sturgeonslawyer <danldo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> On Apr 25, 7:50 am, "Darren Grey" <darreng...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "sturgeonslawyer" wrote...
>> > After reading about the "fling the bling" challenge here, I was
>> > inspired to give it a try.
>>
>> > Some
>> > spoiler
>> > space
>> > because
>> > this
>> > might
>> > be
>> > slightly
>> > spoily,
>> > though
>> > not
>> > very
>> > spoily
>> > at
>> > all,
>> > come
>> > to
>> > think
>> > of
>> > it.
>> > Proceed
>> > at
>> > your
>> > own
>> > minuscule
>> > risk.
>
>> Alas, in spite of your brave efforts, any form of causing damage
>> beyond throwing coins is outside the restrictions of the challenge -
>> using wands is thus forbidden.
>
> Not aware of this; I only knew the challenge through a post recently
> by a
> winner.
>
It's funny, but I have never seen the original challenge
rules myself. I was going entirely upon the postings of others.
>> Good run though - I think you could have a good shot at the
>> challenge if you had Find Weakness. Of course that leaves open a
>> little dilemna - start as a dark elf for Find Weakness and high dex,
>> or start as a Hurthling for Archery (which opens up a couple of very
>> useful missile talents). Perhaps a few tips on things that could
>> help your game (based on other peoples efforts I should point out):
>
> H'mmm. I was also specializing in "stay alive" talents - Goldflinger
> was up
> to Iron Skin. I take it this may have been a strategic error....
The first talents I chose were 'good shot', 'keen shot' and 'quick'.
They really helped damage output in the early game. After gaining
a few exp. levels, my damage was up to 1d2 +14, that's when I
killed the old barbarian for some fast exp. levels.
>
>> -Dexterity is the most im****tant stat for melee to hit and damage.
>> It's im****tant to make use of moss of mareilon and to equip any items
>> that improve Dex.
>> -Raven starsign gives some much-needed speed, and also gives the
>> trident early. Can't use it as a weapon of course, but the dexterity
>> bonus is a huge help.
>
> Even at the cost of that second big ****eld?
Worse, the trident is a two handed weapon, so it costs both
****elds to use it. It is useful when fighting monsters that
can't fight back in the darkness, like the S**** from Beyond.
You can stand outside the darkness, and fling bling inward to
great effect. Careful though, because if a monster does panic
in the dark, and they have no escape route, they can hit then.
>
>> -Find Weakness vastly improves criticals, meaning it's quite
>> essential for the likes of the Ancient Stone Beast and the balors.
>> If you don't start with it you'll want to wish for it.
>
> ...only if you get a wish. Sigh.
>
> I didn't know it applied to missiles, btw. Good to know.
>
Unfortunately, the +crit power of artifacts (like the RotMC)
only applies to melee attacks. It's still really useful for
the De boost though.
>> -Potion-specialists start with Alchemy, which can be handy for a few
>> homebrew potions of blindness and extra healing (and possibly even
>> PoGA). No offensive alchemy allowed unfortunately.
>
> If you can't use offensive alchemy, what good are potions of
> blindness?
>
By 'offensive alchemy' he means the use of herb/potion mixtures
to intentionally create fireball explosions. If your PC has
fire immunity, this is an effective way to deal tremendous
damage to groups of enemies. (It can even save a PC's life in
a place like the Mana Temple : ) )
I think that disabling potions, like cursed potions of invis,
blindness, and confusion are all in bounds for the challenge.
I tried to refrain from using them though, and I think I
never had to.
>> -The various missile talents are a huge help, since the damage from
>> coin-throwing is overall quite weak. The range talents don't work
>> unfortunately, but the lower energy cost ones do (coin-throwing costs
>> 1200 energy points so this is quite im****tant). Boomerangs doesn't
>> count towards Missile Weapon Master when you go for that.
>
> Do the improved damage ones help?
The talents 'good shot' and 'keen shot' do apply to thrown
gold pieces. To improve your range, get to exp. level ten
as fast as possible. Your blinging range goes from two
spaces to five at exp. level ten!
>
>> Corruption was obviously a big problem for you though - I guess
>> attempting the Rift might have helped, but that can be quite
>> dangerous. Pool-s***ming might net an AoLS, but building up the
>> necessary piety to deal with dooming can be trouble without livesacs.
>
> Especially since this is one game where you don't want to sac a lot of
> gold!
>
> --Dan'l
>
I was a bit afraid of that myself, especially with the ToEF
ahead. I had no idea how much of my gold would burn away in
there, as I had no RoI, so I was reluctant to sac what I had.
It turns out that I found much more gold in the tower, than
was burned away. The gold just burned a few pieces at a time.
The Hall of Fame address is:
http://adom.brinkster.net/hof/
The fling the bling thread will be located a few pages back, as
it was accomplished a while back. We have started playing a Roman
Republic game since then, along with a mess of other stuff : )
Maybe come over and take part in the next RRC game. You sound
like a pretty experienced player, a welcome addition!
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