New to ADOM

Hello All,

I am a new ADOM player. I have beaten Nethack and Angband and I decided to
investigate it out of couriosity. It's hard to say why I've never played
ADOM before, since I am a huge fan of Nethack. ADOM is a very interesting
game, and I am finding it quite enjoyable, especially the skills and the
quests.

I do have a few questions: what happens if I my character is illeterate?
Can he go through the whole game not reading a single scroll? How do I
uncurse an item? Is it safer just to avoid wearing strange items? And
finally, what kinds of foods can I eat? I tried to follow Nethack
guidelines while eating in ADOM and it didn't work out. Any advice would be
greatly appreciated.


Regards,

John

On Jan 26, 9:41 am, "Johnny Reb" <lauzhu... RemoveThis @dslextreme.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I am a new ADOM player.  I have beaten Nethack and Angband and I decided to
> investigate it out of couriosity.  It's hard to say why I've never played
> ADOM before, since I am a huge fan of Nethack.  ADOM is a very interesting
> game, and I am finding it quite enjoyable, especially the skills and the
> quests.
>
> I do have a few questions: what happens if I my character is illeterate?
> Can he go through the whole game not reading a single scroll?  How do I
> uncurse an item?  Is it safer just to avoid wearing strange items?  And
> finally, what kinds of foods can I eat?  I tried to follow Nethack
> guidelines while eating in ADOM and it didn't work out.  Any advice would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> John

Of course you know about the guidebook (tm), and therefore you are
asking because you do not want to be spoiled. Ill keep my answers
intentionally vague, then.

> what happens if I my character is illeterate?
> Can he go through the whole game not reading a single scroll?

He could, yes. But it can be learned as he goes along. If you play the
game with a normal progression (do the areas you are supposed to) you
will surely find out one way.

> How do I uncurse an item?

Again several methods. One would be connected with your first
question, the others would be connected with divine powers.

> Is it safer just to avoid wearing strange items?

That depends. With any starting character I would wear a, say, mithril
chain mail right away, even if I knew it was cursed. Or, say, an
adamantium cap. This because they provide armor boni, and I can rely
on being able to uncurse/bless them later on. Weapons I would mabye be
a bit more careful with. If you start with a nice sword, then decide
to wield a dagger (most are 1d4) and it is cursed, well then you will
have some problems in the early game. There are ways to get rid of
cursed weapons though, if you pick your right fight.

> And finally, what kinds of foods can I eat?

Iron rations come in two sizes, but weigh a lot. All food generated is
okay to eat (melon, apple, dwarven sausage, raw meat...). You might
find a food-court later on. But to survive you probably need to learn
to eat corpses too. As in nethack, you can gain powers by eating
certain corpses. None give a direct level-up though...you have to work
for that yourself. But it is hugely important to "learn your corpses"
to become asuccessful winning player. As a general guide, try to
imagine yourself in the place of your adventurer. Would YOU eat that?
(or someone in the world). If not, then don't. Zombie? Rotting heap of
dead flesh? Sounds spoiled to me. Make your list, try different
corpses, make a note of the ones that give messages of effects you
suspect mean something. Getting sick is a sure sign of a no-no.