YASD: DEFE amulet of clarity does not prevent paralysis

Saturday, 2nd August 2014, 19:46 by fisheye

Update: Just finished Spider. Where to next? Shoals, or Vaults 1-4?

Code:: a Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.15-a0-2296-g8821a77 (tiles) character file. Burny the Eclecticist (Deep Elf Fire Elementalist) Turns: 50299, Time: 09:30:37 HP 96/96 AC 12 Str 5 XL: 17 Next: 66% MP 50/50 EV 17 Int 31 God: Vehumet [******] Gold 2238 SH 12 Dex 18 Spells: 12 memorised, 6 levels left rFire . . . SeeInvis + i - +9 demon blade (drain) rCold . . . Clarity . p - -1 leather armour "Xocemoho" {+Fly rElec rPois SInv} rNeg + + . rCorr . O - +1 shield {rN+} rPois + rRot . s - +2 helmet {Int+3} rElec + Spirit . K - +0 cloak SustAb . Warding . n - +2 pair of gloves rMut . Stasis . l - +2 pair of boots Gourm . r - amulet "Soda" {Faith +Blink rN+ Dex+3} MR +.... T - ring of teleport control t - ring of magical power @: delayed fireball, somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, unstealthy A: no striking features a: Renounce Religion, Release Delayed Fireball, Evoke Blink, Evoke Flight, Evoke Teleport Control }: 1/15 runes: gossamer You are on level 5 of the Spider Nest. You worship Vehumet. Vehumet is exalted by your worship. You are not hungry. You have visited 6 branches of the dungeon, and seen 34 of its levels. You have also visited: Labyrinth and Bailey. You have collected 2619 gold pieces. You have spent 381 gold pieces at shops. Inventory: Hand weapons f - the +8 war axe of Rasep {pain, -Cast rF+ rC+ rN+} (You found it on level 2 of the Spider Nest) In the hands of one skilled in necromantic magic, it inflicts extra damage on living creatures. It protects you from fire. It protects you from cold. It protects you from negative energy. It prevents spellcasting. i - a +9 demon blade of draining (weapon) Armour l - a +2 pair of boots (worn) n - a +2 pair of gloves (worn) p - the -1 leather armour "Xocemoho" (worn) {+Fly rElec rPois SInv} (You bought it in a shop on level 3 of the Orcish Mines) It insulates you from electricity. It protects you from poison. It enhances your eyesight. It lets you fly. s - a +2 helmet of intelligence (worn) G - a +2 robe of fire resistance K - a +0 cloak (worn) O - a +1 shield of positive energy (worn) Magical devices e - a wand of lightning y - a wand of teleportation (1) H - a wand of flame J - a wand of polymorph S - a wand of disintegration {zapped: 1} Comestibles c - 20 bread rations u - 8 meat rations z - 4 slices of pizza D - a chunk of trapdoor spider flesh L - 4 royal jellies X - 6 fruits Scrolls d - 6 scrolls of remove curse j - 7 scrolls of identify o - a scroll labeled XULEUT UXKEMIA v - 4 scrolls of summoning x - 4 scrolls of magic mapping C - a scroll of enchant armour E - 2 scrolls labeled SKUNTO NOLIESO F - 13 scrolls of teleportation I - 4 scrolls of blinking P - 4 scrolls of fear Jewellery h - an uncursed amulet of clarity q - an uncursed ring of flight r - the amulet "Soda" (around neck) {Faith +Blink rN+ Dex+3} (You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Orcish Mines) [amulet of faith] It allows you to gain divine favour quickly. It affects your dexterity (+3). It protects you from negative energy. It lets you blink. t - a ring of magical power (left hand) M - an uncursed ring of fire N - an uncursed ring of see invisible T - a ring of teleport control (right hand) Potions a - 3 potions of invisibility g - 5 potions of haste k - 5 potions of cancellation m - 10 potions of curing w - 9 potions of heal wounds A - a potion of magic Q - 3 potions of restore abilities Books b - a book of Summonings Spells Type Level Abjuration Summoning 3 Recall Summoning/Translocation 3 Shadow Creatures Summoning 5 Summon Demon Summoning 5 Summon Forest Summoning/Translocation 5 Monstrous Menagerie Summoning 6 Miscellaneous B - a stone of tremors Skills: - Level 7.0 Fighting - Level 6.0 Long Blades - Level 11.6 Dodging - Level 2.5 Stealth - Level 10.0 Shields - Level 17.0 Spellcasting + Level 16.7 Conjurations - Level 11.0 Charms - Level 15.0 Fire Magic - Level 5.0 Earth Magic - Level 2.1 Poison Magic - Level 7.2 Evocations You have 6 spell levels left. You know the following spells: Your Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger a - Flame Tongue Conj/Fire ##### 0% 1 None b - Fireball Conj/Fire #######... 1% 5 None c - Conjure Flame Conj/Fire #######. 0% 3 None d - Orb of Destruction Conj #######... 1% 7 ####... e - Delayed Fireball Conj/Fire N/A 1% 7 ####... h - Haste Chrm #######. 10% 6 ##..... i - Inner Flame Hex/Fire ######.. 1% 3 None m - Mephitic Cloud Conj/Pois/Air ######.. 1% 3 None o - Bolt of Fire Conj/Fire #######... 1% 6 ##..... s - Sticky Flame Conj/Fire #######. 1% 4 None u - Animate Skeleton Necr N/A 4% 1 None w - Passwall Trmt/Erth #####..... 4% 3 None Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations Branches: Dungeon (15/15) Temple (1/1) D:7 Orc (4/4) D:9 Elf (0/3) Orc:3 Lair (8/8) D:9 Shoals (0/5) Lair:6 Spider (5/5) Lair:3 Slime (0/6) Lair:8 Vaults (0/5) D:14 Depths (1/5) D:15 Altars: Ashenzari Elyvilon Gozag Makhleb Nemelex Xobeh Okawaru Qazlal Trog Vehumet Xom Yredelemnul Zin Jiyva Shops: D:6 * D:7 ( Orc:3 [ Orc:4 !}[*** Portals: Trove: D:13 (give 19 potions of curing) Annotations: D:11 Nessos Spider:1 exclusion: Roxanne, Roxanne Message History You continue putting on your robe. x4 You finish putting on your +0 robe. Wear which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit) You start removing your armour. You continue taking off your +0 robe. You continue taking off your +0 robe. x4 You finish taking off your +0 robe. You start putting on your armour. You continue putting on the -1 leather armour "Xocemoho" {+Fly rElec rPois SInv}. x5 You finish putting on the -1 leather armour "Xocemoho" {+Fly rElec rPois SInv}. Drop what? (_ for help) (? for menu, Esc to quit) You drop a +0 robe. Okay, then. Okay, then. (D) Dungeon (T) Temple (O) Orcish Mines (E) Elven Halls (L) Lair (A) Shoals (N) Spider Nest (M) Slime Pits (V) Vaults (U) Depths Where to? (Enter - Spider:5 @ (x,y), ? - help) Okay, then. Char dumped to 'morgue/Burny.txt'. 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Vanquished Creatures Norris (Spider:2) Rupert (D:14) Donald (D:14) Maud (Lair:8) Aizul (Spider:1) 5 ghost moths 4 emperor scorpions Jorgrun (Spider:2) A dire elephant (Lair:8) Snorg (Orc:1) Josephine (Orc:2) A minotaur (Lab) 13 hydras 4 centaur warriors Erica (Orc:2) 7 death yaks 2 ogre magi (D:15) 4 tengu warriors 3 orc high priests (Orc:4) Nergalle (Lair:8) 5 skeletal warriors A fire crab (Lair:8) 19 orb spiders 5 unseen horrors 8 hill giants Pikel (D:4) 3 griffons A giant orange brain (D:15) 4 cyclopes A manticore (D:11) 6 orc knights 7 red wasps 34 wolf spiders 5 orc sorcerers A draconian (shapeshifter) (D:15) 13 elephants 5 moths of wrath Maurice (Orc:2) A salamander (shapeshifter) (D:15) Joseph (Orc:1) An orange demon (Orc:4) 2 black mambas 2 black mambas (shapeshifter) 2 torpor snails A gargoyle (D:12) 4 kobold demonologists (D:13) A centaur skeleton (D:13) 7 komodo dragons 10 spiny frogs 11 demonic crawlers 2 death yak skeletons (Lair:7) 4 fire drakes An efreet (D:15) 26 jumping spiders A tengu conjurer (D:13) 2 hydra zombies 2 hydra skeletons Sonja (Orc:2) 2 boulder beetles 9 slime creatures Prince Ribbit (D:5) 2 trolls 3 basilisks 7 two-headed ogres 8 blink frogs A raven (shapeshifter) (D:15) 2 spriggans (shapeshifter) 6 ravens A griffon skeleton (Lair:5) 25 tarantellas 54 redbacks 27 trapdoor spiders 45 yaks 2 deep elf magi 11 ugly things 3 fire bats (Lair:6) A black mamba skeleton (Lair:5) A hungry ghost (D:12) 3 shadows Grum (D:8) A neqoxec (Orc:4) 2 wargs (Orc:4) 12 humans 7 vampire mosquitoes 8 wolves 11 hippogriffs A steam dragon (D:10) 5 mottled dragons A soldier ant (D:14) A yellow wasp (D:10) 2 slaves (D:4) 5 sky beasts 22 spiders 7 orc skeletons 12 porcupines 2 black bears 16 water moccasins A deep dwarf (shapeshifter) (D:15) 2 ice beasts 4 phantoms 41 orc warriors A necrophage (D:5) 16 ogres 12 crocodiles 5 centaurs A blink frog skeleton (Lair:5) Sigmund (D:6) Duvessa (Orc:1) A komodo dragon zombie (D:15) A gnoll sergeant (D:11) Blork the orc (D:4) 16 giant frogs 11 scorpions A cyclops zombie (D:15) A komodo dragon skeleton (D:15) A cyclops skeleton (D:14) A wyvern skeleton (D:9) An elf zombie (D:14) An eye of draining (shapeshifter) (D:13) A hippogriff zombie (D:7) A water moccasin skeleton (Lair:8) 10 killer bees 4 electric eels 24 wights 2 goliath beetles A hippogriff skeleton (D:11) 5 yak skeletons 3 crimson imps Dowan (Orc:1) 28 orc priests A giant frog skeleton (D:9) 2 wolf skeletons (Lair:5) 9 jellies An elf skeleton (D:15) 11 hounds 43 orc wizards Natasha (twice) (D:2) 8 iguanas 9 worker ants 21 sheep Ijyb (D:3) A big kobold skeleton (D:8) 2 mottled dragon skeletons A mottled dragon zombie (D:15) Terence (D:3) A mummy (D:8) A worker ant zombie (D:5) 21 adders 32 green rats 26 gnolls 8 shadow imps A worm (D:2) 2 adder skeletons (Lair:7) A sheep skeleton (Lair:2) 7 giant geckos 11 oozes 229 orcs 5 giant cockroaches 2 gnoll zombies (D:2) 24 hobgoblins 23 jackals 14 quokkas A ball python (D:4) 14 bats 5 giant newts A giant spore (D:15) A gnoll skeleton (D:7) 20 goblins A goblin zombie (Orc:2) 2 hobgoblin zombies (D:8) 15 kobolds A kobold zombie (D:8) 4 orc zombies 15 rats A rat skeleton (D:10) 7 ballistomycetes (D:15) 4 bushes (Lair:7) 8 fungi 5 plants 1413 creatures vanquished. Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills) 3 death yaks (Lair:6) A skeletal warrior (D:15) Erolcha (D:11) An unseen horror (D:14) An orc knight (Bailey) 6 elephants 5 spiny frogs 2 komodo dragons A polar bear (Lair:7) 4 blink frogs 4 humans A fire bat (Lair:6) 7 yaks A wolf (Lair:5) 3 water moccasins A porcupine (Lair:4) A spiny frog skeleton (Lair:5) An ogre (D:11) A manticore zombie (D:14) 2 orc warriors A yellow wasp (D:10) A phantom (D:14) 7 crocodiles A big kobold (D:11) 4 giant frogs A gnoll sergeant (D:10) 2 yak skeletons A lava snake (Lair:6) 2 crimson imps An orc priest (D:11) 2 jellies (Lair:6) A quasit (D:10) A hound (Lair:7) An iguana (D:8) A worker ant (D:10) An orc wizard (Orc:2) A sheep (Lair:2) 3 adders 3 green rats 3 oozes (Lair:6) 5 orcs A bat (D:10) A hobgoblin (Orc:2) A jackal (D:9) 2 kobolds 4 quokkas A goblin (Orc:2) 2 ballistomycetes (D:15) 2 bushes (Lair:5) 3 plants (Lair:7) 107 creatures vanquished. Vanquished Creatures (others) A centaur skeleton (D:15) A boulder beetle (Lair:3) A redback (Spider:5) A hill giant skeleton (D:13) 2 spiny frog skeletons A blink frog skeleton (Lair:5) An elephant skeleton (Lair:7) A manticore skeleton (D:11) 4 water moccasin skeletons A cyclops skeleton (Orc:4) 3 hippogriff skeletons 7 yak skeletons A wolf skeleton (Lair:5) 6 giant frog skeletons An elf skeleton (D:12) A human skeleton (D:14) 3 two-headed ogre skeletons 5 ogre skeletons A hound skeleton (Lair:2) 3 gnoll skeletons 3 adder skeletons An iguana skeleton (D:11) 8 sheep skeletons 3 bat skeletons 2 green rat skeletons A giant gecko skeleton (D:8) A jackal skeleton (D:9) A kobold skeleton (D:10) 24 orc skeletons 3 quokka skeletons A rat skeleton (D:10) 19 fungi 2 plants 114 creatures vanquished. Grand Total: 1634 creatures vanquished Notes Turn | Place | Note -------------------------------------------------------------- 0 | D:1 | Burny, the Deep Elf Fire Elementalist, began the quest for the Orb. 0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 10/10 MP: 5/5 287 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 15/15 MP: 1/8 954 | D:2 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 19/19 MP: 8/10 1563 | D:2 | Found a basalt altar of Yredelemnul. 1949 | D:2 | Reached skill level 4 in Conjurations 2228 | D:3 | Learned a level 3 spell: Conjure Flame 2305 | D:3 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 24/24 MP: 9/13 2340 | D:3 | Noticed Natasha 2393 | D:2 | Killed Natasha 2501 | D:2 | Noticed Natasha 2508 | D:2 | Killed Natasha 2508 | D:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations 3050 | D:3 | Noticed Ijyb 3230 | D:3 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 18/28 MP: 12/16 3532 | D:3 | Learned a level 4 spell: Sticky Flame 3690 | D:3 | Killed Ijyb 3935 | D:3 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 32/32 MP: 16/18 4204 | D:3 | Noticed Terence 4210 | D:3 | Killed Terence 4210 | D:3 | Reached skill level 5 in Fire Magic 4324 | D:4 | Noticed Blork the orc 4343 | D:4 | Killed Blork the orc 4872 | D:4 | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog. 5019 | D:4 | Noticed Pikel 5572 | D:4 | Killed Pikel 5572 | D:4 | Reached skill level 8 in Fire Magic 5572 | D:4 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 36/36 MP: 6/20 5787 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon 5936 | D:5 | Noticed Prince Ribbit 6299 | D:5 | Killed Prince Ribbit 6299 | D:5 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 41/41 MP: 14/21 6738 | D:5 | Learned a level 5 spell: Fireball 6898 | D:6 | Found Skempusa's Assorted Antiques. 6906 | D:6 | Reached skill level 9 in Conjurations 7606 | D:6 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 45/45 MP: 11/22 7905 | D:6 | Reached skill level 10 in Conjurations 7933 | D:6 | Found a shimmering altar of Xom. 8053 | D:6 | Noticed Sigmund 8055 | D:6 | Killed Sigmund 8207 | D:6 | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari. 8772 | D:7 | Reached skill level 11 in Conjurations 8931 | D:7 | Found a stormy altar of Qazlal. 9097 | D:7 | Found Hiagri's Weapon Shoppe. 9264 | D:7 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple. 9276 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple 9286 | Temple | Became a worshipper of Vehumet 9465 | D:7 | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh. 9841 | D:8 | Reached skill level 12 in Conjurations 10284 | D:8 | Noticed Grum 10289 | D:8 | Killed Grum 10305 | D:8 | Reached XP level 10. HP: 50/50 MP: 2/24 10590 | D:8 | Learned a level 1 spell: Animate Skeleton 10708 | D:8 | Reached skill level 10 in Fire Magic 10717 | D:8 | Acquired Vehumet's first power 10717 | D:8 | Offered knowledge of Sandblast by Vehumet. 11945 | D:9 | Found a flagged portal. 11971 | Bailey | Entered a bailey 11976 | Bailey | Offered knowledge of Searing Ray by Vehumet. 12071 | Bailey | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting 12250 | Bailey | Noticed an orc knight 12281 | Bailey | Killed an orc knight 12340 | Bailey | Noticed an orc knight 12367 | Bailey | Killed an orc knight 12367 | Bailey | Offered knowledge of Mephitic Cloud by Vehumet. 12751 | D:9 | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud 12752 | D:9 | Acquired Vehumet's second power 12757 | D:9 | Learned a level 3 spell: Inner Flame 12961 | D:9 | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines. 12967 | D:9 | Reached skill level 13 in Conjurations 13134 | D:9 | Found a staircase to the Lair. 13138 | D:9 | Reached XP level 11. HP: 54/54 MP: 31/31 13221 | D:9 | Offered knowledge of Olgreb's Toxic Radiance by Vehumet. 13657 | D:10 | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon 13820 | D:10 | Reached skill level 1 in Shields 14019 | D:10 | Acquired Vehumet's third power 14109 | D:10 | Offered knowledge of Force Lance by Vehumet. 14397 | D:10 | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin. 14974 | D:10 | Learned a level 3 spell: Passwall 15548 | D:11 | Noticed Erolcha 15558 | D:11 | Killed Erolcha 16031 | D:11 | Reached skill level 1 in Fighting 16177 | D:11 | Noticed an unseen horror 16182 | D:11 | Killed an unseen horror 16449 | D:11 | Noticed Nessos 16562 | D:11 | Noticed a hill giant 16577 | D:11 | Killed a hill giant 16933 | Lair:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts 17048 | Lair:1 | Reached skill level 5 in Earth Magic 17058 | Lair:1 | Offered knowledge of Airstrike by Vehumet. 17422 | Lair:1 | Reached XP level 12. HP: 66/66 MP: 32/32 17941 | Lair:2 | Noticed a four-headed hydra 17946 | Lair:2 | Reached skill level 14 in Conjurations 17953 | Lair:2 | Killed a four-headed hydra 18227 | Lair:2 | Noticed a six-headed hydra 18240 | Lair:2 | Killed a six-headed hydra 18419 | Lair:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting 18909 | Lair:3 | Found a hole to the Spider Nest. 19068 | Lair:3 | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging 19677 | Lair:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Shields 19721 | Lair:4 | Noticed a four-headed hydra 19724 | Lair:4 | Killed a four-headed hydra 19800 | Lair:4 | Offered knowledge of Bolt of Draining by Vehumet. 19807 | Lair:4 | Learned a level 5 spell: Bolt of Draining 20114 | Lair:4 | Noticed a six-headed hydra 20117 | Lair:4 | Killed a six-headed hydra 20144 | Lair:4 | Found a labyrinth entrance. 20202 | Lab | Entered a labyrinth 20495 | Lab | Noticed a minotaur 20518 | Lab | Killed a minotaur 21714 | Lair:5 | Reached XP level 13. HP: 64/75 MP: 29/33 22355 | Lair:6 | Reached skill level 10 in Dodging 22493 | Lair:6 | Found a staircase to the Shoals. 22965 | Lair:6 | Found a basalt altar of Yredelemnul. 23232 | Lair:6 | Reached skill level 10 in Spellcasting 23956 | Lair:7 | Offered knowledge of Iskenderun's Battlesphere by Vehumet. 24548 | Lair:7 | Reached skill level 1 in Long Blades 24679 | Lair:7 | Reached XP level 14. HP: 71/80 MP: 36/36 25377 | Lair:7 | Reached skill level 5 in Long Blades 25570 | Lair:8 | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts 26008 | Lair:8 | Noticed Maud 26016 | Lair:8 | Killed Maud 26303 | Lair:8 | Noticed Nergalle 26313 | Lair:8 | Killed Nergalle 26477 | Lair:8 | Found a viscous altar of Jiyva. 26477 | Lair:8 | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits. 28178 | Orc:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines 28191 | Orc:1 | Noticed Snorg 28203 | Orc:1 | Killed Snorg 28425 | Orc:1 | Noticed Joseph 28425 | Orc:1 | Offered knowledge of Lightning Bolt by Vehumet. 28426 | Orc:1 | Killed Joseph 28644 | Orc:1 | Noticed Dowan 28645 | Orc:1 | Killed Dowan 28714 | Orc:1 | Noticed Duvessa 28716 | Orc:1 | Killed Duvessa 28852 | Orc:2 | Noticed Josephine 28852 | Orc:2 | Noticed Sonja 28862 | Orc:2 | Killed Sonja 28864 | Orc:2 | Killed Josephine 28864 | Orc:2 | Reached skill level 15 in Conjurations 29191 | Orc:2 | Noticed Maurice 29215 | Orc:2 | Noticed Erica 29217 | Orc:2 | Killed Maurice 29223 | Orc:2 | Killed Erica 29587 | Orc:3 | Found Vuonogguimn's Armour Shoppe. 30326 | Orc:2 | Offered knowledge of Bolt of Fire by Vehumet. 30349 | Orc:2 | Learned a level 6 spell: Bolt of Fire 30518 | Orc:4 | Entered Level 4 of the Orcish Mines 30967 | Orc:4 | Found Prerag's Assorted Antiques. 30984 | Orc:4 | Found Abuin's Assorted Antiques. 31265 | Orc:4 | Reached XP level 15. HP: 86/86 MP: 37/39 31279 | Orc:4 | Offered knowledge of Delayed Fireball by Vehumet. 31288 | Orc:4 | Learned a level 7 spell: Delayed Fireball 31512 | Orc:4 | Reached skill level 15 in Spellcasting 31549 | Orc:4 | Found Cuzaon's Gadget Shop. 31549 | Orc:4 | Found Gemanan's Distillery. 31553 | Orc:4 | Found Plunuyzu's Assorted Antiques. 31585 | Orc:4 | Found Jecw's Antique Armour Emporium. 31762 | Orc:3 | Found a staircase to the Elven Halls. 32137 | Orc:4 | Bought a crude diamond amulet for 145 gold pieces 32139 | Orc:4 | Identified the amulet "Soda" {Faith +Blink rN+ Dex+3} (You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Orcish Mines) 32193 | Orc:3 | Bought the -1 leather armour "Xocemoho" {+Fly rElec rPois SInv} for 236 gold pieces 32511 | Temple | Learned a level 7 spell: Orb of Destruction 32518 | Temple | Learned a level 6 spell: Haste 32965 | D:12 | Reached skill level 1 in Charms 34088 | D:13 | Reached skill level 5 in Charms 34525 | D:13 | Offered knowledge of Conjure Ball Lightning by Vehumet. 34671 | D:13 | Found a portal to a secret trove of treasure. 35434 | D:14 | Found a gate to the Vaults. 35434 | D:14 | Noticed Rupert 35434 | D:14 | Noticed Donald 36171 | D:14 | Killed Donald 36171 | D:14 | Reached skill level 10 in Charms 36434 | D:14 | Got a slimy shield {Donald} 36482 | D:14 | Identified the cursed +0 shield "Ixucih" {Dex-3 Int+1} (You took it off Donald on level 14 of the Dungeon) 36883 | D:14 | Killed Rupert 36883 | D:14 | Reached skill level 16 in Spellcasting 37605 | D:15 | Entered Level 15 of the Dungeon 38456 | D:15 | Reached skill level 17 in Spellcasting 39031 | D:15 | Reached XP level 16. HP: 92/92 MP: 21/41 39507 | D:15 | Found a staircase to the Depths. 39516 | Depths:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Depths 40403 | Spider:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Spider Nest 40761 | Spider:1 | Noticed Roxanne 40783 | Spider:1 | Noticed Aizul 40796 | Spider:1 | Killed Aizul 41842 | Spider:2 | Noticed Norris 41843 | Spider:2 | Paralysed by Norris for 3 turns 41849 | Spider:2 | Killed Norris 41967 | Spider:2 | Got an iridescent war axe 41968 | Spider:2 | Identified the +8 war axe of Rasep {pain, -Cast rF+ rC+ rN+} (You found it on level 2 of the Spider Nest) 42183 | Spider:2 | Offered knowledge of Lehudib's Crystal Spear by Vehumet. 42183 | Spider:2 | Offered knowledge of Fire Storm by Vehumet. 42183 | Spider:2 | Offered knowledge of Tornado by Vehumet. 42795 | Spider:2 | Reached skill level 10 in Shields 43188 | Spider:2 | Noticed Jorgrun 43270 | Spider:2 | Killed Jorgrun 46217 | Spider:4 | Reached XP level 17. HP: 96/96 MP: 41/41 47030 | Spider:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Spider Nest 47495 | Spider:5 | Reached skill level 15 in Fire Magic 49026 | Spider:5 | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations 49437 | Spider:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Evocations 50171 | Spider:5 | Got a gossamer rune of Zot Action | 1- 3 | 4- 6 | 7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-18 || total -------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++------- Melee: Short sword | 22 | 12 | | 184 | | || 218 War axe | | | | 28 | | || 28 Scimitar | | | | 4 | | || 4 Demon blade | | | | 32 | 377 | 125 || 534 Throw: Stone | 1 | | | | | || 1 Cast: Flame Tongue | 74 | 117 | 191 | 478 | 232 | 10 || 1102 Conjure Flame | | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | || 13 Sticky Flame | | 6 | 15 | 66 | 86 | 36 || 209 Fireball | | | 32 | 104 | 312 | 279 || 727 Animate Skeleton | | | | 95 | 90 | 2 || 187 Inner Flame | | | | 15 | 39 | || 54 Mephitic Cloud | | | | 16 | 11 | || 27 Bolt of Draining | | | | 2 | 31 | || 33 Bolt of Fire | | | | | 42 | 70 || 112 Passwall | | | | | 1 | || 1 Delayed Fireball | | | | | 4 | 11 || 15 Haste | | | | | 4 | 10 || 14 Orb of Destructio | | | | | 3 | 4 || 7 Abil: Release Delayed F | | | | | 3 | 11 || 14 Evoke Flight | | | | | | 2 || 2 Evoke Blink | | | | | | 2 || 2 Evoke Teleport Co | | | | | | 1 || 1 Evoke: Wand | | | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 || 11 Use: Scroll | 9 | | 10 | 13 | 16 | 2 || 50 Potion | 5 | 1 | | 2 | | 1 || 9 Stab: Sleeping | 1 | | | | | 2 || 3 Distracted | | | | 2 | 4 | 1 || 7 Confused | | | | | 1 | || 1 Eat: Chunk | 4 | 12 | 23 | 45 | 63 | 40 || 187 Beef jerky | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 || 3 Fruit | | | 1 | 1 | | || 2 Pizza | | | | 1 | | || 1 Royal jelly | | | | | 1 | || 1

Saturday, 2nd August 2014, 20:13 by Siegurt

Raise dead, cast inner flame on them, send them in to do battle, watch the ensuing firestorm and cackle evilly.

Saturday, 2nd August 2014, 20:13 by KoboldLord

The Necronomicon belongs in the trash. It is almost entirely useless for your character, and also every other character you could possibly have by this point in the game. None of the spells in it are particularly likely to be useful before you've already won.

A book of necromancy is a nice find, but not a super-exciting find. Animate Skeleton is a spell you probably want to pick up immediately, since you can use it without any actual training and a collection of disposable skeletons is very useful to have handy. Regeneration will probably earn a place on your spell list later, although it probably isn't worth diverting xp towards it now when you have your defenses to train up and more spell power for your Fireball. The others might be worth grabbing if later drops take you that way, but probably are less desirable than at least a couple of Vehumet's upcoming gifts.

Saturday, 2nd August 2014, 20:19 by Siegurt

*eventually* learning spells like borgs and haunt and death's door is a good addition for a FE. But that's *after* you've got:

"blasty" stuff online to your satisfaction
defenses trained (that is probably fighting and dodging, and possibly sheilds in your case)
Any lower-to-mid level untility spells you want online (preferably blink, rMsl, Haste, several other possibilities)
Probably some minor investment in a melee weapon to reserve your mana fights which might be challenging

By which time you might just be ready to win. However if by that time you're not, Necronomicon has some spells which can save your butt, provided you are willing to invest enough XP in them to get it working.

But yes, definitely memorize animate skeleton, for a 0 investment, 1 MP spell, that you can turn into blockers and inner flame targets, it's highly worth it.

Saturday, 2nd August 2014, 20:38 by Sar

Well this character will have a lot of Int, so getting Borg online is probably not unimaginable even in a 3 runes game and Borg is quite good.

Saturday, 2nd August 2014, 23:29 by KoboldLord

'This character' hasn't even found the entrance to Lair yet. Any plan that involves high-level magic that depends on a non-primary magic skill is going to be a bad plan for any such character. Diverting skill training to make use of the Necronomicon is a very bad idea for absolutely any character at this point in the game.

Sunday, 3rd August 2014, 00:16 by and into

Basically I think Siegurt and KL are largely agreeing but with different points of emphasis. Don't throw that Necronomicon into lava or anything, just put it on the ground (or in temple if you are paranoid) and don't think about it for a long time. It may turn out to be useful a lot later, or maybe not, it really depends on how your character develops much later, which in turn should depend on stuff you can't really predict right now.

Anyway, in terms of immediate suggestions: Use those scrolls of identify to identify your stuff, including that wand of teleportation. Learn animate skeleton, and train dodging and only dodging until EV is around 20. Consider throwing some points into dex. Don't forget you have those 4 potions of haste if you run into a really nasty situation.

A little later on you can train a bit of necromancy and charms and get regeneration and can also consider upgrading animate skeleton to animate dead.

Sunday, 3rd August 2014, 05:08 by fisheye

Good advice all, thanks!

I learned the Animate Skeleton and it allowed me to clear a Bailey on the next level. My horde of skeleton orcs held back and weakened the enemies just enough that I didn't have to flee. Vehumet granted me Mephitic Cloud, and I'm going to get Inner Flame, this plus skellies should be a solid combo for the early levels.

Sunday, 3rd August 2014, 14:07 by Sar

Well I certainly didn't mean this character should change skill priority right now. Having Borg available is just something you can keep in mind for later.

Friday, 15th August 2014, 05:58 by fisheye

Managed to clear Lair, Orc, Spider and dove to D:16 turning back at the entrance of Depths. Not sure which branch to explore next. Unfortunately all my newbie mucking around with skills has left Conj and Fire somewhat underdeveloped for Firestorm, so I'm trying to train that ASAP.

Friday, 15th August 2014, 09:52 by Sprucery

I'd do Shoals next. Use invisibility on the last level. You must have better armour somewhere than that -1 leather. If you really want to use that shield, get 15 Shields skill (I suppose no ego bucklers are around). That weapon is nice, train more weapon skill. There's no hurry for Fire Storm.

Friday, 15th August 2014, 18:21 by fisheye

Thanks Sprucery!

I have some +2 robes of MR, cold and fire resist respectively, it's not much but is better than that -1 randart which I was wearing only for the needed rPois in Spider's Nest.

I underestimated the amount of effort to get a no-fails medium shield, rN is pointless at this stage so I'm probably going to switch to my egoless +2 buckler. But I do have 10 shields skill already so I'm undecided on that. Probably carry both and see which feels safer.

I do have invis in a spellbook in my stash, I'll go memorize that and let you all know how it turns out!

Friday, 15th August 2014, 21:50 by tasonir

A medium shield is usually worth it for a lot of characters at some point, it's just that that point is typically pretty late in the game because there's a lot of things that are worth more. If you've already invested some in it, I'd say finish it off at some point, but don't rush it. Assuming you're a few levels past the 17 when you posted, it may be getting towards that point. You might want to finish up training long blades for the demon blade first, though.

Saturday, 16th August 2014, 13:50 by fisheye

Shoals was cleared easily, except for one sticky spot where I went haste to escape while invis and I didn't realize that you can actively gain more contam if you spend time while hasted and invis. Got a -2 penalty to int, on one hand it was an unnecessary newbie mistake, on the other hand, it could have been worse, and now I have learned not to mix haste and invis. I do have one potion of cure mutation but I'm saving it until I get a really crippling mutation. I've found the lajatang of order, (+7, silver, rMut) so I'm considering using that while fighting baddies that can give me mutations.

Considering that I can't mix Haste and Invis, I'm a little underwhelmed by Invis, so I'm considering swapping it out for another spell.

Still no rCorr, so no choice but on to vaults 1-4.

Saturday, 16th August 2014, 15:54 by Hurkyl

Do you need rCorr?

Saturday, 16th August 2014, 21:00 by fisheye

YASD in slime:2, kicking butt with no slimes near me, then suddenly paralyzed at range by orb of eyes with a amulet of stasis in my pack that I had no idea defended against paralysis, I thought my amulet of clarity prevented that since it's a mind-affecting effect. With no rCorr I could not survive 6 turns of standing flatfooted with no EV. How could you remember all these rules... goddammit all to hell.

Ok, I'm done with this game for another year.

Saturday, 16th August 2014, 21:13 by Magipi

Paralysis is just stupid. It should be removed from the game.

Saturday, 16th August 2014, 21:29 by Turukano

fisheye wrote:YASD in slime:2, kicking butt with no slimes near me, then suddenly paralyzed at range by orb of eyes with a amulet of stasis in my pack that I had no idea defended against paralysis, I thought my amulet of clarity prevented that since it's a mind-affecting effect. With no rCorr I could not survive 6 turns of standing flatfooted with no EV. How could you remember all these rules... goddammit all to hell.

Ok, I'm done with this game for another year.

My condolences.

*******

When you start a new game (next year, next month, next week or tomorrow) keep in mind that the slime pits are much harder than the other lair branches.

Amulet switching is at least very useful if not vital here. Besides a source of rC+ vs azure jellies I like to have the following items:

amulet of rCorr as standard amulet - prevents from acid damage
amulet of rMut vs shining eyes - prevents from malmutations
amulet of clarity vs golden eyes - prevents from confusion
amulet of stasis vs orb of eyes / giant eyeballs - prevents from paralysis

Note that high magic resistance will often protect you from confusion or paralysis but not from paralysis by giant eyeballs afaik.

Yes, crawl is a very complex and tough game!

Saturday, 16th August 2014, 23:22 by skyspire

I don't understand why you even went to slime in the first place. If all you want is your first win, then it's simple - avoid Slime, Crypt, Elf, Abyss, Pandemonium and Hells. Your problem was not with your amulets, the problem was that you were there too early.

Even experienced players don't go there until after Vaults, and often after crypt/enchanted forest/ elf because those are often considered easier branches (depending on your equipment).

But I understand temptation was too great and you wanted to try out your lajatang of silver and rMut.

Saturday, 16th August 2014, 23:51 by Sprucery

Just a note: Enchanted Forest doesn't exist.

Sunday, 17th August 2014, 00:01 by skyspire

Wtf they removed Enchanted Forest from trunk, that sucks.. I liked that new branch. It was supposed to happen for .14. I guess I was away too long. I hope they bring it back.

Sunday, 17th August 2014, 00:14 by fisheye

I wasn't tempted to do anything - I wasn't desperately lacking any gear and I had all the spells I needed for endgame. I literally thought that was the right order of difficulty. I'd facerolled all over lair, orc, D:15, spider, shoals, vaults1-4, and thought that slime was ok at that point.

Skyspire is right, I should not have been in there so early with a blasty character like that. There's a huge risk of waking up at least 2 of the 3 types of lethal risks without being able to take them down instantly, at which point it's checkmate no matter how many amulets were in my backpack.

On hindsight I should have done depths, then vaults 5 then zot and skipped slime altogether. Now I know why there's a giant pile of treasure at the bottom (peeked in there in wizmode once)