Posted by Alveradok, Jul 13, 2009 at 12:16 pm
But still, it's a cheap way to get rid of the valpurium golem!
Provided he doesen't turn into something worse by the time.
Provided he doesen't turn into something worse by the time.
Posted by Alveradok, Jul 12, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Ischaldirh wrote
The octagonal key, along with another oddly shaped key, are carried by high-end grudge monsters -- as I recall, my namesake has one of them. If you can kill him then you more than deserve the contents of the chest. However it's much easier to simply blast the chest with a wand of striking, or using a SoCM to change the box into something softer then kicking (or eating) it open
Doesn'tpaydoesn'tpaydoesn'tpay.
Really, afaik it takes just about 18 LStr and ordinary unenchanted iron boots of kicking to break the lock open. Or some 20+ AStr to throw the chest on one of the meteoric steel walls for the same effect.
If You can get polycontrol and polymorphitis, for example, from a staff of wondrous smells or a magical mushroom (careful!), I think a veteran or even rookie guard is enough to do it, so don't waste charges on wands of striking, or even worse, socms and wishes. Really! You can get 20 AStr just by blocking a carnivorous plant's attacks with something relatively heavy.
But the chest-polymorphing idea is sum good shit, yo.
Posted by Alveradok, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:13 pm
I took a look at some screenshots of Your's, Capristo. I am quite surprised at the 18-20 dex Your characters sport... But this could be due to the fact I never got far before employing my training routine. I think a comparisom of our chars gives a good picture of how diverse are peoples' ways of playing IVAN.
I reccomend You try building up 40-50 dex. It's effortless and quite safe once You get the elite guard's armor, and chopping heads directly off of mistress torture chiefs can really save Your char!
I reccomend You try building up 40-50 dex. It's effortless and quite safe once You get the elite guard's armor, and chopping heads directly off of mistress torture chiefs can really save Your char!
Posted by Alveradok, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:00 am
Ah yes, the bear trap! Thank Azba!
If You want to lose an arm with a bear trap, step in it (having Your legs armored). While trying to move away (i.e. escape), there is a chance that You'll get "your arm somehow trapped in the process". Then, while trying to free Your arm, it may get severed off, as far as I know.
If You want to lose an arm with a bear trap, step in it (having Your legs armored). While trying to move away (i.e. escape), there is a chance that You'll get "your arm somehow trapped in the process". Then, while trying to free Your arm, it may get severed off, as far as I know.
Posted by Alveradok, Jun 23, 2009 at 5:13 pm
EagleV my dear! Erno my dear! My deers!
a) "This level seems oddly familiar. Like you have been here in one of your past lives." - happens when bones of a character with the same name as Your, descending, current, alive one, are present, ALSO You get this message in a situation in which there are bones of several characters, INCLUDING one named the same as Your current char.
b) "You smell the stench of death" - happens when there are bones of a character with another name.
Apple - I'll post vids/screengrabs of me chars bashing the hell out of mistress torturing chiefs with +8 whips, and perhaps being killed by Ur-Khan. Just to continue my whining about Ur-Khan and reinforce the 'he be stronger' stance with sum xtra hot argumants. How 'bout that
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a) "This level seems oddly familiar. Like you have been here in one of your past lives." - happens when bones of a character with the same name as Your, descending, current, alive one, are present, ALSO You get this message in a situation in which there are bones of several characters, INCLUDING one named the same as Your current char.
b) "You smell the stench of death" - happens when there are bones of a character with another name.
Apple - I'll post vids/screengrabs of me chars bashing the hell out of mistress torturing chiefs with +8 whips, and perhaps being killed by Ur-Khan. Just to continue my whining about Ur-Khan and reinforce the 'he be stronger' stance with sum xtra hot argumants. How 'bout that
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Posted by Alveradok, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:35 am
I run around until hungry (gaining about 5 AGI by then), then eat bananas and run a little more, then buy yet some more bananas and wield the peels and fight with them until they spoil. Then it's either AStr training or I wield the encrypted scroll and continue the DEX course.
I take care of the enner beast with lightning, since I hate using precious wands of striking on him.
As for named baddies, namely Ur-Khan and Danny, I generally enter UT4 at a later part of the game, in hope of them getting spawned there, not on GC7 or GC8. I do sometimes fight them, and win. Using mirroring.
I will not write any more, because I am already writing a huge-ass guidebook for IVAN! Fogyeah, using 4zb4's topics as my adspace!
I take care of the enner beast with lightning, since I hate using precious wands of striking on him.
As for named baddies, namely Ur-Khan and Danny, I generally enter UT4 at a later part of the game, in hope of them getting spawned there, not on GC7 or GC8. I do sometimes fight them, and win. Using mirroring.
I will not write any more, because I am already writing a huge-ass guidebook for IVAN! Fogyeah, using 4zb4's topics as my adspace!
Posted by Alveradok, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:29 am
Mistresses can suck me vermis
Now Ur-Khan is a badass when it comes to harvesting players.
I remember losing at the bare entry to GC6. He was next to the stairs. Now each time I reach GC6 with a fairly 'roided character, I make sure I have an amulet of Life Saving. There are 3 high-power boned chars out there now.
Now Ur-Khan is a badass when it comes to harvesting players.
I remember losing at the bare entry to GC6. He was next to the stairs. Now each time I reach GC6 with a fairly 'roided character, I make sure I have an amulet of Life Saving. There are 3 high-power boned chars out there now.
Posted by Alveradok, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:24 am
O #'tnam of earth and altar,
Bow down and hear my cry
I was having another awesome game of IVAN, and during my workout routine, instead of advancing from like level 19 to 20 with my troll hide cloak, I happened to advance from level 19 (or 18? don'caer) to level fcuking 64.
It resulted in some more damage, for a troll hide cloak alright, but the increased amount of succesful blocks is what made this, I suppose, bug, particularly useful. Note the gap between the points required for the next level, and the few points I gained in a totally legit way.
See for Yourself
Bow down and hear my cry
I was having another awesome game of IVAN, and during my workout routine, instead of advancing from like level 19 to 20 with my troll hide cloak, I happened to advance from level 19 (or 18? don'caer) to level fcuking 64.
It resulted in some more damage, for a troll hide cloak alright, but the increased amount of succesful blocks is what made this, I suppose, bug, particularly useful. Note the gap between the points required for the next level, and the few points I gained in a totally legit way.
See for Yourself
Posted by Alveradok, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:13 am
Hey there, Kamos!
1) playing with acid (that is, uncovering the limb AND torso and taking off any cloaks, which is dangerous, OR stepping on broken bottles while unarmored. It's a quite popular way to get delegged!
2) I don't think it get's 'damaged' as in hit, but yes, it eventually rots away which equals the loss of it. It's cover/equipment falls to the ground, nothing else bad happens.
3) This is because of their high 'dexterity' - they may be not too tough themselves, but their attacks deliver their punch in a targeted manner.
4) Yes, provided You meet certain INT criteria for a given material - e.g. 10 to make ommel hair from troll hide, 20 to make phoenix feather from ommel hair, etc. Changing something into Troll hide doesen't require any intelligence, as far as I recall.
5) You CAN do this, but this will result at the guards, townspeople, Petrus and even the goddamn teddy to become hostile and attack You.
6) As long as You don't stray from him far enough for him to lose track and fail to see You.
Cheers.
1) playing with acid (that is, uncovering the limb AND torso and taking off any cloaks, which is dangerous, OR stepping on broken bottles while unarmored. It's a quite popular way to get delegged!
2) I don't think it get's 'damaged' as in hit, but yes, it eventually rots away which equals the loss of it. It's cover/equipment falls to the ground, nothing else bad happens.
3) This is because of their high 'dexterity' - they may be not too tough themselves, but their attacks deliver their punch in a targeted manner.
4) Yes, provided You meet certain INT criteria for a given material - e.g. 10 to make ommel hair from troll hide, 20 to make phoenix feather from ommel hair, etc. Changing something into Troll hide doesen't require any intelligence, as far as I recall.
5) You CAN do this, but this will result at the guards, townspeople, Petrus and even the goddamn teddy to become hostile and attack You.
6) As long as You don't stray from him far enough for him to lose track and fail to see You.
Cheers.
Posted by Alveradok, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Code fast, crash young.