vasiliy wrote
i wonder if it is possible to finish all Aslona quests without pets and prayers.
Well, that is kinda a challenge run.

But I see no reason why it should be impossible, especially when you have access to GC too. Though defeating the castle or rebels with no pets and no gods might be quite a task.
vasiliy wrote
i also found that anti-siren full helmets seems to work rather good. one siren is mostly harmless this way (not fully harmless, they managed to steal some of my gear; lucky me, not a helmet). two sirens is a threat, three sirens is usually death. i think it's ok.
Yeah, I think this is a good feature.
BTW (and this is pure speculation), do shields of resistance work correctly in k8? In vanilla, they rely on the fact that shields give their defence bonuses to all body parts, both AV and elemental. But if k8 has a different handling of shield defences, Aegis and shields of reistance might not work as expected.