Berder's Deep Elf Enchanter of Sif Muna guide - Revision history

Medar: Fix flight link.

2016-01-15T13:45:23Z

Fix flight link.

Berder at 18:27, 19 August 2014

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Berder at 17:09, 19 August 2014

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Berder at 13:24, 19 August 2014

2014-08-19T13:24:26Z

MoogleDan: Added version tag

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MoogleDan: Moved header to the, er, head.

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Berder: /* Level 4 */

2014-08-19T01:36:41Z

‎Level 4

Berder: /* The Walk */

2014-08-19T01:17:24Z

‎The Walk

Berder at 01:15, 19 August 2014

2014-08-19T01:15:50Z

Berder: /* Extended Endgame */

2014-08-19T00:44:05Z

‎Extended Endgame

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	For escape and survival: [[Haste]], [[Controlled Blink]], [[Deflect Missiles]], [[Swiftness]], [[Summon Butterflies]], [[Passage of Golubria]], [[Invisibility]], [[Necromutation]]		For escape and survival: [[Haste]], [[Controlled Blink]], [[Deflect Missiles]], [[Swiftness]], [[Summon Butterflies]], [[Passage of Golubria]], [[Invisibility]], [[Necromutation]]

−	Utility: [[Apportation]], [[Flight]]	+	Utility: [[Apportation]], [[Flight (spell)\|Flight]]

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 Also remember that any orc or gnoll you see is probably part of a band.  Don't try to kill him with dazzling spray, because that's just shaking the beehive and you ''don't'' have enough MP yet to kill the whole band safely that way.  Enslave him and keep the fighting well away from you.
 ==Lair==
-You can use those basic tactics and spells from level 4 until well into Lair.  By then you'll be worshiping Sif Muna, and midway through Lair you'll probably max out piety and get your first gift spellbook.  Train magic skills so you can cast whatever spells seem useful.  Keep training Fighting and Dodging at about 15% each - you need to be as durable as you can be.  Be mindful of the spell list from the introduction - any of those spells are good ones for you.  And keep training Spellcasting as your highest skill.  Shoot for approximately the skill levels in the overview section.
+By lair you'll be worshiping Sif Muna, and midway through Lair you'll probably max out piety and get your first gift spellbook.  Train magic skills so you can cast whatever spells seem useful.  Keep training Fighting and Dodging at about 15% each - you need to be as durable as you can be.  Be mindful of the spell list from the introduction - any of those spells are good ones for you.  And keep training Spellcasting as your highest skill.  Shoot for approximately the skill levels in the overview section.
 Remember to check the wiki for stats on each monster you encounter - specifically check their magic resistance to see if enslaving or confusing them is likely to work.

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 For keeping enemies from reaching you:  [[Enslavement]], [[Cause Fear]], [[Discord]], [[Animate Dead]]
-For escape and survival:  [[Haste]], [[Controlled Blink]], [[Deflect Missiles]], [[Swiftness]], [[Summon Butterflies]], [[Passage of Golubria]], [[Invisibility]], [[Death's Door]]
+For escape and survival:  [[Haste]], [[Controlled Blink]], [[Deflect Missiles]], [[Swiftness]], [[Summon Butterflies]], [[Passage of Golubria]], [[Invisibility]], [[Necromutation]]
 Utility: [[Apportation]], [[Flight]]
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 ==Extended Endgame==
-If you choose to go for the extended endgame you'll need to branch out even more.  The following becomes required:
+If you choose to go for the extended endgame you'll need to branch out even more, mostly into necromancy and elemental magic.  The following becomes required:
-* Necromutation if you go anywhere there is torment (hell, crypt).  It's also great with Sif for hungerless channeling - keep it on all the time.
+* Necromutation if you go anywhere there is torment (hell, crypt).  It's also great with Sif for hungerless channeling - keep lichform on almost all the time.
 * Mutation resistance and/or necromutation if you go anywhere that things can mutate you
 * Borgnjor's Revivification can be nice, but perhaps not strictly necessary.  Blinking out of trouble or climbing stairs is just as good or better in most situations.
 * Controlled blink.  If you don't have it already, you need it desperately.  You are very fragile and haste is not enough to get away from all enemies.  Control teleport + blink, or passage of golubria, are not going to work on floors with -cTele (i.e. the most dangerous places).

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	If the answer to these questions is "yes," then maybe you're just evil enough to play DEEn. Fair warning: DEEn is not for everybody. As of the time of this writing, according to the Sequell bot, (DEEn) has won 12 times in 13153 games (0.09%) which is about as low a winrate as it gets. However, two of those twelve wins are mine, and in the second one, I did 15 runes. I've played about 30 games with DEEn. Most of those games were when I didn't know what I'm about to tell you. There is a way to play DEEn that wins.		If the answer to these questions is "yes," then maybe you're just evil enough to play DEEn. Fair warning: DEEn is not for everybody. As of the time of this writing, according to the Sequell bot, (DEEn) has won 12 times in 13153 games (0.09%) which is about as low a winrate as it gets. However, two of those twelve wins are mine, and in the second one, I did 15 runes. I've played about 30 games with DEEn. Most of those games were when I didn't know what I'm about to tell you. There is a way to play DEEn that wins.

−	~~'''Berder's Guide to [[Deep Elf]] [[Enchanter]] of [[Sif Muna]]: the mage generalist'''~~


		+	'''Berder's Guide to [[Deep Elf]] [[Enchanter]] of [[Sif Muna]]: the mage generalist'''

	The purpose of DEEn of Sif Muna is to become a mage with a repertoire of useful, high-level spells from many schools of magic. By the midgame, [[Spellcasting]] will be your main skill. Here's a taste of what you will eventually be able to cast with reasonably low failure rate (ranging from around 0% to around 10%).		The purpose of DEEn of Sif Muna is to become a mage with a repertoire of useful, high-level spells from many schools of magic. By the midgame, [[Spellcasting]] will be your main skill. Here's a taste of what you will eventually be able to cast with reasonably low failure rate (ranging from around 0% to around 10%).

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 Do you like shooting fish in a barrel that are helpless to defend themselves?  Do you like shaking a jar and making two bugs fight each other?  Would you enjoy gaining people's trust, letting them do you a solid favor, then splattering their body parts across the landscape if you sense betrayal?
 If the answer to these questions is "yes," then maybe you're just evil enough to play DEEn.  Fair warning:  DEEn is not for everybody.  As of the time of this writing, according to the Sequell bot, (DEEn) has won 12 times in 13153 games (0.09%) which is about as low a winrate as it gets.  However, two of those twelve wins are mine, and in the second one, I did 15 runes.  I've played about 30 games with DEEn.  Most of those games were when I didn't know what I'm about to tell you.  There is a way to play DEEn that wins.
+'''Berder's Guide to [[Deep Elf]] [[Enchanter]] of [[Sif Muna]]: the mage generalist'''

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 At level 4 you get Enslave and this is where the fun starts.  Now bands of orcs and gnolls present more of a challenge than a lethal threat.  Enslave a few orcs, tell them to wait, and let them kill their non-enslaved friends.  If you have a leftover enslaved enemy, you can confuse him first, then stab or dazzle him.
-However, watch your MP very carefully, and always make sure you have a safe escape route planned.  Before your MP ''actually'' runs out, just if you don't have enough MP to confidently handle the enemies you see, with a safety margin - get the heck out of there.  This rule will serve you well through the rest of the game.
+However, watch your MP very carefully, and always make sure you have a safe escape route planned.  If you don't have enough MP to confidently handle the enemies you see, with a safety margin - long before your MP actually runs out - get the heck out of there.  This rule will serve you well through the rest of the game.
 Also remember that any orc or gnoll you see is probably part of a band.  Don't try to kill him with dazzling spray, because that's just shaking the beehive and you ''don't'' have enough MP yet to kill the whole band safely that way.  Enslave him and keep the fighting well away from you.

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	==The Walk==		==The Walk==
−	This is just something I get a kick out of. You have Enslave and OOD and let's say you've enslaved a vault guard. Together, you and your pal have murdered everybody else in the vicinity. So what do you do? You tell him hey, check out what's over there, I think I heard something. Then you shoot him in the back. That moment when the OOD is hanging in the air, but he's still your friend doing what you asked him to do, just before he's blown into bloody chunks - that's the most evil moment in the game.	+	This is just something I get a kick out of. You have Enslave and OOD and let's say you've enslaved a vault guard. Together, you and your pal have murdered everybody else in the vicinity. So what do you do? You tell him hey, check out what's over there, I think I heard something. Then you shoot him in the back. That moment when the OOD is hanging in the air, but he's still your friend doing what you asked him to do, just before he's literally blown into bloody chunks - that's the most evil moment in the game.

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-Do you like shooting fish in a barrel that are helpless to defend themselves?  Do you like shaking a jar and making two bugs fight each other?  Would you enjoy telling your annoying clingy "friend" to go take a walk, then shooting him in the back with a grenade launcher?  Explosions? Explosions? Explosions?
+Do you like shooting fish in a barrel that are helpless to defend themselves?  Do you like shaking a jar and making two bugs fight each other?  Would you enjoy gaining people's trust, letting them do you a solid favor, then splattering their body parts across the landscape if you sense betrayal?
-Then maybe you're just psychopathic enough to play DEEn.  Fair warning:  DEEn is not for everybody.  As of the time of this writing, according to the Sequell bot, (DEEn) has won 12 times in 13153 games (0.09%) which is about as low a winrate as it gets.  However, two of those twelve wins are mine, and in the second one, I did 15 runes.  I've played about 30 games with DEEn.  Most of those games were when I didn't know what I'm about to tell you.  There is a way to play DEEn that wins.
+If the answer to these questions is "yes," then maybe you're just evil enough to play DEEn.  Fair warning:  DEEn is not for everybody.  As of the time of this writing, according to the Sequell bot, (DEEn) has won 12 times in 13153 games (0.09%) which is about as low a winrate as it gets.  However, two of those twelve wins are mine, and in the second one, I did 15 runes.  I've played about 30 games with DEEn.  Most of those games were when I didn't know what I'm about to tell you.  There is a way to play DEEn that wins.
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 * Firestorm, Shatter, and/or Glaciate.  You're a Deep Elf; in the end you can have two of these ultimate spells, to better deal with resistant enemies.  Shatter is also nice for breaking into steel vaults.  Once you have these spells, you might find you don't need Discord anymore because lots of enemies in Hell or Pan are immune/extremely resistant to it, and it takes much longer for them to kill each other than it would for you to kill them.  Sure, it's a waste of XP, but... you're a Deep Elf and the extended endgame has plenty of XP.  Don't worry too much about it.
 * Lehudib's Crystal Spear or Iron Shot.  This will make your servitor much more effective than OOD when fighting nearby enemies.  But keep OOD because it has good range and can't be stopped by high EV.  When the servitor is alternating between OOD and LCS instead of casting pure OOD, that also means OODs will collide much less often.