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Sludge Elves are a moderately difficult species to play, because of the complexity of the most effective playstyles. Sludge Elves are excellent fighters with Unarmed Combat, but they lack the Unarmed damage bonuses that other specialists like Trolls and Ghouls have. However, their excellent aptitude for Transmutations remedies this, due to its many Unarmed Combat boosting spells ([[Blade Hands]], [[Statue Form]], [[Dragon Form]], [[Necromutation]], etc). | Sludge Elves are a moderately difficult species to play, because of the complexity of the most effective playstyles. Sludge Elves are excellent fighters with Unarmed Combat, but they lack the Unarmed damage bonuses that other specialists like Trolls and Ghouls have. However, their excellent aptitude for Transmutations remedies this, due to its many Unarmed Combat boosting spells ([[Blade Hands]], [[Statue Form]], [[Dragon Form]], [[Necromutation]], etc). | ||
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|[[Magical staff|Staves]]||align="right"|{{#invoke:Apt|aptitude|Sludge Elf|Staves}}||||||[[Translocations]]||align="right"|{{#invoke:Apt|aptitude|Sludge Elf|Translocations}} | |||
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|[[Weapon|Slings]]||align="right"|{{#invoke:Apt|aptitude|Sludge Elf|Slings}}||[[Air Magic]]||align="right"|{{#invoke:Apt|aptitude|Sludge Elf|Air Magic}}||[[Evocations]]||align="right"|{{#invoke:Apt|aptitude|Sludge Elf|Evocations}} | |||
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|[[Weapon|Bows]]||align="right"|{{#invoke:Apt|aptitude|Sludge Elf|Bows}}||[[Earth Magic]]||align="right"|{{#invoke:Apt|aptitude|Sludge Elf|Earth Magic}}|||| | |||
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|[[Weapon|Crossbows]]||align="right"|{{#invoke:Apt|aptitude|Sludge Elf|Crossbows}}||[[Poison Magic]]||align="right"|{{#invoke:Apt|aptitude|Sludge Elf|Poison Magic}}||[[Experience]]||align="right"|{{#invoke:Apt|aptitude|Sludge Elf|Experience}} | |||
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==Strategy== | ==Strategy== | ||
Revision as of 15:58, 7 October 2013
Version 0.12: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
| This is a somewhat degenerate species of Elves. They are mirror images of High Elves in some respects: they have no special proficiency with bows or swords (long or short), nor do they have any aptitude in the traditional areas of High Elven magic (charms and conjurations). On the other hand, they are superlative transmuters, and are comfortable dabbling in necromantic, poison and elemental magic. As fighters, they are often more dangerous unarmed than armed. They advance in levels slightly slower than Humans, but faster than all other Elves. |
Innate Abilities
- Sludge Elves get a small bonus when using elven weapons and armor. For Sludge Elves, elven armour impedes spellcasting less than other armours and improves their effective Armour skill. They are slightly more accurate with elven weapons.
Preferred Backgrounds
- Warriors: Monk, Hunter, Assassin
- Zealots: Healer
- Warrior-mages: Transmuter
- Mages: Wizard, Summoner, Necromancer, Fire Elementalist, Ice Elementalist, Air Elementalist, Earth Elementalist, Venom Mage
Level Bonuses
- +1 intelligence or dexterity (equal chance) every 4th level.
- 10% less HP than average.
- 10% more MP than average.
- +4 magic resistance per level.
Starting Equipment and Skills
Sludge Elves start with the equipment and skills listed for their background, with the following exceptions:
- All equipment is "elven" in quality, where such variants exist.
Difficulty of Play
| Simple • Intermediate • Advanced |
Sludge Elves are a moderately difficult species to play, because of the complexity of the most effective playstyles. Sludge Elves are excellent fighters with Unarmed Combat, but they lack the Unarmed damage bonuses that other specialists like Trolls and Ghouls have. However, their excellent aptitude for Transmutations remedies this, due to its many Unarmed Combat boosting spells (Blade Hands, Statue Form, Dragon Form, Necromutation, etc).
Skill aptitudes
The higher the value, the better the aptitude.
| Skill | Aptitude | Skill | Aptitude | Skill | Aptitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | Miscellaneous | Magic | |||
| Fighting | 1 | Armour | -2 | Spellcasting | 1 |
| Short Blades | -1 | Dodging | 2 | Conjurations | -2 |
| Long Blades | -1 | Stealth | 2 | Hexes | 0 |
| Axes | -2 | Stabbing | 0 | Charms | -2 |
| Maces & Flails | N/A | Shields | -2 | Summonings | 1 |
| Polearms | -2 | Traps | 0 | Necromancy | 1 |
| Staves | 0 | Translocations | 0 | ||
| Unarmed Combat | 1 | Transmutation | 3 | ||
| Fire Magic | 1 | ||||
| Throwing | 2 | Ice Magic | 1 | Invocations | 1 |
| Slings | 0 | Air Magic | 1 | Evocations | 1 |
| Bows | 0 | Earth Magic | 1 | ||
| Crossbows | 0 | Poison Magic | 1 | Experience | 0 |
Strategy
History
Sludge Elves will be removed in 0.13.