Caves of Qud

Caves of Qud

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Kode-Man Oct 23, 2015 @ 6:45pm
jumpingin to a space time vortex a good idea?
So I decided at level 4 to jump in to my space time vortex land in an area that had over 100 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ segmented worms 20 mins and alot of ablity juggling and running and I was level 12 then started looking for the stairs up so i could get out of the cave system thats when i notice i was on level 25 of caves.

I droped another vortex to try agasin
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Nathan Oct 23, 2015 @ 8:35pm 
I wouldn't personally do it unless I also ran with Precognition. Good luck in your journey though :)
Kaaven Oct 24, 2015 @ 6:06am 
Yeah, that kind of travel can be really dangerous. That one tonic that makes you able to revert time after the effect wears off should be your primary tool if you ever decide to jump into it.
57E Oct 24, 2015 @ 9:49am 
That's awesome!
I haven't played a mutant with a space time vortex ability since the first steam version and it only ever landed me to surface zones.


That gives me great idea of a self made chalenge run:

Roll a mutant with the Space Time Vortex -mutation and the starting willpower of 10.
The one gameplay rule is that you have to jump in to the vortex everytime the ability becomes usable and see how many warps you can manage to survive before dying.

Last edited by 57E; Oct 24, 2015 @ 11:13am
jm Oct 24, 2015 @ 10:25am 
Haha, the Quantum Leap challenge run! That sounds like a lot of fun.
57E Oct 24, 2015 @ 11:10am 
Quantum Leap Chalenge first proper try, after three test runs to measure how long it takes to the vortex to recharge with different willpower stats.
WT: 20 gave charge time of ~500 rounds and WT:10 gave ~650 rounds.
Went with WT10 to get more points to invest in other stats.


Name: Unsynchronized Stranger
Class: Gunslinger

End stats:

ST: 20 AG: 22
TO: 22 WT: 10
IN: 10 EG: 16
Quenched,Sated
Level: 4
Max HP: 38

¤Flaming hands (3)
¤Quils (2)
¤Wings (1)
¤Blinking tic
¤ST Vortex (1) chargetime 650

Notable skills:
=Short Blades
=Tactics

Notable equipment:
=flaming (2) steel short sword (trinket)
=folded carbide battle axe

Survived 6 leaps

Leap synopsis:
1) Saltmarch. Hunted two glowfish for rations.
2) 25 Levels underground. Gained two levels killing tortoises(kept one corpse) and amoeba.
3) 30 levels underground. Large cavers with only few amoebas and absolutely nothing else.
4) Deathlands uh-oh.
Good thing I got wings. Appeared next to electric snail and almost died. Managed to kill it with flaming hands. Looted nearby chest for "flaming (2) steel short sword (trinket)" and "folded carbide battle axe" wielded both. Somehow manged to fly off alive while being shot by two laser turrets.
5) 16 levels underground. Killed bear, took corpse. Earned one level up.
6) " , level 8". No idea what place this is. It has no name, but is a large shale cavern littered with some rubble. Run into a "Bloody Agolzvuv", a monstrous flesh eating fly with impossible difficulty rating.
"The bloody agolzvuv hits (x2) for 21 damage with his barbed froreleg -> 7"

Unsynchronized Stranger died in one hit with only 467 turns left to his next leap.
Last edited by 57E; Oct 24, 2015 @ 11:36am
barberza Oct 26, 2015 @ 7:27pm 
Originally posted by 57E:
Quantum Leap Chalenge first proper try.


1) Saltmarch. Hunted two glowfish for rations.
2) 25 Levels underground. Gained two levels killing tortoises(kept one corpse) and amoeba.
3) 30 levels underground. Large cavers with only few amoebas and absolutely nothing else.
4) Deathlands uh-oh.
Good thing I got wings. Appeared next to electric snail and almost died. Managed to kill it with flaming hands. Looted nearby chest for "flaming (2) steel short sword (trinket)" and "folded carbide battle axe" wielded both. Somehow manged to fly off alive while being shot by two laser turrets.
5) 16 levels underground. Killed bear, took corpse. Earned one level up.
6) " , level 8". No idea what place this is. It has no name, but is a large shale cavern littered with some rubble. Run into a "Bloody Agolzvuv", a monstrous flesh eating fly with impossible difficulty rating.
"The bloody agolzvuv hits (x2) for 21 damage with his barbed froreleg -> 7"

Unsynchronized Stranger died in one hit with only 467 turns left to his next leap.

This is glorious. Thank you. Thank you for this.
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Date Posted: Oct 23, 2015 @ 6:45pm
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