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6:20 AM
goddamnit. I got an amulet of strangulation
 
#pray
That is, if you haven't prayed recently
 
yeah. I was kind of planning on being atheist
but this is a nice bonus anyway
 
You finished the game before?
 
not that I've ever ascended, lol. I'm blind and nudist, and doing surprisingly well when you compare with how I usually do
@KritixiLithos no, I am nub
I'm hoping that taking on disadvantages will make me play better
hmm, I think I never learn; I really want to quaff one of these potions
TIL eating werejackals still counts as cannibalism
Can't get your clothes destroyed by lycanthropy if you don't wear any
need to eat a floating eye
 
6:41 AM
I'll be honest, my mind is kind of blown by the fact that Dennis is getting tenure. I'm in high school, tenure is like at least 10 levels of awesomeness above my current station. I can't even imagine what he has to do for that.
 
screw it, I must quaff one of these potions
 
Quaff all of them
 
I think I just quaffed a potion of blindness. :)
one gave me charisma, also I found the booze
Your vision seems to brighten for a moment but is normal now.
bug lol
I'm blind!
 
Huh
 
oh, it would have cured my blindness, but I'm permanently blind
also it was because I had astral vision?
IDK
probably just a message that is shared
damn, another potion
gonna have to drink that too
should I sacrifice the acid blob corpse?
 
6:51 AM
No
 
whoops, I smashed the door of the shop
what do now
 
You should keep it, it might be useful.
Pay for it?
 
400 zorkmids
I'm semi high level, then again I'm nudist
yeah, probably a good idea
shit shit shit shit
 
gr nub
 
I accidentally walked into the shopkeeper because he is a fucking idiot
and now he is out for my blood
 
6:56 AM
NEAR Shoemaker entered 433 Eros' orbit 17 years ago.
 
bloody hell
goddamn shopkeepers
 
[insert benny hill theme]
 
the issues with being blind
 
6:58 AM
Perfect soundtrack ^^
 
@DestructibleWatermelon rip in pieces
 
7:13 AM
I bet real life blind people never had to deal with this crap
wanna take this to the nethack room?
 
@DestructibleWatermelon Where's the room
 
Dennis has unfrozen this room.
 
@DestructibleWatermelon How do you play NH? public server or local version
I play on alt.org
 
local usually
I can play online if you wish to spectate
 
7:18 AM
Does public server imply multiplayer?
 
about the game I just died in, I had started playing that game earlier, but I was a samurai, blind and nude, travelling light with just my two blades
and I was a werejackal
 
@Pavel I wish... but nope, it only allows spectators and your data is saved online
@DestructibleWatermelon At least you weren't a wererat
They can't carry anything
 
well, it mattered little
in fact, if I was a cat, maybe I wouldn't have kicked down the door
well, even that doesn't matter because I died to shop keeper anyway
because he always stands in front of the door in the least convenient way possible
how do I use the server again? also I forgot the password for it too
oh wait its there
 
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7:22 AM
I personally play on alt.org
 
>I accidentally walked into the shopkeeper and now he is out for my blood

well, if a naked guy breaks your door and bumps into you , you may be pissed
 
@satibel well, not that pissed
I mean, if he was blind especially
also, you know, he wasn't killing me for being naked
 
Does playing blind just mean intentionally wearing a blindfold the entire time?
 
no, you can set a setting making you permanently blind now
 
You can modify your nethack settings to be blind forever
 
7:25 AM
you mean a robber pretending to be blind ? better kill him.
 
Oh, interesting
 
Does it have any advantages?
 
well
never have YASD from floating eyes
but apart from that, its just for fun, makes it harder probaby
except somehow I do better with it
 
@DestructibleWatermelon I meant, from the point of view of the shopkeeper, you may be a robber pretending to be blind, better safe than sorry. (also if you can pay for the damage, he can serve himself on your corpse just as well.)
 
7:29 AM
wtf I can't login even though it gives me a new password and I enter it
@satibel ... he murdered me for bumping into him accidentally...
how are you even trying to justify his actions
 
btw I'm playing online on alt.org (username: the same one as my SE name)
 
@DestructibleWatermelon Badly.
 
@satibel by that logic he should just kill whoever enters his shop
ok, so I'll have to make a new user because resetting a password isn't actually possible
 
@DestructibleWatermelon not if they knock on the door and might kill him.
 
please just stop
I died from a shopkeeper, can we leave it at that
which class?
*role
 
7:35 AM
still better than dying from a chicken after defeating a dragon. (a friend in a dnd session.)
 
@satibel ok, thats just dm shenanigans
also known as his friend being a dick
 
@DestructibleWatermelon nope, he was in bad shape, aggroed a chicken (something something stupid chicken boot), the chicken did 3 20 in a row, the chicken killed him.
 
still dm shenanigans
a chicken shouldn't be able to damage, regardless of natural 20s
 
Comestibles
 w - 2 carrots named ^^^
 
why do people seem to think that nat 20 is so special, magic impossible shit happens?
my settings probably don't work online
also, wanna watch me play?
 
7:40 AM
sure, what's your name
 
DestructibleM
 
@DestructibleWatermelon Have you played DnD?
 
no, but my point still stands
1/20 chance isn't magical
"nat 20, therefore some random shit happens that makes no sense" is a bad rule
could you pick my role and stuff please, IDK which to do
 
male elven wizard (chaotic)
 
how do you send mail anyway?
 
7:43 AM
m
 
send me a mail!
 
But it's slow and weird
done
 
wait, how to turn off the numberpad again?
 
You have to edit your settings
 
Nat 20s give the power to: clear 10 foot long gaps in a single jump, accuratly shoot a small humanoid at 300 feet with a crossow, instantly win any argument/make an enemy a friend, and spot the spider-silk trigger of a trap in complete darkness.
 
7:44 AM
@Pavel only if your dm is a weenie
or you are an epic level or something
 
@DestructibleWatermelon No, those can all happen by the official rules.
 
@DestructibleWatermelon Save the game. Then in the menu, press o to edit options and then set numpad to 0
 
nuh uh
@Pavel nope, critical success on non-combat checks is a house rule, at least in 4e
if they made critical success official in the new editions, thats kind of bad
 
still was 3 times in a row, and being pecked to death when you barely escaped from a dragon doesn't seem that far fetched.
 
It got saner in 4e.
 
7:46 AM
and never hit a chicken
 
In 3e a level five bard could reliably convince people to give him hundreds of GP because Diplomacy was so effing broken.
 
I still say your dm has to be a weenie to let you perform impossible acts just because they treat nat 20s like some miracle event
@Pavel only if the dm is a weenie, otherwise he'll make stuff sane
 
still, the GM made a house rule that the familiar must sodomize the priest when he meditates.
 
@satibel ok wtf is up with that gm
 
... he had a dragon.
 
7:49 AM
Oh, in 3e, if you roll 3 20s in a row on your attack roll, you automatically kill your target. No save, no contested check, no damage reduction, nothing.
The only thing that could save you is the 'crit-immune' status, which wasn't really granted to many things short of gods and the like.
 
I don't see any mail...
 
The mail system isn't the best...
 
there it is
it feels weird not being blind now...
well
well...
 
slow clap
 
first time that happened to me
I feel weird not playing blind and nudist now
 
7:56 AM
If you're unconscious and bleeding out, and roll a natural 20, you will instantly stand up with 1 hp and feel no ill effects.
 
I like those odds! (as in they're not very realistic, 1/20 chance of not dying when you get killed)
 
No, you have a 1/2 chance of not dying when you get killed.
 
well, I mean 1/20 of recovering immediately
 
Yep
You get to make death saves no matter how brutaly you were killed, and the worst thing that can happen to you while bleeding out it you fail one death save.
You make DC 10 saves until you fail or succeed 3.
 
ok, now for my blind nude samurai run
lets see how quick I die!
 
8:00 AM
I can't send you mail now :(
 
well, use the chat here then
 
That was half sarcasm, the mail system sucks
 
I only carry the wakizashi for forcing things
 
In DnD, if you are bleeding out and unconscious but haven't failed any deathsaves, you can literally withstand any single possible attack.
 
oooooh, a cloak apparently
oh wait I'm nudist
hmmmm
damn rng
what do you suggets, guys?
 
8:15 AM
drop the cloth
 
Wear it
 
Actually ^ is a better idea
 
hmmmm
well, what armor do samurai usually have?
 
This is a fairly new character, right?
What's the worst that can happen?
 
Yes, DL2
and XP2, you need armour in this stage
 
8:17 AM
@Pavel I lose nudist conduct
hmmm
I'll wear it I guess
shameful
 
What's the benefit of nudist conduct?
 
just because
ok
so its either invis or magic resistance
 
Both are good, except for invis cursed because then you can't enter shops
 
I don't think it is invis, because it says that would autoidentify, but I am blind...
 
drop it and see if your pet will walk over it to identify BUC... oh wait, you're blind
 
8:19 AM
also no pet
also already wearing it
T:420
[memes]
 
brb, gotta eat
 
shit its a shop
that means I might get killed by the shopkeeper later
fucking hell
goddamn locked doors
wtf shopkeeper
dumbass shopkeeper
ok, time for a serious run maybe?
 
Yes, you need to C
 
as in not blind and nude
which to be?
I'm thinking samurai
 
samurai and valkyrie are good in the beginning
 
8:27 AM
What's the recommended choice for someone playing for the first time?
I recall the last time I asked I was told 'something something tourist'
 
why isn't there #goteamshopkeep
@Pavel you were getting trolled probably
> The Tourist is one of the roles in NetHack. Since the Tourist has low starting stats and can only reach Expert in three weapons, running a Tourist is quite the challenge.
 
Yeah, I figured that out.
 
Go with valkyrie @Pavel
Nice for beginners like me
 
Will remember, I'll probably be able to only play tomorow.
Maybe in few hours.
 
tourist : photograph ALL the monsters!
 
8:33 AM
My favourite is the wizard
 
valkyrie run now
 
Zap all locked doors, zap boulders, zap everything
And by zap, I mean zap force bolt
 
What does Valkyrie do?
 
Lawful valkyrie can dip her long sword in fountain when level 5 to get Excalibur
 
barbarians are lawful? how does that work?
 
8:35 AM
@KritixiLithos That seems underwhelming, tbh
 
I can eat my kin while being lawful
 
But valkyries have health and are good with one-on-one close combat
 
@KritixiLithos she's got a big sword at lvl 5 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
 
Samurai is the balance between close-ranged and ranged combat
good armour too
 
I'll try Valkyrie
 
8:38 AM
My best score is with valkyrie I think
 
why are the knight's stats so broken?
 
@DestructibleWatermelon haha
 
what, cos I fell in a trapdoor?
I don't care
not like I'm blind anymore
 
and right into a shop
 
and that matters how?
I can't bump into the shop keeper accidentally
 
8:50 AM
I won! I got out of the dungeon!
what? the goal is to go down?
 
goal is to ascend to demigod'ness
not to ascend from the dungeon
how to price id?
 
first game: you slip while trying to get on the saddled pony.
"you died, slipped while mounting a saddled pony." restart?
 
@satibel I used to do that a ton of times when I first used to play NH
 
that 's a great start.
 
well
who told you you should mount at the start of the game
it's even on the nethack wiki in one of those stupid deaths articles
 
8:54 AM
well, I managed to mount... "the pony is caught in a bear trap" FML
 
wait a minute
found some holy or unholy water
 
and a rat
 
wait I don't have enough money anyway...
 
@DestructibleWatermelon See, this one you don't drink
 
what I love: cursed potion of gain level
 
9:07 AM
where is my dog
there he is!
Noice, gauntlets of power
 
fuck, I died again riding the pony
 
@satibel you never learn huh?
you need to feed the horse food to level it up first if you want to ride it so soon
 
9:24 AM
well, it was going well at the start.
 
9:37 AM
the shopkeepers are strong XD
 
They are so OP
Magic Missile wands
You would need a magic resistance cloak and so much armour, along with strong enough wands like magic missile to take out the shopkeeper
 
I didn't know how to pay, so I bumped into him... bad idea.
 
But even then, the Kops (spelling intentional) will come after you
 
the incubus is trying to murder me!
 
Kill it
 
9:49 AM
ok, done
level 4 now
well, I read a scroll of enchant weapon
helpful
 
level 3... died to 2 dwarf zombies
 
@DestructibleWatermelon You disappeared
 
10:18 AM
@satibel ... nub
probably forgot to pray, huh?
or use elbereth?
 
oooooh
Elbereth seems useful.
*it seems broken XD
 
 
2 hours later…
12:23 PM
It's probably because the engraving wears off over time
 
I mean it is really strong
 
What's strong?
 
Elbereth
 
It's even more OP if you engrave it using a hard stone or a wand of lightning since the engraving is permanent
Also "scroll of scare monster" is the scroll equivalent of elbereth.
 

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