Hmm. Deepest I've ever gotten before is level 36 or 38 (or thereabouts) of Mordor. With this character, I'm still slogging through the Orc Caves. So it'll be a while until I have to start fretting about Grand Master Mystics and Angband artifacts. While I'm still looking for Fire Immunity randarts, I'll work on some other protective measures.
Here's what I've brainstormed so far:
- put required spells (Word of Recall, etc.) on rods or wands when possible, not scrolls
- when possible, keep essential but non-combat spells (Identify, etc.) in spell-storage rings (or whatever); use rings in inventory as lightweight, fire-resistant spellbooks that have to be swapped into equip list before casting
- save the book fireproofing quest reward for use on big, fancy, multi-spell tomes
- keep a backup copy of cheap spellbooks (so I'm not stuck and in trouble if Beginner's Cantrips goes up in smoke or whatever)
Does anything else besides spellbooks and scrolls risk fire damage? (Staves, maybe?) Do resistances or double-resistances reduce the chance of item loss?
Currently, I mainly have problems in the heat of combat, if I'm throwing around Call Elements without time to prepare and I end up conjuring up a lava square right under myself without noticing. If I'm not already standing on the lava square, I just get rid of it with Elemental Wave (which doesn't require you to stand
on the square you want to remove, just next to it). So, I suppose I could solve most of my problems just by being a little bit less careless, really.
