[YAVP] - MuGl^Gozag - 6 rune

[ajon]

Ok, looking for gozag because for some reason I have this mummy of gozag idea that I really want to work even though it never does when I try it.

Anyways, I started with a staff and found crazy yiuf and snagged his staff which was nice.
Two acquirement scrolls, the first netter me +7 lajatang of order, which is nice for when I get to crypt, abyss, and against OoF but the brand isn't great for normal enemies.
The second gave me +4 vampiric demon blade. which is pretty nice considering I cang use healing potions.

I'm still pre lair. I only have 10 in staves. Should I switch course for the long blade or stick with my staves considering I have chaos staff for now and lajatang of order for later?

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.17-a0-1596-g1e86911 (webtiles) character file.

mahalanobis the Cruncher (Mummy Gladiator)          Turns: 6088, Time: 00:14:52

Health: 56/56      AC: 17    Str: 18    XL:     8   Next: 94%
Magic:  8/8        EV:  6    Int: 11    God:   
Gold:   207        SH:  0    Dex: 14    Spells: 0 memorised, 7 levels left

rFire  x . .     SeeInvis .     c - +4 demon blade (vamp)
rCold  + . .     Clarity  .     s - +0 plate armour
rNeg   + + +     SustAt   .     (no shield)
rPois  ∞         Gourm    .     l - +0 helmet {Int+3}
rElec  .         Spirit   .     n - +1 cloak
rCorr  .         Warding  .     e - +1 pair of gloves
rMut   .         Rnd*Tele +     j - +1 pair of boots
MR     +....                    v - amulet of regeneration
Stlth  ..........               (no ring)
                                a - ring of teleportation

@: somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: no food or potions, fire vulnerability, cold resistance 1, negative energy
resistance 3, torment resistance, unbreathing
a: Evoke Teleportation


You are on level 6 of the Dungeon.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and seen 7 of its levels.
You have also visited: Sewer and Ossuary.

You have collected 207 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 c - a +4 vampiric demon blade (weapon)
 h - the +7 lajatang of Order {silver, rMut}
   (You acquired it on level 6 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It protects you from mutation.
 m - a +4 quarterstaff of chaos
Missiles
 d - 3 throwing nets (quivered)
Armour
 e - a +1 pair of gloves (worn)
 j - a +1 pair of boots (worn)
 l - a +0 helmet of intelligence (worn)
 n - a +1 cloak (worn)
 s - a +0 plate armour (worn)
Jewellery
 a - a ring of teleportation (left hand)
 v - an amulet of regeneration (around neck)
Scrolls
 b - a scroll of amnesia
 f - 3 scrolls of recharging
 g - 3 scrolls of remove curse
 i - 2 scrolls of identify
 k - a scroll of fear
 o - a scroll labeled BOXAJE TIPH
 p - a scroll labeled WUIKOR YMMI
 q - 2 scrolls of magic mapping
 r - a scroll labeled DOEDIU ZYHIS
 t - a scroll labeled HUNWIY PUGG
 u - a scroll labeled IRROG OTSI


   Skills:
 - Level 2.0 Fighting
 * Level 10.1 Staves
 - Level 1.5 Throwing
 - Level 2.4 Dodging


You have 7 spell levels left.
You don't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (6/15)             Temple (1/1) D:5         


[Sandman25]

I would train Fighting to about 5, Armour to 6.3 and only after that would consider switching to vampiric blade. rMut is not a big deal for Mu, free switching to vampiric weapon is. Do you have a good buckler?

[ajon]

Not yet, but its early in the game.

[Sandman25]

Not yet, but its early in the game.

It's fine, I played a Mu with 1h weapon without any shield (there were no good bucklers and normal shield was too expensive with Mu's aptitudes). Main problem with weapon switching is that you are underpowered while switching so if you will feel you are too weak, consider training staves to 14 before switching (or even don't switch, lajatang is a good weapon and you have a chance to find (or rebrand to) lajatang of speed) which is truly awesome).

[ajon]

Does Gozag only place shops on levels I haven't explored? What if I don't call shops early and explore a lot of the dungeon, do I lose those shops?

[ajon]

This is one of those games where I feel like I'm going to make the "wrong" decision. I should probably just commit to one.

Anyways, started with L blades, up to about 11, staves are about 10. Found a lajatang in lair and it branded to ice which isn't a bad brand for lajatang I believe? Speed is what I'm aiming for though.

So... is lajatang of ice (assuming I don't find a better one) better in the long run than vampiric Demon Blade? Likely ill find a better demon blade, they are pretty common by depths. So I'm not concerned about the brand on it.

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.17-a0-1596-g1e86911 (webtiles) character file.

mahalanobis the Carver (Mummy Gladiator)           Turns: 25148, Time: 01:46:27

Health: 111/111    AC: 25    Str: 20    XL:     14   Next: 63%
Magic:  14/14      EV: 11    Int: 11    God:    Gozag
Gold:   1228       SH:  0    Dex: 19    Spells: 0 memorised, 13 levels left

rFire  x . .     SeeInvis +     c - +6 demon blade (vamp)
rCold  + . .     Clarity  .     s - +1 plate armour
rNeg   + + +     SustAt   .     (no shield)
rPois  ∞         Gourm    .     l - +1 helmet {Int+3}
rElec  .         Spirit   .     n - +2 cloak
rCorr  .         Warding  .     e - +1 pair of gloves
rMut   .         Stasis   .     F - +1 pair of boots {Fly}
MR     +....                    v - amulet of regeneration
Stlth  ..........               w - ring of see invisible
                                r - +4 ring of dexterity

@: flying, somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: no food or potions, fire vulnerability, cold resistance 1, negative energy
resistance 3, torment resistance, unbreathing, in touch with death 1, restore
body
a: Self-Restoration, Potion Petition, Call Merchant, Bribe Branch, Renounce
Religion, Stop Flying


You are on level 7 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Gozag.
Gozag is noncommittal.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 4 branches of the dungeon, and seen 23 of its levels.
You have visited the Abyss 1 time.
You have also visited: Labyrinth, Sewer, Ossuary and Ice Cave.

You have collected 6086 gold pieces.
You have spent 387 gold pieces at shops.
You have paid 4471 gold pieces to Gozag.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 c - a +6 vampiric demon blade (weapon)
 h - the +7 lajatang of Order {silver, rMut}
   (You acquired it on level 6 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It protects you from mutation.
 m - a +4 quarterstaff of chaos
 u - the +11 shortbow "Onul" {flame, rElec Str+4}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Abyss)   
   
   It causes projectiles fired from it to burn those they strike, causing extra
   injury to most foes and up to half again as much damage against particularly
   susceptible opponents.
   
   It affects your strength (+4).
   It insulates you from electricity.
 O - a +0 lajatang of freezing
Missiles
 d - 2 throwing nets (quivered)
Armour
 e - a +1 pair of gloves (worn)
 l - a +1 helmet of intelligence (worn)
 n - a +2 cloak (worn)
 s - a +1 plate armour (worn)
 F - a +1 pair of boots of flying (worn)
Jewellery
 a - an uncursed ring of teleportation
 j - a ring of protection from fire
 r - a +4 ring of dexterity (left hand)
 v - an amulet of regeneration (around neck)
 w - a ring of see invisible (right hand)
 G - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 I - an uncursed amulet of guardian spirit
Magical devices
 i - a wand of fireball (0)
 o - a wand of teleportation (3)
 x - a wand of fire (0)
 A - a wand of draining (2)
 C - a wand of digging (6)
 D - a wand of teleportation (4)
 E - a wand of heal wounds (7)
 L - a wand of draining
 M - a wand of cold
Scrolls
 b - a scroll of amnesia
 g - 5 scrolls of remove curse
 k - a scroll of summoning
 p - 3 scrolls of immolation
 q - 3 scrolls of magic mapping
 t - 2 scrolls of fog
 y - 4 scrolls of silence
 z - 4 scrolls of recharging
 B - 2 scrolls of teleportation
 H - 4 scrolls of fear
Books
 f - a book of Alchemy   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Sublimation of Blood         Necromancy                    2
    b - Ignite Poison                Fire/Transmutation/Poison     3
    c - Alistair's Intoxication      Transmutation/Poison          4
    d - Condensation Shield          Ice                           4
    e - Petrify                      Transmutation/Earth           4
    f - Irradiate                    Conjuration/Transmutation     5
 J - a book of Beasts   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Summon Butterflies           Summoning                     1
    b - Call Canine Familiar         Summoning                     3
    c - Summon Ice Beast             Ice/Summoning                 4
    d - Summon Mana Viper            Hexes/Summoning               5
    e - Summon Hydra                 Summoning                     7
 K - a book of Burglary   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Swiftness                    Charms/Air                    2
    b - Passwall                     Transmutation/Earth           3
    c - Passage of Golubria          Translocation                 4
    d - Lee's Rapid Deconstruction   Earth                         5
    e - Darkness                     Hexes                         6
    f - Invisibility                 Hexes                         6


   Skills:
 - Level 10.6 Fighting
 * Level 11.3 Long Blades
 - Level 10.4 Staves
 - Level 1.5 Throwing
 - Level 9.0 Armour
 - Level 8.1 Dodging
 - Level 7.9 Stealth


You have 13 spell levels left.
You don't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (13/15)            Temple (1/1) D:5            Lair (7/8) D:9
 Shoals (0/4) Lair:6       Spider (0/4) Lair:3          Orc (2/4) D:9
 Slime: Lair:6-8    Vaults: D:13-14     

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

Shops:
D:4 :   D:6 %*   D:10 *   D:11 [   D:12 *   D:13 *   D:14 [

Portals:
Trove: D:12 (give +5 ice dragon armour)

Annotations:
D:3 Sigmund
D:13 Rupert


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You do not eat or drink.
Your flesh is vulnerable to fire.
You are immune to poison.
Your flesh is cold resistant.
You are immune to negative energy.
You are immune to unholy pain and torment.
You can survive without breathing.
You are in touch with the powers of death.
You can restore your body by infusing magical energy.


Message History

You now have 1228 gold pieces (gained 6).
Found a scroll of brand weapon.
Found a meat ration.
Found a scroll of immolation.
N - a scroll of brand weapon
p - 3 scrolls of immolation (gained 1)
Wield which item (- for none, * to show all)? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
You feel the dreadful sensation subside.
O - a +0 lajatang (weapon)
Read which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Brand which weapon? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
As you read the scroll of brand weapon, it crumbles to dust.
Your +0 lajatang is covered with a thin layer of ice!
O - a +0 lajatang of freezing (weapon)
Wield which item (- for none, * to show all)? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Your +0 lajatang of freezing stops glowing.
You feel an empty sense of dread.
c - a +6 vampiric demon blade (weapon)
Char dumped successfully.
Save game and exit?

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[duvessa]

You are not going to find a better demon blade (or a better weapon, period) than a vamp one...

[ajon]

Mummy is rough. I did manage to survive two early banishments though. Starting to feel like I'm not getting chewed up in every fight though. -2 makes dodging and armour slow training. Switching weapons might have also contributed but its working fairly well so far.

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.17-a0-1596-g1e86911 (webtiles) character file.

mahalanobis the Carver (Mummy Gladiator)           Turns: 42642, Time: 03:28:02

Health: 133/133    AC: 27    Str: 20    XL:     17   Next: 29%
Magic:  20/20      EV: 14    Int:  9    God:    Gozag
Gold:   2092       SH:  0    Dex: 20    Spells: 0 memorised, 16 levels left

rFire  . . .     SeeInvis +     c - +6 demon blade (vamp)
rCold  + . .     Clarity  .     s - +2 plate armour
rNeg   + + +     SustAt   .     (no shield)
rPois  ∞         Gourm    .     U - +2 hat {SInv}
rElec  .         Spirit   .     n - +2 cloak
rCorr  .         Warding  .     e - +1 pair of gloves
rMut   .         Stasis   .     F - +2 pair of boots {Fly}
MR     ++...                    v - amulet of regeneration
Stlth  ..........               G - ring of protection from fire
                                r - +4 ring of dexterity

@: flying, very resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: no food or potions, fire vulnerability, cold resistance 1, negative energy
resistance 3, torment resistance, unbreathing, in touch with death 1, restore
body
a: Self-Restoration, Potion Petition, Call Merchant, Bribe Branch, Renounce
Religion, Stop Flying


You are on level 3 of the Shoals.
You worship Gozag.
Gozag is noncommittal.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 6 branches of the dungeon, and seen 33 of its levels.
You have visited the Abyss 2 times.
You have also visited: Labyrinth, Sewer, Ossuary and Ice Cave.

You have collected 13105 gold pieces.
You have spent 387 gold pieces at shops.
You have paid 10626 gold pieces to Gozag.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 c - a +6 vampiric demon blade (weapon)
 h - the +7 lajatang of Order {silver, rMut}
   (You acquired it on level 6 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It protects you from mutation.
 m - a +4 quarterstaff of chaos
 J - the +12 rapier of Doxidoxt {pierce, MR++ Int-5 Dex+3}
   (You found it on level 4 of the Spider Nest)   
   
   It inflicts extra damage upon your enemies.
   
   It affects your intelligence (-5).
   It affects your dexterity (+3).
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
 O - a +0 lajatang of freezing
Missiles
 d - 6 throwing nets (quivered)
Armour
 e - a +1 pair of gloves (worn)
 n - a +2 cloak (worn)
 s - a +2 plate armour (worn)
 x - a +0 shield
 F - a +2 pair of boots of flying (worn)
 T - a +2 hat of magic resistance
 U - a +2 hat of see invisible (worn)
Jewellery
 a - an uncursed ring of teleportation
 j - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 r - a +4 ring of dexterity (left hand)
 v - an amulet of regeneration (around neck)
 w - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 B - an uncursed amulet of resist mutation
 G - a ring of protection from fire (right hand)
 I - an uncursed amulet of guardian spirit
 P - the ring "Duatun" {rC+ Int+4}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Abyss)   
   
   [ring of protection from cold]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+4).
   It protects you from cold.
Magical devices
 o - a wand of teleportation (0)
 A - a wand of disintegration (13)
 C - a wand of digging (6)
 D - a wand of teleportation (2)
 E - a wand of heal wounds (3)
 L - a wand of draining (0)
 M - a wand of cold (0)
 R - a wand of invisibility (4)
Scrolls
 b - 4 scrolls of amnesia
 g - 9 scrolls of remove curse
 i - 3 scrolls of teleportation
 p - 4 scrolls of immolation
 q - 4 scrolls of magic mapping
 t - a scroll of fog
 u - a scroll of brand weapon
 y - 5 scrolls of silence
 z - 2 scrolls of recharging
 H - 2 scrolls of fear
 N - 9 scrolls of identify
 Q - a scroll of blinking
Books
 l - a book of Fire   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Ignite Poison                Fire/Transmutation/Poison     3
    b - Fireball                     Conjuration/Fire              5
    c - Bolt of Fire                 Conjuration/Fire              6
    d - Delayed Fireball             Conjuration/Fire              7
    e - Ring of Flames               Charms/Fire                   7
 K - a Young Poisoner's Handbook   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Sting                        Conjuration/Poison            1
    b - Cure Poison                  Poison                        2
    c - Mephitic Cloud               Conjuration/Poison/Air        3
    d - Olgreb's Toxic Radiance      Poison                        4
    e - Venom Bolt                   Conjuration/Poison            5
Miscellaneous
 f - a phial of floods
 k - a phantom mirror


   Skills:
 * Level 12.0 Fighting
 - Level 14.0 Long Blades
 - Level 10.4 Staves
 - Level 1.5 Throwing
 - Level 9.0 Armour
 - Level 13.0 Dodging
 - Level 8.0 Stealth
 - Level 6.0 Evocations


You have 16 spell levels left.
You don't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (13/15)            Temple (1/1) D:5            Lair (7/8) D:9
 Shoals (4/4) Lair:6       Spider (4/4) Lair:3          Orc (4/4) D:9
    Elf (0/3) Orc:4       
 Slime: Lair:6-8    Vaults: D:13-14     

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

Shops:
D:4 :   D:6 %*   D:10 *   D:11 [   D:12 *   D:13 *   D:14 [   D:15 ?
Orc:4 =!(=   Vaults:1 =   Vaults:3 [   Vaults:4 ?

Portals:
Trove: D:12 (give +5 ice dragon armour)

Annotations:
D:3 Sigmund
D:13 Rupert
Shoals:3 exclusion: Roxanne, Roxanne
Spider:2 Phlounder's ghost, mighty GrWn; nrokreffefp's ghost, powerful DrFE
Spider:4 Mara


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You do not eat or drink.
Your flesh is vulnerable to fire.
You are immune to poison.
Your flesh is cold resistant.
You are immune to negative energy.
You are immune to unholy pain and torment.
You can survive without breathing.
You are in touch with the powers of death.
You can restore your body by infusing magical energy.


Message History

You slash the merfolk!
The merfolk is moderately wounded.
You slash the merfolk! You feel better.
The merfolk is severely wounded.
The merfolk hits you but does no damage.
You hit the merfolk.
The merfolk is severely wounded.
You slice the merfolk!! You feel better.
You kill the merfolk!
You hear a splash.
No target in view!
No target in view!
You now have 2092 gold pieces (gained 8).
You see here a trident.
Save game and exit?
Okay, then.
Unknown command.
Unknown command.
Char dumped successfully.
Save game and exit?


[WingedEspeon]

I would have recomended not switching weapons. The vamp demon blade is objectivly better, but losing lots of exp is bad, espcialy on Mu. Now that you have switched you are fine, but the transition phase is dangerous.

[mopl]

Does Gozag only place shops on levels I haven't explored? What if I don't call shops early and explore a lot of the dungeon, do I lose those shops?

When you have explored all levels, Gozag will place shops on known levels, exactly whre you stand iirc

[ajon]

Only 1 per level or unlimited?

[mopl]

Multiple allowed... I think I often created kind of malls in late game...

[ajon]

Ok So I ran into Mara On Spider 4. I tried to use a mirror but it was pretty useless. Tried going after him with the lajatang of order but multiple Maras and a copy of me again were too much. Cant bribe the branch either. So...

I thought about slime since I have rCorr and rMut (does it actually do anything for a mummy?)
I could also just hit vaults and get that rune and then try for something else later when I see where I am at that point?

Also, does Gozag still duplicate items? How is this done? Would be nice to duplicate my sword and rebrand it to see if I can get something to switch to for certain situations (elec for demons/fire for hydra/ ice for OoF later?)

Manual of armour helped nicely with getting my defenses up too.

Here's a dump

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.17-a0-1626-g3031859 (webtiles) character file.

mahalanobis the Warrior (Mummy Gladiator)          Turns: 53127, Time: 04:18:31

Health: 149/149    AC: 36    Str: 20    XL:     18   Next: 89%
Magic:  21/21      EV: 15    Int:  9    God:    Gozag
Gold:   2194       SH:  5    Dex: 21    Spells: 0 memorised, 17 levels left

rFire  . . .     SeeInvis +     c - +7 demon blade (vamp)
rCold  + . .     Clarity  .     L - +7 plate armour of Roqingusk {rCorr Dex+4}
rNeg   + + +     SustAt   .     S - +0 buckler
rPois  ∞         Gourm    .     T - +2 hat {MR+}
rElec  .         Spirit   .     n - +2 cloak
rCorr  +         Warding  .     e - +2 pair of gloves
rMut   .         Stasis   .     F - +2 pair of boots {Fly}
MR     +++..                    v - amulet of regeneration
Stlth  ..........               w - ring of see invisible
                                j - ring of protection from fire

@: flying, studying Short Blades, extremely resistant to hostile enchantments,
extremely unstealthy
A: no food or potions, fire vulnerability, cold resistance 1, negative energy
resistance 3, torment resistance, unbreathing, in touch with death 1, restore
body
a: Self-Restoration, Potion Petition, Call Merchant, Bribe Branch, Renounce
Religion, Stop Flying
}: 1/15 runes: barnacled


You are on level 3 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Gozag.
Gozag is noncommittal.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 7 branches of the dungeon, and seen 37 of its levels.
You have visited the Abyss 2 times.
You have also visited: Labyrinth, Sewer, Ossuary and Ice Cave.

You have collected 16073 gold pieces.
You have spent 1875 gold pieces at shops.
You have paid 12004 gold pieces to Gozag.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 c - a +7 vampiric demon blade (weapon)
 h - the +7 lajatang of Order {silver, rMut}
   (You acquired it on level 6 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It protects you from mutation.
 m - a +2 scimitar of flaming
 J - the +12 rapier of Doxidoxt {pierce, MR++ Int-5 Dex+3}
   (You found it on level 4 of the Spider Nest)   
   
   It inflicts extra damage upon your enemies.
   
   It affects your intelligence (-5).
   It affects your dexterity (+3).
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
 O - a +0 lajatang of freezing
Missiles
 d - 15 throwing nets (quivered)
Armour
 e - a +2 pair of gloves (worn)
 l - the +0 cloak of Ydigidweg {Int+9}
   (You acquired it on level 1 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   It affects your intelligence (+9).
 n - a +2 cloak (worn)
 F - a +2 pair of boots of flying (worn)
 L - the +7 plate armour of Roqingusk (worn) {rCorr Dex+4}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 14 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
   It protects you from acid and corrosion.
 S - a +0 buckler (worn)
 T - a +2 hat of magic resistance (worn)
Jewellery
 a - an uncursed ring of teleportation
 j - a ring of protection from fire (left hand)
 r - a +4 ring of dexterity
 v - an amulet of regeneration (around neck)
 w - a ring of see invisible (right hand)
 B - an uncursed amulet of resist mutation
 G - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 I - an uncursed amulet of guardian spirit
 P - the ring "Duatun" {rC+ Int+4}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Abyss)   
   
   [ring of protection from cold]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+4).
   It protects you from cold.
Magical devices
 z - a wand of teleportation (4)
 A - a wand of disintegration (0)
 C - a wand of digging (6)
 D - a wand of teleportation (5)
 E - a wand of heal wounds (6)
 M - a wand of fire (0)
 R - a wand of invisibility (4)
Scrolls
 b - 6 scrolls of amnesia
 g - 11 scrolls of remove curse
 i - 4 scrolls of teleportation
 p - 4 scrolls of immolation
 q - 5 scrolls of magic mapping
 s - a scroll of enchant armour
 t - a scroll of fog
 u - a scroll of brand weapon
 y - 5 scrolls of silence
 H - a scroll of fear
 N - 9 scrolls of identify
 Q - a scroll of blinking
 V - a scroll of recharging
 W - a scroll of torment
Books
 o - a manual of Short Blades
 K - the Tome of Evil
   (You found it on level 1 of the Elven Halls)   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Animate Skeleton             Necromancy                    1
    b - Pain                         Necromancy                    1
    c - Sublimation of Blood         Necromancy                    2
    d - Cigotuvi's Embrace           Necromancy                    5
    e - Simulacrum                   Ice/Necromancy                6
Miscellaneous
 f - a phial of floods


   Skills:
 - Level 15.0 Fighting
 - Level 14.0 Long Blades
 - Level 10.4 Staves
 - Level 1.5 Throwing
 - Level 14.5 Armour
 - Level 13.3 Dodging
 - Level 8.0 Stealth
 * Level 2.6 Shields
 - Level 6.0 Evocations


You have 17 spell levels left.
You don't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (1/1) D:5            Lair (7/8) D:9
 Shoals (4/4) Lair:6       Spider (4/4) Lair:3          Orc (4/4) D:9
    Elf (2/3) Orc:4        Vaults (0/5) D:14         Depths (0/5) D:15
 Slime: Lair:6-8   

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

Shops:
D:4 :   D:6 %*   D:10 *   D:11 [   D:12 *   D:13 *   D:14 [   D:15 ?
Orc:4 =!(=   Elf:2 *=   Vaults:1 =   Vaults:3 [   Vaults:4 ?

Portals:
Trove: D:12 (give +5 ice dragon armour)

Annotations:
D:3 Sigmund
Shoals:3 exclusion: Roxanne, Roxanne
Spider:4 Mara
Elf:2 5 runed doors


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You do not eat or drink.
Your flesh is vulnerable to fire.
You are immune to poison.
Your flesh is cold resistant.
You are immune to negative energy.
You are immune to unholy pain and torment.
You can survive without breathing.
You are in touch with the powers of death.
You can restore your body by infusing magical energy.


Message History

(N) Spider Nest    (O) Orcish Mines   (E) Elven Halls    (V) Vaults         
(U) Depths         
Where to? (Enter - Spider:1, ? - help)
There is a crawl-hole back to the Lair here.
You fly upwards. Welcome back to the Lair of Beasts!
There is a hole to the Spider Nest here.
Wield which item (- for none, * to show all)? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
You feel an empty sense of dread.
c - a +7 vampiric demon blade (weapon)
Wear which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
You start putting on your armour.
You continue putting on your +0 buckler. x4
You finish putting on your +0 buckler.
Use which ability? (? or * to list)
Okay, then.
Unknown command.
Unknown command.
Unknown command.
Char dumped successfully.
Save game and exit?

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[emikaela]

nope, duplicating is out.

i'd do vaults, and bribe just before going down to v:5. elf:3 is also fairly easy with a bribe. if you want more exp you can clear depths. after that you should be strong enough to deal with mara, or just dive past and steal the rune. slime is also very doable.

[ajon]

Playing in trunk so Mara and the rune are both on spider 4 so no diving. Ended up in vaults, doing a fair job too. Though I spent some money on an acquirement scroll. So bribing is out unless I make it back. Ill probably do depths first anyways so I should have enough to bribe V5 by then easily.

[ajon]

So I bribed the vaults, as soon as I went down to V5, my bribe was exhausted. I didn't get a single ally from it in the end? Seems like I just wasted 3k gold. Perhaps this ability needs some tweaking cause its kinda crappy to not get any benefit from it in the places you want it most.

[emikaela]

So I bribed the vaults, as soon as I went down to V5, my bribe was exhausted. I didn't get a single ally from it in the end? Seems like I just wasted 3k gold. Perhaps this ability needs some tweaking cause its kinda crappy to not get any benefit from it in the places you want it most.

wow, sorry about that. i'm fairly sure it did a decent job of softening up the welcoming party when i did it. did you do it after clearing 1-4?

[ajon]

yeah. I think the problem is that when monters are peaceful they take money and when they are allied they also do to fight, I think they are no longer allies/peaceful once the fund is spent? So if a lot of them were bribed, it was spent immediately, and then they were no longer bribed.

[ajon]

Hmm. No really good rF+ gear to be found yet. Going to hit up crypt now. I'm considering slime but I'm not sure I can handle TRJ. It always seems hit or miss and I don't think I've figured any really good strategies for it. I can try another phantom mirror on it I suppose?

Anyways, another question I have is, after I finish zot 1-4, is it worth trying to rebrand my demon blade to something that would be useful against Ancient lich and OoF, or just let it be for free healing vs dragons/orb guardians?

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.17-a0-1626-g3031859 (webtiles) character file.

mahalanobis the Warrior (Mummy Gladiator)          Turns: 78042, Time: 06:57:44

Health: 204/204    AC: 43    Str: 23    XL:     24   Next: 6%
Magic:  37/37      EV: 25    Int:  7    God:    Gozag
Gold:   2433       SH:  8    Dex: 23    Spells: 3 memorised, 8 levels left

rFire  . . .     SeeInvis .     c - +9 demon blade (vamp)
rCold  + . .     Clarity  .     L - +7 plate armour of Roqingusk {rCorr Dex+4}
rNeg   + + +     SustAt   .     b - +2 buckler {AC+3}
rPois  ∞         Gourm    .     T - +2 hat {MR+}
rElec  +         Spirit   .     X - +3 cloak of Intuition {rElec}
rCorr  +         Warding  .     k - +2 pair of gloves "Deovum" {rPois MP+9}
rMut   .         Stasis   .     I - +2 pair of boots of the Assassin {DetectMon Stab+ Stlth++}
MR     ++++.                    v - amulet of regeneration
Stlth  +++.......               o - ring of Suspicion {EV+3 Stlth+}
                                j - ring of protection from fire

@: very slightly contaminated, incredibly resistant to hostile enchantments,
fairly stealthy
A: no food or potions, fire vulnerability, cold resistance 1, negative energy
resistance 3, torment resistance, unbreathing, in touch with death 1, restore
body
a: Self-Restoration, Potion Petition, Call Merchant, Bribe Branch, Renounce
Religion
}: 3/15 runes: barnacled, silver, gossamer


You are on level 3 of the Spider Nest.
You worship Gozag.
Gozag is noncommittal.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 9 branches of the dungeon, and seen 48 of its levels.
You have visited the Abyss 2 times.
You have also visited: Labyrinth, Sewer, Ossuary and Ice Cave.

You have collected 28786 gold pieces.
You have spent 4955 gold pieces at shops.
You have paid 21398 gold pieces to Gozag.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 c - a +9 vampiric demon blade (weapon)
 m - a +2 scimitar of flaming
Missiles
 d - 15 throwing nets (quivered)
Armour
 b - a +2 buckler of protection (worn)
 k - the +2 pair of gloves "Deovum" (worn) {rPois MP+9}
   (You found it on level 2 of the Depths)   
   
   It protects you from poison.
   It affects your magic capacity (+9).
 I - the +2 pair of boots of the Assassin (worn) {DetectMon Stab+ Stlth++}
   (You acquired it on level 10 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It makes you much more stealthy.
 L - the +7 plate armour of Roqingusk (worn) {rCorr Dex+4}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 14 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
   It protects you from acid and corrosion.
 T - a +2 hat of magic resistance (worn)
 X - the +3 cloak of Intuition (worn) {rElec}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   It insulates you from electricity.
Rods
 F - a +5 rod of the swarm (10/10)
   (You took it off a vault warden on level 5 of the Vaults)
 O - a rod of shadows
   (You took it off a deep elf high priest on level 5 of the Vaults)
 S - an iron rod
   (You took it off an ironbrand convoker on level 5 of the Vaults)
Jewellery
 a - an uncursed ring of teleportation
 j - a ring of protection from fire (left hand)
 o - the ring of Suspicion (right hand) {EV+3 Stlth+}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 1 of the Vaults)   
   
   [ring of evasion]
   
   It affects your evasion (+3).
   It makes you more stealthy.
 v - an amulet of regeneration (around neck)
 w - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 B - an uncursed amulet of resist mutation
 G - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 P - the ring "Duatun" {rC+ Int+4}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Abyss)   
   
   [ring of protection from cold]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+4).
   It protects you from cold.
Magical devices
 p - a wand of digging (14)
 r - a wand of teleportation (3)
 z - a wand of teleportation (4)
 C - a wand of digging (6)
 D - a wand of teleportation (5)
 E - a wand of heal wounds (4)
 R - a wand of invisibility (0)
Scrolls
 g - 19 scrolls of remove curse
 i - 15 scrolls of teleportation
 q - 4 scrolls of magic mapping
 t - 2 scrolls of fog
 u - 5 scrolls of brand weapon
 x - 2 scrolls of enchant weapon
 y - 5 scrolls of silence
 H - a scroll of fear
 N - 3 scrolls of identify
 Q - a scroll of blinking
 V - 2 scrolls of recharging
Miscellaneous
 e - a phantom mirror
 f - a phial of floods
 h - a legendary deck of changes {the Alchemist, drawn: 6}
 A - a lamp of fire


   Skills:
 - Level 20.0 Fighting
 - Level 14.0 Long Blades
   Level 10.4 Staves
 - Level 1.5 Throwing
 - Level 18.8 Armour
 - Level 18.5 Dodging
 - Level 8.0 Stealth
 - Level 5.0 Shields
 * Level 8.9 Evocations



[Pollen_Golem]

I'd say TRJ is easier than Zot:5 as you have rCorr but no rF. Use phantom mirror on it. See if there's a scroll of torment anywhere. It would be amazing if you could get TRJ in LOS and its phantom copy out of LOS simultaneously, before tormenting.

[ajon]

Would the phantom copy have the same Hp if I tormented first?

[Pollen_Golem]

Yeah, the phantom copy has HP proportional to the original's HP at the moment of mirroring, so if you mirror something when it's almost dead, the phantom copy will be almost dead too.

[ajon]

Ok. Hmm. Slime didn't have anything worth taking. How does being undead affect Tomb difficulty?

[Pollen_Golem]

Being undead makes Tomb much easier. Death curses can still slow and stat-drain you.

[ajon]

ok. Got the dragonskin cloak too, but I'm currently using one that gives me +9 int to try and get some spells online, should I abandon death channel and summon shadow creatures for the AC and potential resistances the cloak offers?

[Pollen_Golem]

If for some reason you're doing Zot before Tomb now, it's hard to say: dragonskin cloak is not reliable but your only rF source while summons are useful for holding off enemies and shadow creatures are great in Zot.

Erm... you have TWO rings of protection from fire. Just wear them both.

[ajon]

yeah I've been putting the second one on when I come up to OoF, I keep the EV ring otherwise for defenses. switching seems fairly quick. 3 EV probably isn't going to make or break my defenses though I guess.

[ajon]

Vampiric brand doesn't work on demons, undead, or OoF right?

I found a second demon blade. Its +9 now after I used my EW scrolls on it, my first brand attempt made it ice which probably isn't great for demon blade, but I'm better will be the best against OoF. Is it worth keeping or should I try to get something better for tomb? I have 7 brand scrolls left.

[Pollen_Golem]

Slicing and flaming would be better against mummies, but just go do tomb anyway, it should be easier than zot for you. Target the anubis guards: they have dispel undead and both of your brands are good against them.

Hmm, shadow creatures in tomb... friendly Anubis guards?

[ajon]

Shadow creatures definitely helped in both. Also had control undead for tomb which also controls undead summons and turns them against the priests which was useful. Ended up with 6 runes. I cleared the vestibule of hell. Contemplated Pan and Hell. I'm fairly certain I could have done Pan and had at least two pips of resist for each hell but I didn't want to die at that point and they can be a but more of a gamble. Got my mummy zag win finally.

I eventually switched to the dragonskin cloak with all my spells still with an acceptable failure rate. Zot was a breeze. The only close call was an ancient lich at the end of Tomb was retreating to the stairs and just got smacked big time but its spells. Think it had an OoD and then an iron shot or LCS in the same round. Had 2 hp left. Was saved by a blink scroll and silence took care of the rest after I got upstairs to heal.

Link
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.17-a0-1626-g3031859 (webtiles) character file.

3054560 mahalanobis the Slayer (level 27, 235/240 HPs)
             Began as a Mummy Gladiator on July 31, 2015.
             Was an Initiate of Gozag.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 6 runes on Aug 2, 2015!
             
             The game lasted 10:56:15 (114590 turns).

mahalanobis the Slayer (Mummy Gladiator)          Turns: 114590, Time: 10:56:15

Health: 235/240    AC: 47    Str: 23 (24) XL:     27
Magic:  33/33      EV: 19    Int:  8      God:    Gozag
Gold:   1316       SH:  8    Dex: 18 (19) Spells: 8 memorised, 7 levels left

rFire  + + .     SeeInvis .     l - +9 demon blade (slice)
rCold  + + .     Clarity  .     x - +10 plate armour {rF+}
rNeg   + + +     SustAt   .     b - +2 buckler {AC+3}
rPois  ∞         Gourm    .     T - +2 hat {MR+}
rElec  +         Spirit   .     C - +4 dragonskin cloak
rCorr  .         Warding  .     k - +2 pair of gloves "Deovum" {rPois MP+9}
rMut   .         Stasis   .     I - +2 pair of boots of the Assassin {DetectMon Stab+ Stlth++}
MR     ++++.                    v - amulet of regeneration
Stlth  +.........               j - ring of protection from fire
                                G - ring of protection from fire

@: very slightly contaminated, hasted, very quick, incredibly resistant to
hostile enchantments, very unstealthy
A: no food or potions, fire vulnerability, cold resistance 1, negative energy
resistance 3, torment resistance, unbreathing, in touch with death 2, restore
body
a: Self-Restoration, Potion Petition, Call Merchant, Bribe Branch, Renounce
Religion
0: Orb of Zot
}: 6/15 runes: barnacled, slimy, silver, golden, abyssal, gossamer


You escaped.
You worshipped Gozag.
Gozag was noncommittal.
You were not hungry.

You visited 14 branches of the dungeon, and saw 67 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 6 times.
You also visited: Labyrinth, Sewer, Ossuary and Ice Cave.

You collected 45467 gold pieces.
You spent 7780 gold pieces at shops.
You paid 36371 gold pieces to Gozag.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 c - a +9 vampiric demon blade
 l - a +9 demon blade of slicing (weapon)
Missiles
 d - 15 throwing nets (quivered)
Armour
 b - a +2 buckler of protection (worn)
 k - the +2 pair of gloves "Deovum" (worn) {rPois MP+9}
   (You found it on level 2 of the Depths)   
   
   It protects you from poison.
   It affects your magic capacity (+9).
 x - a +10 plate armour of fire resistance (worn)
 C - the +4 dragonskin cloak (worn)
   (You took it off Tiamat on level 1 of the Realm of Zot)
 I - the +2 pair of boots of the Assassin (worn) {DetectMon Stab+ Stlth++}
   (You acquired it on level 10 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It makes you much more stealthy.
 T - a +2 hat of magic resistance (worn)
Rods
 M - a +2 rod of clouds (9/9)
   (You found it on level 3 of the Crypt)
 S - a +4 iron rod (12/12)
   (You took it off an ironbrand convoker on level 5 of the Vaults)
Jewellery
 a - an uncursed ring of teleportation
 j - a ring of protection from fire (right hand)
 o - the ring of Suspicion {EV+3 Stlth+}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 1 of the Vaults)   
   
   [ring of evasion]
   
   It affects your evasion (+3).
   It makes you more stealthy.
 v - an amulet of regeneration (around neck)
 w - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 G - a ring of protection from fire (left hand)
 U - an uncursed ring of sustain attributes
Magical devices
 p - a wand of digging (8)
 r - a wand of hasting (0)
 s - a wand of fire (3)
 z - a wand of teleportation (4)
 D - a wand of teleportation (5)
 E - a wand of heal wounds (5)
 K - a wand of paralysis (21)
 R - a wand of invisibility (3)
Scrolls
 g - 24 scrolls of remove curse
 i - 17 scrolls of teleportation
 n - 4 scrolls of identify
 t - 6 scrolls of fog
 u - 5 scrolls of brand weapon
 y - 5 scrolls of silence
 F - a scroll of enchant weapon
 H - a scroll of fear
 P - 2 scrolls of torment
 V - 2 scrolls of recharging
Miscellaneous
 e - 3 phantom mirrors
 f - a phial of floods
 h - a legendary deck of changes {the Alchemist, drawn: 6}
 m - the horn of Geryon
 q - a fan of gales
 A - a lamp of fire


   Skills:
 * Level 24.8 Fighting
 - Level 14.0 Long Blades
   Level 10.4 Staves
 - Level 1.5 Throwing
 - Level 18.8 Armour
 - Level 18.7 Dodging
 - Level 11.2 Stealth
 - Level 5.0 Shields
 - Level 5.6 Spellcasting
 - Level 16.0 Hexes
 - Level 6.4 Charms
 - Level 14.0 Summonings
 - Level 13.1 Necromancy
 - Level 10.1 Air Magic
 - Level 11.6 Evocations


You had 7 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Aura of Abjuration    Summ           ###.......   14%         5    N/A
b - Shadow Creatures      Summ           N/A          14%         5    N/A
c - Silence               Hex/Air        ###.......   21%         5    N/A
d - Control Undead        Necr           ######....   10%         4    N/A
e - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       ###...       10%         2    N/A
f - Swiftness             Chrm/Air       ###.....     10%         2    N/A
g - Death Channel         Necr           ######....   92%         6    N/A
h - Summon Butterflies    Summ           ###.....     1%          1    N/A


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (1/1) D:5            Lair (8/8) D:9
 Shoals (4/4) Lair:6       Spider (4/4) Lair:3        Slime (6/6) Lair:8
    Orc (4/4) D:9             Elf (3/3) Orc:4        Vaults (5/5) D:14
  Crypt (3/3) Vaults:2       Tomb (3/3) Crypt:3      Depths (5/5) D:15
   Hell (1/1)                 Dis (0/7) Hell            Geh (0/7) Hell
    Zot (5/5) Depths:5   
   Coc: Hell:1         Tar: Hell:1     

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:
D:4 :   D:6 %*   D:10 *   D:11 [   D:12 *   D:13 *   D:14 [}[   D:15 ?
Orc:4 =!(=   Elf:2 *=   Elf:3 (   Vaults:1 =   Vaults:2 [[(   Vaults:3 [
Vaults:4 ?   Zot:4 }   Depths:1 [

Portals:
Hell: Depths:1 Depths:2 Depths:3 Depths:4 Depths:5
Abyss: Depths:2 Depths:4 Depths:5
Pandemonium: Depths:1 Depths:3
Ziggurat: Depths:5
Trove: D:12 (give +5 ice dragon armour)

Annotations:
D:3 Sigmund
Shoals:3 exclusion: Roxanne, Roxanne
Elf:2 5 runed doors
Depths:1 1 runed door


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You do not eat or drink.
Your flesh is vulnerable to fire.
You are immune to poison.
Your flesh is cold resistant.
You are immune to negative energy.
You are immune to unholy pain and torment.
You can survive without breathing.
You are strongly in touch with the powers of death.
You can restore your body by infusing magical energy.


Message History

Evoke which item? (* to show all) (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Zapping: r - a wand of hasting (1)
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f - you
You feel yourself speed up. This wand has 0 charges left.
The cacodemon closely misses you.
The cacodemon hits you but does no damage.
The orange demon barely misses you.
The cacodemon hits you but does no damage.
The cacodemon misses you.
The cacodemon gestures at you.
The bolt of energy hits you!
You hear a grinding noise.
A sixfirhy comes into view.
The sixfirhy closely misses you. You block the sixfirhy's attack.
The sixfirhy barely misses you. You block the sixfirhy's attack.
You hear a grinding noise.
There is a staircase leading out of the dungeon here.
You can't go down here!
You block the sixfirhy's attack. The sixfirhy closely misses you.
You have escaped!

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