CIP- DDIE of Kiku

[Moanerette]

Hello people. I am greatly enjoying this game, it is the first time I feel I have really got the hang of operating a DD. Vampiric Draining is an absolute godsend (or Kikusend, I suppose). Anyway, I am basically trooping around with a zombie army, combined with using Throw Icicle or meleeing from behind the front row with the glaive. I am currently raising Conjurations to make the Icicle more deadly and also in the hope of finding a book with Freezing Cloud. I don't currently have my books on me, but my next spell targets will probably be Dispel Undead and Twisted Resurrection; I'm pretty sure I have enough Necro for those. I will probably use the Acquirement for cash, in the hope that the Orc shops will have books or some great armour.

My main query regards what to do when I reach 6* piety. The pain brand seems to be generally recommended for short blades due to speed, so I am unsure whether it is a good idea to get it on a polearm. I know that I'm soon going to encounter monsters that hit very hard, so I do like the reaching tactic, but I also know that I'll be needing to put points in my weapon skill soon if I'm to carry on as a hybrid, so I'd really appreciate thoughts on this.

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.12.1-18-g090c645 (webtiles) character file.

Moanerette the Frost Mage (DDIE)                   Turns: 21443, Time: 06:12:41

HP  86/88        AC 22     Str 13      XL: 12   Next: 58%
MP   5/26        EV 16     Int 20      God: Kikubaaqudgha [****..]
Gold 511         SH 15     Dex 13      Spells: 10 memorised,  0 levels left

Res.Fire  : + + .   See Invis. : .   a - +1,+4 glaive of Xom's Regard {freeze, rF+}
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : .   s - +3 leather armour of the Wumpus {rElec rF+
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .   (no shield)
Res.Poison: +       Res.Corr.  : .   (no helmet)
Res.Elec. : +       Clarity    : .   E - +2 elf cloak
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   k - +1 pair of dwarf gloves
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   H - +2 pair of dwarf boots
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   (no amulet)
Saprovore : . . .   Flight     : .   Q - ring of sustenance
                                     i - ring of poison resistance

@: icy armour, non-regenerating, quite resistant to hostile enchantments,
stealthy
A: damage resistance, recharge devices, sense surroundings 2, slow healing 3
a: Device Recharging, Receive Corpses, Renounce Religion


You are on level 7 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Kikubaaqudgha.
Kikubaaqudgha is extremely pleased with you.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 3 branches of the dungeon, and seen 19 of its levels.

You have collected 1175 gold pieces.
You have spent 684 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - the +1,+4 glaive of Xom's Regard (weapon) {freeze, rF+}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 5 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.
 b - an uncursed sling
 c - a +3,+5 halberd
Missiles
 I - 5 sling bullets
 J - 16 stones (quivered)
Armour
 k - a +1 pair of dwarven gloves (worn)
 s - the +3 leather armour of the Wumpus (worn) {rElec rF+}
   (You found it on level 8 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It insulates you from electricity.
 E - a +2 elven cloak (worn)
 H - a +2 pair of dwarven boots (worn)
Magical devices
 f - a wand of magic darts {zapped: 4}
 j - a wand of polymorph {zapped: 2}
 n - a wand of random effects {zapped: 1}
 p - a wand of fireball {zapped: 3}
 q - a wand of disintegration {zapped: 4}
 z - a wand of heal wounds (2)
 G - a wand of slowing {zapped: 4}
 K - a wand of fire {zapped: 2}
 P - a wand of confusion {zapped: 1}
Comestibles
 d - 2 chokos
 t - a beef jerky
 M - a bread ration
Scrolls
 g - a scroll of enchant weapon III
 l - a scroll of acquirement
 u - 2 scrolls labeled STEHUP ISTRIX
 v - a scroll of fear
 w - a scroll of immolation
 y - a scroll of teleportation
 A - 3 scrolls of remove curse
 B - a scroll of fog
 C - a scroll of enchant weapon I
 S - a scroll labeled REURAISMEI
Jewellery
 i - a ring of poison resistance (left hand)
 L - a pearl ring
 Q - a ring of sustenance (right hand)
Potions
 e - 2 potions of restore abilities
 h - a potion of resistance
 m - a potion of speed
 o - 2 potions of flight
 r - a potion of heal wounds
 x - 3 potions of curing
 D - 2 potions of magic
 F - a potion of invisibility
 V - a potion of brilliance


   Skills:
 - Level 3.0 Polearms
 - Level 10.0 Dodging
 - Level 2.4 Stealth
 - Level 5.5 Traps
 - Level 8.0 Spellcasting
 + Level 5.5 Conjurations
 - Level 2.0 Charms
 - Level 11.0 Necromancy
 - Level 12.0 Ice Magic


You cannot memorise any spells.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Freeze                Ice            #####        1%          1    None
b - Throw Frost           Conj/Ice       ######.      1%          2    None
c - Ozocubu's Armour      Chrm/Ice       ######....   1%          3    None
d - Condensation Shield   Ice            #######...   1%          4    ###....
e - Animate Skeleton      Necr           N/A          1%          1    None
f - Throw Icicle          Conj/Ice       ######...    2%          4    ###....
g - Vampiric Draining     Necr           #######...   1%          3    None
h - Summon Ice Beast      Ice/Summ       #####.....   10%         4    ###....
i - Animate Dead          Necr           N/A          1%          4    ###....
j - Summon Butterflies    Summ           ##.......    12%         1    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (11/27)            Temple (1/1) D:4             Orc (0/4) D:8
   Lair (7/8) D:9           Swamp (0/5) Lair:5       Spider (0/5) Lair:6
 Slime: Lair:6-8   

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

Shops:
D:5: (?[

Annotations
D:3 Grinder
D:4 exclusion: statue
D:5 Kor's ghost, experienced OpTm
D:9 exclusion: 4 oklob saplings
D:10 Psyche


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You are resistant to damage.
You can recharge devices by infusing magical energy.
You passively map the area around you.
You do not heal naturally.

[crate]

If you're not stabbing then a spear of pain is like a shortblade of pain except with reaching (so it's even better). Trident of pain is about as good.

[Moanerette]

Oh, that is good to know. Assuming I don't throw this char away like I did my DsIE (XL 25, cruising through everything, forgot to renew my flight and drowned in Shoals, ultimate YASD) this will only be the second time I've reached max Kiku piety, so I wasn't sure. Cheers.

I'm far, far better with IE than any other class for some reason.

Here's that careless DsIE (sob).

  Code:

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.12.1-11-g970af5d (webtiles) character file.

486065 Moanerette the Gelid (level 25, 210/210 (211) HPs)
             Began as a Demonspawn Ice Elementalist on May 4, 2013.
             Was an Elder of Kikubaaqudgha.
             Drowned
             ... on Level 5 of the Shoals on May 11, 2013.
             The game lasted 1day 00:23:44 (75976 turns).

Moanerette the Gelid (DsIE)                     Turns: 75976, Time: 1, 00:23:44

HP 210/210 (211) AC 27     Str 13      XL: 25   Next: 43%
MP  43/43        EV 20     Int 29      God: Kikubaaqudgha [****..]
Gold 2614        SH  0     Dex 20      Spells: 12 memorised,  1 level left

Res.Fire  : + + .   See Invis. : .   d - staff of cold
Res.Cold  : + + +   Warding    : +   r - +5 mottled dragon armour
Life Prot.: + . .   Conserve   : .   (no shield)
Res.Poison: +       Res.Corr.  : .   (helmet unavailable)
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   K - +1 cloak {rPois}
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   h - -1 pair of gloves of the Hurricane {rF+ rC
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   M - +1 pair of boots "Ves Tim" {Dex+5 Dam+3}
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: +   m - amulet of Liogex {Ward Str+3 Int+4}
Saprovore : . . .   Flight     : .   q - ring of the Shining Light {+Fly rC+}
                                     S - ring of teleport control

@: quite resistant to hostile enchantments, unstealthy
A: horns 3, conserve scrolls, fire resistance 1, ignite blood, powered by death
2, +20% hp, AC +10, Str +1, Dex -2
a: Receive Corpses, Renounce Religion, Evoke Flight
}: 1/15 runes: serpentine


You were on level 5 of the Shoals.
You worshipped Kikubaaqudgha.
Kikubaaqudgha was extremely pleased with you.
You were not hungry.

You visited 9 branches of the dungeon, and saw 59 of its levels.
You visited 1 bazaar.
You also visited: Labyrinth, Volcano and Wizlab.

You collected 6397 gold pieces.
You spent 3803 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a +8,+6 dagger of pain (quivered)
 b - the +9,+8 longbow of Xesy {venom, Dex+4}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Orcish Mines)   
   
   It poisons the ammo it fires.
   
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
Missiles
 A - 55 arrows
Armour
 h - the -1 pair of gloves of the Hurricane (worn) {rF+ rC+}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It protects you from cold.
 r - a +5 mottled dragon armour (worn)
 K - a +1 cloak of poison resistance (worn)
 M - the +1 pair of boots "Ves Tim" (worn) {Dex+5 Dam+3}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 6 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It affects your dexterity (+5).
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+3).
 O - a +0 pair of gauntlets of dexterity
Magical devices
 j - a wand of enslavement (19)
 l - a wand of lightning (9)
 u - a wand of polymorph (16)
 w - a wand of fire (6)
 x - a wand of digging (10)
 D - a wand of disintegration (4)
 I - a wand of cold (7)
 J - a wand of polymorph (21)
Comestibles
 f - 3 pears
 C - a royal jelly
 E - 3 bread rations
 U - a rotting chunk of bat flesh
 Z - an orange
Scrolls
 i - 2 scrolls of remove curse
 k - 4 scrolls of blinking
 p - 3 scrolls of recharging
 s - 4 scrolls of fog
 z - a scroll of magic mapping
 B - 2 scrolls of torment
 F - a scroll of vulnerability
 G - 8 scrolls of teleportation
 L - a scroll of silence
 V - 7 scrolls of identify
 X - 3 scrolls of fear
Jewellery
 g - the ring "Ceesoryr" {rN+ Dex+2 Dam+6}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Orcish Mines)   
   
   [ring of life protection]
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+6).
 m - the amulet of Liogex (around neck) {Ward Str+3 Int+4}
   (You found it on level 9 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [amulet of warding]
   It affects your strength (+3).
   It affects your intelligence (+4).
 n - an uncursed ring of wizardry
 q - the ring of the Shining Light (right hand) {+Fly rC+}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 2 of the Vaults)   
   
   [ring of protection from cold]
   It lets you fly.
 v - the amulet "Makkor" {Clar rF+ rC+}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 2 of the Orcish Mines)   
   
   [amulet of clarity]
   It protects you from fire.
   It protects you from cold.
 y - an uncursed ring of protection from magic
 H - a +0,+7 ring of slaying
 S - a ring of teleport control (left hand)
Potions
 o - 3 potions of invisibility
 t - a potion of heal wounds
 N - a potion of resistance
 P - a potion of might
 Q - 2 potions of brilliance
 T - 2 potions of porridge
 W - a potion of restore abilities
 Y - 9 potions of curing
Magical staves
 c - an uncursed staff of death
 d - an uncursed staff of cold (weapon)
Rods
 e - a +8 rod of destruction [lightning,fireball,iron] (17/17)
   (You found it in a labyrinth)


   Skills:
 - Level 10.0 Fighting
 - Level 8.0 Short Blades
 - Level 5.0 Bows
 - Level 5.0 Armour
 - Level 10.0 Dodging
 - Level 1.7 Stealth
 - Level 5.0 Traps
 - Level 16.0 Spellcasting
 + Level 16.9 Conjurations
 - Level 12.0 Charms
   Level 4.0 Summonings
 - Level 18.0 Necromancy
 - Level 20.9 Ice Magic
 - Level 4.0 Air Magic
 - Level 12.0 Evocations


You had one spell level left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Dispel Undead         Necr           ########.    1%          5    None
b - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       #######...   1%          2    None
c - Ozocubu's Armour      Chrm/Ice       #########.   0%          3    None
d - Condensation Shield   Ice            #########.   0%          4    None
e - Throw Icicle          Conj/Ice       #########    0%          4    None
f - Haste                 Chrm           ########.    2%          6    ###....
g - Regeneration          Chrm/Necr      ########..   0%          3    None
h - Animate Dead          Necr           N/A          0%          4    None
i - Agony                 Necr           ########.    1%          5    None
j - Freezing Cloud        Conj/Ice/Air   #########.   1%          6    ###....
k - Simulacrum            Ice/Necr       #########.   1%          6    ###....
l - Borgnjor's Revivific  Necr           ########..   1%          7    #####..


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (27/27)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:6
    Elf (2/3) Orc:3          Lair (8/8) D:12         Shoals (5/5) Lair:6
  Snake (5/5) Lair:6        Slime (0/6) Lair:6       Vaults (4/5) D:15
  Blade (0/1) Vaults:4      Crypt (3/5) Vaults:3       Tomb (0/3) Crypt:2
    Zot (0/5) D:27       

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

Shops:
D:4: (  D:6: *  D:17: ?  D:18: !  D:20: +  D:23: *  D:24: %  Orc:2: ?*==[
Orc:3: (  Orc:4: [*(==  Elf:1: *  Vaults:1: [  Vaults:2: =[  Vaults:4: (

Portals:
Hell: D:21 D:22 D:23 D:24 D:25 D:26 D:27
Abyss: D:21 D:25
Pandemonium: D:24 D:26

Annotations
Vaults:3 exclusion: door
Abyss:1 Grum, Nikola


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You have a pair of large horns on your head.
You are completely covered in rough black scales (AC +10, Dex -3).
You are very good at protecting items from fire.
Your flesh is heat resistant.
Your demonic aura causes spilled blood to erupt in flames.
You can steal the life force of defeated enemies.
You are very robust (+20% HP).
You are agile (Dex +1).
Your muscles are strong (Str +1).


Message History

You swap places.
A hippogriff comes into view.
Casting: Throw Icicle
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Aiming: Throw Icicle
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f - hippogriff
Aim: a hippogriff (water)
You feel a surge of power! The shard of ice hits the hippogriff.
The hippogriff is severely wounded.
The hippogriff misses you.
You barely miss the hippogriff. You headbutt the hippogriff!
You kill the hippogriff!
Kikubaaqudgha accepts your kill.
You swap places.
Careful! You are starting to lose your buoyancy.
You float gracefully downwards. You fall into the water!
You try to escape, but your burden drags you down!
You drown...
You die...
Kikubaaqudgha rasps: "You have failed me! Welcome... death!"

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[Psieye]

I question training Conj much further at present. You know you are going to get a pain brand spear in the near future but you don't know when you'll get Freezing Cloud. Get a spear to min.delay first, throw icicle is serviceable for now as your army is there to cover for its slack.