Cold drake summons... cold drake

[Repton]

I really don't think a fighter/melee character will be capable of completing carn dum realistically anymore.

Actually, armour of cold resistance + ringil + old man willow + 2 rings of cold resistance == 100%+ cold resistance. So I think it's do-able, and I would have done it last night, had I not been taken apart by a dread in Tol Falas.

Of course, berserkers and rogues lose the shield and ringil, so I'm not sure how they would cope..

The drakes can be an issue but as long as you stick to corners and tunnels theyre very doable.

Yeah, problem is that even in corridors, drakes would summon hatchlings behind me so I couldn't escape. Or, worse, they'd summon drakes behind the hatchlings that were blocking my exit.

[Repton]

Afterthought: since we've got diggers, we'll be able to make anti-summoning corridors in Carn Dum (as long as no pesky umber hulks mess them up)

Won't help with the dragon pride, though..

[greycat]

My fighter ran into the "neverending horde of cold drakes and their babies" as well, and retreated to the Elven Ruins. I'll send him back up tonight, a level or two higher and with Ringil

Did that, lost my Blood of Life insurance policy, but got the damned boots.

(There was a nasty, nasty, utterly nasty large open area on level 6. *shudder*)

[Fela]

My Shadowblade just ran into a situation that would have been unsolvable by a fighter in Carn Dum.
Luckily it happened at the stairs, so i could stair scum to test this out.

Drake alternated cold breath and summon, but despite killing hatchlings for 10 minutes straight, I could not make him come any closer. He was in the middle of a room surrounded by hatchlings and those apparently always took precedence in movement - or the AI decided that summoning is cooler, but if it was just AI, he should have moved eventually. If that had been the only way to the stairs, even 100% cold resistance would not have helped.

The only fix was to phase door the drake out of LOS.

I'm really hesitant to even attempt the dragon pride at this point.