YAVP - MuNe of Ash

[Magipi]

Of all currently playable species, only Fe Fo Mu Op are unwon. OK, let's run a mummy. I had an offline win with a MuSu of Sif, but I don't want to copy that.

So, background: necromancer. First, it is a very strong background, and second: necromancy is the only thing mummies don't suck at. The plan is to pick Kiku, get a fast weapon pain branded, then hit dudes with it.

On D:5 (still pre-Temple) comes Awesome Loot Number 1: an elec dagger. Is it awesome enough to change the plan? It might be. With an elec weapon, going for the pain brand is less appealing, so a few additional potential gods appear (in my mind). Finally I vote for Ash. I like Ash a lot, a play him (her?) only rarely. More importantly, Ash has good synergies with mummies: free clarity is one, and Ash's help is also very important if you have mummy aptitudes.

On D:8, Awesome Loot Number 2: the +1 leather armour of the Eight Curses {rElec rF++}. Mummy time!

Mid-Lair I find Awesome Loot Number 3: ring "Zedeets" {+Inv +Fly rElec}. OK, I got the message, I'll be a stabber. Let's train some evocations.

The orc ending as the easiest one (centaurs and orcs with crossbows), and another Awesome Loot: the +2 cloak of the Thief {+Fog Slay-2 SInv Stlth+}. Endless fog!

The swamp ending, however, was brutal, with a tentacled monstrosity. I had no way to deal with it, so left it unfinished, and went to Spider. Uncursed my weapon for a backup longsword against demonic crawlers, and also for the blowgun.

After that, I did some Vaults (hard), some Depths (harder), also Elf and Crypt. In the depths, got a new backup weapon (a demon blade) from one of Margery's knights. Finally I decided to do Slime for the 3rd rune. It was easy until the final level, where I realized I'm not good enough against TRJ. (I usually quaff might and agility before that fight, and it was missing here). I was lucky to get out alive. I decided to upgrade my stuff somewhat, so I hunted down the Enchantress, and her faerie dragon armour gave me +10 AC with unchanged EV. So came the rematch with TRJ, with a very different result.

After that I finished Swamp, and went to Zot. With invisibility, it is much easier than normal. The Zot:5 ending was average (I used curare vs the guardians, it is very good!), and the ascension was probably the easiest ever (no Pan lords).

My 45th win, 30th online.

Mummies suck, I'm very glad I won this one. Also, I'm on a streak now!

http://crawl.xtahua.com/crawl/morgue/ma ... 205859.txt

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.15.2 (webtiles) character file.

1300376 magipi the Slayer (level 27, 214/229 HPs)
             Began as a Mummy Necromancer on Jan 6, 2015.
             Was an Elder of Ashenzari.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 3 runes on Jan 15, 2015!
             
             The game lasted 14:27:16 (147247 turns).

magipi the Slayer (Mummy Necromancer)             Turns: 147247, Time: 14:27:16

HP 214/229       AC 44     Str 12      XL: 27
MP  42/42        EV 27     Int 17      God: Ashenzari [****..]
Gold 4552        SH 15     Dex 19      Spells: 10 memorised, 18 levels left

rFire  + . .     SeeInvis +     h - +8 demon blade (protect)
rCold  + + .     Clarity  +     d - +8 faerie dragon armour {rN+ MP+3 Dex+2}
rNeg   + + +     rCorr    +     t - +2 shield of Resistance {rF+ rC+ MR+}
rPois  +         rRot     +     q - +2 helmet (curse)
rElec  .         Spirit   .     E - +2 cloak of the Thief {+Fog Slay-2 SInv Stlth+}
SustAb .         Warding  .     k - +2 pair of gloves (curse)
rMut   .         Stasis   .     M - +2 pair of boots (curse)
Gourm  .                        H - cursed amulet of resist corrosion
MR     ++++.                    F - +5 ring of protection
                                e - cursed ring of protection from fire

@: repel missiles, incredibly resistant to hostile enchantments, unstealthy
A: no food or potions, fire vulnerability, strongly in touch with death, restore
body, cold resistance 1, negative energy resistance 3, poison resistance,
torment resistance, unbreathing
a: Self-Restoration, Scrying, Renounce Religion, Evoke Fog
0: Orb of Zot
}: 3/15 runes: decaying, slimy, gossamer


You escaped.
You worshipped Ashenzari.
Ashenzari was greatly pleased with you.
You were not hungry.

You visited 12 branches of the dungeon, and saw 64 of its levels.
You also visited: Ice Cave.

You collected 8105 gold pieces.
You spent 3553 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a +7 dagger of electrocution
 b - a +5 blowgun
 h - a +8 demon blade of protection (weapon)
Missiles
 y - 2 throwing nets (quivered)
 K - 13 curare-tipped needles
 P - 113 poisoned needles
Armour
 d - the cursed +8 faerie dragon armour (worn) {rN+ MP+3 Dex+2}
   (You took it off the Enchantress on level 3 of the Depths)   
   
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It affects your magic capacity (+3).
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 k - a cursed +2 pair of gloves (worn)
 q - a cursed +2 helmet (worn)
 t - the cursed +2 shield of Resistance (worn) {rF+ rC+ MR+}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Orcish Mines)   
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It protects you from cold.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 E - the cursed +2 cloak of the Thief (worn) {+Fog Slay-2 SInv Stlth+}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
   (-2).
   It enhances your eyesight.
   It can be evoked to emit clouds of fog.
   It makes you more stealthy.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 M - a cursed +2 pair of boots (worn)
Magical devices
 z - a wand of polymorph (12)
 C - a wand of digging (4)
 D - a wand of draining (3)
 G - a wand of disintegration (2)
 L - a wand of hasting (4)
Scrolls
 g - 2 scrolls of teleportation
 j - 9 scrolls of curse weapon
 l - 6 scrolls of fear
 o - 2 scrolls of blinking
 p - a scroll of magic mapping
 u - 3 scrolls of torment
 v - 14 scrolls of identify
 w - 6 scrolls of curse armour
 A - 6 scrolls of recharging
 O - 4 scrolls of silence
 Q - a scroll of immolation
 S - 8 scrolls of remove curse
 W - 2 scrolls of curse jewellery
 X - a scroll of summoning
Jewellery
 c - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
 e - a cursed ring of protection from fire (left hand)
 f - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 i - the ring "Zedeets" {+Inv +Fly rElec}
   (You found it on level 5 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   [ring of flight]
   
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It lets you turn invisible.
   It lets you fly.
 r - an uncursed ring of regeneration
 F - a +5 ring of protection (right hand)
 H - a cursed amulet of resist corrosion (around neck)
 R - an uncursed ring of teleport control
Books
 I - a book of Burglary   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Swiftness                          Charms/Air                   2
   Passwall                           Transmutation/Earth          3
   Passage of Golubria                Translocation                4
   Lee's Rapid Deconstruction         Earth                        5
   Invisibility                       Hexes                        6
   Darkness                           Hexes                        7
 J - a book of Death   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Corpse Rot                         Necromancy                   2
   Sublimation of Blood               Necromancy                   2
   *Agony                             Necromancy                   5
   *Dispel Undead                     Necromancy                   5
   Excruciating Wounds                Charms/Necromancy            5
   Bolt of Draining                   Conjuration/Necromancy       5
 V - a book of Geomancy   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Sandblast                          Earth                        1
   Stoneskin                          Transmutation/Earth          2
   Passwall                           Transmutation/Earth          3
   Stone Arrow                        Conjuration/Earth            3
   Petrify                            Transmutation/Earth          4
   Lee's Rapid Deconstruction         Earth                        5
 Z - a book of Party Tricks   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Summon Butterflies                 Summoning                    1
   *Apportation                       Translocation                1
   *Blink                             Translocation                2
   Tukima's Dance                     Hexes                        3
   Alistair's Intoxication            Transmutation/Poison         4
Miscellaneous
 m - a sack of spiders {used: 8}
 n - a lamp of fire
 s - a phial of floods
 x - a phial of floods
 B - a phial of floods
 N - a lamp of fire
 T - a phial of floods
 U - a phial of floods
 Y - a fan of gales


   Skills:
 + Level 21.6 Fighting
 - Level 10.1(12.7) Short Blades
 - Level 12.9(14.1) Long Blades
 + Level 18.7 Armour
 + Level 16.0(19.0) Dodging
 - Level 9.5(12.8) Stealth
 - Level 12.7(14.6) Shields
 - Level 12.0 Spellcasting
 - Level 12.8(14.8) Charms
 - Level 8.1(10.4) Necromancy
 - Level 4.6(6.8) Translocations
 + Level 18.9(20.5) Evocations


You had 18 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Pain                  Necr           ####         1%          1    N/A
b - Agony                 Necr           #######.     3%          5    N/A
c - Vampiric Draining     Necr           #######...   1%          3    N/A
d - Animate Dead          Necr           N/A          1%          4    N/A
e - Dispel Undead         Necr           #######.     3%          5    N/A
f - Flight                Chrm/Air       #####.....   1%          3    N/A
g - Apportation           Tloc           ####......   1%          1    N/A
h - Haste                 Chrm           ######..     2%          6    N/A
m - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       #####.       1%          2    N/A
B - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          1%          2    N/A


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:12
    Elf (3/3) Orc:4          Lair (8/8) D:10          Swamp (5/5) Lair:6
 Spider (5/5) Lair:6        Slime (6/6) Lair:6       Vaults (4/5) D:14
  Crypt (3/3) Vaults:3       Tomb (0/3) Crypt:3      Depths (5/5) D:15
    Zot (5/5) Depths:5   


[Aule]

That really was a nice cloak. Grats on the win! What's next?

[Magipi]

Thanks! No idea what's next, I really hate all of the the remaining 3 species. So I'll probably abandon the "all species" project for now.

[Aule]

I have four species wins, total: De, Op, Fe, and now Fo, so it's a strange coincidence that the three you have left and hate so much are pretty much the only one's that I've played and won with.

[Magipi]

Thnx for the encouragement!

And your Fo is insane, wow. Congrats!

[Aule]

There were three hair-raising moments you might enjoy watching. Long before his becoming nearly invincible, I was trying to grab the silver rune and my foray into Vaults:5 led to what I was sure would be his death, but I somehow managed to make him survive. Following that, I was after the Abyssal rune as my ticket into the offered Trove, and, boy, what an extended cluster that was when I finally arrived at the vault in Abyss:4. After that, it became pretty smooth sailing, as I picked up tons of life-saving evocables and mastered the nuclear spells, but at last, as I was sweeping through the hells to grab the final four runes, my encounter with the serpent of hell was both surprising and nearly deadly. I'll let to you watch that yourself to see how I avoided certain doom. Moral of the story: Fo, while seemingly hobbled by stasis, has plenty going for it to make it fair. (Can't say the same for Fe, though.)

[kroki]

congratulations on a mummy win, i am still trying for that one. had a good one going, but it got confused by tarantula, in confused state hit both friendly fire elementals for sweet double okawaru penance and eventually got fried by the last elemental, just as the confusion worn out.

copy that

Spoiler: show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pHsZCml3fs