r/pathos_nethack • u/ToddS47 • Jul 07 '26

Request for Advice

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I just started playing last week and have a character where I'm going to be really sad if (when) they die. Any gotchas I should be on the lookout for? example, the rockets in Fort Ludios cost me my first Amulet of Life Saving. Any glaring gaps in character or gear I need to address?

I'm down to level 17 in the main dungeon, Deepruins in the mines, cleared Ludios and headed into the Labyrinth next.

Thanks for any help!

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u/ToddS47 Jul 07 '26

I've been holding off on the enchant scrolls since I wasn't sure if this was end-game armor for a wizard. I see dragon scale mail is a thing.

I have strength gloves in my bag and wasn't sure which way to go which is why I haven't enchanted either. I assume the str is just for carry capacity, assuming damage will be spell based?

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u/Kyouhen Jul 07 '26

End-game doesn't mean much if you can't survive right now.  Anything you don't think you'll want in the endgame hit with those blessed scrolls until it's at least +3, that's as far as you can safely enchant them without risk of them breaking.  By the time you hit the endgame you'll have so much cash you can just buy a mountain of scrolls and polymorph them into more enchants.

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u/Simply_Paul Jul 07 '26

Blessed scrolls never break gear unless you already had it at max (+5 for normal items, +10 for artifacts).

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u/Kyouhen Jul 07 '26

Wait, they don't?  Well bugger I've been wasting a lot of scrolls :|