New Challenge

[madmonk]

Welcome one and all,

I have a challenge for you... just to celebrate the new forum!

Born (if it can be called that), life was hell, your mother was low mean and nasty. Your father was even worse - if he was your father... which you doubt! To make matters worse you are cursed with an allergy to metal!

Your only solace was to run into the nearby forest and stay there for as long as you could. Surprisingly you found that you could relate to animals and plants (you can see where this is going can't you?), and came to revere and worship Yavannah.

This is fairly amazing since you are a troll!

OK - so the challenge is a Troll Druid. You must accept the first character rolled. You may not put a minimum in on the roller.

After that you may not use metal in any form. This means that any metal weapon is out. Armour may only be the leather (or less) variety. Lanterns and lamps - no, they are metal. Boots - not metal ones. Rings and amulets are made of metal. Traps have metal in them so are of no use. Shields - not the metal ones. Helmets - goodness metal ones give you blinding headaches and make your hair fall out - so no to metal ones. Gloves and gauntlets? They are OK unless they specifically mention metal...

Good luck!

[Narvius]

Not all rings are metal, I think.

[Daniel Fishman]

Originally Posted by Narvius

Not all rings are metal, I think.

This is true; but in the context of the challenge it seems a little unfair to allow player A to use a Wooden Ring of Speed, while only allowing player B to use a Wooden Ring of Weakness.

[madmonk]

Originally Posted by Daniel Fishman

This is true; but in the context of the challenge it seems a little unfair to allow player A to use a Wooden Ring of Speed, while only allowing player B to use a Wooden Ring of Weakness.

Which is really why I banned all rings and amulets.

Of course you could always use them if they are not made of metal, but I felt it might place to much of a burden on housekeeping remembering which rings are metal and which are not. It s up to you. Me being lazy - no rings!

[Zikke]

So I am completely new to ToME, but I wanted to try out this challenge.

I tried to make a new character but I couldn't find how to make a troll druid. Picking Troll is easy, but Druid wasn't on the list... any advice?

Also, do you care if we are a "standard" troll or a different type of troll?

[Daniel Fishman]

Druid is a subclass of Priest. So choose Priest as your class, and then Druid as your subclass. But be warned. This is a challenge for a reason - Druid is a tough class to play, and Troll is probably not the ideal race for it - and that's before you get the equipment restriction.

[Narvius]

Druid is a subclass... of... uh... mage?
No, priest!

[Zikke]

Okay sorry, another dummy question.


When I move around in the town, I leave "ghosts" of the @ symbol occasionally. I assume this is documented; do you know how to fix this? I am running Windows XP with the default tiles.



edit:

You receive a vicious blow to the head!
All of your possessions have been stolen.
Welcome to ToME ^_^

[madmonk]

Originally Posted by Zikke

Okay sorry, another dummy question.


When I move around in the town, I leave "ghosts" of the @ symbol occasionally. I assume this is documented; do you know how to fix this? I am running Windows XP with the default tiles.



edit:

You receive a vicious blow to the head!
All of your possessions have been stolen.
Welcome to ToME ^_^

Go here. It has a fix for your problem.

[Seany C]

Heh, interesting (if tough) challenge, MM - are Quarterstaves/ permitted?
One other question - missiles, slings/pebbles/boomerangs OK, but arrows/shots/bolts aren't?

One more question - is the prohibition on holding metal items at all, even in your backpack, or can they be brought back to town and sold?

I can see this one getting technical...


EDIT: One extra question