When not upgraded, armor blocks between 0 and X, but blocking increases with upgrades as +1/+tier. In addition, evasion means a hit can be avoided entirely.
One thing I'd add to all the good advice here: positioning is crucial. You should avoid facing more than one mob at a time. Use doors to your advantage: when a mob enters a door square, you will surprise it and get a guaranteed hit. Use hallways to force mobs to get to you one at a time. Be careful when you're in an open, large room, since a ranged mob can kill you very quickly.
Congratulations! It does feel good to keep improving every game.
Luckily, there was a hallway (behind the mage in the picture) that allowed me to take the mobs one at a time. I was also able to position them so that the evil eyes in the back targeted multiple enemies.
BTW, the loot in that room was 300 gp :-)
Yes, just food drops, potions of healing and dew. This particular seed has an ample supply of food as well. In general, I used to struggle with food management, but lately I've improved this aspect of the game and seldom run out of food. Some ideas:
- Make sure to move diagonally when possible to save one turn.
- Convert all mistery meats to edible meat.
- Get the small rations from the shops.
- Imbue the blandfruit with a seed of icecap or firebloom. Besides serving as a thrown weapon, they leave some food behind. It lasts for a long time!
- Try not to go back and forth through a level -- minimize the amount of turns you spend moving.
- The potions of honeyed healing (healing potion + shattered honeypot) also provide a bit of satiety.
Yes, that was the case. I was surprised because it had never happened before that the stairs were behind a secret door.l
I think @GWLexx meant that you mentioned having a "great seed", but didn't share it :-)
It might be interesting. The flow could be controlled with locked doors, sort of the way Doom/Quake do it.
Knowing this, I was able to find the gold I needed fairly quickly. Thanks!
Funny, this happened with a wand of corruption as well. At least SPD saved the game before crashing, and the wand worked fine after restarting the game.
Thanks! I'll try to improve my seed placement. Using stormvine next to a chasm is a great idea.
Once I was in a room and a couple of enemies were coming from a corridor. I planted a firebloom right next to the corridor door, but the baddies just moved diagonally into the room!
Also, is it correct to say that flying enemies (such as fly swarms) don't activate the plants?
Rogues are super fun to play! Invisibility on demand is so powerful.