Elona

Hello fellow tropers I was wondering if anyone has heard of this game? I personally found it to be an incredibly addicting roguelike in the vein of ADOM. You can find it here and the obligatory wiki here

Yes! I have played that game when I was into Roguelikes!

I should get back to that game sooner or later, though.

I would play the game but in two weeks I was caught in an eternal cycle of despair of starvation, being a criminal, and warping randomly.

Usually shit like that happens to me early enough I just reroll and move on. Also losing all your karma/money is a bitch and will likely render your character unplayable try to keep both as much as possible.

edited 11th Dec '10 8:14:20 AM by stevebat

Deciding to bump this to update my character status: After several failed attempts at a decent archer I roll a warrior and happened upon a really cheap grenade in the shop. long story short I am now a killing machine.

FUCK YES! A THREAD ON ELONA!

Do you play extra races? I've got a Machinegod (roleplaying it as a Alpha-series Big Daddy, a Dinosaur Warrior (and occasional pianist), and a God (which, despite great stats, won't allow you to wear anything but wield two weapons). The Cat God race is rather... overpowered, though, even if it can be murdered by Minotaurs.

Any way to get more favor with the Gods? Lulwy's the only one who won't get bored with my gifts...

Raise your faith skill it functions as a hard cap for gods favor Here is an explanation. also I personally think that most of the extra races are cheating. besides, I have enough fun with juere

edited 12th Dec '10 7:51:16 PM by stevebat

Oh, strange.

Hey there is a skill for everything you do in this game and faith is included.

I tend to play Juere pianists, because after a while, you make money out the wazoo.

My only problem though is that I normally can't get to shelters in time during Ether storms, and I end up diseased. Got any tips to avoid this, because potions of cure corruption cost a bitch and a half.

Ah, Elona. Land of the Golden Sun... wait, what?

Get out.

@Solstace - It happens at random times. The best you can do is reload and pray the RNG moves the etherwind to another day.

If you're going to whore, whore out in Derphy, no guards.

edited 6th Jan '11 8:20:46 PM by JackMackerel

I like to play fairy race as either pianist (for massive ally mob and lulz) or theif (similar to claymore, more skills, and better weapon selection [an absolute MUST for fairy's]) high magic resistance plus high evasion makes me pretty much unkillable, other than super accurate weapons. not to mention all my allies for damage soak, and i'm pretty much unkillable.

nukes are a fun, easy way to ruin your game forever. even if the town respawns, your reputation does not.

@solstice: make safeshouses along the longer routes, and put shelters in them. thats what i do so i dont get caught. oh, and as always, save often.

edited 6th Jan '11 8:37:04 PM by Dynamod

Expensive as shit, though.

they are nice IMO, i use then to hoard everything i steal in them and such. also you can put a bed in them too, so its not like they only serve one purpose.

also, when you are doing an Overweight cargo run, they make nice save points along the paths (a great way to make lots of money,btw!)

I'm becoming addicted to the game. It's nice to have a Rougelike with a learning curve instead of a 'learning immediately plunge into the abyss to be assfucked by hellspawn'.

Mainly playing Juere pianists and thieves.

edited 11th Jan '11 7:51:37 PM by Miijhal

If you have the lost wallets and stolen suitcases nuking palmia nails you a great reward. a reward that minimizes your karma loss and can completely remove the whoring karma penalty.

I played with a cannibalistic brawn-armed red-eyed female Juere Claymore, that threw panties at people to kill them and was married to a snail.

Elea Warmage, mostly relying on speed-boosting food and items to smackdown enemies before they can move.

After reading all of the above posts, maybe CHA/followers really is the way to go...

Current character is a catgirl Juere pianist, whom I'm going to build an army around.

Heheheh. I buy slaves to do my dirty work. Have only found 1 pair of panties though (They are made of EMERALD) and I have Raw armor.

Yeah, I got a wish within the first few minutes of making my character. Wished for money, so I had enough to buy three more characters. I'll be getting another once I hit level 4.

Right now I have:

• Two little catgirl berserkers named Mimi and Fluffikins.
• A female warrior of Elea named Mihri
• And a crossdressing male Wizard of Elea named Fabularious.

IMO you should always use wishes to buy equipment for your first character. then, once you got enough 1337 equips, fall in love with your little girl pet, get married, have children, and have those children inherit your 1337 equips for virutally free!

Edit: somebody should play a transvestite snail tourist with a beard and a thong.

edited 11th Jan '11 10:41:17 PM by Dynamod

I got a few wishes, and I wished for the Experience of Kumiromi and acquired a new feat.

You just type "Kumiromi" in the wish bar and boom.

I also have a Museum. ^^

edited 11th Jan '11 11:08:21 PM by Vorpy

I always use my wish for Seven League Boots the first time around. it makes doing travel quests much easier