Next void diver attempt

[KesTheHammer]

Half ogre vampire sorcerer, got Necromancy offered several times (and used undead form twice already), and Symbiosis.

http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=24762

Incredibly lucky (as per potion of self knowledge).

I've killed Morgoth by now, but I still don't have a cloak of air.

What are the best places to find one of those?

[Estie]

Greater vaults; sandworm lair works, also deep angband. It is a grind, resting till level feeling is refreshed, entering staircase, if superb feeling cast vision and eventually youll get a big checkerboard vault. In the sandworm lair, it contains mostly magey stuff like spellbooks and rods, but cloaks are also common.

[Yottle]

Are you going with the GWoP swarm approach? Symbiosis would be much more useful if you bumped up Monster-lore to 12 so you could turn pets into companions.

[KesTheHammer]

I don't have spare skill points anymore. But the Master Q symbiote summons 8 D's in a single turn. Usually at least one of them can summon themselves (Sky drake, Law, Chaos, Balance, Power). In the void (once I get there) there is enough space to summon many D's myself, the ability to make a single one GWoP into a companion is not so much better.

Anyway still searching for my cloak of air. I must say that my autmatiser file has become quite good. With armies of dragons fighting it out on a regular basis the sheer volume of treasure is insane.

[Yottle]

You don't need skill points to raise Monster-lore.

[KesTheHammer]

Please elaborate... How do I increase monster lore?

I thought the beast master quest increases corpse preservation.

[DrWho42]

good luck on the grind and finding the cloak of air!

[AnonymousHero]

Originally Posted by KesTheHammer

Please elaborate... How do I increase monster lore?

I thought the beast master quest increases corpse preservation.

If you have no corpse preservation, it grants it.

Same for Monster-lore, but it also increases it even if you already have it.

Relevant bit of code: (from q_bounty.cc on my fork, probably looks a bit different in 2.3.5. I have not changed this mechanic in my fork -- very few mechanic details have been.)

	skill_type *lore = &s_info[SKILL_LORE];
	if (lore->mod == 0)
	{
		lore->mod = 900;
		lore->dev = true;
	}
	lore->value += lore->mod;

[fiery_mews]

Save your game before visiting the Beastmaster shop though IMO. I've often (but not reliably) had my game crash when entering that shop in 2.4.x git.

[KesTheHammer]

Is it generally accepted that a mattock is one of the best items to use such a scroll on?

Should I read it on level 127 of angband to improve my probability of getting a kick-ass artifact?

Here is my character sheet:
http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=24762

I have a pretty good staff of wizardry and mage staff artifacts are not guaranteed to increase both spell power and mana.

My other options are a balance dragon scale mail (I haven't yet found Power dragon scale mail), but here, I am not guaranteed to get a life multiplier.

Any other good ideas to use for randart? Maybe my ring of speed +16?