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Hordes: /* Strategy */

2025-03-19T21:24:53Z

‎Strategy

Mystic Sailboat: /* Strategy */ magic mapping -> scroll of revelation

2024-09-19T11:17:16Z

‎Strategy: magic mapping -> scroll of revelation

Ge0ff: /* Starting Equipment */

2024-01-29T11:48:44Z

‎Starting Equipment

Hordes at 13:15, 28 January 2024

2024-01-28T13:15:59Z

Patrick2011b: update to 0.31

2024-01-28T00:26:29Z

update to 0.31

Hordes: /* Starting Equipment */

2023-10-23T17:42:14Z

‎Starting Equipment

Hordes: /* History */

2023-05-05T03:38:24Z

‎History

Hordes at 03:38, 5 May 2023

2023-05-05T03:38:13Z

Hordes: /* Strategy */

2023-03-09T04:13:35Z

‎Strategy

Hordes: /* Strategy */

2023-03-09T04:12:59Z

‎Strategy

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 *The [[wand of digging]] can help in getting to a stair safely, most useful in conjunction with a scroll of revelation.
-Attempting [[stab]]s on dangerous monsters is as likely to go poor as it is to provide a massive starting advantage. Trying to skewer a [[water moccasin]] may rocket you to level 4 instantly, or oneshot you. If playing for consistency, it is preferable to use upstairs whenever possible, and arrive in D:1 taking out "safe" monsters.
+Attempting [[stab]]s on dangerous monsters is as likely to go poor as it is to provide a massive starting advantage. Trying to skewer a [[water moccasin]] may rocket you to level 4 instantly, or oneshot you. If playing for consistency, it is preferable to use upstairs whenever possible, and arrive in D:1, taking out "safe" monsters along the way.
-One strategy, albeit unreliable, is to use your scroll of revelation in order to find an altar or the [[Temple]] early. This may be considered start [[scumming]], but gives you a competent god as soon as D:1. For example, the [https://crawl.xtahua.com/crawl/morgue/Sapher/morgue-Sapher-20220331-131952.txt former lowest turncount game] used Delver in order to enter the Temple on turn 21.
+One strategy, albeit unreliable, is to use your scroll of revelation in order to find an altar or the [[Temple]] early, potentially accessing a competent god as soon as D:1. For example, the [https://crawl.xtahua.com/crawl/morgue/Sapher/morgue-Sapher-20220331-131952.txt former lowest turncount game] used Delver in order to enter the Temple on turn 21. Doing this over and over to "force" an altar spawn may be considered start [[scumming]] though.
 ==History==

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 *A [[scroll of revelation]] can let you scout a floor for escape routes or potentially dangerous [[vault]]s.
 *A [[potion of haste]] gives you the speed to run away from foes, including fast ones like [[adder]]s. Haste also gives you a noticeable combat boost.
-*The [[wand of digging]] can help in getting to a stair safely, most useful in conjunction with magic mapping.
+*The [[wand of digging]] can help in getting to a stair safely, most useful in conjunction with a scroll of revelation.
 Attempting [[stab]]s on dangerous monsters is as likely to go poor as it is to provide a massive starting advantage. Trying to skewer a [[water moccasin]] may rocket you to level 4 instantly, or oneshot you. If playing for consistency, it is preferable to use upstairs whenever possible, and arrive in D:1 taking out "safe" monsters.
-One strategy, albeit unreliable, is to use your magic mapping in order to find an altar or the [[Temple]] early. This may be considered start [[scumming]], but gives you a competent god as soon as D:1. For example, the [https://crawl.xtahua.com/crawl/morgue/Sapher/morgue-Sapher-20220331-131952.txt former lowest turncount game] used Delver in order to enter the Temple on turn 21.
+One strategy, albeit unreliable, is to use your scroll of revelation in order to find an altar or the [[Temple]] early. This may be considered start [[scumming]], but gives you a competent god as soon as D:1. For example, the [https://crawl.xtahua.com/crawl/morgue/Sapher/morgue-Sapher-20220331-131952.txt former lowest turncount game] used Delver in order to enter the Temple on turn 21.
 ==History==

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 Delvers start on Floor 5 of the [[Dungeon]], always on top of a downstair.
-While in the Dungeon proper, Devlvers cannot be [[shaft]]ed from the [[malevolent force]]. (This is because they are already considered "shafted", and you can only be hit with 1 shaft effect per dungeon branch).
+While in the Dungeon proper, Delvers cannot be [[shaft]]ed by the [[malevolent force]]. (This is because they are already considered "shafted", and you can only be hit with 1 shaft effect per dungeon branch).
 ==Starting Skills and Stats==

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 Delvers start on Floor 5 of the [[Dungeon]], always on top of a downstair.
-While in the Dungeon proper, Devlvers cannot be [[shaft]]ed from [[sourceless malevolence]]. (This is because they are already considered "shafted", and you can only be hit with 1 shaft effect per dungeon branch).
+While in the Dungeon proper, Devlvers cannot be [[shaft]]ed from the [[malevolent force]]. (This is because they are already considered "shafted", and you can only be hit with 1 shaft effect per dungeon branch).
 ==Starting Skills and Stats==

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 {{flavour|Delvers have, through some mishap, found themselves several floors below the surface of the dungeon. They're equipped with a wide variety of magical escape tools, and are well advised to use them to travel to earlier dungeon floors as quickly as possible.}}
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 *[[Scroll of fog]]
 *[[Scroll of fear]]
-*[[Scroll of magic mapping]]
+*[[Scroll of revelation]]
 *[[Potion of haste]]
 *[[Wand of digging]] with 3 charges
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 *A [[scroll of fear]] can scare away just about any living monster in sight reliably.
 *A [[scroll of fog]] blocks [[line of sight]], preventing ranged monsters from attacking you until they are in sight again.
-*A [[scroll of magic mapping]] can let you scout a floor for escape routes or potentially dangerous [[vault]]s.
+*A [[scroll of revelation]] can let you scout a floor for escape routes or potentially dangerous [[vault]]s.
 *A [[potion of haste]] gives you the speed to run away from foes, including fast ones like [[adder]]s. Haste also gives you a noticeable combat boost.
 *The [[wand of digging]] can help in getting to a stair safely, most useful in conjunction with magic mapping.

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 {{flavour|Delvers have, through some mishap, found themselves several floors below the surface of the dungeon. They're equipped with a wide variety of magical escape tools, and are well advised to use them to travel to earlier dungeon floors as quickly as possible.}}
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 *[[Wand of digging]] with 3 charges
 Delvers start on Floor 5 of the [[Dungeon]], always on top of a downstair.
 ==Starting Skills and Stats==
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 ==History==
-*In [[0.30]], Delvers will be considered as [[shaft]]ed. Players can only face one [[shaft]] effect from [[sourceless malevolence]] per branch, so Delvers are immune to further shafts in the Dungeon.
+*Prior to [[0.30]], Delvers did not have any special immunity to shafts.
 *Delvers were added in [[0.26]].
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