CiP: DEWz Attempt number 81

[Aule]

Yes, you must respect death yaks: they are not a monster to take lightly!

I too have had the experience that they die frustratingly slowly to Freezing Cloud. Fortunately, that character was a mummy, and was spamming infinite butterflies to keep the Yaks from moving closer to me.

Although from the log, it sounds like your problem was more that you got overwhelmed by a crowd of monsters, rather than simply getting beat down by the death yaks: I think the only character I've played that had a change with such a fight at that stage in the game (assuming everything isn't lined up perfectly for Fireball spamming) is a MuWz of Sif, and that's mainly due to the lack of hunger costs so that I can afford to channel enough MP to spam infinitely many Mephitic Clouds while still blasting everything.

And Death Yaks resist MC often enough that it still probably would have forced my mummies to retreat.

Hunger considerations were an issue for me, too. No gourmand to help out.

The RNG is so parsimonious and fickle that I find myself being ultra-conservative with everything at my disposal, worried that to use it up is to lose it forever. I won't (usually) read a scroll to ID it for fear of wasting it. That works in my favor when I find something like the scroll of acquirement he had, which he wasn't ready for, or the Brand Weapon scroll. No potion drinking, either. Those two Blink scrolls? They were the only two he'd found in all the levels he visited. Really, I didn't use one.

I should have, right then. But I was so accustomed to not doing so.

<sigh>

[Edit: added reply quote for page 2, and minor edits.]

[Aule]

Okay, this game is just plain nuts.

D:5 has found gnoll packs, including sergeants and shamans, orc packs with wizards and shamans along with their pet ogres, ogre skeletons, and more, around every corner, and in every room. I've never seen anything so absurdly difficult. Yet, my level 8 DEWz is still alive. For now.

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.14.1-24-gbdbe590 (webtiles) character file.

Aule the Thaumaturge (Deep Elf Wizard)              Turns: 8080, Time: 01:03:40

HP  41/41        AC 10     Str  6      XL: 8   Next: 43%
MP  27/27        EV 13     Int 24      God:
Gold 194         SH  0     Dex 13      Spells:  8 memorised,  3 levels left

rFire  + . .     SeeInvis .     a - +3,+1 scythe (protect)
rCold  . . .     Clarity  .     x - +2 robe
rNeg   . . .     Conserve .     (no shield)
rPois  .         rCorr    .     b - +0 hat
rElec  .         rRot     .     (no cloak)
SustAb . .       Spirit   .     f - +0 pair of gloves
rMut   .         Warding  .     (no boots)
Saprov . . .     Stasis   .     (no amulet)
MR     .....                    (no ring)
                                s - ring of protection from fire

@: not resistant to hostile enchantments, stealthy
A: no striking features
a: no special abilities


You are on level 5 of the Dungeon.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 1 branch of the dungeon, and seen 5 of its levels.

You have collected 194 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a +3,+1 scythe of protection (weapon)
   (You took it off Sigmund on level 3 of the Dungeon)
 G - a glowing short sword
Missiles
 r - 4 silver tomahawks (quivered)
Armour
 b - a +0 hat (worn)
 f - a +0 pair of gloves (worn)
 x - a +2 robe (worn)
 y - a leather armour
 B - a leather armour
 K - a leather armour
Magical devices
 e - a wand of teleportation {zapped: 2}
Comestibles
 k - 4 chunks of gnoll flesh
 o - an apple
 A - a meat ration
 D - a bread ration
Scrolls
 d - a scroll of immolation
 h - 4 scrolls of remove curse
 j - a scroll of amnesia
 p - a scroll labeled GROHIWAPTI
 q - 2 scrolls of identify
 v - a scroll labeled NAOFFA MYTA
 w - a scroll labeled PHE XAABEARR
 F - a scroll labeled SAEGU TAOMN
 H - a scroll labeled ERO TEZXUSOU
 J - a scroll labeled JYALOS JYEM
Jewellery
 s - a ring of protection from fire (left hand)
   (You found it on level 2 of the Dungeon)
Potions
 g - 2 potions of restore abilities
 i - a potion of curing
 l - a metallic red potion
 m - an oily yellow potion
 n - a murky black potion
 u - a slimy blue potion
 z - an orange potion
 C - a bubbling cyan potion
Books
 c - a book of Minor Magic   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   *Magic Dart                        Conjuration                  1
   *Blink                             Translocation                2
   *Call Imp                          Summoning                    2
   *Repel Missiles                    Charms/Air                   2
   Slow                               Hexes                        2
   *Conjure Flame                     Conjuration/Fire             3
   *Mephitic Cloud                    Conjuration/Poison/Air       3
 t - a book of the Sky
   (You found it on level 3 of the Dungeon)   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   *Flight                            Charms/Air                   3
   *Airstrike                         Air                          4
   Silence                            Hexes/Air                    5
   Deflect Missiles                   Charms/Air                   6
   Conjure Ball Lightning             Conjuration/Air              6
   Tornado                            Air                          9
Miscellaneous
 E - a plain deck of cards


   Skills:
 + Level 1.5 Polearms
 + Level 0.5 Armour
 + Level 3.4 Dodging
 + Level 3.9 Stealth
 + Level 8.4 Spellcasting
 * Level 5.5 Conjurations
 + Level 2.0 Charms
 + Level 1.5 Summonings
 + Level 2.1 Translocations
 + Level 2.5 Fire Magic
 + Level 1.7 Air Magic
 + Level 1.6 Poison Magic
 * Level 4.0 Evocations


You have 3 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Magic Dart            Conj           ####         1%          1    None
b - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          4%          2    None
c - Call Imp              Summ           ###.....     6%          2    None
d - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  ###.....     6%          3    None
e - Conjure Flame         Conj/Fire      ####....     3%          3    None
f - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       ###...       6%          2    None
g - Flight                Chrm/Air       ###.......   12%         3    None
h - Airstrike             Air            ###.......   34%         4    ##.....


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (5/15)             Temple (0/1) D:5         

Altars:
Nemelex Xobeh
Trog
Xom

Message History

Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f/p - gnoll
Aim: a gnoll, wielding a long sword and wearing a leather armour (severely wounded)
The beam explodes into a vile cloud! The stinking cloud engulfs the gnoll.
The gnoll is severely wounded.
The stinking cloud engulfs the gnoll. The gnoll is engulfed in noxious fumes.
The gnoll appears confused. The gnoll is engulfed in noxious fumes.
The gnoll appears confused.
You slash the gnoll!
You kill the gnoll!
Casting: Mephitic Cloud
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Aiming: Magic Dart
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f - gnoll
Aim: a gnoll, wielding a morningstar (lightly wounded, bewildered and confused)
The magic dart hits the gnoll.
The gnoll is heavily wounded.
Casting: Magic Dart
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Aiming: Magic Dart
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f/p - gnoll
Aim: a gnoll, wielding a morningstar (heavily wounded, bewildered and confused)
The magic dart hits the gnoll.
You kill the gnoll!
Casting: Magic Dart
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
You can't see any susceptible monsters within range! (Use Z to cast anyway.)
You start resting.
You hear a distant slurping noise.
You start resting.
Magic restored.
You start resting.
HP restored.
You hear a distant slurping noise.
You now have 194 gold pieces (gained 11).
There is an open door, spattered with blood here.
Things that are here:
a long sword; a leather armour
Things that are here:
a morningstar; 16 stones; a gnoll corpse
You start butchering the gnoll corpse. You continue butchering the corpse.
You continue butchering the corpse. x2
You finish butchering the gnoll corpse.
k - 4 chunks of gnoll flesh
Things that are here:
a morningstar; 16 stones
Eat which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
You can't eat that!
Saving game... please wait.
Welcome back, Aule the Deep Elf Wizard.
Press ? for a list of commands and other information.

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There are no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  2 ogres
  A phantom (D:4)
  A centaur (D:5)
  Sigmund (D:3)
  The ghost of davidgn the Magician, an average DEWz (D:4)
  2 gnoll sergeants (D:5)
  A jelly (D:5)
  3 hounds (D:5)
  An orc priest (D:5)
  7 worker ants
  3 orc wizards
  An ogre skeleton (D:5)
  Terence (D:2)
  11 adders
  18 gnolls (D:5)
  A shadow imp (D:2)
  A giant mite (D:4)
  7 worms
  An adder skeleton (D:5)
  3 giant geckos
  4 oozes
  15 orcs
  3 ball pythons
  4 giant cockroaches
  7 goblins
  14 hobgoblins
  2 jackals (D:5)
  10 kobolds
  5 quokkas
  10 bats
  4 giant newts
  A goblin skeleton (D:4)
  15 rats
161 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  A bat (D:5)
1 creature vanquished.

Grand Total: 162 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
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     0 | D:1      | Aule, the Deep Elf Wizard, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 10/10 MP: 6/6
   583 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 15/15 MP: 7/10
   587 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Blink
   590 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Call Imp
   745 | D:1      | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
  1515 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 19/19 MP: 10/14
  1520 | D:2      | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud
  1524 | D:2      | Learned a level 3 spell: Conjure Flame
  1697 | D:2      | Noticed Terence
  1873 | D:2      | Killed Terence
  1873 | D:2      | Reached skill level 2 in Conjurations
  1993 | D:2      | Reached skill level 3 in Stealth
  2174 | D:2      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
  2175 | D:2      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
  2175 | D:2      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
  2176 | D:2      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
  2181 | D:2      | You fall through a shaft!
  2261 | D:3      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 17/24 MP: 3/17
  2265 | D:3      | Learned a level 2 spell: Repel Missiles
  3506 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Air Magic
  3506 | D:2      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 28/28 MP: 6/20
  3528 | D:2      | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
  3928 | D:3      | Reached skill level 6 in Spellcasting
  3928 | D:3      | Reached skill level 3 in Conjurations
  4279 | D:3      | Noticed Sigmund
  4292 | D:3      | Killed Sigmund
  4292 | D:3      | Reached skill level 1 in Charms
  4292 | D:3      | Reached skill level 1 in Fire Magic
  4292 | D:3      | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
  4292 | D:3      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 12/32 MP: 14/22
  4494 | D:3      | Noticed an ogre
  4756 | D:3      | Killed an ogre
  4756 | D:3      | Reached skill level 3 in Dodging
  4756 | D:3      | Reached skill level 2 in Charms
  4756 | D:3      | Reached skill level 2 in Evocations
  5078 | D:4      | Reached skill level 1 in Poison Magic
  5265 | D:4      | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
  5344 | D:4      | Reached skill level 1 in Polearms
  5434 | D:4      | Noticed davidgn's ghost (average DEWz)
  5456 | D:4      | Killed davidgn's ghost
  5456 | D:4      | Reached skill level 2 in Fire Magic
  5456 | D:4      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 36/36 MP: 4/24
  5888 | D:4      | Reached skill level 7 in Spellcasting
  6099 | D:4      | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
  6185 | D:4      | Reached skill level 3 in Evocations
  6372 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  6463 | D:5      | Reached skill level 4 in Conjurations
  7099 | D:5      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 41/41 MP: 21/27
  7104 | D:5      | Learned a level 3 spell: Flight
  7109 | D:5      | Learned a level 4 spell: Airstrike
  7115 | D:5      | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
  7273 | D:5      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  7302 | D:5      | Reached skill level 8 in Spellcasting
  7523 | D:5      | Reached skill level 2 in Translocations
  7803 | D:5      | Reached skill level 4 in Evocations


Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 || total
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Melee: Short sword       |     2 |     4 |       ||     6
       Spear             |       |    24 |       ||    24
       Scythe            |       |    43 |    44 ||    87
 Cast: Magic Dart        |    82 |   116 |   152 ||   350
       Mephitic Cloud    |     5 |    20 |    37 ||    62
       Conjure Flame     |     3 |    24 |    18 ||    45
       Blink             |     2 |     7 |    11 ||    20
       Call Imp          |     1 |     1 |     1 ||     3
       Repel Missiles    |       |     1 |       ||     1
Evoke: Wand              |       |       |     1 ||     1
  Use: Scroll            |     1 |     1 |     3 ||     5
       Potion            |       |     1 |     1 ||     2
 Stab: Confused          |     1 |     2 |     5 ||     8