YAVP: OgHu; First 15 rune win!

[Konebred]

Welp, that is a load off my back. It was fun though, Ogre Hunters do make a pretty powerful start. Large rocks can eat up low level uniques, even on D2. It was my first time doing a lot of things in this game, first tomb, pan and hells. Pan was fun, although Cerebov's pets got me pretty low first time around. Once I cleared those out I teleported away, healed up and got a few angels out and slayed him fairly handily. Tomb was nasty, I really didn't know what to expect so I held my silence scrolls too long and never used them. I am sure they would have made some of the fights easier. I got lucky with my teleports too. Landed right on one of the runes in Coc, and nearby in Tartarus, so I was able to avoid those guys, get the rune and get out. The only good early item I found was a hat of the alchemist in a shop in vaults, that helped a ton, especially once I got my GDA rolling. Anyways, I could probably babble on, but here is the dump for anyone interested.

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10.0 character file.

10621989 Clobba Nuts the Skullcrusher (level 27, 152/283 (325) HPs)
             Began as an Ogre Hunter on July 6, 2012.
             Was the Champion of The Shining One.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 15 runes on July 13, 2012!
             
             The game lasted 14:29:11 (155964 turns).

Clobba Nuts the Skullcrusher (Ogre Hunter)        Turns: 155964, Time: 14:29:11

HP 152/283 (325) AC 44     Str 28      XL: 27
MP  46/49        EV 10     Int 17      God: The Shining One [******]
Gold 7623        SH  0     Dex 10      Spells:  4 memorised, 73 levels left

Res.Fire  : + + .   See Invis. : .    R - +8,+7 giant spiked club (holy)
Res.Cold  : + + .   Warding    : . .  P - +12 gold dragon armour
Life Prot.: + + +   Conserve   : .    (shield restricted)
Res.Acid. : . . .   Res.Corr.  : .    v - +2 hat of the Alchemist {rElec rF+ rC+ MR}
Res.Poison: +       Clarity    : .    n - +1 cloak {MR} (curse)
Res.Elec. : +       Spirit.Shd : .    (gloves unavailable)
Sust.Abil.: + .     Stasis     : .    (boots unavailable)
Res.Mut.  : +       Ctrl.Telep.: x    K - cursed amulet of resist mutation
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .    u - ring of sustain abilities
Saprovore : + . .   Ctrl.Flight: .    S - ring of regeneration

@: extraordinarily resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: unfitting armour, herbivore 1, fast metabolism 1, saprovore 1, tough skin 1,
Str +1
a: Divine Shield, Cleansing Flame, Summon Divine Warrior, Renounce Religion
}: 15/15 runes: decaying, barnacled, slimy, silver, golden, iron, obsidian, icy,
bone, abyssal, demonic, glowing, magical, fiery, dark


You escaped.
You worshipped The Shining One.
The Shining One was exalted by your worship.
You were not hungry.

You visited 17 branches of the dungeon, and saw 110 of its levels.
You visited Pandemonium 3 times, and saw 29 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 1 time.
You visited 4 portal chambers: bailey, spiders nest, wizlab, trove.

You collected 17631 gold pieces.
You spent 10028 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 R - a +8,+7 giant spiked club of holy wrath (weapon)
Armour
 n - a cursed +1 cloak of magic resistance (worn)
 v - the +2 hat of the Alchemist (worn) {rElec rF+ rC+ MR}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 5 of the Vaults)   
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It protects you from cold.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
 P - a +12 gold dragon armour (worn)
Magical devices
 a - a wand of digging (5)
 l - a wand of teleportation (6)
 m - a wand of hasting (6)
 s - a wand of enslavement (4)
 D - a wand of digging (10)
 G - a wand of digging (7)
 M - a wand of heal wounds (6)
 Y - a wand of teleportation (3)
Comestibles
 W - 25 bread rations
Scrolls
 e - 3 scrolls of fog
 f - 15 scrolls of identify
 g - a scroll of magic mapping
 k - a scroll of teleportation
 w - 4 scrolls of silence
 z - 3 scrolls of amnesia
 C - 2 scrolls of recharging
 E - a scroll of holy word
Jewellery
 c - a cursed ring of protection from magic
 d - a cursed amulet of clarity
 h - a cursed ring of wizardry
 i - a +3 ring of protection {unknown}
 j - a cursed ring of sustenance
 p - a cursed +5,+6 ring of slaying
 r - a cursed ring of protection from magic
 t - a cursed ring of teleport control
 u - a ring of sustain abilities (right hand)
 y - a cursed ring of protection from cold
 A - a cursed ring of sustain abilities
 H - a cursed amulet of rage
 I - a cursed amulet of stasis
 K - a cursed amulet of resist mutation (around neck)
 L - a cursed ring of levitation
 N - an uncursed amulet of conservation
 S - a ring of regeneration (left hand)
 U - a cursed ring of protection from fire
 V - a cursed amulet of resist corrosion
Potions
 b - 6 potions of curing
 o - 2 potions of speed
 q - a potion of brilliance
 B - a potion of heal wounds
 F - 3 potions of restore abilities
Books
 x - a book of the Sky   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Flight                             Charms/Air                   3
   Insulation                         Charms/Air                   4
   Airstrike                          Air                          4
   Silence                            Hexes/Air                    5
   Deflect Missiles                   Charms/Air                   6
   Conjure Ball Lightning             Conjuration/Air              7
   Tornado                            Air                          9
Orbs of Power
 J - the Orb of Zot


   Skills:
 O Level 27 Fighting
 - Level 0.5 Short Blades
 O Level 27 Maces & Flails
 - Level 0.2 Bows
 - Level 4.3 Throwing
 - Level 25.6 Armour
 + Level 24.9 Dodging
 - Level 0.7 Stealth
 - Level 0.8 Stabbing
 - Level 10.0 Traps & Doors
 O Level 27 Spellcasting
 - Level 4.1 Hexes
 - Level 4.9 Charms
 - Level 2.1 Summonings
 - Level 4.0 Translocations
 - Level 1.0 Air Magic
 O Level 27 Invocations
 - Level 9.1 Evocations


You had 73 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Corona                Hex            ######..     4%          1    None
b - Apportation           Tloc           ######....   4%          1    None
c - Recall                Tloc/Summ      N/A          21%         3    None
d - Swiftness             Air/Chrm       #####.....   12%         2    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (27/27)            Temple (1/1) D:7             Orc (4/4) D:9
    Elf (5/5) Orc:4          Lair (8/8) D:8           Swamp (5/5) Lair:3
 Shoals (5/5) Lair:6        Slime (6/6) Lair:7        Vault (8/8) D:15
  Blade (0/1) Vault:4       Crypt (5/5) Vault:2        Tomb (3/3) Crypt:3
   Hell (1/1)                 Dis (7/7) Hell            Geh (7/7) Hell
    Coc (7/7) Hell            Tar (7/7) Hell            Zot (5/5) D:27

Altars:
Kikubaaqudgha
Nemelex Xobeh
Sif Muna
The Shining One
Yredelemnul
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:10: [  D:12: *  D:13: (  D:15: =?*!  D:18: +  D:19: ==?!  D:21: [[  D:24: ([  Orc:1: !  Orc:4: ((!/
Elf:1: !  Elf:4: /  Shoals:1: ?  Vault:1: !  Vault:4: ??[  Vault:5: [  Vault:6: *  Vault:8: ?

Portals:
Hell: D:21 D:22 D:23 D:24 D:25 D:26 D:27
Abyss: D:25 D:26
Pan: D:22 D:24
Ziggurat: D:25 (3750 gp)

Annotations
D:20 exclusion: orange crystal statue
Vault:3 exclusion: 2 ice statues
Vault:6 Mennas
Crypt:3 exclusion: curse skull
Coc:7 Antaeus
Tar:7 Ereshkigal


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You are too large for most types of armour.
You have a fast metabolism.
You can tolerate rotten meat.
You have tough skin (AC +1).
You digest meat inefficiently.
Your muscles are strong (Str +1).
           



[ebarrett]

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u - a ring of sustain abilities (right hand)
p - a cursed +5,+6 ring of slaying

?

it's cursed!

[Jabberwocky]

so?

[Deimos]

Maybe he was just running on the orb run and thus had no use for it.

[Konebred]

Haha, as far as the ring goes I really didn't have the ring of slaying on post game. I only had like 8 restore ability potions for the entire end game, it was weird. I was more afraid of stat loss in hell than anything else. Eh, I can count that up as a newb mistake if it is a big thing. My only regret as not training shields. Because of that I never really used TSOs shield ability, even though it seems pretty strong. Now I wanna get a high level deep elf and see how that plays out.

[Blade]

I only had like 8 restore ability potions for the entire end game

"only"

My only regret as not training shields.

"regret"

[nago]

Haha, as far as the ring goes I really didn't have the ring of slaying on post game. I only had like 8 restore ability potions for the entire end game, it was weird. I was more afraid of stat loss in hell than anything else. Eh, I can count that up as a newb mistake if it is a big thing. My only regret as not training shields. Because of that I never really used TSOs shield ability, even though it seems pretty strong. Now I wanna get a high level deep elf and see how that plays out.

8 restore for a 15runes game is a low count but not a really rare situation.
Anyway, you could totally avoid to wear that sustain abilities , as your lower stat was dex with 10 points. The only place you could have to quaff a couple of them was Tomb - stat drain due to Hell's effect could only quite unlikely drop you down to a negative score.
Next time, try slaying: killing things faster means you suffer less direct damage, hell or any other source nasty effect: offense usually is the best defense

[Konebred]

Yah, I never really felt like I was having any real trouble. Cerebus was pretty close though, I probably coulda used the holy explosion on him more. I actually tried the ring of slaying in hells some but I took a lot of stat damage, my dex was down to 3 once and I had to run back up to the vestibule and restore up. I went through 4 potions just in hells and still had tomb to do so I pretty much left them on.I never really felt like I needed it I guess, I was chewing through pan lords with no problem, and I just summoned like 4 angels for the big guys.