Josh Hayes <joshno@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> You may recall a couple weeks ago I had a dwarf warrior in Zangband find
a
> Robe of Permanence at 100 feet?
>
> Well, contrary to all expectations he's still alive, clevel 36 dlevel
56,
> and fairly good kit. Until I hit an odd hourglass-shaped vault. There
was
> nothing terribly scary in it -- except Corwin; eek! -- and I persuaded
him
> to chase me out of the vault, tele****ted away, and snuck back on the
OTHER
> side of the vault to loot it while he waited outside.
>
> Long story short, I had only a little permanent speed, but in the vault
> found not one, but TWO RoS -- the first +13, the second +15.
>
> Ho. Ly. CRAP! I had to shed my two rings of extra attacks (+1), but it's
so
> worth it to have permanent speed +36 altogether (4 from my randart
weapon,
> 4 from my randart sling). Keep on DIVING!
I don't know Z, but this sounds really wrong to me. Even with a warrior,
there are usually enough staves of speed so that I fight with a +10 temp
speed
boost for all im****tant fights. The non-linearity of speed means that
there
is not that much difference between speed +46 and speed +33. It comes to
about 13% in V. Ring slots are precious. If one speed ring gets me to
+20
perm speed, I rarely use another.
Eddie
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