Originally Posted by
ub3rman123
1. Is there a reliable way to cross water as a troll? It seems that trolls don't really do water.
You can learn the swimming skill by giving the baby water dragon some carrot juice (2 uncursed or 1 blessed). Some classes also start with the swimming skill.
2. Is stairhopping the only rapid way to quickly find specific needed items?
No. Stairhopping is rather inefficient, in fact. Fighting monsters work well.
3. Do male and female PCs have different stats? If so, how?
Males have slightly more St and females have slightly more Dx (I think?). More importantly, females tend to get better deals at shops since their Ap score counts against shop prices. Generally, you should always play female, IMHO.
4. Is there a way to find out what gods want to disintegrate me
before I sacrifice them all of my rocks?
It's based on the alignment of your PC. If you are neutral, the neutral god (gray altar) will normally be friendly to you unless you've done some bad things. If you've been switching alignments a lot, you should assume that all of the gods are pissed at you.
5. Is the cute dog useful for anything but amusing signatures?
No.
6. What's the deal with mimics? Every time I get a good character going one über-paralyzes me to death.
That's what they do. If you have >10 PV or so, usually you can survive a mimic fight unless you are cursed or doomed. Greater/master mimics obviously are much more dangerous still...
7. Is stealth ever useful? I've never successfully sneaked up on something, unless I spawn nearly on top of it.
It's more useful in the newer versions. If nothing else, it greatly helps evade wilderness encounters. There's also a particular (optional) high level quest that requires you to be very stealthy indeed...
8. How does spell knowledge work?
It's complicated. Short answer is you read a book and get some number of castings. That number is in some way proportional to how many times you can cast the spell before you run out. I don't know exactly how--I think it depends on PP. When you get below 100 castings, the PP cost starts to increase dramatically. Over 1000 castings is usually enough to last most of a game with fairly heavy usage.
9. What determines if a book I read will blow up in my face, concentration, learning, or literacy?
IIRC, concentration is most important in determining if the book will blow up in your face. But with low learning/literacy, you won't succeed at reading it. Race and class also play a factor, as does experience level.
10. Can I ever get Dodge if I don't start with it? It seems like a major skill to be missing.
Only by using a wish or getting lucky with a potion/scroll of education. Dodge is actually not that good, so don't worry about it too much.
11. If I already have healing, is there any downside to sacrificing both Yrriggs and Jharod to old Yaprak?
If you have healing, you are better off talking to the druid in the centre of town instead of the village elder. He will give you a different quest with different rewards. This quest is mutually exclusive with the carpenter quest.
12. Does completing quests give XP directly, or is the only reward in the form of items/more quests/candy?
Completing quests does not give XP.
Last edited by JellySlayer; 02-16-2013 at 04:45 AM.
Hoping to win with every class, doomed. Archer, Barbarian, Bard, Beastfighter, Druid, Elementalist, Farmer, Fighter, Monk, and ULE Priest down.