Scrolls of Peace in Air Temple

[jfmancilla]

Hi,
I've just started to melee (with an orc barbarian) the air temple and one of the vapor rats just dropped a scroll of peace. The summoner has not yet shown himself and I am wondering if reading that scroll would make the summons be less dangerous?
Also, one level above I found Executor. I know this is a very good weapon with slaying powers but that it also curses. Is the curse active only when I am wielding it? Or will I have to pray at an altar to remove the curse? I know that the damage of Executor probably compensates for the cursed intrinsic, but I am wielding a perfectly fine orcish battle axe of devastation (that has almost the same damage but without the slaying nor cursing effect).
If I remember correctly, cursing just affects the level of the monsters being generated, so would wielding Executor and reading the scroll of peace balance itself out?
I guess I am just afraid of being surrounded by tough monsters and I am not sure if Executor is worth the risk.
What do you guys think?

[JellySlayer]

The cursing on Executor only affects you while wearing it. You should definitely use Executor in either case (note my sig). Cursing is a very weak effect at this point in the game, and humanoid slaying is a very big effect. Feed the battle axe to a rust monster.

Reading the scroll of peace might help, but a single scroll probably isn't enough to have a big effect... by D:39 or whatever Air Temple is on, pretty much all monsters are available for summon. If you had 10 scrolls of peace, you'd probably see a nice difference, I guess. The majority of the time the Air Temple is very easy, so don't sweat it too much.

[jfmancilla]

Thanks for the advice!
You were right, I wielded Executor and a couple of turns later the guardian teleported out of his room and summoned a bunch of fire giants. He and his friends fell easily.
By the way, Executor rocks! The next level I found a moloch and a titan, the moloch fell in two hits, the titan in three. Now my only fear are undeads and maybe wyrms (I had a fight with a great red wyrm who did not hurt me a lot but it took a while for it to fell without dragon slaying ammo).
Thanks again!