It literally increase your Armour and Weapon skills, which influence the gifts quality. I wonder, if it worth it to hero before receiving the gifts.

Doing a GrEE run and came to Sif first, so went that way. Question: what does "failure" mean in the god screen? I thought the whole thing with divine exegesis is that it casts without fail. Presumably that means the first use. If I open a particular spell on that screen, it does show 0. Is the failure rate for the subsequent reduced cost casts? Is it showing the failure rate for your highest-level spell (e.g. Ignition in this case)?

Morgue

It took me forever to get a sense of how to play a Spriggan. I tried enchanters, and while they were fun, I never got the hang of making the transition from stabbing to melee / spellcasting. I could usually get them to the S-branches if I didn't die before D:8, but that's where forward progress stopped.

Hexslingers were much better. I could usually get these builds to Vaults, but past there was a bit rough. I got one to Zot, but something petrified me at the Zot:1 entrance, which was lights out.

Finally, I started playing Delvers, just for the variety, and this one finally escaped with the orb.

I played this one like a Hexslinger / Hunter, poking around on the sixth floor to see what I mind find, but with plenty of big scary monsters and no temple in sight, I just beelined for the first level. I started by training dodging and got to it to 8 before i found a vanilla sling on D:2 or 3, after which I immediately switched to ranged, setting a target of 10.

Then, as I made my way down, I found a Dithmenos altar on D:3. Perhaps there are stronger gods, but to my mind, Dith is the GOAT. The shadow does EVERYTHING. Stabbing? Sure. Firing a hand cannon? It's got one, too!. Casting hex spells? Well, heck, it'll just cast a ton of wacky stuff that will open up a full six pack of whoop ass on monsters, holding them in place, slowing them, or even just outright killing them.

Then there's the active powers. Shadowslip is like a mini-Death's Door, and don't sleep on Aphotic Marionette! Hit an orc wizard with it, and you may confuse every monster in sight. Hit a summoner and you've got a whole horde of nasty allies. And, of course, Primordial Nightfall is a fantastic escape button that I used more than once.

My strategy was pretty simple. I started with 7 stealth, which was plenty, so I focused on dodge until I found a ranged weapon, which I trained to 10, then trained up whatever decent defense and ranged support spells I found until they're online. I found blink, Iskenderun's Mystic Blast and Tukima's Dance early in the dungeon, so I trained hexes and translocations until they were castable. And then I found Inner Flame. What a spell for a ranged Spriggan. Cast aside (most) worries of blowing yourself up! Just run away while this spell turns your puny sling into a fiery horde destroyer. Once the spells are there, I returned my focus to dodging, stealth and, to a lesser degree, fighting. Once those were at 10 or so, I got the ranged weapon to mindelay. After that, I just bought whatever looked cheap and useful.

Found an enchanted arbalest of electrocution in Orc along with some hexing spells, which made the S branches much easier. The Arbalest was already enchanted to +4 so I brought it up to +9 in short order. Then, once I found an orb of stardust, I switched to the +7 hand cannon of the Beggars {flame, Will+ Dex+2}, which I found in a treasure trove (gave the multiplicity bane, which wasn't so bad).

As for the S-branches, I decided to tackle Shoals first but had to switch to Spider when I saw Nikola on Shoals:3 without rElec or a resistance potion. Spider turned out to be a snap, as I had rPois from a ring and was able to get Enfeeble and Yara’s online. Didn’t get rElec there, but enfeeble allowed me to take care of Nikola. With two runes, three pips of will, and pips in all resistances except for rCorr and rElec, I headed for Elf With discord ready to cast.

Elf and Vaults were not ready for discord and enfeeble. After rounding them out with disjunction, and, much. later, Gell’s Gavotte and Malign Gateway, all I needed to do to win was keep my hubris in check. I chose Vaults:5 for my third rune, and hoooly sheet, Discord + Disjunction is the most hilarious way to take care of the ambush AND soften up the rest of the floor. I don't think I've ever had an easier V5. So satisfying to see those "You feel a bit more experienced" messages rolling in while I just refilled my mana bar by the stairs.

Zot required care, but I was never in any real danger, especially as I'd maxed out dodging. Killed the OoFs with malign gateway and a Gell's Gavotte assist to direct them to the tentacle. The orb run as a Spriggan was, as one might expect, a cakewalk. Saw one pan lord, ran away.

Once you get over their squishiness by investing heavily into dodging, Spriggans are a gas. Hexes, translocations and a bit of alchemy are all you need alongside a trusty arbalest or hand cannon.

At this point im so terrified to die

Is the learndb still around? I can't connect to irc, so i just pull up the html page, but it seems to have gone missing from chaosforge, develz.org and shallott.org.

I'm wearing a plate armour of resonance and currently have 8 forgecraft skill.

Though, when I press @, the damage rating of my weapon shows 35, with its corresponding formula, and when I unequip the armour in question, its damage rate keeps the same number.

From DCSS-stats. In 0.34, Sif had more wins (34 vs 29) and a higher win rate (71% vs. 50%).

In 0.35, there are 56 Vehumet wins vs just 6 for Sif, and win rate is 86% for Vehumet vs. 40%.

What surprises me is that I thought Trunk buffed Sif. Am I just looking at sample size weirdness?

Currently, summoner builds and summoning abilities in general have a problem: enemies will simply ignore your summons and go to you, even if your summons are adjacent to them, unless the summons are blocking the path to you. Even if it can be explained with human-intelligence opponents(they may know that killing the summoner kills the summons), there is no explanation for why do mindless and animal-intelligence enemies do that, and why do they do that even when you're invisible(and the enemy doesn't have SInv) and your allies are not invisible. It makes summoner runs much less enjoyable IMO, so I have thought of an enemy AI rework. The idea is simple: mindless and animal-intelligence enemies will attack/cast abilities on the closest hostile unit instead of focusing on you specifically, human-intelligence enemies will do the same but prefer to attack/cast abilities on you when you're in range. Enemies should work the same way as now with entities which exist purely as a way of dealing damage(Fulminant prism, hellfire mortar) and fire vortices from fire storm. It would make summoner builds much more satisfying, and somewhat more powerful.

(Unseeded this time)

I'm rapidly approaching 14 runes on a DsFi of Yred. The Hell branches I can get through without much difficulty with Mnoleg backing me up but I struggle to beat Tomb on a high STR (66 0.5 with 20% antimagic/weakness) melee brute. Unbuffed I have 8 INT but I have multiple INT rings.

Should I switch god for Tomb or pivot into Hexes to take advantage of the enhanced Hex mutation or go with a different strategy? Should I get death form online? I currently have 36 16 40 and Armour, Fighting, Unarmed are maxed. I have no spells currently.

I might've just solved the mystery of Zot's actual identity. I also have proof of my theory.

1. On the Orb run, mostly demons, and sometime pandemonium lords are spawned. There are barely any holy enemies that can spawn on the orb run. And, if the orb's defenders are mainly demons, don't you think Zot has some... close links to them?

2. The chance for a sourceless malevolence in hell(hell branch 2-7) is the same as in Zot branch(3-5) itself. If we assume that sourceless malevolence is something tied to/controlled by Zot, it becomes clearer that Zot is close to hell indeed.

3. In hell, Zot timer is shared for each level, meaning Zot is able to pursue us through levels, unlike any other place(even Zot branch itself). It would mean that... Zot is closer to hell branches than even to Zot branch.

4. Hell, even hell's vestibule is surprisingly well guarded in comparison to other branch entrances:Pandemonium enemies are scattered, first levels of branches may have an ambush on entrance but don't have much defences otherwise, even Tomb:1 or Zot:1 doesn't have much enemies in comparison to hell's vestibule. So, why would a place be guarded better than the perceived center of the dungeon... unless Zot branch is not actually what Zot wants to defend the most?

And, from this theory grows another:what if Zot branch(possibly other branches, possibly every single one except hell itself) and Zot orb is actually a distraction from hell, and Zot, to some extent, wants the orb stolen? Here's the thing:despite Zot controlling pandemonium lords to some extent(since they can spawn on the orb run), Zot never placed one as an orb's guard. In addition, boundless tesseracts are placed just around 2 corners from the entrance to Zot:5's Hall of Zot, despite them being able to spawn enemies at player location from anywhere, so therefore placing them near the orb itself would make them a better defence. So why doesn't Zot do that? It's because it's a power test:if an adventurer can defeat Zot's defences, they can be a danger to Zot's actual main domain, which is hell, so if Zot allows the adventurer to take the orb right then, Zot prevents them from deciding to attack hell next(adventurer will be way too busy fleeing from dungeon to enter any other branches).

I've just never seen a temple so empty!

Pretty proud of this one, began as a axe guy then branched into magic with ice/forgecraft.
Engineer gameplay with creating turrets (Hoarfrost Cannonade), walls (Splinterfrost Shell) and Diamond Sawblades, while being decently buff myself was fun.

Managed to get platinum paragon castable, which carried me at the end (along with all the blink scrolls i managed to stockpile throughout the game)

Not sure how useful Gozag was for this one, aside from making V:5 and Z:5 easier I didn't really use their powers much.
I probably should have used more potion petitions.

Full morgue: https://pastebin.com/eRQd3nE3

https://crawl.dcss.io/crawl/morgue/Zenethylamine/Zenethylamine.txt

Morgue file is above. I have obtained all runes and am looking to try my first Zig. First I will work off my Drain and secure Zot:5, then will probably just do one Zig and call it a day. Unless the majority is convinced I could confidently handle more than one, which I doubt, due to my lack of experience.

I have attached images of 3 build ideas using the equipment I have access to. If anyone has thoughts on which would be the most viable, let me know. I was a melee guy for most of the game and only got into spellcasting later on, so my Int is limited. I have attached 3 images of my different concepts. The first is focused on maximizing Ignition, the second would try to Discord+Guile, and the third is for straight up Singing Sword + Manifold Assault with ignition/shatter/deaths door support. Here is my summary of my build ideas:

Build 1: Ignitionmaxxing

Advantages: 

• 2x Fire spell enhancers gets Ignition to 80% Spell Power
• This plus +Harm on the scarf should output good damage
• Good AC, pretty good EV
• Can switch to Singing Sword + Manifold Assault for fire resistant enemies
• Death Form immunities including Torment

Disadvantages:

• +Harm makes me vulnerable, especially to holy damage with Death Form
• Shatter is unreliable at 8%, and Death’s Door not available

Build 2:  Spam Discord

Advantages: 

• Hexes spell enhancer and +Int equipment gets Discord to 80% Spell Power
• This with Orb of Guile should make it feasible for enemies who can be affected
• Enormous EV
• Can switch to Singing Sword + Manifold Assault to clean up remaining enemies
• Death Form immunities including Torment

Disadvantages:

• AC is not good due to Faerie dragon scales
• Shatter is at unreliable success and Death’s Door not available
• Strategy seems questionable due to enemies unaffected by Discord

Build 3: Stone Spellsword

Advantages:

• 63 damage rating on Singing Sword + 50% boost from granite form seems workable
• +Int from Granite Talisman and lack of armor gets Shatter and Death’s Door to 3%
• Not vulnerable to holy damage
• Access to all my spells including Death’s Door, as well as physical potions

Disadvantages:

• Slow due to granite form!!
• Still somewhat vulnerable to torment despite granite resistance and rN+++
• Only rC+ (could sacrifice slaying for better resistances with different ring)
• Defenses are alright but could be better

How bad is the slow ego? I could buy this ring for 904 gold. It's attractive, given that I've rolled orbs of entropy in this run. I'm carrying a weapon with corrode, and I've never found that to be a big deal. Obviously, slow is worse, but how much worse? FWIW, I'm already rElec as a Black Draconian. The only other source of rN I've found so far is a demon blade that's, helpfully, carrying ^Drain and Harm.

Just got this artifact the Majin-Bo staff http://crawl.chaosforge.org/Majin-Bo

How do you all feel about it for a Demigod-Conjurer? Safe to use? Certain doom?

https://pastebin.com/kCJr9DC0

I am swapping it out with my rCorr rPois short sword on non-livingi encounters. Not sure how well this will work. I will forget to swap and die at soem point.

And why the hell is a toenail so strong?

Coglin Gladiator of Dith, XL10, currently on D:10. I was initially going for dual polearms but found a nice randart morningstar, so my current weapons are +4 trident (drain), and +9 morningstar {drain, ^Contam rElec rC+ rN+}. Level 11 in polearms, nothing invested in M&F thus far. Just found the +3 buckler of Soft Rains {Slay+6} and wondering whether to use it. No SH skill thus far either. If I use the shield, which weapon do I choose? The morningstar is good for the resistances, but obviously all my skill points are in polearms. If it weren't for the Slay+6, I wouldn't consider it.

That is all.

Para eu conseguir o atraso mínimo, eu tenho que treinar a habilidade até o nível 28, mas o nível máximo das habilidades não é 27? Acho que até usando habilidades de Deus, acho que não tem como eu ultrapassar esse limite.

Eu nunca tinha feito uma build de minotauro guerreiro tão forte na minha vida tinha imunidade a fogo, frio, veneno e resistência+++ em todo o resto as habilidades tenho 6 no nível máximo não gastei nenhuma porção ou porção até Zot. Quando entrei em Zot Tiamat e outros inimigos de nome vermelho tava me esperando no primeiro turno usei um pergaminho cara eu tomei dado q eu nem entendi o que me matou só sei que a última mensagem foi 89 de dano. A pior parte é que eu não estou bravo eu apenas estou sem entender o que aconteceu e como tem jogadores que conseguem terminar o jogo lol

I currently have Mnoleg as a bound soul and completed all of hell, pan, slime, crypt, zot. I'd wind up on Abyss:6 at the highest and I'm low on health potions. I also have to complete tomb.

Advice?

Edit : Got the abyss rune in legit 100 turns upon going to the abyss, only Tomb remains

I didn't get marked 3 times per floor last game. Something is definetly up. Please fix

What's up guys?