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Since: Oct 17, 2007
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:38 pm
Post subject: Trifecta
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This happened some time back, but it still smarts.
I had a great game going, except I hadn't seen a source of rPoison all game,
and all the speed rings were cursed. Then I found a greater vault with a new
amulet I was betting was trickery. I used _speed, and waded in. When I
could, I used teleport other to get several hounds at once, but I didn't have
enough mana to do every single one individually. Timehounds and Chaoshounds
and Gravityhounds, Oh My!
(1) a gravity hound breathes, slowing and shifting me
(2) into LOS of a Q that immediately summons a
(3) swamp wyrm that immediately breathes
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Since: Dec 11, 2007
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:45 pm
Post subject: Re: Trifecta [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Eddie Grove" <eddiegrove DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:87ejdrksl1.fsf@hotmail.com...
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> This happened some time back, but it still smarts.
>
> I had a great game going, except I hadn't seen a source of rPoison all
> game,
> and all the speed rings were cursed. Then I found a greater vault with a
> new
> amulet I was betting was trickery. I used _speed, and waded in. When I
> could, I used teleport other to get several hounds at once, but I didn't
> have
> enough mana to do every single one individually. Timehounds and
> Chaoshounds
> and Gravityhounds, Oh My!
>
>
> (1) a gravity hound breathes, slowing and shifting me
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> (2) into LOS of a Q that immediately summons a
>
> (3) swamp wyrm that immediately breathes
That's a perfect illustration of how the shifting caused by gravity breath
is far far more dangerous than the damage or even the slowing. AFAIK it's
the only monster attack which does this (other than TELE_TO, which allows a
save), and is why gravity hounds have their deservedly nasty reputation.
Commiserations.
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Since: Dec 12, 2007
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:22 pm
Post subject: Re: Trifecta [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Eddie Grove wrote:
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> This happened some time back, but it still smarts.
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> I had a great game going, except I hadn't seen a source of rPoison all game,
> and all the speed rings were cursed. Then I found a greater vault with a new
> amulet I was betting was trickery. I used _speed, and waded in. When I
> could, I used teleport other to get several hounds at once, but I didn't have
> enough mana to do every single one individually. Timehounds and Chaoshounds
> and Gravityhounds, Oh My!
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> (1) a gravity hound breathes, slowing and shifting me
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> (2) into LOS of a Q that immediately summons a
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> (3) swamp wyrm that immediately breathes
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> Eddie
Ugh yeah, I've never been comboed to death in a round by them, but
gravity hounds are probably responsible for more than their fair share
of my near-death experiences. For me it usually involves getting
blinked into LOS of another pack of hounds, such as inertia or impact.
Time hounds and gravity hounds never quite get demoted from "dangerous"
to "simply annoying" like most of the other zephyrs. >> Stay informed about: Trifecta |
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Since: Nov 15, 2007
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:19 am
Post subject: Re: Trifecta [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Even worse than gravity hounds are NPP gravity traps. These hit before
the player gets a move. I've taken stairs to a level and been hit by
one before I get a move. Player is displaced, sleeping monsters are
awoken, and unavoidable instadeath is possible. >> Stay informed about: Trifecta |
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Since: May 30, 2004
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:36 pm
Post subject: Re: Trifecta [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In a distant and second-hand set of dimensions, the words of
Magnate filtered slowly through the cosmos...
> That's a perfect illustration of how the shifting caused by gravity breath
> is far far more dangerous than the damage or even the slowing. AFAIK it's
> the only monster attack which does this (other than TELE_TO, which allows a
> save), and is why gravity hounds have their deservedly nasty reputation.
>
Nexus?
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__<^>__ I thought DFS was a brand of sofa until I discovered the Beeb.
/ _¬ ¬_ \ Posted by Martin Bazley from British technology.
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\_> <_/ ...Dictionopolis rules, leads, dominates, dictates,
governs, all right, OK, adequately, satisfactorily, well enough >> Stay informed about: Trifecta |
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Since: Oct 18, 2007
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:33 pm
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On 2007-12-19 17:36:49, Martin Bazley <martin DeleteThis @bazley.freeuk.com> wrote:
> In a distant and second-hand set of dimensions, the words of
> Magnate filtered slowly through the cosmos...
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> > That's a perfect illustration of how the shifting caused by gravity breath
> > is far far more dangerous than the damage or even the slowing. AFAIK it's
> > the only monster attack which does this (other than TELE_TO, which allows a
> > save), and is why gravity hounds have their deservedly nasty reputation.
> >
> Nexus?
1) Nexus has a high resist available that completely neutralizes it. Gravity
has a low-grade saving throw.
2) teleport(200) is basically an unwanted escape. teleport(5) is a low-grade
Phase Door. >> Stay informed about: Trifecta |
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