Post Friday, 23rd January 2015, 09:52

YAFVP, Solitude the GrEE.

So, after a long time of playing crawl off and on (started again recently), I've finally managed to score a win- a 15 runer at that!
With some help from these forums I managed to stay alive long enough to not only become strong enough to survive despite the horrible resists I played with for most of the game, but to have shatter and tornado running at the same time. 8-)

Had two really close calls in zot:5- I guess after killing the pan lords I felt invincable.
The first one was when I used shatter to supplement tornado and broke open some walls which incurred the wrath of 3 orbs of fire at once, while I was near out of mp (stupid, stupid, stupid!);
Even with statue form they ate through my hp very quickly rF++ or not, they were hasted, I wasn't- using my potions of heal wounds and a scroll of fog (the fog didn't help at all, actually), I managed to stay alive long enough to get 1 more mp for one last tornado.
I was left with 12 hp to spare and 3 hostile orbs of fire, and a couple less threatening enemies in LOS.
Luckily my tornado took what remained of their hp in the first turn I activated it on, luck was the thing that got me through that.

The second close call was against a lone ancient lich, which I had slain many of at that point, but managed to bring me down to 30 something hp within a few turns- I found out you can't blink out of the way of an OOD any more! :oops:
That feeling of being invincable, as someone had JUST warned me about on these forums, ironically, is far more dangerous than any rune guardian could ever be.

Edit: I had deaths door, I almost died, and had deaths door. Wtf is wrong with me, why the hell would I not remember that? Either way, I made it... But DAMN.

Other than that it was pretty smooth sailing, until I got banished by a random, 'almost dead' pan lord 6 tiles away from ascending, so I had to find my way out of the abyss yet again, though ash made that managable.

Thanks to everyone who offered advice, it kept me alive long enough to become strong enough for my character to truly go full killdudes; though I did ignore dissolution in slime:3- I'm not that crazy.

And oh yeah... I FRIGGIN WON! FINALLY! W00T!!! (sorry, lol)

Here's my morgue file:
  Code:
 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.15.2 (tiles) character file.

7582967 solitude the Petrodigitator (level 27, 258/258 HPs)
             Began as a Gargoyle Earth Elementalist on Jan 19, 2015.
             Was the Champion of Ashenzari.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 15 runes on Jan 23, 2015!
             
             The game lasted 1day 00:43:46 (248260 turns).

solitude the Petrodigitator (GrEE)             Turns: 248260, Time: 1, 00:43:46

HP 258/258       AC 54     Str 17      XL: 27
MP   6/49        EV 21     Int 30      God: Ashenzari [******]
Gold 13257       SH 16     Dex  8      Spells: 14 memorised,  0 levels left

rFire  + + +     SeeInvis +     d - +9 Staff of Wucad Mu
rCold  . . .     Clarity  +     i - melded +6 mottled dragon armour (curse)
rNeg   + + .     rCorr    .     U - +4 shield of the Shoals {Slay+6}
rPois  +         rRot     +     g - +2 helmet {Int+3} (curse)
rElec  +         Spirit   .     m - +4 dragonskin cloak
SustAb +         Warding  .     R - melded -1 pair of gloves "Karif" {rC++ Dex-1 Int+1}
rMut   +         Stasis   .     Z - melded +1 pair of boots of Emauv {rPois rC+}
Gourm  .                        O - cursed amulet of Kliseb {rMut rF+}
MR     ++...                    y - ring "Oboxog" {SustAb Slay+2}
                                D - cursed ring "Jaanihism" {rElec rF+ Int+1}

@: statue-form, tornado, flying, very slightly contaminated, hasted, very
resistant to hostile enchantments, very unstealthy
A: able to fly continuously, big wings, negative energy resistance 1,
electricity resistance, unbreathing, petrification resistance, rot immunity
a: Stop Flying, End Transformation, Scrying, Transfer Knowledge, Renounce
Religion
0: Orb of Zot
}: 15/15 runes: decaying, slimy, silver, golden, iron, obsidian, icy, bone,
abyssal, demonic, glowing, magical, fiery, dark, gossamer


You escaped.
You worshipped Ashenzari.
Ashenzari was exalted by your worship.
You were not hungry.

You were a stone statue.

You visited 18 branches of the dungeon, and saw 97 of its levels.
You visited Pandemonium 5 times, and saw 32 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 5 times.
You also visited: Sewer, Ossuary, Ice Cave and Volcano.

You collected 20309 gold pieces.
You spent 7052 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a +9 eudemon blade of holy wrath
 b - a +9 greatsling of holy wrath
 d - the +9 Staff of Wucad Mu (weapon)
   (You bought it in a shop on level 1 of the Orcish Mines)
 h - the +13 sword of the Doom Knight {pain, -Cast MR+}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Crypt)   
   
   In the hands of one skilled in necromantic magic, it inflicts extra damage
   on living creatures.
   
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It prevents spellcasting.
 k - the +8 falchion "Death Rattle" {elec, rC+ Stlth++}
   (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)   
   
   Occasionally, upon striking a foe, it will discharge some electrical energy
   and cause terrible harm.
   
   It protects you from cold.
   It makes you much more stealthy.
 r - a +9 quick blade of freezing
 v - a +9 lajatang of pain
 z - the +4 Staff of Dispater
   (You took it off Dispater on level 7 of the Iron City of Dis)
 C - the +7 Sceptre of Asmodeus
   (You took it off Asmodeus on level 7 of Gehenna)
 F - the +6 Majin-Bo {vamp, Archmagi, MP+6 Int+6}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   It inflicts no extra harm, but heals its wielder somewhat when it strikes a
   living foe.
   
   It affects your intelligence (+6).
   It affects your magic capacity (+6).
 I - the +10 trident "Mnizoo" {pain, +Blink}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Vaults)   
   
   In the hands of one skilled in necromantic magic, it inflicts extra damage
   on living creatures.
   
   It lets you blink.
 N - the +6 Sword of Cerebov {flame}
   (You took it off Cerebov in Pandemonium)   
   
   It emits flame when wielded, causing extra injury to most foes and up to
   double damage against particularly susceptible opponents. Big, fiery blades
   are also staple armaments of hydra-hunters.
Missiles
 x - 39 stones (quivered)
 Q - 286 sling bullets
Armour
 g - a cursed +2 helmet of intelligence (worn)
 i - a cursed +6 mottled dragon armour (melded)
 m - the cursed +4 dragonskin cloak (worn)
   (You took it off Tiamat on level 1 of the Realm of Zot)   
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 R - the cursed -1 pair of gloves "Karif" (melded) {rC++ Dex-1 Int+1}
   (You found it in Pandemonium)   
   
   It affects your intelligence (+1).
   It affects your dexterity (-1).
   It greatly protects you from cold.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 U - the cursed +4 shield of the Shoals (worn) {Slay+6}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 1 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
   (+6).
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 Z - the cursed +1 pair of boots of Emauv (melded) {rPois rC+}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Realm of Zot)   
   
   It protects you from cold.
   It protects you from poison.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
Magical devices
 u - a wand of teleportation (6)
 L - a wand of teleportation (4)
 M - a wand of hasting (2)
Comestibles
 l - 21 bread rations
 E - a beef jerky
 T - a meat ration
Scrolls
 c - 6 scrolls of identify
 j - 5 scrolls of recharging
 n - 7 scrolls of fog
 t - a scroll of enchant weapon
 A - 5 scrolls of blinking
 G - 8 scrolls of holy word
 H - 3 scrolls of enchant armour
 J - 4 scrolls of fear
 V - 42 scrolls of remove curse
 X - 7 scrolls of silence
Jewellery
 q - the ring "Deqyiso" {rC+ Stlth+}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Depths)   
   
   [ring of protection from cold]
   
   It protects you from cold.
   It makes you more stealthy.
 s - the ring of Qoetiod {rC+ MR+}
   (You took it off a chaos champion in Pandemonium)   
   
   [ring of protection from cold]
   
   It protects you from cold.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
 y - the ring "Oboxog" (right hand) {SustAb Slay+2}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Depths)   
   
   [ring of sustain abilities]
   
   It sustains your strength, intelligence and dexterity.
   It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
   (+2).
 B - the ring of the Mage {Wiz MR++ Int+3}
   (You found it on level 7 of Cocytus)   
   
   [ring of wizardry]
   
   It improves your spell success rate.
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
 D - the cursed ring "Jaanihism" (left hand) {rElec rF+ Int+1}
   (You found it on level 7 of Tartarus)   
   
   [ring of protection from fire]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+1).
   It protects you from fire.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 O - the cursed amulet of Kliseb (around neck) {rMut rF+}
   (You took it off Ereshkigal on level 7 of Tartarus)   
   
   [amulet of resist mutation]
   
   It protects you from mutation.
   It protects you from fire.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 S - the ring "Rosay" {Ice Slay+4 SInv}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Tomb of the Ancients)   
   
   [ring of ice]
   
   It enhances your ice magic, and weakens your fire magic.
   It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
   (+4).
   It makes you vulnerable to fire.
   It protects you from cold.
   It enhances your eyesight.
 Y - the ring "Bokob" {+/*Tele +Fly SInv}
   (You took it off a deep elf sorcerer on level 3 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   [ring of teleportation]
   
   It causes random teleportation, and can be evoked to teleport at will.
   It enhances your eyesight.
   It lets you fly.
Potions
 e - 11 potions of restore abilities
 f - a potion of cure mutation
 o - 8 potions of curing
 p - 3 potions of magic
 w - a potion of brilliance
 K - 9 potions of resistance
 P - 2 potions of invisibility
Miscellaneous
 W - the horn of Geryon


   Skills:
 O Level 27 Fighting
 - Level 12.0 Long Blades
 - Level 7.0 Staves
 - Level 10.9 Slings
 - Level 20.0 Armour
 - Level 26.0(27) Dodging
 - Level 2.1(5.5) Stealth
 - Level 9.0(11.9) Shields
 O Level 27 Spellcasting
 + Level 18.0(20.3) Conjurations
 - Level 11.8(14.5) Charms
   Level 2.4(4.8) Summonings
 - Level 26.8(27) Necromancy
 - Level 14.0(16.6) Translocations
 - Level 12.4(15.1) Transmutations
   Level 2.1(4.4) Fire Magic
 * Level 24.2(26.2) Air Magic
 O Level 27 Earth Magic
   Level 14.0 Invocations
 - Level 24.0(26.0) Evocations


You couldn't memorise any spells.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Lehudib's Crystal Sp  Conj/Erth      ########..   1%          8    ##.....
b - Portal Projectile     Tloc           ######       0%          3    None
c - Lee's Rapid Deconstr  Erth           ########..   0%          5    None
d - Death's Door          Chrm/Necr      ########..   1%          8    ##.....
e - Controlled Blink      Tloc           N/A          1%          7    None
f - Haste                 Chrm           #######.     1%          6    None
g - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       ######       0%          2    None
i - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          0%          2    None
j - Statue Form           Trmt/Erth      ########.    1%          6    None
k - Control Teleport      Chrm/Tloc      #######...   0%          4    None
n - Necromutation         Trmt/Necr      ########..   1%          8    ##.....
r - Regeneration          Chrm/Necr      ########..   0%          3    None
t - Tornado               Air            ########..   3%          9    ####...
z - Shatter               Erth           ########..   2%          9    ####...


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:12
    Elf (3/3) Orc:3          Lair (8/8) D:8           Swamp (5/5) Lair:3
 Spider (5/5) Lair:3        Slime (6/6) Lair:6       Vaults (5/5) D:13
  Crypt (3/3) Vaults:3       Tomb (3/3) Crypt:3      Depths (5/5) D:15
   Hell (1/1)                 Dis (7/7) Hell            Geh (7/7) Hell
    Coc (7/7) Hell            Tar (7/7) Hell            Zot (5/5) Depths:5

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Dithmenos
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Qazlal
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One
Jiyva

Shops:
D:4 (   D:5 *   D:6 :   D:9 (*?   D:15 %   Orc:1 (   Orc:2 [   Orc:3 ?   Orc:4 %((?   Elf:1 [   Elf:3 (   Vaults:1 }   Vaults:3 *

Portals:
Hell: Depths:1 Depths:2 Depths:3 Depths:4 Depths:5
Abyss: Depths:3 Depths:4 Depths:5
Pandemonium: Depths:3
Ziggurat: Depths:2

Annotations:
Slime:3 exclusion: downstairs
Slime:4 exclusion: upstairs, Dissolution


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You are resistant to torment.
You are immune to poison.
You can fly continuously.
Your stone body is very resilient (AC +20).
Your wings are large and strong.
You resist negative energy.
You are resistant to electric shocks.
You can survive without breathing.
You are immune to petrification.
You are immune to rotting.


Message History

Casting: Haste
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
You don't have enough magic to cast that spell.
Magical energy flows into your mind! You feel slightly more hungry.
Casting: Haste
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
A great vortex of raging winds appears around you.
Casting: Tornado
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Your body stiffens and grows slower.
The cursed -1 pair of gloves "Karif" {rC++ Dex-1 Int+1} melds into your body.
The cursed +1 pair of boots of Emauv {rPois rC+} melds into your body.
Your cursed +6 mottled dragon armour melds into your body.
You are engulfed in raging winds.
The Orb Guardian hits you but does no damage.
You are engulfed in raging winds. You block the Orb Guardian's attack.
There is a staircase leading out of the dungeon here.
You are engulfed in raging winds.
You kill the Orb Guardian!
You have escaped!

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There were no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  Antaeus (Coc:7)
  Asmodeus (Geh:7)
  Cerebov (Pan)
  the royal jelly (Slime:6)
  Ereshkigal (Tar:7)
  Gloorx Vloq (Pan)
  Mnoleg (Pan)
  Lom Lobon (Pan)
  Dispater (Dis:7)
  the Serpent of Hell (Geh:7)
  5 orbs of fire (Zot:5)
  Tiamat (Zot:1)
  12 ancient liches
  The ghost of killdudes the Conqueror, a legendary GrGl of Trog (Slime:2)
  32 greater mummies
  Saint Roka (Depths:3)
  3 curse toes
  A seraph (Pan)
  28 pandemonium lords
  2 Killer Klowns (Zot:5)
  Geryon (Hell)
  6 golden dragons
  Jory (Vaults:3)
  2 pearl dragons (Pan)
  Xtahua (Depths:4)
  2 profane servitors (Abyss:1)
  Frederick (Crypt:1)
  16 bone dragons
  2 electric golems (Zot:5)
  Nikola (Spider:5)
  71 Brimstone Fiends
  30 Hell Sentinels
  2 hellephants
  15 tentacled monstrosities
  70 Ice Fiends
  28 Orb Guardians
  63 Shadow Fiends
  2 deep elf blademasters (Elf:3)
  2 deep elf master archers (Elf:3)
  7 titans (Vaults:5)
  4 quicksilver dragons
  26 liches
  7 sphinxes
  7 ancient champions
  8 tentacled starspawn
  An octopode crusher (Depths:1)
  19 storm dragons
  18 acid blobs
  3 tengu reavers
  The ghost of genocide the Aerator, a mighty DrVM of Sif Muna (Swamp:4)

... 

247708 | D:13     | Noticed Thraphuo the pandemonium lord
247968 | D:1      | Noticed Ytuykh the pandemonium lord
247977 | D:1      | Cast into the Abyss (Ytuykh)
248223 | D:1      | Escaped the Abyss
248229 | D:1      | Killed Ytuykh the pandemonium lord
248260 | D:$      | Escaped with the Orb!
             


Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-18 | 19-21 | 22-24 | 25-27 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Short sword       |    94 |    30 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       ||   124
       Spear             |       |   113 |   149 |       |       |       |       |       |       ||   262
       Falchion          |       |       |    91 |   368 |   652 |   238 |   699 |       |       ||  2048
       Staff             |       |       |       |       |   102 |    19 |    41 |     2 |  2123 ||  2287
       Lajatang          |       |       |       |       |       |       |    16 |       |       ||    16
       Trident           |       |       |       |       |       |       |   243 |  1124 |       ||  1367
       Eudemon blade     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |   246 | 19685 || 19931
       Unarmed           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     6 ||     6
 Fire: Greatsling        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |   673 ||   673
Throw: Stone             |       |     7 |       |     3 |    14 |     1 |     3 |     1 |    10 ||    39
 Cast: Sandblast         |    26 |   161 |   116 |       |       |       |       |       |       ||   303
       Stone Arrow       |       |     9 |    26 |    92 |   412 |   753 |   252 |    64 |    43 ||  1651
       Lee's Rapid Decon |       |       |    32 |   101 |   220 |   248 |   371 |   235 |   705 ||  1912
       Blink             |       |       |       |     3 |     7 |    19 |    26 |     8 |    84 ||   147
       Animate Dead      |       |       |       |       |    70 |    65 |    41 |    47 |    47 ||   270
       Swiftness         |       |       |       |       |     3 |     1 |     4 |     7 |     4 ||    19
       Stoneskin         |       |       |       |       |       |     2 |     3 |    19 |    39 ||    63
       Dispel Undead     |       |       |       |       |       |    16 |    33 |     2 |   202 ||   253
       Shatter           |       |       |       |       |       |     7 |   115 |   105 |   338 ||   565
       Twisted Resurrect |       |       |       |       |       |       |    17 |     1 |       ||    18
       Regeneration      |       |       |       |       |       |       |    17 |    37 |   315 ||   369
       Repel Missiles    |       |       |       |       |       |       |     5 |     8 |    20 ||    33
       Bolt of Magma     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    27 |    45 ||    72
       Haste             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |    39 ||    40
       Statue Form       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |    64 ||    65
       Lehudib's Crystal |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |   821 ||   821
       Iron Shot         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |   109 ||   109
       Necromutation     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    81 ||    81
       Tornado           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    50 ||    50
       Iskenderun's Myst |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    13 ||    13
       Control Teleport  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     6 ||     6
       Phase Shift       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     5 ||     5
       Haunt             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     5 ||     5
       Portal Projectile |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     3 ||     3
       Sticky Flame      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
       Controlled Blink  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
Invok: Greater Servant o |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    38 ||    38
       Transfer Knowledg |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     7 ||     7
       Scrying           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     3 ||     3
 Abil: Fly               |       |       |       |       |     1 |     2 |       |     1 |     1 ||     5
       Stop Flying       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |     1 ||     2
       Evoke Teleportati |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
       End Transformatio |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     2 ||     2
Evoke: Wand              |       |       |     4 |       |    16 |     9 |    19 |     6 |    49 ||   103
       Crystal ball of e |       |       |       |       |       |       |    78 |     7 |    53 ||   138
       Rod               |       |       |       |       |       |       |     6 |    11 |    15 ||    32
       Staff of Wucad Mu |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |   695 ||   695
       Staff of energy   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |   273 ||   273
       Horn of Geryon    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     6 ||     6
       Stone of tremors  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
  Use: Scroll            |     3 |     3 |     8 |     5 |    24 |    20 |    30 |    21 |   112 ||   226
       Potion            |     1 |     1 |     6 |     6 |     1 |     3 |     2 |     6 |    78 ||   104
 Stab: Sleeping          |     3 |     2 |     1 |     8 |    12 |     1 |     2 |     1 |     7 ||    37
       Distracted        |       |       |       |     1 |     6 |     3 |     3 |     2 |    15 ||    30
       Invisible         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     3 ||     3
       Paralysed         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     2 ||     2
  Eat: Chunk             |     2 |    10 |    24 |    38 |    78 |    59 |   128 |   138 |   336 ||   813
       Pizza             |       |       |     1 |       |     3 |       |       |     1 |    25 ||    30
       Meat ration       |       |       |     1 |     2 |     2 |     2 |     2 |       |    49 ||    58
       Beef jerky        |       |       |       |       |     2 |       |       |     1 |     8 ||    11
       Bread ration      |       |       |       |       |     2 |     1 |     5 |     1 |    21 ||    30
       Royal jelly       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |       |     2 ||     3
       Fruit             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |     5 ||     6