YASD - Samurai on Wizard's Tower (outside)
hellshark
in common? They all led to my samurai's untimely end, very close to
the bottom of the dungeon. With -36 AC, two-weaponing a +7 Frost
Brand and a +2 katana, wearing gray dragon scale mail, speed boots,
and gauntlets of dexterity, along with an amulet of reflection,
=oWarning and =oTeleport Control. All intrinsics possible from
corpses, other than TC. Also I've got a black dragon mount. This is
the chain of events leading to my death, which occurred outside the
lowest level of the Wizard's Tower.
Event 1: Disenchanter
These guys are an annoyance. Have to take off my weapon and gloves to
fight them. I've got an MC of 3 so they usually don't get through to
my armor though. Punch to death, Frost Brand back on, #twoweapon.
Event 2: Cockatrice
At this point in the game, I just roll through these guys. They can't
get a stoning attack off before I kill them.
Event 3: Mind Flayer
I don't even have grease on my helmet, so I tried to approach the MF
cautiously and kill it from range. Lacking infravision, I put a towel
on my head and use telepathy to see it. I'm shooting ya at it and
backing away, and I realize it's catching up to me while I'm riding
the dragon, so I dismount and try to regain some distance when I see
"Do you want your items identified?" At first I thought it killed me
with a brain suck, which would have been impressive since I was at 17
Int. But then it dawned on me... I'd stumbled blindly over the
cockatrice corpse and I'd forgotten to put my gloves back on.
Yup.
Shit.
-Hellshark
James
[...]
> Event 1: Disenchanter
> These guys are an annoyance. Have to take off my weapon and
> gloves to fight them. I've got an MC of 3 so they usually
> don't get through to my armor though. Punch to death, Frost
> Brand back on, #twoweapon.
They're one of the main reasons why I'll try to have an attack
spell or two, even as a fighter class. Otherwise... you've
certainly seen enough arrow traps before now, in order to be
able to spare a few.
--
James Kanze
Ranbato
> What do disenchanters, cockatrices, mind flayers, and stupidity have
> in common? They all led to my samurai's untimely end, very close to
> the bottom of the dungeon. With -36 AC, two-weaponing a +7 Frost
> Brand and a +2 katana, wearing gray dragon scale mail, speed boots,
> and gauntlets of dexterity, along with an amulet of reflection,
> =oWarning and =oTeleport Control. All intrinsics possible from
> corpses, other than TC. Also I've got a black dragon mount. This is
> the chain of events leading to my death, which occurred outside the
> lowest level of the Wizard's Tower.
>
> Event 1: Disenchanter
> These guys are an annoyance. Have to take off my weapon and gloves to
> fight them. I've got an MC of 3 so they usually don't get through to
> my armor though. Punch to death, Frost Brand back on, #twoweapon.
I just switch to my pickaxe. (Or re-enchant my weapon if it gets too
low. My recent Valk ascention [#1 woohoo] I had to re-enchant Excalibur
twice up to +7 before I genocided them on my way up the dungeon)
Ranbato
tenaya
> Event 1: Disenchanter
> These guys are an annoyance. Have to take off my weapon and gloves to
> fight them. I've got an MC of 3 so they usually don't get through to
> my armor though. Punch to death, Frost Brand back on, #twoweapon.
>
How about wielding a unicorn horn? Or a food ration? Or anything,
really.
tenaya
your gloves were on or not. Blindly, with or without gloves, walking
over a cockatrice corpse causes insta-stoning. If you are levitating
then you are okay, though.
JoaoSantos
[...]
> IIRC, it's been a while, but I do not think it would have mattered if
> your gloves were on or not. Blindly, with or without gloves, walking
> over a cockatrice corpse causes insta-stoning. If you are levitating
> then you are okay, though.
With gloves touching trice corpses is ok even if blind.
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