Stephen (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} vstat) wrote in ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} angband_game,@ 2007-06-05 14:44:00 |
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Curse you Shelob!
So I'm playing T.O.M.E., and doing very well (3rd best character I've ever had) as a Rhonanknight Possessor. Mirkwood was tough. One level I had a quest to kill Ancient Dragons and then later I had a quest to kill Green Thunderbirds (I was in the mid 20s at the time). I swapped out bodies before tackling the Thunderbirds, and through a lot of thought and consideration I got through the encounters. I was quite proud of myself at this point for strategically succeeding. I ended up incarnating the Thunderlord's body, and life became a breeze. I cleared out Moria no problem (Durin's Bane was a wimp). I cleared out Cirith Ungol with little problem. Shelob gave me some trouble, but I overcame.
So where is the badness? Shelob dropped her corpse, and I figured I would upgrade. I figured I would lose a slot to hold my weapon and probably couldn't wear any boots or gloves. I checked my resists and everything, and I thought I would be fine without those items. So I make the change, lose the Thunderlord body, and get Shelob. First off, I was accostomed to 7 blows/round averaging in the mid 300s for damage. Now I get 4 blows/round for mid 100s for damage. The spells she can cast are resisted by most creatures. I could summon spiders (that got me interested in taking the body in the first place), but they were usually low level spiders. I headed into Mordor and got stomped pretty handily (depsite 1400+ hp). I was surrounded by enemies and couldn't fight my way out. I'm pretty sure I could have if I had kept my Thunderlord body.
Lesson learned the hard way.
So I'm playing T.O.M.E., and doing very well (3rd best character I've ever had) as a Rhonanknight Possessor. Mirkwood was tough. One level I had a quest to kill Ancient Dragons and then later I had a quest to kill Green Thunderbirds (I was in the mid 20s at the time). I swapped out bodies before tackling the Thunderbirds, and through a lot of thought and consideration I got through the encounters. I was quite proud of myself at this point for strategically succeeding. I ended up incarnating the Thunderlord's body, and life became a breeze. I cleared out Moria no problem (Durin's Bane was a wimp). I cleared out Cirith Ungol with little problem. Shelob gave me some trouble, but I overcame.
So where is the badness? Shelob dropped her corpse, and I figured I would upgrade. I figured I would lose a slot to hold my weapon and probably couldn't wear any boots or gloves. I checked my resists and everything, and I thought I would be fine without those items. So I make the change, lose the Thunderlord body, and get Shelob. First off, I was accostomed to 7 blows/round averaging in the mid 300s for damage. Now I get 4 blows/round for mid 100s for damage. The spells she can cast are resisted by most creatures. I could summon spiders (that got me interested in taking the body in the first place), but they were usually low level spiders. I headed into Mordor and got stomped pretty handily (depsite 1400+ hp). I was surrounded by enemies and couldn't fight my way out. I'm pretty sure I could have if I had kept my Thunderlord body.
Lesson learned the hard way.
