All about chasms (1.2)

taptap · January 5, 2014, 20:35

Let us start a chasm thread.

1) You can shoot over them.

2) You can end in an area without escape but above chasm (e.g. by false floor drop).

3) Chasms are downshafts without stairs. You can go down faster if you want. The top spots of the ladder are up for grabs

... (please add)

decoy · January 5, 2014, 22:48

4) ...Probably should have drank that Orcish Liquor before throwing myself down the chasm to escape the pursuing orcs and wargs. Says my character from the Halls of Mandos.

fph · January 6, 2014, 13:28

Is there any way to go over them apart from taking Leaping? And, directly related, has leaping any other practical use than crossing chasms? Doesn't seem so, since you still lose a turn when jumping and you can't use it while surrounded unless you moved the previous turn (unlikely).

taptap · January 6, 2014, 13:49

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Originally Posted by fph

Is there any way to go over them apart from taking Leaping? And, directly related, has leaping any other practical use than crossing chasms? Doesn't seem so, since you still lose a turn when jumping and you can't use it while surrounded unless you moved the previous turn (unlikely).

You can cross pits, false floors etc. with leaping as well afaik.

You probably can dig around many chasms.

Infinitum · January 6, 2014, 14:25

Do you have to perceive the trap beforehand for leaping to take effect? Immunity to false floors would make it kinda sorta attractive to take I guess.

5) Staffs of Earthquakes can supposedly remove and create new chasms at random, which makes them a valuable escape tool I guess? (unconfirmed)

HallucinationMushroom · January 6, 2014, 14:30

6)I need to encounter again for confirmation, but I've seen bats spawn from chasms. A nice touch, if this is indeed the case. Also if true, I wonder what else might spawn from chasms... spiders... dragons? It gives me the willies just thinking about it.

taptap · January 6, 2014, 14:59

7) You can knock enemies into chasms ... and there is a horn invented for knocking things back.

half · January 6, 2014, 15:05

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Originally Posted by HallucinationMushroom

6)I need to encounter again for confirmation, but I've seen bats spawn from chasms. A nice touch, if this is indeed the case. Also if true, I wonder what else might spawn from chasms... spiders... dragons? It gives me the willies just thinking about it.

Sadly this is not in the game (it must have been lurking in the darkness), but after you mentioned it in a ladder comment, it is marked for possible inclusion in a future version.

debo · January 6, 2014, 20:12

Haven't had a chance to test this yet: Can you dig around chasms if you have a granitebreaker?

BlueFish · January 7, 2014, 05:34

Flying monsters seem to treat chasms as normal floor tiles.

January 5, 2014, 20:35	#1
taptap Knight Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 710	All about chasms (1.2) Let us start a chasm thread. 1) You can shoot over them. 2) You can end in an area without escape but above chasm (e.g. by false floor drop). 3) Chasms are downshafts without stairs. You can go down faster if you want. The top spots of the ladder are up for grabs ... (please add) Last edited by taptap; January 5, 2014 at 22:40.

January 6, 2014, 13:28	#3
fph Knight Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pisa / DL0 Posts: 964	Is there any way to go over them apart from taking Leaping? And, directly related, has leaping any other practical use than crossing chasms? Doesn't seem so, since you still lose a turn when jumping and you can't use it while surrounded unless you moved the previous turn (unlikely). __________________ Dive fast, die young, leave a high-CHA corpse. -- You read a scroll labeled 'lol gtfo' of Teleport Level.

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debo Veteran Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,386	Haven't had a chance to test this yet: Can you dig around chasms if you have a granitebreaker? __________________ Glaurung, Father of the Dragons says, 'You cannot avoid the ballyhack.'

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January 5, 2014, 22:48	#2
decoy Scout Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: The Golden Wood Posts: 41	4) ...Probably should have drank that Orcish Liquor before throwing myself down the chasm to escape the pursuing orcs and wargs. Says my character from the Halls of Mandos.

January 6, 2014, 14:25	#5
Infinitum Swordsman Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 268	Do you have to perceive the trap beforehand for leaping to take effect? Immunity to false floors would make it kinda sorta attractive to take I guess. 5) Staffs of Earthquakes can supposedly remove and create new chasms at random, which makes them a valuable escape tool I guess? (unconfirmed)

January 6, 2014, 14:30	#6
HallucinationMushroom Knight Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Indiana, U.S.A. Age: 42 Posts: 780	6)I need to encounter again for confirmation, but I've seen bats spawn from chasms. A nice touch, if this is indeed the case. Also if true, I wonder what else might spawn from chasms... spiders... dragons? It gives me the willies just thinking about it.

January 6, 2014, 14:59	#7
taptap Knight Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 710	7) You can knock enemies into chasms ... and there is a horn invented for knocking things back.

January 7, 2014, 05:34	#10
BlueFish Swordsman Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 414	Flying monsters seem to treat chasms as normal floor tiles.

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