[CiP] Second char: CeWn (need advice)


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Mines Malingerer

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Joined: Monday, 7th April 2014, 13:01

Post Sunday, 27th April 2014, 21:47

[CiP] Second char: CeWn (need advice)

Hello again,

I couldn't stay away for long and made a second character, this time online (on cao).
Since I followed a beginners' guide in my first game and went with a run-of-the-mill DECj, I chose something different this time: CeWn.
Centaurs seem pretty strong and I like to use what I find, so Wanderer looks like a lot of fun. To add more randomness I went with Nemelex.
This is my second game ever and I did not train any weapon skill with my first character, so this is new to me. Any hints on good weapons, which skills to train, etc.? I struggle with armor, too. My defences are a joke, although I have decent hp due to a high fighting skill (plus two active sages).

I found considerably worse gear than with the Conjurer. Got very lucky last time, I think.
I went with axes first, but found a half-decent halberd later and blew 5 enchant weapon scrolls on it. Haven't found anything else that is worthwhile, so I think it was a good choice. Kept me alive through the lair (plus the reg ring). I guess I'll stick with it until something better comes along.
On L:8 I finally found something good: a wonderful amulet of faith! Only cleared D:8 with it, but boy, oh boy, Nemelex is going crazy! The other amulet has nice resistances, AC and EV, but the hunger drove me nuts. Together with reg and fast meta I had 12 hunger per turn!

Struggled most of the game, got some unlucky mutations, but found a cure potion in a shop. Drank a mutation pot first, got three bad ones on top of the two I already had, so I quaffed the cure directly afterwards. Then I started drawing from decks of wonder and got rid of the last bad one, plus got mut res on top of that. Pretty sweet. And then I got 3 exp and 3 sages!
  Code:
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.14.0-26-g1682e81 (webtiles) character file.

Berlioz the Fighter (Centaur Wanderer)             Turns: 28236, Time: 07:04:35

HP 152/152       AC 16     Str 16      XL: 17   Next: 60%
MP  29/29        EV 13     Int 12      God: Nemelex Xobeh [******]
Gold 259         SH  0     Dex 14      Spells:  0 memorised, 16 levels left

rFire  + . .     SeeInvis +     a - +4,+2 halberd (vamp)
rCold  . . .     Clarity  .     O - +2 ring mail {rF+}
rNeg   . . .     Conserve .     (no shield)
rPois  .         rCorr    .     z - +2 helmet
rElec  .         rRot     .     t - +2 cloak
SustAb . .       Spirit   .     (no gloves)
rMut   .         Warding  .     (no barding)
Saprov . . .     Stasis   .     m - amulet of faith
MR     +....                    Y - ring of see invisible
                                s - ring of regeneration

@: sage [Stealth, Fighting, Fighting], very quick, somewhat resistant to hostile
enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: hooves 3, deformed body, herbivore 1, speed 2, fast metabolism 1, mutation
resistance 1, tough skin 3
a: Draw One, Peek at Two, Triple Draw, Deal Four, Stack Five, Renounce Religion


You are on level 2 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Nemelex Xobeh.
Nemelex Xobeh is exalted by your worship.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 3 branches of the dungeon, and seen 18 of its levels.

You have collected 1319 gold pieces.
You have spent 994 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a +4,+2 vampiric halberd (weapon)
 l - a +0,+0 war axe of flaming
 q - a +2,+0 long sword of holy wrath
 w - a +1,+2 war axe of chopping
 H - a glowing bow
 I - a runed scimitar
Missiles
 X - 8 tomahawks (quivered)
Armour
 g - a +1 chain mail of positive energy
 h - a +2 ring mail of cold resistance
 t - a +2 cloak (worn)
 z - a +2 helmet (worn)
 O - a +2 ring mail of fire resistance (worn)
Magical devices
 E - a wand of teleportation {zapped: 1}
 G - a wand of heal wounds (8)
 J - a wand of digging {zapped: 2}
 Z - a wand of disintegration {zapped: 1}
Comestibles
 b - a rotting chunk of black bear flesh
 d - 5 bread rations
Scrolls
 r - 2 scrolls of teleportation
 L - a scroll of remove curse
 P - a scroll of blinking
 T - a scroll of magic mapping
Jewellery
 c - the amulet of Cekugob {Ward -Tele Hunger rElec rPois rN+ AC+1 EV+1}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 5 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [amulet of warding]
   It affects your AC (+1).
   It affects your evasion (+1).
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It protects you from poison.
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It prevents most forms of teleportation.
   It speeds your metabolism.
 f - an uncursed ring of poison resistance
 m - an amulet of faith (around neck)
 s - a ring of regeneration (left hand)
 C - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 K - an uncursed ring of flight
 Y - a ring of see invisible (right hand)
Potions
 n - a potion of invisibility
 v - 3 potions of curing
 x - a potion of haste
 U - a potion of might
Miscellaneous
 e - an ornate deck of summonings {drawn: 1}
 i - a box of beasts {used: 5}
 j - a legendary deck of destruction {drawn: 1}
 k - an ornate deck of destruction {drawn: 5}
 p - an ornate deck of escape {drawn: 1}
 F - a legendary deck of destruction {drawn: 11}
 M - a legendary deck of summonings {drawn: 1}
 W - a crystal ball of energy


   Skills:
 - Level 14.0 Fighting
 - Level 1.0 Long Blades
 - Level 8.0 Axes
 + Level 12.3 Polearms
 - Level 2.6 Bows
   Level 1.1 Crossbows
 - Level 10.0 Armour
 - Level 10.0 Dodging
 - Level 1.0 Stealth
 - Level 10.9 Evocations


You have 16 spell levels left.
You don't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (9/15)             Temple (1/1) D:6            Lair (8/8) D:8
 Shoals (0/5) Lair:5        Snake (0/5) Lair:3        Slime (0/6) Lair:8
   Orc: D:9-12     

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

Shops:
D:4 !   D:5 =


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You have hooves in place of feet.
Armour fits poorly on your strangely shaped body.
You digest meat inefficiently.
You cover ground very quickly.
You have a fast metabolism.
You have extremely tough skin (AC +3).
You are somewhat resistant to further mutation.


Message History

Drop what? (_ for help) (? for menu, Esc to quit)
You drop 9 steel darts.
Items here: !!!!!!!!!
Items here: """ ====
c - the amulet of Cekugob {Ward -Tele Hunger rElec rPois rN+ AC+1 EV+1}
Things that are here:
a +2 ring mail of cold resistance; a +1 chain mail of positive energy; a +1 hat
g - a +1 chain mail of positive energy; h - a +2 ring mail of cold resistance
Items here: !!!!!!!!!
Items here: ((((((((((((((( ))))))))))) ||
H - a glowing bow; q - a +2,+0 long sword of holy wrath; I - a runed scimitar
l - a +0,+0 war axe of flaming; w - a +1,+2 war axe of chopping
Items here: %%%%%%
Items here: :::::::: ????????????
o - a scroll of recharging
Read which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Charge which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
As you read the scroll of recharging, it crumbles to dust.
Your wand of heal wounds (3) glows for a moment and now has 8 charges.
Okay, then.

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There are no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  A fire dragon (Lair:8)
  4 hydras
  Harold (Lair:3)
  5 death yaks (Lair:8)
  A catoblepas (Lair:8)
  2 lindwurms (Lair:8)
  Pikel (D:4)
  A griffon (Lair:8)
  3 elephants (Lair:8)
  A manticore (Lair:8)
  6 black mambas
  17 spiny frogs
  3 fire drakes
  Eustachio (D:4)
  6 komodo dragons
  A polar bear (Lair:3)
  3 giant fireflies (Lair:8)
  2 giant leeches (Lair:8)
  10 blink frogs
  A snapping turtle (Lair:5)
  A basilisk (Lair:8)
  A grizzly bear (Lair:4)
  4 redbacks (Lair:7)
  7 elephant slugs (Lair:8)
  A shark (Lair:1)
  4 hippogriffs
  3 nagas (Lair:3)
  23 yaks
  2 hungry ghosts (D:9)
  A wyvern (Lair:4)
  A deep elf fighter (D:8)
  A steam dragon (Lair:5)
  8 wolves
  Menkaure (D:5)
  12 water moccasins
  16 porcupines
  An ice beast (D:8)
  2 black bears
  A sky beast (D:9)
  15 crocodiles
  2 orc warriors (D:9)
  2 giant goldfish (Lair:5)
  4 ogres
  4 centaurs
  Sigmund (D:7)
  Duvessa (D:4)
  10 giant slugs
  2 brain worms (Lair:8)
  Blork the orc (D:4)
  12 giant frogs
  10 killer bees
  4 scorpions
  2 electric eels
  A pulsating lump (Lair:8)
  8 wights
  A yak skeleton (D:9)
  2 crimson imps
  2 big fish (Lair:5)
  Dowan (D:4)
  3 goliath beetles
  A gnoll shaman (D:6)
  A giant frog skeleton (D:8)
  8 orc priests
  Crazy Yiuf (D:3)
  2 elf zombies (D:7)
  2 jellies
  2 human zombies (D:7)
  11 iguanas
  10 worker ants
  6 hounds
  4 orc wizards
  12 sheep
  2 ogre skeletons (D:7)
  Jessica (D:3)
  A hound zombie (D:8)
  Terence (D:3)
  18 adders
  36 gnolls (D:6)
  2 orc zombies (D:6)
  3 shadow imps
  3 giant mites
  68 green rats
  23 worms
  A gnoll zombie (D:5)
  2 giant eyeballs
  2 orc skeletons
  10 giant geckos
  32 orcs
  A ball python (D:3)
  A bat zombie (D:8)
  12 giant cockroaches
  13 goblins
  19 hobgoblins
  31 jackals
  8 quokkas
  34 bats
  6 giant newts
  A giant spore (D:6)
  A hobgoblin skeleton (D:4)
  A jackal zombie (D:8)
  13 kobolds
  A kobold skeleton (D:5)
  27 rats
  A rat skeleton (D:5)
  3 ballistomycetes (D:6)
  A fungus (Lair:8)
  4 plants
691 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  Gastronok (Lair:3)
  5 hydras
  A griffon (Lair:8)
  2 oklob plants
  3 spiny frogs (Lair:3)
  A polar bear (Lair:2)
  4 giant fireflies
  9 blink frogs
  2 komodo dragons
  A basilisk (Lair:5)
  8 yaks
  2 sharks (Lair:5)
  An elephant slug (Lair:8)
  A hog (Lair:5)
  2 hippogriffs
  An ugly thing (Lair:5)
  4 wolves (Lair:8)
  A water moccasin (Lair:5)
  A necrophage (D:7)
  2 nagas (Lair:3)
  A black bear (Lair:5)
  A yellow wasp (Lair:7)
  A giant goldfish (Lair:5)
  A giant frog (Lair:6)
  A crocodile (Lair:6)
  A gnoll sergeant (D:6)
  A troll skeleton (D:7)
  A human zombie (D:7)
  A gnoll shaman (D:6)
  An orange rat (Lair:2)
  A crocodile skeleton (Lair:2)
  4 mummies (D:7)
  2 adders (Lair:8)
  13 gnolls (D:6)
  6 green rats (Lair:6)
  An orc skeleton (D:6)
  2 giant geckos
  A bat (Lair:2)
  2 quokkas
  A rat (Lair:3)
95 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A very ugly thing (Lair:8)
  An elephant (Lair:5)
  5 dancing weapons
  3 giant fireflies
  A basilisk (Lair:2)
  3 ugly things
  3 vampire mosquitoes (Lair:8)
  A hippogriff (Lair:5)
  2 hogs (Lair:5)
  A wolf (Lair:5)
  2 slaves (D:4)
  A hound (Lair:5)
  An iron imp (Lair:5)
  A worker ant (D:4)
  2 chimeras
  2 shadow imps
  A ball python (D:4)
  A hobgoblin (D:4)
  A giant spore (D:6)
  A hobgoblin skeleton (D:6)
  A rat (Lair:1)
  A butterfly (D:6)
  7 fungi
  20 plants (Lair:8)
63 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 849 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
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     0 | D:1      | Berlioz, the Centaur Wanderer, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 17/17 MP: 1/1
   547 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 23/25 MP: 2/2
   686 | D:1      | Reached skill level 3 in Fighting
  1583 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 28/31 MP: 3/3
  2118 | D:2      | Reached skill level 4 in Fighting
  2515 | D:3      | Reached skill level 1 in Long Blades
  2538 | D:3      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 40/40 MP: 3/3
  2721 | D:3      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 43/46 MP: 6/6
  3127 | D:3      | Noticed Terence
  3146 | D:3      | Killed Terence
  3651 | D:3      | Noticed Crazy Yiuf
  3692 | D:3      | Killed Crazy Yiuf
  3813 | D:3      | Noticed Jessica
  3863 | D:3      | Killed Jessica
  3863 | D:3      | Reached skill level 1 in Dodging
  3897 | D:3      | Found a deep blue altar of Sif Muna.
  4059 | D:4      | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
  4059 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 29/56 MP: 8/8
  4234 | D:4      | Noticed Blork the orc
  4255 | D:4      | Killed Blork the orc
  4420 | D:4      | Noticed Dowan
  4478 | D:4      | Killed Dowan
  4550 | D:4      | Noticed Eustachio
  4553 | D:4      | Noticed Duvessa
  4644 | D:4      | Killed Duvessa
  4762 | D:4      | Found Chuk's Distillery.
  4827 | D:4      | Noticed a slave
  4829 | D:4      | Noticed a slave
  4830 | D:4      | Noticed Pikel
  4830 | D:4      | Noticed a slave
  4832 | D:4      | Noticed a slave
  4894 | D:4      | Killed Pikel
  4894 | D:4      | Reached skill level 6 in Fighting
  4894 | D:4      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 38/64 MP: 8/10
  4988 | D:4      | Killed a freed slave
  5054 | D:4      | Killed a freed slave
  5144 | D:4      | Reached skill level 7 in Fighting
  5144 | D:4      | Reached skill level 5 in Evocations
  5177 | D:4      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 66/73 MP: 12/12
  5266 | D:4      | Killed Eustachio
  5818 | D:4      | Reached skill level 8 in Fighting
  6386 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  6566 | D:5      | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha.
  7278 | D:5      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
  7280 | D:5      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
  7280 | D:5      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
  7281 | D:5      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
  7281 | D:5      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
  7385 | D:5      | Noticed Menkaure
  7445 | D:5      | Killed Menkaure
  7518 | D:5      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 77/81 MP: 14/14
  7747 | D:5      | Found Junaull's Jewellery Shop.
  7827 | D:5      | Found a basalt altar of Yredelemnul.
  8189 | D:6      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  8198 | Temple   | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
  8288 | Temple   | Became a worshipper of Nemelex Xobeh the Trickster
  8321 | Temple   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
  8413 | D:6      | Acquired Nemelex Xobeh's first power
  8478 | D:6      | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
  8645 | D:6      | Reached skill level 5 in Armour
  8797 | D:6      | Acquired Nemelex Xobeh's second power
  8833 | D:6      | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
  9114 | D:6      | Acquired Nemelex Xobeh's third power
  9114 | D:6      | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
  9572 | D:6      | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
  9709 | D:6      | Acquired Nemelex Xobeh's fourth power
 10013 | D:6      | Reached XP level 10. HP: 85/90 MP: 17/17
 10021 | D:6      | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 10626 | D:7      | Noticed Sigmund
 10782 | D:7      | Killed Sigmund
 11294 | D:7      | Found a basalt altar of Yredelemnul.
 11398 | D:8      | Reached skill level 9 in Fighting
 11498 | D:8      | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 11744 | D:8      | Reached skill level 5 in Axes
 12103 | D:5      | Bought the amulet of Cekugob {Ward -Tele Hunger rElec rPois rN+ AC+1 EV+1} for 374 gold pieces
 12433 | D:8      | Found a staircase to the Lair.
 12450 | Lair:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
 12585 | Lair:1   | Noticed a five-headed hydra
 12597 | Lair:1   | Killed a hydra
 13031 | Lair:1   | Reached XP level 11. HP: 54/97 MP: 18/18
 13035 | Lair:1   | Got a shimmering falchion
 13044 | Lair:1   | Identified the +2,+0 falchion of Abitakhlu {holy, Str+4} (You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts)
 14279 | Lair:2   | Acquired Nemelex Xobeh's fifth power
 14409 | Lair:2   | Noticed a five-headed hydra
 14422 | Lair:2   | Killed a hydra
 14422 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 10 in Fighting
 14670 | Lair:2   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 14672 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: Your magical capacity is low (-10% MP). [helix card]
 14730 | Lair:2   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 15737 | Lair:3   | Noticed Gastronok
 16136 | Lair:2   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 16151 | Lair:3   | Killed Gastronok
 16158 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
 16282 | Lair:3   | Found a staircase to the Snake Pit.
 16420 | Lair:3   | Noticed a six-headed hydra
 16438 | Lair:3   | Killed a one-headed hydra
 16549 | Lair:3   | Noticed Harold
 16562 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 1 in Polearms
 16566 | Lair:3   | Killed Harold
 16847 | Lair:3   | Reached XP level 12. HP: 96/106 MP: 15/18
 17545 | Lair:4   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 17874 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 5 in Polearms
 18628 | Lair:4   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 19551 | Lair:5   | Noticed an eight-headed hydra
 19565 | Lair:5   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 19582 | Lair:5   | Killed a ten-headed hydra
 19937 | Lair:5   | Noticed a five-headed hydra
 19970 | Lair:5   | Killed a five-headed hydra
 20017 | Lair:5   | Found a staircase to the Shoals.
 20408 | Lair:6   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 20604 | Lair:6   | Noticed a four-headed hydra
 20611 | Lair:6   | Killed a five-headed hydra
 20640 | Lair:6   | Gained mutation: Your body is slowly deteriorating. [mutagenic glow]
 21380 | Lair:7   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 21659 | Lair:7   | Reached skill level 11 in Fighting
 21676 | Lair:7   | Noticed a six-headed hydra
 21679 | Lair:7   | Killed a six-headed hydra
 21701 | Lair:7   | Reached XP level 13. HP: 40/116 MP: 16/20
 22353 | Lair:7   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 22625 | Lair:8   | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts
 23006 | Lair:8   | Reached skill level 12 in Fighting
 23365 | Lair:8   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 23470 | Lair:8   | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
 23562 | Lair:8   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 23722 | Lair:8   | Reached skill level 10 in Evocations
 23989 | Lair:8   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 24605 | Lair:8   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 24926 | Lair:8   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 25165 | Lair:8   | Reached skill level 10 in Polearms
 25342 | Lair:8   | Reached XP level 14. HP: 79/126 MP: 19/22
 25342 | Lair:8   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 25811 | Lair:8   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 25948 | Lair:8   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 26567 | D:4      | Bought a potion of cure mutation for 420 gold pieces
 26680 | D:5      | Bought an uncursed ring of poison resistance for 200 gold pieces
 26887 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 13 in Fighting
 26887 | Lair:2   | Reached XP level 15. HP: 132/136 MP: 24/24
 26909 | Lair:2   | Paralysed by a card of wild magic for 2 turns
 26909 | Lair:2   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 26928 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: You can spit poison. [helix card]
 26947 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: Your body is deteriorating. [potion of mutation]
 26947 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: You are weak. (Str -2) [potion of mutation]
 26947 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: You are frail (-10% HP). [potion of mutation]
 26948 | Lair:2   | Lost mutation: You are weak. (Str -2) [potion of cure mutation]
 26948 | Lair:2   | Lost mutation: Your body is deteriorating. [potion of cure mutation]
 26948 | Lair:2   | Lost mutation: Your body is slowly deteriorating. [potion of cure mutation]
 26948 | Lair:2   | Lost mutation: Your magical capacity is low (-10% MP). [potion of cure mutation]
 26959 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 14 in Fighting
 26959 | Lair:2   | Reached XP level 16. HP: 128/131 MP: 9/27
 26959 | Lair:2   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 27044 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 10 in Dodging
 27048 | Lair:2   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 27073 | Lair:2   | Paralysed by a card of wild magic for 2 turns
 27075 | Lair:2   | Lost mutation: You are frail (-10% HP). [helix card]
 27076 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: You are somewhat resistant to further mutation. [helix card]
 27077 | Lair:2   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 27099 | Lair:2   | Lost mutation: You can spit poison. [helix card]
 27099 | Lair:2   | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 27262 | D:8      | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 27496 | D:9      | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 27524 | D:9      | Paralysed by a potion of paralysis for 6 turns
 27609 | D:9      | Reached skill level 10 in Armour
 27609 | D:9      | Reached XP level 17. HP: 152/152 MP: 27/29
 27610 | D:9      | Paralysed by a card of wild magic for 5 turns
 27722 | D:9      | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
 28037 | D:9      | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh


Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-18 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Club              |   113 |       |       |       |       |       ||   113
       Flail             |    42 |   193 |       |       |       |       ||   235
       War axe           |       |    14 |   386 |   583 |       |       ||   983
       Halberd           |       |       |       |   577 |   790 |   122 ||  1489
 Fire: Sling             |       |       |    34 |   111 |       |       ||   145
Throw: Dart              |     7 |    21 |    45 |       |       |       ||    73
       Stone             |    68 |     8 |     3 |     5 |       |       ||    84
       Tomahawk          |       |    37 |    72 |    65 |    12 |       ||   186
Invok: Draw One          |       |       |    15 |    73 |    71 |    58 ||   217
       Triple Draw       |       |       |       |       |     3 |     2 ||     5
       Peek at Two       |       |       |       |       |       |     5 ||     5
 Abil: Evoke Flight      |       |       |       |     1 |       |       ||     1
Evoke: Wand              |       |     3 |       |     2 |     2 |     2 ||     9
       Box of beasts     |       |       |       |     4 |     4 |       ||     8
  Use: Scroll            |     9 |     8 |     1 |    18 |     3 |     6 ||    45
       Potion            |       |     2 |       |     5 |     4 |     1 ||    12
 Stab: Distracted        |       |       |       |     4 |     4 |       ||     8
       Invisible         |       |       |       |       |       |     3 ||     3
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I'm glad for any advice you can give. This character is a lot of fun and I want to keep it alive. (Plus I don't want to screw up my win ratio.)
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Post Monday, 28th April 2014, 02:13

Re: [CiP] Second char: CeWn (need advice)

Are you going to focus on armor or dodging? Centaurs have crappy defensive aptitudes so you should probably only stick with one.
Deck spamming is powerful (from what I hear at least) and only gets stronger with Evocations. Especially with max Nemelex piety. 10 seems to be enough for mid-game but depending on your reliance on them you may want more.
Amulet of Cekugob is great but definitely don't keep it on longer than you need it.
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Post Monday, 28th April 2014, 20:48

Re: [CiP] Second char: CeWn (need advice)

Lyrick wrote:Are you going to focus on armor or dodging? Centaurs have crappy defensive aptitudes so you should probably only stick with one.
Deck spamming is powerful (from what I hear at least) and only gets stronger with Evocations. Especially with max Nemelex piety. 10 seems to be enough for mid-game but depending on your reliance on them you may want more.
Amulet of Cekugob is great but definitely don't keep it on longer than you need it.

I went with a plate mail +2 {MR+}, but that's not good, looking for dragon armor. The fire dragon on L:8 didn't leave a corpse and I have only found mottled so far.
Finally ran into Nessos, so I have a simple barding now, which helps. Drops were still bad, except for a nice cloak in the pit and some rings in shops. My weapon is horrible, I nearly died several times in the snake pit, since it took me ages to kill anything. No slaying either.
Exp is no problem, Nemelex provides plenty. The Helix cards were mixed so far, but I had 200 hp after the lair, which kinda makes orc priests' smiting in the mine wimpy. Plus I have the reg ring, of course.
There is a nice robe somewhere in a shop, maybe I'll go with that until I find dragon armor.

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My biggest concern is the weapon situation though. Really horrible. I have a scimitar of flaming, a longsword of holy wrath and some war axes... No scroll of brand weapon either and I'm low on enchant wepon scrolls in general.
No idea how to proceed now. Shall I take a peek into the elven halls or the vault to look for a better weapon?
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Post Monday, 28th April 2014, 21:20

Re: [CiP] Second char: CeWn (need advice)

I would actually consider plate mail of MR to be one of the best armours you could find for a Ce of Nemelex. Go ahead and enchant it / train armour.

a vampiric glaive is amazing, train more polearms and enchant it. you don't need to look for any more melee weapons unless you want more than 5 runes.
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Post Tuesday, 29th April 2014, 00:27

Re: [CiP] Second char: CeWn (need advice)

rchandra wrote:I would actually consider plate mail of MR to be one of the best armours you could find for a Ce of Nemelex. Go ahead and enchant it / train armour.

a vampiric glaive is amazing, train more polearms and enchant it. you don't need to look for any more melee weapons unless you want more than 5 runes.

Yeah, keep your vampiric glaive, all other weapons will be inferior (unless you stumble across a vampiric bardiche).

Centaurs also have a particularly good relationship with polearms, being able to move faster than something and hit it from two squares away should let you defeat many things even with poor equipment. You can even attack bad guys safely through your nemlex summons. It really is a win waiting to happen.
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Post Tuesday, 29th April 2014, 13:23

Re: [CiP] Second char: CeWn (need advice)

Thanks for the advice, I'll train up my polearms then. Only 6 more levels to min-delay, a few exp cards should do the trick. Kiting with polearms is powerful indeed. The stupid guardian nagas blinked everything in their line of sight (including uniques!) right next to me and then I got constricted. So much for kiting.

I like to get up some buff spells, the heavy armor is a little bit in the way, but I guess it doesn't really matter.
Got two focus cards on top of wonder decks, that would be +2 str and -2 int. Useful?

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