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[garren]

Maybe you should melee less with you melee character

 

[Cortex_Reaver]

The shitiness of melee and the power of ranged weapons makes me think this game should be disqualified from the Fantasy genre, and moved to the post-apocalyptic bin.

I haven't been able to find any good melee weapons for my Duelist. So I decided to get crowned. And what does the game give me? The Long Bow of the Sun. I ain't even mad.

 

[Damned Registrations]

The sad thing is, it's not just a matter of melee being good vs chaff but lame vs bosses and the decent melee monsters; meleeing all those zombies to death means you're missing out on valuable weapon xp for your ranged attacks, or spell xp. Using melee at all actually makes you weaker even when you aren't using it.

 

[Cortex_Reaver]

I'm really enjoying this game for some reason. Remember how in Planescape:Torment you meet that dude in the Smouldering Corpse bar, who spent so much time wandering the planes his essence bled away and he is transparent. You can become that dude in ADOM with all the corruptions.

I've had terrible luck getting irradiated by chaos traps. But got bitching corruptions out of it. Black eyes (see invisi and +3 perception). Teleportitis (I have teleport control). I accidentally killed a Dwarftown resident and the shopkeeper went hostile. I lured him into the ogre cave and teleported out. Don't really need him for selling things because there are two shop keepers on other levels who give better prices. Going to do the portal quest.

 

[Space Satan]

I say you are extremely lucky, becuase vast majority of corruptions are fucking bad and the more you have it goes down the drain.

 

[Nevill]

The sad thing is, it's not just a matter of melee being good vs chaff but lame vs bosses and the decent melee monsters; meleeing all those zombies to death means you're missing out on valuable weapon xp for your ranged attacks, or spell xp. Using melee at all actually makes you weaker even when you aren't using it.

As someone who meleed Andor Dracon to death I find your lack of faith in melee disturbing. That was back in 1.1.1, though, but I doubt they nerfed that aspect much.

I have also meleed ACW on more than one occasion. True, you have an easier time with an archer, but ADOM is not very balanced (TM). It is even easier with wizards.

Special missiles of slaying are somewhat rare to waste them on mooks. A good artefact weapon would serve you better in the long run.

 

[Damned Registrations]

Why would you need slaying missiles for mooks? Plain old thrown rocks can do like 30+ damage. Or 150+ on a crit. Throw in an actual ranged weapon artifact and/or some decent ammo, you may as well be fucking god. Only thing you'd arguably need melee for is dopplegangers, but it's not like you couldn't just use a wand on them instead.

At least they (ever so slightly) balanced ranged and casting by nerfing the double shield setup into the ground. That used to be hilariously effective.

 

[Cortex_Reaver]

I tried to do the Dark Forge. But it took so long to kill that first golem I picked up corruptions and had to use a blessed scroll of CR so I just left.

But I realized I got lucky with getting all the necessary special equipment and did the fire tower @ lvl 19 Duelist.

Fireproof blanket.
Ring of Ice.
Elemental Gauntlets.
Intrinsic fire resistance from the fire bug.
Ring of regeneration.
Potion of CR.
All blessed.

Cursed potion of invisi.

I had the ring of regeneration equipped going through the tower and then switched to that anti-confusion + learning ring after the wyrm confused me.

Fire giant kings were a huge pain, even when I shot them with my 14 quarrels of giant slaying. Fire demons were also nasty, because the very first corruption I got and still have is the corrupting touch so I heal chaos creatures when I hit them unless I 1-shot them. I would knock their health down with arrows and then stab. I also got the hate the sun corruption on the very first level of the tower, but I have the phial so it's no biggie.

Dug to the wyrm, the room was infested with fire demons and elementals. The Wyrm was already injured for some reason, and I managed to hit it with my magic missile wand so it panicked ran off and healed to full health. Cleared out enough guards for the wyrm to come out and chase me around. Blinded it with the cursed invisi potion, shot it up with some blessed arrows of 1d6 wrecking. No effect. Blindness wore off fast. Tried throwing potion of raw mana no effect. Tried throwing the phial. No effect, and the wyrm picked it up.

The wyrm was trying to confuse me and I was dodging all his bolts (100 alertness 127 speed). At this point I was retreating back to its layer and an elemental was flanking me that I was ignoring. I remembered the blessed potion of CR and threw it. Took away most of wyrm's health. Wyrm heals. Oh shi gotta go in for the melee finisher before it heals completely. I run up and stab it, it decides to fight to the death and goes berserk. I pull back to the elemental and throw a potion of confusion (no effect). The wyrm comes up I poison it with a wand but it nails me from 256 hp down to 18. I pray to full health and just melee it once or twice, it panics and runs. Kill the elemental, chase down the wyrm and finish it. Managed to drag it's corpse all the way to the druid and get a potion of cr out of it.

The lesson is never melee anything dangerous unless at full health.

 

[Higher Game]

Melee works well with barbarian tremendous blows, against very highly armored guys.

 

[Damned Registrations]

Duelist

I shot them

Well there's your problem. Duelists are the only class to get massive penalties for ranged attacks, iirc.

And yeah, Duelists and Tremendous blows are the way to go for melee. Though for the duelists it's more out of necessity than anything else. Tremendous blows lets you get around the whole being counter berserked to death thing by one shotting enemies.

I'd still never melee any of the bosses and expect to live though. I've been killed from full health plenty of times.

 

[Dzupakazul]

I thought the main point of practicing melee in this game is with an orcish spear helpfully dropped in the hills by one of the roving orc bands, because spears have the best DV modifiers if trained (you are also more likely to train shield in the process).

Also some artifact weapons, like the Vanquisher, are pretty solid, and the Thief also gets a nice heir gift that's like a sturdier phase dagger.

Gnome barbarians under Candle are also a nice combo to roll, IMHO, just for that heir gift (or even Hurthlings, maybe).

 

[Cortex_Reaver]

What is tremendous blows and how do I get it? My char is a gray elf.

Also is it possible for my duelist to learn frost bolt @lvl 20, 23 learning, 24 will power, 16 mana, 100 concentration, 100 literacy? Or am I gonna kill myself?

As far as shooting things I have the bow of Sun's messenger (my crowning gift). I use blessed arrows and it absolutely dominates undead @ 30 dex. I have yet to encounter an undead creature that I didn't 1-shot.

 

[Dzupakazul]

What is tremendous blows and how do I get it? My char is a gray elf.

It's a barbarian ability where you spend more energy at a time in order to deliver a really powerful blow to an enemy. It can kill him right away, but be aware that you'll attract free hits from opponents (due to more energy spending). I think the shortcut for special abilities is Ctrl+x.

I think he was implying that only Duelists (because duh) and Barbarians (because Tremendous Blow) have viable melee options.

 

[Damned Registrations]

What is tremendous blows and how do I get it? My char is a gray elf.

Also is it possible for my duelist to learn frost bolt @lvl 20, 23 learning, 24 will power, 16 mana, 100 concentration, 100 literacy? Or am I gonna kill myself?

As far as shooting things I have the bow of Sun's messenger (my crowning gift). I use blessed arrows and it absolutely dominates undead @ 30 dex. I have yet to encounter an undead creature that I didn't 1-shot.

Ah, artifact bow would make up for the massive lack of skill levels. Duelists require 10x as much to improve ranged weapon skills, so most classes are that strong with plain +0 bows (discounting the free crits on undead of course.) Mind you, undead tend to be mostly weaklings early on. Though if you OHKO'd the mummy lord that is rather impressive damage. Ranged crits OP.

Should be fine to try learning the spell if you've maxed out literacy and conc. The penalties for failure to learn spells are pretty minor in ADOM. Just read it in dwarftown or some other safe location, and make sure the book is blessed beforehand.

 

[Cortex_Reaver]

I don't think I had my artifact bow against the mummy lord so maybe I wouldn't have been able to 1-shot him. I just spammed my blessed fireball wand.

I have a question about grues.

Apparently you can instantly die (eaten by grue) when you are doomed and entering a dark area. But there are actual grue enemies that you can fight. My question is will the actual grues insta-kill me in the dark? And when a doomed player gets "eaten by grue", does the game simply kill them or does it actually spawn a grue enemy in the dark that then eats the player?

I tried learning Ice Bolt but the book burned up. But then I remembered that I had a wand of wonder with no charges so I blessed a mana potion and bought some booze potions and spammed it until I had 10 castings of icebolt. Then I went and 1-shot the skeleton king with my bow @ lvl 21.

 

[Palikka]

I went back to ASCII. :E Seeing the whole map is just better.

Also, my first ultra lawfull ending! Whupee! In the end it wasn't that much harder from a normal victory. Only annyoing thing was getting to C alignment and staying there for the duration of the Gaab'Baays quests. Had to slaughter everyone at the High Mountain village (and old barbarian) just for the aligment drop.

My first proper try at ULE as well. I guess the wizards really are that OP.

Spoiler

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Ultrania      St:45  Le:57  Wi:63  Dx:54  To:39  Ch:34  Ap:83  Ma:97  Pe:40 L+
DV/PV:117/62     H:695(739)    P:0(1686)     Exp: 50/39678691  ChAoS  Sp: 161
Blessed Coward
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                            Background Information
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Name: Ultrania            Race: male Gray Elf       Class: Wizard
Eye color: golden         Hair color: silver        Complexion: light
Height: 6'9"              Weight: 136 pounds
Age: 325 (grown-up, 4 years of unnatural aging added in)
Star sign: Raven          Birthday: 15/Raven (day 15 of the year)

YOUR HISTORY:
        Your parents belong to the nobility. They are rich, respected,
 wealthy and own more than they can count.
        As a child you had to survive pretty harsh times since your parents
 seemed to have run out of luck. Their wealth was ever-declining and times
 were very hard.
        As a kid you often watched the adult adventurers preparing for new
 exciting journeys. They sparked your imagination.
        As a young adult you left your home because of trouble with your
 parents. They opposed your plans for the future without understanding your
 wishes. Thus you decided to live on your own. You wandered through the
 country for many years, growing older and wiser and learning many things.
        You decided to become a Wizard.


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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 4725 stones                Carrying capacity: 140414 stones

He: blessed helm of mental stability (+1, +1) [+1, +3] {Le+1}        [100s]
Ne: blessed amulet of free action                                      [3s]
Bo: uncursed eternium ring mail (-1, -1) [+5, +9]                    [196s]
Gi: uncursed adamantium girdle [+2, +6]                               [18s]
Cl: uncursed cloak of protection [+3, +5]                             [20s]
RH: blessed Trident of the Red Rooster (+36, 6d12+18) [+12, +12] {Ma+24}
LH: -
RR: blessed ring of immunity                                           [1s]
LR: blessed ring of mental stability [+0, +1] {Le+1}                   [1s]
Br: uncursed bracers of toughness [+0, +2] {To+4}                     [10s]
Ga: uncursed iron gauntlets "Ironfist" (-1, +0) [+1, +3] {St+7}       [10s]
Bo: blessed seven league boots [+4, +3]                               [30s]
MW: uncursed elven long bow "Sun's Messenger" (+15, +15)              [30s]
Mi: -
Tl: blessed torch (4067 turns of fuel remaining, lit)                 [10s]


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                                    Stuff
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Total weight: 4146 stones   Carrying capacity: 140414 stones

Helmets ('[')
   uncursed helm of teleportation (+1, +1) [+0, +1]                   [50s]
   uncursed eternium cap [+0, +5]                                     [28s]
   blessed Crown of Chaos (-6, -6) [+0, +15] {Ma+10} (+10 spd)       [500s]
Shields ('[')
   uncursed large eternium shield (-1) [+13, +7]                      [54s]
Gauntlets ('[')
   uncursed fencing gloves of speed (+1, +1) [+4, +1] (+4 spd)         [6s]
   uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+0, +2]                         [15s]
   uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+1, +1]                         [15s]
   uncursed thick gauntlets (+0, -3) [+0, +1]                         [15s]
Cloaks ('[')
   uncursed cloak of invisibility (-1, +0) [+1, +0]                   [30s]
   uncursed cloak of invisibility (+0, -1) [+1, +0]                   [30s]
Girdles ('[')
   heap of 2 uncursed girdles of carrying [+0, +0]                    [30s]
Boots ('[')
   uncursed eternium boots [+3, +5]                                   [55s]
Necklaces (''')
   uncursed Medal of Chaos {Ap+12}                                   [300s]
Bracers (',')
One-handed weapons ('(')
   blessed sword of Nonnak (+2, 4d3+2) [+2, +2] {Wi+5}                [80s]
   uncursed scorched spear (+2, 3d8+1) [+2, +0]                       [50s]
   uncursed dwarven pick axe "Hammerhead" (+2, 2d10+4) [+2, +2] {To+3}[90s]
   uncursed holy avenger "Justifier" (+4, 3d5+10) [+6, +2]            [60s]
   uncursed black rune-covered dagger "Needle" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1]     [10s]
   blessed black rune-covered dagger "Sting" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1]       [10s]
Two-handed weapons ('(')
   blessed rune-covered trident (+6, 3d12+6) [+4, +4] {Dx+12}         [80s]
   uncursed staff of power (-1, 1d10+2) [+1, +1] {Wi+7}               [40s]
   uncursed rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance" (+15, 4d8+10) [-2, +0]   [50s]
   blessed staff of the magi (+2, 1d10+4) [+3, +3] {Ma+9}             [40s]
Missile weapons ('}')
   uncursed rune-covered sling "Whirlwind" (+12, +12)                  [3s]
Missiles ('/')
Tools (']')
Rings ('=')
Wands ('\')
Potions ('!')
Scrolls ('?')
Books ('"')
   uncursed spellbook of Wish                                        [100s]
Food ('%')
Valuables ('$')
Gems ('*')

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                                Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------

Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks

---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------

Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks

---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------

Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: +56 bonus to hit, 6d12+23 damage

Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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No missile weapons available.

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                                   Skills
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  Alchemy ..............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Alertness ............100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Backstabbing .........100    (superb)       [+1]
  Climbing .............100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Concentration ........100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Dodge ................ 67    (good)         [+1d3]
  First aid ............100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Haggling ............. 93    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Healing ..............100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Herbalism ............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Listening ............100    (superb)       [+3d4]
  Literacy .............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Pick pockets .........100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Stealth ..............100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Swimming .............100    (superb)       [+1]
  Ventriloquism ........ 99    (superb)       [+1d3]


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                                   Spells
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   Acid Ball           :  2667,  17pp     (Effectivity: +28)
   Acid Bolt           :  2134,   7pp     (Effectivity: +27)
   Bless               :   323,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Burning Hands       :  3474,   4pp     (Effectivity: +26)
   Calm Monster        :   958,   4pp     (Effectivity: +5)
   Create Item         :   318, 150pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Cure Critical Wounds:  1034,   9pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Cure Disease        :   684,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Cure Light Wounds   :   194,   3pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Cure Serious Wounds :  1706,   6pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Darkness            :  1242,   3pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Death Ray           :  1374,  60pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Destroy Undead      :  1783,   5pp     (Effectivity: +2)
   Disarm Trap         :  1108,   6pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Earthquake          :   119,  48pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Farsight            :  3665,   9pp     (Effectivity: +11)
   Fire Bolt           :  3553,   5pp     (Effectivity: +26)
   Fireball            :   883,  12pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Frost Bolt          :  1774,   6pp     (Effectivity: +31)
   Greater Identify    :  1303,  59pp     (Effectivity: +5)
   Heal                :   643,  24pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Ice Ball            :  1730,  14pp     (Effectivity: +8)
   Identify            :  1587,  44pp     (Effectivity: +5)
   Improved Fireball   :  1635,  18pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Invisibility        :  3695,   5pp     (Effectivity: +8)
   Knock               :  1399,   7pp     (Effectivity: +5)
   Know Alignment      :   439,   6pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Light               :  2695,   1pp     (Effectivity: +7)
   Lightning Ball      :  2529,  17pp     (Effectivity: +7)
   Lightning Bolt      :  3492,   6pp     (Effectivity: +14)
   Magic Lock          :  1455,   4pp     (Effectivity: +6)
   Magic Map           :  3016,  23pp     (Effectivity: +6)
   Magic Missile       :  3567,   4pp     (Effectivity: +21)
   Mystic Shovel       :  1014,  60pp     (Effectivity: +3)
   Neutralize Poison   :  1270,   6pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Petrification       :  1077,  72pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Remove Curse        :  1395,  30pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Revelation          :   623,  20pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Scare Monster       :   105,   8pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Slow Monster        :  1506,   5pp     (Effectivity: +2)
   Slow Poison         :  1105,   4pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Strength of Atlas   :  3155,   5pp     (Effectivity: +16)
   Stun Ray            :   730,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Summon Monsters     :   773,  18pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Teleportation       :  2231,  59pp     (Effectivity: +21)
   Web                 :   965,   8pp     (Effectivity: +0)




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                              His further life:
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After slaying Andor Drakon and dispersing his malevolent energies the
pillars of Order appear before you. All the forces of Order seem to be
united behind them. You are lifted to the status of an Avatar of Order and
the tales of your deeds are spread all over Ancardia.

Your deeds are recounted at camp fires and interpreted by philosophers and
priests alike. The common man looks up to you and you slowly start to be
revered as a minor power of Order. After a few millennia have passed you are
raised to the position of a demigod to guard and protect Ancardia from the
forces of Chaos and Balance forever.

Under your guidance Ancardia becomes an orderly and organized world without
striking changes. Peaceful order (and boredom?) spreads and the world enters
an era of peace and tranquility never again leaving it.


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              His achievements during his battles:
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Ultrania, the gray elven wizard, transformed into an avatar of Order.
He scored 9177098 points and advanced to level 50.
He survived for 0 years, 138 days, 19 hours, 42 minutes and 31 seconds
(101174 turns).
Ultrania visited 173 places.
His strength score was modified by +18 during his career.
His learning score was modified by +30 during his career.
His willpower score was modified by +29 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +29 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +25 during his career.
His charisma score was modified by +20 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by +23 during his career.
His mana score was modified by +29 during his career.
His perception score was modified by +17 during his career.
He was unnaturally aged by 4 years.
He was the champion of the arena.
He defeated the arch enemy of a mighty karmic wyrm.
He saved Khelavaster from certain death.
He ended his adventuring life in the palace of Andor Drakon.
4165 monsters perished under his attacks.
The following 32 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
  the si
  the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
  the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
  the elven long bow "Sun's Messenger"
  the holy avenger "Justifier"
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Water
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Air
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Fire
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Earth
  the lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
  the scorched spear
  the gauntlets of eternal peace "Shezestriakis"
  the rune-covered trident
  the sword of Nonnak
  the elemental gauntlets
  the ring of the High Kings
  the phial of Caladriel
  the crown of science
  the ancient mummy wrapping
  the ankh
  the Crown of Chaos
  the Medal of Chaos
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
  the black rune-covered dagger "Needle"
  the black rune-covered dagger "Sting"
  the rune-covered sling "Whirlwind"
  the ring of immunity
  the dwarven pick axe "Hammerhead"
  the iron gauntlets "Ironfist"
  the shining long spear "Soaker"
  the Trident of the Red Rooster
  the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance"
He possessed the following intrinsics:
  He was fire resistant.
  He was poison resistant.
  He was acid resistant.
  He was lucky.
  Fate smiled upon him.
  He was able to control teleportation.
  He was stun resistant (gained through an item).
  He was paralyzation resistant (gained through an item).
  He was resistant to death rays (gained through an item).
  He was shock resistant.
  He was able to see invisible things (gained through an item).
  He was immune to shock attacks (gained through items).
  He was immune to fire attacks (gained through items).
  He was immune to acidic attacks (gained through items).
  He was immune to ice attacks.
  He was able to breathe water (gained through an item).
  He was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through items).
He had the following talents: Alert, Careful, Charged, Durable Magic, Master
Packager, Mighty Aura, Miser, Porter, Potent Aura, Shield Expert, Shield
Specialist, Silver Tongue, Stealthy, Strong Aura, Strong Magic, Strong
Thrower, Treasure Hunter, Very Careful.
He had a final speed score of 162 (final base speed: 126).
He was a messiah of Corellius.
He asked for 3 divine interventions.
He was a holy champion of Order.

The following monsters were vanquished:
      2 acid vortices
     12 air demons
     12 air elementals
      5 air grues
      2 ancient black dragons
      5 ancient blue dragons
      1 ancient blue wyrm
      1 Ancient Chaos Wyrm
      4 ancient minotaurs
     34 ancient red dragons
      1 Ancient Stone Beast
      2 ancient white dragons
      1 animated armor
     17 animated trees
      4 ankhegs
     16 annihilators
      5 annis hags
     26 assassins
      1 assassin prince
      9 balors
     28 bandits
      1 banshee
     24 barbarians
     11 barbarian leaders
      2 battle bunnies
      1 beggar
     25 berserkers
      3 berserker kings
     10 berserker lords
      4 berserker princes
      6 big dogs
      2 black baby dragons
      4 black dragons
     13 black hurthlings
      2 black slayers
      4 black unicorns
      7 black wizards
      8 blink dogs
      5 blue baby dragons
      4 blue dragons
      1 bone golem
      2 brown bears
     13 bugbears
      1 bulette
      1 bunny master
      4 carrion crawlers
      1 cat lord
      2 cave bears
     17 cave fishers
      3 cave lions
     22 cave lizards
      6 cave tigers
     19 cavemen
      1 Chaos Archmage
     10 chaos brothers
      1 chaos diplomat
      4 chaos eyes
      4 chaos knights
      2 chaos lizards
     60 chaos mutants
      9 chaos plague bearers
      5 chaos rats
    116 chaos servants
      6 chaos sisters
      1 chaos spider
      5 chaos vipers
     23 chaos warriors
     31 chaos wizards
     16 claw bugs
      8 clay golems
      4 clay statues
      1 cloaked ratling
      2 cobras
     25 corpse fiends
      1 corruptor
      1 crime lord
      3 crystal statues
      5 cutpurses
      2 cyclopes
     10 dark elven archers
      8 dark elven lords
      8 dark elven priestesses
      1 dark elven princess
     20 dark elven warriors
     10 dark elven wizards
     15 dark orcs
      5 dark sages
      5 death oozes
      1 diamond golem
     16 dire wolves
     22 displacer beasts
     16 doppelgangers
      1 doppelganger king
      2 doppelganger lords
     20 dwarven chaos knights
     22 earth elementals
      1 ElDeR cHaOs GoD
      2 emperor liches
      1 emperor moloch
      2 ettins
     23 eyes of destruction
      2 farmers
     18 fire beetles
     23 fire demons
    121 fire drakes
     52 fire elementals
     16 fire giants
      2 fire giant kings
      3 fire grues
    154 fire lizards
      6 fire vortices
      7 flesh golems
      6 floating eyes
      1 fomorian giant
     46 frost giants
     32 frost giant berserkers
      6 frost giant jarls
      2 frost salamanders
      6 frozen ones
      7 gargantuan rats
      5 gargoyles
      5 gelatinous cubes
     32 ghosts
     12 ghost bats
      2 ghost kings
     33 ghost lords
     75 ghuls
     12 giant ant warriors
      2 giant ant workers
     29 giant bats
      2 giant bee queens
     32 giant bee warriors
      9 giant bee workers
      2 giant boars
     13 giant centipedes
      1 giant eel
     12 giant frogs
     15 giant lizards
      2 giant raccoons
     37 giant rats
      2 giant rust monsters
      6 giant spiders
      1 giant turtle
      4 gibbering mouthers
     35 gnolls
      4 gnoll chieftains
     46 goblins
     13 goblin berserkers
     10 goblin chieftains
     62 goblin rockthrowers
     20 goblin slavemasters
      1 goodwife
      1 gorgon
      3 gray oozes
      2 great blue wyrms
      1 great karmic wyrm
     11 great red wyrms
      1 great water dragon
      1 greater air elemental
      1 greater balor
     49 greater chaos servants
      2 greater daemons
      1 greater earth elemental
      1 greater mimic
     31 greater molochs
     10 greater mummies
      5 greater water elementals
      1 greater white unicorn
      2 green blobs
      2 green hags
      2 green slimes
      2 green worms
      6 gremlins
      5 griffons
      3 grizzly bears
      2 half-orc bouncers
      8 harpies
      1 healer
      9 hell hounds
     16 hill giants
      1 hill giant chieftain
      4 hill orcs
     14 hill orc sergeants
     11 hippogriffs
     25 hobgoblins
      3 hobgoblin chiefs
      3 hobgoblin leaders
      4 homunculi
      4 huge bats
      1 hydra
      5 hyenas
      4 ice elementals
      5 ice lizards
      1 ice statue
      6 ice vortices
      3 imps
      3 invisible stalkers
    171 jackals
      5 jackal demons
     10 jackalweres
      2 karmic dragons
      6 karmic lizards
      1 king cobra
     38 kobolds
      8 kobold chieftains
      8 kobold shamans
     36 large bats
      3 large dogs
     12 large gnolls
      4 large jackals
     28 large kobolds
     21 large orcs
      4 large rust monsters
      3 large snakes
     71 large spiders
      6 least daemons
      4 lesser daemons
      5 leucrottas
      9 liches
      8 lightning lizards
      1 lightning vortex
     16 lizard men
      1 mad carpenter
     11 magebane eyes
     10 magedoom eyes
      1 malicious doctor
      1 margoyle
     17 master assassins
      6 master liches
      1 master mimic
      1 master necromancer
      1 Master Summoner
      8 master swordsmen
      8 mimics
      1 mimic hivemind
      7 minotaurs
      2 minotaur lords
      2 mist wolves
      2 molochs
      1 multi-headed chaos dragon
     20 mummies
      1 mummy lord
      1 necromancer
      6 ochre jellies
     66 ogres
      1 ogre emperor
      1 ogre guardian
      3 ogre kings
      5 ogre lords
      5 ogre magi
      1 old barbarian
      1 oracle
     73 orcs
      4 orc chieftains
      7 orc scorchers
     13 outlaws
      4 outlaw leaders
     14 owlbears
     63 pit vipers
      1 pixie
      4 pixie archers
      4 purple worms
      7 quasits
      1 quickling
      1 quickling bard
      2 quickling kings
      2 quickling lords
      4 quickling queens
      7 rabid dogs
     13 raiders
     69 rats
     13 ratling archers
      2 ratling duelists
      7 ratling fencers
      2 ratling guardians
      5 ratling master thieves
     10 ratling thieves
      1 ratling trader
      2 ratling warlords
     12 ratling warriors
      1 rattlesnake
     78 red baby dragons
     37 red dragons
      4 red worms
      3 revenants
      7 rust monsters
     77 shadows
      6 shadow centipedes
      3 shadow lords
      2 shadow trolls
      1 shadow wyrm
      8 shambling mounds
      1 shark
     10 silver wolves
      1 skeletal king
     38 skeletal warriors
     99 skeletons
      2 slow shadows
      1 Snake from Beyond
      3 snow golems
     29 spectres
      3 staring eyes
     26 steel golems
      4 steel zombies
     20 stone giants
      8 stone giant lords
      4 stone golems
     27 stone grues
      4 stone snakes
     15 stone statues
      8 swamp hydras
     12 swordsmen
     13 tarantulas
      1 thug
      3 titans
     19 trolls
     10 troll berserkers
      6 troll chiefs
      4 troll kings
      1 undead chaos dwarven berserker
      9 vampires
     10 vapor rats
      3 vipers
      1 wall beast
      3 water demons
      4 water elementals
      5 water grues
      4 water snakes
     11 wererats
      8 werewolves
      4 werewolf lords
     14 white baby dragons
      3 white dragons
     16 white worms
     83 wights
      3 wild cats
      1 will o'wisp
     37 wolves
     12 wraiths
     74 writhing masses of primal chaos
     10 yellow oozes
     30 yetis
     78 zombies

Dispatched the legendary wild cat Sueddie.


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Ancient Domains Of Mystery
Release 64
Windows Deluxe (Steam) Build: Dec 22 2015 14:50:58

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

I went back to ASCII. :E Seeing the whole map is just better.

Makes me wish ADOM had IA-style tilefont.

 

[Infinitron]

Last major version ever of ADOM released: http://www.ancientdomainsofmystery.com/2018/01/adom-306-released-to-general-public.html

ADOM 3.0.6 released to the general public!


Hi everyone!

We start the new year with getting things out of the way: ADOM 3.0.6 now is available as a free download to the general public:

• You can download the major versions (Windows, OSX and Linux) from IndieDB.
• You can download all the other minor versions from our download server.
• The changelog contains extensive notes on everything that has changed since the last public release - you need to check all the entries from 3.0.0 upwards! This is MAJOR.

With this release our crowdfunding campaign comes full circle: We are officially done!

From now on we will focus our development effort on Ultimate ADOM and run ADOM in a kind of support mode (which means: it gets about 20% of our time for attention to fix bugs and add new features and content). Releases of ADOM will happen on Steam first (because it's technically much easier to do so) and then after a while also on IndieDB (but probably not every release but just the major ones).

If you would like to enjoy all the features of the Deluxe version of ADOM (the one on Steam) you still have a couple of ours left to get the best entry price in our Steam sale (which soon will be over). Utilize it right away!

And now have fun playing!

Thomas & Team ADOM

 

[Iznaliu]

Why did you feel the need to necro the thread and post about ADOM now when there were much more important updates that you missed?

 

[Doctor Sbaitso]

So you would have something to bitch about.

 

[PrettyDeadman]

Why did you feel the need to necro the thread and post about ADOM now when there were much more important updates that you missed?

what updates? I'd like to keep informed.

 

[Iznaliu]

So you would have something to bitch about.

I don't really give that much of a shit (though I can see how my post could've came across as making people think I give more of a shit than I really do); it just strikes me as somewhat puzzling.

what updates? I'd like to keep informed.

This might not be an entirely serious request as that post was apparently edited, but since 31 January 2016 (the last post before Infinitron's recent post) ADOM has got a veritable motherlode of major updates:

• The announcement of Ultimate ADOM, which is some kind of MMO-roguelike hybrid (ADOM II/JADE is presumably dead because of this).
• Addition of the animations to the ADOM tileset.
• New locations, such as the volcano and the Ice Queen Domain, with requisite new items, monsters, artifacts, and even statuses, therefore fulfilling the ADOM Indiegogo campaign.
• Addition of a online high score system and a series of weekly challenges.
• and much more.
  

 

[garren]

Spoiler

Where's my attack helicopter?

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Reading that list makes me realize that Mr. Biskup has a sense of humor. You don't think he's trying to be serious, do you garren ?

 

[garren]

I guess you're right. I'd just wish that topic was left alone, to be honest.