Slime Squisher
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Joined: Monday, 8th December 2014, 10:31
Location: Sweedledome
Tuesday, 16th December 2014, 12:45
YASD: MuNe^Ash
This one was kinda upsetting. Finally got a mummy into a strong position, didn't find agony when I really wanted it, but managed to get him bound with Ash, short blades to minimum and strong stealth. Fortunate to hit the Ash altar up on D2, early Ash makes an enormous difference.
Was working really quite well as a stabber in the lair and orc mines, at least when I remembered to tell my shuffling minions to hang back (i think zombies make more noise than me? or I wasnt quite as stealthy as I thought).
Also came up with a method for defeating big hitter packs like elephants and DYaks, joined frontline with the zombie horde and dealt out stabs as foes got distracted. When the hits slipped through I healed them off with Vampiric. For real nasties like hydras I tended to face-tank with Vampiric Draining, which held my life steady and meant the race was his HP vs my MP. All good.
Didnt find my first rF pip until the volcano popped in the Lair, bit the bullet and went in rF-, fortunately it was the undead themed volcano and I was able to charm the skulls and vampires and swipe a little loot. Hit the Ice Cave further down the Lair but got the Fiend layout. A necro stabber with a +0 poison dagger is NOT set for demons, fled that one promptly. Bottom floor of Orc I scored a +4 pain dagger and began to cackle, headed back to Dungeon to clear to 15, but tragedy strikes immediately on 11.
The real tragedy is that I knew Nessos was there, I'd spotted him before I went for Lair/Orc and flagged him as a serious threat with lbow and wand of flame. Fed him an army of zombies to distract him long enough to slip into Orc Having leveled up significantly and acquired my base rF I thought I could handle him, but haste and blink meant I couldnt bring him into range of Vampiric Drain/pain dagger and he sniped me down (no buckler had yet spawned, which sucks a little vs such a ludicrously fast bowman).
Distraught I am...
With all this aside (I killed myself here, engaging a seriously quick enemy while wearing stasis was suicidal as a mummy, I have no other escape avenues and no heals, but that amulet was awesome otherwise). Was I heading the right direction for a stabber necro? I've not tried playing with EV as a primary defense but was quite pleased with how it was working. Once I was cursed Ash began boosting my dodge and stealth which was nice, I stacked as much slay as I could find to assist my weenie dagger (though pois/pain was doing most of the damage). Being so light armored did mean that when I did eat a hit in melee they were big scary chunks, but that vampiric drain is a great spell once you get it powered up for face-tanking such damage.
Anything I did glaringly wrong? Should I have eased off on the necro training for stronger melee/dodge? I didnt have any high powered necro spells to cast, the extra levels were just powering Vampiric Drain (obviously more necro is win with the pain blade, but I got that right before I died, cleared to lair 8 and orc 4 with the +0 poison dagger.)
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.16-a0-3178-g2c88c44 (webtiles) character file.
67349 celem the Reanimator (level 14, -9/109 HPs)
Began as a Mummy Necromancer on Dec 15, 2014.
Was a High Priest of Ashenzari.
Shot with a poisoned arrow by Nessos (17 damage)
... on level 11 of the Dungeon on Dec 16, 2014.
The game lasted 04:29:29 (38639 turns).
celem the Reanimator (Mummy Necromancer) Turns: 38639, Time: 04:29:29
Health: -9/109 AC: 18 Str: 20 XL: 14 Next: 82%
Magic: 22/26 EV: 23 Int: 20 God: Ashenzari [*****.]
Gold: 2679 SH: 0 Dex: 17 Spells: 8 memorised, 4 levels left
rFire . . . SeeInvis + P - +4 dagger (pain) (curse)
rCold + + . Clarity + B - +7 leather armour of Filth {Slay+3} (curse)
rNeg + + + SustAb . (no shield)
rPois ∞ Gourm . J - +1 hat of Gluttony {rF+ Slay+4} (curse)
rElec . Spirit . t - +1 cloak (curse)
rCorr . Warding . D - +2 pair of gloves {Str+3} (curse)
rMut . Stasis + j - +0 pair of boots {Stlth+} (curse)
MR ++... g - amulet "Shreinea" {Stasis Str+3 Int+1 Dex+3 Slay+2}
Stlth ++++++.... m - +4 ring of intelligence (curse)
C - ring "Mausadoa" {rC+ MR+ Str+2} (curse)
@: very resistant to hostile enchantments, very stealthy
A: no food or potions, fire vulnerability, in touch with death, restore body,
cold resistance 1, negative energy resistance 3, poison resistance, torment
resistance, unbreathing
a: Self-Restoration, Scrying, Transfer Knowledge, Renounce Religion
You were on level 11 of the Dungeon.
You worshipped Ashenzari.
Ashenzari was extremely pleased with you.
You were not hungry.
You visited 4 branches of the dungeon, and saw 24 of its levels.
You also visited: Bailey, Ice Cave and Volcano.
You collected 2931 gold pieces.
You spent 252 gold pieces at shops.
Inventory:
Hand weapons
h - a +4 dagger
o - a +0 short sword of distortion
s - a +0 blowgun
E - a +0 dagger of venom
L - a +2 falchion of slicing
M - a +1 short sword of electrocution
P - a cursed +4 dagger of pain (weapon)
Y - a +2 scimitar of flaming
Missiles
l - 108 poisoned needles
u - 53 tomahawks (quivered)
A - 10 curare-tipped needles
N - 2 needles of sleeping
R - a throwing net
Armour
j - a cursed +0 pair of boots of stealth (worn)
t - a cursed +1 cloak (worn)
B - the cursed +7 leather armour of Filth (worn) {Slay+3}
(You found it on level 7 of the Dungeon)
It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
(+3).
It has a curse placed upon it.
D - a cursed +2 pair of gloves of strength (worn)
J - the cursed +1 hat of Gluttony (worn) {rF+ Slay+4}
(You bought it in a shop on level 2 of the Orcish Mines)
It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
(+4).
It protects you from fire.
It has a curse placed upon it.
O - a +1 robe of the Archmagi
T - a +0 hat of fire resistance
Jewellery
f - an uncursed ring of invisibility
g - the amulet "Shreinea" (around neck) {Stasis Str+3 Int+1 Dex+3 Slay+2}
(You found it in a bailey)
[amulet of stasis]
It prevents you from being teleported, slowed, hasted or paralysed.
It affects your strength (+3).
It affects your intelligence (+1).
It affects your dexterity (+3).
It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
(+2).
k - an uncursed ring of stealth
m - a cursed +4 ring of intelligence (right hand)
v - an uncursed ring of ice
C - the cursed ring "Mausadoa" (left hand) {rC+ MR+ Str+2}
(You found it on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts)
[ring of protection from magic]
It affects your strength (+2).
It protects you from cold.
It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
It has a curse placed upon it.
Magical devices
d - a wand of enslavement (0)
G - a wand of paralysis (4)
Scrolls
a - 2 scrolls of curse armour
c - a scroll of immolation {unknown}
e - a scroll of teleportation
p - 3 scrolls of magic mapping
q - a scroll of holy word {unknown}
r - 4 scrolls of blinking
w - 3 scrolls of curse jewellery
x - 3 scrolls of curse weapon
y - 5 scrolls of fog
z - a scroll of vulnerability {unknown}
H - 2 scrolls of torment
I - 2 scrolls of fear
K - 2 scrolls of enchant weapon {unknown}
U - 2 scrolls of remove curse
Books
b - a book of Necromancy
Spells Type Level
a - Pain Necromancy 1
b - Animate Skeleton Necromancy 1
c - Vampiric Draining Necromancy 3
d - Regeneration Charms/Necromancy 3
e - Animate Dead Necromancy 4
f - Control Undead Necromancy 4
n - a book of Unlife
Spells Type Level
a - Recall Summoning/Translocation 3
b - Animate Dead Necromancy 4
c - Control Undead Necromancy 4
d - Cigotuvi's Embrace Necromancy 5
e - Death Channel Necromancy 6
f - Simulacrum Ice/Necromancy 6
F - a book of the Sky
Spells Type Level
a - Flight Charms/Air 3
b - Airstrike Air 4
c - Silence Hexes/Air 5
d - Deflect Missiles Charms/Air 6
e - Conjure Ball Lightning Conjuration/Air 6
f - Tornado Air 9
Q - a book of Debilitation
Spells Type Level
a - Corona Hexes 1
b - Slow Hexes 2
c - Inner Flame Hexes/Fire 3
d - Enslavement Hexes 4
e - Cause Fear Hexes 4
f - Leda's Liquefaction Hexes/Earth 4
Miscellaneous
i - a fan of gales (inert, charging)
Skills:
+ Level 9.8 Fighting
- Level 7.9(11.9) Short Blades
- Level 5.0 Armour
* Level 11.6(15.3) Dodging
+ Level 7.8(11.8) Stealth
+ Level 5.1 Spellcasting
- Level 2.0(4.0) Hexes
- Level 2.1(4.2) Summonings
+ Level 13.7(15.9) Necromancy
- Level 2.4(4.5) Translocations
- Level 2.2(4.3) Evocations
You had 4 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:
Your Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger
a - Pain Necr #### 0% 1 N/A
b - Animate Skeleton Necr N/A 0% 1 N/A
c - Control Undead Necr #######... 1% 4 N/A
d - Vampiric Draining Necr #######... 1% 3 N/A
e - Animate Dead Necr N/A 1% 4 N/A
f - Corona Hex ###.... 2% 1 N/A
g - Slow Hex ###..... 3% 2 N/A
h - Recall Summ/Tloc N/A 8% 3 N/A
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (11/15) Temple (1/1) D:7 Lair (8/8) D:9
Swamp (0/5) Lair:3 Snake (0/5) Lair:3 Slime (0/6) Lair:6
Orc (4/4) D:11 Elf (0/3) Orc:3
Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Dithmenos
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Gozag
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Qazlal
Ru
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One
Beogh
Jiyva
Shops:
Orc:2 [ Orc:4 :!!%
Annotations:
D:4 phantom, some needles near siggy, Sigmund
D:7 check upstairs below
D:8 Joseph loose
D:11 !nessos wand and bow of flame, Gruesome's ghost, powerful OpMo; Nessos
Lair:4 vamp
Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations
You do not eat or drink.
Your flesh is vulnerable to fire.
You are in touch with the powers of death.
You can restore your body by infusing magical energy.
Your flesh is cold resistant.
You are immune to negative energy.
Your system is resistant to poisons.
You are immune to unholy pain and torment.
You can survive without breathing.
Message History
Your yak skeleton gores Nessos but does no damage.
Nessos shoots a poisoned arrow.
The poisoned arrow hits your yak skeleton!!
The poisoned arrow burns your yak skeleton!
Your yak skeleton is destroyed!
Your air elemental hits Nessos. Nessos shoots a poisoned arrow.
The poisoned arrow hits you!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The poisoned arrow burns you.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You see here a poisoned arrow.
Casting: Vampiric Draining
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Aiming: Pain
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f/p - Nessos
Aim: Nessos, wielding a longbow of flaming, wearing a centaur barding, quivering 4 poisoned arrows and carrying a wand of flame {zapped: 21} (heavily wounded, fast)
You feel a surge of power! Nessos convulses in agony!
Your air elemental hits Nessos. Nessos shoots a poisoned arrow.
The poisoned arrow hits you!
You die...
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You could see Nessos, a friendly air elemental and a friendly yak zombie.
Vanquished Creatures
An orc warlord (Orc:4)
A hydra (Lair:6)
Erica (Lair:2)
7 death yaks
3 orc high priests
2 catoblepae (Lair:8)
An unseen horror (D:10)
A hill giant (D:11)
3 orc knights
7 orc sorcerers (Orc:4)
2 griffons
Maurice (Orc:2)
11 elephants
Joseph (D:10)
3 black mambas
A queen ant (D:10)
A torpor snail (Lair:4)
A gargoyle (D:9)
9 spiny frogs
4 fire drakes
A blue devil (IceCv)
6 trolls
8 komodo dragons
Sonja (Orc:2)
A two-headed ogre (D:11)
19 blink frogs
A flying skull (Lair:4)
A wraith (D:11)
A vampire (Lair:4)
A spriggan (D:8)
A hill giant zombie (D:11)
A human (D:7)
39 yaks
2 hungry ghosts
6 hippogriffs
16 soldier ants
A vampire mosquito (Lair:3)
6 wargs
A mottled dragon (Lair:6)
10 water moccasins
4 wolves
6 ice beasts
9 porcupines
19 orc warriors
2 eyes of draining
A black bear (D:10)
A yellow wasp (D:11)
A sky beast (D:10)
2 phantoms
A boring beetle (Lair:6)
6 crocodiles
15 ogres
5 centaurs
5 big kobolds (D:8)
A wyvern zombie (D:11)
Blork the orc (D:4)
13 giant frogs
3 scorpions
An electric eel (D:10)
2 wights (D:7)
A centaur zombie (D:10)
2 goliath beetles
A giant frog zombie (D:3)
14 orc priests
3 crimson imps
Crazy Yiuf (D:2)
2 centaur skeletons (D:6)
11 hounds
A jelly (D:6)
A giant frog skeleton (D:5)
36 orc wizards
11 hell rats (Lair:1)
30 sheep
35 worker ants
4 iguanas
2 ogre zombies (D:11)
A mummy (D:10)
2 hound skeletons
55 river rats
A worker ant zombie (D:5)
4 gnolls (D:10)
21 adders
2 shadow imps
A giant mite (D:4)
6 worms
An adder zombie (D:7)
4 adder skeletons
6 giant geckos
153 orcs
A bat zombie (D:6)
5 giant cockroaches
21 hobgoblins
10 jackals
9 quokkas
5 ball pythons
14 bats
3 giant newts
A giant spore (D:9)
22 goblins
2 goblin zombies (D:11)
A hobgoblin skeleton (D:11)
A hobgoblin zombie (D:11)
16 kobolds
10 orc zombies
A quokka skeleton (D:4)
23 rats
5 ballistomycetes (D:9)
844 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
2 hydras
3 death yaks
A catoblepas (Lair:8)
An ice devil (Lair:8)
A hill giant (D:9)
An orc knight (Orc:1)
An orc sorcerer (Orc:1)
A black mamba (Lair:4)
5 elephants
2 spiny frogs (Lair:4)
3 komodo dragons
6 blink frogs
A basilisk (Lair:5)
A human (D:7)
A wraith (D:11)
2 hippogriffs
23 yaks
A hungry ghost (D:11)
3 nagas (Lair:3)
3 vampire mosquitoes (Lair:3)
5 wolves
4 water moccasins
3 wargs
5 porcupines
A phantom (D:11)
5 ice beasts
3 orc warriors (Orc:1)
2 centaurs (D:11)
2 ogres
5 crocodiles
7 giant frogs
6 wights
An electric eel (Lair:3)
A centaur zombie (D:9)
3 orc priests
6 orc wizards (Orc:4)
An iguana (D:9)
2 worker ants (D:10)
7 sheep
3 ogre zombies (D:11)
A hound skeleton (D:5)
2 mummies (Volcano)
3 adders
13 river rats
A worm (D:3)
An ooze (D:2)
42 orcs
4 goblins
4 hobgoblins
A jackal (D:10)
3 quokkas
3 bats
A giant newt (D:5)
2 goblin skeletons (D:11)
A hobgoblin skeleton (D:11)
A kobold (D:10)
2 orc zombies (D:11)
A rat (Lair:1)
A ballistomycete (D:9)
2 butterflies (Lair:8)
12 fungi
9 plants (Lair:8)
244 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (others)
The ghost of darksy the Blocker, an experienced MiFi of Okawaru (Orc:2)
2 black mamba zombies
3 spiny frog zombies
An elephant zombie (Lair:7)
4 blink frog zombies
A fire drake zombie (Lair:2)
A vampire mosquito zombie (Lair:3)
6 water moccasin zombies
A hippogriff zombie (Lair:8)
A spriggan zombie (D:8)
4 warg zombies
7 yak zombies
A yak skeleton (D:11)
3 centaur zombies
3 giant frog zombies
5 wolf zombies
A centaur skeleton (D:8)
A soldier ant zombie (D:10)
3 giant frog skeletons
4 porcupine zombies
A big kobold zombie (D:8)
2 crocodile zombies
3 ogre zombies
A sky beast zombie (D:10)
2 ogre skeletons
A hound skeleton (D:7)
A hound zombie (Lair:2)
8 worker ant zombies
7 sheep zombies
4 adder zombies
5 bat skeletons
19 river rat zombies
2 ball python skeletons
A giant gecko skeleton (D:2)
A giant spore (D:10)
3 gnoll zombies (D:10)
3 goblin skeletons
4 hobgoblin skeletons
2 hobgoblin zombies (Orc:1)
3 jackal zombies
5 kobold skeletons
4 kobold zombies (D:8)
3 orc skeletons
35 orc zombies
4 quokka zombies
2 rat skeletons
3 rat zombies (Lair:1)
11 fungi
A plant (Lair:8)
194 creatures vanquished.
Grand Total: 1282 creatures vanquished
Notes
Turn | Place | Note
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0 | D:1 | celem, the Mummy Necromancer, began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 13/13 MP: 3/3
35 | D:1 | Learned a level 1 spell: Animate Skeleton
224 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 19/19 MP: 0/5
1117 | D:2 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 24/24 MP: 2/6
1334 | D:2 | Reached skill level 1 in Short Blades
1987 | D:2 | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
1990 | D:2 | Became a worshipper of Ashenzari the Shackled
2124 | D:2 | Noticed Crazy Yiuf
2138 | D:2 | Killed Crazy Yiuf
2138 | D:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Necromancy
2138 | D:2 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 30/30 MP: 1/8
2633 | D:3 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 30/35 MP: 9/9
3393 | D:3 | Learned a level 4 spell: Control Undead
3397 | D:3 | Learned a level 3 spell: Vampiric Draining
3476 | D:4 | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
3476 | D:4 | Noticed Sigmund
3619 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
3673 | D:5 | Noticed a phantom
3707 | D:4 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 36/41 MP: 1/11
3859 | D:4 | Reached skill level 6 in Necromancy
4489 | D:4 | Noticed Blork the orc
4508 | D:4 | Killed Blork the orc
5128 | D:5 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 46/46 MP: 7/12
5438 | D:5 | Reached skill level 7 in Necromancy
5732 | D:5 | Killed an ogre
6247 | D:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Short Blades
6336 | D:6 | Found an opulent altar of Gozag.
6353 | D:6 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 46/52 MP: 14/14
6364 | D:6 | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
6445 | D:6 | Reached skill level 8 in Necromancy
6823 | D:6 | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
7190 | D:7 | Identified the +7 leather armour of Filth {Slay+3}
7201 | D:7 | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
7290 | D:7 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
7301 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
7304 | Temple | Acquired Ashenzari's first power
7731 | D:7 | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha.
7738 | D:7 | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
7785 | D:7 | Reached skill level 1 in Armour
8116 | D:7 | Reached skill level 9 in Necromancy
8244 | D:7 | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
8421 | D:8 | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
8671 | D:7 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 38/57 MP: 13/16
9350 | D:8 | Learned a level 4 spell: Animate Dead
10058 | D:8 | Reached skill level 10 in Necromancy
10073 | D:8 | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
10074 | D:8 | Noticed Joseph
10501 | D:9 | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
10939 | D:9 | Found a deep blue altar of Sif Muna.
11846 | D:9 | Reached skill level 1 in Fighting
11860 | D:9 | Reached XP level 10. HP: 44/66 MP: 7/17
12076 | D:9 | Found a staircase to the Lair.
12081 | Lair:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
12247 | D:10 | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
12527 | D:10 | Noticed a hill giant
12541 | D:9 | Killed a hill giant
13538 | D:9 | Reached skill level 11 in Necromancy
14149 | D:10 | Reached XP level 11. HP: 43/78 MP: 4/18
14182 | D:10 | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
14520 | D:10 | Killed an unseen horror
14648 | D:10 | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
14817 | D:10 | Killed Joseph
15023 | D:10 | Reached skill level 5 in Armour
15988 | Lair:1 | Acquired Ashenzari's second power
16007 | Lair:1 | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
17634 | Lair:1 | Reached skill level 12 in Necromancy
18090 | Lair:2 | Noticed Erica
18421 | Lair:3 | Noticed a seven-headed hydra
18717 | D:11 | Found a flagged portal.
18879 | Bailey | Entered a bailey
19060 | Bailey | Acquired Ashenzari's third power
19498 | Bailey | Identified the amulet "Shreinea" {Stasis Str+3 Int+1 Dex+3 Slay+2}
19738 | D:11 | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
19836 | D:11 | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
19849 | D:11 | Noticed Gruesome's ghost (powerful OpMo)
19851 | D:11 | Reached XP level 12. HP: 26/89 MP: 15/20
20694 | D:11 | Noticed Nessos
21686 | Lair:3 | Killed a seven-headed hydra
22069 | Lair:3 | Found a staircase to the Swamp.
22172 | Lair:3 | Learned a level 1 spell: Corona
22178 | Lair:3 | Found a staircase to the Snake Pit.
22505 | Lair:3 | Identified the amulet "Yliexkin" {Gourm Str+2}
23017 | Lair:4 | Found a dark tunnel.
23024 | Volcano | Entered a volcano
23044 | Volcano | Acquired Ashenzari's fourth power
23864 | Lair:2 | Killed Erica
24509 | Lair:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
24750 | Lair:4 | Noticed a four-headed hydra
24763 | Lair:4 | Killed a four-headed hydra
25090 | Lair:4 | Learned a level 2 spell: Slow
25551 | Lair:4 | Reached skill level 1 in Hexes
25568 | Lair:4 | Reached XP level 13. HP: 63/96 MP: 2/25
26370 | Lair:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Stealth
26996 | Lair:2 | Learned a level 3 spell: Recall
27530 | Lair:6 | Reached skill level 13 in Necromancy
28002 | Lair:6 | Found a viscous altar of Jiyva.
28002 | Lair:6 | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
29805 | Lair:7 | Reached skill level 10 in Dodging
30505 | Lair:8 | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts
30561 | Lair:8 | Found a frozen archway.
30758 | IceCv | Entered an ice cave
31979 | Lair:8 | Reached XP level 14. HP: 106/106 MP: 26/26
32671 | Lair:8 | Identified the ring "Mausadoa" {rC+ MR+ Str+2}
33566 | Lair:2 | Upgraded the game from 0.16-a0-3160-g1f26642 to 0.16-a0-3171-gce70061
33701 | D:11 | Noticed a hill giant
33703 | Orc:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
34030 | Orc:1 | Upgraded the game from 0.16-a0-3171-gce70061 to 0.16-a0-3178-g2c88c44
34240 | Orc:2 | Found Faifaoha's Antique Armour Boutique.
34721 | Orc:2 | Noticed Sonja
34723 | Orc:2 | Noticed darksy's ghost (experienced MiFi)
34753 | Orc:2 | darksy's ghost (ally) was banished
34753 | Orc:2 | Your ally darksy died
34775 | Orc:2 | Killed Sonja
35225 | Orc:2 | Noticed Maurice
35245 | Orc:2 | Killed Maurice
35311 | Orc:2 | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
35557 | Orc:1 | Reached skill level 1 in Translocations
35620 | Orc:2 | Reached skill level 1 in Summonings
35728 | Orc:2 | Bought a warped hat for 252 gold pieces
35728 | Orc:2 | Identified the +1 hat of Gluttony {rF+ Slay+4} (You bought it in a shop on level 2 of the Orcish Mines)
35831 | Orc:3 | Found a staircase to the Elven Halls.
36668 | Orc:4 | Entered Level 4 of the Orcish Mines
37007 | Orc:4 | Found Phuleq's Food Shoppe.
37054 | Orc:4 | Found Juvvyiqa's Distillery.
37113 | Orc:4 | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
37552 | Orc:4 | Found Ohaekh's Book Shop.
37618 | Orc:4 | Found Ecza's Distillery.
37716 | Orc:4 | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
37813 | Orc:4 | Noticed an orc warlord
37848 | Orc:4 | Killed an orc warlord
38492 | D:11 | Killed a hill giant
38639 | D:11 | Shot with a poisoned arrow by Nessos
Action | 1- 3 | 4- 6 | 7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 || total
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Melee: Whip | 7 | | | | || 7
Dagger | 26 | 112 | 345 | 1501 | 1931 || 3915
Fire: Blowgun | | 23 | | | || 23
Throw: Tomahawk | | | 1 | | || 1
Cast: Pain | 85 | 88 | 215 | 236 | 82 || 706
Animate Skeleton | 16 | 14 | 25 | 2 | || 57
Control Undead | | 3 | 6 | 19 | 1 || 29
Vampiric Draining | | | 20 | 137 | 160 || 317
Animate Dead | | | 7 | 74 | 121 || 202
Corona | | | | 1 | 2 || 3
Invok: Scrying | | | | 3 | || 3
Evoke: Fan of gales | | | | | 1 || 1
Use: Scroll | 1 | | 5 | 16 | 9 || 31
Stab: Distracted | | | 4 | 6 | 23 || 33
Sleeping | | | | 4 | 20 || 24
Betrayed ally | | | | 1 | || 1
Was working really quite well as a stabber in the lair and orc mines, at least when I remembered to tell my shuffling minions to hang back (i think zombies make more noise than me? or I wasnt quite as stealthy as I thought).
Also came up with a method for defeating big hitter packs like elephants and DYaks, joined frontline with the zombie horde and dealt out stabs as foes got distracted. When the hits slipped through I healed them off with Vampiric. For real nasties like hydras I tended to face-tank with Vampiric Draining, which held my life steady and meant the race was his HP vs my MP. All good.
Didnt find my first rF pip until the volcano popped in the Lair, bit the bullet and went in rF-, fortunately it was the undead themed volcano and I was able to charm the skulls and vampires and swipe a little loot. Hit the Ice Cave further down the Lair but got the Fiend layout. A necro stabber with a +0 poison dagger is NOT set for demons, fled that one promptly. Bottom floor of Orc I scored a +4 pain dagger and began to cackle, headed back to Dungeon to clear to 15, but tragedy strikes immediately on 11.
The real tragedy is that I knew Nessos was there, I'd spotted him before I went for Lair/Orc and flagged him as a serious threat with lbow and wand of flame. Fed him an army of zombies to distract him long enough to slip into Orc Having leveled up significantly and acquired my base rF I thought I could handle him, but haste and blink meant I couldnt bring him into range of Vampiric Drain/pain dagger and he sniped me down (no buckler had yet spawned, which sucks a little vs such a ludicrously fast bowman).
Distraught I am...
With all this aside (I killed myself here, engaging a seriously quick enemy while wearing stasis was suicidal as a mummy, I have no other escape avenues and no heals, but that amulet was awesome otherwise). Was I heading the right direction for a stabber necro? I've not tried playing with EV as a primary defense but was quite pleased with how it was working. Once I was cursed Ash began boosting my dodge and stealth which was nice, I stacked as much slay as I could find to assist my weenie dagger (though pois/pain was doing most of the damage). Being so light armored did mean that when I did eat a hit in melee they were big scary chunks, but that vampiric drain is a great spell once you get it powered up for face-tanking such damage.
Anything I did glaringly wrong? Should I have eased off on the necro training for stronger melee/dodge? I didnt have any high powered necro spells to cast, the extra levels were just powering Vampiric Drain (obviously more necro is win with the pain blade, but I got that right before I died, cleared to lair 8 and orc 4 with the +0 poison dagger.)
Online Wins: MiFi, GrFi, TrMo, HOGl, SpEn, {DEWz, DDNe}, {OgBe, CeHu}, FoFi, VSFi, MfGl, {HaGl, VpEn, HESk}, KoAs, DsFi, TeMo
