Originally Posted by
BenMathiesen
It's still possible to increase your potential by eating giants, just rare.
If you do the ice queen's quests, for example, you can probably get a couple of points of strength out of the giants even if you're maxed at 14/14. Just don't forget to bring your stomacaemptia!
As far as my observation goes (although it is for r51, not p23, so I might be completely misleading), that is not the case.
There are several types of corpse effects in ADOM. Some grant stat increases following the universal ADOM chance progression (dark orcs, stone giants, great wyrms and others). Most giants (frost and fire) and ogres have their own chance progression which does not seem to affect the stat at the potential.
Just yesterday I was clearing a GUV with a mist elf bard and food preservation. My To was 11/11 and went up to 22/22 after all munching and some morgia during longer periods of vanquishing.
Also, in case some people don't know - you can get intrinsic cold immunity from frost salamanders. I managed to get it with the same bard and currently feeling like bragging Plans for later include grinding for lightning lizards and giant slugs and get crowned with a perfect set of immunities.
I like my women like my ADOM loot - hunted as treasure and in extra quantity.