skerple
[nethack] whoa damn! the RNG taketh away, but sometimes, the RNG giveth
skerple
so I've been having a lot of trouble with food this run, in no small part because I found a potion shop earlier and spent a lot of time price-IDing there and getting my cat to steal stock
skerple
during a relatively stable moment, I shut myself up in a room to quaff some of my semi-identified potions that I knew would at least not kill me
skerple
unfortunately, I ended up with a potion of hallucination
skerple
not in itself lethal, but makes it VERY difficult to tell what is your pet and what is a hostile monster, which is extremely bad because unless you use a specific command to move without attacking, you will automatically attack any monster in your path
skerple
so, I decided to try and wait it out
Nancy Crawfish
If I had a nickel for every person on my flist playing a retro game that extremely wants you dead, I’d have 2 nickels
skerple
except hallucination lasts a LOT of turns, and I started to starve before I was done hallucinating, which forced me to pray to my god to relieve my hunger, and I grimly decided to just move on with great caution
skerple
on the next floor, found a potion that I had previously semi-identified as being either booze, fruit juice, see invisible, or sickness
skerple
and I thought, fuck it, how can it get any worse
skerple
which is normally a very bad thing to think in Nethack, because it can ALWAYS get MUCH worse
skerple
but, here's the thing I didn't know
skerple
if you drink a potion of sickness while hallucinating
skerple
you are shocked back to your senses
skerple
also, if the potion of sickness happens to be blessed, it doesn't do any of the damage it normally does to your attributes, you ONLY lose 1 hp
skerple
so yeah it was a blessed potion of sickness and drinking it was actually an extremely smart move
Nancy Crawfish
That is a wild thing for a game to do
BERSERKER
chug lsd, snap out of it with the bottle of drano in your hand
BERSERKER
"oh shit that almost went very bad"
skerple
this is a very welcome development and also valuable knowledge for the future
skerple
Nancy Crawfish : sometimes the urge just Hits
Remony Atremony
Ah nethack
Remony Atremony
I played so much of it so badly as a kid
skerple
yeah I am still so bad at nethack
skerple
I have never even actually cleared minetown
skerple
let alone like... progressed the quest... at all
Remony Atremony
In retrospect I played nethack like a hack and slash game which foreshadowed my actual taste in games
Remony Atremony
Nethack hard
Remony Atremony
What class you playing?
skerple
valkyrie!
Remony Atremony
Oh nice also my most played class
skerple
oh boy you know what's SUPER fun?
skerple
sokoban while hallucinating
skerple
the hallucination was not even my fault this time
skerple
a black light exploded at me
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/6ArHPu1qprJzlOlVMxamt6.png FUCK
skerple
goddammit I had like five things I could have done differently there too
BERSERKER
leocrottas: not even once
BERSERKER
(twice, three times, five times, eight times)
skerple
I had identified potions of hallucination I could have used to confuse it
skerple
I had throwable weapons I could have used to attack from a distance
skerple
I could have Just Fucking Retreated
BERSERKER
like, watching people nethack: leocrottas are absolutely the biggest midgame menace that isn't a fooatrice

so like, yeah you could have done more but also, like, you did fuck around against the find out beast
Remony Atremony
Ooooh graphics
skerple
yeah I forget where I got this tileset but I quite enjoy it
skerple
BERSERKER : th. the find out beast omg
skerple
I will remember that. I will remember that leocrottas are the find out beast.
BERSERKER
leocrottas get an absurd number of attacks per round

like, you getting a 1:3 ratio was actually impressive; if you were running a wizard or other less combat-friendly class you would have just been devoured by a blender of teeth and claws
skerple
holy fuck
BERSERKER
18 speed plus 3 per-round attacks

it will catch up to you and it will shred you
skerple
yeah this being a level 7 valk who had chugged several potions of gain ability is probably the only reason I got that many attacks
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/1CHZl0Af7yOx8mln4Yhzg3.png a glimpse at my hall of fame
BERSERKER
hallucination would have helped a lot tho, looking up the numbers they only got 10 magic res
skerple
aw fuck. new run and my pet got killed on floor 1. great sign there.
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/3vq7GD2rwNozORMtmWej36.png so THIS run is promising
skerple
oh.
skerple
I should have known better than to keep eating killer bee corpses while already weak.
skerple
classic YASD, right there
Nancy Crawfish
That sounds undelicious
skerple
they're a really good way to gain the poison resistance intrinsic, IF you aren't already really low on HP
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