Talk:Polymorph trap - Revision history

Tjr: /* removing it */ new section

2011-08-21T00:35:08Z

removing it: new section

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	:The [[Big Room]] is also a good place to look for polytraps. If you have it, zap secret door detection to find them. Otherwise, just step on every tile, marking them off on a screen shot in an image editor. --[[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 05:35, 6 August 2011 (UTC)		:The [[Big Room]] is also a good place to look for polytraps. If you have it, zap secret door detection to find them. Otherwise, just step on every tile, marking them off on a screen shot in an image editor. --[[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 05:35, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

			== removing it ==

			:''You can also dig down on the polymorph trap with a [[pick-axe]], unless on an [[undiggable]] level''
			Undiggable levels still permit you to dig pit, it's just you cannot turn a pit into a hole. --[[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 00:35, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Tjr: /* guaranteed polytraps, odds of finding some */

2011-08-19T16:21:17Z

guaranteed polytraps, odds of finding some

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	* Are there guaranteed polytraps in the game? I know of one in the wizard quest locate level, but you can't reach it until you get permission from the quest leader.		* Are there guaranteed polytraps in the game? I know of one in the wizard quest locate level, but you can't reach it until you get permission from the quest leader.
			:* It's the only guaranteed polytrap in the entire game.
	* What are the odds there is at least one easily accessible polytrap? The wizard quest home has ~60% chance of at least one polytrap. What are the numbers in the Gnomish Mines: for an individual level and for the entire branch? [[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 15:15, June 1, 2010 (UTC)		* What are the odds there is at least one easily accessible polytrap? The wizard quest home has ~60% chance of at least one polytrap. What are the numbers in the Gnomish Mines: for an individual level and for the entire branch? [[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 15:15, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

Tjr: /* Low-resource ways to find a polytrap */

2011-08-06T05:35:56Z

Low-resource ways to find a polytrap

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	Better suggestions are welcome. This list is geared toward the early midgame if you don't have any sure-fire method. Conducts are a concern. [[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 04:51, August 28, 2010 (UTC)		Better suggestions are welcome. This list is geared toward the early midgame if you don't have any sure-fire method. Conducts are a concern. [[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 04:51, August 28, 2010 (UTC)

			:The [[Big Room]] is also a good place to look for polytraps. If you have it, zap secret door detection to find them. Otherwise, just step on every tile, marking them off on a screen shot in an image editor. --[[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 05:35, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Tjr at 04:51, 28 August 2010

2010-08-28T04:51:13Z

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	* Are there guaranteed polytraps in the game? I know of one in the wizard quest locate level, but you can't reach it until you get permission from the quest leader.		* Are there guaranteed polytraps in the game? I know of one in the wizard quest locate level, but you can't reach it until you get permission from the quest leader.
	* What are the odds there is at least one easily accessible polytrap? The wizard quest home has ~60% chance of at least one polytrap. What are the numbers in the Gnomish Mines: for an individual level and for the entire branch? [[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 15:15, June 1, 2010 (UTC)		* What are the odds there is at least one easily accessible polytrap? The wizard quest home has ~60% chance of at least one polytrap. What are the numbers in the Gnomish Mines: for an individual level and for the entire branch? [[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 15:15, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

			==Low-resource ways to find a polytrap==
			* Check with ESP for unusual monsters
			* travel with a horde of pets
			* have your pet leashed
			* go where they are abundant: the lower mines, or the wizard quest (home) if applicable
			* Somehow engineer the presence of many weak, intelligent monsters - they'll jump onto the trap, identifying it

			Better suggestions are welcome. This list is geared toward the early midgame if you don't have any sure-fire method. Conducts are a concern. [[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 04:51, August 28, 2010 (UTC)

Tjr: what is the chance of at least one usable polytrap?

2010-06-01T15:15:15Z

what is the chance of at least one usable polytrap?

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	:: [[You hear]] a thud when "a monster has stepped on a polymorph trap (or a lycanthrope has changed into its animal form) out of your sight and become too small for its body armor, thus dropping it." I would imagine that this would also happen for a potion or wand of polymorph (as well as the mentioned lycanthropes). [[User:DemonDoll\|DemonDoll]] 13:27, 29 June 2009 (UTC)		:: [[You hear]] a thud when "a monster has stepped on a polymorph trap (or a lycanthrope has changed into its animal form) out of your sight and become too small for its body armor, thus dropping it." I would imagine that this would also happen for a potion or wand of polymorph (as well as the mentioned lycanthropes). [[User:DemonDoll\|DemonDoll]] 13:27, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

			==guaranteed polytraps, odds of finding some==
			* Are there guaranteed polytraps in the game? I know of one in the wizard quest locate level, but you can't reach it until you get permission from the quest leader.
			* What are the odds there is at least one easily accessible polytrap? The wizard quest home has ~60% chance of at least one polytrap. What are the numbers in the Gnomish Mines: for an individual level and for the entire branch? [[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 15:15, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

DemonDoll at 13:27, 29 June 2009

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	:Later, I used save-scumming and explore mode to read a confused scroll of gold detection, and there was definitely no polymorph trap on that level. But I am sure I had "You hear a thud." Can that message be generated in any other way? -[[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 21:08, 28 June 2009 (UTC)		:Later, I used save-scumming and explore mode to read a confused scroll of gold detection, and there was definitely no polymorph trap on that level. But I am sure I had "You hear a thud." Can that message be generated in any other way? -[[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 21:08, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

			:: [[You hear]] a thud when "a monster has stepped on a polymorph trap (or a lycanthrope has changed into its animal form) out of your sight and become too small for its body armor, thus dropping it." I would imagine that this would also happen for a potion or wand of polymorph (as well as the mentioned lycanthropes). [[User:DemonDoll\|DemonDoll]] 13:27, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Tjr at 21:08, 28 June 2009

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	Sometimes, I "hear a thud", but when I walk over every room tile of the level, no trap is there. What is happening? -[[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 18:34, 28 June 2009 (UTC)		Sometimes, I "hear a thud", but when I walk over every room tile of the level, no trap is there. What is happening? -[[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 18:34, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

			:Later, I used save-scumming and explore mode to read a confused scroll of gold detection, and there was definitely no polymorph trap on that level. But I am sure I had "You hear a thud." Can that message be generated in any other way? -[[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 21:08, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Tjr: Created page with '==Finding the trap== Sometimes, I "hear a thud", but when I walk over every room tile of the level, no trap is there. What is happening? -~~~~'

2009-06-28T18:34:08Z

Created page with '==Finding the trap== Sometimes, I "hear a thud", but when I walk over every room tile of the level, no trap is there. What is happening? -~~~~'

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==Finding the trap==
Sometimes, I "hear a thud", but when I walk over every room tile of the level, no trap is there. What is happening? -[[User:Tjr|Tjr]] 18:34, 28 June 2009 (UTC)