YASD - Jessica + Grinder

[smock]

I think I just get a mutation from Jessica on D:3. Did she gain polymorph other?!

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  2114 | D:2     | Acquired Okawaru's first power
  2158 | D:2     | Reached skill level 3 in Short Blades
  2442 | D:3     | Noticed Jessica
  2457 | D:3     | Gained mutation: Your metabolism is lightning-fast.
  2519 | D:3     | Defeated Jessica
  2519 | D:3     | Reached XP level 4. HP: 32/34 MP: 3/4
  3016 | D:3     | Noticed Grinder
  3018 | D:3     | Paralysed by Grinder for 7 turns
  3632 | D:3     | Reached XP level 5. HP: 26/41 MP: 3/5
  3637 | D:3     | Paralysed by Grinder for 5 turns
  3660 | D:3     | Paralysed by Grinder for 3 turns
  3663 | D:3     | HP: 2/41 [Grinder (5)]
  3674 | D:3     | Paralysed by Grinder for 6 turns
  3677 | D:3     | Mangled by Grinder

He was probably doomed to starvation anyway grinder really is a blinky paralyzing death machine. I was trying to avoid Grinder but the guy blinked his demonic self to all the right staircases. I used up all my resources (hero, scroll of blinking, health wounds) trying to escape. Nasty guy!

[vintermann]

Jessica often spawns with a wand. If it's a powerful one, it's "downgraded" to polymorph.

[smock]

Jessica often spawns with a wand. If it's a powerful one, it's "downgraded" to polymorph.

Oh OK. Someone must have snuck off with her wand. Probably Grinder.

Well, receiving a crippling mutation that early in the game is pretty tough and certainly really random! It could be 20000 turns of suffering before finding a way to deal with shoutitis. If any devs are listening, consider downgrading to another type of lesser wand that just kills! Have mercy!

[Dustbin]

Jessica disfigured me with a faster metabolism recently too, along with level 2 deterioration, and of course I didn't manage to get rid of it until after I'd gotten 4 runes and switched to Jiyva which was 98k turns later

[tcjsavannah]

In my current game, Maud mutated me twice with a wand (frailty + blurry vision) - luckily a Zot trap made me robust again, but I'm still dealing with the blurry vision. Early mutations (pre-Lair or even pre-Vault) can be disheartening.