YASD: brimstone fiends are more durable than balrugs

[adozu]

Hello everyone, i'm new around here but i've been lurking for a while.

I've previously managed to win 2 times with 3 runes (with a CeHu and a DDGl) and i've decided to move on and try to win with 15.

My current character is a black DrCj with a focus on air magic but i've tried to keep a balance of conjuration, summonings and utility and i've cleared the main dungeon, vaults, swamp, snake, elf and crypt (and of course lair and orcs).

Now i'm at a loss about where to go next: i'd like to stay off Zot because i don't really feel like the idea of facing a stray orb of fire and get some nasty mutation until strictly necessary and i don't know what is the "natural" progression for a 15runer. Also i'm a little concerned about my food stock which is sort of small... despite my casting not being very expensive (i only use tornado once in a while) i'm not sure if there is something i should do about it in the corpse deprived areas i will face.

so my questions are:


A) what is roughly the best order for my character to explore next? (possibly avoiding zot)
B) what should i do about food in the next branches? (consider there is a food shop i haven't touched yet back in orcs)
C) looking at my character dump, is my skill progression good for what i'm about to face? should i start working on something else?

thank you to whoever will feel like spending some time to help me
next is my character dump:

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.11.2 (tiles) character file.

Kang the Aerator (Black Draconian Conjurer)       Turns: 114009, Time: 14:40:04

HP 198/198       AC 27     Str 13      XL: 26   Next: 24%
MP  45/45        EV 25     Int 34      God: Vehumet [******]
Gold 8994        SH 14     Dex 15      Spells: 12 memorised,  5 levels left

Res.Fire  : + . .   See Invis. : .   n - staff of air
Res.Cold  : + + .   Warding    : .   (armour unavailable)
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : +   Y - +2 buckler {rC+ rF+}
Res.Poison: .       Res.Corr.  : .   M - +2 wizard hat
Res.Elec. : +       Clarity    : .   c - +0 cloak {MR}
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   F - +0 pair of gloves of Impatience {rC+ Dex+2
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   I - +2 pair of orc boots {run}
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   U - amulet "Tegiq" {Cons Int+5}
Saprovore : . . .   Levitation : .   h - +5 ring of intelligence
                    Ctrl.Flight: +   g - ring of Robustness {AC+8}

@: quick, very resistant to hostile enchantments, stealthy
A: breathe lightning, unfitting armour, large and strong wings, electricity
resistance
a: Breathe Lightning, Fly, Renounce Religion
}: 3/15 runes: decaying, serpentine, silver


You are on level 26 of the Dungeon.
You worship Vehumet.
Vehumet is exalted by your worship.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 10 branches of the dungeon, and seen 67 of its levels.
You have visited the Abyss 4 times.
You have visited 1 bazaar.
You have also visited: Labyrinth, Trove, Bailey, Volcano and Wizlab.

You have collected 9838 gold pieces.
You have spent 864 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 T - a +4,+2 lajatang of electrocution
Armour
 c - a +0 cloak of magic resistance (worn)
 j - the +2 pair of boots of Alutief {rF+ Acc+2}
   (You acquired it on level 1 of the Swamp)   
   
   It affects your accuracy (+2).
   It protects you from fire.
 F - the +0 pair of gloves of Impatience (worn) {rC+ Dex+2}
   (You found it on level 15 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
   It protects you from cold.
 I - a +2 pair of orcish boots of running (worn)
 M - a +2 wizard hat (worn)
 Y - a +2 buckler of resistance (worn)
Magical devices
 l - a wand of disintegration (13)
 y - a wand of hasting (9)
 E - a wand of digging (6)
 X - a wand of teleportation (2)
Comestibles
 a - a pear
 b - 4 bread rations
Scrolls
 o - 6 scrolls of identify
 r - 2 scrolls of amnesia
 z - a scroll of magic mapping
 D - 10 scrolls of teleportation
 S - 10 scrolls of remove curse
Jewellery
 d - the amulet of Lapt {rMut +Lev rF+}
   (You found it on level 18 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [amulet of resist mutation]
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It lets you levitate.
 e - an uncursed ring of sustain abilities
 g - the ring of Robustness (left hand) {AC+8}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Vaults)   
   
   [ring of protection]
   It affects your AC (+8).
 h - a +5 ring of intelligence (right hand)
 p - an uncursed ring of wizardry
 q - the amulet of the Four Winds {Clar rN+ MR}
   (You found it on level 8 of the Vaults)   
   
   [amulet of clarity]
   
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
 s - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
 v - an uncursed ring of sustain abilities
 A - a ring of life protection
 G - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 K - an uncursed ring of sustenance
 P - an uncursed amulet of the gourmand
 U - the amulet "Tegiq" (around neck) {Cons Int+5}
   (You found it in a treasure trove)   
   
   [amulet of conservation]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+5).
 V - a ring of protection from fire
 W - an uncursed amulet of resist corrosion
 Z - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
Potions
 f - a potion of heal wounds
 m - 3 potions of restore abilities
 u - 2 potions of magic
 w - 2 potions of brilliance
 H - 3 potions of speed
 N - 3 potions of agility
 R - a potion of curing
Books
 i - a Grand Grimoire {god gift}   
   WARNING: If you fail in an attempt to memorise a spell from this book, the
   book will lash out at you.
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Demonic Horde                      Summoning                    6
   *Mass Abjuration                   Summoning                    6
   Haunt                              Necromancy/Summoning         7
   Summon Greater Demon               Summoning                    7
   Malign Gateway                     Summoning/Translocation      7
   *Summon Horrible Things            Summoning                    8
 k - a book of Death   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Corpse Rot                         Necromancy                   2
   Sublimation of Blood               Necromancy                   2
   Agony                              Necromancy                   5
   Dispel Undead                      Necromancy                   5
   Excruciating Wounds                Charms/Necromancy            5
   Bolt of Draining                   Conjuration/Necromancy       6
 C - a book of the Tempests   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Static Discharge                   Conjuration/Air              3
   Lightning Bolt                     Conjuration/Air              5
   Fireball                           Conjuration/Fire             5
   *Tornado                           Air                          9
   Shatter                            Earth                        9
Magical staves
 n - an uncursed staff of air (weapon)
 B - an uncursed staff of wizardry
 O - an uncursed staff of energy
 Q - an uncursed staff of summoning
Miscellaneous
 J - a lantern of shadows
 L - a crystal ball of energy
Rods
 t - a +7 rod of destruction [inacc,magma,cold] (17/17)
   (You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)


   Skills:
 - Level 9,1 Fighting
 * Level 11,9 Staves
 - Level 18,4 Dodging
 - Level 4,0 Stealth
 * Level 6,4 Shields
 - Level 9,0 Traps & Doors
 - Level 19,0 Spellcasting
 - Level 19,0 Conjurations
 - Level 7,1 Charms
 - Level 16,0 Summonings
 - Level 7,1 Translocations
 - Level 6,4 Ice Magic
 - Level 20,0 Air Magic
   Level 2,0 Poison Magic
 - Level 11,1 Evocations


You have 5 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Mass Abjuration       Summ           ########..   1%          6    None
b - Summon Elemental      Summ           ########..   0%          4    None
c - Recall                Summ/Tloc      N/A          1%          3    None
d - Freezing Cloud        Conj/Ice/Air   #########.   1%          6    None
e - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          1%          2    None
f - Apportation           Tloc           #######...   1%          1    None
g - Control Teleport      Chrm/Tloc      #######...   1%          4    None
h - Summon Horrible Thin  Summ           ########..   3%          8    #####..
i - Swiftness             Chrm/Air       #########.   0%          2    None
j - Deflect Missiles      Chrm/Air       #########.   1%          6    None
k - Orb of Destruction    Conj           #########.   1%          7    ##.....
l - Tornado               Air            #########.   7%          9    ######.


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (27/27)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:8
    Elf (3/3) Orc:4          Lair (8/8) D:10          Swamp (5/5) Lair:4
  Snake (5/5) Lair:6        Slime (0/6) Lair:6       Vaults (8/8) D:15
  Blade (1/1) Vaults:4      Crypt (5/5) Vaults:4       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
Lugonu

Shops:
D:5: *  D:10: +  D:17: =  D:23: *  Orc:1: [  Orc:3: *  Orc:4: *!%+

Portals:
Hell: D:21 D:22 D:23 D:24 D:25 D:26 D:27
Abyss: D:21 D:22 D:23 D:25 D:26
Pandemonium: D:24
Ziggurat: D:7 (4660 gp) D:23 (7810 gp)

Annotations
D:6 exclusion: oklob plant, Grinder
D:10 Erica
Vaults:6 Mennas


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You can breathe wild blasts of lightning.
Your glossy black scales are hard (AC +12).
Your body does not fit into most forms of armour.
Your wings are large and strong.
You are resistant to electric shocks.

[Psieye]

Learn summon butterfly (or demonic horde) and charge into Zot for EXP. If a mutater shows up, get butterflies up and run away without turning back. But really, Zot is the LEAST likely place to mutate you now among your choices - everywhere else has the threat of mutations. This shouldn't be a problem for a summoner who has a million things standing in the way.

Where's Chain Lightning? You have 0.11 veh so the Annhilations book should have it. Learn it... though you can't have an army while you use it. But then, the same can be said for Tornado.

This character is fine to go into extended - Slime would be a good starting point (beware of shining eyes if you don't have rMut). Ideally you want to cast Charm yourself but that haste wand will carry you for some time. You will also want cBlink later down the line. More Evo so you can CBoE (with channeling staff backup) to continuously cast.

After Slime, you'll want to hit Pan so you can keep finding permafood. If a level is annoying, just run away from it. No need to grind your way through a Pan level that regulraly spawns uber things.

[adozu]

i have some scrolls of recharging in my stash so the wand will do for now, thing is i found a ton of books but nothing with haste or cBlink in it unfortunately so i try to make do with regular blink (with or whitout cTele)...

chain lightning is that powerful? i know it is painful because of nikola... but i had limited slots for spells and never got around learning it and it seemed redundant with OOD already on my list to blast single targets.

summon butterfly i didn't think of, this is the first character with summonings i rolled so i don't know all the tricks, i'll go see where i left that book.



At the moment i can only think of 2 situations where i really was just a step away from death:

- The first time i appearently angered Khufu in the crypt, torment+smiting from him and a greater mummy he was with left me at 3 hp before i managed to break LOS and run away to lick my wounds. Next i introduced him to 2 tentacled monstrosity & company.
- The second time i got banished to the abyss by some elf but i was pretty confident by then in my ability to deal with anything entering my LOS by running or shooting... until i got "dragged" to a new region of the abyss just in fron of a tormentor and a hellion. My teleport decided to take a while to kick in and they managed to get me down to 10hp before it got me out despite my running/blinking away.

Any specific suggestion to deal with tormenting enemies? Every time one shows up it always gets really hairy.

[some12fat2move]

Any specific suggestion to deal with tormenting enemies? Every time one shows up it always gets really hairy.

1. Pick them off one-by one. A single fiend is going to hurt you a lot less than two fiends.
2. rN helps quite a bit: each levels subtracts 5 from the % of hp that torment cuts. So with 3 ranks of rN, torment will cut 35% of your HP instead of 50%.
3. necromutation gives torment immunity, but don't be in lichform when the situation is going to call for DDoor or Borg, and beware confusion and statrot since as a lich you can't quaff curing or restore.

As a side note, it's really good to be able to recover yourself quickly for hell and abyss, since enemies are getting thrown at you pretty constantly. Regeneration is really helpful for this, and you'll want a means of channeling (staff of channeling, sublimation, cboe).

[Psieye]

chain lightning is that powerful? i know it is painful because of nikola... but i had limited slots for spells and never got around learning it and it seemed redundant with OOD already on my list to blast single targets.

Any specific suggestion to deal with tormenting enemies? Every time one shows up it always gets really hairy.

Uh, OOD became redundant when you got chain lightning. Dealing with torment is about striving to only have 1 torment-spammer in sight at a time, and killing that one spammer very, very quickly. Chain Lightning one-shots fiends at close range. The alternative is lich/statue form but that really isn't an option for you - you needed to have been getting Tmut and Nec/Earth throughout the game, which is a somewhat restrictive playstyle. DDoor and Borg are much more reasonable ways to cope with torment/hellfire but you lack Nec right now. So since you don't have any real defence against torment/hellfire, your only option is to kill very fast which you shouldn't have a problem doing (especially when you can spam Haste).

[adozu]

hmmm i guess i should get some levels in nec then at least for regen, ty for the advices: chain lightning and butterflies are doing wonders for me.

meanwhile i managed to go through the slime pits just fine (altough some corrosion went through but no big deal)
it also netted me a cblink book so i'm working towards that now.

[adozu]

managed to get an abyssal rune too

now i'm wandering around pan... already got shoutitis2, berserkitis1 and fast metabolism1... damn neqoxecs >_>

pan lords i've met to this points were pushovers (but i had already some taste of fighting them during ascensions) and tormentors are a bother but chain lightning kills them too fast for them to get 2 torments in (or even 1 if alone). only scary moment i had for now was routine-summoning an air elemental and it decided to turn up hostile. wouldn't be a big deal if in the exact same turn a shadow fiend didn't come up xD

[adozu]

ok so things happened:

-learned regen, cBlink and borgnjor's, hope i'll never have to use the latter.
-lom lobon is dead: it was sort of easy due to OOD kiting and tornado when it blinked up close... for whatever reason it didn't use ice storm, guess i'm lucky.
-cerebov is now guarding an empty castle: a combination of cBlink, cTele and being a chicken helped here.
-found a random demonic rune: it was sort of nasty because my entry point was really crowded but 2 random teleports eventaully landed me soemwhere safe where to start taking out the bad guys a few at a time

out of all of those the scariest time was being pursued by a random pan lord who could keep up with me despite haste+swift and had a reasonably powerful anti-magic branded attack... i also learned that pan lords DO follow you to new pan floors if they so happen to be close to you and the floor i got to was lom's one.
i was a bit scaried using a random tele on lom's plane with my mp fully depleted because i didn't know what to expect but it turned out fine and i had no other good options to lose that pan lord... i never saw it again, i guess it now guards the empty castle of lom.

now that the game throws a tense situation at me:

I entered a new plane and i got greeted like this: Gloorx Vloq moans, "Taste defeat, thou rank saucy efter!"

o_o

it looks like it's just me and him in his throne room or whatever.

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(the 3 are soul eaters and the E is a friendly air elemental)

I have never been here so i don't know what to expect:
A) is the room going to get flooded with jerks in seconds?
B) if yes: is there any non-tele viable escape route?
C) can i just expect to tackle him right now or should i get away and plan it more carefully?
D) or maybe he's just not worth it and i should find the rune and run? (i don't know exactly where the rune is tho)

thanks for the help, it's really making a difference

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.11.2 (tiles) character file.

Kang the Sorcerer (Black Draconian Conjurer)      Turns: 159198, Time: 20:40:00

HP 207/207       AC 30     Str 16      XL: 27
MP  49/49        EV 22     Int 34 (35) God: Vehumet [******]
Gold 12005       SH 16     Dex 12      Spells: 14 memorised,  1 level left

Res.Fire  : + . .   See Invis. : +   n - staff of air
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : .   (armour unavailable)
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : +   r - +3 buckler "Straz Rupu" {rF+ Acc+4}
Res.Poison: .       Res.Corr.  : .   u - +2 cap {SInv}
Res.Elec. : +       Clarity    : .   k - +2 cloak {MR}
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   x - +0 pair of gloves {Str+3}
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   I - +2 pair of orc boots {run}
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   U - amulet "Tegiq" {Cons Int+5}
Saprovore : . . .   Levitation : .   h - +5 ring of intelligence
                    Ctrl.Flight: +   g - ring of Robustness {AC+8}

@: quick, very resistant to hostile enchantments, fairly stealthy
A: breathe lightning, unfitting armour, large and strong wings, electricity
resistance, slow metabolism 1, Dex -1
a: Breathe Lightning, Fly, Renounce Religion
}: 8/15 runes: decaying, serpentine, slimy, silver, abyssal, demonic, magical,
fiery


You are in Pandemonium.
You worship Vehumet.
Vehumet is exalted by your worship.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 14 branches of the dungeon, and seen 81 of its levels.
You have visited Pandemonium 4 times, and seen 24 of its levels.
You have visited the Abyss 5 times.
You have visited 1 bazaar.
You have also visited: Labyrinth, Trove, Bailey, Volcano and Wizlab.

You have collected 13265 gold pieces.
You have spent 1280 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 T - a +8,+7 lajatang of electrocution
Armour
 k - a +2 cloak of magic resistance (worn)
 r - the +3 buckler "Straz Rupu" (worn) {rF+ Acc+4}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Tomb of the Ancients)   
   
   It affects your accuracy (+4).
   It protects you from fire.
 u - a +2 cap of see invisible (worn)
 x - a +0 pair of gloves of strength (worn)
 I - a +2 pair of orcish boots of running (worn)
Magical devices
 i - a wand of digging (8)
 l - a wand of disintegration (6)
 y - a wand of hasting (5)
 X - a wand of teleportation (8)
Comestibles
 b - 4 bread rations
Scrolls
 a - 2 scrolls of blinking
 c - a scroll of holy word
 j - 2 scrolls of amnesia
 m - 3 scrolls of remove curse
 o - 13 scrolls of identify
 B - a scroll of recharging
Jewellery
 d - the amulet of Lapt {rMut +Lev rF+}
   (You found it on level 18 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [amulet of resist mutation]
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It lets you levitate.
 e - an uncursed ring of sustain abilities
 g - the ring of Robustness (left hand) {AC+8}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Vaults)   
   
   [ring of protection]
   It affects your AC (+8).
 h - a +5 ring of intelligence (right hand)
 q - the amulet of the Four Winds {Clar rN+ MR}
   (You found it on level 8 of the Vaults)   
   
   [amulet of clarity]
   
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
 v - an uncursed ring of sustain abilities
 z - an uncursed amulet of stasis
 A - an uncursed ring of life protection
 G - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 U - the amulet "Tegiq" (around neck) {Cons Int+5}
   (You found it in a treasure trove)   
   
   [amulet of conservation]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+5).
 Y - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
Potions
 f - 2 potions of resistance
 p - 2 potions of heal wounds
 s - 5 potions of restore abilities
 w - 4 potions of brilliance
 H - 8 potions of speed
 N - 3 potions of agility
 R - 9 potions of curing
Books
 F - a Necronomicon {highlevel}   
   WARNING: If you fail in an attempt to memorise a spell from this book, the
   book will lash out at you.
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   *Borgnjor's Revivification         Necromancy                   7
   Haunt                              Necromancy/Summoning         7
   Death's Door                       Charms/Necromancy            8
   Necromutation                      Transmutation/Necromancy     8
Magical staves
 n - an uncursed staff of air (weapon)
 Q - an uncursed staff of summoning
 Z - an uncursed staff of power
Miscellaneous
 L - a crystal ball of energy
Rods
 t - a +9 rod of destruction [inacc,magma,cold] (17/17)
   (You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)


   Skills:
 * Level 9,8 Fighting
 - Level 12,3 Staves
 - Level 18,4 Dodging
 - Level 4,0 Stealth
 - Level 10,1 Shields
 - Level 9,0 Traps & Doors
 - Level 25,1 Spellcasting
 * Level 23,3 Conjurations
 - Level 7,1 Charms
 + Level 16,4 Summonings
 * Level 14,5 Necromancy
 - Level 14,0 Translocations
   Level 6,4 Ice Magic
 * Level 24,2 Air Magic
   Level 2,0 Poison Magic
 * Level 15,8 Evocations


You have one spell level left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Mass Abjuration       Summ           #########.   1%          6    None
b - Summon Elemental      Summ           #########.   0%          4    None
c - Recall                Summ/Tloc      N/A          0%          3    None
d - Regeneration          Chrm/Necr      ########..   1%          3    None
e - Borgnjor's Revivific  Necr           ########..   1%          7    None
f - Chain Lightning       Conj/Air       #########.   1%          8    None
g - Control Teleport      Chrm/Tloc      ########..   1%          4    None
h - Summon Horrible Thin  Summ           #########.   1%          8    None
i - Swiftness             Chrm/Air       #########.   0%          2    None
j - Deflect Missiles      Chrm/Air       #########.   1%          6    None
k - Orb of Destruction    Conj           #########.   1%          7    None
l - Tornado               Air            #########.   1%          9    ####...
m - Summon Butterflies    Summ           #########    0%          1    None
n - Controlled Blink      Tloc           N/A          1%          7    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (27/27)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:8
    Elf (3/3) Orc:4          Lair (8/8) D:10          Swamp (5/5) Lair:4
  Snake (5/5) Lair:6        Slime (6/6) Lair:6       Vaults (8/8) D:15
  Blade (1/1) Vaults:4      Crypt (5/5) Vaults:4       Tomb (2/3) Crypt:2
    Dis (0/7) Hell            Geh (0/7) Hell            Coc (0/7) Hell
    Tar (0/7) Hell            Zot (5/5) D:27       

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

Shops:
D:5: *  D:10: +  D:17: =  D:23: *  Orc:1: [  Orc:3: *  Orc:4: *!+

Portals:
Hell: D:21 D:22 D:23 D:24 D:25 D:26 D:27
Abyss: D:21 D:22 D:23 D:25 D:26
Pandemonium: D:24
Ziggurat: D:7 (4660 gp) D:23 (7810 gp)

Annotations
D:6 exclusion: oklob plant, Grinder
D:10 Erica
Vaults:6 Mennas
Pan Gloorx Vloq


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You can breathe wild blasts of lightning.
Your glossy black scales are hard (AC +13).
Your body does not fit into most forms of armour.
Your wings are large and strong.
You are resistant to electric shocks.
You are clumsy (Dex -1).
You have a slow metabolism.

[adozu]

...12 runes is where it ends :\

on dis 7 things suddendly went downhill but i had an escape route open so no problem! right?

wrong... just as i was about to dive-out into the vestibule hell decided to spawn a brimstone fiend next to me: my hp is in the deep red by the time i'm back to the vestibule and the brimstone followed me through.

i could have cBlinked away (there was a convenient corner) but i was close to glow status because of some previous hell effect and didn't feel like risking it. could have borg'd but i was confident i could zap the brimstone fast and didn't feel like losing more hp than i had. turns out 2 chain lightning didn't manage to kill it while he happily finished me off.

still, got me much further than any other character before

hell effects are really nasty however, i don't think anything else in the game goes close to being randomly tormented+tier1 demon spawned next to you in the same turn while you are busy with hell sentinels and the likes, not even tomb was such a rush.

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.11.2 (tiles) character file.

1112897 Kang the Sorcerer (level 27, -12/203 HPs)
             Began as a Black Draconian Conjurer on Mar 7, 2013.
             Was the Champion of Vehumet.
             Mangled by a Brimstone Fiend (19 damage)
             ... created by the effects of Hell
             ... in the Vestibule of Hell on Mar 10, 2013.
             The game lasted 23:15:41 (180764 turns).

Kang the Sorcerer (Black Draconian Conjurer)      Turns: 180764, Time: 23:15:41

HP -12/203       AC 23     Str 16      XL: 27
MP   6/49        EV 21     Int 35      God: Vehumet [******]
Gold 14589       SH 16     Dex 11      Spells: 14 memorised,  3 levels left

Res.Fire  : + . .   See Invis. : +   n - staff of air
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : .   (armour unavailable)
Life Prot.: + . .   Conserve   : +   r - +3 buckler "Straz Rupu" {rF+ Acc+4}
Res.Poison: .       Res.Corr.  : .   u - +2 cap {SInv}
Res.Elec. : +       Clarity    : .   k - +2 cloak {MR}
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   x - +1 pair of gloves {Str+3}
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   I - +2 pair of orc boots {run}
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   U - amulet "Tegiq" {Cons Int+5}
Saprovore : . . .   Levitation : .   h - +5 ring of intelligence
                    Ctrl.Flight: +   z - ring "Zexarre" {Hunger- rN+ Acc-4}

@: very slightly contaminated, quick, very resistant to hostile enchantments,
fairly stealthy
A: breathe lightning, unfitting armour, large and strong wings, hooves 1,
herbivore 1, electricity resistance, slow metabolism 1, Dex -2
a: Breathe Lightning, Fly, Renounce Religion
}: 12/15 runes: decaying, serpentine, slimy, silver, golden, icy, abyssal,
demonic, glowing, magical, fiery, dark


You were in the Vestibule of Hell.
You worshipped Vehumet.
Vehumet was exalted by your worship.
You were very full.

You visited 16 branches of the dungeon, and saw 96 of its levels.
You visited Pandemonium 5 times, and saw 34 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 6 times.
You visited 1 bazaar.
You also visited: Labyrinth, Trove, Bailey, Volcano and Wizlab.

You collected 15912 gold pieces.
You spent 1343 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 T - a cursed +9,+8 lajatang of electrocution
Armour
 k - a +2 cloak of magic resistance (worn)
 r - the +3 buckler "Straz Rupu" (worn) {rF+ Acc+4}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Tomb of the Ancients)   
   
   It affects your accuracy (+4).
   It protects you from fire.
 u - a +2 cap of see invisible (worn)
 x - a +1 pair of gloves of strength (worn)
 I - a +2 pair of orcish boots of running (worn)
Magical devices
 i - a wand of digging (3)
 l - a wand of disintegration (6)
 y - a wand of hasting (9)
 X - a wand of teleportation (9)
Comestibles
 b - 2 bread rations
 p - 3 meat rations
 F - a rambutan
 M - a banana
Scrolls
 a - 2 scrolls of blinking
 j - 2 scrolls of amnesia
 m - 2 scrolls of remove curse
 o - 15 scrolls of identify
Jewellery
 d - the amulet of Lapt {rMut +Lev rF+}
   (You found it on level 18 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [amulet of resist mutation]
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It lets you levitate.
 e - a cursed ring of sustain abilities
 g - the ring of Robustness {AC+8}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Vaults)   
   
   [ring of protection]
   It affects your AC (+8).
 h - a +5 ring of intelligence (right hand)
 q - the amulet of the Four Winds {Clar rN+ MR}
   (You found it on level 8 of the Vaults)   
   
   [amulet of clarity]
   
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
 s - an uncursed ring of teleportation
 v - an uncursed ring of sustain abilities
 z - the ring "Zexarre" (left hand) {Hunger- rN+ Acc-4}
   (You took it off a deep elf soldier on level 3 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   [ring of sustenance]
   
   It affects your accuracy (-4).
   It protects you from negative energy.
 A - an uncursed ring of life protection
 G - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 K - a cursed ring of sustenance
 P - an uncursed amulet of the gourmand
 U - the amulet "Tegiq" (around neck) {Cons Int+5}
   (You found it in a treasure trove)   
   
   [amulet of conservation]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+5).
Potions
 f - a potion of resistance
 w - 2 potions of brilliance
 C - 2 potions of magic
 E - 6 potions of might
 H - 2 potions of speed
 N - 4 potions of agility
Magical staves
 c - a cursed staff of channeling
 n - an uncursed staff of air (weapon)
 Q - an uncursed staff of summoning
Miscellaneous
 D - a legendary deck of war {Vitriol}
 L - a crystal ball of energy
Rods
 t - a +9 rod of destruction [inacc,magma,cold] (17/17)
   (You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)


   Skills:
 * Level 15,3 Fighting
 - Level 12,3 Staves
 - Level 18,4 Dodging
 - Level 4,0 Stealth
 - Level 10,1 Shields
 - Level 9,0 Traps & Doors
 - Level 26,0 Spellcasting
 * Level 24,5 Conjurations
 - Level 7,1 Charms
 - Level 17,2 Summonings
 - Level 16,0 Necromancy
 - Level 14,0 Translocations
   Level 6,4 Ice Magic
 * Level 25,6 Air Magic
   Level 2,0 Poison Magic
 * Level 19,4 Evocations


You had 3 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Mass Abjuration       Summ           #########.   1%          6    None
b - Summon Elemental      Summ           #########.   0%          4    None
c - Recall                Summ/Tloc      N/A          0%          3    None
d - Regeneration          Chrm/Necr      ########..   0%          3    None
e - Borgnjor's Revivific  Necr           #########.   1%          7    None
f - Chain Lightning       Conj/Air       #########.   1%          8    None
g - Control Teleport      Chrm/Tloc      ########..   1%          4    None
h - Summon Horrible Thin  Summ           #########.   1%          8    None
i - Swiftness             Chrm/Air       #########.   0%          2    None
j - Deflect Missiles      Chrm/Air       #########.   1%          6    None
k - Orb of Destruction    Conj           #########.   1%          7    None
l - Tornado               Air            #########.   1%          9    ###....
m - Summon Butterflies    Summ           #########    0%          1    None
n - Controlled Blink      Tloc           N/A          1%          7    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (27/27)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:8
    Elf (3/3) Orc:4          Lair (8/8) D:10          Swamp (5/5) Lair:4
  Snake (5/5) Lair:6        Slime (6/6) Lair:6       Vaults (8/8) D:15
  Blade (1/1) Vaults:4      Crypt (5/5) Vaults:4       Tomb (3/3) Crypt:2
    Dis (7/7) Hell            Geh (0/7) Hell            Coc (7/7) Hell
    Tar (0/7) Hell            Zot (5/5) D:27       

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

Shops:
D:5: *  D:10: +  D:17: =  D:23: *  Orc:1: [  Orc:3: *  Orc:4: *!+

Portals:
Hell: D:21 D:22 D:23 D:24 D:25 D:26 D:27
Abyss: D:21 D:22 D:23 D:25 D:26
Pandemonium: D:24
Ziggurat: D:7 (4660 gp) D:23 (7810 gp)

Annotations
Vaults:6 Mennas


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You can breathe wild blasts of lightning.
Your glossy black scales are hard (AC +13).
Your body does not fit into most forms of armour.
Your wings are large and strong.
You are resistant to electric shocks.
You have large cloven feet.
You are clumsy (Dex -2).
You digest meat inefficiently.
You have a slow metabolism.


Message History

* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The blast of hellfire engulfs the Brimstone Fiend.
The Brimstone Fiend completely resists.
You go up through the gate. Welcome back to the Vestibule of Hell!
There is a gateway to the Iron City of Dis here.
You feel a surge of power! The lightning grounds out.
The Brimstone Fiend closely misses you.
The Brimstone Fiend completely misses you.
The Brimstone Fiend misses you.
Unknown command.
Unknown command.
You feel a surge of power!
You hear a mighty clap of thunder!
The lightning arc hits the Brimstone Fiend.
The Brimstone Fiend is severely wounded.
The lightning arc hits you! You resist.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The lightning grounds out.
The Brimstone Fiend hits you!
You die...

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You could see a Brimstone Fiend.

Vanquished Creatures
  Antaeus (Coc:7)
  Gloorx Vloq (Pan)
  Mnoleg (Pan)
  Lom Lobon (Pan)
  3 ancient liches
  11 pandemonium lords (Pan)
  the Serpent of Hell (Coc:7)
  Margery (D:20)
  Geryon (Hell)
  5 golden dragons
  2 electric golems (Zot:2)
  A hellephant (Abyss)
  7 Hell Sentinels (Pan)
  8 Brimstone Fiends
  Nikola (D:19)
  9 Orb Guardians (Zot:5)
  A Hellbinder (WizLab)
  33 tentacled monstrosities
  A deep elf blademaster (Elf:3)
  An eldritch tentacle (Pan)
  7 liches
  16 storm dragons
  5 sphinxes
  17 Ice Fiends
  Kirke (Snake:1)
  11 shadow dragons
  14 acid blobs
  Frances (Snake:2)
  6 draconian monks
  12 draconian knights
  4 Shadow Fiends (Pan)
  5 bone dragons
  3 ghost moths
  29 balrugs (Pan)
  26 Executioners
  Donald (Orc:4)
  16 azure jellies
  An orc warlord (D:26)
  A draconian scorcher (Zot:2)
  3 iron dragons (Dis:7)
  4 ghouls (Crypt:5)
  Wiglaf (Swamp:2)
  5 frost giants
  3 draconian zealots
  11 draconian annihilators
  45 stone giants
  8 fire giants
  A draconian shifter (Zot:1)
  8 cacodemons
  5 grey draconians
  12 greater nagas (Snake:5)
  6 mottled draconians
  7 deep elf annihilators (Elf:3)
  5 draconian callers (Zot:2)
  14 green draconians
  18 green deaths
  8 pale draconians
  12 yellow draconians
  The ghost of Orco the Severer, a powerful HODK of Yredelemnul (Lair:8)
  7 black draconians
  7 white draconians
  The ghost of Cicero the Brawler, a powerful TrCK of Xom (Lair:5)
  4 deep elf death magi
  An ettin (shapeshifter) (Vaults:6)
  11 red draconians
  2 deep elf master archers (Elf:3)
  10 purple draconians
  25 reapers
  7 blizzard demons (Pan)
  9 ettins
  21 vault guards
  4 deep elf sorcerers (Elf:3)
  56 yaktaur captains
  4 dragons
  A dragon (shapeshifter) (D:19)
  5 death cobs
  A minotaur (Lab)
  6 death oozes
  15 ice dragons
  6 great orbs of eyes
  Fannar (Lair:5)
  Erica (D:10)
  Josephine (D:13)
  6 deep elf demonologists
  9 dancing weapons
  10 hydras
  3 lorocyprocas (Pan)
  8 ogre magi
  An anaconda (Snake:4)
  An anaconda skeleton (Pan)
  A sphinx zombie (D:20)
  3 iron dragon zombies
  4 death yaks (Lair:8)
  Nessos (D:15)
  A shadow dragon skeleton (Vaults:8)
  3 very ugly things
  An orc high priest (D:21)
  A ravenous feature mimic (D:24)
  16 deep trolls
  A fire giant zombie (D:22)
  3 deep elf high priests
  A deep troll (shapeshifter) (Vaults:8)
  A wolf spider zombie (D:15)
  8 stone giant skeletons
  Nergalle (Snake:1)
  23 centaur warriors
  A fire giant skeleton (D:24)
  44 sun demons
  5 hell hogs
  Erolcha (D:13)
  5 death drakes
  19 soul eaters
  2 catoblepae
  2 iron trolls
  A storm dragon simulacrum (Vaults:2)
  An alligator snapping turtle zombie (Pan)
  6 wizards (Pan)
  2 hell knights
  5 giant orange brains
  A frost giant skeleton (Vaults:8)
  A pale draconian zombie (Dis:6)
  An elephant slug zombie (Hell)
  33 skeletal warriors
  A red draconian zombie (Abyss)
  10 deep elf knights
  A swamp dragon (shapeshifter) (Vaults:7)
  A dire elephant skeleton (Crypt:4)
  23 ice devils
  66 large abominations
  8 naga warriors
  An emperor scorpion zombie (Crypt:1)
  6 shadow wraiths (Pan)
  The ghost of Nida the Cloud Mage, an experienced TeAE of Ashenzari (D:8)
  An iron troll zombie (D:22)
  6 lindwurms (D:25)
  14 shadow demons (Pan)
  4 swamp dragons
  An ice statue (Swamp:4)
  6 flayed ghosts
  2 sea snake zombies
  4 unseen horrors
  A grey draconian skeleton (Abyss)
  A hill giant (shapeshifter) (Vaults:6)
  A black draconian skeleton (Pan)
  2 mottled draconian skeletons
  A pale draconian skeleton (Pan)
  10 hill giants
  A hydra zombie (D:13)
  6 necromancers
  A red draconian skeleton (Pan)
  2 green draconian skeletons
  A guardian serpent (shapeshifter) (D:18)
  Joseph (D:11)
  6 orc sorcerers
  8 giant amoebae
  A giant amoeba (shapeshifter) (D:26)
  2 iron troll skeletons
  A red wasp (shapeshifter) (Vaults:6)
  A minotaur zombie (Lab)
  2 white draconian skeletons
  A flaming corpse (Dis:3)
  19 hellions
  2 wolf spiders (shapeshifter) (Vaults:8)
  7 wolf spiders
  13 shining eyes
  A griffon (shapeshifter) (D:27)
  12 guardian serpents
  7 harpies
  22 moths of wrath
  A siren skeleton (Pan)
  2 spiny worms
  2 red wasp zombies
  An ettin zombie (Vaults:3)
  A trapdoor spider zombie (Tomb:2)
  A griffon zombie (Crypt:5)
  A harpy skeleton (Crypt:1)
  2 red wasps
  A hydra skeleton (Pan)
  4 ice dragon zombies
  8 phantasmal warriors
  A vampire mage (Crypt:2)
  21 cyclopes
  5 griffons
  A fire giant simulacrum (D:20)
  25 sixfirhies
  2 slime creatures (shapeshifter)
  An elephant slug (Lair:7)
  A dragon skeleton (D:19)
  77 slime creatures
  A guardian serpent skeleton (Crypt:2)
  18 black mambas
  27 orc knights
  2 spiny worm zombies
  19 tormentors
  11 elephants
  A griffon skeleton (Pan)
  5 ice dragon skeletons
  2 feature mimics
  6 naga magi
  A hill giant zombie (D:13)
  95 yaktaurs
  13 eyes of devastation
  14 rock trolls
  A guardian mummy (Crypt:2)
  66 hellwings
  3 mermaids (shapeshifter)
  A queen ant (shapeshifter) (D:13)
  2 demonic crawlers
  42 orange demons
  12 iron devils
  7 spiny frogs
  2 spriggan skeletons
  13 efreet
  A silent spectre (Crypt:1)
  100 ugly things
  2 yaktaurs (shapeshifter)
  Grinder (D:6)
  A spriggan (D:7)
  A deep dwarf necromancer (Abyss)
  17 trolls
  2 giant leeches
  2 hill giant skeletons
  2 deep troll zombies
  2 rock troll zombies
  3 human zombies (Pan)
  A queen bee (Lair:1)
  9 komodo dragons
  An agate snail zombie (Vaults:1)
  48 smoke demons
  13 two-headed ogres
  2 deep troll skeletons
  A deep dwarf artificer (Abyss)
  A snapping turtle (shapeshifter) (D:27)
  2 elves (shapeshifter)
  2 baby alligators (Swamp:3)
  13 blink frogs
  A bog body (Swamp:5)
  A baby alligator skeleton (Coc:7)
  3 rock troll skeletons
  A basilisk (D:10)
  117 air elementals
  3 brown oozes
  5 bumblebees (Vaults:8)
  A griffon simulacrum (D:14)
  30 ynoxinuls
  25 blue devils
  A grizzly bear (Lair:2)
  9 vampires
  49 yaks
  A fire elemental (D:25)
  12 deep elf conjurers
  2 elephant skeletons
  3 metal gargoyles (Vaults:3)
  3 hogs (Snake:1)
  A human (D:7)
  5 hungry ghosts
  6 wraiths
  2 trapdoor spiders
  A fire drake (shapeshifter) (Vaults:1)
  3 blink frog skeletons
  A wyvern (D:10)
  A bumblebee (shapeshifter) (D:13)
  2 fire drakes
  A wandering mushroom (Lair:7)
  5 redbacks (D:24)
  3 rock worms
  8 hippogriffs
  32 deep elf fighters
  A fire vortex (Pan)
  10 chaos spawn (Pan)
  11 golden eyes
  9 water elementals
  66 neqoxecs
  38 vampire mosquitoes
  7 swamp worms
  3 merfolk (shapeshifter)
  6 manticores
  2 molten gargoyles (D:16)
  12 deep elf summoners
  A mermaid skeleton (Coc:2)
  A redback (shapeshifter) (Vaults:8)
  A gargoyle (D:19)
  A boulder beetle (shapeshifter) (D:19)
  A steam dragon (D:15)
  A giant slug zombie (D:12)
  6 war dogs
  A yaktaur skeleton (Vaults:7)
  5 mottled dragons
  3 necrophages
  A cyclops zombie (Vaults:1)
  6 soldier ants
  2 orange crystal statues
  3 yaktaur zombies
  21 hell hounds
  6 sky beasts
  6 boulder beetles
  14 deep elf priests
  A kobold demonologist (D:20)
  40 small abominations
  77 orc warriors
  A grizzly bear zombie (Crypt:2)
  10 freezing wraiths
  2 bumblebee zombies
  3 humans (shapeshifter)
  18 ice beasts
  7 giant goldfish zombies
  6 phantoms
  A manticore skeleton (Pan)
  A cyclops skeleton (Vaults:3)
  60 nagas
  2 yellow wasps (Pan)
  62 red devils
  4 tengu (Swamp:5)
  13 swamp drakes
  4 giant goldfish
  An orb spider zombie (Coc:7)
  30 ogres
  17 rotting devils
  A yak zombie (D:15)
  17 deep elf magi
  A troll skeleton (D:20)
  7 hell beasts
  A wolf zombie (Crypt:2)
  3 giant goldfish skeletons
  A lava worm (D:22)
  45 centaurs
  10 crocodiles
  2 boring beetles (shapeshifter)
  24 giant frogs
  A wolf (Lair:3)
  A boring beetle (Lair:6)
  5 big kobolds
  9 wargs
  8 giant slugs
  5 brain worms
  An octopode zombie (Abyss)
  A water moccasin zombie (D:6)
  A boring beetle zombie (Vaults:3)
  7 agate snails
  A black bear zombie (Coc:7)
  A yellow wasp zombie (D:11)
  Blork the orc (D:4)
  A basilisk zombie (D:13)
  34 water moccasins
  A gnoll sergeant (D:12)
  9 eyes of draining
  3 insubstantial wisps
  2 basilisk skeletons
  49 killer bees
  A killer bee zombie (D:9)
  30 wights
  A bumblebee simulacrum (D:19)
  2 tengu zombies
  2 mottled dragon zombies
  8 jellyfish
  A pulsating lump (Pan)
  34 crimson imps
  13 shadows
  2 brain worm zombies
  An ogre zombie (Crypt:1)
  A big kobold skeleton (D:13)
  7 goliath beetles
  14 electric eels
  A spider zombie (Coc:6)
  A crocodile zombie (Crypt:1)
  2 hound zombies
  9 hounds
  Crazy Yiuf (D:4)
  3 quasits
  17 worker ants
  7 big fish
  32 iron imps
  30 orc priests
  10 iguanas
  A hound skeleton (D:6)
  44 orc wizards
  10 porcupines
  39 deep elf soldiers
  6 scorpions
  2 worker ant zombies
  8 orange rats
  3 orange rat zombies (Hell)
  4 big fish zombies (Coc:7)
  11 jellies
  9 sheep
  Ijyb (D:3)
  Jessica (D:3)
  2 worm zombies
  A big fish skeleton (Coc:7)
  13 boggarts
  6 mummies
  2 big fish simulacra
  34 flying skulls
  28 green rats
  7 giant centipedes
  47 lemures
  41 adders
  2 gnolls (shapeshifter) (Vaults:8)
  27 gnolls
  2 giant centipede zombies
  A scorpion zombie (Crypt:2)
  A sheep zombie (Crypt:2)
  4 giant mites
  An inept item mimic (D:2)
  2 iguana skeletons
  An inept feature mimic (D:4)
  2 sheep skeletons
  55 white imps
  2 porcupine skeletons
  3 shadow imps
  6 worms
  160 ufetubi
  A bat skeleton (Dis:7)
  12 giant eyeballs
  8 giant geckos
  A green rat skeleton (Crypt:2)
  A green rat zombie (Crypt:2)
  270 orcs
  52 bats
  8 giant cockroaches
  30 goblins
  6 grey rats
  14 hobgoblins
  18 jackals
  59 kobolds
  9 quokkas
  5 ball pythons
  A giant cockroach zombie (Crypt:2)
  2 giant gecko skeletons
  A giant newt (D:7)
  A giant newt zombie (Coc:2)
  2 giant spores
  A goblin zombie (Dis:6)
  A hobgoblin skeleton (D:4)
  9 illusory rakshasas (Abyss)
  A jackal skeleton (Dis:5)
  2 kobold skeletons
  A kobold zombie (D:5)
  2 orc skeletons
  2 quokka skeletons
  28 rats
  A rat skeleton (D:5)
  6 ballistomycetes
  A bush (Lair:6)
  24 butterflies
  4 crawling corpses (Elf:3)
  25 fungi
  10 plants
  88 toadstools
4646 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  the royal jelly (Slime:6)
  Khufu (Crypt:5)
  29 greater mummies
  Saint Roka (D:19)
  A pandemonium lord (Pan)
  A profane servitor (Crypt:5)
  Frederick (Crypt:3)
  6 tentacled monstrosities
  2 quicksilver dragons (Vaults:8)
  A deep elf blademaster (Elf:3)
  A titan (Vaults:8)
  A shadow dragon (Vaults:8)
  13 acid blobs
  Agnes (Vaults:6)
  8 sphinxes
  A Shadow Fiend (Pan)
  10 ghouls
  2 frost giants
  4 Executioners (Pan)
  A draconian scorcher (Zot:2)
  3 bone dragons
  5 azure jellies
  A draconian zealot (Zot:3)
  4 stone giants
  A quicksilver dragon skeleton (Crypt:3)
  A draconian annihilator (Zot:2)
  A draconian caller (Abyss)
  2 cacodemons (Pan)
  A grey draconian (Zot:1)
  A greater naga (Snake:5)
  A yellow draconian (Zot:3)
  2 black draconians
  A titan zombie (Crypt:5)
  3 blizzard demons (Pan)
  A dragon (D:19)
  Snorg (D:19)
  12 yaktaur captains
  23 mummy priests
  An ettin (Vaults:8)
  7 reapers
  3 vault guards
  4 eidola (Crypt:5)
  A golden dragon zombie (Crypt:2)
  An unborn deep dwarf (Crypt:5)
  3 death oozes
  7 great orbs of eyes
  4 hydras
  2 ice dragons
  13 dancing weapons (Blade)
  A storm dragon skeleton (Vaults:5)
  2 ogre magi
  2 ravenous item mimics (Vaults:8)
  A shadow dragon zombie (Crypt:2)
  A lorocyproca (Pan)
  2 sphinx zombies
  4 anacondas
  A rakshasa (Abyss)
  3 alligators
  An iron dragon zombie (Abyss)
  2 frost giant zombies
  2 shadow dragon skeletons (Crypt:2)
  3 wolf spider zombies
  3 stone giant zombies
  2 very ugly things
  A hell hog (Hell)
  A deep troll (Vaults:6)
  A centaur warrior (D:18)
  3 frost giant skeletons
  10 sun demons
  3 shadow wraiths (Tomb:2)
  2 fire giant skeletons
  9 iron golems
  61 skeletal warriors
  7 stone giant skeletons
  A deep elf knight (Vaults:3)
  An iron troll (D:21)
  A hell knight (D:20)
  44 slime creatures
  2 emperor scorpion zombies
  2 dire elephant zombies
  2 deep dwarf death knights (Crypt:5)
  4 ice devils
  2 black draconian zombies
  5 soul eaters
  3 naga warriors
  A death yak zombie (Crypt:2)
  7 orc knights
  16 large abominations
  A pale draconian zombie (Crypt:5)
  10 flayed ghosts
  2 red draconian zombies (Crypt:5)
  2 green draconian zombies
  A yellow draconian zombie (Crypt:3)
  2 giant orange brains
  An alligator snapping turtle skeleton (Abyss)
  2 iron troll zombies
  3 giant amoebae
  A swamp dragon (Swamp:5)
  A mottled draconian skeleton (Crypt:1)
  4 hill giants
  2 hydra zombies
  A purple draconian skeleton (Tomb:3)
  An unseen horror (D:19)
  A redback zombie (Crypt:1)
  A harpy (D:19)
  A green draconian skeleton (Abyss)
  An oklob plant (D:6)
  2 red draconian skeletons
  5 guardian serpents
  3 wolf spiders
  A black draconian skeleton (Crypt:2)
  12 crystal golems
  A death yak skeleton (Abyss)
  2 necromancers
  A flaming corpse (Tomb:1)
  An iron troll skeleton (Crypt:3)
  2 hellions
  An elf (shapeshifter) (Vaults:6)
  2 griffons
  A red wasp (Swamp:2)
  2 harpy zombies
  A harpy skeleton (Tomb:3)
  3 ettin zombies
  A shining eye (Slime:6)
  6 phantasmal warriors
  A moth of wrath (Zot:1)
  A griffon zombie (Crypt:4)
  A dragon zombie (Crypt:4)
  A spiny worm (shapeshifter) (Vaults:8)
  A guardian serpent (shapeshifter) (Vaults:6)
  7 sixfirhies
  A stone golem (D:23)
  A trapdoor spider zombie (Tomb:1)
  14 yaktaurs
  5 spiny worms
  6 eyes of devastation (D:17)
  3 alligator zombies
  A black mamba zombie (Tomb:1)
  A cyclops (D:19)
  12 black mambas
  An alligator skeleton (Crypt:4)
  A yaktaur (shapeshifter) (Vaults:8)
  4 ettin skeletons
  A feature mimic (Lair:5)
  3 ice dragon skeletons
  7 orange demons
  A naga mage (Snake:1)
  3 griffon skeletons
  8 spiny frogs
  105 guardian mummies
  35 ugly things
  A demonic crawler (Hell)
  6 iron devils
  2 trolls
  11 hellwings
  3 two-headed ogres
  4 rock trolls
  12 smoke demons
  A raven zombie (Crypt:2)
  2 giant leeches (Swamp:3)
  2 hill giant skeletons
  A spriggan (shapeshifter) (Vaults:4)
  2 agate snail zombies
  A baby alligator (Swamp:3)
  5 rock troll zombies
  A komodo dragon (Swamp:4)
  An elf zombie (Crypt:3)
  5 blink frogs
  A deep troll zombie (Vaults:4)
  A raven (shapeshifter) (D:23)
  7 raven skeletons
  2 human skeletons (Crypt:1)
  13 bog bodies
  A deep troll skeleton (Vaults:7)
  20 air elementals
  4 rock troll skeletons
  A brown ooze (shapeshifter) (D:23)
  A brown ooze (Slime:5)
  4 trapdoor spider simulacra
  A bumblebee (Vaults:8)
  6 rotting hulks (Crypt:5)
  7 vampires
  3 blue devils
  A swamp dragon zombie (Crypt:2)
  11 wraiths
  14 ynoxinuls
  2 hogs (Volcano)
  2 elephant skeletons
  A golden eye (D:17)
  7 hungry ghosts
  A chaos spawn (Abyss)
  2 deep elf conjurers (Elf:3)
  A fire drake (Volcano)
  5 metal gargoyles (Vaults:3)
  30 vampire mosquitoes
  A trapdoor spider (D:14)
  3 clay golems
  A mermaid zombie (Crypt:2)
  A yaktaur zombie (Vaults:5)
  6 yaks
  3 hog skeletons (Crypt:2)
  A soldier ant (D:18)
  29 swamp worms
  A deep elf summoner (Elf:3)
  8 deep elf fighters
  A fire vortex (Pan)
  4 boulder beetles
  13 neqoxecs
  A mottled dragon (D:18)
  9 freezing wraiths
  3 molten gargoyles
  24 necrophages
  A giant slug zombie (D:20)
  A cyclops zombie (Crypt:4)
  A mermaid skeleton (Tomb:1)
  A deep troll simulacrum (Vaults:3)
  9 small abominations
  6 orc warriors
  5 red devils
  A draconian zombie (Coc:1)
  2 cyclops skeletons
  A tengu (Swamp:5)
  7 ogres
  2 hippogriff zombies
  4 phantoms
  2 ice beasts
  2 giant goldfish (Snake:4)
  8 rotting devils
  2 boulder beetle zombies
  4 centaurs
  A yak skeleton (Crypt:2)
  3 swamp drakes
  10 nagas
  4 wargs
  2 giant frogs
  A big kobold (Vaults:2)
  4 deep elf magi (Elf:3)
  A hippogriff skeleton (D:24)
  A wolf zombie (Crypt:5)
  A brain worm (Pan)
  A giant slug (Vaults:5)
  A war dog skeleton (Crypt:2)
  29 water moccasins
  An earth elemental (Snake:1)
  A centaur skeleton (Crypt:4)
  An octopode zombie (Crypt:5)
  A warg zombie (Crypt:5)
  A water moccasin skeleton (Crypt:2)
  27 insubstantial wisps
  4 jellyfish
  3 eyes of draining
  5 lava fish
  12 wights
  2 deep dwarf zombies
  A killer bee (Lair:1)
  A killer bee zombie (Crypt:5)
  A warg skeleton (Crypt:4)
  A crocodile zombie (Crypt:5)
  An ogre zombie (Crypt:2)
  A mottled dragon zombie (Crypt:1)
  A deep dwarf skeleton (Abyss)
  A mottled dragon skeleton (Vaults:3)
  7 electric eels
  11 iron imps
  A dwarf skeleton (Crypt:1)
  A felid skeleton (Crypt:4)
  An orc priest (Orc:1)
  2 spider zombies (Crypt:4)
  10 shadows
  A tengu skeleton (Crypt:2)
  A hound zombie (Crypt:3)
  A quasit (Pan)
  6 big fish
  An orange rat zombie (Hell)
  7 orc wizards
  A soldier ant simulacrum (Tomb:2)
  4 deep elf soldiers
  A worker ant (Volcano)
  2 naga skeletons (Crypt:2)
  6 orange rats
  4 human zombies (Crypt:1)
  An orange rat skeleton (Crypt:2)
  5 jellies
  A boggart (shapeshifter) (Vaults:6)
  42 mummies
  22 flying skulls
  28 adders
  4 green rats
  13 lemures
  2 orc zombies (Vaults:7)
  5 shadow imps
  A porcupine zombie (Tomb:3)
  An adder zombie (Tomb:1)
  A giant centipede (Lair:5)
  16 white imps
  75 ufetubi
  3 grey rats
  A giant gecko (shapeshifter) (Vaults:6)
  29 orcs
  6 bats
  2 goblins
  A green rat simulacrum (Tomb:1)
  2 hobgoblins
  8 kobolds
  An ooze (Slime:1)
  4 giant gecko skeletons
  An illusory rakshasa (Abyss)
  A quokka skeleton (Tomb:2)
  A rat skeleton (Tomb:1)
  A rat zombie (Crypt:5)
  A fungus (Swamp:1)
  2 toadstools
1576 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  22 tentacled monstrosities
  3 eldritch tentacles
  A rakshasa (Abyss)
  A stone giant zombie (D:19)
  A stone giant skeleton (Vaults:6)
  An ice devil (WizLab)
  266 large abominations
  A deep elf knight (Elf:3)
  A red draconian skeleton (Tomb:2)
  A trapdoor spider zombie (Tomb:2)
  2 orange demons (Pan)
  Psyche (D:13)
  A demonic crawler (Pan)
  A guardian mummy (Crypt:2)
  An ugly thing (D:18)
  527 air elementals
  A snapping turtle skeleton (Abyss)
  A deep elf conjurer (Elf:1)
  A blink frog skeleton (Tomb:2)
  Grum (D:13)
  A water elemental (Vaults:2)
  2 fire vortices (Pan)
  A rock worm (D:13)
  A komodo dragon skeleton (D:13)
  3 war dogs (D:13)
  An ogre (Vaults:8)
  An ice beast (Coc:7)
  9 small abominations
  A rock worm zombie (D:13)
  A rotting devil (Swamp:5)
  A brain worm (Pan)
  A giant frog (D:10)
  A human (shapeshifter) (D:13)
  A wight (Tomb:1)
  A fire bat (Abyss)
  A water moccasin simulacrum (Tomb:2)
  2 electric eels
  A crimson imp (D:6)
  A tengu skeleton (Abyss)
  2 big kobold skeletons (D:13)
  An iron imp (Pan)
  An orc wizard (D:10)
  A worker ant (D:13)
  A boggart (D:13)
  2 mummies
  A flying skull (Dis:1)
  2 gnolls
  A giant centipede (Lair:2)
  3 lemures
  A goliath beetle simulacrum (Tomb:1)
  2 shadow imps (Pan)
  A white imp (Elf:1)
  8 ufetubi (Pan)
  3 orcs
  2 giant cockroaches (Pan)
  A goblin (D:3)
  An ant larva zombie (Tomb:1)
  2 bats
  A giant gecko skeleton (Tomb:2)
  A grey rat zombie (Coc:4)
  4 kobolds
  A quokka skeleton (Tomb:2)
  A rat (Tomb:1)
  213 butterflies
  292 eldritch tentacle segments
  8 fungi
  11 plants
  762 toadstools
2196 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 8418 creatures vanquished



[Sandman25]

Did you have potions of Cure Mutations in your stash?
I am not afraid of glowing when I have 2 Cure Mut in my inventory and 4 more in stash.
Yes, I feel Hell is the worst too, you were unlucky.

[nago]

Even without cure mut pot available, remember that a lightly mutated character can still easily be a YAVP (especially if strong like this one), while a character who don't blink a right time usually became a YASD.

Furthermore, light yelllow glow has a decent probability to decay without adding mutations (50%? I don't remember), and rmut adds another 50% of resistance from glowing source, so the probability the character has to remain genetically pure is actually quite high.

Anyway, hell's effects can be really nasty - they're one of the main reasons hells are considered the worst branches in crawl. However, a mage-character with a reliable way to channel mp - regen + sob or a staff of channeling are enough - and a bit of melee skill usually shouldn't have big problems there.

[Jeremiah]

I notice that of the two Chain Lightnings you cast, the first grounded out without hitting anything, and the second only hit the Brimstone Fiend once before grounding out. I don't know if that was just bad luck, or some property of the terrain (metal walls?) - but I have also experienced this spell performing very poorly in the Vestibule, so it could be something to watch out for.

[Psieye]

Welcome to Borg and cBlink dilemmas! This is why DDoor is part of the recommended "save my life" package. It takes courage to use Borg every time it's necessary but when you're roaming in extended, having a fat HP bar is no longer meaningful. Excess max HP is just another consumable when you have Borg, one you use to get Charms up for Haste and DDoor.

I notice that of the two Chain Lightnings you cast, the first grounded out without hitting anything, and the second only hit the Brimstone Fiend once before grounding out. I don't know if that was just bad luck, or some property of the terrain (metal walls?) - but I have also experienced this spell performing very poorly in the Vestibule, so it could be something to watch out for.

Hmm, well spotted. I'll do some Wizmode testing later tonight to see if metal walls affect Chain Lightning.

[Sandman25]

It looks like Chain Lightning has 1/10 chance to ignore monsters even if it is first target for the lightning.

  Code:

         if (dist < min_dist)
            {
                // switch to looking for closer targets (but not always)
                if (!one_chance_in(10))
                {
                    min_dist = dist;
                    target = mi->pos();
                    count = 0;
                }
            }
            else if (target.x == -1 || one_chance_in(count))
            {
                // either first target, or new selected target at
                // min_dist == dist.
                target = mi->pos();
            }

So if you have only one monster in sight, there is 10% chance that lightning will ground immediately.

[adozu]

yeah i guess it could have been the metal walls, if it is then it's a mistake born from inexperience but i don't really think it is, after all i used the same spell *inside* dis and it worked fine overall. i really should have borg'd there (looking better, i don't think cblink would have broken LOS?) but i just somehow thought 1 more lightning would do the trick and didn't want to make my first dis dive a "nothing accomplished, some hp lost". Didn't expect a brimstone to spawn just by the exit either.

Next time i'll start working on necro earlier and get a wider package. Only had 1 cure mut stashed btw.

PS: so the code is in C or similar to C derivate? cool, guess i could look stuff up for myself then.

[BlackSheep]

C++

[nago]

(looking better, i don't think cblink would have broken LOS?

If you doubt a cblink can take you outside a foe's LOS, you can always an exclusion over him: if you can blink out the marked tiles, you're "safe".

Furthermore, I tested in wiz mode using a character closed in a metal wall tomb with only 1 tile open: after one-shooting a single brimstone fiend ten times in a row, I can suppose metal walls have no effect on chain lightning - you were just very unlucky.