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  1. #1
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    So, I've been experimenting with different ways to start the game and play through the game. For a while, for example, I would always do the quests near Terinyo and then dive through the UD and make the trek to the CoC... but as of late I've realized that the CoC is only a 2 day journey from Terinyo, and have tried switching up my playing style. Here's my standard decision making process:

    1. Start game, head to Terinyo. Get appropriate quests.
    2. Go to Lawintheol, get pickpocket, kill an outlaw. (they're a good first kill, since they can be found on the road right by the Old Barbarian, but are pretty rare in dungeons)
    3. Do SMC and get blanket.
    4. Kill Kranach. (if he doesn't show up by game day 5 or 6, I often just give up on him)
    5. Collect $$ from Sheriff, buy anything useful in Black Market.

    6. Does my character have Healing?

    Yes: Go to step 7.
    No: Do village elder quest, go to step 7.

    7. Is the down staircase in the SMC close enough to reach without fighting?

    Yes: proceed to step 8.
    No: Descend into UD, proceed to step 8.

    8. Head due west to CoC. (going straight over the water - it won't kill you)

    9. Descend, buy Ratling Food and ditch whatever rations, make a beeline for Dwarf Town.

    10. Get first quest (I'm between level 6 and 10 at this point) and Griffyard quest.

    11. Head back up (fight in the arena 19 times for money for master thief), go back to Holeinthewall.

    12. Join thief guild, get detect traps and stealth, anything else useful.

    13. Kill Hotzenplotz (I should have a good wand by this point)

    14. Do VD/DD, get bridgebuilding/herbalism, do PC, explore the ID a bit for experience and equipment.

    15. Do Griffyard.

    16. Descend through UD (if I haven't yet) and max my stats with nearly guaranteed herbs. (use holy water potion I got from Dwarftown to adjust if necessary)

    17. Attack the Pyramid!

    18. VD with a Pyramid Pickaxe for the wand of teleport. Back to Griffyard with pickaxe (if I didn't have one before) to do some grave digging.

    19. Back to Dwarftown to do the rest of the quests, talk to mystic.

    At this point, I have to make the decision to start searching for an AoLS or kill Khelly. I usually avoid killing Khelly until I do the High King Cave (my next stop usually), Library, Darkforge, and Gremlin Cave. by this point it's around day 20 and I also have to decide if I want to start the Old Crone quests, or just prepare myself for the ToEF and the big dive.

    So, how do you guys usually do it?

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    I like to play around with different play orders, but my standard is:

    1. Get healing if necessary.
    2. Goto the arena, do 19 fights and get cooked lizards.
    3. Goto DT, get quests and check shop.
    4. Scout area below DT for quest monster and vaults.
    5. Obtain wand of teleportation and teleport control. (if possible, if not then try to get them along the way ASAP)
    6. Clear Griffyard.
    7. Clear Pyramid (if necessary, kill a golem or two first to get to level 13).
    8. Return to DT and finish dwarf quests, killing khelly and getting the water orb in parallel with the second quest.
    9. Sell everything, kill Waldenbrook and sac gold and useless artifacts to get crowned.
    10. Get RoTHK (optional).
    11. Clear DF.
    12. Clear ToEF.
    13. Dive for the win.
    Last edited by grobblewobble; 01-19-2013 at 10:36 AM.
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    if i have healing/candle i visit terinyo and holeinthewall, pick up appopriate skills/quests/first kill, then do smc/ud, then pop back to do pc, druid dungeon, train some skills at thieves den. im usually almost lvl 13 by this point, then ill grind just a little in the id and get telecontrol then pick up the wand from the assassin top cave, do the pyramid ( used to raid df after that, but no longer) then go to the coc, win 19 arena fights, head to dwarftown, do all dwarven quests etc get crowned if not going for ultra, or if i hadnt found an altar in ud/pc cavern already. hmmm, then i get water orb, go to grem cave and collect fluffballs/phial, go to tohk, make grems and train weapon skills on them for a while, collect ring, prep for toef, then dive dive dive down to casino, buy what i want, go to dragon caves, collect orbs, slide on some ice, kill some balors, push some handles then visit the unicorn.

    thats basically my battle plan. sometimes if smc stairs are close, ill try save puppy/kill kranach but usually i dont bother. if i feel unconfident tackling pyramid ill wait till ive done ogre quest for the wand then do it before the griffyard.

    and if im hurting for chaos removal ill do lib/bugvil, if im feeling op ill go to minomaze, if im feeling bored with the right corruptions ill do quicktree before the final dive, if my barbs and heavyhitters are feeling powerful ill do df before heading to the coc. if my spellcasters are feeling like it ill do bugvil before coc.

    also if im feeling especially chaotic ill go to every location and kill everthing i possibly can before i leave the chain.
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    1. Go to Bandit village, kill mugger/beggar. If none found, lead inhabbitants to Hotzenplotz. Most of the time it works.
    2. If candle born or has healing, or just vell enough protected (most of the time) go to SMC. Else to step 6.
    3. On level 4-6 descend to UD.
    4. Survive the UD, leave it well equiped and of level 10-12.
    5. If any altars found, visit CoC for lizards and do precrowning or two.
    6. If really need healing (no regeneration/amulets of rapid healing/candle/spenseweed/healing itself) do healer quest. If have problems converting, or just don't want healing, skip)
    7. Do puppy quest. Repeat step 5.
    8. If I chose druid quest, do it now. Repeat step 5.
    9. If level<15, go to CoC to get level.
    10. Piramid.
    11. If skipped UD and have TP, goto step 2, else find blink dogs and wand, then do step 2.
    12. If I have lightning ball/good weapons from precrowning/just found go to DF and kill golems. Else return there when I have them.
    13. Do dwarwen quests. Along with it, rise stats with herbs as much as I can.
    14. Go to water dragon, check for AoLS/RoDs. If have wand of paralisis and darkness, try to kill Dragon after talking to Blup.
    15. RotHK.
    16. Try to restock Barnabas' and HMV shops until I have money, then sell everything and kill shopkeepers. Dig all graves.
    17. If have AoLS, save Khelavaster, then do ratling/crone quests (Keriax is most of the time done on day 120, sometimes 90). Else just descend. Dig graves on CoC graveyard.
    18. Convert if needed and crown. If was chaotic before, buy druid's corpse back and give it to Guth'Alak.
    19. Descend to the wall of flames, killing everything.
    20. Clear Bug Temple if possible (most of the time).
    21. Go to the ToEF, killing everything. If no ring of ice (rarely), drop valuable items in NDC.
    22. Descend to D:47, killing everything.
    23. Do Sharad-Waador's quest. If needed, kill him.
    24. If doing Ultra: do Unicorn quest, remove corruptions, do Filk, kill Moloch, retrieve Trident. Else skip.
    25. Mana Temple. If doing Ultra, bring crown and medal to D:47 and leave on stairs.
    26. D:50. Never bothered with wand of Destruction.
    27. If Ultra, kill Andor. Else leave and clear corruption.
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