Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup: Now With 200% More Sentient Cephalopods

[NarcissusIII]

I will be doing a let's play of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, a totally bitchin' roguelike where the object is to get from floor one to the MacGuffin, The Orb of Zot, while slaughtering sentient creatures, rats, demons, and anything that stands between you and the orb, while trying to avoid being made mincemeat of by said creatures. Crawl also has a pantheon of gods who can range from extremely useful, depending on your class, to mostly useless except for certain niches, and then there's Xom, the god of randomness, who will basically do whatever he damn well pleases to you, and there's nothing you can do to affect his mood. There are 24 species to choose from, each eith their own innate weirdness and abilities, as follows (stolen wholesale from Cogwheel's LP):

Human: They are vanilla. Average at everything. Unless you pick a class that doesn't work particularly well with any other race, this isn't normally as good as picking the appropriate specialist class. Or maybe that's just my playstyle. Anyway, they're boring.

High Elf: The nice elves. I hate them too. They're average at using invocations (god-given abilities) and magic items, as well as summonings and divinations. Shields and armour, too. Meanwhile, they're weak at poison magic, earth magic, necromancy, maces, axes, polearms, and unarmed combat, as well as slings.

The flip side is that, while their XP gain is slow and their strength could use work, they have good MP gain and are good at everything else. I do mean a slow XP gain, though. Never played high elves, but many swear by them, especially for certain classes.

Deep Elf: Drow, essentially. Horribly low strength, but they're fast, and have ridiculously high intelligence. Their aptitudes in non-magical areas include a very slight boost to evocations (using magic items), decent skill with ranged weapons, slightly less of a hit to XP than high elves, and lameness in most other regards, unless it involves dodging or something. The good news is that they have the highest MP of any race, and godlike magical aptitudes, though they may be beaten in specific schools by other races. In short, excellent casters, terrible at most other things.

Sludge Elf: Ugly elves. No one likes them. They lose many of the high elf aptitudes, but are still fairly similar otherwise (fast, intelligent, bit stronger), and are better than high elves at necromancy (enough to be average, anyway). They're also amazing at unarmed combat and transmutation. Since these are the two things transmuters do most, I'd recommend sludge elves as the race of choice there. Incidentally, elven armour counts as light, for better or worse, and also reduces casting penalty. It's reduced further if you're actually an elf, meaning that elf casters can often get away with wearing ring mail at the very least.

Deep Dwarf: Deep Dwarves are good at the same things dwarves are, for the most part, though less so. They're less tanky, but smarter. They are also better casters, and good at necromancy/translocation, and completely amazing at earth magic/evocations. No one can beat their evocation skill, and their invocation skill isn't half bad either. They can also, at the cost of maximum MP, recharge wands. The catch to all this is the lack of any ntural regeneration.

Hill Orc: Strong, mildly good/average dex, only slightly low int, no XP penalty. Skills are somewhat similar to dwarves, though less good, and they're not quite as horrid at casting. Very good with axes, and quite decent with everything else as well, though not ranged weapons. Not made to be agile/stealthy fighters, either. Still, no XP penalty, and one class has a special variant just for them (see classes). I play orcs quite frequently. Orcs can eat rotten meat, and only rarely get sick from it.

Merfolk: Dextrous little bastards who gain an EV boost while in water, and can swim, great with polearms, okay at charms. 20% XP penalty.


Halflings: Very fast, very stealthy, quite good with any ranged weapons (especially slings). Decent with short blades, too. However, they're fragile, bad with armour/shields/most melee weapons, and ok to lame at any form of magic. Never played one, but it could be good. Oh, no XP penalty, too.

Kobolds: Once again, no XP penalty. Kobolds are a bit like halflings - good at what halflings do, but not quite as much. They are, while still somewhat fragile, also stronger, and better at magic (summoning and necromancy most of all, though they're not amazing at anything). They can use short blades very well, and are fairly good at evocations too. Lastly, kobolds are carnivores. They can't eat anything but meat. The flipside is that they can eat meat when not hungry, so it's a very good thing overall. Oh, and they can eat rotten meat with no problem too.

Spriggan: Fun race, this. They're herbivores. This is a problem. A large one. However, they hunger very slowly, and are excellent at all kinds of magic, with the exception of summoning/necromancy/conjuration (that being blowing things up) and elemental magic. They're terrible at those. Spriggans are also too small to fit into most armour, and are very weak. However, they're fast (as if permanently hasted) and can see invisible. Only Spriggans can match a Deep Elf's MP, and they're also great at stealth and evocations.

Make no mistake, Spriggans are powerful and fun. They just have some severe setbacks that need to be worked around. 30% XP penalty.

Naga: Strange race. The stealthiest in the game, but you can't wear boots, and any armour except the rare naga barding fits you poorly, giving reduced AC. You're also very slow. Their stats are average, as are most of their combat and casting skill aptitudes. The good news is that they are immune to poison, gain AC over time, and can spit poison. They also see invisible, and are masters of poison magic. At least the slowness only applies to movement (which still makes it hard to run away). 20% XP penalty.

Centaur: Very good with ranged attacks and kicking things. Reasonably strong and agile, and also fast (just not as much as Spriggans). Gets hungry quickly, gains an AC boost from tough skin, and has as the same armour issues as nagas. Ranged attacks, sadly, are all they do well - that, and they're about average at melee weapons. 40% XP penalty.

Ogre: Odd one, this. You're too large to wear armour, making you somewhat vulnerable in melee. Well, more than you might expect, anyway. Ogres, weapon-wise, are only good at maces/polearms/staves/fists, and absolutely terrible at the rest. While their base spellcasting skill is good, their aptitudes for the actual branches of magic are not, making them an oddball caster at best. Still, for hybrid casters or invocation-based melee characters, their respectable MP and ludicrous strength could make them pretty good. They get hungry fast (not as much as centaurs), but the ability to eat meat when not hungry, including rotten meat, takes care of that. 10% XP penalty.

Troll: Trolls are basically uber-ogres. You can eat anything. Stuff that would give most races food poisoning, or rotten meat, or meat when not hungry? NO problem. This means that despite getting hungry at three times the speed of the second fastest-hungering race in the game, trolls are typically rolling in food. They also have claws, tough skin, fur (AC) and large size. This means you can't wear most armour, but hit very hard in unarmed combat. Also, low int - they, unlike ogres, should never pretend to be casters. No gloves, thanks to the claws. Oh, and they regenerate. Fast. 50% XP penalty.

Minotaur: The last of the big smashy races, minotaurs are very poor at magic, but agile, strong and great with armour shields, dodging, and any melee/ranged weapon you care to name. Whatever it is, if it's not stealthy or magical, a minotaur is probably good at it. They don't get hungry unusually quickly, but don't have any dietary bonuses like trolls and ogres. They're also awful at invocations/evocations, sadly. Still, at least they can wear any armour, barring some headgear (horns get in the way). 40% XP penalty.

KenkuTengu: Bird people. No helmet for you, thanks to the beak. They're frail, but fast and strong - odd combination for a race, really. They're also very good at summoning and air magic, and can't wear boots due to their talons. At later levels, they become able to fly, first temporarily, and later permanently. They're also quite skilled at conjuration, fire and (to a lesser extent) necromantic magic, but are awful at invocations, earth and ice magic. 20% XP penalty.

Draconian: Draconians are average to above average at almost everything, with a few exceptions (the armour and stealth skills come to mind). They're too oddly shaped to wear most armour, and at level 7, become a random colour. This often improves a handful of their aptitudes, and gives them a resistance/breath weapon, though there are exceptions. Never managed to get one to survive, as much as they intrigue me. 30% penalty.

Demigod: Humans but better. Stat-wise, great at everything. Skill-wise, average at everything. The catch? Slow skill gain, sixty percent XP penalty and, perhaps worse yet, the inability to worship and of the gods. Still, it's good in some cases, and almost never a bad choice as such. Just, you know, not what you'd call a no-brainer.

Demonspawn: Average stats across the board, and somewhat poor aptitudes/skill gains. Or skill gains, anyway. I seem to remember aptitudes being average to mildly below average. They are, however, good at invocations. So why do they deserve the 40% XP penalty? Mutations. Mutations can happen in many ways, in the course of the game, but are random and often harmful. Demonspawn randomly get mutations when they level (there's a chance of getting some mutations at every level, though it's far from guaranteed), and these mutations will never go away. They're also, with the exception of horns, purely beneficial. Unfortunately, like undead, they can't worship the game's good gods.

Mummy: Another oddball race, like the rest you'll be seeing here. Mummies have poor aptitudes in everything but fighting (governs accuracy and HP) and necromancy. They're also weak against fire, have a 50% XP penalty, and have below-average stats, with a bias towards strength (strength may be average, not sure). You also can't drink potions. The good news is that they're immune to pain, poison and negative energy, and never need to eat. Ever. If you play one, play carefully, and take advantage of the ability to take all the time you need. Also, play a fighter, death knight or necromancer, ideally.

Ghoul: Zombie that eats people. Reasonably agile and strong, bit stupid. Good at stealth and unarmed combat, bit lame at everything else, or average at best. The exceptions being that, if you insist on a caster, they're mildly above average at ice/earth magic and necromancy. They're also, like all undead, immune to mutations (they rot and lose max HP instead), cold, negative energy and poison, but vulnerable to various undead-slaying things. Oh, and they can't transform into other creatures, either.

Ghouls can eat anything. Rotten or humanoid meat (if it's both, even better) will actually heal them, making up for their very, very slow regen. They can eat any amount of food without ever getting full, and need to eat to combat the periodic rotting they experience. Oh, and they can't eat non-meat. 20% XP penalty.

Vampires: Another very strange race. To get the basics out of the way, they're decent at most forms of combat, if not great. They're stealthy, and can use any sort of magic (most, anyway) with a reasonable degree of competence. They're also good at necromancy, enchantment and a couple other types of magic. Stat-wise, they're average, and do not get freebie ability gains every 3~5 levels like other races. Mummies also don't, so at least vampires aren't alone.

Now, what makes them special? You can drink blood from any non-insect corpse, more or less, as well as from unarmed attacks against the correct enemies. This is how vampires feed (potions of blood also work). A vampire that's very hungry will gain little effect from potions, and acts like undead. They will also not regenerate. A vampire that's reasonably full is somewhere in between, while with enough blood, a vampire acts as though alive, for better or worse, with very fast regeneration. Of course, this doesn't last long. Oh, and a vampire can never truly starve. Starting at level 3, if they're not currently full, they can turn into bats. Starting at level 6, they can bottle blood up for later use. 50% XP penalty.

Felid: Sentient cats, Can't use items other than reading scrolls/quaffing potions, due to not having hands, also can't wear armor. However, they do get AC bonuses from their fur, as well as being generally dodgy enough to not get hit in the first place, they are pretty good casters, and are very stealthy, and also get an extra life every few levels.

Octopode: A new race, sentient cephalopods, can't wear armor, but can wear eight rings, can swim, and can change the color of their skin for a stealth boost, never played one before. Good at poison magic, okay at everything else except armor, and melee is suicide.

Once you pick your species, you get to pick your class, which is your background, and affects your starting skills and stats(This section also stolen wholesale from Cogwheel's LP):

Fighter [combat]: An all-around fighting class. Fairly powerful, with skills and equipment picked according to your race. So a kobold fighter would be fast and somewhat stealth-based, with some scope for using ranged weapons, while a dwarf fighter is a walking tank, complete with heavy armour and shield.

Gladiator [combat]: Seems to be a fighter variant, but I never played more than one or two short-lived gladiators. They've got some skill in throwing and the generally more dexterous side of melee, as well as a bit of unarmed combat on the side. They also have the moderately rare throwing nets as starting equipment. But then, I never used nets, myself.

Monk [combat]: If you were hoping for spectacular martial arts, walk away. Now. Monks wear light armour (robes, animal skins, leather armour, any elven armour) and punch things. If you already have natural weapons, even better. That's the beginning and end of it, however. While skill impacts unarmed combat more than any other weapon type, there's also the disadvantage of not being able to enchant your weapons. That, and fighting oozes becomes ridiculously painful. Still, monks are entirely viable.

Berserker [hybrid-invocations]: The tag is technically incorrect. Berserkers are mildly dexterous tanks who start out worshipping Trog the Wrathful. Trog hates magic, and approves of killing things/sacrificing said kills/killing spellcasters/burning spellbooks. Oh, and he gives invocations/gifts of weapons, but the invocation skill is never used. Instead, your chance of success/the effect of said invocation depends entirely on your piety. Berserkers are pretty good, but if you don't want your skill/stat distribution biased a little towards being agile, you may want to start with a fighter and pick Trog later.

Paladin [hybrid-invocations]: Paladins are fighters that worship the Shining One, the designated paladin god. He does not take kindly to dishonourable tactics - poison, sneak attacks, negative energy, use of evil items, etc. - but sees no reason to protect you from such effects, except for negative energy. Piety increases over time, and for sacrificing evil objects/killing undead and demons. Ergo, it takes a while. Abilities include blowing things up with holy fire, and having a shield to protect you, plus summoning angels. Oh, and you get an aura that lights you up/gives you See Invisible. All this takes a while, though, except for the aura.

Priest [hybrid-invocations]: The focus, for once, is on the invocation side of things. Priests often use staves, and the real difference between them is the god they pick. First, there's Zin. Zin hates mutations, eating or butchering intelligent creatures, use of evil items, and lots of other things. Piety increases with time, and by tithing with vast sums of cash. Oh, and his abilities mostly just protect you from poison/mutations and, later, eneimes. You can also preach to enemies, with a variety of effects. Zin is a bit of a challenge god.

The other common choice is Yredelemnul. Don't be fooled by the silly name - only the use of holy items offend him, and killing enemies gives piety. He lets you animate the dead, drain life and mirror damage while praying, among other things. You can also (much later) command undead and so forth, and he tends to give gifts of undead servants quite frequently. Decent choice, and beats Zin.

Orc priests can choose Beogh too. Beogh gives little in the way of activated abilities, but orcs will frequently join you on sight after a certain point, may be upgraded to more powerful types of orcs, and get buffed by Beogh. Oh, and your damage/armour bonuses from orcish gear increase with piety, up to a ridiculous 227%.


Healer [hybrid-invocations]: I'm overusing that tag. Maybe I should have just made one for invocation-centric classes. Ah well. Healers are essentially priests of Elyvilon, the third of the good gods, after Zin and the Shining One. Elyvilon is a pacifist - if you harm or butcher anything, make sure you're not praying, so she doesn't notice. Elyvilon grants a variety of healing abilities - useful, in a game where most healing eventually becomes pitiful - and boosted HP. And gives you piety for sacrificing weapons you don't need. Interesting, decent class.

Chaos Knight [hybrid-invocation]: This time, the focus is on combat. Chaos knights are fighters of various sorts (depends on the race, really) with a decent starting invocation skill, worshiping one of the three chaos gods. Makhleb the Destroyer may be the best, as nothing offends him, and you gain piety for killing/sacrificing anything at all. Abilities are simplistic, but useful. You can blow things up, and you can summon some very nice demons, though with a low invo skill, they may not be friendly.

Lugonu the Unformed is the goddess of the Abyss, chaos, carnage and corruption, and basically Cthulhu. The code of conduct resembles Makhleb, and the powers are quite odd. You can use a strange blink variant, depart from the abyss instantly, banish things (insta-kill that you don't get any kind of credit or loot for) and banish yourself to the abyss (good for running ). You may also bless your weapon once per game, powering it up, or corrupt a level. Corrupting a level is strange - walls appear where there were none before, while previously existing walls might be broken up in parts, and demons are everywhere, most of them low-grade and friendly. Better than it sounds.

Lastly, there's Xom of Chaos. Xom is the RNG personified. Piety cannot be affected, but is altered randomly, and I'm not entirely clear what effect it has on Xom's actions, though having more is good. Xom also has, unique among the gods, a boredom level. The chaos knight is a plaything, not a worshiper, and had better be entertaining. If you're not? He gets bored. Xom doesn't give invocations, but instead does random things, both good and bad. If he gets bored, he forgets about the good part. The benefits outweigh the drawbacks by a fair bit in the long run - you just need to survive Xom and the game for long enough that the "long run" actually matters.

Death Knight [hybrid-magic][hybrid-invocations]: That's right, two tags. Death knights can be one of two things. One is basically a more martial version of a necromancer (but not too much melee, as you can't wear heavy armour, so it's still risky), while the latter is a more martial version of a priest of Yredelemnul, who can also choose between several weapons. Good class, though I only ever play the Yredelemnul variety (possibly missing out).

CrusaderSkald [hybrid-magic]: CrusadersSkalds are odd. Being casters, they can't afford to use much armour unless it's elven, and rely on their dodging skill to survive combat (elven scale mail or something is, I assume, a godsend for crusadersskalds). Still, they wade right into combat. Your basic spells include berserk rage on demand, regeneration, haste, and some weapon-augmentation. They seem neat, but my crusaders never last long enough for me to find out.

Reaver [hybrid-magic]: Essentially a mix of conjurers and a bit of melee. You pick fire or ice as your starting skill bias/spell book, and go back and forth between melee combat/blowing things up.

Warper [hybrid-magic][magic]: I gave this class two tags because I have no idea. Their spells, barring teleport and blink to an extent, seem to be utterly worthless, and yet they're too weak to survive in melee for that long. I'm at a loss, but people seem to play them and do fine, so I must be missing something.

Wizard [magic]: Highest int and MP, and the lowest strength of all the classes. Wizards start with a book of minor magic, with a bias towards summoning and conjuration. Basically, they're the magical jack of all trades - a bit of every kind of magic available. I've only played one, but intend to try more eventually.

Conjurer [magic]: Conjurers have a few interesting spells that can be used very tactically and carefully - more so if you chose frost over fire as your starting bias. For the most part, however, this is the class to choose if you think spells exist for the express purpose of blowing things up. Quite good fun, and effective too, though like all casters, they struggle in the early game.

Enchanter [magic]: Fonts of neverending subtlety. Enchanters have some buffs, a handful of debuffs (slow and corona, the latter of which makes things easier to hit, come to mind). They can also put things to sleep, turn invisible and so forth, meaning they're a sort of stealth-magic hybrid. Interesting to play, if a tad tricky.

Summoner [magic]: You summon mooks to fight for you. Small mammals, then snakes and imps, followed by ice beasts, occasionally-hostile scorpions, powerful demons, and so forth. Bit hard to play, especially as anything killed by someone else only gives 50% XP, but decent all the same. Summoned creatures improve, both in quality and quantity, with your skill, so that's nice.

Necromancer [magic]: Some oddball blasting, a couple transformations to others and yourself and... who am I kidding? Yes, you can raise legions of the dead to do your bidding. They're frighteningly ineffective and hard to raise at first, though, so grit your teeth and play a subpar blaster for a little while. It gets better.

Transmuter [hybrid-magic]: A very strange class. Transmuters make use of a good deal of unarmed combat, but that's not the odd part. You can distill harmful potions from corpses, and also toss potions to create clouds with various effects (most commonly steam, poison or confusion). These are the basics. You can also transform yourself - you want to be a frost giant, a walking statue, a giant spider, a dragon, or a transmuter with swords for hands? That can be arranged. Unfortunately, they have a slow and bumpy start.

Air Elementalist [magic]: One of the four elementalists, who do not combine to form anyone at all. Like all elementalists, they branch out a bit into conjuration, and have lots of varied spells - blasting, confusion clouds, haste, resistance to ranged attacks, and so forth. While your blasting may be a tad lacking in the midgame, they're solid otherwise.

Earth Elementalist [magic]: As their basic blasting spell requires that you hold a stone to be at all effective, I never survived too long with these. What I have seen suggests that they branch out into lots of other stuff, however, including some damage, self-buffing, a bit of summoning, and blowing up anything that dares to look wall-like. Again, I have never played one that lasted for long.

Ice Elementalist [magic]: These are fun once they get started. You have a melee-range blasting spell, a few for somewhat longer ranges, and a bunch of other things, such as putting people to sleep, armouring yourself reasonably heavily through a spell (another spell gives a shield), a little summoning, and so forth. Interesting class.

Fire Elementalist [magic]: Sorry, did all that subtlety confuse you? Fire elementalists are like fire conjurers with a somewhat different set of spells. Primarily, however, aside from a quick foray into transmutation, you blast things. The conjuration practice you're getting on the side will allow you to learn some other spells too - do this quickly, so you have something against fire-resistant enemies.

Venom Mage [magic]: Poison. So much poison. You have the requisite confusion cloud spell, lots of poison-based blasting, transforming into a spider, summoning scorpions, curing poison, poisoning your weapon, and so forth. Conjuration practice will allow you to get something to combat poison-resistant enemies (some normal enemies, and any undead/demons) with. Until then, a late/midgame poison spell, Poison Arrow, ignores poison resistance. Still, you're basically an unusual blaster, with this class.

Stalker [hybrid-magic]: In this case, once again, it's more of a stealth-magic hybrid. Stalkers, in a nutshell, are this - a watered down assassin and a watered down venom mage mashed together, with a few new spells given to help out in combat. Rather like the buff spells crusaders get, if only in style - these are spells unique to a single spellbook, which Stalkers start with.

Assassin [stealth]: Been wondering when I'd use the stealth tag? Here and one other place. Assassins are very good at stealth (you have to be for the skill to be anything but worthless), short blades, dodging and stabbing - the latter being the art of sneak attacks. Still a tad hard to play, as stealth doesn't seem to work nearly as often as it should. You also get a blowgun, some poisoned needles, some curare needles (super-poison, with a slow effect attached) and a decent amount of skill with them.

Hunter [combat]: Another odd specialist class. Basically, hunters use ranged weapons. Slings, darts, crossbows, bows, whatever. They're not picky, as long as it's a weapon that hits things from a long way off. Often, you have a melee weapon too, and maybe even a bit of skill in it. Skill-wise, however, hunters are very focused: My centaur hunters tend to start with skill in fighting, bows and nothing else. Still, if you want ranged weapons, this is the class to go to.

Artificer [misc]: Yes, the misc tag exists for artificers, and another class that's only meant to make the game more difficult. Artificers can fight, if necessary, but not particularly well. At least, their starting skills don't cover it. In practice, all they're really good at is evocations, and they get to start with a pair of wands. I can't imagine this class working too well with anything but a deep dwarf, but it could be good then.

Thief [stealth]: Nerfed assassins, one of two challenge classes. Your skills and HP are weaker, and you don't get a blowgun. You get a tiny hand crossbow and some skill with it instead or, if you're a spriggan, some evocaton skill and a rod of striking (rods being rechargeable spell-using items) instead.

Wanderer [misc]: Random stat distribution. You also get lots of ranks in skills... but said skills are chosen randomly from all the skills in the game. So you may, for instance, get stabbing without stealth, invocations with no starting god, or conjuration without spellcasting or a spellbook. Pick this class if you hate me. A lot.

I will leave my starting class/species combo up to you guys, because it makes for entertaining (if incredibly awful) characters, and will include you in making major decisions (What god to worship, which runes to get, etc.)
Let the games begin, and don't expect me to be terribly good, I've only been rigorously playing Crawl for a few weeks, and also, have fun.

[Cogwheel]

Lot of the class things are outdated now, sadly. Just thought I'd point that out.

Like how they completely gutted the (noun) knight classes.


Anyway Felid berserker go.

[Eurus]

And the nerf to the "grind floor 1" strategy makes mummies have very few redeeming qualities now, heh.

Spriggan Enchanter, gogogo.

[Cogwheel]

And the nerf to the "grind floor 1" strategy makes mummies have very few redeeming qualities now, heh.

Spriggan Enchanter, gogogo.

No stop we're trying to be heartless monsters.

[NarcissusIII]

Lot of the class things are outdated now, sadly. Just thought I'd point that out.

Like how they completely gutted the (noun) knight classes.


Anyway Felid berserker go.

Eh, it's close enough. Anyway, what do you want me to name the poor bastard?

[Vitruviansquid]

el bastardo pobre

(no caps, can't afford them)

[Cogwheel]

Eh, it's close enough. Anyway, what do you want me to name the poor bastard?

Kittenmitten.

[SlyGuyMcFly]

No stop we're trying to be heartless monsters.

I think we should... how to say this... Escalate. Yes. Escalate our heartless-monsteritude.

Devilspawn Chaos Knight.

Felid 'Zerker it is!

[NarcissusIII]

And so begins the saga of KittenMitten, Felid of Trog

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Here goes nothing
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KittenMitten's first enemy. How will our intrepid adventurer fare when faced with a mighty hobgoblin? Well, as it turns out, he hits him so hard his corpse vaporizes, leaving no trace of his existence but a blood-smeared floor. A good omen. What follows is the standard slice and dice, or scratch and bite, as it were, sneaking up on enemies, violently ripping them to shreds, then eating their fresh corpses, like Casualty, the hero of legend.
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What's this, a crazy old hermit sleeping in a cave, blissfully unaware of KittenMitten's presence? Perhaps I can sneak up on him befo-
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Oh, bollocks. However will our precocious Felid friend survive this encounter with a chaotic old gnoll?
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Perhaps a handful of DIVINE RAGE will help?
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Poor old fellow never stood a chance. And the valorous KittenMitten gains both a fourth level, and an extra life, should he be so unfortunate in the future as to need it. Yiuf is summarily butchered and eaten, in the most heroic of fashions. ONWARD!
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What's this? A congregation of gnolls? On only the third level? Preposterous.
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Well, that sorted them out, now to offer their bodies to the great and angry TROGDORTrog, for some extra piety, netting KittenMitten the Trog's Hand ability, to better deal with filthy spellcasters. Onward.
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Oh, goddamn it.

And here lies the first episode of User Feedback, Terrence is one of my least favorite uniques, having the tendency to carry nasty wands that will send charred chunks of hero flying everywhere, should he have the forethought to use them.
I have 3 options:
a) Try to sneak up on him and murder his ass before he can disintegrate me
b) Cast Trog's Hand, then berserk him to bits before he can disintegrate me
c) Run like a little bitch, before he can disintegrate me
I leave the decision in your capable(if sadistic) hands

[Cogwheel]

Spoiler: Felid berserkers are actually pretty great for a while.


Anyway, I suggest option b. Barring a really nasty wand or bad luck, Terence ought to be trivial.


Also, maybe make the screenshots not be twice the size of Belgium.

[NarcissusIII]

Also, maybe make the screenshots not be twice the size of Belgium.
Hey, I'm a newbie, gotta cut me a little slack. Gotta figure out how to resize these bastards. Imgur doesn't have a resize button, so I'll have to do it myself, I guess.

[Cogwheel]

Hey, I'm a newbie, gotta cut me a little slack. Gotta figure out how to resize these bastards. Imgur doesn't have a resize button, so I'll have to do it myself, I guess.

I suggest photobucket, batch upload with resizing. But yeah, that'd require a paid account, if you want LP-sized bandwidth.

Sorry if that came across as harsh, I know screenshotting/uploading things properly is quite a pain.

[NarcissusIII]

Sorry if that came across as harsh, I know screenshotting/uploading things properly is quite a pain.

It's alright, I've screenshotted another update, resizing and uploading them now.

[NarcissusIII]

Terrence was chivalrous enough to forgo this silly wand nonsense and challenge me to a one-on-one duel
http://i.imgur.com/Pyj2J.jpg
The poor bastard.
http://i.imgur.com/pAAgu.jpg
What's this? A shiny new ring? Don't mind if I do.
http://i.imgur.com/NPIiO.jpg
What a surprise, it's entirely useless.
http://i.imgur.com/OmR3H.jpg
You know, I'm not surprised Xom doesn't have more followers, if this is where he build his altars. A muddy isle surrounded by a ring of lava, with a generous helping of noxious gas.
http://i.imgur.com/ooVfj.jpg
what the hell? Terrence and Pikel on the same floor? The RNG heard me being optimistic about KittenMitten's chances earlier, didn't it? Well, I guess it's berserking time
http://i.imgur.com/ThtW4.jpg
Berserking quickly became running for my life. That electric whip is nasty. Time to regroup and tackle this from a different angle.
http://i.imgur.com/fJx0m.jpg
Specifically, a narrow corridor+Trog's Hand+Berserk angle. Defeating Pikel gains me two levels, to 7, and another extra life, bringing my total lives to 3.
http://i.imgur.com/EEhK7.jpg
Seriously? Another unique? and Sigmund to boot. Just goes to show what optimism will get you.
http://i.imgur.com/VC15r.jpg
And down he goes, netting me bunches of piety for killing a filthy wizard. Time to explore some more.
http://i.imgur.com/cLIvi.jpg
You're ****ting me. This has to be some kind of record for most uniques on one floor. Perhaps he wished to challenge the slayer of his brother.
http://i.imgur.com/Cos2D.jpg
Aaaaaaand, down he goes. I've got to get off this level before the Lernean hydra spawns or something.
http://i.imgur.com/3CAuR.jpg
Okay, fine, RNG, I get it, I'll never ever be optimistic again. Happy?
http://i.imgur.com/n9xFu.jpg
He quickly falls under the onslaught of a berserk cat, but not before permanently welding my useless ring to my paw. Great. The RNG officially hates me.


Now, I've amassed roughly a billion scrolls and unidentified potions, should I start testing the scrolls, trying to remove the cursed wizard ring and identify my other ring, or should I just start quaffing potions like a mad bastard? We report, you decide.

[Cogwheel]

Hm.

Begin with scrolls, do that for a while. Then try the potions only if you are willing to quaff healing potions to do away with after-effects.

Also, that is some amazingly good luck in a way. You are now hilariously overleveled for floor 4.

[NarcissusIII]

Hm.

Begin with scrolls, do that for a while. Then try the potions only if you are willing to quaff healing potions to do away with after-effects.

Also, that is some amazingly good luck in a way. You are now hilariously overleveled for floor 4.
Only in Crawl is having stupid-strong enemies chucked at you on the 4th floor a good thing. But yeah, I've never hit level 8 before floor 6 or 7 before. Berserkers make mincemeat of uniques, but large groups of moderately powerful enemies, like Orc raiding parties, will destroy them. Pikel's slaves nearly killed me, I nearly died running away, even with Trog's Hand healing me.

[NarcissusIII]

I ended up with 4 remove curse scrolls, 2 teleport scrolls, and 3 detect curse scrolls. The rest were Identify, Random uselessness, and Enchant Armor. As it happens, my other ring was sustenance. Not terrible, I suppose. It's quaffin' time. Thank Orc Jesus I already have potions of healingcuring ID'd.
One Might, one Brilliance, one Agility, one heal wounds, and two poison(Thanks RNG!)

[NarcissusIII]

http://i.imgur.com/ua5tG.jpg
Really? An artifact mace on D5? This crap wouldn't happen if I was playing a race with opposable thumbs.
http://i.imgur.com/vyMPT.jpg
Oh, great, a weapon shop, useless for cats. Let's see what's inside
http://i.imgur.com/Bw7eb.jpg
I hate you, RNG. I'm going to the next floor, so you can't mock me anymore.
http://i.imgur.com/3LSKV.jpg
I have no words. I'm just too pissed off to keep playing rationally. I'm going to go kill the next thing I see, even if it's a storm dragon.
http://i.imgur.com/xGilL.jpg
No such luck, just a snoozing Sky Beast. Pathetic creature.

Community can decide whether I eat the horrible irradiated corpse and subject myself to the lovely mutations within, I need to go get some sleep before I punch a hole in my laptop. I'll check back in tomorrow.

[Cogwheel]

Oh, you'll get used to it. Rings, amulets and cure mutation/mutation potions are the real loot for you. And XP. Felids don't use equipment but have plenty to compensate for it.

It it helps, speaking from experience, most of those artifacts were probably terribad. The best thing you saw was, most likely, the +2/+1 protection hammer.


On a non-helping note, guess what Trog gives you when you get maxed piety? It's not not magical/artifact weapons.

[Domochevsky]

What's this "extra lifes" business? :smallconfused:

[SlyGuyMcFly]

What's this "extra lifes" business? :smallconfused:

HERESY! HERESY IS WHAT IT IS!

Or it might be a racial feature of Felids, to make up for the fact that they can't use weapons or armour.

But it's mostly HERESY!

[NarcissusIII]

What's this "extra lifes" business? :smallconfused:

Felids, being cats, get extra lives every few levels, capped at 9. If you die, you respawn somewhere safe on the level. Pretty useful for Zerkers, but if you're a caster you usually respawn, just to be killed by the same thing that just killed you, because Felid wizards are very squishy, because they can't wear any armor.

[Alge'n]

Maces are mediocre at best, and that artifact dagger was terribad. Don't get fooled by artifacts, most of the time a non-randart weapon of a better type (like Demon Whips or Eveningstars) are much better, unless you are a caster and find a randart with crazy resistances on it (once i bought a 1500 gold artifact bardiche just to have a source of rElec in Zot).

Anyway, eat those mutagenous chunks, it will be fun, you'll see.

[SlyGuyMcFly]

Oh, yeah. Each those chunks. It'll be Fun™

[Cogwheel]

If you die, you respawn somewhere safe on the level.

Somewhere safe. Hah.

Don't worry, optimism is a good thing. Even if it completely flies in the face of reality.

[NarcissusIII]

Somewhere safe. Hah.

Don't worry, optimism is a good thing. Even if it completely flies in the face of reality.

Safe is relative. Of course, sometimes it respawns you next to an ancient lich. Anyway


http://i.imgur.com/Hfq06.jpg
Horrible mutagenic corpse? Sounds delicious.
http://i.imgur.com/I1Jko.jpg
Three mutagenic chunks later, I am slightly deformed, making it even more impossible for me to wear armor, but otherwise no different. The rest of the floor passes without incident, as does floor 7, And I gain another level, up to 9. I go down the stairs to D8, and what do I find there?
http://i.imgur.com/uC0Xu.jpg
A cluster**** about to happen, that's what.


So, do I try to take down the Centaur first, then berserk my way through the bees, using Trog's Hand as a poor man's poison resistance, or do I take another stairway in, and just pretend that room isn't there?

[Cogwheel]

...Yeah, back up and take another staircase. The centaur is bad. The bees? Certain death. Troll regen is a poor man's poison resistance; using Trog's Hand for this is basically suicide.

Also, you got an entirely harmless mutation there. Good one.

[NarcissusIII]

http://i.imgur.com/CQpsw.jpg
Discretion being the better part of valor, I'm going to be extremely valorous and avoid the **** out of that particular room. Time to go exploring.
http://i.imgur.com/Qe9uP.jpg
I should have seen this coming, honestly.
http://i.imgur.com/fq1fZ.jpg
Thankfully, cats are good at surviving long falls, and I am now on D10. Less thankfully, this floor is filled with orcs, ready to get their smite on. Nothing a bit of RAGE can't fix though, and soon their entrails are offered to Trog.
http://i.imgur.com/Th2a2.jpg
*sigh* I knew this was going too well. Well, time to be valorous again, and flee up to D9.
http://i.imgur.com/USnL1.jpg
Hopefully, D9 will be more forgiving.
http://i.imgur.com/X75b6.jpg
Here lies the entrance to the lair, suicide for anything without poison resistance, so I'm giving it a wide berth for now.
http://i.imgur.com/kxfis.jpg
And here is our 57th unique of the LP, Dowan, a squishy blaster, and one half of the elf twins. Dowan I can take down with Trog's Hand giving me MR, but as soon as I kill Dowan, his sister Duvessa will fly into a rage when she sees me, and she might actually put up a fight.


So, do I commit geminicide, or go back up to D8 and explore some more, then kill the elf twins? Either way, elven heads will roll.

[Cogwheel]

Caution outweighs even the wanton slaughter of elves. Try D8 first. Just steer clear of the bees.

Oh, and the Lair isn't too bad, at least initially, without poison resistance. The branches that go from it all require poison resist (snake pits/swamp) or not going there (slime pits/shoals), but the lair is mostly doable without. Just be careful around the big snakes and spiny frogs, pack a couple healing potions and you're set. Not yet, though. Will need more levels, at least; spiny frogs can do some nasty damage.

That said, I'd even recommend (for anyone who isn't an orc priest) doing the first couple of lair floors for XP/loot before attempting the orc mines. Orc mines are deceptively awful.

[Alge'n]

Lair is nowhere near "suicide without poison resistance", if you wait for rPois to do it you can wait a long time. Poison resistance certainly helps (mostly because it allows you to eat the numerous poisonous corpses) but it's absolutely not required, I actually rarely have rPois in Lair (even Snake Pits and the now disappeared Hive can be done without it if you are a bit careful).

The only real dangers for you there will be spiny frogs and black mambas (maybe fire drakes and blink frogs too), the rest you can easily outrun or just plain massacre. Berserk and Brother in Arms should take care of the more difficult enemies.

[Cogwheel]

The only real dangers for you there will be spiny frogs and black mambas (maybe fire drakes and blink frogs too), the rest you can easily outrun or just plain massacre. Berserk and Brother in Arms should take care of the more difficult enemies.

Good point, I forgot about those. This goes double for a felid: Blink frogs can hit surprisingly hard, and drakes... yeah, breath weapons are a pain. Though personally, I'd watch out for mottled drakes more. Napalm breath.

Hmm... can't quite recall. Can felids use wands?

[NarcissusIII]

Valor, I tell you, valor drives me back up the staircase, to further explore D8, making careful note to avoid the Centaur/Killer bee death room
http://i.imgur.com/KZHZ2.jpg
It had to be dogs, and war dogs at that. And apparently a reanimated skeleton of a dog as well. Well, it's berserker rage time.
http://i.imgur.com/7RkTP.jpg
The wanton slaughter of Grum and his pets nets me another level, bringing me to level 10, and brings my dodging skill up even more. I go on to explore more of the level, and stumble into a room with 9 orcs, 2 orc wizards, an orc priest, a war dog, and 2 grizzly bears. I kite them all into a nearby corridor, and survive, albeit minus a heal wounds potion. I go into the room they were guarding, and what do I see but
http://i.imgur.com/tBXMQ.jpg


A staircase to the Ossuary, filled with all manner of zombies and mummies, as well as some pretty good loot. The most dangerous facet of mummies is their capacity to curse your equipment, which, being a Felid, doesn't worry me overmuch. So, do I attempt it, for the phat lewtz I will indubitably acquire, or avoid it because mummy swarms suck? We report, you decide.

[NarcissusIII]

Hmm... can't quite recall. Can felids use wands?

No, no they cannot. And I absolutely HATE blink frogs, even when I'm not playing a class that requires I try to CQB with the jumpy bastards. I think I'll at least grind up a few more levels, because I've entered the Lair before and immediately been mobbed by hippogriffs and spiny frogs.

[Alge'n]

Hmm... can't quite recall. Can felids use wands?

No, only potions and scrolls. Yeah, it's a bit frustrating to play a felid, you leave 99% of what you find on the ground.


The Ossuary should be a walk in the park at your level, and the "phat lewtz" will usually be a few potions and scrolls, which you can actually use, so yeah, do it.

[Cogwheel]

Yeah, ossuary sounds good. Do bear in mind that the mummy curse can rot potions, but other than that, no big deal.

Say, are you upgrading stealth in the slightest? It's surprisingly useful even for a berserker, in this particular case.

[Alge'n]

Yeah, ossuary sounds good. Do bear in mind that the mummy curse can rot potions, but other than that, no big deal.

They don't do that anymore since version 0.8 (good riddance!).

Stealth is very useful for everyone barring heavy armour characters yeah, and felids are very good at it.

[Cogwheel]

They don't do that anymore since version 0.8 (good riddance!).

Stealth is very useful for everyone barring heavy armour characters yeah, and felids are very good at it.

I am a clueless relic of the past. Does it show?

[NarcissusIII]

http://i.imgur.com/7i1pf.jpg
Looting graves, just another heroic step on my path to the Orb.
http://i.imgur.com/rxvZ5.jpg
Cakewalk indeed, up one +6 ring of dexterity, a bunch of unidentified scrolls (probably enchant armor with my luck), some unidentified potions, and a few curses. Back to the Dungeon for more exploration.
http://i.imgur.com/3BQZm.jpg
Oh, **** me.
http://i.imgur.com/zOafE.jpg
Much kiting, Berserk rage, and Trog's Hand saving my furry ass from poison later, a bevy of honeycomb presents itself, which is lucky, because I'm hungry as balls after all that. Fighting angry bees really takes it out of you.
http://i.imgur.com/bXkVY.jpg
As it turns out, this part of D8 is a closed loop, away from the killer bee/centaur room.


I fared surprisingly well(read: didn't die painfully) in the Killer Bee room, so maybe I should go back and kill that centaur/couple of bees. I'll leave it up to you fine sociopaths.

[NarcissusIII]

Yeah, ossuary sounds good. Do bear in mind that the mummy curse can rot potions, but other than that, no big deal.

Say, are you upgrading stealth in the slightest? It's surprisingly useful even for a berserker, in this particular case.

I am training stealth, but I'm putting extra focus on Unarmed combat and fighting. I'll post a screen of my stats ATM
http://i.imgur.com/UF6r5.jpg
The blue shine means I'm training those at a higher priority than the white ones, greyed-out ones aren't being trained at all. It's a new system. Works okay, I guess, good for balancing out racial aptitudes.

[Cogwheel]

I am training stealth, but I'm putting extra focus on Unarmed combat and fighting. I'll post a screen of my stats ATM
http://i.imgur.com/UF6r5.jpg
The blue shine means I'm training those at a higher priority than the white ones, greyed-out ones aren't being trained at all. It's a new system. Works okay, I guess, good for balancing out racial aptitudes.

Wait what.

I feel like I no longer recognize this game.

I have no idea what you're playing any more and it's wonderful.

[Alge'n]

Stabbing is almost useless with unarmed combat (I have NO idea why felids have +3 in it), you should stop training it.

Sounds ok otherwise but manual mode would probably be more optimal, automatic mode is making you put a lot of xp in dodging which could be better spent in unarmed combat. Also your stealth get a ridiculously low share of xp.

[Cogwheel]

Stabbing is almost useless with unarmed combat (I have NO idea why felids have +3 in it), you should stop training it.

Sounds ok otherwise but manual mode would probably be more optimal, automatic mode is making you put a lot of xp in dodging which could be better spent in unarmed combat. Also your stealth get a ridiculously low share of xp.

But this way he can stab people with his squishy paws.

Best strategy.

[SlyGuyMcFly]

Oh, and the Lair isn't too bad, at least initially, without poison resistance. The branches that go from it all require poison resist (snake pits/swamp) or not going there (slime pits/shoals), but the lair is mostly doable without. Just be careful around the big snakes and spiny frogs, pack a couple healing potions and you're set. Not yet, though. Will need more levels, at least; spiny frogs can do some nasty damage.


I find that Lair is doable without rPois if I have a good way of dealing damage at range. Or Mephitic Cloud. Otherwise Spiny Frogs tend to cut my visits very short.

Shoals aren't that bad, I don't think. Sure Shoals:5 is murderous, but the rest of it is nothing special. Just gotta watch out for the tide and not fight in the water.

[Gorgondantess]

I am a clueless relic of the past. Does it show?

I am too. 0.10 confuses me.:smallfrown:

[NarcissusIII]

But this way he can stab people with his squishy paws.

Best strategy.

Delicious logic. But stabbing gives you attack bonuses on attacks on sleeping enemies, even with unarmed. I think. So I sneak up on sleeping dudes and rip their throats out. Then eat them. Heroic. Anyway, still waiting on whether I should tackle the Centaur and bees, or just go slaughter the elf twins?

[NarcissusIII]

Stabbing is almost useless with unarmed combat (I have NO idea why felids have +3 in it), you should stop training it.

Sounds ok otherwise but manual mode would probably be more optimal, automatic mode is making you put a lot of xp in dodging which could be better spent in unarmed combat. Also your stealth get a ridiculously low share of xp.

Also, the reason I need so much dodging is that I'm squishy as hell, an orc could take me down in single combat if I didn't have berserk and stupid amounts of dodging skill.

[NarcissusIII]

Screw it, I'm going for the centaur/bees. FOR GLORY.

[Cogwheel]

Screw it, I'm going for the centaur/bees. FOR GLORY.

Dammit I need to not sleep.

Anyway, back in the land of WAKEMODE and I was about to suggest killing the elves first. Dowan first, ideally. Bees are just... yeah, that won't end well unless you have a bunch of healing potions.

[Gorgondantess]

I was just playing a Deep Elf Wizard. I found a randart morningstar, and decided to use it because it might've had some good resistances.
+11/+11 mace of distortion. Why don't I get this stuff when I can actually USE IT?

[Cogwheel]

I was just playing a Deep Elf Wizard. I found a randart morningstar, and decided to use it because it might've had some good resistances.
+11/+11 mace of distortion. Why don't I get this stuff when I can actually USE IT?

Take it from me, being a caster doesn't have to stop you from using the first distortion weapon you find :smalltongue:

[Gorgondantess]

Take it from me, being a caster doesn't have to stop you from using the first distortion weapon you find :smalltongue:

True enough, but Meepo had excellent dexterity and a bonus to short blades. I had -3 to maces & flails and 4 strength.
I DID use it to take out certain pesky enemies, though.

[Cogwheel]

True enough, but Meepo had excellent dexterity and a bonus to short blades. I had -3 to maces & flails and 4 strength.
I DID use it to take out certain pesky enemies, though.

Yeah, you have no idea how to use maces, then.

Could say you were just flailing about.

[NarcissusIII]

Dowan and Duvessa went down so fast I didn't even have time to get a screenshot. I guess a berserk Ogre can tip the balance of battle pretty far. I also took down the hive near the centaur, again by kiting away 2-5 bees at a time and resting in between, and by using Trog's Hand in battle. Now to go clear the rest of D9.
http://i.imgur.com/BLUvp.jpg
Right, so I guess I'm using the other entrance then.
The rest of the floor has a few orcs, nothing I can't handle.
http://i.imgur.com/TiBmp.jpg
Oh goody, I'll be avoiding this particular staircase for a while. Many an overconfident Zerker has been lost to the orc mines. I clear the rest of the floor and go on my merry way to the next floor.
http://i.imgur.com/RY8BT.jpg
And am cornered by an orc raiding party, seconds after the berserk from taking down the last raiding party makes me vulnerable, and a smite-happy priest assists an orc warrior in taking one of my lives, as well as a level. Well, I'm going to just go ahead and avoid that area of the map for a while. You think that would work, right? Nope. Not two minutes later, I walk around a corner, get caught in a net, then murdered in one shot by a Hill Giant, bringing me down to 1 life, and level 9.
http://i.imgur.com/lU060.jpg
Good News: Jewelry shop
Bad News: can't afford any good jewelry
http://i.imgur.com/I1mhX.jpg
Worse News: Killed by a door mimic while running away from orcs.

So long KittenMitten, you will be sorely missed, as well as remembered as an example of why squishy cats make bad berserkers.
Time for a new adventure. Pick a race/class combo and a name, so I can start dying hilariously for your entertainment, yet again.

[NarcissusIII]

Yeah, you have no idea how to use maces, then.

Could say you were just
*sunglasses*
flailing about.


YEAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

[Alge'n]

Too bad, that first amulet in the shop was very, very good.

As for a combination, Troll Chaos Knight is always fun, and actually pretty good if you get okay mutations (which is usually the case with Xom).

[NarcissusIII]

Too bad, that first amulet in the shop was very, very good.

As for a combination, Troll Chaos Knight is always fun, and actually pretty good if you get okay mutations (which is usually the case with Xom).

What should I name the poor fellow? Fuzzywumbles? Azael? Ricky? Also, claws or mace?

[Cogwheel]

What should I name the poor fellow? Fuzzywumbles? Azael? Ricky? Also, claws or mace?

Claws. Always claws.

And... hm. Chaos knight? Call him BORING. It'll give you good luck, I'm sure. Xom will love it.

[NarcissusIII]

http://i.imgur.com/XXRtl.jpg
Welcome, BORING the Troll Chaos Knight of Xom. Hopefully, your name will not influence your life.
http://i.imgur.com/rIptM.jpg
My first enemies. Kobolds. Poor fellows have no idea what they're in for.
http://i.imgur.com/q9ZRJ.jpg
Ooooh, shiny. Unfortunately, its nature doesn't reveal itself upon wearing, so we will remain ignorant for a time.
http://i.imgur.com/KOdeY.jpg
Another unfortunate kobold's life is taken, scoring BORING a new level.
http://i.imgur.com/E6bbB.jpg
This is why people don't worship you, Xom.
http://i.imgur.com/HiRnN.jpg
Floor 2, and infinite possibility, await.
http://i.imgur.com/pF5sX.jpg
Cool, a wand. It's nice playing a race with hands.
http://i.imgur.com/rxtWI.jpg
Level 3, and a twofold increase in strength
http://i.imgur.com/3jd0Y.jpg
Floor 3 awaits!
http://i.imgur.com/Co603.jpg
OOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW. Xom decides to bend me painfully, because this is how he rewards his loyal followers. I dull the pain with some delicious megabat flesh.
http://i.imgur.com/aZE38.jpg
Oh hell.


For those of you that may be unfamiliar with him, Grinder is a demon, capable of paralyzing you, very nasty when you're surrounded by other enemies. Thanmkfully, he's alone this time, but even by himself, Grinder is hard to fight, since he can blink, as well as paralysis often being fatal this early in the dungeon. Also, whenever I fight him, I hear this song in my head.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yROLRovCkso

Anyway, it's up to you whether I fight or flee. And whether I listen to some Priest while doing so.

[Hybban]

BORING, the cowardly Knight?
:)

[Cogwheel]

Fiiiight.

Way I see it, as a chaos knight, you're a dead man walking anyway.

[NarcissusIII]

Fiiiight.

Way I see it, as a chaos knight, you're a dead man walking anyway.

time to test out my shiny new wand then.

[Alge'n]

Troll Chaos Knight are surprisingly strong, I won one only after a few tries. You probably want to put those stats point into int, though, later in the game you will really want life-saving spells such as Repel Missile, Blink, Swiftness etc...(if Xom let you make it that far anyway.

Anyway, you can probably kill Grinder, and if it things get bad your high hp and regen should let you escape.

[SlyGuyMcFly]

Ouch, Grinder. Bastard is worse than Sigmund. On the other hand you can probably take him being a Troll and all that. My vote is FIGHT.

[NarcissusIII]

http://i.imgur.com/THFLn.jpg
That was an awful idea. And now the wand's empty, so now I can't turn invisible and run away. As you could probably discern for yourself, fighting an invisible Grinder is hellish.
http://i.imgur.com/dQhzb.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/q06ae.jpg


Surprising to no one, BORING didn't last long. Next victim please.

[Alge'n]

Wow, that was really a death worthy of Xom, so random!

Go Minotaur Gladiator, and call him Horny.

[NarcissusIII]

Wow, that was really a death worthy of Xom, so random!

Go Minotaur Gladiator, and call him Horny.

Mace, trident, falchion, hand axe, or quarterstaff?

[Alge'n]

Polearms are pretty awesome now that they get auto reaching brand, go trident (and it looks much more gladiatorish too).

[Cogwheel]

Polearms are pretty awesome now that they get auto reaching brand

They what.

My god.

[NarcissusIII]

Polearms are pretty awesome now that they get auto reaching brand, go trident (and it looks much more gladiatorish too).

Holy ****, I was wondering how all those Gnolls kept hitting me before I could rip their faces off. This seems incredibly unbalanced. Polearms were already the only endgame weapon worth getting, and now they automatically can hit from 2 tiles away? Jesus. Anyway, Horny the trident-wielding minotaur is in action.

[NarcissusIII]

http://i.imgur.com/h0KW7.jpg
Horny the Minotaur, intrepid adventurer, wielder of polearms, butter of heads.
http://i.imgur.com/JghCx.jpg
Reaching with polearms is fun. Also, the first victim of Horny.
http://i.imgur.com/Bm2jm.jpg
A shiny amulet is found, but not identified upon wearing
http://i.imgur.com/bOqxT.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1vBI7.jpg
A second shiny amulet is found, and turns out to be an amulet of rage, with a 50% success rate upon evocation
http://i.imgur.com/9isGC.jpg
Incredible luck, an altar on floor 1


And so we come upon our first major decision of the LP. Do we Worship Nemelex Xobeh for the ability to become essentially, a caster/gladiator hybrid, or do we wait and worship Okawaru/Trog for the Loot/Rage? Keep in mind that I do have the amulet for rage ability, but it's not as good as Trograge, since you don't get rage extensions for kills, and it doesn't work all the time, but that should change as my Evocation skill increases.

[Cogwheel]

I'd hold out for Okawaru, myself.

[Alge'n]

Go Nemelex, Minotaur are not very good with evocations but they are worse at spellcasting and that way you can go heavy armour with pseudo-spellcasting. Also, Nemelex is awesome and altar on D1, wow!

[SlyGuyMcFly]

Nemelex. I'm a sucker for gish builds.

[Cogwheel]

Go Nemelex, Minotaur are not very good with evocations but they are worse at spellcasting and that way you can go heavy armour with pseudo-spellcasting. Also, Nemelex is awesome and altar on D1, wow!

Or he could pick Trogawaru. That way he can go heavy armour and HIT THINGS.

HITTING THINGS is a perfectly valid and respectable build.

[Mewtarthio]

Nemelex is the best. If you'd made it all the way to the Ecumenical Temple, I'd say go with Okawaru, but seriously: You just happen to stumble across an altar dedicated to the God of Luck? Do you need a more obvious sign?

[lord_khaine]

Btw, are there any way to actualy cheat with the save files?

Its mostly that i have gotten tired of constantly dying the same way after reaching the same general area ( The end of the lair or one of its brances & to a case of stupidly back luck).

[Cogwheel]

Nemelex is the best. If you'd made it all the way to the Ecumenical Temple, I'd say go with Okawaru, but seriously: You just happen to stumble across an altar dedicated to the God of Luck? Do you need a more obvious sign?

Yes.

A "convert here" sign. So you know for sure that it's a trap.

[NarcissusIII]

Sorry cog, went with the gishy gladiator.

http://i.imgur.com/DB9iK.jpg
Cool, time to sacrifice various odds and ends.
http://i.imgur.com/azgG8.jpg
SO USEFUL. thankfully, one of my scrolls was remove curse.
http://i.imgur.com/SNFvh.jpg
Ring Mail of Cold Resistance
http://i.imgur.com/xzS6A.jpg
A fun new ring
http://i.imgur.com/7DoiC.jpg
And an entirely useless one, it seems. Into the sacrifice pile it goes.
http://i.imgur.com/zxrNE.jpg
While slumming through a swamp on D3, what do I see but the ghost of an old friend?
http://i.imgur.com/HchBp.jpg
Who I then headbutt directly back into the afterlife. Those armors are +1 Leather Armor of Fire Resistance, and +2 Leather armor, which I put on after killing BORING, as it has the same AC as my Ring Mail with 2 less EV detraction. Floor 4 goes without incident, save for a close call with some orcs, And D5 goes well until
http://i.imgur.com/LA0GW.jpg
Narc, an experienced Octopode Venom Mage of Vehumet.


I have, in my possession, one deck of destruction, as well as one unidentified deck, but only enough MP to use Draw One once, I also have a wand of flame, an amulet of rage, and some throwing nets. What do?

[NarcissusIII]

Btw, are there any way to actualy cheat with the save files?

Its mostly that i have gotten tired of constantly dying the same way after reaching the same general area ( The end of the lair or one of its brances & to a case of stupidly back luck).

Savescumming doesn't teach you anything, permadeath makes you learn how to play well, instead of just bashing your way through the game like an orangutan on PCP until you get lucky enough to win.

[Gorgondantess]

Just activate Wizard Mode, which also lets you basically be god. Good fun.

[SlyGuyMcFly]

Its mostly that i have gotten tired of constantly dying the same way after reaching the same general area ( The end of the lair or one of its brances & to a case of stupidly back luck).

No, you can't. Or shouldn't, at least. If you really really want to, see the wiki. (http://crawl.chaosforge.org/index.php?title=Cheating)

Do note that end-of-branch levels are MUCH harder that the rest of the branch. You almost always want to visit some other part of the dungeon before tackling the end of the branch you just cleared. If you find yourself resting, using consumables, or kiting a lot every other fight or so, you probably want to go someplace else, gain a few levels and come back later. Discretion, valour, yadda yadda.

[NarcissusIII]

Voting on what I should do to deal with the ghost will be closing at 6:30 EST, cast your votes now folks.

[Alge'n]

Without clarity or rPoison Venom Mage player ghosts are absolutely horrible, just tp immediately and don't come back before having either of those two (or some crazy magic resistance at least).

[lord_khaine]

Savescumming doesn't teach you anything, permadeath makes you learn how to play well, instead of just bashing your way through the game like an orangutan on PCP until you get lucky enough to win.

Wow, what an amazingly usefull answer, thanks a lot!!


Just activate Wizard Mode, which also lets you basically be god. Good fun.

But i doesnt want to be a god, i just want to avoid losing 9 hours of playtime to either something totaly out of its depth, or some stupidly bad luck with failed castings.


No, you can't. Or shouldn't, at least. If you really really want to, see the wiki.

Unfortunately that doesnt explain how to do it, i have tried making copies of the entire game folder, but it seems that some files are saved elsewhere.


Do note that end-of-branch levels are MUCH harder that the rest of the branch. You almost always want to visit some other part of the dungeon before tackling the end of the branch you just cleared. If you find yourself resting, using consumables, or kiting a lot every other fight or so, you probably want to go someplace else, gain a few levels and come back later. Discretion, valour, yadda yadda.

Yes... as i said in the initial post, then i did manage to get a couple of runes, meaning that i have cleared the lair, the swamp and the serpent pit a couple of times.

And each time i then procede to die in some totaly stupid way, or from something horribly overpowered like Nikolai

[Cogwheel]

I thought copying the whole folder worked, but apparently not? No clue, then.

Anyway, no need for anyone to get too self-righteous and crusade-y. It's a single player game. That means whether or not you learn is irrelevant. If you're having fun, that's good, and the correct way to play. Contrary to popular belief, roguelikes are not, in fact, a religion. No need to take it half as seriously as most people seem to.

Good luck finding the method, anyway. I really have no idea any more.

[NarcissusIII]

{Scrubbed}

[Cogwheel]

{Scrubbed}

...Yeah, I can kind of see why you didn't get the most supportive of responses from him. This is the ADOM thread all over again.

I'll just show myself out before this gets any worse. Do try to drop it, though.

[NarcissusIII]

Back to the LP

I heroically fled to the nearest staircase and went down to the next level, where I was soon set upon by an unfamiliar(read, new as of 0.9.0) group of enemies. Hairy demons. I foolishly underestimated these fellows, and was cut down while waiting for my telescroll to kick in. I didn't even think to screenshot it. RIP Horny the Gladiator.


Next doomed character?

[Gorgondantess]

If you activate wizard mode, it just gives you a bunch of options. All of them are to alter the dungeon around you, or to alter yourself- you can always just choose not to use them. And then when you die you get a choice to continue.
So, just use wizard mode. That's what it's there for.

[Cieyrin]

Sludge Elf Transmuter, name him Groucho Marx. :smallbiggrin:

[Bucky]

(Disclaimer: I haven't read the rest of the thread, for reasons which should be obvious)

I'm currently attempting a "platinum unspoiled" run of Dungeon crawl. What that means is I do not receive any outside information about the game except for the trivial stuff in the manual. I also happen to be recording (http://unspoiledcrawling.wordpress.com/) my findings in a Let's Play style. (warning: updates slow)

[NarcissusIII]

Sludge Elf Transmuter, name him Groucho Marx. :smallbiggrin:

Woo, magic/bashing hybrid time!

EDIT: Oh god they changed transmuters, give me a minute to refamiliarize myself with them. I'll actually play in a few minutes.

[NarcissusIII]

http://i.imgur.com/bLPHx.jpg
Welcome, Groucho Marx, Sludge Elf Transmuter, and the latest in what promises to be a long line of doomed adventurers, may your ability to transform your arms into tentacles aid you on your way to Zot.
http://i.imgur.com/SDiw8.jpg
Part of being a caster is getting spell levels when you level up, which you can then use to memorize spells from books. Unfortunately, the only level 2 spell in my book is sticks to snakes, widely regarded as useless. I instead save my spell levels, and when I reach level three after smacking rats with my tentaclearms, I spend them on Spider form, which allows me to turn into a hueg fuggen spider, and bite people. This, I can work with.
http://i.imgur.com/RRsxv.jpg
An altar to Zin, the god of hardassery, But I am far too chill for his rules, man, so I'm going to skip on it.
http://i.imgur.com/wkL6U.jpg
Aaaaand Groucho's journey is cut short by a hobgoblin with a club that was surprisingly good at dodging my noodlearms.


Next character

[Alge'n]

Sticks to snakes is actually pretty awesome, with enough spellpower you can swarm an enemy with snakes, which is usually enough to deal with pretty much any early game threat. It loses most of its power by the time you get to hydras but hey, it's just a lvl 2 spell.

Next character? Hmmm, why not a good ol' Orc Jesus?

[lord_khaine]

{Scrubbed}

Who says that they dont?
But i had to be sure you would notice that i were actualy being sarcastic.


{Scrubbed}

Right back at you, other humans doesnt exist solely for you to spew moral lectures at, and might have oppinions of their own regarding whats fun in the game.
Still, your last couple of lines were pure gold, ill save them for if i due to some absurd reason ever want to dial the drama up to 11.


Sticks to snakes is actually pretty awesome, with enough spellpower you can swarm an enemy with snakes, which is usually enough to deal with pretty much any early game threat. It loses most of its power by the time you get to hydras but hey, it's just a lvl 2 spell.


Yeah, its actualy also pretty good with low spellpower, it used to be the spell that kept my transmuters alive in the early game.


If you activate wizard mode, it just gives you a bunch of options. All of them are to alter the dungeon around you, or to alter yourself- you can always just choose not to use them. And then when you die you get a choice to continue.
So, just use wizard mode. That's what it's there for.

Thanks for the advice, but the problem here is that it sounds a bit to easy, still ill considder it.

[NarcissusIII]

Sticks to snakes is actually pretty awesome, with enough spellpower you can swarm an enemy with snakes, which is usually enough to deal with pretty much any early game threat. It loses most of its power by the time you get to hydras but hey, it's just a lvl 2 spell.

Next character? Hmmm, why not a good ol' Orc Jesus?

What should I name him? Jésus? Raul? Richter? Orwell?

[Hybban]

For the non-initiates who love spoilers... What is an Orc Jesus?
And keep the entertainement going, you make me want to try this game !

[Alge'n]

It's an orc priest of Beogh. After he gets enough piety, orcs he meets become allies and follow him across the dungeon, fighting and dying for him. So basically it's an orc messiah, hence the nickname Orc Jesus.

The name? I don't know, maybe King Obould I Many-Arrows for that FR character.

Edit : Nevermind, just call him Muad'Dib

[Hybban]

Sounds awesome! Can't wait to see that happening :)

[SlyGuyMcFly]

When I'm feeling particularly masochistic I play an unarmed Orc Priest who I call Kung Fu Action Jesus.

I suggest attempting this.

[NarcissusIII]

When I'm feeling particularly masochistic I play an unarmed Orc Priest who I call Kung Fu Action Jesus.

I suggest attempting this.

Maybe next time, if I'm feeling particularly masochistic. Muad'dib the orc jesus it is.

[ObadiahtheSlim]

Maud'dip sounds good.

[Sprinter]

Thanks for the advice, but the problem here is that it sounds a bit to easy, still ill considder it.

I used to backup save files in crawl version 0.5. But later i realised i didnt learn much about game this way except info about enviroment and new monsters that wait in lower floors.

I recommend you to visit Dungeon Crawl Tavern. (https://crawl.develz.org/tavern/index.php) I learned much more usefull info from Tavern then from savescumming. Read about different builds, victory dance what abilities to skill 1st. Its important for survival in this game. After reading Tavern i was able to ascend with Orb 3x with different builds and gods each including Merfolk Crusader of Okawaru on my very first try without ever playing merfolks crusaders or choosing okawaru before.

Didnt realise i should train fighting up for casters for example. Extra HP from fighting will save your squishy mage in lategame from insta deaths like you mentioned earlier for example.

I might help you if you still wish to savescum but i dont know if they changed how the save files are stored. I didnt play 0.10 yet im bit busy in RL lately and DoomRL tiles version was just released few days ago (Yay!).

[NarcissusIII]

I would update, but imgur is busy running around with it's hair on fire and keeps screwing up when I try to upload. The relevant facts are that I just ran into sigmund, and he sees me, and he's angry, I found some scale mail, should I take him in single combat, or risk zapping him with an un-ID'd wand? I'm level 4, 16 STR, 12 INT, and 9 AGI, 22/37 HP.

[Alge'n]

If you have a way to quickly break Line of Sight, I would advise running. Sigmund at full hp is already a pain, at almost half it's far too risky. Also, try to use-ID your wands on rats and things like that, not on real threats, you really don't want to deal with a hasted Sigmund.

[NarcissusIII]

If you have a way to quickly break Line of Sight, I would advise running. Sigmund at full hp is already a pain, at almost half it's far too risky. Also, try to use-ID your wands on rats and things like that, not on real threats, you really don't want to deal with a hasted Sigmund.
Or an invisible Grinder. Also, that didn't work, he confused me, chased me down, and killed me. RIP Maud. Well this was spectacularly unsuccessful. Maybe I should taunt the RNG and play a demonspawn wanderer or something.

[SlyGuyMcFly]

I fully endorse taunting the Random Number God.

[NarcissusIII]

I fully endorse taunting the Random Number God.

Randomness it is. Also, sorry for the Xbox hueg pictures, I forgot to resize them.

Welcome LoLsOrAnDuMbXD the demonspawn wanderer
http://i.imgur.com/RKWI7.jpg
Weird collection of aptitudes, I'm turning off Everything but Fighting, Polearms, Armor, and Dodging, as I plan on being bashy, not gishy.
http://i.imgur.com/tHkGJ.jpg
I also lucked out and got some scale mail, so good times.
http://i.imgur.com/Pm2Ch.jpg
An altar to Trog, but in the spirit of appeasing the RNG with random acts, I will be dedicating myself to Xom at the first opportunity. It seems to be working, as I soon find enchanted ring mail to reeplace my scale mail, and a +1 ring of strength and a +4 ring of protection, as well as switching to an inidentified, but seemingly heavily enchanted flail. Everything is going swimmingly, save for no sign of demonspawn mutations, even at level 4.
http://i.imgur.com/01RRz.jpg
What's this? Groucho Marx? En Garde, sir, my flail versus your noodly arms!


Will our intrepid adventurer survive the bout with our favorite past sludge elf transmuter? Tune in next update to find out.

[lord_khaine]

I recommend you to visit Dungeon Crawl Tavern. I learned much more usefull info from Tavern then from savescumming. Read about different builds, victory dance what abilities to skill 1st. Its important for survival in this game. After reading Tavern i was able to ascend with Orb 3x with different builds and gods each including Merfolk Crusader of Okawaru on my very first try without ever playing merfolks crusaders or choosing okawaru before.

But my problem isnt ignorance, i have visited both the tavern and the wiki several times, unfortunately, i either gets screwed up by a severe case of bad luck, or else it goes well, and i become careless because its suddenly to easy.

So anyway, at this point i dont care about getting better, i just want a chance at the endgame with a less severe penalty for failure, so advice on where the save files are stored would be greatly apriciated.

On a side note, is it just me, or did the Transmuter background recive a huge nerf in the latest pach, with the loss of the evaporate spell?

[SlyGuyMcFly]

Downloaded 0.10 this afternoon. Was doing swimmingly with a HE Conjurer until I had an unfortunate run-in with a Naga Warrior (cleared out Elves:4 and D:18 with trivial ease, reckoned the Snake Pits would be pretty doable). The new constriction mechanic is beastly. :smalleek:

[Cieyrin]

Oh noes, Groucho Marx returns! Flail on, ghost of adventurers past! :smallbiggrin:

[Ozymandias]

On a side note, is it just me, or did the Transmuter background recive a huge nerf in the latest pach, with the loss of the evaporate spell?

Beastly Appendages is good, and it fits a transmuter play style much more than fulsome/evaporate. You can always just play a stalker if you want that.

[NarcissusIII]

http://i.imgur.com/dSyZo.jpg
Oh god I hate ghosts, all the damage dealing capability, but with more EV and a ****load of MR.
http://i.imgur.com/8CCjV.jpg
As it happens, taunting the RNG ends badly.


Time for a new deranged bastard to go flailing through the dungeon

[Cieyrin]

Octopode Venom Mage, named Snails McGee.

[Top_Hat]

Read about different builds, victory dance what abilities to skill 1st.

<snip>

im bit busy in RL lately and DoomRL tiles version was just released few days ago (Yay!).

You don't have to victory dance anymore in Crawl, praise Beogh! Also, how do you like the new DoomRL? I've heard good things but haven't had time to properly check it out.

[Sprinter]

You don't have to victory dance anymore in Crawl, praise Beogh! Also, how do you like the new DoomRL? I've heard good things but haven't had time to properly check it out.

Good news i heard devs wanted to remove victory dance just didnt know they already did it in 0.10.

DoomRL tiles is great. Graphics is now better then in original Doom also they improved background music in tiles version and added mouse support including scrolling mouse look around whole level. Only problems are with minimap which is semitransparent in background and depending on background is sometimes hard to see. Also if you have a Cateye build sensed monsters are off your screen but visible on minimap.

As for game changes think its bit harder then previous version. They made spider mastermind hit harder on melee also shotguns kickback was reduced mostly noticable on longer ranges. Angel of berserk starts without combat knife now but there is one near stairs also i think they lowered number of powerups (berserks,small and large spheres) that spawn in this challenge. Badass has now 2 levels. and they nerfed best advanced assembly gravity boots.

[Mewtarthio]

Good news i heard devs wanted to remove victory dance just didnt know they already did it in 0.10.

In the new system, incoming XP is automatically diverted to your skills, with each skill having a weight based on how much you use it. There are also two new features in the skill view: You can choose skills to focus on, which doubles their weight, and you can switch to "manual" mode, in which all activated skills have the same weight regardless of how often you use them (focused skills get a double share).

[NarcissusIII]

Just a heads up guys, updates might be sparse for the next two weeks, since I'm on spring break and will therefore be spending less time ignoring my lectures and playing Crawl, and more time getting drunk. And I'm awful at RPGs when I'm drunk, so yeah.

[Eurus]

Just a heads up guys, updates might be sparse for the next two weeks, since I'm on spring break and will therefore be spending less time ignoring my lectures and playing Crawl, and more time getting drunk. And I'm awful at RPGs when I'm drunk, so yeah.

But drunk Crawl is awesome!

[NarcissusIII]

But drunk Crawl is awesome!

By awful at RPGs I mean I forgot how to use magic for a few hours once while playing Oblivion and lost a pair of artifact boots somehow.

[Cieyrin]

By awful at RPGs I mean I forgot how to use magic for a few hours once while playing Oblivion and lost a pair of artifact boots somehow.

Just means there may be a somewhat quicker turn around between sacrificial adventurers. Y'know what cures a hangover? Writing and taking pictures of LPs. :smallwink:

[projectkulu]

Play as a naga stalker of Cheibriados named "Snaky Snake"

[NarcissusIII]

Play as a naga stalker of Cheibriados named "Snaky Snake"

Fine, Naga Stalkers are a sort of pet character build of mine. I'll name him Liquid Snake.

[ObadiahtheSlim]

So I've been playing Orcish Maud'dib and it's pretty funny. I'm like level 11 right now and have a small army following me. I had max piety at one point, but a trip into the labyrinth took that down a ways. Did net me a nice set of armor and 2 randart rings. One that grants teleport control and fire resist (but cold vulnerability). The other reduces strength and auto-curses, but grants some general resists so I ditched that. The really good find was a Vampiric Demon Whip. Is that a good weapon? It seems to be trouble to unequip and requip since I can't just eat myself to full every time I want to unequip it to butcher a corpse.

[NarcissusIII]

So I've been playing Orcish Maud'dib and it's pretty funny. I'm like level 11 right now and have a small army following me. I had max piety at one point, but a trip into the labyrinth took that down a ways. Did net me a nice set of armor and 2 randart rings. One that grants teleport control and fire resist (but cold vulnerability). The other reduces strength and auto-curses, but grants some general resists so I ditched that. The really good find was a Vampiric Demon Whip. Is that a good weapon? It seems to be trouble to unequip and requip since I can't just eat myself to full every time I want to unequip it to butcher a corpse.

Unless you're dextrous, whips are ass, and since you're playing Orcus Christ, you probably aren't very dextrous. just stick to a heavily-enchanted flail or something.

[Ozymandias]

Stats don't meaningfully affect melee combat except for transmuters, and demon whips are by acclamation the best one-handed weapons in the game. If you have M&F already (which is unlikely because Ho favor axes) it's a good thing to keep it around, but unless you have animate skeleton (which generates chunks from monster corspes that have skeletons) it's not a good everyday weapon. It really just depends on your character; 2-handed weapons are better in the endgame but if you have shield skill demon whips are probably better until past vault 8.

[projectkulu]

I've been playing as an ogre hunter for a while and it is the best thing.

[NarcissusIII]

http://i.imgur.com/37l5F.jpg
So begins the(likely very brief) saga of Liquid Snake the Naga Stalker.
http://i.imgur.com/lzr8c.jpg
Despite the whole +5 racial bonus to stealth, I have yet to actually get a stealth kill. I guess I just slither noisily or something. Anyway, the new ability to strangle people with your snake tail makes nagas surprisingly effective in single combat, and poison resistance is pretty useful. Also I seem to be leveling up surprisingly fast. Did they remove the naga XP penalty or something? But level 2 means evaporate, and with naga poison resistanceimmunity, that means I can blow up poison in my face with no ill effects!
http://i.imgur.com/48jkP.jpg
Oh cool, I finally snuck up on someone! And got another level! Wowsers!
http://i.imgur.com/491lZ.jpg
On to D2, and infinite possibilities, or possibly horrible death, await.
http://i.imgur.com/jJ4Oy.jpg
Ooh, a jaunty feathered cap! I feel resplendent.
http://i.imgur.com/nCMUK.jpg
Well. This sort of puts a damper on my jaunty mood.


Ijyb is sort of annoying early game. I'm fairly certain I can just use the standard Stalker battle strategy, Evaporate a confuse potion and then wade in with my spiffy dagger/tail. But it's up to you lot.

[SlyGuyMcFly]

Ijyb should be no trouble. You've got the drop on him, and once confused he should be pretty harmless.

[projectkulu]

minotaur fighters and naga stalkers by far are the best race/class combinations for me

edit: Nagas get only 20% less exp than humans.

[NarcissusIII]

http://i.imgur.com/dWwhd.jpg
Yeah, that was pretty easy. Ijyb has only ever been a threat to squishy casters that get too close.
http://i.imgur.com/6eBH9.jpg
Speaking of squishy casters.
http://i.imgur.com/2peFy.jpg
Game, set, and match, Liquid Snake
http://i.imgur.com/AIE2Y.jpg
On to floor 3, and bigger and better things
http://i.imgur.com/UFkMz.jpg
Aww, jesus. Certainly bigger things, but definitely not better.


Grinder is my least favorite unique ever, as he is immune to poison, fast, and above all, he friggin' paralyzes you at a point in the game when that is almost universally fatal. I hate him with the smoldering flame of a thousand burning orphanages. Your choice as to what I do. Evaporate is useless, I have a wand of flame with an uncertain number of charges left, but my best bet is probably to just run(slither) away quickly(or not very quickly, since, you know, nagas). Your choice.

[projectkulu]

I agree, I hate grinder so much that I named the folder with my version of crawl "****yougrinder"

Also can you play a mummy chaos knight next time you die?

[SlyGuyMcFly]

Uh, yeah. Grinder is going to kick your ass so hard. Discretion, valour, etc.

[Sprinter]

Either avoid Grinder for now or if you got stabing high enough sneak in for an easy kill while hes asleep.

[NarcissusIII]

I always strive to be valorous, so I do believe it's time to flee like a small child from my creepy uncle.
http://i.imgur.com/Ffcss.jpg
Who the hell tried to convince me that Nagas were stealthy?
http://i.imgur.com/QCXpk.jpg
I can't say I didn't see this coming. This is why Grinder is the winner of the annual "Double Barreled **** You" award for most annoying videogame character ever. He beat out Sigmund, because Sigmund isn't poison immune.


Mummy Chaos Knight was it? Why do you hate me so? What should I name the poor undead fellow?

[Sprinter]

Aww so close to stairs.I wonder why you didnt try use scrolls when u got bellow 50%. Chances one of them was blink or teleport was pretty high.

[projectkulu]

name him "dead man walking"

[ObadiahtheSlim]

I have a question. What do that {=f} on the weapons mean?

[projectkulu]

For some reason I feel like doing a few letsplays of dungeon crawl on this thread, any race/class combination ideas for me to get killed as? (I won't count the mummy/chaosknight, that's just for Narcissus)

[ragingrage]

I have a question. What do that {=f} on the weapons mean?

Not sure...I think it means the symbol it will be in the non-tiles version, but I'm not sure.


For some reason I feel like doing a few letsplays of dungeon crawl on this thread, any race/class combination ideas for me to get killed as? (I won't count the mummy/chaosknight, that's just for Narcissus)

Deep Elf...BERSERKER :smallbiggrin:

[projectkulu]

Lets get this going

http://i.imgur.com/frKCt.png
This is aklhrghk, the deep elf berserker, lets do this

http://i.imgur.com/T9R4L.png
Shortly after starting I find two scrolls and I immediately test them, I hate you RNG

http://i.imgur.com/EFxHk.png
Second room and already four jackals, I know this is going to go well

http://i.imgur.com/XoZ0Q.png
I had to berserk so I wouldn't die so early on

http://i.imgur.com/nlhjK.png
This is getting silly

I had a picture of me finding two rings, but I lost it

http://i.imgur.com/amaWb.png
20 poison needles but no blowgun

http://i.imgur.com/B1M7N.png
two rings and an amulet and still no scroll of identity

http://i.imgur.com/vJXxQ.png
Well I didn't really need that, but thanks anyway RNG

Nothing else really happens so I head down to dlevel two

http://i.imgur.com/DqZt8.png
okay, now I REALLY need a blowgun

http://i.imgur.com/ZOcCm.png
woo level 3

Nothing really happens in dlevel two except for the curare needles and hitting level 3

http://i.imgur.com/myYqv.png
I find a +2 robe and immediately put it on

http://i.imgur.com/2eLsr.png
This is going to suck

http://i.imgur.com/WGk4r.png
Even berserking and I almost died

http://i.imgur.com/fdUvs.png
dlevel 4

http://i.imgur.com/5TGXi.png
OHGOD, should I try to leave before he wakes up and look for a blowgun or try to fight him and most likely die a horrible, but honorable death.

[SlyGuyMcFly]

Dying is the least heroic and honourable thing.

Oh, and resize the images on your next update, would you kindly.

[Ozymandias]

I have a question. What do that {=f} on the weapons mean?

It's an inscription that makes it so you don't autoquiver it (which happens with hand axes, spears, and daggers.)

It's automatically put on starting weapons but you can add it to anything.

[projectkulu]

http://i.imgur.com/IDbRd.png
Last time on "play as an awful class/race combination" I found an ogre and the public said to not fight it

http://i.imgur.com/D4lw2.png
I pick up some darts just in case I need a ranged attack

http://i.imgur.com/XuvKF.png
I decided to try testing the scrolls and potions I have in my inventory, three of them turn out to be mutation potions and I only drank one, the mutations I got were
- half all AC from armor
- +1 AC
because I was wearing a robe (2 AC) nothing has changed

http://i.imgur.com/SWHiO.png
Nothing else on dlevel 4, lets go to 5

http://i.imgur.com/NJzmU.png
I picked up a saber and some poison darts, the RNG must really like me

http://i.imgur.com/csKrG.png
Another ogre in the next room, NEXT

http://i.imgur.com/2KgOC.png
I didn't take a screenshot of how this happened, but pretty much I found a room with a few orcs and an orc priest, I ran away to a narrow hallway and berserked when the first orc showed up

http://i.imgur.com/XbLCV.png
And on the last orc my berserk wears off and I die

Well I survived much longer than I expected

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10.0 character file.

376 aklhrghk the Ducker (level 5, 0/33 HPs)
Began as a Deep Elf Berserker on Mar 8, 2012.
Was a Priest of Trog.
Slain by an orc
... wielding a +1,+0 orcish flail
(3 damage)
... on Level 5 of the Dungeon.
The game lasted 00:31:51 (3580 turns).

aklhrghk the Ducker (Deep Elf Berserker) Turns: 3580, Time: 00:31:52

HP 0/33 AC 4 Str 16 XL: 5 Next: 78%
MP 9/9 EV 14 Int 12 God: Trog [***...]
Gold 141 SH 7 Dex 15 Spells: 0 memorised, 4 levels left

Res.Fire : . . . See Invis. : . o - +0 sabre
Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . . n - +2 robe
Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . d - -1 dwarf buckler
Res.Acid. : . . . Res.Corr. : . (no helmet)
Res.Poison: . Clarity : . (no cloak)
Res.Elec. : . Spirit.Shd : . (no gloves)
Sust.Abil.: . . Stasis : . (no boots)
Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . i - amulet of controlled flight
Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . (no ring)
Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: + f - +2 ring of strength

@: exhausted, slowed, very slow, slightly resistant to hostile enchantments,
fairly stealthy
A: deformed body, AC +1
a: Burn Spellbooks, Berserk, Trog's Hand, Renounce Religion


You were on level 5 of the Dungeon.
You worshipped Trog.
Trog was greatly pleased with you.
You were near starving.

You visited 1 branch of the dungeon, and saw 5 of its levels.

You collected 121 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
o - a +0,+0 sabre (weapon)
r - a +0,+1 dwarven long sword
Missiles
g - 40 poisoned +0 needles
j - 6 curare-tipped +0 needles
l - 3 poisoned +0 darts
w - 29 +0 darts (quivered)
Armour
d - a -1 dwarven buckler (worn)
n - a +2 robe (worn)
Comestibles
c - 2 bread rations
h - 2 meat rations
m - a beef jerky
s - a choko
x - a slice of pizza
Scrolls
k - 2 scrolls of remove curse
Jewellery
e - an uncursed ring of teleportation
f - a +2 ring of strength (left hand)
i - an amulet of controlled flight (around neck)
Potions
b - 2 potions of mutation
p - a potion of levitation


Skills:
* Level 3.3 Fighting
- Level 4.0 Short Blades
* Level 1.2 Long Blades
* Level 1.7 Throwing
+ Level 1.5 Armour
* Level 5.5 Dodging
* Level 2.6 Stealth
* Level 0.6 Shields


You had 4 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (5/27)
Temple: D:4-7

Altars:


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

Armour fits poorly on your strangely shaped body.
You are covered in fur (AC +1).


Message History

You puncture the orc but do no damage.
The orc is heavily wounded.
The orc barely misses you.
You puncture the orc but do no damage.
The orc is heavily wounded.
The orc barely misses you.
You slash the orc but do no damage.
The orc is heavily wounded.
The orc closely misses you.
You closely miss the orc.
The orc is heavily wounded.
The orc hits you but does no damage.
You slash the orc but do no damage.
The orc is heavily wounded.
You block the orc's attack. The orc hits you with an orcish flail.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You closely miss the orc.
The orc is heavily wounded.
The orc hits you with an orcish flail.
You die...

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You could see an orc.

Vanquished Creatures
An orc priest (D:5)
2 hounds (D:4)
3 gnolls (D:3)
2 adders
A giant mite (D:3)
An adder skeleton (D:4)
2 worms
A bat zombie (D:5)
An ooze (D:4)
4 giant geckos
4 orcs
A ball python (D:4)
9 bats
A giant cockroach (D:3)
9 goblins
11 hobgoblins
9 jackals
9 kobolds
A quokka (D:3)
4 giant newts
6 rats
A rat skeleton (D:4)
83 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
A goblin (D:2)
A hobgoblin (D:3)
2 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 85 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn | Place | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
0 | D:1 | aklhrghk, the Deep Elf Berserker, began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 14/14 MP: 1/1
77 | D:1 | Reached skill level 1 in Stealth
85 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 9/19 MP: 3/3
1108 | D:2 | Acquired Trog's second power
1108 | D:2 | Reached skill level 1 in Throwing
1108 | D:2 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 20/24 MP: 5/5
1706 | D:3 | Reached skill level 4 in Dodging
1707 | D:3 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 10/28 MP: 7/7
2667 | D:4 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 15/33 MP: 9/9
2888 | D:4 | Reached skill level 1 in Long Blades
3195 | D:4 | Gained mutation: Armour fits poorly on your strangely shaped body.
3195 | D:4 | Gained mutation: You are covered in fur (AC +1).
3312 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
3391 | D:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
3580 | D:5 | Slain by an orc

Also because I like to show off, here's the morgue of my best character to date

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10.0 character file.

90084 GUY the Blocker (level 15, -15/128 (132) HPs)
Began as a Minotaur Fighter on Mar 6, 2012.
Was the Champion of Okawaru.
Killed from afar by a wizard (34 damage)
... with a crystal spear

... in The Abyss on Mar 7, 2012.
The game lasted 02:53:34 (25779 turns).

GUY the Blocker (Minotaur Fighter) Turns: 25779, Time: 02:53:34

HP -15/128 (132) AC 25 Str 27 XL: 15 Next: 73%
MP 13/13 EV 7 Int 4 (5) God: Okawaru [******]
Gold 1673 SH 46 Dex 12 Spells: 0 memorised, 14 levels left

Res.Fire : + + . See Invis. : . h - +5 orc flail (protect)
Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . . k - +4 plate armour (curse)
Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . R - +0 large shield of Okawaru's Approval {god
Res.Acid. : . . . Res.Corr. : . B - +2 wizard hat
Res.Poison: . Clarity : + w - +1 cloak
Res.Elec. : . Spirit.Shd : . Q - +0 pair of elf gauntlets
Sust.Abil.: . . Stasis : . m - +0 pair of boots
Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: x v - cursed amulet of clarity
Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . U - ring of sustenance
Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: . Z - +2 ring of evasion

@: somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: retaliatory headbutt, horns 2, berserk 1, deformed body
a: Heroism, Finesse, Renounce Religion


You were in the Abyss.
You worshipped Okawaru.
Okawaru was exalted by your worship.
You were not hungry.

You visited 5 branches of the dungeon, and saw 29 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 1 time.
You visited 1 portal chamber: bailey.

You collected 2047 gold pieces.
You spent 394 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
h - a +5,+5 orcish flail of protection (weapon)
i - the +1,+0 dagger of Nyocho {speed, rN+}
(You found it on level 4 of the Swamp)

Attacks with this weapon take half as long, but cause slightly less damage.

It protects you from negative energy.
O - the +5,+10 whip "Snakebite" {god gift, venom, rPois}
(Okawaru gifted it to you on level 7 of the Lair of Beasts)

It poisons the flesh of those it strikes.

It protects you from poison.
Missiles
j - 3 silver +4 javelins {god gift}
D - 6 +1 javelins of returning (quivered) {god gift}
Armour
k - a cursed +4 plate armour (worn)
m - a +0 pair of boots (worn)
w - a +1 cloak (worn)
B - a +2 wizard hat (worn)
Q - a +0 pair of elven gauntlets (worn)
R - the +0 large shield of Okawaru's Approval (worn) {god gift, rF++ Dex+2 Stlth++}
(Okawaru gifted it to you on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts)

It affects your dexterity (+2).
It greatly protects you from fire.
It makes you much more stealthy.
Magical devices
c - a wand of magic darts (16)
r - a wand of polymorph other (13)
u - a wand of polymorph other (2)
C - a wand of flame (21)
G - a wand of digging (2)
M - a wand of digging (8)
W - a wand of polymorph other (9)
Comestibles
d - a bread ration
n - 13 meat rations
Scrolls
q - a scroll of remove curse
t - 2 scrolls of identify
J - 2 scrolls of detect curse
Jewellery
g - an uncursed ring of regeneration
l - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
v - a cursed amulet of clarity (around neck)
y - a +4 ring of intelligence
A - an uncursed amulet of rage
H - an uncursed amulet of warding
P - an uncursed amulet of resist corrosion
S - an uncursed ring of fire
U - a ring of sustenance (right hand)
Z - a +2 ring of evasion (left hand)
Potions
p - 3 potions of curing
s - 3 potions of agility
E - 5 potions of might
K - 3 potions of brilliance
L - 3 potions of restore abilities
N - 4 potions of berserk rage
Magical staves
x - a +0 rod of summoning (10/10)
(You found it on level 4 of the Swamp)


Skills:
* Level 13.8 Fighting
* Level 17.8 Maces & Flails
* Level 10.7 Throwing
+ Level 10.0 Armour
+ Level 8.0 Dodging
+ Level 1.9 Stabbing
* Level 18.6 Shields
- Level 4.9 Traps & Doors
+ Level 3.3 Invocations
- Level 4.8 Evocations


You had 14 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (11/27) Temple (1/1) D:4 Orc (4/4) D:6
Lair (8/8) D:11 Swamp (5/5) Lair:2 Shoals (0/5) Lair:3
Slime (0/6) Lair:7
Elf: Orc:3-4

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
The Shining One
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:5: * D:7: ( D:9: * Orc:4: [!?(

Annotations
Swamp:5 exclusion: silver statue, Mara, Wiglaf


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You reflexively headbutt those who attack you in melee.
You have a pair of horns on your head.
You tend to lose your temper in combat.
Armour fits poorly on your strangely shaped body.


Message History

The wizard gestures at you while chanting.
The bolt of cold hits you!
The wizard casts a spell.
The wizard blinks!
You start resting.
You enter the shallow water.
Moving in this stuff is going to be slow.
You block the wizard's attack.
The wizard gestures at you while chanting.
The bolt of cold hits you!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
There is some shallow water here.
You thump the wizard!
The wizard is severely wounded.
You are engulfed in freezing vapours.
One of your 4 potions of agility freezes and shatters!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The wizard points at you and mumbles some strange words.
The crystal spear hits you!
You die...

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You could see a wizard.

Vanquished Creatures
Agnes (Swamp:1)
Jozef (Lair:1)
Snorg (Swamp:1)
7 hydras
3 alligators
12 death yaks
An orc high priest (Orc:4)
2 hell hogs (Abyss)
A sun demon (Abyss)
4 large abominations (Abyss)
7 orc knights (Orc:4)
2 skeletal warriors (Abyss)
A sea snake zombie (Abyss)
A hill giant (D:11)
Pikel (D:7)
2 red wasps
Joseph (Orc:1)
A hydra zombie (D:11)
2 griffons
An iron troll skeleton (Abyss)
2 feature mimics
A sixfirhy (Abyss)
A cyclops (D:11)
2 elephant slugs
8 spiny frogs
9 black mambas
14 slime creatures
A wolf spider (D:10)
A trapdoor spider (D:11)
2 orange demons (Abyss)
A hellwing (Abyss)
3 ugly things (Swamp:2)
7 komodo dragons
A purple draconian simulacrum (Abyss)
8 spriggans (Lair:8)
A redback (Lair:8)
A troll (D:9)
3 smoke demons (Abyss)
An iron devil (Orc:4)
6 bog mummies
10 blink frogs
2 basilisks
5 grizzly bears (Lair:8)
A merfolk zombie (Abyss)
A ynoxinul (Abyss)
25 yaks
2 fire drakes (Lair:4)
A wyvern (Lair:5)
2 sharks (Lair:4)
6 hippogriffs
Eustachio (D:5)
A hungry ghost (D:8)
A hog (D:10)
Grum (Orc:3)
17 vampire mosquitoes
2 item mimics
A manticore (D:10)
6 war dogs
37 swamp worms
3 neqoxecs (Abyss)
18 insubstantial wisps
29 orc warriors
2 sky beasts
A necrophage (D:9)
2 phantoms (D:9)
10 black bears
5 swamp drakes
An ice beast (D:5)
3 boring beetles
10 giant goldfish
2 small abominations (Abyss)
6 ogres
3 centaurs
Sigmund (D:7)
A gnoll sergeant (Orc:3)
6 wargs (Orc:4)
A brain worm (Abyss)
13 crocodiles
9 giant frogs
4 giant slugs
12 wolves (Lair:8)
2 giant leeches
6 water moccasins
5 agate snails
Blork the orc (D:6)
2 wights
4 killer bees (D:7)
7 electric eels
A big kobold zombie (D:8)
9 jellyfish
A goliath beetle (D:8)
2 quasits
4 iron imps (Abyss)
10 orc priests
14 hounds
2 shadows
11 crimson imps
10 big fish
4 iguanas
3 scorpions
11 porcupines
14 orc wizards
5 worker ants
14 sheep
A worm zombie (D:9)
5 jellies
2 mummies
5 flying skulls (Abyss)
65 green rats
2 lemures
19 adders
8 gnolls
A midge (Abyss)
2 shadow imps (Abyss)
A white imp (Abyss)
3 giant mites
2 adder skeletons
7 worms
8 ufetubi
3 grey rats (D:5)
A bat skeleton (D:4)
10 giant geckos
3 oozes
160 orcs
4 giant cockroaches
18 hobgoblins
14 quokkas
A ball python (D:4)
30 bats
7 giant newts
13 goblins
12 jackals
15 kobolds
A kobold skeleton (D:4)
47 rats
3 ballistomycetes (D:10)
2 fungi (Lair:8)
A plant (Lair:8)
6 toadstools
1013 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
An azure jelly (Swamp:5)
6 slime creatures (Swamp:4)
2 small abominations
A crocodile (Lair:3)
A crimson imp (D:6)
An iguana (Lair:1)
An orc priest (D:6)
A worker ant (D:6)
An adder (D:6)
A giant mite (D:6)
A hobgoblin (Orc:2)
2 jackals (Lair:3)
2 kobolds (D:10)
2 bats (D:6)
A giant newt (D:6)
A giant spore (D:10)
An orc skeleton (D:7)
A quokka (D:6)
2 rats
9 fungi (Lair:8)
3 plants (Lair:8)
16 toadstools
57 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 1070 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn | Place | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
0 | D:1 | GUY, the Minotaur Fighter, began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 19/19 MP: 0/0
34 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 26/26 MP: 0/0
114 | D:1 | Reached skill level 4 in Fighting
295 | D:1 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 31/33 MP: 1/1
815 | D:2 | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
943 | D:2 | Reached skill level 1 in Dodging
1128 | D:2 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 40/40 MP: 1/1
1616 | D:3 | Reached skill level 1 in Throwing
1726 | D:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Armour
1726 | D:4 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 46/46 MP: 1/1
2014 | D:4 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 39/53 MP: 2/2
2068 | D:4 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
2074 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
2126 | Temple | Became a worshipper of Warmaster Okawaru
2560 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
2649 | D:5 | Reached skill level 6 in Armour
2796 | D:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
2798 | D:5 | Acquired Okawaru's first power
2863 | D:5 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 56/60 MP: 2/2
2865 | D:5 | Found Shreiheul's Assorted Antiques.
3071 | D:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Maces & Flails
3251 | D:5 | Noticed Eustachio
3314 | D:5 | Killed Eustachio
3314 | D:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Shields
3761 | D:6 | Noticed Blork the orc
3770 | D:6 | Killed Blork the orc
3770 | D:6 | Reached skill level 7 in Armour
3829 | D:6 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 62/68 MP: 2/2
3841 | D:6 | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
3995 | D:6 | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
4198 | D:7 | Found Egiqichid's Weapon Shop.
4450 | D:7 | Noticed Sigmund
4464 | D:7 | Killed Sigmund
4495 | D:7 | Found a flagged portal.
4510 | bailey | Entered the bailey
4717 | D:7 | Found a deep blue altar of Sif Muna.
4734 | D:7 | Noticed Pikel
4755 | D:7 | Killed Pikel
4755 | D:7 | Reached skill level 8 in Armour
4755 | D:7 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 72/74 MP: 3/3
4883 | D:8 | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
5830 | D:9 | Reached skill level 9 in Armour
5889 | D:9 | Reached XP level 10. HP: 39/83 MP: 3/3
6200 | D:9 | Reached skill level 10 in Armour
6501 | D:9 | Reached skill level 5 in Throwing
6562 | D:9 | Found Moext's Assorted Antiques.
6582 | D:9 | Bought a scroll of enchant weapon II for 137 gold pieces
6582 | D:9 | Bought a scroll of enchant weapon II for 137 gold pieces
6635 | D:10 | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
7574 | D:10 | Gained mutation: Your magical capacity is low (-10% MP).
7574 | D:10 | Gained mutation: Your spells are a little harder to cast, but a little more powerful.
7574 | D:10 | Gained mutation: You are agile (Dex +1).
7619 | D:10 | Reached skill level 10 in Maces & Flails
8473 | D:11 | Acquired Okawaru's second power
8520 | D:11 | Reached XP level 11. HP: 53/92 MP: 2/2
9000 | D:11 | Found a staircase to the Lair.
9052 | D:11 | Reached skill level 11 in Maces & Flails
9052 | D:11 | Reached skill level 10 in Shields
9320 | Lair:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
9734 | Lair:1 | Noticed Jozef
9760 | Lair:1 | Killed Jozef
9760 | Lair:1 | Reached skill level 12 in Maces & Flails
10109 | Lair:2 | Found a labyrinth entrance.
10168 | Lair:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
10406 | Lair:2 | Found a staircase to the Swamp.
10982 | Lair:2 | Reached XP level 12. HP: 93/102 MP: 3/3
11098 | Lair:3 | Found a staircase to the Shoals.
11147 | Lair:3 | Reached skill level 10 in Fighting
11344 | Lair:3 | Received a gift from Okawaru
11730 | Lair:3 | Reached skill level 13 in Maces & Flails
12658 | Lair:4 | Lost mutation: You are agile (Dex +1).
12658 | Lair:4 | Gained mutation: You are clumsy (Dex -1).
12658 | Lair:4 | Gained mutation: Space occasionally distorts in your vicinity.
13621 | Lair:5 | Received a gift from Okawaru
14179 | Lair:6 | Reached skill level 14 in Maces & Flails
14386 | Lair:6 | Lost mutation: Your spells are a little harder to cast, but a little more powerful.
14386 | Lair:6 | Lost mutation: You are clumsy (Dex -1).
14386 | Lair:6 | Lost mutation: Your magical capacity is low (-10% MP).
14386 | Lair:6 | Lost mutation: Space occasionally distorts in your vicinity.
14740 | Lair:7 | Reached XP level 13. HP: 93/113 MP: 4/4
14828 | Lair:7 | Received a gift from Okawaru
14830 | Lair:7 | Got a forked whip {god gift}
14831 | Lair:7 | Identified the whip "Snakebite" {god gift, venom, rPois} (Okawaru gifted it to you on level 7 of the Lair of Beasts)
14847 | Lair:7 | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
14851 | Lair:7 | Found a viscous altar of Jiyva.
15165 | Lair:8 | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts
15185 | Lair:8 | Noticed a redback
15192 | Lair:8 | Killed a redback
15583 | Lair:7 | Reached skill level 15 in Maces & Flails
16537 | Lair:8 | Received a gift from Okawaru
16589 | Lair:8 | Reached skill level 1 in Stabbing
16616 | Lair:8 | Received a gift from Okawaru
16760 | Lair:8 | Reached skill level 15 in Shields
16917 | Lair:8 | Received a gift from Okawaru
16919 | Lair:8 | Got a bloodstained large shield {god gift}
16941 | Lair:8 | Identified the +0 large shield of Okawaru's Approval {god gift} (Okawaru gifted it to you on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts)
17113 | Lair:8 | Reached skill level 16 in Maces & Flails
17173 | Lair:8 | Reached XP level 14. HP: 49/123 MP: 4/4
18046 | Orc:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
18173 | Orc:1 | Noticed Joseph
18201 | Orc:1 | Killed Joseph
18724 | Orc:4 | Entered Level 4 of the Orcish Mines
18724 | Orc:4 | Noticed Grum
18733 | Orc:4 | Noticed a gnoll sergeant
18754 | Orc:3 | Killed a gnoll sergeant
18754 | Orc:3 | Received a gift from Okawaru
18885 | Orc:3 | Killed Grum
19363 | Orc:4 | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
19592 | Orc:4 | Received a gift from Okawaru
19621 | Orc:4 | Got a crude splint mail {god gift}
19633 | Orc:4 | Identified the -1 splint mail of Distant Worlds {god gift} (Okawaru gifted it to you on level 4 of the Orcish Mines)
19747 | Orc:4 | Reached skill level 1 in Traps & Doors
19779 | Orc:4 | Reached skill level 10 in Throwing
19794 | Orc:4 | Found Phuxut's Magic Scroll Emporium.
19794 | Orc:4 | Found Xouqal's Weapon Shop.
20063 | Orc:4 | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
20200 | Orc:4 | Found Bagud's Armour Emporium.
20200 | Orc:4 | Found Vityapsa's Distillery.
20224 | Orc:4 | Bought a potion of curing for 24 gold pieces
20224 | Orc:4 | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 36 gold pieces
20224 | Orc:4 | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 36 gold pieces
20224 | Orc:4 | Bought a potion of curing for 24 gold pieces
20480 | Orc:4 | Noticed an orc high priest
20490 | Orc:4 | Killed an orc high priest
21082 | Swamp:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Swamp
21194 | Swamp:1 | Noticed Agnes
21220 | Swamp:1 | Killed Agnes
21401 | Swamp:1 | Reached skill level 17 in Maces & Flails
21510 | Swamp:1 | Noticed Snorg
21526 | Swamp:1 | Killed Snorg
22062 | Swamp:2 | Reached skill level 1 in Invocations
22276 | Swamp:2 | Reached XP level 15. HP: 89/132 MP: 8/8
22844 | Swamp:3 | Received a gift from Okawaru
23379 | Swamp:4 | Received a gift from Okawaru
23415 | Swamp:4 | Got a brightly glowing dagger
23416 | Swamp:4 | Identified the dagger of Nyocho {speed, rN+} (You found it on level 4 of the Swamp)
23488 | Swamp:4 | Identified a +0 rod of summoning (10/10) (You found it on level 4 of the Swamp)
23780 | Swamp:4 | Reached skill level 18 in Shields
23837 | Swamp:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Swamp
24193 | Swamp:5 | Noticed Mara
24196 | Swamp:5 | Noticed Wiglaf
24198 | Swamp:5 | Noticed GUY's illusion
24662 | Swamp:5 | You are cast into the Abyss!
24662 | Swamp:5 | Cast into the Abyss (Wiglaf)
24662 | Abyss | Entered The Abyss
24688 | Abyss | Noticed a sky beast
24703 | Abyss | Killed a sky beast
24967 | Abyss | Gained mutation: Armour fits poorly on your strangely shaped body.
25154 | Abyss | Gained mutation: You tend to lose your temper in combat.
25536 | Abyss | Noticed a purple draconian simulacrum
25547 | Abyss | Killed a purple draconian simulacrum
25751 | Abyss | Noticed a wizard
25779 | Abyss | Killed from afar by a wizard

[Sprinter]

Suprisingly good run with deep elf berserker. Try Tengu air elementalist next.

Checked the morgue file too. you dont have to clear whole branches at once. because branch end (orc 4, swamp 5, lair 8, shoals 5, vault 8, elf 5) are always much harder then the rest come back later when you finished exploring main branch deeper or easier parts of other branches.

[NarcissusIII]

I hear my thunder being stolen. But that's what I get for drinking instead of updating.

[NarcissusIII]

I hear my thunder being stolen. But that's what I get for drinking instead of updating.

[projectkulu]

Funny how yesterday I played a tengu air elementalist and only died because I tried fighting an air elemental for some reason

Well my first attempt went nowhere and wasn't the least bit interesting except me finding a staff of energy so I'll be trying again later.

Well I got both soul caliber 5 AND persona 4 both in the mail at the same time, so don't expect any updates from me for a while.

[Todasmile]

Found a +6 Ring of Intelligence on D:3 with an Octopode Wizard.

I expect to die horribly for this outrage. Most likely the same way my last promising Octopode Wizard did; equipping a cursed giant shield and not having any remove curse scrolls.

Yay 99% failure rate Magic Dart >.>

Edit: Yep, death by Sigmund.

[ObadiahtheSlim]

I know some horrible luck is coming my way. I am playing a Hill Orc Gladiator and I found a ring of wizardy and the Necronomicon. I have a feeling this is not going to end well. On the useful side, I found randart armor that is +3 scale with +int and dex modifiers.

[projectkulu]

Update!


http://i.imgur.com/qlaH6.png
This is BIG BIRD, a really stupid idea that I had

http://i.imgur.com/HjUJc.png
First floor and already a branded weapon, not like I need it though

There was a picture here where I hit level 2 and find some poison needles, but I lost the picture

http://i.imgur.com/0KwC8.png
Level 3!

http://i.imgur.com/PpWHI.png
Okay, this is a weird entrance to a floor

http://i.imgur.com/cxsFY.png
This is Okawaru, the god of heavily armored melee guys

http://i.imgur.com/4YxFn.png
I ID the scrolls and potions I have in my inventory

http://i.imgur.com/QXTnT.png
An orc! he goes down in 1 hit, it's sad when an orc dies in a single hit while throwing everything you have at a normal snake only does about half it's health (this is actually what killed my first attempt as a Tengu air mage

http://i.imgur.com/2l4yg.png
This is Nemelex Xobeh, the broken god of cheese

http://i.imgur.com/dKWAe.png
Level 4!

http://i.imgur.com/5udmw.png
When memorizing new spells said Tengu air mage that got killed by the RNG hating him a snake shows up

http://i.imgur.com/Sr9km.png
I try fighting him, but then he makes me painfully remember that he has deflect missile

http://i.imgur.com/aHfAB.png
I finish memorizing my spells and head on down to the next floor

http://i.imgur.com/8uaI3.png
VIEWER INTERACTION TIME: which god should I worship?

Check out this amazing armor I found when playing as a different character that I don't plan on showing you all

http://i.imgur.com/gb75f.png
Doesn't that sound like the best armor in the game?

[SlyGuyMcFly]

BIG BIRD: Ashenzari maybe? Always liked him.



I know some horrible luck is coming my way. I am playing a Hill Orc Gladiator and I found a ring of wizardy and the Necronomicon. I have a feeling this is not going to end well.

Are you kidding? This is great news! If the game keeps throwing powerful yet completely useless stuff at you you're in for a real cakewalk!



On the useful side, I found randart armor that is +3 scale with +int and dex modifiers.

You're doomed. Dooooomed.

[ObadiahtheSlim]

Update!

Check out this amazing armor I found when playing as a different character that I don't plan on showing you all

http://i.imgur.com/gb75f.png
Doesn't that sound like the best armor in the game?

It's only a -5. I'm sure you can do better. :smallbiggrin:

[projectkulu]

It's only a -5. I'm sure you can do better. :smallbiggrin:

Did you read all of the other amazing effects the robe has? The wiki calls it "The worst artefact in the game" so it has to be great.

[ObadiahtheSlim]

Ah, it's not a randart. I ran across a -11 with some other negative stat on it in a shop. Needless to say I passed on it.

Also Mara is a jerk. I almost had him dead and then he clones himself and makes a player ghost out of me. I couldn't even run away. Well I'm getting further in the game. Sooner or later I'll get some of the macguffins you need to win the game.

[BlackSheep]

Mara belongs squarely in the "run first" group of uniques. Even if you're totally prepared for him, he can still ruin your day.

As for Big Bird, it would have been helpful to see which gods were available in the temple, but I'll vote for Ashenzari or Vehumet.

[Sprinter]

Mara belongs squarely in the "run first" group of uniques. Even if you're totally prepared for him, he can still ruin your day.

As for Big Bird, it would have been helpful to see which gods were available in the temple, but I'll vote for Ashenzari or Vehumet.

Actualy if you are prepared Mara is in piece of cake group. Especialy for melee just equip a bread or other peace of food and remove your armor if you are too resistant against weapon brand you have. Even if mara make clone of you with armor still on it will be just very hard to kill target that does almost no damage. After Mara clones you equip your weapon and kill him. Caster is bit trickier even without weapon or armor your copy still can cast your spells but in older versions your copy casted mostly the first spell on your list. Which is why i often had summon butterflies first in list. Hostile butterflies dont scare me.

I'll vote for Ashenzari never seen her in actrion yet. :)

[BlackSheep]

You left out the part where he creates two clones of himself and then all three of them blink around casting pain and bolt of fire at you. When you do get his health low, he can teleport away and heal up.

[Top_Hat]

If we have any pros taking note of this thread can somebody give me advice on an endgame character? I've been running an OpFE recently that I'd like to clear the endgame with, but I've run out of places that seem safe to tread without an amulet of rMUT or potions of cure mutation (neither has generated in this game). Do you think that I can attempt the Slime Pits without rCorr (also not generated)? Will Firestorm see me through?

Here's my here's a dump of my stuff.

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10.0 character file.

max the Peltast (Octopode Fire Elementalist) Turns: 107158, Time: 07:59:30

HP 175/175 AC 5 Str 22 XL: 27
MP 30/45 EV 19 Int 40 God: Vehumet [******]
Gold 7619 SH 50 Dex 14 Spells: 15 memorised, 7 levels left

Res.Fire : + + . See Invis. : . n - staff of energy
Res.Cold : + . . Warding : . . w - +0 large shield "Leujeed" {Str+4 Int+4}
Life Prot.: + . . Conserve : + p - +2 wizard hat {Int+3}
Res.Acid. : . . . Res.Corr. : . A - amulet of conservation
Res.Poison: + Clarity : . b - ring of sustenance
Res.Elec. : . Spirit.Shd : . O - ring of protection from cold
Sust.Abil.: . . Stasis : . e - ring "Nal Prol" {rPois rN+}
Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . I - ring of the Clam {rF+ Str+5 Int+5}
Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . K - cursed ring of protection from fire
Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: . x - ring of sustenance
m - ring "Siff" {Wiz +Inv}
(no ring)

@: quite resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely stealthy
A: almost no armour, amphibious, constrict 8, antennae 2, camouflage 1,
tentacles 3, spike 1, AC +3, SH +2, Str +4, Int +1
a: Renounce Religion, Evoke Invisibility
}: 3/15 runes: decaying, barnacled, silver


You are on level 2 of the Vaults.
You worship Vehumet.
Vehumet is exalted by your worship.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 10 branches of the dungeon, and seen 73 of its levels.
You have visited 1 Labyrinth.
You have visited 1 bazaar.
You have visited 6 portal chambers: bailey, ossuary, volcano, spiders nest, ice cave, wizlab.

You have collected 9338 gold pieces.
You have spent 1739 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
q - the spiked flail "Trog's Wrath" {drain, rC+ Dex+4 SInv}
(You found it on level 27 of the Dungeon)

A truly terrible weapon, it drains the life of those it strikes.

It affects your dexterity (+4).
It protects you from cold.
It enhances your eyesight.
Z - the -5,+3 short sword "Ghasot" {flame, rF+ rC+ Int+2}
(You found it on level 27 of the Dungeon)

It emits flame when wielded, causing extra injury to most foes and up to
double damage against particularly susceptible opponents. Big, fiery blades
are also staple armaments of hydra-hunters.

It affects your intelligence (+2).
It protects you from fire.
It protects you from cold.
Armour
o - a +3 large shield of cold resistance
p - a +2 wizard hat of intelligence (worn)
w - the +0 large shield "Leujeed" (worn) {Str+4 Int+4}
(You took it off Mennas on level 2 of the Vaults)

It affects your strength (+4).
It affects your intelligence (+4).
Magical devices
d - a wand of teleportation (4)
y - a wand of invisibility (4)
F - a wand of digging (14)
J - a wand of hasting (7)
Q - a wand of disintegration (9)
S - a wand of teleportation (11)
T - a wand of digging (15)
U - a wand of disintegration (7)
Comestibles
g - 9 meat rations
l - 7 grapes
M - a royal jelly
R - 5 bread rations
Scrolls
a - 10 scrolls of teleportation
f - 10 scrolls of remove curse
h - 8 scrolls of identify
r - 6 scrolls of blinking
s - 2 scrolls of recharging
t - 5 scrolls of fog
H - 3 scrolls of vulnerability
X - a scroll of amnesia
Jewellery
b - a ring of sustenance (on tentacle)
e - the ring "Nal Prol" (on tentacle) {rPois rN+}
(You found it on level 4 of the Lair of Beasts)

[ring of poison resistance]

It protects you from negative energy.
m - the ring "Siff" (on tentacle) {Wiz +Inv}
(You found it on level 5 of the Elven Halls)

[ring of wizardry]

It lets you turn invisible.
v - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
x - a ring of sustenance (on tentacle)
z - an uncursed amulet of stasis
A - an amulet of conservation (around mantle)
E - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
I - the ring of the Clam (on tentacle) {rF+ Str+5 Int+5}
(You found it in The Hall of Thou the Hellbinder)

[ring of protection from fire]

It affects your strength (+5).
It affects your intelligence (+5).
K - a cursed ring of protection from fire (on tentacle)
O - a ring of protection from cold (on tentacle)
W - an uncursed ring of protection from magic
Potions
i - 3 potions of heal wounds
j - 12 potions of curing
u - 2 potions of resistance
B - 4 potions of speed
C - a potion of invisibility
Y - 7 potions of magic
Magical staves
n - a staff of energy (weapon)
N - a staff of channeling
V - a staff of fire
Miscellaneous
k - an ornate deck of dungeons {Vitrification, drawn: 1}
D - a crystal ball of energy


Skills:
+ Level 11.7 Fighting
+ Level 5.7 Staves
+ Level 12.0 Dodging
- Level 8.0 Stealth
* Level 22.2 Shields
- Level 10.9 Traps & Doors
+ Level 19.3 Spellcasting
- Level 21.0 Conjurations
- Level 9.2 Charms
- Level 7.8 Summonings
+ Level 5.3 Necromancy
- Level 6.0 Translocations
- Level 21.1 Fire Magic
- Level 6.0 Air Magic
+ Level 16.1 Evocations


You have 7 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

Your Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger
a - Fireball Fire/Conj #########. 0% 5 None
b - Blink Tloc N/A 1% 2 None
c - Sticky Flame Fire/Conj ######### 0% 4 None
d - Control Teleport Chrm/Tloc #######... 1% 4 None
e - Swiftness Air/Chrm #######... 1% 2 None
f - Repel Missiles Air/Chrm #######... 1% 2 None
g - Apportation Tloc #######... 1% 1 None
h - Haste Chrm ########. 1% 6 None
i - Regeneration Chrm/Necr #######... 1% 3 None
j - Orb of Destruction Conj #########. 1% 7 None
k - Abjuration Summ ########.. 1% 3 None
l - Flight Air/Chrm #######... 1% 3 None
m - Shadow Creatures Summ N/A 1% 5 None
n - Summon Butterflies Summ ########. 1% 1 None
o - Fire Storm Fire/Conj #########. 1% 9 Honeycomb


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (27/27) Temple (0/1) D:5 Orc (4/4) D:9
Elf (5/5) Orc:4 Lair (8/8) D:9 Swamp (5/5) Lair:2
Shoals (5/5) Lair:6 Slime (0/6) Lair:6 Vault (8/8) D:19
Blade (1/1) Vault:6 Crypt (5/5) Vault:2 Tomb (0/3) Crypt:2
Zot (5/5) D:27

Altars:
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Okawaru
Sif Muna
The Shining One
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:12: ! D:21: ( D:22: * Orc:2: ! Orc:3: [ Orc:4: [?*( Shoals:3: [ Shoals:4: (/ Vault:1: + Vault:3: ( Vault:4: ?

Portals:
Hell: D:21* D:22 D:23 D:24 D:25 D:26 D:27
Abyss: D:22 D:25 D:26
Pan: D:21 D:24 D:25
Trove: Elf:3 (give 12 potions of heal wounds)

Annotations
Vault:2 !mennas
Vault:3 Boris
Vault:4 Wiglaf
Crypt:3 exclusion: curse skull


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You cannot wear most types of armour.
You can wear up to eight rings at the same time.
You are amphibious.
You can use your tentacles to constrict many enemies at once.
Your rubbery body absorbs attacks (AC +1).
Your skin changes colour to match your surroundings (Stlth).
You have a mass of large tentacles instead of arms.
You have a pair of antennae on your head.
You are partially covered in large bone plates (AC +2, SH +2).
Your mind is acute (Int +1).
Your muscles are strong (Str +4).
One of your tentacles bears a spike.


Vanquished Creatures
4 ancient liches
Saint Roka (Crypt:3)
A curse toe (Zot:3)
A Killer Klown (Zot:5)
Margery (Vault:2)
Mennas (Vault:2)
12 golden dragons
3 electric golems
Xtahua (Vault:4)
Frederick (Vault:5)
3 liches
8 Orb Guardians (Zot:5)

Grand Total: 4186 creatures vanquished


Random advice about the character is also apreciated!

[Sprinter]

If we have any pros taking note of this thread can somebody give me advice on an endgame character? I've been running an OpFE recently that I'd like to clear the endgame with, but I've run out of places that seem safe to tread without an amulet of rMUT or potions of cure mutation (neither has generated in this game). Do you think that I can attempt the Slime Pits without rCorr (also not generated)? Will Firestorm see me through?

Here's my here's a dump of my stuff.

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10.0 character file.

max the Peltast (Octopode Fire Elementalist) Turns: 107158, Time: 07:59:30

HP 175/175 AC 5 Str 22 XL: 27
MP 30/45 EV 19 Int 40 God: Vehumet [******]
Gold 7619 SH 50 Dex 14 Spells: 15 memorised, 7 levels left

Res.Fire : + + . See Invis. : . n - staff of energy
Res.Cold : + . . Warding : . . w - +0 large shield "Leujeed" {Str+4 Int+4}
Life Prot.: + . . Conserve : + p - +2 wizard hat {Int+3}
Res.Acid. : . . . Res.Corr. : . A - amulet of conservation
Res.Poison: + Clarity : . b - ring of sustenance
Res.Elec. : . Spirit.Shd : . O - ring of protection from cold
Sust.Abil.: . . Stasis : . e - ring "Nal Prol" {rPois rN+}
Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . I - ring of the Clam {rF+ Str+5 Int+5}
Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . K - cursed ring of protection from fire
Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: . x - ring of sustenance
m - ring "Siff" {Wiz +Inv}
(no ring)

@: quite resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely stealthy
A: almost no armour, amphibious, constrict 8, antennae 2, camouflage 1,
tentacles 3, spike 1, AC +3, SH +2, Str +4, Int +1
a: Renounce Religion, Evoke Invisibility
}: 3/15 runes: decaying, barnacled, silver


You are on level 2 of the Vaults.
You worship Vehumet.
Vehumet is exalted by your worship.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 10 branches of the dungeon, and seen 73 of its levels.
You have visited 1 Labyrinth.
You have visited 1 bazaar.
You have visited 6 portal chambers: bailey, ossuary, volcano, spiders nest, ice cave, wizlab.

You have collected 9338 gold pieces.
You have spent 1739 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
q - the spiked flail "Trog's Wrath" {drain, rC+ Dex+4 SInv}
(You found it on level 27 of the Dungeon)

A truly terrible weapon, it drains the life of those it strikes.

It affects your dexterity (+4).
It protects you from cold.
It enhances your eyesight.
Z - the -5,+3 short sword "Ghasot" {flame, rF+ rC+ Int+2}
(You found it on level 27 of the Dungeon)

It emits flame when wielded, causing extra injury to most foes and up to
double damage against particularly susceptible opponents. Big, fiery blades
are also staple armaments of hydra-hunters.

It affects your intelligence (+2).
It protects you from fire.
It protects you from cold.
Armour
o - a +3 large shield of cold resistance
p - a +2 wizard hat of intelligence (worn)
w - the +0 large shield "Leujeed" (worn) {Str+4 Int+4}
(You took it off Mennas on level 2 of the Vaults)

It affects your strength (+4).
It affects your intelligence (+4).
Magical devices
d - a wand of teleportation (4)
y - a wand of invisibility (4)
F - a wand of digging (14)
J - a wand of hasting (7)
Q - a wand of disintegration (9)
S - a wand of teleportation (11)
T - a wand of digging (15)
U - a wand of disintegration (7)
Comestibles
g - 9 meat rations
l - 7 grapes
M - a royal jelly
R - 5 bread rations
Scrolls
a - 10 scrolls of teleportation
f - 10 scrolls of remove curse
h - 8 scrolls of identify
r - 6 scrolls of blinking
s - 2 scrolls of recharging
t - 5 scrolls of fog
H - 3 scrolls of vulnerability
X - a scroll of amnesia
Jewellery
b - a ring of sustenance (on tentacle)
e - the ring "Nal Prol" (on tentacle) {rPois rN+}
(You found it on level 4 of the Lair of Beasts)

[ring of poison resistance]

It protects you from negative energy.
m - the ring "Siff" (on tentacle) {Wiz +Inv}
(You found it on level 5 of the Elven Halls)

[ring of wizardry]

It lets you turn invisible.
v - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
x - a ring of sustenance (on tentacle)
z - an uncursed amulet of stasis
A - an amulet of conservation (around mantle)
E - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
I - the ring of the Clam (on tentacle) {rF+ Str+5 Int+5}
(You found it in The Hall of Thou the Hellbinder)

[ring of protection from fire]

It affects your strength (+5).
It affects your intelligence (+5).
K - a cursed ring of protection from fire (on tentacle)
O - a ring of protection from cold (on tentacle)
W - an uncursed ring of protection from magic
Potions
i - 3 potions of heal wounds
j - 12 potions of curing
u - 2 potions of resistance
B - 4 potions of speed
C - a potion of invisibility
Y - 7 potions of magic
Magical staves
n - a staff of energy (weapon)
N - a staff of channeling
V - a staff of fire
Miscellaneous
k - an ornate deck of dungeons {Vitrification, drawn: 1}
D - a crystal ball of energy


Skills:
+ Level 11.7 Fighting
+ Level 5.7 Staves
+ Level 12.0 Dodging
- Level 8.0 Stealth
* Level 22.2 Shields
- Level 10.9 Traps & Doors
+ Level 19.3 Spellcasting
- Level 21.0 Conjurations
- Level 9.2 Charms
- Level 7.8 Summonings
+ Level 5.3 Necromancy
- Level 6.0 Translocations
- Level 21.1 Fire Magic
- Level 6.0 Air Magic
+ Level 16.1 Evocations


You have 7 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

Your Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger
a - Fireball Fire/Conj #########. 0% 5 None
b - Blink Tloc N/A 1% 2 None
c - Sticky Flame Fire/Conj ######### 0% 4 None
d - Control Teleport Chrm/Tloc #######... 1% 4 None
e - Swiftness Air/Chrm #######... 1% 2 None
f - Repel Missiles Air/Chrm #######... 1% 2 None
g - Apportation Tloc #######... 1% 1 None
h - Haste Chrm ########. 1% 6 None
i - Regeneration Chrm/Necr #######... 1% 3 None
j - Orb of Destruction Conj #########. 1% 7 None
k - Abjuration Summ ########.. 1% 3 None
l - Flight Air/Chrm #######... 1% 3 None
m - Shadow Creatures Summ N/A 1% 5 None
n - Summon Butterflies Summ ########. 1% 1 None
o - Fire Storm Fire/Conj #########. 1% 9 Honeycomb


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (27/27) Temple (0/1) D:5 Orc (4/4) D:9
Elf (5/5) Orc:4 Lair (8/8) D:9 Swamp (5/5) Lair:2
Shoals (5/5) Lair:6 Slime (0/6) Lair:6 Vault (8/8) D:19
Blade (1/1) Vault:6 Crypt (5/5) Vault:2 Tomb (0/3) Crypt:2
Zot (5/5) D:27

Altars:
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Okawaru
Sif Muna
The Shining One
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:12: ! D:21: ( D:22: * Orc:2: ! Orc:3: [ Orc:4: [?*( Shoals:3: [ Shoals:4: (/ Vault:1: + Vault:3: ( Vault:4: ?

Portals:
Hell: D:21* D:22 D:23 D:24 D:25 D:26 D:27
Abyss: D:22 D:25 D:26
Pan: D:21 D:24 D:25
Trove: Elf:3 (give 12 potions of heal wounds)

Annotations
Vault:2 !mennas
Vault:3 Boris
Vault:4 Wiglaf
Crypt:3 exclusion: curse skull


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You cannot wear most types of armour.
You can wear up to eight rings at the same time.
You are amphibious.
You can use your tentacles to constrict many enemies at once.
Your rubbery body absorbs attacks (AC +1).
Your skin changes colour to match your surroundings (Stlth).
You have a mass of large tentacles instead of arms.
You have a pair of antennae on your head.
You are partially covered in large bone plates (AC +2, SH +2).
Your mind is acute (Int +1).
Your muscles are strong (Str +4).
One of your tentacles bears a spike.


Vanquished Creatures
4 ancient liches
Saint Roka (Crypt:3)
A curse toe (Zot:3)
A Killer Klown (Zot:5)
Margery (Vault:2)
Mennas (Vault:2)
12 golden dragons
3 electric golems
Xtahua (Vault:4)
Frederick (Vault:5)
3 liches
8 Orb Guardians (Zot:5)

Grand Total: 4186 creatures vanquished


Random advice about the character is also apreciated!


In earlier versions slime pits could be possible with your char what you need is few wands of digging + recharge scrolls for them or dig spell. take off every non art armors, weapons and replace them with non cursed crap versions so your highly enchanted ones they dont get corroded.

Slime pit walls are acidic and will damage you hard unless you have rCorr but if you have wand of digging or dig spell this shouldnt be a problem. Most of jellys/eyes are quite squishy and none of them resist fire most will die instantly by firestorm including all dangerous paralysing,draining,mutating eyes only acid blobs have enough hp to survive a turn or 2. You should be safe if you take it slow. Create 3 tiles wide passages between stairs. Last level is big wide cave full of jellys be carefull not to get surounded by them. you need digging only to get the loot here. beware of Royal jelly he is in middle of level between vaults. Hes very fast high hp and damaging him causes more jellys spawn around him. Chei followers can kill him in 1-2 slouches. Pollymorph him into something else as this not only stops him from spawning jellys but also slows him or try to hit and run with firestorm and blink as he can regenerate only from eating items/ammo.
After his death loot vaults walls become transparent/diggable.

[Gorgondantess]

I went through slime pits as a DeFE without much problem... as they say, kill it with fire. And if that don't work, use more fire. Don't think I had an amulet of resist corrosion either, but I had a randart robe so that was OK.
It's pretty hilarious when you cast fire storm on the royal jelly, which summons a bunch of jellies then kills them in the same turn.

[Top_Hat]

So I just went in there and burned em all. I think I only saw one golden eye in the whole place and nothing even tried to polymorph me so everything went very well, although I found nothing in the big loot rooms in Slime:6.

I then decided that pan was my next step and found Lom Lobon and Gloorx Vloq in the first 5ish levels which was awesome except for the fact that I got dumped on top of both pan lords upon entering the levels. That's what my 3(!) wands of teleport are for anyways. Now I'm on the new holy pan level that I hear has a bunch of cure mutation potions that I am itching to get my hands on. Has anyone seen this level before or am I treading new ground?

edit: damn! I accidentally left my only source of SInv on the holy pan level like an idiot and then ran into and died to an invisible foe after being brought low by a random pan lord and a tormenting fiend. The lesson here is never drop something you absolutely can't live without even just for inventory management.

[Sprinter]

So I just went in there and burned em all. I think I only saw one golden eye in the whole place and nothing even tried to polymorph me so everything went very well, although I found nothing in the big loot rooms in Slime:6.

I then decided that pan was my next step and found Lom Lobon and Gloorx Vloq in the first 5ish levels which was awesome except for the fact that I got dumped on top of both pan lords upon entering the levels. That's what my 3(!) wands of teleport are for anyways. Now I'm on the new holy pan level that I hear has a bunch of cure mutation potions that I am itching to get my hands on. Has anyone seen this level before or am I treading new ground?

Not me for sure. was in pandemonium only once and it didnt end up well. Also earlier versions had special levels for Lom Lobon, gloorx vloq, cerebov and mnoleg so they were never together. If you are in pandemonium does it mean your going for all runes win?

[Augmental]

Since everyone seems to be doing it, I'm doing a playthrough of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. I'll be using a Demonspawn Necromancer, and will probably die 4 floors in. :smallannoyed:
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m638/Supergan3/DCSSDemonspawnNecrmancer1.jpg
And I start out in the center of a square spiral with lots of doors. I love structures like these in this game - they show that this dungeon is far from completely natural.
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m638/Supergan3/DCSSDemonspawnNecromancer2.jpg
Pretty uneventful first floor. Moving on.

(Note - in between the 2nd picture and the 3rd, I reached level 2 and gained my first demonspawn mutation (the ColdResistance+ one), but I forgot to take a picture.
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m638/Supergan3/DCSSDemonspawnNecromancer3.jpg
And I find an altar to YI'mtoolazytolookthisgod'snameup, the god of necromancy - minus the magic.

Do you think I should go with this god, or would it be redundant?

[Top_Hat]

Also earlier versions had special levels for Lom Lobon, gloorx vloq, cerebov and mnoleg so they were never together. If you are in pandemonium does it mean your going for all runes win?

I was going for an all rune victory. Cerebov and co. have their own separate levels. I was trying to convey the fact that I found them quickly as I have heard stories and seen the reality of searching upwards of 50 levels for all the pan runes.

[projectkulu]

So I was playing some off-camera games and I find this

http://i.imgur.com/KR5Yt.png

http://i.imgur.com/DYXZN.png

Only the giga and vampire bats didn't die in 1 hit from my stick

[ragingrage]

So I was playing some off-camera games and I find this

http://i.imgur.com/KR5Yt.png

http://i.imgur.com/DYXZN.png

Only the giga and vampire bats didn't die in 1 hit from my stick

I found that mini-vault too, in one of my games...not too hard, but interesting.

[Augmental]

So, it didn't happen in my demonspawn game, but this was too awesome to not post. Before the below picture was taken, I had to use a scroll to escape from grinder because of that pain spell. A short time later, I run into him again and this happens:
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m638/Supergan3/DungeonCrawlGrinderDead.jpg
I have a newfound love for Call Imp. :smallbiggrin:

[Gorgondantess]

I have a newfound love for Call Imp. :smallbiggrin:

It's definitely a good spell if you get a white imp or an iron imp or a shadow imp (gogo poor man's animate dead!), but do note that the crimson imps are just one step above summoned butterflies. You usually have to spam it to get much use out of the spell.

[ObadiahtheSlim]

I've done it! I've got my first MacGuffin from out of the Shoals. Being able to fly and repel missiles helped immensely.

[projectkulu]

I accidentally deleted my entire crawl folder therefore losing all of my stuff, WHOOPS

anyway a few offcamera games later I get this amazing character
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10.0 character file.

dudeman the Covert (Naga Stalker) Turns: 40248, Time: 03:05:41

HP 139/139 AC 23 Str 30 XL: 16 Next: 90%
MP 40/40 EV 21 Int 36 God: Cheibriados [*****.]
Gold 366 SH 20 Dex 35 Spells: 10 memorised, 6 levels left

Res.Fire : . . . See Invis. : + G - +3,+2 scimitar (flame)
Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . . Y - +0 leather armour "Poelohys" {Dex+2 Int+3}
Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . T - +3 dwarf buckler
Res.Acid. : . . . Res.Corr. : . r - +3 hat of Pondering {ponderous, MR MP+10 I
Res.Poison: + Clarity : . c - +2 cloak
Res.Elec. : . Spirit.Shd : . v - +2 pair of gauntlets {Dex+3}
Sust.Abil.: . . Stasis : + i - +3 naga barding of the Good {Str+1 Stlth--
Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . O - amulet of stasis
Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . W - ring of Creativity {Hunger- Acc+4 Dam+4 SI
Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: . S - ring of protection from magic

@: very slow, extraordinarily resistant to hostile enchantments, extraordinarily
stealthy
A: spit poison, constrict 1, see invisible, deformed body, poison resistance,
slowness 2
a: Spit Poison, Bend Time, Temporal Distortion, Slouch, Step From Time, Renounce
Religion


You are on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Cheibriados.
Cheibriados is exalted by your worship.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 6 branches of the dungeon, and seen 36 of its levels.
You have visited 1 bazaar.
You have visited 2 portal chambers: sewer, spiders nest.

You have collected 2497 gold pieces.
You have spent 2151 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
a - a +7,+6 dagger {=f}
G - a +3,+2 scimitar of flaming (weapon)
Armour
c - a +2 cloak (worn)
d - a +0 fire dragon armour
i - the +3 naga barding of the Good (worn) {Str+1 Stlth--}
(You found it on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts)

It affects your strength (+1).
It makes you much less stealthy.
j - a storm dragon hide
r - the +3 hat of Pondering (worn) {ponderous, MR MP+10 Int+5}
(You took it off Gastronok on level 8 of the Dungeon)

It affects your intelligence (+5).
It increases your resistance to enchantments.
It affects your mana capacity (+10).

The favorite hat of the slug wizard Gastronok, stained with reddish slime
and enchanted to aid in his arcane pondering. It has been specially
enchanted to protect against the effects of salt, though you probably don't
care.
v - a +2 pair of gauntlets of dexterity (worn)
T - a +3 dwarven buckler (worn)
Y - the +0 leather armour "Poelohys" (worn) {Dex+2 Int+3}
(You found it on level 14 of the Dungeon)

It affects your intelligence (+3).
It affects your dexterity (+2).
Magical devices
l - a wand of lightning (10)
o - a wand of digging (17)
q - a wand of cold (4)
t - a wand of enslavement
y - a wand of cold
C - a wand of polymorph other {zapped: 1}
U - a wand of fireball
Comestibles
f - 5 bread rations
k - 11 meat rations
K - 24 honeycombs
R - 7 royal jellies
Scrolls
b - 4 scrolls of teleportation
g - a scroll of silence
m - 7 scrolls of recharging
w - a scroll of holy word
D - 2 scrolls of fog
F - 3 scrolls of amnesia
H - 5 scrolls of identify
L - 4 scrolls of detect curse
M - 11 scrolls of remove curse
X - 2 scrolls of magic mapping
Jewellery
u - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
B - an uncursed ring of teleportation
I - an uncursed amulet of resist corrosion
O - an amulet of stasis (around neck)
S - a ring of protection from magic (left hand)
W - the ring of Creativity (right hand) {Hunger- Acc+4 Dam+4 SInv}
(You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)

[ring of sustenance]

It affects your accuracy (+4).
It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+4).
It enhances your eyesight.
Z - a ring of protection from magic
Potions
e - 7 potions of confusion
h - 4 potions of agility
n - 4 potions of degeneration
p - 3 potions of might
s - a potion of invisibility
x - a potion of brilliance
z - 3 potions of restore abilities
A - 2 potions of heal wounds
E - 3 potions of levitation
J - 10 potions of poison
N - 8 potions of strong poison
V - 9 potions of curing


Skills:
* Level 9.2 Fighting
- Level 10.7 Short Blades
+ Level 9.0 Long Blades
+ Level 1.5 Armour
+ Level 11.4 Dodging
- Level 14.4 Stealth
* Level 12.4 Stabbing
* Level 4.3 Shields
* Level 8.0 Spellcasting
* Level 6.9 Hexes
* Level 3.3 Summonings
- Level 0.4 Necromancy
* Level 11.1 Transmutations
* Level 11.1 Invocations
* Level 10.5 Evocations


You have 6 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

Your Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger
a - Fulsome Distillation Trmt/Necr N/A 1% 1 None
b - Evaporate Fire/Trmt ####### 1% 2 None
c - Passwall Erth/Trmt #######... 1% 3 None
d - Apportation Tloc ###....... 3% 1 None
e - Alistair's Intoxicat Pois/Trmt #######.. 3% 4 None
f - Dig Erth/Trmt #######.. 3% 4 None
g - Petrify Erth/Trmt #######.. 3% 4 None
h - Corona Hex #######. 1% 1 None
i - Slow Hex #######.. 1% 2 None
j - Abjuration Summ ######.... 2% 3 None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (17/27) Temple (1/1) D:5 Orc (4/4) D:9
Elf (5/5) Orc:4 Lair (8/8) D:9 Shoals (0/5) Lair:6
Slime (0/6) Lair:6 Snake (1/5) Lair:4
Vault: D:14-19

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
The Shining One
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin

Shops:
D:10: = D:11: ( D:14: /% Orc:4: +([% Elf:1: ( Elf:2: + Elf:3: *

Portals:
Hell: D:15
Trove: Elf:5 (give 6 potions of speed)

Annotations
D:2 exclusion: oklob plant


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You cannot wear boots.
You can spit poison.
You can use your snake-like lower body to constrict enemies.
Your serpentine skin is tough (AC +5).
You have supernaturally acute eyesight.
Armour fits poorly on your strangely shaped body.
Your system is resistant to poisons.
You cover ground very slowly.


Message History

There is a stone staircase leading up here.
You climb upwards.
There is a stone staircase leading down here.
Things that are here:
an uncursed blowgun; an uncursed glowing dwarven short sword; a stone of earth elementals; an orcish chain mail
There is a stone staircase leading up here.
You climb upwards.
There is a stone staircase leading down here.
You see here an orcish glaive.
There is a staircase to the Lair here.
You climb downwards. Welcome to the Lair of Beasts!
There is a staircase back to the Dungeon here.
You drop a runed demon trident.
Items here: /// = [ |
a +3 ring of strength; a +0 naga barding; a +0 rod of smiting (13/13); a wand of frost {zapped: 1}; a wand of draining; a wand of draining {zapped: 1}
Things that are here:
a scroll of blinking; 2 scrolls of amnesia
Items here: !! //////// ::::::::::::::
Q - 3 potions of speed
You drop 3 potions of speed.

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There are no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
Kirke (D:15)
Rupert (Elf:2)
Gastronok (D:8)
Jozef (D:10)
An anaconda (Snake:1)
Erica (Lair:3)
Harold (D:10)
Josephine (D:10)
A hydra (Lair:8)
4 ogre magi (Orc:4)
Nessos (D:12)
12 death yaks
4 centaur warriors
4 catoblepae (Lair:8)
A soul eater (Elf:2)
5 skeletal warriors (D:15)
2 orc knights
10 deep elf knights
3 unseen horrors
A naga warrior (Snake:1)
Erolcha (D:11)
Pikel (D:6)
2 hill giants (D:13)
Joseph (Lair:2)
Urug (Snake:1)
4 griffons
14 black mambas
3 cyclopes
9 feature mimics
A wolf spider (Port)
An eye of devastation (D:15)
A trapdoor spider (Port)
8 spiny frogs
6 elephants (Lair:6)
An elephant slug (Lair:6)
2 hill giant zombies (D:15)
16 slime creatures
3 naga magi (Snake:1)
A yaktaur (D:16)
3 ugly things (D:15)
A hellwing (Elf:1)
A polar bear (Lair:7)
2 wandering mushrooms (Lair:8)
A snapping turtle (Lair:6)
2 queen bees
A redback (Port)
12 two-headed ogres
5 komodo dragons
4 trolls
2 rock troll skeletons (D:15)
22 blink frogs
3 basilisks
2 hairy devils
2 wraiths
A vampire (D:15)
A fire drake (shapeshifter) (D:16)
4 wyverns
51 yaks
A ynoxinul (Elf:4)
9 hippogriffs
Eustachio (Orc:1)
4 fire drakes
2 hogs (D:15)
13 deep elf conjurers
An item mimic (Elf:4)
A steam dragon (Lair:7)
2 vampire mosquitoes (D:15)
2 hungry ghosts (D:11)
17 deep elf fighters
13 deep elf summoners
A soldier ant (D:15)
2 manticores
A yaktaur zombie (D:15)
28 war dogs
3 necrophages
A hell hound (D:15)
14 orc warriors
A red devil (D:15)
6 deep elf priests
10 ice beasts
6 sky beasts
3 yellow wasps
22 nagas
7 giant goldfish (D:14)
29 ogres
3 lava worms (D:15)
15 deep elf magi
33 centaurs
2 boring beetles (Lair:8)
9 crocodiles
Duvessa (D:6)
2 brain worms (D:16)
11 big kobolds
4 giant slugs
A warg (Orc:4)
6 agate snails
3 elf zombies (Elf:1)
A soldier ant zombie (D:10)
19 water moccasins
23 giant frogs
2 basilisk skeletons
91 killer bees
4 lava fish (D:15)
4 wights (D:10)
A boulder beetle (Lair:8)
An ogre zombie (D:10)
A big kobold zombie (D:13)
20 crimson imps
4 goliath beetles
Dowan (D:6)
16 hounds
10 spiders (Port)
9 big fish
A hound zombie (D:5)
4 shadows
3 quasits
2 big kobold skeletons
16 orc priests
A lava snake (D:15)
28 orc wizards
A hound skeleton (D:9)
7 porcupines
6 scorpions
9 jellies
23 deep elf soldiers
7 iguanas
4 orange rats
10 worker ants
8 sheep
A worm zombie (D:6)
2 goliath beetle zombies
7 gnolls (D:7)
4 lemures
3 giant centipedes
3 giant centipede zombies
35 green rats
25 adders
2 adder skeletons
7 giant mites
2 shadow imps (Elf:4)
A white imp (Elf:2)
8 worms
18 ufetubi
7 grey rats
A giant eyeball (D:11)
5 giant geckos
8 oozes
161 orcs
12 ball pythons
36 bats
5 giant cockroaches
17 hobgoblins
2 humans (D:15)
50 kobolds
13 quokkas
8 giant newts
14 goblins
20 jackals
A kobold zombie (D:5)
2 orc skeletons
An orc zombie (D:10)
A quokka skeleton (D:4)
25 rats
10 ballistomycetes
A fungus (Elf:4)
2 plants
29 toadstools
1428 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
A deep elf knight (Elf:3)
4 slime creatures
An orc warrior (D:7)
A deep elf mage (Elf:2)
A water moccasin (Lair:6)
A basilisk skeleton (D:9)
A giant frog (D:7)
A hound (D:7)
A hound skeleton (D:9)
An iguana (Lair:3)
A porcupine (Lair:7)
4 adders
A giant centipede (Lair:6)
2 worms (D:6)
A giant gecko (D:7)
10 orcs
A bat (D:7)
3 kobolds
2 giant cockroaches (D:6)
3 giant newts
5 giant spores
2 goblins
4 jackals
5 rats
A rat zombie (D:13)
27 fungi
12 plants
236 toadstools
333 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 1761 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn | Place | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
0 | D:1 | dudeman, the Naga Stalker, began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 18/18 MP: 1/1
231 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 20/25 MP: 2/2
490 | D:1 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 29/31 MP: 3/3
928 | D:1 | Learned a level 2 spell: Evaporate
962 | D:2 | Reached skill level 4 in Stealth
1652 | D:2 | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
1661 | D:2 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 15/38 MP: 5/5
1786 | D:2 | Noticed an oklob plant
1801 | D:2 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 20/44 MP: 6/6
3283 | D:4 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 45/51 MP: 4/8
3508 | D:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Stealth
3899 | D:4 | Found a glowing drain.
3913 | sewer | Entered the sewers
4143 | sewer | Reached XP level 7. HP: 52/58 MP: 9/9
4394 | sewer | Reached skill level 6 in Stealth
4487 | sewer | Reached XP level 8. HP: 60/66 MP: 11/11
4686 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
4778 | D:5 | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
4950 | D:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Stabbing
4976 | D:5 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
5023 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
5058 | Temple | Became a worshipper of Cheibriados the Contemplative
5377 | D:6 | Noticed Pikel
5381 | D:6 | Killed Pikel
5381 | D:6 | Reached skill level 7 in Stealth
5381 | D:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Transmutations
5400 | D:6 | Noticed Dowan
5404 | D:6 | Noticed Duvessa
5416 | D:6 | Killed Duvessa
5416 | D:6 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 22/73 MP: 10/13
5424 | D:6 | Killed Dowan
5813 | D:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
6126 | D:6 | Learned a level 3 spell: Passwall
6355 | D:6 | Acquired Cheibriados's first power
6523 | D:7 | Reached skill level 8 in Stealth
6559 | D:7 | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
6577 | D:7 | Reached skill level 5 in Short Blades
6686 | D:7 | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
7598 | D:7 | Acquired Cheibriados's second power
7598 | D:7 | Reached skill level 1 in Invocations
7601 | D:7 | Reached XP level 10. HP: 52/81 MP: 11/16
7944 | D:8 | Reached skill level 9 in Stealth
8039 | D:8 | Noticed Gastronok
8129 | D:8 | Killed Gastronok
8133 | D:8 | Got a slimy wizard hat
8136 | D:8 | Identified the +3 hat of Pondering (You took it off Gastronok on level 8 of the Dungeon)
8499 | D:8 | Acquired Cheibriados's third power
8545 | D:8 | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
8588 | D:8 | Reached skill level 10 in Stealth
8957 | D:8 | Learned a level 1 spell: Apportation
9046 | D:9 | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
9052 | D:9 | You fall through a shaft!
9052 | D:10 | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
9329 | D:9 | Found a flagged portal.
9385 | D:9 | Acquired Cheibriados's fourth power
9457 | D:9 | Found a staircase to the Lair.
9543 | Lair:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
9553 | Lair:1 | Reached XP level 11. HP: 88/88 MP: 18/18
10304 | Lair:1 | Reached skill level 5 in Evocations
10935 | Lair:1 | Reached skill level 11 in Stealth
11162 | Lair:2 | Noticed Joseph
11169 | Lair:2 | Killed Joseph
11714 | Lair:2 | Identified a +0 rod of smiting (13/13) (You found it on level 2 of the Lair of Beasts)
11746 | Lair:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Invocations
11935 | Lair:1 | Learned a level 1 spell: Confusing Touch
11941 | Lair:1 | Learned a level 4 spell: Dig
11947 | Lair:1 | Learned a level 4 spell: Petrify
12146 | Lair:3 | Noticed Erica
12358 | Lair:3 | Killed Erica
12400 | Lair:3 | Reached skill level 1 in Long Blades
12485 | Lair:3 | Reached XP level 12. HP: 76/98 MP: 20/20
13022 | Lair:4 | Found a staircase to the Snake Pit.
13352 | Lair:4 | Learned a level 1 spell: Corona
13496 | Lair:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
15302 | Lair:5 | Reached skill level 12 in Stealth
15302 | Lair:5 | Reached XP level 13. HP: 104/108 MP: 21/23
16600 | Lair:6 | Found a crumbling entrance.
16610 | Spider | Entered a spider's nest
16621 | Spider | Reached skill level 13 in Stealth
16758 | Lair:6 | Found a frozen archway.
16871 | Lair:6 | Reached skill level 10 in Stabbing
16904 | Lair:6 | Found a staircase to the Shoals.
17405 | Lair:1 | Learned a level 2 spell: Slow
17598 | Lair:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
17770 | Lair:6 | Reached skill level 1 in Hexes
17931 | Lair:6 | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
18124 | Lair:7 | Reached skill level 10 in Dodging
19244 | Lair:8 | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts
19414 | Lair:8 | Noticed a wandering mushroom
19839 | Lair:8 | Reached XP level 14. HP: 117/117 MP: 25/25
20131 | Lair:8 | Noticed a wandering mushroom
20143 | Lair:8 | Killed a wandering mushroom
20779 | Lair:8 | Reached skill level 10 in Short Blades
20779 | Lair:8 | Reached skill level 14 in Stealth
21371 | Lair:8 | Killed a wandering mushroom
23047 | Lair:8 | Reached skill level 5 in Long Blades
23249 | Lair:8 | Got an ichor-stained naga barding
23259 | Lair:8 | Identified the +3 naga barding of the Good (You found it on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts)
23675 | Orc:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
23907 | Orc:1 | Noticed Eustachio
23925 | Orc:1 | Killed Eustachio
24706 | Orc:4 | Entered Level 4 of the Orcish Mines
24775 | Orc:4 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
24776 | Orc:4 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
24776 | Orc:4 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
24777 | Orc:4 | Noticed an ogre mage
24777 | Orc:4 | Noticed an ogre mage
24777 | Orc:4 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
24779 | Orc:4 | Noticed an ogre mage
24779 | Orc:4 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
24785 | Orc:4 | Killed a two-headed ogre
24787 | Orc:4 | Killed a two-headed ogre
24792 | Orc:4 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
24797 | Orc:4 | Killed a two-headed ogre
24800 | Orc:4 | Killed a two-headed ogre
24803 | Orc:4 | Killed a two-headed ogre
24813 | Orc:4 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
24814 | Orc:4 | Killed a two-headed ogre
24817 | Orc:4 | Killed an ogre mage
24857 | Orc:4 | Killed a two-headed ogre
24861 | Orc:4 | Killed an ogre mage
24883 | Orc:4 | Noticed an ogre mage
24887 | Orc:4 | Killed an ogre mage
24916 | Orc:4 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
25250 | Orc:4 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
25252 | Orc:4 | Killed a two-headed ogre
25263 | Orc:4 | Found Rouhies' Weapon Shoppe.
25263 | Orc:4 | Found Hopnoyfel's Food Boutique.
25264 | Orc:4 | Found Xeojom's Book Shop.
25264 | Orc:4 | Found Ditate's Armour Shoppe.
25274 | Orc:4 | Killed an ogre mage
25274 | Orc:4 | Reached XP level 15. HP: 94/127 MP: 27/27
25290 | Orc:4 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
25297 | Orc:4 | Killed a two-headed ogre
25300 | Orc:4 | Killed a two-headed ogre
25406 | Orc:4 | Found a staircase to the Elven Halls.
25593 | Elf:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Elven Halls
25599 | Elf:1 | Reached skill level 10 in Transmutations
25733 | Elf:1 | Found Thrugg's Antique Weapon Emporium.
25743 | Elf:1 | Bought a crystal dagger for 154 gold pieces
25744 | Elf:1 | Identified the cursed dagger of Armageddon {stab, MR Dex+2} (You bought it in a shop on level 1 of the Elven Halls)
26259 | Elf:2 | Found Poub's Book Boutique.
26319 | Elf:2 | Reached skill level 1 in Shields
26499 | Elf:2 | Noticed Rupert
26515 | Elf:2 | Killed Rupert
26515 | Elf:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Hexes
27449 | Elf:3 | Found Vuer Isse's Assorted Antiques.
28379 | Elf:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Elven Halls
28411 | Elf:5 | Found a portal to a secret trove of treasure.
28415 | Elf:5 | Reached skill level 10 in Invocations
30079 | Snake:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Snake Pit
30726 | Snake:1 | Noticed Urug
30737 | Snake:1 | Killed Urug
31542 | D:10 | Noticed Harold
31542 | D:10 | Noticed Jozef
31548 | D:10 | Killed Jozef
31557 | D:10 | Killed Harold
32631 | Elf:2 | Bought a book of Dreams for 1200 gold pieces
32637 | Elf:2 | Learned a level 4 spell: Alistair's Intoxication
33036 | D:10 | Noticed Josephine
33055 | D:10 | Killed Josephine
33055 | D:10 | Reached skill level 10 in Evocations
33088 | D:10 | Found Zexoif's Jewellery Shoppe.
33643 | D:11 | Learned a level 3 spell: Abjuration
33807 | D:11 | Found Stroabuis' Antique Weapon Emporium.
33972 | D:11 | Noticed Erolcha
33984 | D:11 | Killed Erolcha
33984 | D:11 | Reached skill level 1 in Summonings
34009 | D:11 | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
34745 | D:12 | Noticed Nessos
34754 | D:12 | Killed Nessos
35507 | D:13 | Reached XP level 16. HP: 138/138 MP: 29/29
35587 | D:13 | Found a staircase to the Lair.
35590 | D:13 | the staircase to the Lair was a mimic.
35715 | D:14 | Entered Level 14 of the Dungeon
35816 | D:14 | Got a polished leather armour
35824 | D:14 | Identified the cursed +0 leather armour "Poelohys" (You found it on level 14 of the Dungeon)
35897 | D:14 | Found Ruakkun's Magical Wand Shoppe.
35903 | D:14 | Found Yqah Aku's Food Shop.
35942 | D:14 | Found a flickering gateway to a bazaar.
35952 | bazaar | Entered a bazaar
35983 | bazaar | Found Hoemp's Assorted Antiques.
35988 | bazaar | Bought a scroll of enchant armour for 154 gold pieces
36001 | bazaar | Found Utoasm's Book Shoppe.
36001 | bazaar | Found Kaxkigg's Jewellery Emporium.
36007 | bazaar | Bought a book of Cantrips for 160 gold pieces
36014 | bazaar | Bought the ring of Creativity {Hunger- Acc+4 Dam+4 SInv} for 483 gold pieces
36703 | D:15 | Entered Level 15 of the Dungeon
37414 | D:15 | Found a gateway to Hell.
37575 | D:15 | Reached skill level 1 in Armour
37760 | D:15 | Noticed Kirke
37768 | D:15 | Killed Kirke
38916 | D:16 | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
39841 | D:17 | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.