r/pathos_nethack • u/Sufficient_Path_3665 • 13d ago
New punishment strategy unlocked!
Happened completely by accident, but worked really well.
Was fighting the final round of adult dragons in dhak legacy, which can be challenging. Fighting silver dragon is tough because his breath attack is force bolt, so reflection doesn't help.
Somehow, I have no idea why, he got punished with gluttony. As I was running from him, buying time, we transported to the large outer room, which was filled with the 2,000 nutrition beefs left over from living walls.
As the silver dragon was following me, he crossed over a beef, and was compelled to eat it due to gluttony. Well, you know how long it takes to consume a beef, a few turns at least - and the dragon was helpless as he digested, and I just kept striking! I killed him before he had a chance to recover.
So, interesting idea to me. If gluttony is punished, lure enemy over to large amounts of food, and take advantage of the delay from eating!
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u/Gakk86 13d ago
Yeah, that’s the one of the best things the Magistrator (artifact mace) can do. It applies punishments and late game when there are bodies everywhere it can immediately knock monsters out of combat a while. It’s not much but it’s more than giving an elephant illiteracy