Finally some more potential, questions arise

[JellySlayer]

Some more questions.

Does cooked food still rot? I used a wand of fire on the Snake from Beyond corpse and it cooked but a few dungeon levels later it was gone, same for ACW corpse that was cooked by the tower's heat. I really needed them both for the PoCC...

Cooked food still rots, but it does last a lot longer. If you have food preservation of 100 + cooked, then the food will (basically) never rot.

I'm working on a DE Beastfighter now who has satified the ratling and has boar skull (took about 15 days while wearing crown of science to get it) and all the other things needed for Gaab'bay except the PoCC. I am still CN as I havn't taken Gaabies first quest yet, but after i take her first quest can i change alignment or do I need to stay C throughout her quests?

I believe you can safely change back.

What, if any, intrinsics apply from melee artifacts (such as RCT or ToRR) weilded as missles? My guess is none, but just wanted to be certain. I'm talking about things like Water Breathing, SeeInv, resists/imunities.

I think gut found that regeneration works in the missile slot. Most of the others don't.

Think I can survive the stone circle if I'm level 22 and have some dragon slaying ammo?

How good is your confusion resistance? Keriax has an extremely potent confusion attack that can really mess you up if you aren't prepared for it (Wi of at least 35 and at least one--maybe two--blessed item that gives confusion resistance) and it has a huge range. It's best if you can hit him with something like a potion of blindness, since he also has a dangerous corrupting breath attack.

Honestly, there's no real rush at this point. Wait until you've visited the Casino and upgraded your gear, do master cat and the Air/Earth Temples and any greater vaults you come across first. Keriax isn't going anywhere, and there's much easier places to earn experience at this point.

[Ascaron]

I think gut found that regeneration works in the missile slot. Most of the others don't.

Regeneration not only works in the missile slot, but the two hands as well.

So with a crown of regeneration, preserver, two rings of regeneration, the platinum girdle (I wish), bracers of regeneration times 2 (bracers+missile slot) and dual-weilding knives of endurance (or bracers of regeneration, they work in the hands too)... 9hp a turn, plus natural healing.

Not too shabby.

[phauli]

any greater vaults you come across

Whoa! wouldn't say ANY greater vault after i cleared one greater undead vault with a beastfighter i'd definitely do the stone circle way rather than that and he had BoW & Preserver

[pblack]

Regeneration not only works in the missile slot, but the two hands as well.

So with a crown of regeneration, preserver, two rings of regeneration, the platinum girdle (I wish), bracers of regeneration times 2 (bracers+missile slot) and dual-weilding knives of endurance (or bracers of regeneration, they work in the hands too)... 9hp a turn, plus natural healing.

Not too shabby.

I think the maximum allowed by the game is 7hp + natural per turn (or less). Also, a char like that probably has crappy DV/PV/resistance/damage/no missile so... there's a point where rgen stops being worthwile =P

[Ascaron]

I think the maximum allowed by the game is 7hp + natural per turn (or less). Also, a char like that probably has crappy DV/PV/resistance/damage/no missile so... there's a point where rgen stops being worthwile =P

Indeed, that was what I was pointing out. It is possible to take anything too far, as I myself know.
(currently, my computer is running through 2.7 million pasted characters. It's been going 2 and a half hours so far :P)

[brim]

An update: Well, as for Keriax, I'm at day 61 now and day 60 was Darknight, so i have plenty of time to level up, though it looks like my quest will be leading me a bit beyond day 90 which sucks.

I dove further into the CoC and visited the Casino. No PoCC in there unfortunately, but there is a certain Shining Silver Bracers waiting to be bought/stolen. I have never tried to rob the Casino before, and as I'm a beastfighter I don't have any spells to rely on. With blessed girdle of carrying and Fire Orb my carrying capacity is Overburdened! at about 13000. The BoW cost 1.5 million gold, which itself weighs 15000. So unless I beef up my Str considerably I don't think I'm even capable of buying the bracers Any thoughts?

Dove beneath the Casino and found the cat lord and got my wonderful cats eye ring. When I entered the battle bunny level I accidentally hit W4 and ended up at the far end instead of digging through. When I went through the door, apparently there was a high level Lich of some kind summoning all sorts of ghosts and such, so I retreated back to stairs and dug through, but by then Bugs was no where in site and there were bunnies everywhere. I'm a little worried about my chances of finding/killing Bugs and making it back to the upper levels...

[JellySlayer]

Do you have a girdle of greed? That will solve one of your problems.