Is this quest really worth it?

[Ars]

noooope you get poison resistance once and thats it.

Resistances can be enhanced through items, though I don't know how muich effect theat has. Intrinsics are a on/off thing.

[Grey]

Hotzenplotz's poison can be quite strong, and stacks with several hits, so even with resistance you'll find yourself in serious trouble. Ranged attacks are a must if you want to kill him.

To maximise the rewards of his early demise I recommend killingthe thief as well - 3000 gold and half price at the black market can usually help with some good early game kit.

[gut]

You necro'd this thread... why?

[Orbic]

Grey was a bot after all.
I doubted all these years, but this is the final evidence.

The only question being if he always was one or devolved into one...

[Soirana]

Grey was a bot after all.
I doubted all these years, but this is the final evidence.

The only question being if he always was one or devolved into one...

All guys coming from binkster forums are actually bots. We just have diferent behaviour code.

Mine is rather simplistic son of bitch that is.

[Silfir]

Mine is very sophisticated! It takes a lot of very intricate coding to produce something capable of my level of utter bullshittery.

[Nobbse]

...
And honestly Hotz can shred ~lv10 chars easily if given chance. So do not give it to him.

I want most of my characters to go the "neutral alignement way" so the amulet of order is very nice to keep a good control of Your alignement - both law and neutral characters that want to dig in the graveyard or eat a wight corpse or ...

There's no need trying Hotzenplotz with Lvl 10 char. Most of my chars do him when it's time to enter pyramid Lvl 14-17.

(still I haven' won the game, I really should do the chaos way sometimes to get more information about the game... )

[Setremedes]

There's no need trying Hotzenplotz with Lvl 10 char. Most of my chars do him when it's time to enter pyramid Lvl 14-17.

He's death itself to engage in melee at any reasonably low level (penetrates PV as well as poisoning, I believe?), but spells and missiles will destroy him easily. Maybe 50-75% of my archers and offensive spellcasters begin the game by finishing him off - free gold (and fast experience!) at the one time in the game gold can potentially be a problem.

[Elone]

I always do this quest as soon as I can. I prefer being L+ at all times. This amulet of order makes changing alignments a matter of waiting. Preferably, I'll be L before entering Dwarftown so that I get a white altar in there. Besides, if you have to worry about this, then you're a fairly fresh character. It's not such a loss as, say, dying due to not meeting requirements for an Ultra ending while you enter the gate.

[Dudley]

Preferably, I'll be L before entering Dwarftown so that I get a white altar in there.

Being a utilitary respecting person, i'd prefer neutral. Better mystic rewards, easy to get crowned early (vault + altar) and easy alignment manipulation. Along with feeling neutral myself.