Re: Moria Maxim #1

On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 21:10:41 GMT, "Brian Kastel"
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>"Brian Kastel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pontificated in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Always finish a dungeon, examining every randomly allocated item.  Not
>doing
>> this is probably the worst possible mistake one can make, because once you
>> begin a new dungeon level, all of the treasures that don't appear after
>> killing a monster have already been determined.  If the random allocation
>> generated a pair of Soft Leather Shoes of Speed [1, +2] (+1), then without
>> even knowing it you would bypass what is likely to be your one and only
>> opportunity to find that *extremely* rare item.  Don't risk it.  Always
>> finish a level you started.
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> Case in point...  Just began a fresh mage last night...  After reaching 8th
>level, I power leveled him to 15th level using the Wand of Wonder method
>(*), went back to town, sold all the stuff, bought some Word of Recall
>scrolls, then headed down to deeper levels (as he hadn't yet descended past
>100 feet thus far).
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>Lo, and behold, there at 300 feet was a Foil, randomly allocated in the
>dungeon.  Grab it, Identify it, and it's a Foil (SU) [+4,+4].  For those
>unsure about the meaning of this, SU means Slay Undead, and the big deal is
>that my character now has a permanent item that lets him see invisible, and
>he found it at 300 feet.  It's all chance; I've had characters with buzzard
>luck that couldn't find an item of see invisible as deep as 1500 feet, and
>had to keep a stock of Staves of Detect Invisible in order to survive.  This
>character is going to avoid all those headaches just because he was
>thorough.
>
>But then, the ones with buzzard luck were thorough, too.  Like I said, it's
>all chance.
>



Well i can actualy match that kinda luck, it wasnt on Umoria though,
it was on a version of moria for an old acorn computer about 5-6 years
ago.  Back then i was pretty new to the moria scene and i actualy
found it so entertaining i borrowed my friends acorn computer just  to
play that game!.  Anyway he was showing me the ropes and guding me
through the basics, so i started a female priestess after about an
hour searching through a dungeon at 50 ft i found a dagger which was
SU.I dont remember its exact stats, what i do remember was the high
pich squeal my friend made when i found it he was calling me the most
god awful names you can imagine...envious that i had found such a
wonderfull item at 50 ft.  Beginners luck sure is fun :)

By the way...  The WoW powerleveling idea is quite simmilar to a idea
i posted regarding the polymorph other spell at town level...
obviously your method is best suited for those at low levels...good
plan batman!

- Darklon -    [Mage taking a break]