Cocytus Succeeder
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Joined: Saturday, 14th April 2012, 21:35
Sunday, 17th August 2014, 13:12
CiP KoAs - angry acupuncture
Been so long since I played crawl (or visited the forums). But I had some time today and got this guy started up:
The big discovery for me was the sheer power of the blowgun (with the humble poison needle). Normally seeing a single sleeping yak is horrible for a non-invis, non-hexing stealth guy - you know there's a pack and if any of them spot you they yell to bring everyone on you. But they never yell when a needle (doesn't matter which) wakes them up. This means you can silently pull them one by one so long as you pass the stealth check once - much easier than passing it several times to sneak up on them in the open. Confusion needles were a life saver when I saw Fannar next to a yeller pack: wake him up with confusion, rain poison on him while he wanders away from the yellers, walk away and wait for him to die.
My skills are a little weird - I may die to bad EXP distribution later on (especially as the main Dungeon is shortened). But a D:2 Trog altar has been generous on me thus far - I get amazing Oh No buttons for zero EXP expenditure. Heck, I wouldn't have dared spread myself this thin if it wasn't for early Trog and being a Kobold. Here in the midgame, I enjoy being a ranged machine with blowgun, sling, crossbow and rods. Love how the new skill synergy system means I get token sling skill for free.
Edit: Trog just gifted me a +9 qBlade. On Lair:6.
- Code:
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.15-a0-2251-ga3f1385 (tiles) character file.
Nezumi the Covert (Kobold Assassin) Turns: 23718, Time: 02:16:59
HP 74/74 AC 13 Str 10 XL: 13 Next: 72%
MP 26/26 EV 29 Int 9 God: Trog [*****.]
Gold 481 SH 0 Dex 25 Spells: 0 memorised, 12 levels left
rFire . . . SeeInvis . b - +1 arbalest (velocity)
rCold . . . Clarity . n - +0 steam dragon armour
rNeg . . . rCorr . (no shield)
rPois + rRot . u - +1 helmet
rElec . Spirit . U - +0 cloak {rPois}
SustAb . Warding . x - +0 pair of gloves
rMut . Stasis . (no boots)
Gourm . N - amulet of faith
MR ..... Q - ring "Cyezishru" {AC+3 Dex+3}
y - ring of stealth
@: not resistant to hostile enchantments, extraordinarily stealthy
A: carnivore 3
a: Burn Spellbooks, Berserk, Trog's Hand, Brothers in Arms, Renounce Religion
You are on level 2 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Trog.
Trog is extremely pleased with you.
You are very full.
You have visited 3 branches of the dungeon, and seen 17 of its levels.
You have also visited: Labyrinth and Ice Cave.
You have collected 1090 gold pieces.
You have spent 609 gold pieces at shops.
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (12/15) Temple (1/1) D:6 Orc (0/4) D:11
Lair (4/8) D:8
Swamp: Lair:3-6 Shoals: Lair:3-6 Snake: Lair:3-6 Spider: Lair:3-6
Annotations:
D:12 exclusion: 2 upstairs, Erolcha
Skills:
- Level 6.0 Fighting
- Level 12.0 Short Blades
- Level 10.7 Crossbows
- Level 10.0 Throwing
- Level 3.0 Armour
- Level 12.1 Dodging
- Level 13.5 Stealth
+ Level 9.8 Evocations
You have 12 spell levels left.
You don't know any spells.
Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations
You are small and have problems with some larger weapons.
You are carnivorous and can eat meat at any time.
Inventory:
Hand weapons
a - a +3 dagger of venom
b - a +1 arbalest of velocity (weapon)
c - the +1 blowgun of Peace {speed, rElec rPois}
(You found it in a labyrinth)
Attacks with this weapon are significantly faster.
It insulates you from electricity.
It protects you from poison.
d - a +0 hunting sling of flaming
g - a +0 scimitar of flaming
Missiles
e - 48 poisoned needles
l - 88 sling bullets
p - 81 bolts (quivered)
L - 7 curare-tipped needles
P - 5 needles of confusion
T - 9 needles of slowing
Armour
n - a +0 steam dragon armour (worn)
u - a +1 helmet (worn)
x - a +0 pair of gloves (worn)
U - a +0 cloak of poison resistance (worn)
Magical devices
f - a wand of teleportation {zapped: 1}
o - a wand of polymorph {zapped: 4}
q - a wand of frost {zapped: 1}
I - a wand of random effects {zapped: 1}
S - a wand of draining {zapped: 2}
Comestibles
m - 3 slices of pizza
Scrolls
r - 2 scrolls of blinking
v - 2 scrolls of magic mapping
w - 3 scrolls of fear
z - 14 scrolls of remove curse
E - 10 scrolls of teleportation
G - a scroll of fog
Jewellery
y - a ring of stealth (left hand)
B - an uncursed ring of magical power
D - the ring of the Traitor {SInv Stlth-}
(You took it off a minotaur in a labyrinth)
[ring of loudness]
It enhances your eyesight.
It makes you less stealthy.
K - an uncursed ring of flight
N - an amulet of faith (around neck)
Q - the ring "Cyezishru" (right hand) {AC+3 Dex+3}
(You found it in a labyrinth)
[ring of protection]
It affects your AC (+3).
It affects your dexterity (+3).
Potions
j - 5 potions of curing
k - 3 potions of haste
t - 4 potions of heal wounds
M - a potion of berserk rage
O - a potion of resistance
Y - a green potion
Z - a yellow potion
Books
X - a book of Debilitation
Miscellaneous
i - a lantern of shadows
Rods
A - a -1 rod of ignition (13/13)
(You took it off a minotaur in a labyrinth)
F - a +5 rod of ignition (12/12)
(You found it in a labyrinth)
Action | 1- 3 | 4- 6 | 7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Dagger | 81 | 102 | 245 | 781 | 151 || 1360
Short sword | | | | 64 | || 64
Scimitar | | | | 27 | 71 || 98
Fire: Blowgun | 21 | 35 | 104 | 216 | 36 || 412
Hunting sling | | 42 | 29 | 186 | 75 || 332
Arbalest | | | | 26 | 90 || 116
Throw: Stone | 11 | 11 | 3 | | || 25
Tomahawk | | | 1 | 33 | || 34
Invok: Berserk | | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 || 14
Brothers in Arms | | | | 6 | 1 || 7
Evoke: Wand | | | 15 | 5 | 4 || 24
Rod | | | | | 4 || 4
Use: Scroll | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | || 25
Potion | | 1 | | 1 | 1 || 3
Stab: Sleeping | 6 | 28 | 34 | 74 | 15 || 157
Distracted | 2 | | 1 | 15 | 1 || 19
Confused | | | 8 | 9 | 1 || 18
Eat: Chunk | 4 | 8 | 24 | 44 | 17 || 97
My skills are a little weird - I may die to bad EXP distribution later on (especially as the main Dungeon is shortened). But a D:2 Trog altar has been generous on me thus far - I get amazing Oh No buttons for zero EXP expenditure. Heck, I wouldn't have dared spread myself this thin if it wasn't for early Trog and being a Kobold. Here in the midgame, I enjoy being a ranged machine with blowgun, sling, crossbow and rods. Love how the new skill synergy system means I get token sling skill for free.
Edit: Trog just gifted me a +9 qBlade. On Lair:6.