A horrific noob's commentated 'band adventures

[smbhax]

Originally Posted by Pete Mack

The real issue is aggravation, so there are certain poweful artifacts a beastmaster should avoid.

Ooh! Good to know. : )

[EpicMan]

Originally Posted by Pete Mack

The real issue is aggravation, so there are certain poweful artifacts a beastmaster should avoid.

But the Sexy personality already aggravates, so no reason not to use them then (I don't think Aggro stacks in Heng-likes).

[smbhax]

Hengband - Barbarian Berserker smashes--but also has mental powers??

https://youtu.be/9fgMYdFj16w

0:00 - character creation
5:00 - stats, equip, town, shopping
15:00 - Yeek cave depth 1
19:59 - Yeek cave depth 2...oops!!
27:19 - Not gonna starve this time! ;_;
32:25 - Depth 1
37:51 - Depth 2
47:39 - Depth 3
55:15 - Depth 4
1:06:15 - Depth 5, brutal power, wrap!

[smbhax]

Angband - This floor 17 is a huge, twisting cave!

https://youtu.be/su3XGGQgocI

0:00 - wrong save file 'p'
4:18 - floor 16
5:15 - floor 17
11:35 - invisijerks (dark hounds, etc)
16:18 - umberish hulks
37:18 - crafty forest troll ambush!
41:58 - I may not be able to beat these fleas
49:18 - floor 18
52:38 - teleported--it's a huge twisting cavern!
56:38 - too much good stuff

[smbhax]

Hengband - Barbarian Berserker needs food kinda badly!

https://youtu.be/-rCffdgpdLc

0:00 - floor 5, digging
12:03 - floor 6 - Smeagol & potions
23:56 - Opened Core, the uncovered fortress
31:50 - floor 7 - fainting from lack of food & not noticing...
40:13 - floor 8 - Nibelung and..?

[EpicMan]

I'm glad to see Hengband get some (English) exposure on YT, it and TOME2 were my favorite roguelikes as a teenager.

I had a near-death from hunger in the new Hengband a few weeks ago. I had entered a dungeon (can't remember which, mountains maybe) from the surface, dived down, filled my pack with loot then ate and dropped my food to carry yet more loot. Recalled back to surface and found myself in the middle of nowhere. I got about a third of the way to the nearest town before I became faint.
Nobody I encountered dropped food so I had to chug !CCW until I was merely hungry so I could return to the world map and figure out the exact directions to the town.
I eventually ran out of !CCW (I started with about 80) and had to waste my potions of Healing but I managed to stumble into town and make it to the Inn.

[smbhax]

Originally Posted by EpicMan

I'm glad to see Hengband get some (English) exposure on YT, it and TOME2 were my favorite roguelikes as a teenager.

I had a near-death from hunger in the new Hengband a few weeks ago. I had entered a dungeon (can't remember which, mountains maybe) from the surface, dived down, filled my pack with loot then ate and dropped my food to carry yet more loot. Recalled back to surface and found myself in the middle of nowhere. I got about a third of the way to the nearest town before I became faint.
Nobody I encountered dropped food so I had to chug !CCW until I was merely hungry so I could return to the world map and figure out the exact directions to the town.
I eventually ran out of !CCW (I started with about 80) and had to waste my potions of Healing but I managed to stumble into town and make it to the Inn.

Ooh that's a good tip, I may have some healing potion or other that could tide me over a few extra turns, I'll have to check on that. Depending on how this Recall power works--hm well eh if I can't get it to work I'll probably just starve well before I make it out, but I suppose you never know what sort of fortuitous arrangement of up-shafts may materialize. ; )

Does regular Recall just have a chance to drop you somewhere out in the wilderness, or was there a particular reason that happened?

[EpicMan]

Originally Posted by smbhax

Ooh that's a good tip, I may have some healing potion or other that could tide me over a few extra turns, I'll have to check on that. Depending on how this Recall power works--hm well eh if I can't get it to work I'll probably just starve well before I make it out, but I suppose you never know what sort of fortuitous arrangement of up-shafts may materialize. ; )

Does regular Recall just have a chance to drop you somewhere out in the wilderness, or was there a particular reason that happened?

I think if you enter a dungeon from the wilderness you recall up to its surface location instead of a town, but I'm not 100% sure.

[DrWho42]

thanks for the uploads! i've subscribed to your youtube channel

[smbhax]

Originally Posted by DrWho42

thanks for the uploads! i've subscribed to your youtube channel

Thanks! That's really encouraging! : D