FOFC Crawl Comp #6-Merfolk Assassin

[Thomkal]

Okay gang here's the new Crawl Comp. Please let me know if you are participating. Deadline will be the last day of the month at midnight, or like this last time, if that's a weekend, I'll extend it till Sunday at midnight. If you'd like it to last longer just speak up-I have no problem with that if enough want to do it. Here's the link to the game again if you don't have it.

Downloads « Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup

I much prefer the graphical version. I would recommend doing a search for Crawl Comp in this forum and read through the first comp for sure and maybe the second as a lot of good advice and helpful tips were given there. You can also check out the link to the Tavern on the downloads page-its a forum with a ton of good info/help. Don't be shy if you haven't played before-the game comes with a tutorial mode you can try first-and as you'll see if you read the first comp, many of us will help you if you need it here. And a complete newcomer won one of the comps, so everyone has a shot of winning.

We'll go with High Score-you can post your morgue dumps here (you may need to kill your current character at the end to get a dump-can't remember if we found a workaround for that or not). Make sure you use code tags for sure and spoilers tag if you want as the dumps are quite large.

As with the first comps, please post regularly with your experiences-funny/embarrassing/annoying deaths-great finds, last second saves, ideas on how to best play the character, etc.

May the best killer....er I mean best player win! Good luck!

[Thomkal]

Oh and if you don't like the species/background choices, blame thesloppy not me.

[CrimsonFox]

sweet! I'll practice swimming and stealing at the same time.

[Thomkal]

Wavecreeper the first gets an good find on level one when he finds 7 curare needles to add to his starting 3, giving him 10. And then finds some more poisoned needles on level one...he's sure to find a quick death now. Also found silver and regular sling bullets, a lot of stones...and then a glowing sling! Yep sure to die soon...

And it nearly comes true as a gnoll I couldn't escape from nearly did me in with a halberd. Still at least one left on level two...great.

[thesloppy]

yessssss

Even though I play this class/race combo all the time, I suck at it, and don't have much to offer. It's a tough combo, because it's ostensibly still a melee fighter, but isn't really strong enough to go up against anything all that powerful.

In the early going your sneaking is going to suck too, so it's hard to use effectively. I find that throwing comes into play a lot in the early game, if you can pick up a good set of darts, that can make things a lot easier, and allow you to do some damage to opponents before they get up close. Likewise, you start with a blowgun and some poisoned needles, which can turn the tide of important battles, but your blowgun takes some time to be switched out with your melee weapon, and the needles will often be destroyed after use, so using your blowgun can require some thought and management as well.

[CrimsonFox]

ah great. something hard to play. what a great idea. thanks thom

[thesloppy]

Well, hard for me doesn't necessarily mean hard to play.

[Thomkal]

That level also contained Ijyb, who I beat thanks to my curare needles and Jessica who I avoided since she was in the middle of an open large room. I decided to avoid that part of the level entirely and made my way to the third level of the dungeon as a 4th level assassin with no idea what any of the items he's found are since I've found few scrolls and no duplicates.

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

ah great. something hard to play. what a great idea. thanks thom

Like I said...blame thesloppy.

[Grover]

Futile I is heading down to the third floor of the dungeon, having had a couple of extremely close calls on floor two. While traversing floor two, he came across a pack of gnolls at a distance. Luckily, he was able to poison all five of them before they got to him, but he barely survived the encounter. A couple of rooms to his east, he encountered a viper and worm that nearly ended his life as well.

All things considered, he is alive and well heading down to the third floor. He is at character level 4 (75% to 5) is carrying a +2, +3 dagger, a wooden buckler, a robe and a cloak. He has 6 poisoned needles and 3 curare needles left in his stock.

Also in the inventory are (1) potion of agility, (2) scrolls of magic mapping, (1) scroll of fear, (2) scrolls of teleport.

[Grover]

... and he blindly walks into an ogre, who quickly smashes him into the cold dungeon floor.

Futile I scores a paltry 216.

[thesloppy]

I think you do get to start with at least a +2/+2 dagger every time, which is worth something.

[CrimsonFox]

My character will be called Garrett of course. Anyone know the reference?

[ozias]

Well, I'm already having better luck with this combo compared to the Octopod.

Still on the first level and found a Ring of Sustenance, a +2 Ring of Evasion, a +2,+3 Dwarven dagger to go with the +3,+2 starting dagger(I found a scroll of Enchant Weapon I, that's why it's +3, +2)...hopefully my luck continues for a lot longer than the Octopod ones did.

With the Octopod, I got to the 3rd level twice, and the highest score I had with him was around 350 or so.

[Grover]

Futile II scores 294, before being slain by Duvessa.

[ozias]

I've found the Ecumenical Temple, which is the better god to choose from for Merfolk?

[Thomkal]

Okawuru is probably the best choice-gives gifts of weapons, armor, and ammo once your piety is high and is very easy to worship-sacrifice fresh kills, and if you get allies somehow, don't hit them with any weapon/harmful spell. Trog is the backup choice-the berserk and Brothers in Arms come in handy, and he gifts weapons and ammo, but they tend to be two handed and other high damage weapons that Assassins likely wouldn't use.

[ozias]

I've already chosen Trog.....if I get far enough, I may just have to switch to Okawuru.

So far so good though, here is a character file dump.

Spoiler

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10.2 character file.

Slimey Jim the Nimble (Merfolk Assassin) Turns: 9188, Time: 01:28:58

HP 63/63 AC 6 Str 11 XL: 9 Next: 93%
MP 8/8 EV 22 Int 10 God: Trog [****..]
Gold 301 SH 0 Dex 21 Spells: 0 memorised, 8 levels left

Res.Fire : . . . See Invis. : . a - +2,+1 bow (flame)
Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . . L - +2 leather armour
Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . (no shield)
Res.Acid. : . . . Res.Corr. : . (no helmet)
Res.Poison: . Clarity : . d - +0 cloak
Res.Elec. : . Spirit.Shd : . (no gloves)
Sust.Abil.: . . Stasis : . (no boots)
Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . (no amulet)
Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . q - +2 ring of evasion
Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: . l - ring of sustenance

@: somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, very stealthy
A: change form in water, swift swim, magic resistance 1, Dex +2
a: Burn Spellbooks, Berserk, Trog's Hand, Brothers in Arms, Renounce Religion


You are on level 8 of the Dungeon.
You worship Trog.
Trog is extremely pleased with you.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and seen 9 of its levels.
You have visited 1 portal chamber: sewer.

You have collected 251 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
a - a +2,+1 bow of flame (weapon)
b - a +0 blowgun
i - an uncursed falchion of holy wrath
p - a +4,+4 dwarven dagger
I - an uncursed orcish falchion of electrocution
Missiles
e - 37 poisoned +0 needles
f - 3 curare-tipped +0 needles
t - 4 poisoned darts
w - 87 +0 arrows (quivered)
A - 3 silver darts
M - 33 +1 arrows
Armour
d - a +0 cloak (worn)
L - a +2 leather armour (worn)
Magical devices
o - a tapered bone wand
u - a curved bronze wand
z - a wooden wand
E - a forked ivory wand
Comestibles
n - 2 pears
r - 6 meat rations
v - a bread ration
Scrolls
g - 2 scrolls labeled GUFUTU PUIN
h - a scroll of detect curse
j - 2 scrolls of identify
s - a scroll of amnesia
x - 3 scrolls labeled RER CAC VEPN
y - 4 scrolls of magic mapping
B - 2 scrolls of recharging
C - a scroll labeled PAHEEFR EFRIO
G - 2 scrolls labeled LIHAKLA MANTA
Jewellery
l - a ring of sustenance (left hand)
q - a +2 ring of evasion (right hand)
Potions
m - 2 metallic green potions
D - 4 murky pink potions
H - a red potion
J - 2 potions of curing
K - a slimy red potion
Miscellaneous
k - an ornate deck of cards


Skills:
+ Level 3.6 Fighting
+ Level 6.8 Short Blades
+ Level 1.0 Long Blades
+ Level 3.6 Bows
- Level 2.1 Throwing
+ Level 1.0 Armour
+ Level 9.3 Dodging
* Level 8.1 Stealth
+ Level 5.2 Stabbing
+ Level 2.2 Traps & Doors


You have 8 spell levels left.
You don't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (8/27) Temple (1/1) D:4
Orc: D:6-11 Lair: D:8-13

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

Portals:
Sand-covered staircase: D:7


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You revert to your normal form in water.
You are very nimble and swift while swimming.
You are agile (Dex +2).
You are resistant to hostile enchantments.


Message History

Firing (i - inventory. (,) - cycle): w - 84 +0 arrows (quivered)
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f/p - ogre
Aim: an ogre, wielding a giant club (heavily wounded)
You shoot a +0 arrow. The +0 arrow of flame hits the ogre.
The ogre is almost dead.
Firing (i - inventory. (,) - cycle): w - 83 +0 arrows (quivered)
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f/p - ogre
Aim: an ogre, wielding a giant club (almost dead)
You shoot a +0 arrow. The +0 arrow of flame hits the ogre.
You kill the ogre!
Trog accepts your kill.
w - 83 +0 arrows
Things that are here:
a giant club; an ogre corpse
You offer a prayer to Trog.
The ogre corpse is slowly consumed by flames.
Trog is extremely pleased with you.
w - 84 +0 arrows
w - 87 +0 arrows
Done exploring.

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There are no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
Erolcha (D:8)
Maurice (D:8)
A necrophage (D:4)
Purgy (Port)
An orc warrior (D:6)
A sky beast (D:8)
A queen bee zombie (D:8)
2 centaurs
Sigmund (D:4)
Duvessa (D:6)
The ghost of Octo the Firebug, an average OpFE (D:3)
4 ogres
A water moccasin skeleton (D:8)
6 crimson imps
Dowan (D:6)
A big kobold skeleton (D:8)
Crazy Yiuf (D:5)
A gnoll shaman (D:5)
6 hounds
2 orc priests (D:6)
A worker ant zombie (D:5)
An orc wizard (D:6)
2 big fish
An iguana (D:5)
3 worker ants
A mummy (D:6)
6 adders
4 gnolls (D:5)
4 worms
A giant mite (D:2)
2 bat zombies
6 giant geckos
An ooze (D:1)
23 orcs
6 ball pythons
17 hobgoblins
2 jackals (D:8)
21 kobolds
A quokka (D:3)
15 bats
9 giant cockroaches
A giant gecko skeleton (D:6)
10 giant newts
19 goblins
A hobgoblin zombie (D:5)
A kobold skeleton (D:5)
22 rats
216 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
13 toadstools
13 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 229 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn | Place | Note
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0 | D:1 | Slimey Jim, the Merfolk Assassin, began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 15/15 MP: 0/0
104 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 14/21 MP: 1/1
495 | D:1 | Reached skill level 4 in Stealth
597 | D:1 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 18/26 MP: 2/2
1351 | D:2 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 27/33 MP: 3/3
2201 | D:3 | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
2555 | D:3 | Noticed Octo's ghost (average OpFE)
2577 | D:3 | HP: 1/33 [Octo's ghost/flame (8)]
2579 | D:3 | Killed Octo's ghost
2579 | D:3 | Reached skill level 1 in Traps & Doors
2579 | D:3 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 1/38 MP: 4/4
2920 | D:3 | Found a snail-covered altar of Cheibriados.
3251 | D:4 | Noticed Sigmund
3264 | D:4 | Killed Sigmund
3264 | D:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Stealth
3264 | D:4 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 31/44 MP: 5/5
3359 | D:4 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
3388 | D:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
3537 | D:4 | Got a transparent hammer
3538 | D:4 | Identified the cursed hammer of Nuots {crush, rC+ Str-5} (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)
3993 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
4100 | Temple | Became a worshipper of Trog the Wrathful
4123 | D:4 | Gained mutation: You are agile (Dex +1).
4123 | D:4 | Gained mutation: You are resistant to hostile enchantments.
4123 | D:4 | Gained mutation: You are agile (Dex +2).
4187 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
4189 | D:5 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 48/50 MP: 6/6
4203 | D:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Short Blades
4203 | D:5 | Reached skill level 6 in Dodging
4808 | D:5 | Acquired Trog's first power
5398 | D:5 | Reached skill level 7 in Dodging
5532 | D:5 | Noticed Crazy Yiuf
5542 | D:5 | Killed Crazy Yiuf
5745 | D:6 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 11/56 MP: 7/7
6163 | D:6 | Acquired Trog's second power
6182 | D:6 | Found a glowing drain.
6197 | sewer | Entered the sewers
6221 | sewer | Noticed Purgy
6242 | sewer | Killed Purgy
6825 | D:6 | Noticed Duvessa
6825 | D:6 | Noticed Dowan
6836 | D:6 | Killed Duvessa
6836 | D:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Stabbing
6847 | D:6 | Killed Dowan
6847 | D:6 | Reached skill level 8 in Dodging
7530 | D:7 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 11/62 MP: 8/8
7998 | D:7 | Found a sand-covered staircase.
8639 | D:8 | Reached skill level 1 in Bows
8857 | D:8 | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
8865 | D:8 | Noticed Erolcha
8886 | D:8 | Killed Erolcha
8886 | D:8 | Reached skill level 9 in Dodging
8889 | D:8 | Acquired Trog's third power
8914 | D:8 | Noticed Maurice
8927 | D:8 | Killed Maurice
8927 | D:8 | Reached skill level 1 in Long Blades
8927 | D:8 | Reached skill level 1 in Armour

I think finding the 2 rings, and the dagger has helped early on, and then being able to use Trog's Beserker a couple of times when going up against a large group of monsters has helped out.

Then killing the centaur with the bow of flame has made a big difference, since I have a large supply of arrows. With that, I've been able to save a lot of poison needles and use them and the curare tipped needles when absolutely necessary for killing the tougher named monsters or the Orc Priests.

[dzilla77]

I am sure I will be in, but probably won't get to play until the weekend.

[thesloppy]

My first try Fishin Chips, died rather unceremoniously on the second level after being bit by an adder and frantically drinking potions, before finally succumbing to poison, unable to correctly guess which of his potions was healing.

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by thesloppy

My first try Fishin Chips, died rather unceremoniously on the second level after being bit by an adder and frantically drinking potions, before finally succumbing to poison, unable to correctly guess which of his potions was healing.

Some merfolk assassin expert you are. Better luck next time.

[CrimsonFox]

My first attempt. Not terrible. Found enough food. I was cautiouus at first using the needles. BUt really just stormed through like always with my dagger. I definitely used armor wherever I found it (ring mail, leather, shield)

I found a dagger of draining early on. Was GREAT!

But I found adder twins that poisoned me. I killed them but well, that poison thing. YOu'd think assassins had antidote with them all the time or were immune...

Spoiler

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10.3 character file.

236 Garrett the Sneak (level 4, 0/33 HPs)
Began as a Merfolk Assassin on July 10, 2012.
Succumbed to an adder's poison
... on Level 3 of the Dungeon.
The game lasted 00:11:17 (3082 turns).

Garrett the Sneak (Merfolk Assassin) Turns: 3082, Time: 00:11:17

HP 0/33 AC 5 Str 12 XL: 4 Next: 54%
MP 3/3 EV 12 Int 10 God:
Gold 147 SH 7 Dex 15 Spells: 0 memorised, 3 levels left

Res.Fire : + . . See Invis. : . t - +2,+0 dagger (drain) (curse)
Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . . q - +1 leather armour
Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . A - +0 elf buckler
Res.Acid. : . . . Res.Corr. : . (no helmet)
Res.Poison: . Clarity : . d - +0 cloak
Res.Elec. : . Spirit.Shd : . (no gloves)
Sust.Abil.: . . Stasis : . (no boots)
Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . (no amulet)
Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . (no ring)
Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: . C - cursed ring of protection from fire {unkno

@: mildly poisoned, slightly resistant to hostile enchantments, stealthy
A: change form in water, swift swim
a: no special abilities


You were on level 3 of the Dungeon.
You were very hungry.

You visited 1 branch of the dungeon, and saw 3 of its levels.

You collected 97 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
a - a +2,+2 dagger {=f}
b - a +0 blowgun
g - a +0,+0 short sword
h - a +1,+0 elven dagger (quivered)
l - a +0,+0 whip
n - a +1,+0 elven short sword
o - a +0,+1 dwarven short sword
t - a cursed +2,+0 dagger of draining (weapon)
x - a +0,+0 dagger
y - a +2,+2 sling
z - a +2,+2 hand axe of electrocution
Missiles
e - 10 poisoned +0 needles
f - 3 curare-tipped +0 needles
j - 3 +0 needles of confusion
v - a +0 dart
Armour
c - a +0 robe
d - a +0 cloak (worn)
k - a +0 splint mail of magic resistance
q - a +1 leather armour (worn)
A - a +0 elven buckler (worn)
Comestibles
p - a meat ration
u - 3 bread rations
E - a sausage
Scrolls
D - a scroll of teleportation
F - a scroll of amnesia
Jewellery
C - a cursed ring of protection from fire (left hand) {unknown}


Skills:
+ Level 2.9 Fighting
+ Level 3.4 Short Blades
+ Level 2.5 Throwing
+ Level 0.5 Armour
+ Level 3.9 Dodging
+ Level 3.9 Stealth
+ Level 3.1 Stabbing
+ Level 0.3 Shields


You had 3 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (3/27)

Altars:
Ashenzari
Vehumet

Annotations
D:3 Sigmund

Message History

You are poisoned.
The adder poisons you!
Things that are here:
a club; a goblin corpse
You closely miss the adder. You block the adder's attack. The adder bites you.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You hit the adder. You drain the adder!
You kill the adder!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You feel sick. The puff of flame misses you. The adder bites you but does no damage.
You barely miss the adder.
The adder is moderately wounded.
The adder bites you.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You hit the adder. You drain the adder!
You kill the adder!
You start resting.
It picks up a club.
You start resting.
You die...

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There were no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
5 adders
A worm (D:3)
A giant gecko (D:1)
2 oozes (D:1)
3 ball pythons
4 bats
7 giant cockroaches
2 hobgoblins (D:1)
4 giant newts
11 goblins
9 kobolds
7 rats
56 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
2 toadstools (D:2)
2 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 58 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn | Place | Note
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0 | D:1 | Garrett, the Merfolk Assassin, began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 15/15 MP: 0/0
442 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 21/21 MP: 1/1
1347 | D:2 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 26/26 MP: 2/2
1856 | D:2 | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet.
2018 | D:2 | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
2104 | D:2 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 20/33 MP: 3/3
3052 | D:3 | Noticed Sigmund
3075 | D:3 | HP: 1/33 [adder (3)]
3082 | D:3 | Succumbed to an adder's poison

[CrimsonFox]

My second attempt was a thorough embaressment. I did better than the first time but got in a fight with Sigmund and totally spaced on the fact that I had a ton of healing potions and a scroll of teleportation. Just kept hhitting the attack button duh duh duh duhd uhd

[thesloppy]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

Some merfolk assassin expert you are. Better luck next time.

I'm an expert at dyin'!

[thesloppy]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

totally spaced on the fact that I had a ton of healing potions and a scroll of teleportation. Just kept hhitting the attack button duh duh duh duhd uhd

That could pass for a description of 99% of my deaths playing Crawl.

[thesloppy]

Trout managed to clear out the sewers on level 3, but pretty much from then on he was on the run, and finally fell to exploding spores on dungeon level 11, well beyond where he should've been at level 7, but monsters beyond my skills kept chasing me deeper, until one finally caught me.

Spoiler

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10.0 character file.

736 Trout the Ducker (level 7, -8/50 HPs)
Began as a Merfolk Assassin on July 10, 2012.
Was an Initiate of Trog.
Killed by an exploding giant spore (17 damage)
... on Level 11 of the Dungeon.
The game lasted 00:40:45 (8135 turns).

Trout the Ducker (Merfolk Assassin) Turns: 8135, Time: 00:40:46

HP -8/50 AC 5 Str 12 XL: 7 Next: 37%
MP 6/6 EV 16 Int 10 God: Trog [......]
Gold 148 SH 0 Dex 17 Spells: 0 memorised, 6 levels left

Res.Fire : x . . See Invis. : . a - +4,+1 dagger {=f}
Res.Cold : + . . Warding : . . l - +1 orc robe
Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . (no shield)
Res.Acid. : . . . Res.Corr. : . (no helmet)
Res.Poison: . Clarity : . d - +0 cloak
Res.Elec. : . Spirit.Shd : . v - +0 pair of gloves
Sust.Abil.: . . Stasis : . (no boots)
Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . (no amulet)
Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . (no ring)
Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: . u - ring of ice

@: confused, slightly resistant to hostile enchantments, unstealthy
A: change form in water, swift swim
a: Burn Spellbooks, Renounce Religion


You were on level 11 of the Dungeon.
You worshipped Trog.
Trog was noncommittal.
You were full.

You visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and saw 12 of its levels.
You visited 1 portal chamber: sewer.

You collected 220 gold pieces.
You spent 122 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
a - a +4,+1 dagger (weapon) {=f}
b - a +0 blowgun
Missiles
e - 60 poisoned +0 needles
f - 3 curare-tipped +0 needles
n - 3 +0 darts (quivered)
p - 25 +0 stones
Armour
d - a +0 cloak (worn)
l - a +1 orcish robe (worn)
v - a +0 pair of gloves (worn)
Magical devices
m - a wand of polymorph other (7) {unknown}
t - a wand of paralysis (4)
D - a wand of slowing (8)
G - a wand of random effects (24)
H - a wand of confusion (8)
Comestibles
s - a bread ration
Scrolls
h - 2 scrolls of fear
i - 2 scrolls of identify
k - a scroll of amnesia {unknown}
o - 3 scrolls of teleportation
q - a scroll of curse jewellery {unknown}
r - 4 scrolls of blinking
w - 3 scrolls of remove curse
x - a scroll of fog
y - 2 scrolls of detect curse
Jewellery
u - a ring of ice (left hand)
Potions
c - a potion of heal wounds {unknown}
g - a potion of curing
j - 4 potions of levitation
z - a potion of mutation {unknown}
A - a potion of agility {unknown}
B - a potion of magic {unknown}
C - a potion of invisibility
E - a potion of gain intelligence {unknown}


Skills:
+ Level 3.0 Fighting
+ Level 4.3 Short Blades
+ Level 3.9 Throwing
+ Level 0.7 Armour
+ Level 6.2 Dodging
+ Level 4.2 Stealth
+ Level 4.6 Stabbing
+ Level 1.0 Traps & Doors


You had 6 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (11/27) Temple (1/1) D:7
Orc: D:6-11 Lair: D:8-13

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Fedhas
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin

Shops:
D:5: % D:7: =!

Annotations
D:4 Dowan; Duvessa; Heather Belt's ghost, average HOBe
D:11 Josephine

Message History

As you read the scroll of teleportation, it crumbles to dust.
You feel strangely unstable. The giant frog hits you.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The giant frog closely misses you.
A small skeleton, a large skeleton, a large zombie and Josephine come into view.
The basilisk skeleton bites you.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The giant frog hits you but does no damage.
Found a scroll labeled SUUNUD EFAEQARR.
A large skeleton and a basilisk come into view.
Your surroundings suddenly seem different.
Found a scroll of identify.
A giant spore and an ogre come into view.
The ogre shouts!
The ogre moves out of view.
You open the door.
The giant spore explodes!
A fungus suddenly grows.
You are confused.
You die...

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You could see an ogre.

Vanquished Creatures
A crimson imp (D:5)
3 hounds
A gnoll shaman (D:7)
A siren (Port)
A big kobold skeleton (D:9)
A scorpion (D:7)
A worker ant zombie (D:9)
A jelly (D:9)
2 mermaids (Port)
2 orc wizards
Terence (D:3)
7 adders
A green rat (Port)
2 giant mites (Port)
A worm (D:5)
An ooze (D:3)
5 orcs
7 giant cockroaches
8 goblins
10 grey rats
6 hobgoblins
4 ball pythons
5 bats
2 giant geckos
6 giant newts
2 jackals (D:3)
11 kobolds
An orc skeleton (D:8)
28 rats
2 toadstools
124 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
A hobgoblin (D:9)
5 toadstools
6 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 130 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn | Place | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
0 | D:1 | Trout, the Merfolk Assassin, began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 15/15 MP: 0/0
524 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 15/21 MP: 1/1
1378 | D:2 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 23/26 MP: 2/2
1555 | D:3 | Found a glowing drain.
1561 | D:3 | Noticed Terence
1564 | sewer | Entered the sewers
1643 | sewer | Reached skill level 4 in Stealth
1643 | sewer | Reached XP level 4. HP: 22/33 MP: 3/3
2258 | sewer | Reached XP level 5. HP: 33/38 MP: 4/4
3002 | D:3 | Killed Terence
3595 | D:3 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 42/44 MP: 5/5
3917 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
4428 | D:4 | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
4481 | D:4 | Noticed Heather Belt's ghost (average HOBe)
4620 | D:5 | Found Thremnes' Food Boutique.
4625 | D:5 | Bought a bread ration for 44 gold pieces
5192 | D:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
5716 | D:4 | Noticed Dowan
5718 | D:4 | Noticed Duvessa
5740 | D:4 | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
6570 | D:6 | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
6581 | D:6 | Became a worshipper of Trog the Wrathful
6641 | D:7 | Found Fraof's Jewellery Shoppe.
6641 | D:7 | Found Prerr's Distillery.
6650 | D:7 | Bought a potion of curing for 26 gold pieces
6650 | D:7 | Bought 2 potions of curing for 52 gold pieces
6655 | D:7 | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
6691 | D:7 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 5/50 MP: 6/6
6963 | D:7 | Reached skill level 6 in Dodging
7241 | D:7 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
7255 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
7482 | D:7 | Paralysed by a giant eyeball for 3 turns
7489 | D:7 | Paralysed by a giant eyeball for 3 turns
7512 | D:7 | Paralysed by a giant eyeball for 2 turns
7515 | D:7 | Paralysed by a giant eyeball for 4 turns
7910 | D:9 | Reached skill level 1 in Traps & Doors
8110 | D:10 | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
8127 | D:11 | Noticed Josephine
8127 | D:11 | Noticed a giant frog skeleton
8128 | D:11 | Noticed a hill giant skeleton
8135 | D:11 | Killed by an exploding giant spore

[ozias]

I guess I was someplace I didn't belong.

I think I was a little over confident when I went into the Shoals with this character, but I made it a heck of a lot further than I ever thought I would.

Not sure if I'll be able to top this guy or not, especially when he got some great equipment/weapons right on the very first floor of the dungeon.

It was quite a ride though, just wish I found better armor during the campaign, I might of lasted longer.

Spoiler

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10.2 character file.

22028 Slimey Jim the Covert (level 12, 0/82 HPs)
Began as a Merfolk Assassin on July 10, 2012.
Was the Champion of Trog.
Slain by a sea snake (16 damage)
... on Level 1 of the Shoals on July 11, 2012.
The game lasted 03:00:52 (17209 turns).

Slimey Jim the Covert (Merfolk Assassin) Turns: 17209, Time: 03:00:52

HP 0/82 AC 11 Str 12 XL: 12 Next: 72%
MP 11/11 EV 26 Int 10 God: Trog [******]
Gold 837 SH 0 Dex 25 Spells: 0 memorised, 11 levels left

Res.Fire : . . . See Invis. : . I - +2,+4 orc falchion (elec)
Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . . L - +3 leather armour
Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . (no shield)
Res.Acid. : . . . Res.Corr. : . (no helmet)
Res.Poison: . Clarity : . d - +0 cloak
Res.Elec. : . Spirit.Shd : . O - +0 pair of gauntlets
Sust.Abil.: . . Stasis : . f - +2 pair of boots of the Assassin {+Inv Dex
Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . (no amulet)
Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . q - +2 ring of evasion
Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: . l - ring of sustenance

@: burdened, exhausted, slowed, very slow, quite resistant to hostile
enchantments, very stealthy
A: change form in water, swift swim, magic resistance 1, Dex +2
a: Burn Spellbooks, Berserk, Trog's Hand, Brothers in Arms, Renounce Religion,
Evoke Invisibility


You were on level 1 of the Shoals.
You worshipped Trog.
Trog was exalted by your worship.
You were encumbered.
You were not hungry.

You visited 4 branches of the dungeon, and saw 16 of its levels.
You visited 1 portal chamber: sewer.

You collected 787 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
a - a +3,+3 bow of flame
b - a +0 blowgun
i - a +0,+2 falchion of holy wrath
p - a +4,+4 dwarven dagger (quivered)
I - a +2,+4 orcish falchion of electrocution (weapon)
Missiles
e - 48 poisoned +0 needles
t - 28 +1 arrows of flame {god gift}
M - 13 +1 arrows
P - 12 poisoned +2 arrows
T - 22 +2 arrows of frost
V - 5 +0 arrows of frost
Armour
d - a +0 cloak (worn)
f - the +2 pair of boots of the Assassin (worn) {+Inv Dex+3 Stlth++}
(You acquired it on level 4 of the Lair of Beasts)

It affects your dexterity (+3).
It lets you turn invisible.
It makes you much more stealthy.

These boots were specially designed by the Assassin's Guild.
L - a +3 leather armour (worn)
O - a +0 pair of gauntlets (worn)
Magical devices
o - a wand of teleportation (6) {unknown}
s - a wand of frost (22)
u - a wand of fire (9) {unknown}
z - a wand of digging (7) {unknown}
D - a wand of random effects (15) {unknown}
E - a wand of fireball (8) {unknown}
N - a wand of cold (7) {unknown}
U - a wand of frost (13)
W - a wand of frost (14)
X - a wand of lightning (6) {unknown}
Comestibles
k - a snozzcumber
n - 2 pears
r - 8 meat rations
Scrolls
c - a scroll of noise {unknown}
g - 4 scrolls of blinking {unknown}
h - a scroll of detect curse
j - 2 scrolls of identify
x - 5 scrolls of teleportation
y - 4 scrolls of magic mapping
B - 4 scrolls of recharging
C - 2 scrolls of fear {unknown}
F - 3 scrolls of remove curse
Jewellery
l - a ring of sustenance (left hand)
q - a +2 ring of evasion (right hand)
R - a +1 ring of protection
Potions
m - 2 potions of invisibility {unknown}
H - 2 potions of agility {unknown}
J - 6 potions of curing
K - a potion of brilliance {unknown}
S - 2 potions of might {unknown}
Y - a potion of paralysis {unknown}


Skills:
+ Level 4.5 Fighting
+ Level 7.0 Short Blades
+ Level 5.2 Long Blades
+ Level 11.8 Bows
- Level 2.1 Throwing
+ Level 3.0 Armour
+ Level 11.8 Dodging
* Level 12.7 Stealth
+ Level 5.4 Stabbing
+ Level 2.5 Traps & Doors


You had 11 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (9/27) Temple (1/1) D:4 Lair (5/8) D:9
Shoals (1/5) Lair:5 Snake (0/5) Lair:5
Orc: D:6-11

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

Portals:
Sand-covered staircase: D:7


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You revert to your normal form in water.
You are very nimble and swift while swimming.
You are agile (Dex +2).
You are resistant to hostile enchantments.


Message History

You feel yourself slow down.
There is some deep water here.
You see here a sea snake corpse.
You offer a prayer to Trog.
The sea snake corpse is consumed in a column of flame.
Trog is exalted by your worship.
A sea snake comes into view.
There is some deep water here.
The sea snake closely misses you.
There is some shallow water here.
You see here 3 large rocks.
You feel agile.
The sea snake barely misses you.
The sea snake misses you.
You miss the sea snake. The sea snake completely misses you.
The sea snake bites you but does no damage.
You hit the sea snake. There is a sudden explosion of sparks!
The sea snake is moderately wounded.
The sea snake bites you!
You die...

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Vanquished Creatures
3 hydras
4 death yaks (Lair:5)
Erolcha (D:8)
A sea snake (Shoals:1)
A cyclops (Shoals:1)
Maurice (D:8)
An elephant slug (Lair:4)
A feature mimic (Lair:3)
5 elephants (Lair:5)
4 spiny frogs
A mermaid (Shoals:1)
A troll (D:9)
A komodo dragon (Lair:2)
Prince Ribbit (Lair:2)
A basilisk (Lair:1)
11 blink frogs
7 yaks
3 sharks (Lair:5)
A merfolk (Shoals:1)
3 hippogriffs
A steam dragon (Lair:5)
A necrophage (D:4)
Purgy (Port)
An orc warrior (D:6)
A sky beast (D:8)
A queen bee zombie (D:8)
A phantom (D:9)
2 centaurs
4 nagas (Lair:5)
A boring beetle (Lair:5)
Sigmund (D:4)
Duvessa (D:6)
The ghost of Octo the Firebug, an average OpFE (D:3)
5 giant frogs
A giant slug (Lair:5)
4 ogres
8 water moccasins
4 crocodiles
4 agate snails
A water moccasin skeleton (D:8)
6 crimson imps
Dowan (D:6)
A big kobold skeleton (D:8)
A big kobold zombie (D:9)
A scorpion (D:9)
Crazy Yiuf (D:5)
A gnoll shaman (D:5)
9 hounds
5 orc priests
A worker ant zombie (D:5)
2 orc wizards
2 big fish
5 iguanas
3 worker ants
11 porcupines
15 sheep
A mummy (D:6)
15 adders
4 gnolls (D:5)
3 giant centipedes
36 green rats
An iguana zombie (D:9)
4 worms
2 giant mites
2 bat zombies
8 giant geckos
An ooze (D:1)
24 orcs
6 ball pythons
17 hobgoblins
2 jackals (D:8)
21 kobolds
9 quokkas
24 bats
9 giant cockroaches
A giant gecko skeleton (D:6)
11 giant newts
19 goblins
A hobgoblin skeleton (D:9)
A hobgoblin zombie (D:5)
A kobold skeleton (D:5)
25 rats
2 fungi
3 plants
414 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
A fungus (Lair:2)
2 plants (Lair:5)
13 toadstools
16 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 430 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn | Place | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
0 | D:1 | Slimey Jim, the Merfolk Assassin, began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 15/15 MP: 0/0
104 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 14/21 MP: 1/1
495 | D:1 | Reached skill level 4 in Stealth
597 | D:1 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 18/26 MP: 2/2
1351 | D:2 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 27/33 MP: 3/3
2201 | D:3 | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
2555 | D:3 | Noticed Octo's ghost (average OpFE)
2577 | D:3 | HP: 1/33 [Octo's ghost/flame (8)]
2579 | D:3 | Killed Octo's ghost
2579 | D:3 | Reached skill level 1 in Traps & Doors
2579 | D:3 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 1/38 MP: 4/4
2920 | D:3 | Found a snail-covered altar of Cheibriados.
3251 | D:4 | Noticed Sigmund
3264 | D:4 | Killed Sigmund
3264 | D:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Stealth
3264 | D:4 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 31/44 MP: 5/5
3359 | D:4 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
3388 | D:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
3537 | D:4 | Got a transparent hammer
3538 | D:4 | Identified the cursed hammer of Nuots {crush, rC+ Str-5} (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)
3993 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
4100 | Temple | Became a worshipper of Trog the Wrathful
4123 | D:4 | Gained mutation: You are agile (Dex +1).
4123 | D:4 | Gained mutation: You are resistant to hostile enchantments.
4123 | D:4 | Gained mutation: You are agile (Dex +2).
4187 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
4189 | D:5 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 48/50 MP: 6/6
4203 | D:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Short Blades
4203 | D:5 | Reached skill level 6 in Dodging
4808 | D:5 | Acquired Trog's first power
5398 | D:5 | Reached skill level 7 in Dodging
5532 | D:5 | Noticed Crazy Yiuf
5542 | D:5 | Killed Crazy Yiuf
5745 | D:6 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 11/56 MP: 7/7
6163 | D:6 | Acquired Trog's second power
6182 | D:6 | Found a glowing drain.
6197 | sewer | Entered the sewers
6221 | sewer | Noticed Purgy
6242 | sewer | Killed Purgy
6825 | D:6 | Noticed Duvessa
6825 | D:6 | Noticed Dowan
6836 | D:6 | Killed Duvessa
6836 | D:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Stabbing
6847 | D:6 | Killed Dowan
6847 | D:6 | Reached skill level 8 in Dodging
7530 | D:7 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 11/62 MP: 8/8
7998 | D:7 | Found a sand-covered staircase.
8639 | D:8 | Reached skill level 1 in Bows
8857 | D:8 | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
8865 | D:8 | Noticed Erolcha
8886 | D:8 | Killed Erolcha
8886 | D:8 | Reached skill level 9 in Dodging
8889 | D:8 | Acquired Trog's third power
8914 | D:8 | Noticed Maurice
8927 | D:8 | Killed Maurice
8927 | D:8 | Reached skill level 1 in Long Blades
8927 | D:8 | Reached skill level 1 in Armour
9297 | D:9 | Found a staircase to the Lair.
9424 | D:9 | Reached XP level 10. HP: 32/69 MP: 9/9
10129 | Lair:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
11052 | Lair:1 | Reached skill level 5 in Bows
12221 | Lair:2 | Reached XP level 11. HP: 46/75 MP: 10/10
12230 | Lair:2 | Noticed Prince Ribbit
12254 | Lair:2 | Killed Prince Ribbit
12254 | Lair:2 | Reached skill level 10 in Dodging
12608 | Lair:2 | Reached skill level 10 in Stealth
13015 | Lair:3 | Got a jewelled golden mace
13169 | Lair:3 | Identified the +7,+6 Sceptre of Torment (You found it on level 3 of the Lair of Beasts)
14245 | Lair:4 | Received a gift from Trog
14749 | Lair:4 | Reached skill level 11 in Stealth
14969 | Lair:5 | Reached skill level 10 in Bows
15486 | Lair:4 | Identified a scroll of acquirement
15487 | Lair:4 | Got a pair of soft boots
15490 | Lair:4 | Identified the +2 pair of boots of the Assassin (You acquired it on level 4 of the Lair of Beasts)
15535 | Lair:5 | Received a gift from Trog
15535 | Lair:5 | Reached XP level 12. HP: 82/82 MP: 11/11
15662 | Lair:5 | Found a staircase to the Snake Pit.
15706 | Lair:5 | Found a staircase to the Shoals.
15996 | Lair:5 | Reached skill level 12 in Stealth
16848 | Shoals:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Shoals
16959 | Shoals:1 | Received a gift from Trog
17201 | Shoals:1 | Reached skill level 5 in Long Blades
17209 | Shoals:1 | Slain by a sea snake

[Thomkal]

Great job Ozias, that one might stand up. I've not been to the Shoals myself, so hard to say if you were a good level for it. Reading the wiki it looks like you were well suited for it with your merfolk water form, evasion, and a little bit of magic resistance, but things might have been just too tough for your level. Good luck with the next one.

[thesloppy]

Yeah, that's a good one Ozias!

[Thomkal]

Well Wavecreeper the first has died. Was a frustrating experience towards the end because I never found a better weapon than my starting weapon and my stealth didn't seem to be of much help as I tried to sneak up on things and stab them-most woke up before I got to them.

Spoiler

 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10.2 character file.

662 Wavecreeper the Sneak (level 6, -4/46 HPs)
             Began as a Merfolk Assassin on July 10, 2012.
             Slain by Ironman's ghost (11 damage)
             ... on Level 5 of the Dungeon on July 11, 2012.
             The game lasted 01:05:04 (6594 turns).

Wavecreeper the Sneak (Merfolk Assassin)            Turns: 6594, Time: 01:05:04

HP  -4/46        AC  8     Str 11      XL: 6   Next: 94%
MP   5/5         EV 14     Int 11      God: 
Gold 238         SH  0     Dex 17      Spells:  0 memorised,  5 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : .    a - +2 dagger {=f}
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : . .  h - +2 orc robe
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : +    (no shield)
Res.Acid. : . . .   Res.Corr.  : .    D - +2 wizard hat
Res.Poison: .       Clarity    : .    B - +0 cloak
Res.Elec. : .       Spirit.Shd : .    (no gloves)
Sust.Abil.: . .     Stasis     : .    o - +0 pair of boots
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .    y - amulet of conservation {unknown}
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .    (no ring)
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .    (no ring)

@: slightly resistant to hostile enchantments, quite stealthy
A: change form in water, swift swim
a: no special abilities


You were on level 5 of the Dungeon.
You were not hungry.

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

You collected 188 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a +2,+2 dagger (weapon) {=f}
 b - a +0,+2 sling
 c - a +0 blowgun
 g - a +2,+2 orcish dagger
 C - a +0,+0 sabre
Missiles
 e - 34 poisoned +0 needles
 f - 3 curare-tipped +0 needles
 i - 36 +0 darts
 l - 132 +0 stones
 n - 20 +0 sling bullets
 q - 50 +0 arrows
 r - 11 silver +0 sling bullets
 s - a poisoned +0 dart
 u - 2 +0 darts of flame (quivered)
 v - 28 +1 arrows
 G - 5 silver +0 bolts
Armour
 h - a +2 orcish robe (worn)
 j - a +2 ring mail
 m - a +0 robe
 o - a +0 pair of boots (worn)
 B - a +0 cloak (worn)
 D - a +2 wizard hat (worn)
Comestibles
 d - a meat ration
 z - 3 bread rations
 K - a chunk of rat flesh
 L - a chunk of worm flesh
 M - a chunk of bat flesh
Scrolls
 k - a scroll of fear {unknown}
 t - a scroll of curse weapon {unknown}
 w - a scroll of random uselessness {unknown}
 E - a scroll of detect curse
 F - a scroll of enchant armour {unknown}
 I - 3 scrolls of remove curse {unknown}
 O - a scroll of enchant weapon I {unknown}
Jewellery
 y - an amulet of conservation (around neck) {unknown}
Potions
 x - a potion of agility
 N - a potion of berserk rage {unknown}
Books
 A - a book of the Warp   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Recall                             Summoning/Translocation      3
   Passage of Golubria                Translocation                4
   Phase Shift                        Translocation                5
   Warp Weapon                        Charms/Translocation         5
   Dispersal                          Translocation                6
   Controlled Blink                   Translocation                7


   Skills:
 * Level 4.0 Fighting
 * Level 3.6 Short Blades
 + Level 2.1 Slings
 + Level 3.5 Throwing
 + Level 0.7 Armour
 + Level 3.8 Dodging
 * Level 4.8 Stealth
 * Level 3.8 Stabbing
 + Level 1.5 Traps & Doors


You had 5 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

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

Altars:
Elyvilon

Shops:
D:5: =

Annotations
D:2 Jessica
D:4 Sigmund
D:5 Ironman's ghost, average MiBe

Message History

You hit Ironman's ghost.
Ironman's ghost is severely damaged.
You barely miss Ironman's ghost.
Ironman's ghost is severely damaged.
Ironman's ghost hits you but does no damage.
You hit Ironman's ghost.
Ironman's ghost is almost destroyed.
Ironman's ghost hits you.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You hit Ironman's ghost.
Ironman's ghost is almost destroyed.
Ironman's ghost hits you.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You hit Ironman's ghost.
Ironman's ghost is almost destroyed.
Ironman's ghost closely misses you.
You barely miss Ironman's ghost.
Ironman's ghost is almost destroyed.
Ironman's ghost hits you!
You die...

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You could see Ironman's ghost.

Vanquished Creatures
  An orc priest (D:3)
  A hound (D:4)
  4 orc wizards
  A hound skeleton (D:4)
  A worker ant (D:4)
  Ijyb (D:2)
  5 adders
  5 gnolls
  An iguana skeleton (D:5)
  A worm (D:5)
  2 oozes
  5 orcs
  5 ball pythons
  3 giant cockroaches
  10 goblins
  8 hobgoblins
  7 bats
  3 giant geckos
  A giant gecko skeleton (D:4)
  6 giant newts
  4 jackals (D:5)
  12 kobolds
  6 rats
  A rat skeleton (D:4)
  A toadstool (D:2)
95 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A hobgoblin (D:3)
  5 toadstools
6 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 101 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1      | Wavecreeper, the Merfolk Assassin, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 15/15 MP: 0/0
  1138 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 16/21 MP: 1/1
  1654 | D:2      | Gained mutation: Your muscles are strong, but stiff (Str +1, Dex -1).
  1654 | D:2      | Lost mutation: Your muscles are strong, but stiff (Str +1, Dex -1).
  2010 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 17/26 MP: 2/2
  2210 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Traps & Doors
  2295 | D:2      | Noticed Ijyb
  2314 | D:2      | Killed Ijyb
  2314 | D:2      | Reached skill level 4 in Stealth
  2467 | D:2      | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
  2619 | D:2      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 31/33 MP: 3/3
  2760 | D:2      | Noticed Jessica
  3400 | D:3      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 24/39 MP: 4/4
  4408 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 35/45 MP: 5/5
  4545 | D:4      | Noticed Sigmund
  5049 | D:4      | Reached skill level 1 in Slings
  5979 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  6551 | D:5      | Found Mnif's Jewellery Shop.
  6552 | D:5      | Noticed Ironman's ghost (average MiBe)
  6594 | D:5      | Slain by Ironman's ghost

[Thomkal]

the worse part was the potion of berserk rage I was carrying probably would have saved me-I hadn't ID'ed it and had already ID'ed curing and heal wounds, so I figured it was unlikely to be a potion that could help me at this point....thus violating my own rule about sipping potions whenever you are about to die. Nice job idiot.

I didn't get to see the insides of that shop either-the ghost was one square away so had to kill him to get in.

[Thomkal]

Wavecreeper2 starts up and finds 3 daggers so far on level 1-one dwarven, one elven, one orcish. Threw two of them and killed a goblin and hobgoblin with each one. Then I kill a goblin carrying a runed dagger...and its cursed. Find a short sword of protection (that nearly killed me with the kobold I took it from) so lets see if I can fight a little better now.

[CrimsonFox]

Thom (and everyone)

Are you skipping parts of the early levels and descending as quickly as possible? I myself explore every bit of every level unless something scares me further down.

But is it more successful to do that?

[CrimsonFox]

Wow ozias nice!

GOt any tips for us noobs?

Really there must be some good general strategy things to increase chances of survival.

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

Thom (and everyone)

Are you skipping parts of the early levels and descending as quickly as possible? I myself explore every bit of every level unless something scares me further down.

But is it more successful to do that?

I always try to explore every bit of a level-you never know what treasure you might be missing, plus the xp you get for exploring the whole level might be enough to have you go up a character level. If I find a mob I can't handle then I might have to avoid part of a level, and go down to the next, but then I will look for a staircase up that might get me to the unexplored part without alerting the mob I was trying to avoid.

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

I always try to explore every bit of a level-you never know what treasure you might be missing, plus the xp you get for exploring the whole level might be enough to have you go up a character level. If I find a mob I can't handle then I might have to avoid part of a level, and go down to the next, but then I will look for a staircase up that might get me to the unexplored part without alerting the mob I was trying to avoid.

yeah that's what I do too. Okay. Just noticed it looked like you were fastforwarding thru level 1 and it think I've read some pother thing about people going to the temple level as fast as possible. That may have been just some lame strategy guide that doesn't work for everything tho.

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

yeah that's what I do too. Okay. Just noticed it looked like you were fastforwarding thru level 1 and it think I've read some pother thing about people going to the temple level as fast as possible. That may have been just some lame strategy guide that doesn't work for everything tho.

Well because I know what to expect on level 1, its easy to get through it quickly. "Experts" who have played and won the game a lot probably do churn through the early levels quickly, I'm certainly not at that point.

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

Well because I know what to expect on level 1, its easy to get through it quickly. "Experts" who have played and won the game a lot probably do churn through the early levels quickly, I'm certainly not at that point.

I am barely looking at the screen through level 1 really. Everything is pretty easy to storm through followed by a nice rest. There is the occasional random clump of monsters that catches me off guard but 1 is pretty idiotproof.
As you say gets you lots of xp and lots and lots of stuff. There seems to be a random factor of stuff. They always seem to give you lots of a type of thing. EIther there is lots of food or lots of potions or lots of scrolls, etc.
I like finding the food most of all really.

[CrimsonFox]

What I thought was an easier character that I was making headway with was a lie. Man...that second level is just screwing me left and right. Centaurs throwing things. Named characters disappearing and fireballing and hitting me. All kinds of screwing. Up to 11 deaths already ;(

[ozias]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

Wow ozias nice!

GOt any tips for us noobs?

Really there must be some good general strategy things to increase chances of survival.

Use your needles as much as possible unless you're able to sneak up on a monster. That way you kill from a distance.

I saved most of my needles for the "named" monsters though, like "Crazy Yulaf", "Dowan", "Jessica", etc., as the monsters on the first few levels you can pretty much have a go with the dagger you're given at the start.

Also, I grab any arrows, darts, bolts, and stones I find while exploring, just so I will have some kind of ranged weapon. With the character above, I found a bow, but already had about 100 arrows when I found it, so I wasn't looking for arrows.

I dumped the bolts afterwards, because I wasn't going to use 2 different ranged weapons from that category(crossbow or bow). Darts are throwing weapons, so I kept those and the stones you want a sling for, but you can throw them if you don't have a sling, but with a sling they do more damage.

I also explore the complete level before moving on, press the "o" key on the keyboard for faster exploration, and it will tell you either "Done exploring" or "partly explored", if it's partly, then you either have to go down a flight of stair and the go back up a different flight to find the area you can't get to, or the opposite, up then down. Just don't go up if your on the very first level of the dungeon, or it's game over, unless you have the "Orb of Zot" with you.

Also, pick up things that say, "runed", "glowing", or some other description other than plain weapon, so if it's a mace, leave it, but if it's a glowing mace, or runed mace, pick it up, and then when you've explored the level, use a scroll of "detect curse" if you have one, and it will inspect everything in your inventory, and if it's cursed, it will have a red colored box around the item. If it is, use a remove curse scroll, if it's not cursed, try the item, sometimes you will identify it immediately, other times you won't, and then you can either use an identify scroll on the item, or if it's a weapon, keep using it, and eventually you will be told what the item is.

Now what I do is keep my best hand weapon, and discard the rest, except for daggers generally, as you can throw them for a ranged attack if needed, but I won't keep a let's say +1,+1 mace, if I have a +1,+2 sword. This keeps me from training 2 fighting categories, "Axes/flails" compared to "Long blades", even though the dagger is a "Short blade" category, so it keeps me from training 3 separate hand weapon categories. I try to train 1 or 2, depending on the weapons you find early in the game, as well as 1 ranged category, usually I end up in the "bow" not "crossbow" category.

If you're unsure where this is at, in the game window, just above your inventory, you will see a sword and arrow in the shape of an X, click that, and then the "asterisk" key on your keyboard, now you will see all the categories I've mentioned, if the skill is lit up, and not darkened out, that is a skill you are training in. You can select a skill by clicking it, and you will see it lite up, so now you are also training that skill, clikc it once more, and now it glows brighter, and you should notice the " + " turn into an " * ", once it does, it means you putting more training into that then any other choice. You should also see the percentage change next to it, so to get good at something quickly, change it on this screen, and to really get good at one thing, darken out the rest of the skills, but I don't recommend doing this unless you find something of a great weapon very early in the game, but just remember to go back to the "Manage Skills" screen and change it back to training your other skills, or your character won't get better at them.

I will usually turn off "unarmed combat" unless it's already greyed out, because I'm going to wear armor, and if I find a long sword that is better than my daggers, I will grey out "Short blade" and click on the "long blade", I will usually click the "Long Blade" once more to get the " * " next to it, and go thru a level or 2 to get my long blade skill up quicker, then turn it back to just the " + " for normal skill increase.

A lot depends on your style of play, to get your stealth up quicker, get an * next to it, and you can even put another one next to stabbing if you want, then those 2 skills will train faster than the rest, just remember to go back and change it to normal. Only the skills that are highlighted will be trained while you're adventuring, but if you use let's say an axe at one point, then game will automatically highlight axe for you because you equipped the item. So try to remember to go to the Manage Skills screen any time you change weapons, or at least at the "end" of every level, so you don't train one skill so much higher than the rest, especially if you don't plan on using that skill over the long haul, ie., an axe over a short blade, don't train short blade if you've found a an axe and are always using it.

I find the weapon of choice is usually decided for you, by the loot that's found, but for the "Merfolk" class, a polearm is the best weapon for them, so if you come across one, start using it, and put a * in the Manage skills screen next to it, and once you get up to 10 or so level with it, then just keep the + next to it. You will notice a "red" +4 next to that, and that is the aptitude of the class, and the +4 is one of the best gains in aptitude for a race, so take advantage of this.

[ozias]

Dola for an example...

Here is a just a quick peak at my newest character...notice I'm still on the first level of the dungeon, yet I'm a 3rd level Merfolk?

XL: is the level of your character, mine is 3

I already have 14 runed arrows, and managed to find 2 pieces of magical armor, and a runed orcish dagger, which I'll use to see if I can't identify it.

This is what I mean by pick up everything that is "runed" or "glowing", both armor pieces were runed, and the stack of 5 scrolls I had turn out to be a "detect curse", so now I have 4, but nothing was cursed, so that's when I decided to try them on, you really don't want to find out after you've put it on to find out it's cursed, especially if it's a -2, or -3 type of armor. You will be stuck with it until you find a remove curse scroll, or an enchant armor scroll, but if you only have 3 more scrolls(like my character), it could mean you would waste those 3 hoping for a remove curse or enchant armor, which I don't like to take those kinds of chances, you tend to live longer.

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10.2 character file.

Sneaky Pete the Sneak (Merfolk Assassin) Turns: 1052, Time: 00:07:35

HP 27/27 AC 7 Str 12 XL: 3 Next: 4%
MP 2/2 EV 13 Int 11 God:
Gold 85 SH 0 Dex 15 Spells: 0 memorised, 2 levels left

Res.Fire : . . . See Invis. : . a - +2 dagger {=f}
Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . . m - +2 robe
Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . (no shield)
Res.Acid. : . . . Res.Corr. : . (no helmet)
Res.Poison: . Clarity : . s - +2 dwarf cloak
Res.Elec. : . Spirit.Shd : . (no gloves)
Sust.Abil.: . . Stasis : . (no boots)
Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . (no amulet)
Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . q - blackened steel ring {tried}
Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: . j - +1 ring of intelligence

@: not resistant to hostile enchantments, stealthy
A: change form in water, swift swim
a: no special abilities


You are on level 1 of the Dungeon.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 1 branch of the dungeon, and seen 1 of its levels.

You have collected 35 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
a - a +2,+2 dagger (weapon) {=f}
b - a +0 blowgun
x - an uncursed runed orcish dagger
Missiles
e - 10 poisoned +0 needles
f - 3 curare-tipped +0 needles
l - 29 darts (quivered)
r - 14 runed arrows
Armour
m - a +2 robe (worn)
s - a +2 dwarven cloak (worn)
Comestibles
g - 2 bread rations
p - a meat ration
Scrolls
h - 4 scrolls of detect curse
i - a scroll labeled PAETAX ATHA
o - a scroll labeled PSEF INEIPACZA
u - a scroll labeled THROTR CLINOETA
Jewellery
j - a +1 ring of intelligence (left hand)
n - an uncursed ring of fire
q - a blackened steel ring (right hand) {tried}
Potions
t - 2 slimy pink potions
w - a pink potion

[ozias]

Well Sneaky Pete didn't get nearly as far as Slimey Jim.

I didn't realize it at the time, but when I found this artifact weapon ...

the +2,+2 long sword of Twal (weapon) {freeze, MUT +Inv rPois rF+}

...I need to remember that MUT stands for mutation, and it reduced my HP total by 5, which hurt.

Spoiler

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10.2 character file.

2955 Sneaky Pete the Nimble (level 9, -6/51 (56) HPs)
Began as a Merfolk Assassin on July 12, 2012.
Was a Priest of Okawaru.
Mangled by an orc warrior
... wielding a +1,+1 orcish long sword
(22 damage)
... on Level 7 of the Dungeon.
The game lasted 01:06:22 (7650 turns).

Sneaky Pete the Nimble (Merfolk Assassin) Turns: 7650, Time: 01:06:22

HP -6/51 (56) AC 8 Str 13 XL: 9 Next: 57%
MP 8/8 EV 19 Int 10 God: Okawaru [***...]
Gold 363 SH 0 Dex 18 Spells: 0 memorised, 8 levels left

Res.Fire : + + . See Invis. : . f - +2 long sword of Twal {freeze, MUT +Inv rP
Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . . K - +2 orc leather armour
Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . (no shield)
Res.Acid. : . . . Res.Corr. : . (no helmet)
Res.Poison: + Clarity : . s - +2 dwarf cloak
Res.Elec. : . Spirit.Shd : . (no gloves)
Sust.Abil.: . . Stasis : . (no boots)
Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . (no amulet)
Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . P - ring of poison resistance
Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: . H - ring of protection from fire

@: burdened, very slightly contaminated, slow, slightly resistant to hostile
enchantments, unstealthy
A: change form in water, swift swim, -10% hp, Str +1
a: Heroism, Renounce Religion, Evoke Invisibility


You were on level 7 of the Dungeon.
You worshipped Okawaru.
Okawaru was greatly pleased with you.
You were encumbered.
You were not hungry.

You visited 1 branch of the dungeon, and saw 7 of its levels.

You collected 313 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
a - a +2,+2 dagger {=f}
b - a +0 blowgun
f - the +2,+2 long sword of Twal (weapon) {freeze, MUT +Inv rPois rF+}
(You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)

It has been specially enchanted to freeze those struck by it, causing extra
injury to most foes and up to double damage against particularly susceptible
opponents. It can also slow down cold-blooded creatures.

It protects you from fire.
It protects you from poison.
It lets you turn invisible.
It emits mutagenic radiation.
k - a +3,+2 dwarven short sword
D - a +0,+2 bow of frost
G - a +2,+0 elven short sword
O - a cursed -1,-1 bow
S - a +1,+2 dwarven short sword of draining
Missiles
d - 35 +3 arrows
e - 58 poisoned +0 needles
g - 14 +0 arrows of flame
l - 114 +0 darts (quivered)
m - 18 +0 darts of flame
r - 14 +4 arrows of flame
x - 14 +0 arrows of frost
y - 27 +2 arrows
B - 143 +0 arrows
E - 16 steel +0 darts
Armour
s - a +2 dwarven cloak (worn)
w - a +1 buckler
K - a +2 orcish leather armour (worn)
Magical devices
z - a wand of slowing (6) {unknown}
F - a wand of cold (5) {unknown}
Q - a wand of frost (22) {unknown}
T - a wand of draining (12) {unknown}
Comestibles
p - 2 meat rations
A - a slice of pizza
Scrolls
h - 4 scrolls of detect curse
i - a scroll of fear {unknown}
o - 3 scrolls of teleportation {unknown}
u - 4 scrolls of remove curse
L - a scroll of fog {unknown}
N - a scroll of enchant weapon II {unknown}
R - a scroll of identify
W - 2 scrolls of amnesia
X - a scroll of recharging {unknown}
Jewellery
j - a +1 ring of intelligence
q - an uncursed ring of teleport control
t - an uncursed ring of levitation
v - an uncursed amulet of warding {unknown}
H - a ring of protection from fire (left hand)
P - a ring of poison resistance (right hand)
V - a cursed +3 ring of protection {unknown}
Potions
J - a potion of levitation
M - a potion of might {unknown}
U - a potion of curing
Books
c - a book of Maledictions

Spells Type Level
Corona Hexes 1
Sure Blade Hexes/Charms 2
Ensorcelled Hibernation Hexes/Ice 2
Confuse Hexes 3
Enslavement Hexes 4
Invisibility Hexes 6
n - a book of Dreams

Spells Type Level
Ensorcelled Hibernation Hexes/Ice 2
Flight Charms/Air 3
Alistair's Intoxication Transmutation/Poison 4
Phase Shift Translocation 5
Shadow Creatures Summoning 5
C - a book of Unlife

Spells Type Level
Recall Summoning/Translocation 3
Animate Dead Necromancy 4
Control Undead Necromancy 4
Twisted Resurrection Necromancy 5
Simulacrum Ice/Necromancy 6
Death Channel Necromancy 7
Magical staves
I - a staff of fire {unknown}


Skills:
+ Level 4.4 Fighting
+ Level 4.3 Short Blades
+ Level 5.7 Long Blades
- Level 2.0 Throwing
+ Level 2.5 Armour
+ Level 10.0 Dodging
+ Level 5.0 Stealth
+ Level 5.6 Stabbing
+ Level 3.5 Shields
+ Level 2.1 Traps & Doors
+ Level 0.2 Invocations


You had 8 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (7/27) Temple (0/1) D:7
Orc: D:6-11

Altars:
Ashenzari
Okawaru
Zin


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You revert to your normal form in water.
You are very nimble and swift while swimming.
You are frail (-10% HP).
Your muscles are strong (Str +1).


Message History

The orc warrior shouts!
The orc warrior completely misses you.
You closely miss the orc warrior.
You completely miss the orc warrior. The orc warrior closely misses you.
You closely miss the orc warrior. The orc warrior completely misses you.
You completely miss the orc warrior.
The orc warrior hits you with a runed orcish long sword!
You hit the orc warrior but do no damage.
The orc warrior hits you with a runed orcish long sword!
You hit the orc warrior but do no damage.
The orc warrior completely misses you.
You hit the orc warrior but do no damage.
The orc warrior hits you with a runed orcish long sword!
You hit the orc warrior. You freeze the orc warrior.
The orc warrior is lightly wounded.
The orc warrior misses you.
You slash the orc warrior! You freeze the orc warrior.
The orc warrior is heavily wounded.
The orc warrior hits you with a runed orcish long sword!
You die...

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Vanquished Creatures
A hippogriff (D:7)
Menkaure (D:7)
A sky beast (D:6)
A necrophage (D:6)
An ice beast (D:6)
A phantom (D:6)
4 ogres
5 centaurs
Duvessa (D:7)
8 big kobolds (D:6)
3 crimson imps
Dowan (D:7)
An orc priest (D:4)
3 hounds
An iguana (D:7)
4 orc wizards
8 adders
An adder skeleton (D:7)
2 giant mites
2 worms
A bat zombie (D:5)
A gnoll zombie (D:6)
19 orcs
3 ball pythons
6 giant cockroaches
22 goblins
15 hobgoblins
12 jackals
20 kobolds
10 bats
4 giant geckos
5 giant newts
A giant spore (D:7)
A kobold skeleton (D:5)
2 quokkas
9 rats
A ballistomycete (D:7)
A toadstool (D:1)
183 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
A hobgoblin (D:2)
2 rats (D:1)
12 toadstools
15 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 198 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn | Place | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
0 | D:1 | Sneaky Pete, the Merfolk Assassin, began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 15/15 MP: 0/0
212 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 21/21 MP: 1/1
933 | D:1 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 27/27 MP: 2/2
1124 | D:2 | Reached skill level 4 in Stealth
2027 | D:2 | Gained mutation: You are clumsy (Dex -1).
2027 | D:2 | Lost mutation: You are clumsy (Dex -1).
2027 | D:2 | Gained mutation: Your muscles are strong (Str +1).
2205 | D:3 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 30/33 MP: 3/3
2349 | D:3 | Reached skill level 1 in Traps & Doors
2920 | D:4 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 23/38 MP: 4/4
3273 | D:4 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 45/45 MP: 5/5
3560 | D:4 | HP: 2/45 [orc wizard/magic dart (1)]
3879 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
3890 | D:5 | Reached skill level 1 in Armour
3924 | D:5 | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
3944 | D:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
3953 | D:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Stabbing
4176 | D:5 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 21/50 MP: 6/6
4431 | D:5 | Reached skill level 6 in Dodging
4805 | D:6 | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
4814 | D:6 | Got an encrusted long sword
4817 | D:6 | Became a worshipper of Warmaster Okawaru
4850 | D:6 | Identified the long sword of Twal {freeze, MUT +Inv rPois rF+} (You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)
4865 | D:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Stealth
4865 | D:6 | Reached skill level 1 in Shields
5193 | D:6 | Reached skill level 1 in Long Blades
5193 | D:6 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 40/57 MP: 7/7
5400 | D:6 | Acquired Okawaru's first power
5633 | D:6 | Reached skill level 7 in Dodging
5688 | D:6 | Noticed a big kobold
5688 | D:6 | Noticed a big kobold
5688 | D:6 | Noticed a big kobold
5688 | D:6 | Noticed a big kobold
5689 | D:6 | Noticed a big kobold
5704 | D:6 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 41/46 MP: 6/6
5709 | D:6 | Killed a big kobold
5730 | D:6 | Noticed a big kobold
5747 | D:6 | Killed a big kobold
5748 | D:6 | Noticed a big kobold
5757 | D:6 | Killed a big kobold
5774 | D:6 | Killed a big kobold
5774 | D:6 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 16/52 MP: 7/7
5789 | D:6 | Killed a big kobold
5799 | D:6 | Killed a big kobold
5799 | D:6 | Reached skill level 8 in Dodging
5860 | D:6 | Killed a big kobold
5890 | D:6 | Gained mutation: You are frail (-10% HP).
5960 | D:6 | Noticed a big kobold
5972 | D:6 | Killed a big kobold
6505 | D:7 | Noticed Menkaure
6518 | D:7 | HP: 1/47 [Menkaure (22)]
6856 | D:7 | HP: 2/47 [Menkaure/nerve-wracking pain (2)]
6858 | D:7 | Killed Menkaure
6858 | D:7 | Reached skill level 5 in Long Blades
7167 | D:7 | Reached skill level 9 in Dodging
7167 | D:7 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 51/51 MP: 8/8
7176 | D:7 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
7438 | D:7 | Noticed Dowan
7439 | D:7 | Noticed Duvessa
7457 | D:7 | Killed Duvessa
7501 | D:7 | Killed Dowan
7616 | D:7 | Reached skill level 10 in Dodging
7624 | D:7 | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
7650 | D:7 | Mangled by an orc warrior

[Thomkal]

Well Wavecreeper2 is doing quite nicely in regards to weapons found. I now have a choice between four: a short sword of protection, short sword of draining, elven short sword of speed, and a dagger of pain. Which would you use if you had the choice here? He's also found a vampiric artifact mace that lets me See Invisible, as well as a couple nice rings-protection from magic and sustain abilities. Has a wand of cold and a wand of fireballs, which took out Grinder after my curare needles didn't work on him. They did work on Duvessa and Dowan though.

[ozias]

The protection or the speed...if I remember correctly, the draining one will drain, but also reduces the XP you get when killing them, as they aren't as powerful due to the draining. But if it's a hard battle, go for the drain, as it can let you survive by knocking the monster down a level or two.

The dagger I'm not sure about, as I can't recall how "pain" is in damage terms.

[CrimsonFox]

Just narrowly made a deathdefying escape! On level 1 sandwiched betqween a rat and an adder, newt and hobgoblin.

They knocked me down to half hitpoints. So I got out my blogun fired it and poisoned the adder, another and hit the hobgoblin behind them all. Then hit the rat. At this point I was at 1 hit point. I poisoned the adder again. Then the rat, then switched to dagger. THe poison killed the adder. I killed the rat in 2 blows, the newt in one, then finished off the poisoned hobgoblin. Whew!

[CrimsonFox]

Whoops...hahaha....

I go downstairs. Jessica is standing RIGHT next to me saying, "Hey baby. Come here and give me a kiss! My mustache will tickle you!"

And I"m like....um...sorry wrong staircase and back up I go....

I find a new staircase. And again it's next to Jessica (on a second case. So I just give her some acupuncture and she dies in 4 turns.

I look around and in a room nearby I find Terrence who is flexing his muscles and gritting his teeth and proclaiming his love for Jessica and charges me crying like a baby. I run like hell to those stairs again...

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

Just narrowly made a deathdefying escape! On level 1 sandwiched betqween a rat and an adder, newt and hobgoblin.

They knocked me down to half hitpoints. So I got out my blogun fired it and poisoned the adder, another and hit the hobgoblin behind them all. Then hit the rat. At this point I was at 1 hit point. I poisoned the adder again. Then the rat, then switched to dagger. THe poison killed the adder. I killed the rat in 2 blows, the newt in one, then finished off the poisoned hobgoblin. Whew!

what a battle! And good use of your starting weapons.

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

Whoops...hahaha....

I go downstairs. Jessica is standing RIGHT next to me saying, "Hey baby. Come here and give me a kiss! My mustache will tickle you!"

And I"m like....um...sorry wrong staircase and back up I go....

I find a new staircase. And again it's next to Jessica (on a second case. So I just give her some acupuncture and she dies in 4 turns.

I look around and in a room nearby I find Terrence who is flexing his muscles and gritting his teeth and proclaiming his love for Jessica and charges me crying like a baby. I run like hell to those stairs again...

Well you want Jessica right next to you so that actually was a good thing. Terrence on level 2 however? Not such a good thing. I'd try my curare needles on him if I was forced to fight him, but yeah looking for stairs to get away from him was the right move.

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

what a battle! And good use of your starting weapons.

and good failure on their part. Those crappy dice and all...

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

Well you want Jessica right next to you so that actually was a good thing. Terrence on level 2 however? Not such a good thing. I'd try my curare needles on him if I was forced to fight him, but yeah looking for stairs to get away from him was the right move.

Are you kidding? I ALWAYS see these big named guys on level 2. Terrence and Grinder and such