07-14-2004, 08:02 AM
Quote:I sometimes manage to get surrounded (in larger rooms especially, or when the Lightning Demons find an alternative route around semi-long walls)
Just one more comment --- you shouldn't ever get surrounded. Clear the levels in a systematic way, and always have a cleared line of retreat available. If you do wake up too many nasty monsters (i.e. lightning demons and spitters; flayed ones shouldn't be dangerous), go back the way you came in a retreat-fire-retreat pattern (teleport makes this faster and easier, but it's by no means necessary) and string them out (judicious stone curses help here to reduce the number following you, while you take the remainder out one-by-one with your bow, as rogues should ;) ), even if it means retracing your steps across the whole level.
What is essential is to clear out the starting area around the stairs. You may want to go very slowly at first and stone curse every single monster that you activate until you have some room to work in. Getting trapped by a large mob with nowhere to retreat will get you killed.