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  • [evilhack] Does the Castle's drawbridge guillotine approach still work?

    From Janis Papanagnou@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 13 10:47:56 2023
    Does the Castle's Drawbridge Guillotine approach still work in EvilHack?
    Or has that option also been removed (or significantly changed)?

    Janis

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  • From Mobi Leuser@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 13 06:13:37 2023
    The mechanics of drawbridges are unchanged. I can't say how effective the strategy is in Evilhack, personally I blow up all drawbridges as soon as I can.
    BTW there is a drawbridge in the Valley of the Dead, it's the only one that cannot be destroyed.

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  • From Janis Papanagnou@21:1/5 to Mobi Leuser on Thu Apr 13 15:57:15 2023
    On 13.04.2023 15:13, Mobi Leuser wrote:
    The mechanics of drawbridges are unchanged. I can't say how effective
    the strategy is in Evilhack, personally I blow up all drawbridges as
    soon as I can. BTW there is a drawbridge in the Valley of the Dead,
    it's the only one that cannot be destroyed.

    Okay, thanks. So I'll try the usual pass-tune approach at the Castle.

    Will the Valley's drawbridge also open by playing the pass-tune or is
    it just by wands of opening (or similar magic)?

    Janis

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  • From Mobi Leuser@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 13 07:13:50 2023
    For the Valley's drawbridge the pass-tune won't work, but the usual methods like wands of opening do.
    There is a guaranteed wand of opening in a secret room in the bottom-left corner of the Valley.

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  • From Janis Papanagnou@21:1/5 to Mobi Leuser on Thu Apr 13 17:38:01 2023
    On 13.04.2023 16:13, Mobi Leuser wrote:
    For the Valley's drawbridge the pass-tune won't work, but the usual
    methods like wands of opening do. There is a guaranteed wand of
    opening in a secret room in the bottom-left corner of the Valley.

    Good to know for other games. Currently I do have a wand of opening
    already.

    On a related question...
    I seem to have somewhere read that a straight return from Gehennom
    isn't possible, and you'd have to solve an additional quest first.
    Or was that only the case once you've got The Amulet?
    In Nethack the Valley was already considered Gehennom, but on the
    Nethack-Wiki I read for EvilHack that it starts below the Valley;
    this is of course important in case there's no simple return from
    Gehennom. So, is it safe to descend into the Valley or should I
    first better prepare?

    And a final question; I obviously missed the Ice-Branch. Anything
    I should know about it, do I need any special preparation for it?

    Bear with me for the many questions. That variant has implemented
    so many changes to existing functionality that I cannot rely on
    anything from the Nethack base beforehand.

    Janis

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