The annual tournament over at http://nethack.devnull.net/ starts in five (and a bit hours)! I'm kind of psyched, though I won't be able to participate in the KoL challenge this year, as I'm trying to get ready for a bad moon run. I suppose I could just create a new character just for the ( Read more... )

This place is dead. No posts in almost 6 months? Well, let me try to stir up a little bit of activity ( Read more... )

I've ascended four times since I installed nethack on this laptop. All four times, I've hit the right temple on the first try. I'm not going to the same temple each time, just whichever takes my fancy...I've been to each one at least once. I thought after three, I was surely due for one of those "it's the very last one and I'll have to ( Read more... )

And it's over. Lured the angry Watchman up a level figuring I'd deal with him after I could teleport at will. Go back to Minetown and check out Izchak. On my way, I see a Woodland Elf quaff a potion of invisibility ( Read more... )

I picked up my ancient game of Nethack (on dlvl 2) running a wizard with great starting equipment. Wand of Death, Ring of Polymorph Control, Magic Marker, few other useful things. I didn't start scrum, either. Just crazy luck of the draw ( Read more... )

I've been playing Nethack on and off since 2001, never yet succeeding in
even getting to the Amulet, far less ascending. But yesterday I booted
up a random character, drawing a neutral gnomish Ranger, and... well.

Shall we say I got very lucky with three bones piles, such that even
after a /oCanx mishap with my first BoH I've still made it all the way
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Yet another ascension post, details behind cut
( ascension )

My promising Barbarian game ended in a YASD. I decided to see what happens if you read a spellbook while hallucinating. What happened? An air elemental appeared next to me and killed me. I didn't even get a turn to act. Whoops ( Read more... )

I've never wished for an artifact before. I've gotten them via #offer and a Naga dropped Grayswandir once, but that's it. I'm thinking it might be worth it to wish for an artifact soon, but not sure what. As a neutral barbarian, I already have Cleaver, will get the Heart of Ahriman from my quest and will hopefully manage to be crowned and get ( Read more... )

Getting back into Nethack after months off following my first ascension. (Every game I played was crappy. Dying almost immediately.) RNG gave me a Barbarian (same as my first ascension, haven't played Barbarian since my ascension.) Neutral this time instead of chaotic, though. I hear the artifacts are better as a Neutral. Will miss ( Read more... )