Finally
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:50 pm
Well I finally retrieved the amulet and escaped the dungeon. It's something I have been trying to do since about 1990. I did have some help from + 2 elfin mail, cornecopia and a +1 +3 warhammer. What really helped was knockback. It seems to really kick in at a strength of 26.
A few things I learned:
Don't throw good weapons at monsters when in hallways. When the monster dies sometimes your weapons disappear. I've only had this happen in halls.
Dragons seem immune to knockback, they should not be battled strictly by melee. You should polymorph, feed, paralyze and range attack, or cornucopia.
You should have a ring of searching or you will get frustrated with pit traps on the way up.
Set up your backpack so that the item at the bottom is of little importance as you will likely lose it to a nymph. It seems that nymphs always steal the bottom most item in your pack.
That's all for now.
A few things I learned:
Don't throw good weapons at monsters when in hallways. When the monster dies sometimes your weapons disappear. I've only had this happen in halls.
Dragons seem immune to knockback, they should not be battled strictly by melee. You should polymorph, feed, paralyze and range attack, or cornucopia.
You should have a ring of searching or you will get frustrated with pit traps on the way up.
Set up your backpack so that the item at the bottom is of little importance as you will likely lose it to a nymph. It seems that nymphs always steal the bottom most item in your pack.
That's all for now.