So your half-orc Blackguard has 16K gold

sffp · November 9, 2020, 19:54

In the black market you find:

a Scroll of Acquirement 15K
a Wand of Teleport Other 15.75K

Note - you have base resist AND a wand of TO that you just found already.
But other than your shield and your free action gloves, everything could use a sizable upgrade.

Or do you ignore them both, buy some cure crits and go back to adventuring.

Estragon · November 9, 2020, 20:03

It's pretty rare that I find something useful from a scroll of acquirement; I'd pick wand of TO every time.

sffp · November 9, 2020, 20:15

Yeah the randomeness of the acquireness, the fact that I need so much (I'm wielding a Tulwar of slay orc!) plus the fact I already have a wand of TO makes this more interesting.

But those wands do break.

misanthropope · November 9, 2020, 23:43

i mean, a wand of TO is basically a warrant to loot one vault, free of charge. feel like that competes pretty effectively with acquirement.

Raerick · November 10, 2020, 05:08

If I have a wand of TO I probably wouldn't buy one. My luck would be if I bought the wand I would then almost immediately find a free spare when I enter the dungeon again and then when I returned to town the BM would have something I want that 15k would have allowed me to afford. I also haven't had very many bad experiences of wands blowing up when recharded. Staves of speed on the other hand...

Acquirement is just a crap shoot. Unless I have a lot of money with nothing to buy I never buy them.

Unless my depth is shallow enough I would probably just save the money.

Sphara · November 10, 2020, 05:17

For a blackguard, I would buy a Wand of TO without a blink of an eye.

PowerWyrm · November 10, 2020, 07:53

Scroll of acquirement will probably give you a few bolts of slay orc, not worth it. Get the wand, charges deplete very fast when you start to use it...

Selkie · November 10, 2020, 08:28

I've had a few artifacts drop out of a scroll of acquirement before. I'm sure there's no coding truth in the matter, but the chances of a good drop always seem higher to me the deeper in the dungeon you read it and if you are playing randarts. Most of the time it's partial plate of resistance or something like that

Sky · November 10, 2020, 08:45

90/10 towards TO.

if you are already DL40+ and have not found a sizeable number of artifacts, then Acq might be good, but if you are inching along and have already found the low-power artifacts of your depths, then TO is better - as said before, it guarantees you free looting of one (or two, with recharging) vaults.

Selkie · November 10, 2020, 10:11

I've had a few artifacts drop out of a scroll of acquirement before. I'm sure there's no coding truth in the matter, but the chances of a good drop always seem higher to me the deeper in the dungeon you read it and if you are playing randarts. Most of the time it's partial plate of resistance or something like that

November 9, 2020, 19:54	#1
sffp Adept Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: DC Area Posts: 137	So your half-orc Blackguard has 16K gold In the black market you find: a Scroll of Acquirement 15K a Wand of Teleport Other 15.75K Note - you have base resist AND a wand of TO that you just found already. But other than your shield and your free action gloves, everything could use a sizable upgrade. Or do you ignore them both, buy some cure crits and go back to adventuring.

November 10, 2020, 07:53	#7
PowerWyrm Prophet Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,845	Scroll of acquirement will probably give you a few bolts of slay orc, not worth it. Get the wand, charges deplete very fast when you start to use it... __________________ PWMAngband variant maintainer - check http://powerwyrm.monsite-orange.fr (or http://www.mangband.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=9) to learn more about this new variant!

November 10, 2020, 08:45	#9
Sky Veteran Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: London-ish Age: 48 Posts: 1,925	90/10 towards TO. if you are already DL40+ and have not found a sizeable number of artifacts, then Acq might be good, but if you are inching along and have already found the low-power artifacts of your depths, then TO is better - as said before, it guarantees you free looting of one (or two, with recharging) vaults. __________________ "i can take this dracolich"

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November 9, 2020, 20:03	#2
Estragon Rookie Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 15	It's pretty rare that I find something useful from a scroll of acquirement; I'd pick wand of TO every time.

November 9, 2020, 20:15	#3
sffp Adept Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: DC Area Posts: 137	Yeah the randomeness of the acquireness, the fact that I need so much (I'm wielding a Tulwar of slay orc!) plus the fact I already have a wand of TO makes this more interesting. But those wands do break.

November 9, 2020, 23:43	#4
misanthropope Rookie Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 13	i mean, a wand of TO is basically a warrant to loot one vault, free of charge. feel like that competes pretty effectively with acquirement.

November 10, 2020, 05:08	#5
Raerick Rookie Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 18	If I have a wand of TO I probably wouldn't buy one. My luck would be if I bought the wand I would then almost immediately find a free spare when I enter the dungeon again and then when I returned to town the BM would have something I want that 15k would have allowed me to afford. I also haven't had very many bad experiences of wands blowing up when recharded. Staves of speed on the other hand... Acquirement is just a crap shoot. Unless I have a lot of money with nothing to buy I never buy them. Unless my depth is shallow enough I would probably just save the money.

November 10, 2020, 05:17	#6
Sphara Swordsman Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Finland Posts: 424	For a blackguard, I would buy a Wand of TO without a blink of an eye.

November 10, 2020, 08:28	#8
Selkie Adept Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: London Posts: 216	I've had a few artifacts drop out of a scroll of acquirement before. I'm sure there's no coding truth in the matter, but the chances of a good drop always seem higher to me the deeper in the dungeon you read it and if you are playing randarts. Most of the time it's partial plate of resistance or something like that

November 10, 2020, 10:11	#10
Selkie Adept Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: London Posts: 216	I've had a few artifacts drop out of a scroll of acquirement before. I'm sure there's no coding truth in the matter, but the chances of a good drop always seem higher to me the deeper in the dungeon you read it and if you are playing randarts. Most of the time it's partial plate of resistance or something like that

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