them.

Or read a scroll of magic mapping and see if you can just avoid them.

[Stingray1]

Confusion resistance, stay out of shot, trained poisoned boomerang/scurgari of returning. Otherwise locate the downstairs and teleport. Best luck.

[sytar6]

I think I'll be trying to escape first. I have some scrolls of familiar summoning. I'll give those a shot if they're standing on the staircase. Guess I should put on the water orb and a ring of mental stability. The -conf I'm getting from my shirt of the saints isn't cutting it.

[Frankie]

you can try wielding 2 shields, setting tactics to coward, and getting past them, swapping places whenever needed with your class power

[sytar6]

Alright, update. I read a scroll of magic mapping. Turns out they're not on the staircase. I ran to the staircase. Went down a level.

Killed three or four monsters, and one of them dropped a Wand of Wishing (5 charges)!

Is there a way to turn these wishes into dead greater karmic wyrms? Would a Wand of Death work on them? I remember clearing out tension room full of (regular or greater or ancient, can't remember) Karmic Dragons using a WoD.

-I'm going to be wishing for some magic writing sets so I can write some scrolls of chaos resistance/peace/defense/protection.

- I might want to use another wish on getting a way to level up. I'm still in the mid 20's. Not sure I should wish for the emperor moloch, as I doubt I can pierce greater molochs or manuever away from tons of them in a reasonable way.

Dunno want to use the rest of the wishes on. Maybe I should wish for some spellbooks of teleport. That would be helpful. Perhaps a wand of paralyzation and some slaying ammo.

[Stingray1]

Wow, great stuff. Wrt what Frankie said, for in case you need to in future, a monk can even swap places while confused.

[JellySlayer]

Alright, update. I read a scroll of magic mapping. Turns out they're not on the staircase. I ran to the staircase. Went down a level.

Killed three or four monsters, and one of them dropped a Wand of Wishing (5 charges)!

Is there a way to turn these wishes into dead greater karmic wyrms? Would a Wand of Death work on them? I remember clearing out tension room full of (regular or greater or ancient, can't remember) Karmic Dragons using a WoD.

-I'm going to be wishing for some magic writing sets so I can write some scrolls of chaos resistance/peace/defense/protection.

- I might want to use another wish on getting a way to level up. I'm still in the mid 20's. Not sure I should wish for the emperor moloch, as I doubt I can pierce greater molochs or manuever away from tons of them in a reasonable way.

Dunno want to use the rest of the wishes on. Maybe I should wish for some spellbooks of teleport. That would be helpful. Perhaps a wand of paralyzation and some slaying ammo.

Wand of death isn't a bad idea. Or a banshee if you have beeswax handy...

[anon123]

I think karmic wyrms were immune to death rays (shrugging them off 100 percent of the time). Banshee is a good idea.

[gosos]

will the banshee kill everything? is there anyway to survive the banshee if you dont have beeswax?