ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Sometimes I'm under the impression that there is some kind of 'cold war' between Nethack and Angband players. Meanwhile I love both and I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one (waves to Zizzo). Actually Nethack was my first roguelike which I played for almost 5 years (2 winners). Every once in a while...

When I think of Nethack's really nasty polymorph traps, the sex-chance traps are just a stupid but otherwise harmless annoyance.

I don't think so, Teber. Even if no one seems to be sure about what "game balance" actually means, it should be at least something provided by the game itself, independent from individual playing style. (Btw, what is the TANSTAAFL principle?) Right now something else came into my mind whic...

You've completely misunderstood me. Seems so, because that What I'm trying to say is that many people here when they say words like "unbalanced" and "overpowered" are using them incorrectly, not that such principles aren't taken into account in ToME development. wasn't something...

Neil wrote: Not that the terms "overpowered" or "unbalanced" mean anything around here.

Why don't make this statement sticky?
You could use a shortcut then...
Or even introduce a new abbreviation: TiNb (ToME is NOT balanced)?

As soon as a monster is visible there is no running anymore.

It all depends on whether the already detected traps are intended to stay invisible or not...

Makkoan wrote:I never run into traps that I havn't detected, usualy I carelessly run into traps that I have detected.

How do you deal with "water"-traps then - or is it an ASCII-only problem?

What Makkoan means is clear: In this case a lot of precaution in form of detection tools or searching ability would be rather senseless.

I hate all those traps placed in water areas.
They mostly stay invisible even after a detect spell (that's how it is in ASCII, don't know about grafic tiles).
And no, it's *not* a complaint about ASCII: I love it nevertheless.

Oh well, they actually talk about Staves of Wishing!
But then a (hopefully) silly question: They are *not* rechargeable, are they?

Didn't you read the whole posting?

Maylith wrote:The real problem is, I never found the first Relic Maybe if I can find a Staff of Wishes....

Btw: Maylith, what do you have in mind with the SoW? And: Does such a thing actually exist? I thought, only scrolls of wishes exist...

Access to Stone school: Again, getting Stone Prison would be awesome, but the skill points aren't worth it. You might actually consider rethinking that. Stone Prison is an extremely powerful spell for dealing with summoners and other nasties, like, say, Ancalagon or Sauron. Stone Skin is nothing fo...

If I have to disarm a trap (eg. small passages) but don't have the proper spell/rod, I just dig around if possible . The princess capture areas are almost always heavily trapped, FYI. Digging can help, but won't solve everything... That's why I said "if possible", btw... I also recall a l...

I hate them all (and thus didn't vote)!
I spend my last coin for a decent detection method.
If I have to disarm a trap (eg. small passages) but don't have the proper spell/rod, I just dig around if possible.