[V] Gravity hound insta-death :(

[azfalt]

What can I say - this was my most promising dwarf priest, recently toasted by an unlucky teleport from full hp of ~550 to something significantly below that.

Is there anything I could have done to avoid this fate? I had teleported away from a Great Storm Wyrm to regenerate mana and I was considering a recall to town. I don't see how Teleport Level would have helped since it could have landed me in the same situation.

meh.

[buzzkill]

Unlike Teleport, I believe you get the first move after Teleport Level, so if you land someplace really nasty, you can TL again, or at least heal yourself.

[Mondkalb]

More speed is helpful against Gravity Hounds. After the first breath you are slowed (-10) so you get even more breaths unless your speed is way above 10.
Nevertheless a group of high level hounds can kill most chars very easily (time, gravity, nether, plasma, chaos). Resistance helps only against nether and chaos. Chaos can be a pain anyway if another creature changes on breath into something more dangerous.

[Astaroth]

What can I say - this was my most promising dwarf priest, recently toasted by an unlucky teleport from full hp of ~550 to something significantly below that.

Is there anything I could have done to avoid this fate? I had teleported away from a Great Storm Wyrm to regenerate mana and I was considering a recall to town. I don't see how Teleport Level would have helped since it could have landed me in the same situation.

meh.

The same happened to me. Maybe TL is really the best option.

[LCC]

I have almost been killed by hounds a couple of times. I stopped doing teleports except at full health with HP >800 at dlvl 50+. I also depend upon telepathy and detection prayers to keep me out of fights from which I would NEED to teleport...