Caltrops - Mischief Maker's Maker's Mark - Re: This was fun for a bit

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by Bananadine 04/27/2011, 2:33pm PDT

fabio wrote:

I think it's your memory. The Earthmother is by far the worst.

Oh, no, I definitely won a bunch of times with her. I remember actually getting tired of winning with her! Because you have to do such a special thing to make it work, and it gets samey, even across different character classes--as you say, she almost completely takes over your game, whereas some of the other gods let you do almost anything. What I didn't remember were the details of her rules.

fabio wrote:

The only useful boon she has is the ultimate one where you get additional bonuses every level up. In order to get that, you have to find her altar and the monsters to stone spell at level 1, kill around ten monsters, turn a bunch of others to stone (denying yourself the experience), then activate her "dead monsters to plants" ability. Both the stoned monsters and plants have a very good chance of sealing you off and fucking you over. You can't destroy the stone walls with her either without a massive piety hit. The conditions for all that to happen are so unlikely that I don't know anyone who's run into it before.

I guess you do now! Unless she's been nerfed since I played, or something? It's a puzzle. You don't just randomly get sealed off; you have a lot of control over which monsters turn into what. Also, it's often possible to kill the plants, break the walls, or both--she hates that, but she won't ruin you for it, if you're careful enough. And if it's really going to be impossible, then you still may have enough room at the start to scout around and recognize the danger before you ever choose to worship her. All part of the puzzle. I thought it was fun.

fabio wrote:

I don't think I ever grinded for anything, except of course to unlock features.

Items cost anywhere from 15-70 gold each, and you might find about 20 gold per dungeon.

Yeah. I didn't buy all the items.