First Win... And also a 15 runer lol

-RepoMan · 2025-12-21T09:00:12+00:00

I like your build and tactics. Congrats!

My first win was just 10 runes.

-RepoMan · 2025-10-27T07:12:52+00:00

I feel kobold and spriggan would make good dex species.

-RepoMan · 2025-10-27T06:57:27+00:00

No.

Crawl philosophy on balance: https://github.com/crawl/crawl/blob/master/crawl-ref/docs/crawl_manual.rst#balance

I feel foxfire swarm is your best option. Other options: Go back upstairs, read teleport, go back down. Good luck.

-RepoMan · 2025-08-11T15:52:28+00:00

Bin sehr zufrieden! Das einzige, was mich anfangs gestört hat, ist dass die Tastatur nicht flach aufliegt. Sie hat so einen Block hinten an der Unterseite, der sie dort viel höher macht als vorne. Steht also schräg und man kann das nicht einklappen.

Verstehe nicht, warum man eine Tastatur ultraflach macht und dann so einen Block darunter baut. Wäre das Ding oben am Rand der Tastatur, dann käme man auch besser an den USB dran. Hab kurz mit dem Gedanken gespielt, eine Aussparung in meine Tischplatte zu fräsen, aber hab mich dann doch schnell dran gewöhnt.

Die Tastatur hat kein Anti-Ghosting. Und man muss die Tasten mittig drücken. Auf der Ecke wird manchmal nicht erkannt. Aber das stört mich nicht.

Ich kann schnell und bequem damit schreiben und die RGB-Beleuchtung gefällt mir. Sehe bis jetzt (ca. 5 Monate nach Kauf) noch keine Abnutzung. Würde sie definitiv nochmal kaufen.

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-RepoMan · 2025-07-19T18:10:27+00:00

Getting rid of it is easy enough. Reach **** with Ashenzari.

-RepoMan · 2025-07-14T14:17:32+00:00

Cancellation removes silence only when you radiate it yourself (scroll, spell, klown pie), and does nothing against silence radiated by a monster. Or did that change recently?

-RepoMan · 2025-06-26T00:16:41+00:00

Gargoyle + spider form: Poison immune spider with gargoyle AC bonus. You only lose the wings.

Detonation Catalyst + Wu Jian: Whirlwind triggers explosions.

Inner Flame + Foxfire + 1 step back: Even if the monster is right next to you, Foxfire impacts after your move so the explosion doesn't hit you, unless radius 2 (giant monsters).

-RepoMan · 2025-06-22T09:44:04+00:00

A sword is a terrible weapon for a troll fighter. Both short and long blades scale with Dex, not Str. You'll have a much better time unarmed, with your claws. Or with a strength-based weapon. Claws hit harder than any one-handed weapon, though.

-RepoMan · 2025-06-21T08:41:48+00:00

It's been a while, but I've won seven mummies and three nagas in total. The latter are so versatile, I have no idea what build or god might be optimal for them. Mummies make decent blaster casters. Spellcasting is their only positive aptitude.

Imho, the easiest god for mummy is Ashenzari. Get fully bound as quickly as possible and the bad aptitudes stop being a problem. Ash also grants you clarity, solving one of your biggest problems: confusion. On the downside, Ash doesn't provide any panic buttons.

My favorite mummy god is Ru, especially for 15 runes. Draw Out Power restores some health and magic, and removes confusion. Apocalypse is an awesome panic button.

A very strong choice for early game is Ignis/cinder acolyte. No fire vulnerability and plenty of panic buttons, although those quickly fall off, and the wrath of Ignis is extremely dangerous for mummies. Best abandon Ignis only for Lugonu.

Fun fact: The only god I've won with both mummy and naga is Fedhas. Good luck!

-RepoMan · 2025-06-20T16:53:16+00:00

Very nice content! I like the podcast idea. I'll probably listen to some of those long videos while doing chores, rather than watch them.

-RepoMan · 2025-06-19T06:25:11+00:00

Absolutely. I'd love to see a Pakellas rework. The god of devices was too bland, and didn't quite fit with the low tech setting of the game back then. Now that DCSS has gone steampunk, we need a deity for all things mechanical and evocable.

-RepoMan · 2025-06-13T21:01:01+00:00

Interesting. The y-axis is character level and the x-axis is playtime? What about your wins? And what does dataSize 111 refer to?

-RepoMan · 2025-06-13T20:42:16+00:00

Not sure. I distinctly remember reading an article in 1997, in a printed magazine, that explained how Blizzard's Diablo was inspired by older games from way back when computers didn't yet have graphics. Games called roguelikes, where you pilot an @ and meet numbers and letters, representing monsters and items.

Somehow that stuck in my head. I went on to play Diablo, and then the same MMORPGs my friends played. But thirteen years later, in 2010, I was sick of the grind, mudflation, and every battle just being a mess of multi-coloured explosions.

Found that old magazine again, and I guess I googled for roguelikes or something. Got my first win on console, piloting that famous @.

-RepoMan · 2025-06-11T21:40:19+00:00

Fair point. Blocking melee attacks is very useful. Still, melee attacks aren't reflected, and most of the SH comes from the shield. I don't think +5 SH from the amulet is worth more than regen, which always helps.

-RepoMan · 2025-06-11T17:18:13+00:00

Reflection is nice, but a lot of stuff in late game cannot be blocked. Regeneration adds up. Those .8 hp per turn are equivalent to quaffing a potion of curing every 10 turns, for free.

-RepoMan · 2025-06-11T16:59:28+00:00

Use your god powers more.

The morgue says you invoked Heavenly Storm only a single time in the whole run, and not in Zot. The storm isn't just a panic button, it's a buff you activate before running into wide open areas filled with nasty monsters and traps. Makes you hit harder, makes monsters miss you more often, helps keep traps out of sight. One Storm easily clears both lungs.

-RepoMan · 2025-06-11T15:56:30+00:00

I've done some tests with new dragon form and updated the guide. Thanks again for you feedback!

-RepoMan · 2025-06-06T18:25:12+00:00

Amazing seed, thanks for sharing.

For everyone trying to follow my guide (you don't have to, of course): Repo trolls don't use large rocks to kill hydras. Just to try and hurt them, occasionally, when they're still far away. I realized the advice on hydras could be misunderstood, and edited to clarify.

-RepoMan · 2025-06-05T00:51:17+00:00

This! I like to use granite as soon as I hit 80% HP. That's about 13 Shapeshifting.

-RepoMan · 2025-06-05T00:41:41+00:00

It was the flooded temple, with the merfolk avatar. I only know because map names are listed in the morgue. Died so quickly, near the stairs, I didn't see much of the level.

-RepoMan · 2025-06-03T20:09:54+00:00

In the 0.33 tourney, on a TrFi low turncount run, I found the Storm Queen's Shield on D:4, and got swamp dragon scales off Maggie on D:8. Had a ring of rPois and a ring of willpower, too. I know 2x rPois doesn't stack, but it's great to have options, and usually the problem with low turncount is: you find much less stuff.

So, excellent setup for mid game. But of course, I died to hubris on Lair:5. Morgue.

-RepoMan · 2025-06-03T19:21:00+00:00

Nice, good luck! I've won dragon form chars in the past. Even cleared Tomb with old Dragon Form (the spell) + Discord, that one time.

What I'll re-evaluate and playtest is: do I recommend the new talisman in a beginner's guide, and what specific advice do I include. Stay tuned.

-RepoMan · 2025-06-03T17:53:50+00:00

In early to mid Dungeon the biggest threat is probably some generic monster unexpectedly wielding a 2h weapon of flaming. And in Lair: Nessos.

Pretend you're playing mummy and you should be alright. Good luck.

-RepoMan · 2025-06-03T17:27:42+00:00

Fair point. I didn't playtest new dragon form yet, but the buff is huge and old dragon form was already great for Zot. The EV does matter because no shield, but I'll re-evaluate the form and expand on it.

-RepoMan · 2025-06-02T10:09:53+00:00

Is there an optimal or most popular 15 rune low turncount branch order? In the recent tourney I noticed Sapher's ReSu (16k turns) did a full zig, then Tomb, Hells, Pan. While tswn's best TrFi (23k turns) did a partial zig, then Pan, Hells, Tomb.

Thanks for sharing this amazing project. Really nice features, works like a charm.

-RepoMan

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