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So best to cast those fireballs for instance after you've been attacked as opposed to sending them from a distance before a creature tries to strike you?

Worms are probably the first truly testing opponents though with my duo I never had any trouble dealing with them. Both tough characters though.

I haven't been caught between two sets of worms yet, but that does sound like a deadly and short-lived experience. Working with maps and knowing where the ...

"If a creature generator is triggered when another creature is already occupying the target square of the generator, then the generated creature is indeed "queued" because only one creature group is allowed on a square..."

I know this must be a huge coincidence for a creature to be in the exact ...

It would be useful if someone who has run the numbers before could compare Mithral with Lyte/Darc when it comes to sharp attacks and how they compare. Could Mithral actually... come out better?

How would ninja training go if you were to just punch n' kick thin air on L12 (experience multiplier 6) vs punching & kicking rats on L8 (only x3 multiplier)?

Also, does the multiplier apply to gaining wizard and priest levels faster? So messing around with potions and casting spells will be more ...

To this day nothing scares me more in DM than those creature generators. :) I cannot even imagine going back to the days of not having maps and not knowing where those generators are and hence, no idea of when (or how many times) you might have triggered them. Scary... :o

Many thanks for the ...

I think most people agree that the Screamer Room is the first stop to spend some quality time hacking away (and gaining experience in other ways... and areas such as ninja) due to having a Screamer generator nearby and not having to worry about food/water.

Then there's the Level 8 Rat Room, for ...

The Oitus Regeneration Room is the only place where I truly had trouble so far during my current run of the dungeon. Everything else seemed so easy this time around though, maybe because I think I've finally found the perfect 2-character combo to use.

So for that room I just decided to do a quick ...

I agree that the Mithral aketon and mail are some of the most sought after items every time I play the game, especially as it's found early in the dungeon (L5) as opposed to where the Lyte/Darc (L9-11).

But one thing that really distinguishes the Mithral pieces from the Lyte/Dark ones is the "Sharp ...

I basically just stood at the square where the three doors leading to the Oitu area connected and kept lobbing MON level (i.e., Level 6) fireballs at the Oitus until the area seemed clear. I then went through the three rooms in a circular fashion, killing the remaining Oitus I encountered with ...

Did you mention Sundog: Frozen Legacy during the interview or did he mention it on his own accord?

I'm going to throw a spanner into the works here but to give justice to Dungeon Master you have to give justice to FTL, and to give justice to FTL you need to give justice to Sundog: Frozen Legacy as ...

Gambit37, many thanks for your input.

If you've lived in the UK throughout those ("Golden") years and had access to all games releases as well as all the monthly video games magazines (and there were LOADS published at the time!), then I'm sure you would have noticed a magazine-attached DM demo and ...

Very good suggestions - I'll need to set up an Amiga Emulator on my Mac and try out both the demo and the kid dungeon to see if anything rings a bell, though if the kid dungeon is only part of the full release then I don't think it would have been that. But I'll check out both as soon as I figure ...

Could be, I'm not excluding the possibility that I might have been remembering something else (or differently) since nobody here has ever seen or played the demo version. But at the same time I honestly remember playing the demo for the one (or two) levels as a teaser and replaying it many times ...

Yeah, on a lighter note it would look like two characters that just ditched their jobs at a strip joint and decided to go treasure hunting instead. :)

Plus it would be a good way to compare the two as they both progress through the levels. Now I need to plan out how to equip them (main weapon ...

Many thanks, I don't know what else I can think of apart from those dates that would make it easier to locate the demo disk. I remember playing it several times and it was quite extensive and really got you hooked. It really made getting your hands on the full game a priority.

Logically-speaking it ...

Many thanks. Saving and making sure the "dice" roll your way is the best way to max out those stats. I just thought that maybe the current wisdom level was factored into the equation somehow, hence my thoughts of using items like the Crown of Nerra to "inflate" it before advancing a level.

I'm ...

Sorry, my mistake, I thought I saw Layla and I should have noticed that she doesn't fit in...

Is there any way of maximising a character's wisdom gains? Does consuming the Dane potion or wearing the Crown Of Nerra give you a slightly higher Wisdom gain if you gain level at that time?

Those are some strong characters indeed. Considering Hissa's stamina is 61 and Layla's is 60, is there any reason only Hissa struggled with achieving high stamina and not Layla?

There are only four characters with all three crucial stats (STA/STR/WIS) equal or higher than Zed's (60/40/40):
- Iaido ...

I just did an anonymous look at all the characters (sometimes I like one where the picture suits me - after all, we're going to be together for over a dozen underground levels... ;) ), and truth be told there are TWO worth considering.

And all this by just looking at the numbers, so as I type I ...

I have never seen/used the editor but if that was released with a magazine in November of 1988 then I can only assume a demo would have appeared much earlier in the UK.

Does anyone remember when exactly DM hit the shelves in computer stores across the UK?

I just found my old passport (1986-91 ...

Many thanks, I'm going to sift through the champions list and see if any single character stands out in this regard. Based on this info it seems that Zed might not be the best all-round pick after all...

Would you look at Dexterity too or just the Strength+Wisdom+Stamina trio?

When picking a champion is it more important to select one according to:
- the three base stats: health+stamina+mana
- strength+dex+wisdom

Which is better, especially in the long run?

I will definitely start looking for it when I get home as it was a floppy demo and definitely DM, not DM2. Just cannot remember whether it was for the Amiga or Atari ST. I'm leaning towards ST but then I recall another demo, surely for the Amiga, that had a level of the racing game Nitro on it. But ...

Got DM up and running via the Boxer app - so glad to see it back on the newest MacOS. At first I had problems where it wouldn't accept keyboard number input to select the graphics/sound card/etc. in DOS, instead giving just a beep sound, but somehow after trial and error I managed to get through the ...

Does anyone else remember what a genius move it was by FTL (or the publisher...) to add a free demo of the game on the 3.5" floppy disk attached to one of those popular gaming mags (cannot remember whether it was Atari ST or Amiga but it was definitely a UK magazine) at the time?

It included the ...

Many thanks guys, I've been meaning to try out a proper Amiga emulator for a while now so maybe DM will be the ultimate motivator to finally get the ball rolling... :)

Boxer is an amazing app that I previously used to play DM on an older (Intel-based) Mac and it was easy to install and use - a real ...

Just curious if there's anyone currently playing DM on a Mac with Apple silicon?

Looks like DosBox hasn't been updated for a while so wondering whether it's still worth pursuing this avenue (DOS emulation) or maybe trying an Amiga emulator instead?

Sorry for the late reply (just had the longest plane journey without stepping out of the airport on any leg of the trip).

It looks like the Diamond Edge and Hardcleave are the two best options if you want to attack without suffering additional damage in the process due to negative defense modifiers ...

Chop is the attack you want to use. It is reasonably fast, does decent damage, and does not have a negative defensive modifier associated with it like Stab, Thrust, and Berzerk do.

Which makes the Diamond Edge and Hardcleave stand out as two very good weapons to use the 'chop' attack with. What ...