Does anyone else find this . . . _*EXTRAORDINARY*_??!!
Posted: Monday, 11th August 2014, 14:05
I'm not bragging. (Well, maybe a little. ) But I find this . . . _EXTRAORDINARY_. . . .
A version 11, 15 *FELID* rune win, no deaths.
(!!!!)
The battle with the Royal Jelly was EPIC. Lich-form, followed by _4_ scrolls of torment, freezing cloud whilst it hid behind its summons, and a whole lotta' iron shots flyin'. I lost my last long-lasting felid in the slime pits, so this was most rewarding.
Cerebov was . . . wow. I entered _right_ into his throne room. I read a scroll of teleport---and then had to cast death's door, waiting for it to kick in. I kicked him in the shins, just for good measure. Take that! --And that goes for your dog, too!
Then I ended up being teleported into one of his "treasure rooms." After about 100 (!) attempts to Lee's Rapid Deconstruction, I seriously wondered, just _HOW_ I was going to get out.. (I was wondering if I was going to have to let myself starve to DEATH---to "spawn" somewhere else. . . . Ya' can't controlled blink out either. I tried---repeatedly.) I found I had another scroll of teleportation---and the level was kind enough to provide me with a few more, once I got out.
Once we got to it for real, it was . . . an AMAZING fight, me repeatedly controlled blinking out of his fire storm, hasted statue form, (potion of) might, (potion of) dexterity. . . .
Un-BELIEVEABLE:
You are engulfed in flames.
_The fire vortex dissipates!
You scratch Cerebov but do no damage.
_Cerebov is almost dead.
You eviscerate Cerebov!!! You claw Cerebov!!
_You kill Cerebov!
Gehanna for last:
You maul Asmodeus!!!
You kill Asmodeus!
(I was in dragon form.)
I almost couldn't BELIEVE it---15 runes, no deaths. Took me about 6 _months_.
My advice: DON'T play felids. They're *EVIL*.
If ya' do. . . .
-venom mage is the only really viable option (I had a berserker clear the vaults, once---but no magic, as a felid, means NO distance attacks. . . . Think about that. (!))
-A "*" on training for fighting, unarmed combat, and dodging. (Did a LOT better, once I started training dodging (Makes sense---as they're a "dodging character. . . .")---first one fifteenth level, second on splatted spectacularly (seriously---by a BAT (!!!!) I mean, a hobgoblin did most of the work, but still. . . .), the third one made it to Cocytus 7.
-Find some other form of magical attack, besides poison: throw icicle, animated skeleton, SOMETHING
-Later, move on to transfigurations. Felids have good offensive combat abilities---it's just SUICIDAL, to try and use them. With statue form and haste, though--and a LOT of care (!!)--one can clear vaults, though.
-Next, necromutation.
-Then alternate between cruising in lich-form, then a hasted statue form for the big battles---and deaths door, when they go south. (I honestly wasn't sure if I was going to be able to do this at ALL---until I took out my second pandemonium lord. . . .)
-Finally, conjurations, and for Gehanna (I always save for last.), dragon form.
For the first time, I didn't empty Cerebov's vaults, whilst there (no shatter). I also left all the vaults in Tartarus (TOO dangerous (!!))---and I didn't map out all of Gehanna 7 (also a first).
Well, there you have it.
Oh. I found an exploitable bug. Drink from a fountain of blood, move off-screen, and forget level ("X" "cntrl-F" confirm). When ya' come back, it will be refilled. A carnivore can build up infinite nutrition this way, say in Pandemonium. . . .
--TPV
A version 11, 15 *FELID* rune win, no deaths.
(!!!!)
The battle with the Royal Jelly was EPIC. Lich-form, followed by _4_ scrolls of torment, freezing cloud whilst it hid behind its summons, and a whole lotta' iron shots flyin'. I lost my last long-lasting felid in the slime pits, so this was most rewarding.
Cerebov was . . . wow. I entered _right_ into his throne room. I read a scroll of teleport---and then had to cast death's door, waiting for it to kick in. I kicked him in the shins, just for good measure. Take that! --And that goes for your dog, too!
Then I ended up being teleported into one of his "treasure rooms." After about 100 (!) attempts to Lee's Rapid Deconstruction, I seriously wondered, just _HOW_ I was going to get out.. (I was wondering if I was going to have to let myself starve to DEATH---to "spawn" somewhere else. . . . Ya' can't controlled blink out either. I tried---repeatedly.) I found I had another scroll of teleportation---and the level was kind enough to provide me with a few more, once I got out.
Once we got to it for real, it was . . . an AMAZING fight, me repeatedly controlled blinking out of his fire storm, hasted statue form, (potion of) might, (potion of) dexterity. . . .
Un-BELIEVEABLE:
You are engulfed in flames.
_The fire vortex dissipates!
You scratch Cerebov but do no damage.
_Cerebov is almost dead.
You eviscerate Cerebov!!! You claw Cerebov!!
_You kill Cerebov!
Gehanna for last:
You maul Asmodeus!!!
You kill Asmodeus!
(I was in dragon form.)
I almost couldn't BELIEVE it---15 runes, no deaths. Took me about 6 _months_.
My advice: DON'T play felids. They're *EVIL*.
If ya' do. . . .
-venom mage is the only really viable option (I had a berserker clear the vaults, once---but no magic, as a felid, means NO distance attacks. . . . Think about that. (!))
-A "*" on training for fighting, unarmed combat, and dodging. (Did a LOT better, once I started training dodging (Makes sense---as they're a "dodging character. . . .")---first one fifteenth level, second on splatted spectacularly (seriously---by a BAT (!!!!) I mean, a hobgoblin did most of the work, but still. . . .), the third one made it to Cocytus 7.
-Find some other form of magical attack, besides poison: throw icicle, animated skeleton, SOMETHING
-Later, move on to transfigurations. Felids have good offensive combat abilities---it's just SUICIDAL, to try and use them. With statue form and haste, though--and a LOT of care (!!)--one can clear vaults, though.
-Next, necromutation.
-Then alternate between cruising in lich-form, then a hasted statue form for the big battles---and deaths door, when they go south. (I honestly wasn't sure if I was going to be able to do this at ALL---until I took out my second pandemonium lord. . . .)
-Finally, conjurations, and for Gehanna (I always save for last.), dragon form.
For the first time, I didn't empty Cerebov's vaults, whilst there (no shatter). I also left all the vaults in Tartarus (TOO dangerous (!!))---and I didn't map out all of Gehanna 7 (also a first).
Well, there you have it.
Oh. I found an exploitable bug. Drink from a fountain of blood, move off-screen, and forget level ("X" "cntrl-F" confirm). When ya' come back, it will be refilled. A carnivore can build up infinite nutrition this way, say in Pandemonium. . . .
--TPV