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[TFoN]

The mutations information I wrote here's hardly spiloy, but just in case you don't want to see it, it's in tags.

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Not quite: on rather rare occasions you'll get basic mutations (pre-10) instead of advanced (post-10) ones, though never vice versa. You will always have 2 mutations before clvl10, and 6 at clvl27. There are more specifics, but those are much more spoily.

This one's much more spoily.

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In most cases, you have a 33% chance of getting a mutation each level, but at certain levels (AFAIR these are 4, 9, 14, 19, 24 and 27) you will always mutate, unless you're at the maximum number for your clvl (at 25 and 26 chances are 0% at all times). There is also, as said, a max number of mutations you can have by each clvl. These are, AFAIR, 1 by clvl4, 2 by blvl9, 3 by clvl14, 4 by clvl19 and 5 by clvl24. The 6th mutation's always gained at clvl27.

[RickVoid]

Good to know. Thanks. :)

[Pigmonkey]

Hi folks, I have a question on Draconians.  When do Draconians transform into their stronger form?  I'm assuming its sometime past level 5, because mine usually get killed before that point :(

[BDR]

I believe it's level 10 when draconians get their color.  In case you're wondering, there's no way to influence which one you get.

[TFoN]

It's at clvl 7.
And if you turn grey, you don't have a breath weapon but you have a more powerful tail and gain more natural armor, compared with other draconians, as you level up. Otherwise, this one seems rather inferior to the rest.

EDIT: Red, white and black draconains also gain a resistance at clvl18 (fire, cold and electricity, respectively). Green draconians gain poison resistance at clvl7.

[Pigmonkey]

Thanks for your help everyone, what do you think the preferred class build for Draconians is?  I mainly play fighter characters...

[TFoN]

I like Draconian Gladiators, with their enhanced unarmed skill putting that tail to better use, but Draconian Fighters, Monks and Chaos Knights of Makhleb are all good choices. I prefer avoiding picking spell schools until after I know what color I am. With a melee class you also get to use your breath weapon as a ranged finishing kill against runaways. Oh, and pray for a Gold Draconian 8)

[RickVoid]

What's the deal with DemiGods? Are they and DemonSpawn basically both sides of they same coin, or are they really different? I know that DG's start of with no deity, and I have never seen one mutate (IE: Your divine ancestry asserts itself. You grow angelic wings.).

In fact, they really seem to be an inferior race. No god to give you powers, no access to classes that give you a god, no benefits that I've seen. :(

[TFoN]

Slightly spoily. For the most part, nothing you can't discover with a little in-game experimentation, but there are some slight exceptions which I really don't feel like putting in a seperate, tagged paragraph.

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Demigod starting stats are positively huge, and even though the bonuses are very random, they end up having higher stats than any other race, certainly when what's being compared is the total sum of all three stats but often also when each stat's compared separately.
Problem is that they gain levels terribly slowly, gain skills slightly slowly, can't worship gods at all and if I've understood correctly, have a slightly faster metabolism and therefore require slightly more food.

Demonspawns, in comparison, have a similar bonus to stats, but at the same time have very low base stats. The result is that they have highly randomised (and unreliable) starting stats, the sum of which is comparable to a human's.
They cannot worship the good gods (Zin, the Shinig One and Elyvilon), but are otherwise incredibly skilled at worship - they progress much faster in Invocation than does any other race. They are also at a slight advantage learning Necromancy and a couple of other skills. Other than that, they progress in skill acquirement as quickly as do Demigods, and in level they progress faster than Demigods but slower than do humans.

[Invain]

I really like the idea of a divine counterpart for demonspawn - similiar in terms of game mechanics, but with a completely different RP feeling... could be nice :)

I recently got back to Crawl after a long break, still a newb with much to learn. Currently experimenting with Minotaur CKnights of Xom - works better than I've expected, they are fairly powerful and very fun to play.

[Yuusha]

Crawl is probally my favorite rl, mainly because of all the different races and classes.