Re: -Crawl- first game ever


Christopher Brandt wrote:
Hi, I started playing Crawl today and I must admit it's neat! After 2 or

It's neat to get some fresh blood around here too. Welcome.

I've got 4 spell levels left, how do I get spells? Are there books? I

Yes. Several gods give books as gifts after you've reached exalted
status, you can buy them in shops, and you find them laying around,
too.

guess Halfling Hunter was a pretty good choice I saw many HaHu threads
when I got a look at this group a few days ago.

Er... HaHu was more of a fad. I'd call it a challenging combination.

Are there other good
combinations?

Deep elf conjurers and troll, dwarf, orc, and minotaur berserkers.
Berserking is good for dealing with those troublesome "hey, this is
more than I bargained for!" and "that monster is too tough for this
level!" situations. DeCu's are sometimes said to be hard to start but I
find them a lot easier than many other combinations.

I use the travel patch and the game feels very comfortable
but is there an option which keeps the inventory often when fully
scrolling through it? I keep pressing down, it closes and I walk down
right into enemy groups... And what does my amulet of conversation do?

Try using Page Down instead. For some lists - and + also work as up and
down, in others only the Page Up/Down buttons, at least with the
version and set up that I play. Conservation's nice. It reduces the
chance that your scrolls or potions will be destroyed when your
character is hit by fire or ice. I'm not sure if it protects your other
gear but I'm going to say it doesn't and trust others to knock each
other over posting a correction. Item description would've told you as
much, but I'm guessing you were wearing it unidentified and never had
the chance to check the description.

Now I would normally go through your CD and give advice. I'm going to
suggest a spoiler page instead-- just this one page, though. It has a
lot of information about the very start of the game, racial aptitudes,
starting equipment, and so on. AFAIC, it should've been an appendix to
the manual. Checking it out will answer questions like "should my dwarf
use a bow?" and "what the heck is a sludge elf good for?" Now that I've
checked, the manual actually answers those questions. I guess I just
like the table format.

http://www.eleves.ens.fr/home/grasland/crawl/spoilers/crawl_start_014.txt

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