Pre-release 9 is now avaliable

[plllizzz9]

don't forget that the new boosted Axe, combined with +6 St from PoGA, good Twohanded Weapons skill with the new way Str boosts THW will deal just ridiculous damage. I think I may risk it with any melee class that focuses on THW [barbarians, chaos knights] since it's just pimpin'

[rho]

Magic mapping no longer works on the bottom level of the minotaur maze.

Scrolls may not, but the spell still does. This may be a bug, or it may be deliberate, since the spell isn't as strong.

In addition to the extra damage die, the axe also now grants see invisible, which I think is new? (At least, it isn't mentioned in the GB.)

[Al-Khwarizmi]

Scrolls may not, but the spell still does. This may be a bug, or it may be deliberate, since the spell isn't as strong.

I think the spell shouldn't work either. The spell is a strong as an uncursed scroll IIRC, just not as a blessed one.

[rho]

Is anyone else noticing the RNG being extremely kind, or have I just got lucky? In my current game, I'm as far as the casino and I've had four randomly generated artifacts (Black Tome in a random book shop, Nature's Friend as a surge of power, Scorched Spear and Wyrmlance in the casino gift shop -- OK, maybe not that lucky) as well as three randomly generated amulets of life saving (one in the black market shop, one as a monster drop, and one just lying on the floor in the ToEF).

I know that The Creator changed drop rates a bit, but I don't know whether this is the new normal, or whether it's just a random fluke chance. If this sort of thing is going to be commonplace, then I don't think I like it, and would prefer to see it toned back a bit. If it's just me being lucky, though, I plan to revel in it.

[Grey]

Just lucky, I guess. Random book shops tend to have the black tome, and 2 artifacts in casino is nothing special. surges of power have been made more common, so that could be related. 3 AoLSes is pretty noteworthy, but this is what happens with RNG-based games.

[anon123]

three randomly generated amulets of life saving ... one just lying on the floor in the ToEF

Good thing you picked it up in time.

I once had three amulets of life saving generated pre-Kelly too - once. Now, if it happens again for you, that's a different story

[BenMathiesen]

I've mentioned this before, and I still have the impression that AoLSs are more common than they used to be. Among games where I make it to Dwarftown, since pre5, I'd guess that between 1 in 2 and 1 in 3 have found one from random drops.

[grobblewobble]

The silver key now has a small chance to create a door if you use it on an empty space.

[Jursk]

Archers must have happy times, with other characters fletchery sets have been very common, probably 3-4 sets before dwarftown with every char..bandages are also very common..

[Batman?]

The silver key now has a small chance to create a door if you use it on an empty space.

maybe the least useful special power ever.