Spoiler Alert!!

Grotug · October 21, 2016, 14:37

Please, people, please! If you are going to have a special item in your post, PLEASE make a spoiler alert as your heading! All I did was hover my cursor over the thread "Holy moly!" and boom, big spoiler of an item I did not know existed in the game. A big draw for me of this game is discovering rare and powerful artifacts. So it's always a bummer to discover them in the forum rather than in the dungeon. That said, my thread includes some of the more common special items that people who play a lot will know.

That said, I came her to complain about one of the most common grumbles that people have in this game, which is the dang dreaded drolem. How many times do I die by this bastard! I'm on L39 and I have 12 potions of resist poison and a ring of resist poison (which I'm not wearing) and Hollenheth for monster detection. I am basically invicible against this guy! Cause I know I may run into him; so I've taken all these precautions; and my character is awesome having just picked up Thorin's Shield and wielding Lucerne hammer of frost immunity. and I'm thinking; I should probably do monster detection; nah, this is the last corner of the entire dungeon; Ill just go and grab that last item up there and then leave. A little, nonassuming green g appears; oh, another dumb golem to deal with; oh yeah, that's that special g that isn't a golem, but a super overpowered creature mimicking a golem. Great; and I've already attacked so I can't TO or anything. Drolem breathes poison. You die.

Why can't he be like bright fluorescent and a d instead of a g? All the g's in the game are harmless. So frustrating; after all those precautions and I still died by him. I know it's my own darn fault, but still. All the muddy colored g's look the same.

Pete Mack · October 21, 2016, 16:39

You can change it yourself by editing monster.txt
I recommend ATTR_FLICKER. You can also change appearance via the knowledge menu. In any case, it is not the only dangerous golem in the game. Bone and Bronze golems are plenty dangerous too

Grotug · October 21, 2016, 16:44

It's the only small g in the game that consistently kills me. I knew very well about it, from previous games. That's why I had 15 potions of resist poison and a ring of resist poison; cause I know it shows up in the late 30s or early 40s. Sure enough it did, and I was all prepared but it caught me off guard and first thing it did was breathe poison.

edit: BTW, how did you donate $40?

Estie · October 21, 2016, 16:48

Is there a reason you dont wear that ring of poison resistance ?

I never bother with resist poison potions, but once I get hold of a permanent resist source, I wear it at all times, only taking it off for short periods if absolutely necessary (that means for most games: never).

Pete Mack · October 21, 2016, 16:51

Pav ran a couple fund drives some years back for licenses and bandwidth. For whatever reason, he has not done it since

bio_hazard · October 21, 2016, 20:37

It is probably a safe assumption, particularly in the After Adventure Reports, that there may be spoilers.

Grotug · October 22, 2016, 14:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Estie

Is there a reason you dont wear that ring of poison resistance ?

I never bother with resist poison potions, but once I get hold of a permanent resist source, I wear it at all times, only taking it off for short periods if absolutely necessary (that means for most games: never).

Because I'm an optimistic greedy fool who prefers damage to resistance. :P Yeah, pretty dumb idea to think I'll have time to put on the ring and quaff a potion before the drolem has his way.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bio_hazard

It is probably a safe assumption, particularly in the After Adventure Reports, that there may be spoilers.

True, true. I guess I was a bit surprised to get a spoiler by just highlighting my pointer over a thread title. :-/

Pete Mack · October 22, 2016, 17:06

Once you've seen most of them a couple times the novelty wears out. Randarts are pretty much necessary for replayability.

krazyhades · October 23, 2016, 17:00

The ladder dumps/posts/comments and AAR are both places explicitly about articulating occurrences and facts of a game. Even outside of those, there are e.g. posts comparing the damage of different weapons under different conditions, etc, where a highlight of the title could give something away. I sympathize with your feeling unwittingly spoiled, but I am not about to start spoiler tagging practically every single post, nor I imagine are others.

October 21, 2016, 14:37	#1
Grotug Knight Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 824	Spoiler Alert!! Please, people, please! If you are going to have a special item in your post, PLEASE make a spoiler alert as your heading! All I did was hover my cursor over the thread "Holy moly!" and boom, big spoiler of an item I did not know existed in the game. A big draw for me of this game is discovering rare and powerful artifacts. So it's always a bummer to discover them in the forum rather than in the dungeon. That said, my thread includes some of the more common special items that people who play a lot will know. That said, I came her to complain about one of the most common grumbles that people have in this game, which is the dang dreaded drolem. How many times do I die by this bastard! I'm on L39 and I have 12 potions of resist poison and a ring of resist poison (which I'm not wearing) and Hollenheth for monster detection. I am basically invicible against this guy! Cause I know I may run into him; so I've taken all these precautions; and my character is awesome having just picked up Thorin's Shield and wielding Lucerne hammer of frost immunity. and I'm thinking; I should probably do monster detection; nah, this is the last corner of the entire dungeon; Ill just go and grab that last item up there and then leave. A little, nonassuming green g appears; oh, another dumb golem to deal with; oh yeah, that's that special g that isn't a golem, but a super overpowered creature mimicking a golem. Great; and I've already attacked so I can't TO or anything. Drolem breathes poison. You die. Why can't he be like bright fluorescent and a d instead of a g? All the g's in the game are harmless. So frustrating; after all those precautions and I still died by him. I know it's my own darn fault, but still. All the muddy colored g's look the same.

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October 21, 2016, 16:39	#2
Pete Mack Prophet Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 4,461 Donated: $40	You can change it yourself by editing monster.txt I recommend ATTR_FLICKER. You can also change appearance via the knowledge menu. In any case, it is not the only dangerous golem in the game. Bone and Bronze golems are plenty dangerous too

October 21, 2016, 16:44	#3
Grotug Knight Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 824	It's the only small g in the game that consistently kills me. I knew very well about it, from previous games. That's why I had 15 potions of resist poison and a ring of resist poison; cause I know it shows up in the late 30s or early 40s. Sure enough it did, and I was all prepared but it caught me off guard and first thing it did was breathe poison. edit: BTW, how did you donate $40?

October 21, 2016, 16:48	#4
Estie Veteran Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 1,529	Is there a reason you dont wear that ring of poison resistance ? I never bother with resist poison potions, but once I get hold of a permanent resist source, I wear it at all times, only taking it off for short periods if absolutely necessary (that means for most games: never).

October 21, 2016, 16:51	#5
Pete Mack Prophet Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 4,461 Donated: $40	Pav ran a couple fund drives some years back for licenses and bandwidth. For whatever reason, he has not done it since

October 21, 2016, 20:37	#6
bio_hazard Knight Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 578	It is probably a safe assumption, particularly in the After Adventure Reports, that there may be spoilers.

October 22, 2016, 17:06	#8
Pete Mack Prophet Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 4,461 Donated: $40	Once you've seen most of them a couple times the novelty wears out. Randarts are pretty much necessary for replayability.

October 23, 2016, 17:00	#9
krazyhades Swordsman Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 427	The ladder dumps/posts/comments and AAR are both places explicitly about articulating occurrences and facts of a game. Even outside of those, there are e.g. posts comparing the damage of different weapons under different conditions, etc, where a highlight of the title could give something away. I sympathize with your feeling unwittingly spoiled, but I am not about to start spoiler tagging practically every single post, nor I imagine are others.

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