YAVP: Another MiBe of Trog, my furst win evar

[suboptimal]

Edit: Won the game, rather easily. So much good gear on this one . . .

This is by far my strongest character to date, which I see as some sort of karmic reward for all the terrible DeFes I've been leading to slaughter lately. His weapon (+8 executioner's axe of Flawed Execution {vamp, MR+++}) was the first gift Trog gave me, which has made the game very easy to this point. The Hat of the Alchemist is an absurd item that probably should have a bigger armor penalty, but who am I to complain?

I've never won a game of Crawl, and feel I could sleepwalk through the rest and win with this guy. While o-tabbing through V4 and U4, though, I began to wonder if I ought to explore some of extended as well. What would you do? V5 and U5 aren't touched yet.

If going extended, I'm wondering if I ought to change gods (TSO?). I don't need Trog's MR help. I've never managed to do that successfully, because I'm terrible at Crawl, but I expect I should do that soon if I'm going to do it at all.

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.16-b1-49-gc2c1aff (webtiles) character file.

suboptimal the Executioner (Minotaur Berserker)    Turns: 54680, Time: 04:19:52

Health: 220/220    AC: 31    Str: 34    XL:     23   Next: 44%
Magic:  29/29      EV: 21    Int:  5    God:    Trog [******]
Gold:   2182       SH:  0    Dex: 16    Spells: 0 memorised, 22 levels left

rFire  + . .     SeeInvis .     P - +8 executioner's axe of Flawed Execution {vamp, MR+++}
rCold  + . .     Clarity  +     X - +2 crystal plate armour
rNeg   + . .     SustAb   +     (no shield)
rPois  +         Gourm    .     S - -2 hat of the Alchemist {rElec rPois rF+ rC+ rN+ MR+ rMut rCorr}
rElec  +         Spirit   .     K - +1 cloak
rCorr  +         Warding  .     r - +2 pair of gloves
rMut   +         Stasis   .     j - +0 pair of boots of Wist {rPois MR+}
MR     +++++                    N - amulet of regeneration
Stlth  ..........               g - ring of the Octopus King {SustAb AC+1 EV+1 Str+1 Int+1 Dex+1}
                                M - +6 ring of strength

@: almost entirely resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: retaliatory headbutt, horns 2, blurry vision 1, clarity, deformed body,
placid magic 1, MP-powered wands 2
a: Burn Spellbooks, Berserk, Trog's Hand, Brothers in Arms, Renounce Religion
}: 3/15 runes: serpentine, barnacled, slimy


You are on level 4 of the Depths.
You worship Trog.
Trog is exalted by your worship.
You are hungry.

You have visited 9 branches of the dungeon, and seen 53 of its levels.
You have visited 1 bazaar.
You have also visited: Sewer, Ice Cave, Volcano and Wizlab.

You have collected 6600 gold pieces.
You have spent 4418 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 c - a +4 antimagic broad axe
 q - a +5 antimagic great mace
 D - a +2 dire flail of holy wrath
 P - the +8 executioner's axe of Flawed Execution (weapon) {vamp, MR+++}
   (Trog gifted it to you on level 7 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It inflicts no extra harm, but heals its wielder somewhat when it strikes a
   living foe.
   
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
 W - the +10 longbow of Inference {velocity, rElec MR+ Stlth+}
   (Trog gifted it to you on level 3 of the Depths)   
   
   Any arrow fired from it inflicts extra damage.
   
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It makes you more stealthy.
Missiles
 s - 41 poisoned arrows
 G - 62 arrows of frost
 O - 114 arrows of flame
 V - 29 javelins of penetration (quivered)
Armour
 f - a +4 gold dragon armour
 j - the +0 pair of boots of Wist (worn) {rPois MR+}
   (You acquired it on level 5 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   It protects you from poison.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
 r - a +2 pair of gloves (worn)
 C - a +0 pair of boots of running
 K - a +1 cloak (worn)
 S - the -2 hat of the Alchemist (worn) {rElec rPois rF+ rC+ rN+ MR+ rMut rCorr}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It protects you from cold.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It protects you from poison.
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It protects you from acid and corrosion.
   It protects you from mutation.
 X - a +2 crystal plate armour (worn)
Jewellery
 g - a ring of the Octopus King (right hand) {SustAb AC+1 EV+1 Str+1 Int+1 Dex+1}
   (You found it on level 4 of the Depths)   
   
   [ring of sustain abilities]
   
   It sustains your strength, intelligence and dexterity.
   It affects your AC (+1).
   It affects your evasion (+1).
   It affects your strength (+1).
   It affects your intelligence (+1).
   It affects your dexterity (+1).
 l - a +3 ring of slaying
 m - a ring of protection
 n - an uncursed ring of protection from magic
 F - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 H - an uncursed amulet of warding
 M - a +6 ring of strength (left hand)
 N - an amulet of regeneration (around neck)
Magical devices
 I - a wand of fireball (4)
 Q - a wand of heal wounds (3)
 T - a wand of disintegration (6)
Scrolls
 d - a scroll of summoning
 e - 2 scrolls of identify
 v - 5 scrolls of recharging
 w - 9 scrolls of fog
 y - 3 scrolls of magic mapping
 z - 3 scrolls of fear
 B - 19 scrolls of teleportation
 J - 2 scrolls of holy word
 L - 4 scrolls of blinking
 U - 17 scrolls of remove curse
Potions
 i - 8 potions of heal wounds
 k - 7 potions of agility
 o - 16 potions of curing
 p - 4 potions of invisibility
 t - 8 potions of restore abilities
 u - 8 potions of might
 x - a potion of flight
 E - 3 potions of resistance
 R - 4 potions of cancellation
 Y - 2 potions of haste
Comestibles
 a - 2 slices of pizza
 b - 21 meat rations
 h - a beef jerky
 A - a bread ration
 Z - 4 fruits


   Skills:
 - Level 21.0 Fighting
 - Level 25.9 Axes
 - Level 9.4 Bows
 + Level 22.3 Armour
 + Level 20.7 Dodging
 - Level 9.6 Evocations


You have 22 spell levels left.
You don't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (0/1) D:6            Lair (8/8) D:10
 Shoals (5/5) Lair:6        Snake (5/5) Lair:3        Slime (6/6) Lair:7
    Orc (4/4) D:10            Elf (2/3) Orc:4        Vaults (4/5) D:13
  Crypt (0/3) Vaults:2     Depths (4/5) D:15       

Altars:
Ashenzari
Fedhas
Gozag
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Qazlal
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One
Beogh

Shops:
D:8 !   D:12 %   D:14 *   Orc:2 !*(((   Orc:4 ([([   Shoals:2 *([
Snake:3 [   Snake:4 (   Vaults:2 [(?   Vaults:3 !

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

Annotations:
Elf:2 5 runed doors


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You reflexively headbutt those who attack you in melee.
You have a pair of horns on your head.
Scrolls take you a little longer to read.
You possess an exceptional clarity of mind.
Armour fits poorly on your strangely shaped body.
Your spells are a little easier to cast, but a little less powerful.
You expend magic power (6 MP) to strengthen your wands.

[Sandman25]

If you have never won, don't go into extended, it's too easy to die there (vampiric brand becomes weak and lack of spells becomes a very severe drawback).
I would use ring of slaying instead of strength (or probably that unidentified ring of protection if it's +5-6), boots of running instead of any other boots and would go for Crypt 1-3, Elf:3, Depths:5 and Zot.
Why do you have so many mutations, your character would be much better without them (you lost 7 AC to deformed body, blurry vision can kill the character).

Edit. I missed that you already got Slime rune, no need to do Vaults 5 then, though it can be useful for potions of cure mutation.

[suboptimal]

I got the mutations in Slime (I think), and really should get rid of them... I hadn't even noticed I had them until I was pasting the dump into the forum. Thus far it hasn't mattered.

Thanks for the input!

[suboptimal]

First win! I ran into one ugly spot in the ascent, and was in a terribly grim situation on D1 when I got teleported right next to the exit.

Looking forward to not playing MiBe for a while . . .

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.16-b1-49-gc2c1aff (webtiles) character file.

1687640 suboptimal the Invulnerable (level 27, 273/273 HPs)
             Began as a Minotaur Berserker on Mar 9, 2015.
             Was a High Priest of Trog.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 3 runes on Mar 10, 2015!
             
             The game lasted 05:41:01 (70307 turns).

suboptimal the Invulnerable (Minotaur Berserker)   Turns: 70307, Time: 05:41:02

Health: 273/273    AC: 37    Str: 27    XL:     27
Magic:  32/32      EV: 19    Int:  4    God:    Trog [*****.]
Gold:   4002       SH:  0    Dex: 13    Spells: 0 memorised, 26 levels left

rFire  + + .     SeeInvis +     P - +8 executioner's axe of Flawed Execution {vamp, MR+++}
rCold  + + +     Clarity  .     g - +7 plate armour of Veag {rPois rF+ rC++ Dex-5}
rNeg   + + .     SustAb   .     (no shield)
rPois  +         Gourm    .     S - -2 hat of the Alchemist {rElec rPois rF+ rC+ rN+ MR+ rMut rCorr}
rElec  +         Spirit   .     m - +2 cloak
rCorr  +         Warding  .     r - +2 pair of gloves
rMut   +         Stasis   .     C - +0 pair of boots {run}
MR     +++++                    N - amulet of regeneration
Stlth  ..........               F - ring of see invisible
                                s - ring "Apnuzuj" {rC++ rN+}

@: very slightly contaminated, quick, almost entirely resistant to hostile
enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: retaliatory headbutt, horns 2, talons 1
a: Burn Spellbooks, Berserk, Trog's Hand, Brothers in Arms, Renounce Religion
0: Orb of Zot
}: 3/15 runes: serpentine, barnacled, slimy


You escaped.
You worshipped Trog.
Trog was extremely pleased with you.
You were not hungry.

You visited 11 branches of the dungeon, and saw 63 of its levels.
You visited 1 bazaar.
You also visited: Sewer, Ice Cave, Volcano and Wizlab.

You collected 9400 gold pieces.
You spent 5398 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 c - a +4 broad axe of electrocution
 d - a cursed +5 antimagic executioner's axe
 f - a +1 war axe of chopping
 q - a +5 antimagic great mace
 x - a +4 battleaxe of flaming
 D - a +3 dire flail of holy wrath
 I - a +4 battleaxe of chopping
 P - the +8 executioner's axe of Flawed Execution (weapon) {vamp, MR+++}
   (Trog gifted it to you on level 7 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It inflicts no extra harm, but heals its wielder somewhat when it strikes a
   living foe.
   
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
 W - the +10 longbow of Inference {velocity, rElec MR+ Stlth+}
   (Trog gifted it to you on level 3 of the Depths)   
   
   Any arrow fired from it inflicts extra damage.
   
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It makes you more stealthy.
Missiles
 G - 116 arrows of frost
 O - 141 arrows of flame
 V - 29 javelins of penetration (quivered)
Armour
 g - the +7 plate armour of Veag (worn) {rPois rF+ rC++ Dex-5}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Shoals)   
   
   It affects your dexterity (-5).
   It protects you from fire.
   It greatly protects you from cold.
   It protects you from poison.
 m - a +2 cloak (worn)
 r - a +2 pair of gloves (worn)
 C - a +0 pair of boots of running (worn)
 S - the -2 hat of the Alchemist (worn) {rElec rPois rF+ rC+ rN+ MR+ rMut rCorr}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It protects you from cold.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It protects you from poison.
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It protects you from acid and corrosion.
   It protects you from mutation.
 X - a +2 crystal plate armour
Jewellery
 h - an uncursed ring of invisibility
 l - a +3 ring of slaying
 s - the ring "Apnuzuj" (left hand) {rC++ rN+}
   (You took it off an ancient champion on level 3 of the Crypt)   
   
   [ring of positive energy]
   
   It greatly protects you from cold.
   It protects you from negative energy.
 F - a ring of see invisible (right hand)
 N - an amulet of regeneration (around neck)
Magical devices
 a - a wand of disintegration (11)
 z - a wand of disintegration (7)
 A - a wand of teleportation (1)
 H - a wand of cold (3)
 Q - a wand of heal wounds (3)
 T - a wand of disintegration (6)
Scrolls
 e - 5 scrolls of identify
 v - 9 scrolls of recharging
 w - 11 scrolls of fog
 y - 2 scrolls of magic mapping
 B - 21 scrolls of teleportation
 J - 2 scrolls of holy word
 L - 4 scrolls of blinking
 U - 22 scrolls of remove curse
 Z - 3 scrolls of summoning
Potions
 k - 8 potions of agility
 o - 19 potions of curing
 p - 6 potions of invisibility
 t - 8 potions of restore abilities
 u - 9 potions of might
 E - 3 potions of resistance
 R - 7 potions of cancellation
 Y - a potion of haste
Comestibles
 b - 19 meat rations
 n - 12 bread rations


   Skills:
 O Level 27 Fighting
 - Level 25.9(26.7) Axes
 - Level 13.7(21.3) Maces & Flails
 - Level 9.4 Bows
 O Level 27 Armour
 + Level 21.9 Dodging
 - Level 9.6 Evocations


[Sandman25]

Congrats!

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Looking forward to not playing MiBe for a while . . .

Why are you even considering to play the same combo again? There are so many species/backgrounds/gods/play styles in the game...

[suboptimal]

Hence my looking forward to not playing the same combo again.

[Sandman25]

Sorry, I got confused by "for a while"

[Zargon]

Congratz! It's a great feeling when you get your first win! You might want to try a SpEn for a change of style, or possibly a blaster-caster of some sort (DrCj, possibly, since they have high HP and in-built AC)

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P - +8 executioner's axe of Flawed Execution {vamp, MR+++}

That's got to be the most ironic name for a randart I've ever seen!

I got the mutations in Slime (I think), and really should get rid of them... I hadn't even noticed I had them until I was pasting the dump into the forum.

It's the shining eyes that did that - always swap to an amulet of rMut whenever you see one.

Also, I'd have gone for a lot more evocations instead of dodging on a 3-rune victory - you'd probably get more return for your investment since low dex and heavy armour always makes EV very difficult to raise, and evocations is the only way to get spell-like options as a Trog worshipper.

[suboptimal]

Thanks, good points. I wasn't quite sure what to do with my exp once I'd maxed out my other traits. I've always neglected evocations, and evocables in general, but in this game I saw what higher evocation can do for you. Next time I'll put more there.

The Hat of the Alchemist has rMut (ridiculous piece of gear, if you ask me) so I didn't bother keeping my rMut amulet in my inventory. The mutations I had were despite that. It wasn't a big deal to get rid of them.