YASD NaWz of Makleb - mummy floor of Zig

[arcanist]

Just died to the mummy floor in zig. I wonder what is the right strategy for me in such a scenario:
1. I got my str go to 0 while being in lich form. Therefore, since I was wearing ice dragon armor, all my spells went red.
2. As a solution to this problem I decided to go back to life. that was my biggest mistake, i guess, since I did not read the scroll of fog at that point of time. This resulted in all my hp going red in one turn.
3. So far so good ,i still survived and quaffed the potion of restore abilities.
4. THen I tried to heal myself with wand - but with no success.
5. As a last resort I tried to kill some mummies so that Makleb would heal me. Result - a death curse lowers my str again while me being collapsed and somehow damages me (i thought that you are getting damage only when you stats are going lower then 0). Is this a bug or a feature.
TL.DR. scrols of fog can do miracles - especially if you remember to use them

  Code:

 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.16.1 (tiles) character file.

1296625 NagaRishi the Archmage (level 27, -16/260 (265) HPs)
             Began as a Naga Wizard on Aug 27, 2015.
             Was the Champion of Makhleb.
             Collapsed under their own weight
             ... caused by a mummy priest's death curse
             ... on level 23 of a ziggurat on Aug 29, 2015.
             The game lasted 14:25:33 (133615 turns).

NagaRishi the Archmage (Naga Wizard)              Turns: 133615, Time: 14:25:34

HP:   -16/260 (265) AC: 63    Str:  4 (10) XL:     27
MP:   3/49          EV:  3    Int: 52      God:    Makhleb [******]
Gold: 14982         SH: 27    Dex:  7      Spells: 13 memorised, 0 levels left

rFire  . . .     SeeInvis +     D - staff of energy
rCold  + + .     Clarity  .     w - +15 ice dragon armour of Egorolext {rElec rPois rF- rC++ Str-5 Int+4} (curse)
rNeg   . . .     SustAb   .     X - +8 large shield {rC+}
rPois  +         Gourm    .     i - +2 hat {Int+3} (curse)
rElec  +         Spirit   .     W - +0 cloak "Shuyclucli" {Regen+ Str+3 Int+7 Dex-4}
rCorr  .         Warding  .     A - +2 pair of gloves {Str+3}
rMut   .         Stasis   +     T - +6 lightning scales {run, rElec}
MR     +++++                    N - amulet of stasis
Stlth  ..........               C - ring of Fanaticism {Fire +Fly MR+ Str-3 Int+6 SInv} (curse)
                                Q - ring of the Mage {Wiz MR++ Int+3}

@: very slightly contaminated, lost strength, deflect missiles, very slow,
almost entirely resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: spit poison, constrict 1, horns 1, rough black scales 1, see invisible, agile
1, deformed body, sense surroundings 1, poison resistance, slowness 2, evolution
1, AC +9
a: Spit Poison, Minor Destruction, Lesser Servant of Makhleb, Major Destruction,
Greater Servant of Makhleb, Renounce Religion, Evoke Flight
}: 9/15 runes: decaying, serpentine, slimy, silver, golden, abyssal, demonic,
fiery, dark


You were on level 23 of a ziggurat.
You worshipped Makhleb.
Makhleb was exalted by your worship.
You were not hungry.

You visited 14 branches of the dungeon, and saw 69 of its levels.
You visited Pandemonium 6 times, and saw 20 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 5 times.
You visited 1 bazaar.
You visited 3 ziggurats, and saw 63 of their levels (deepest: 23).
You also visited: Trove and Wizlab.

You collected 17843 gold pieces.
You spent 2861 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - the +1 eveningstar "Brilliance" {holy, rN+ AC+5 Int+5}
   (You found it on level 6 of a ziggurat)   
   
   It has been blessed by the Shining One to cause great damage to the undead
   and demons.
   
   It affects your AC (+5).
   It affects your intelligence (+5).
   It protects you from negative energy.
 J - the +6 Sword of Cerebov {flame}
   (You took it off Cerebov in Pandemonium)   
   
   It has been specially enchanted to burn those struck by it, causing extra
   injury to most foes and up to half again as much damage against particularly
   susceptible opponents. Big, fiery blades are also staple armaments of
   hydra-hunters.
Armour
 i - a cursed +2 hat of intelligence (worn)
 w - the cursed +15 ice dragon armour of Egorolext (worn) {rElec rPois rF- rC++ Str-5 Int+4}
   (You found it in Pandemonium)   
   
   It affects your strength (-5).
   It affects your intelligence (+4).
   It makes you vulnerable to fire.
   It greatly protects you from cold.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It protects you from poison.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 A - a +2 pair of gloves of strength (worn)
 T - the +6 lightning scales (worn) {run, rElec}
   (You found it on level 17 of a ziggurat)   
   
   It insulates you from electricity.
 W - the +0 cloak "Shuyclucli" (worn) {Regen+ Str+3 Int+7 Dex-4}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   
   It affects your strength (+3).
   It affects your intelligence (+7).
   It affects your dexterity (-4).
   It increases your rate of regeneration.
 X - a +8 large shield of cold resistance (worn)
Magical staves
 D - an uncursed staff of energy (weapon)
 P - an uncursed staff of conjuration
Rods
 g - a +9 rod of clouds (14/14)
   (You took it off a balrug in Pandemonium)
 j - a +8 rod of ignition (13/13)
   (You found it on level 17 of a ziggurat)
 s - a cursed +8 rod of destruction (16/16)
   (You found it on level 9 of a ziggurat)
 y - a cursed +8 lightning rod (16/16)
   (You found it on level 16 of a ziggurat)
 E - a +7 rod of ignition (15/15)
   (You found it on level 18 of a ziggurat)
 R - a +4 rod of ignition (15/15)
   (You took it off a seraph in Pandemonium)
Jewellery
 C - the cursed ring of Fanaticism (right hand) {Fire +Fly MR+ Str-3 Int+6 SInv}
   (You found it on level 18 of a ziggurat)   
   
   [ring of fire]
   
   It enhances your fire magic, and weakens your ice magic.
   It affects your strength (-3).
   It affects your intelligence (+6).
   It protects you from fire.
   It makes you vulnerable to cold.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It enhances your eyesight.
   It lets you fly.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 N - an amulet of stasis (around neck)
 Q - the ring of the Mage (left hand) {Wiz MR++ Int+3}
   (You found it on level 18 of a ziggurat)   
   
   [ring of wizardry]
   
   It improves your spell success rate.
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
 U - the cursed ring of Psarph {+Inv rF- rN+ MR+ Int+6}
   (You took it off a seraph in Pandemonium)   
   
   [ring of protection from magic]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+6).
   It makes you vulnerable to fire.
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It lets you turn invisible.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 V - an uncursed amulet of clarity
Magical devices
 F - a wand of heal wounds (7)
 L - a wand of digging (5)
 M - a wand of hasting (5)
Scrolls
 c - 17 scrolls of blinking
 l - 28 scrolls of fog
 m - 53 scrolls of teleportation
 n - 39 scrolls of remove curse
 p - 19 scrolls of amnesia
 B - 10 scrolls of holy word
 G - 12 scrolls of fear
 H - 18 scrolls of magic mapping
 K - 16 scrolls of identify
 O - 13 scrolls of recharging
Potions
 h - 5 potions of magic
 k - 5 potions of resistance
 o - 17 potions of restore abilities
 q - 29 potions of curing
 r - 19 potions of heal wounds
 t - 5 potions of ambrosia
 x - 17 potions of haste
 I - 5 potions of cancellation
 S - 23 potions of cure mutation
Miscellaneous
 b - 4 phantom mirrors
Comestibles
 d - 56 bread rations
 f - 39 meat rations
 u - 4 fruits


   Skills:
 - Level 19.1 Fighting
 - Level 16.0 Maces & Flails
 - Level 21.5 Armour
 - Level 1.5 Dodging
 - Level 3.0 Stealth
 - Level 20.7 Shields
 O Level 27 Spellcasting
 O Level 27 Conjurations
 - Level 10.0 Charms
   Level 1.0 Summonings
 - Level 16.8 Necromancy
 - Level 21.0 Translocations
 - Level 17.1 Transmutations
 O Level 27 Fire Magic
 + Level 25.2 Ice Magic
 - Level 10.1 Earth Magic
 - Level 13.6 Invocations
 O Level 27 Evocations


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

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Glaciate              Conj/Ice       ########..   4%          9    None
b - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          0%          2    None
c - Ring of Flames        Chrm/Fire      #########.   1%          7    None
d - Fire Storm            Conj/Fire      #########.   3%          9    None
e - Necromutation         Trmt/Necr      ########..   4%          8    None
f - Controlled Blink      Tloc           N/A          1%          7    None
g - Disjunction           Tloc           ########..   1%          8    None
h - Regeneration          Chrm/Necr      ########..   0%          3    None
i - Haste                 Chrm           ########     1%          6    None
n - Sublimation of Blood  Necr           ########..   0%          2    None
q - Deflect Missiles      Chrm/Air       #######...   12%         6    None
s - Lee's Rapid Deconstr  Erth           ########..   1%          5    None
x - Lehudib's Crystal Sp  Conj/Erth      ########..   2%          8    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (1/1) D:7            Lair (8/8) D:9
  Swamp (5/5) Lair:4        Snake (5/5) Lair:3        Slime (6/6) Lair:8
    Orc (4/4) D:9             Elf (3/3) Orc:3        Vaults (5/5) D:13
  Crypt (3/3) Vaults:3       Tomb (3/3) Crypt:3      Depths (5/5) D:15
   Hell (1/1)                 Dis (0/7) Hell            Geh (0/7) Hell
    Coc (0/7) Hell            Tar (0/7) Hell            Zot (5/5) Depths:5

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Dithmenos
Elyvilon
Gozag
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
Orc:3 (   Orc:4 =[(   Elf:2 }   Snake:5 !   Vaults:3 [   Depths:1 !   Depths:4 [   Depths:5 }

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

Annotations:
D:3 trWz's ghost, average TrTm
D:7 1 runed door
Elf:2 2 runed doors


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You cannot wear boots.
You can spit poison.
You can use your snake-like lower body to constrict enemies.
Your serpentine skin is tough (AC +9).
You have supernaturally acute eyesight.
Armour fits poorly on your strangely shaped body.
Your system is resistant to poisons.
You cover ground very slowly.
You have a pair of small horns on your head.
You are partially covered in rough black scales (AC +4, Dex -1).
You are agile. (Dex +2)
You passively map a small area around you.
You evolve.


Message History

The spectral caustic shrike is flash-frozen.
The great icy blast engulfs the greater mummy.
The greater mummy partially resists.
The greater mummy is severely damaged.
The great icy blast engulfs the greater mummy.
The greater mummy partially resists.
The greater mummy is severely damaged.
The great icy blast engulfs the reaper. The reaper partially resists.
The reaper is almost dead.
The reaper is flash-frozen.
The great icy blast engulfs the mummy priest.
The mummy priest partially resists.
The mummy priest is frozen into a solid block of ice!
You destroy the mummy priest!
Makhleb accepts your kill.
You feel a little better.
You feel extremely nervous for a moment...
You feel weakened.
You convulse from lack of strength!
You die...

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You could see 5 greater mummies, 2 emperor scorpions, 2 reapers, 4 mummy
priests, a jiangshi, a flayed ghost, a shadow wraith (invisible), 2 anubis
guards, 3 guardian mummies, an ushabti, a freezing wraith, a spectral caustic
shrike, a ynoxinul, a vampire, 2 necrophages, 13 mummies, an elf simulacrum, a
glowing shapeshifter simulacrum, an ufetubus, a caustic shrike zombie, a sphinx
skeleton, a titan skeleton and a tengu skeleton.




Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-18 | 19-21 | 22-24 | 25-27 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Unarmed           |     3 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     9 ||    12
       Short sword       |       |    10 |    20 |       |       |       |       |       |       ||    30
       Mace              |       |       |    34 |    57 |  1086 |       |       |       |       ||  1177
       Flail             |       |       |       |       |   183 |   763 |   842 |    29 |       ||  1817
       Staff             |       |       |       |       |       |       |    14 |     4 |   198 ||   216
       Trident           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     8 |    56 ||    64
       Eveningstar       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |  2786 ||  2786
       Sacred scourge    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |   115 ||   115
Throw: Tomahawk          |       |       |     4 |     2 |       |       |       |       |       ||     6
 Cast: Magic Dart        |    75 |    98 |   475 |   390 |   228 |    35 |    40 |       |     3 ||  1344
       Mephitic Cloud    |       |     7 |    33 |    46 |    63 |    15 |     3 |       |       ||   167
       Blink             |       |     3 |     3 |     5 |     9 |     3 |     8 |    15 |    38 ||    84
       Conjure Flame     |       |     1 |    18 |    11 |     8 |     2 |     1 |       |       ||    41
       Repel Missiles    |       |       |     2 |       |     6 |     8 |    13 |     2 |       ||    31
       Iskenderun's Myst |       |       |     4 |    95 |   197 |   268 |    35 |       |       ||   599
       Iskenderun's Batt |       |       |       |    86 |    84 |    44 |     5 |       |     4 ||   223
       Bolt of Fire      |       |       |       |       |   112 |   137 |   210 |    36 |   181 ||   676
       Fireball          |       |       |       |       |    67 |   149 |   172 |     5 |     3 ||   396
       Regeneration      |       |       |       |       |       |    43 |    43 |    51 |   343 ||   480
       Ignite Poison     |       |       |       |       |       |     4 |     2 |       |       ||     6
       Delayed Fireball  |       |       |       |       |       |     2 |    11 |     2 |     1 ||    16
       Orb of Destructio |       |       |       |       |       |       |    54 |    31 |    42 ||   127
       Sublimation of Bl |       |       |       |       |       |       |   150 |   202 |  2160 ||  2512
       Fire Storm        |       |       |       |       |       |       |    30 |   209 |  1822 ||  2061
       Haste             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     3 |    49 ||    52
       Deflect Missiles  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     2 |    13 ||    15
       Ring of Flames    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |   400 ||   400
       Controlled Blink  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    38 ||    38
       Lehudib's Crystal |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |   526 ||   526
       Glaciate          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |   361 ||   361
       Lee's Rapid Decon |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    46 ||    46
       Necromutation     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    42 ||    42
       Disjunction       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     5 ||     5
Invok: Major Destruction |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     7 ||     7
       Greater Servant o |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     3 ||     3
 Abil: Spit Poison       |     4 |    18 |    63 |    46 |    34 |     6 |     3 |       |     1 ||   175
       Release Delayed F |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |    11 |     1 |     1 ||    14
       End Transformatio |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    20 ||    20
       Evoke Flight      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     4 ||     4
       Stop Flying       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
       Evoke Invisibilit |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
Evoke: Wand              |       |       |       |     3 |     4 |     1 |     1 |     1 |     9 ||    19
       Staff of energy   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |   479 ||   479
       Rod               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    22 ||    22
  Use: Scroll            |       |    10 |       |    13 |    15 |     9 |    15 |    11 |   104 ||   177
       Potion            |       |       |       |       |       |     5 |       |     4 |    47 ||    56
 Stab: Confused          |       |     1 |     1 |     7 |    21 |     9 |       |       |       ||    39
       Sleeping          |       |       |       |       |     2 |     1 |     8 |       |     3 ||    14
       Distracted        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     3 ||     3
  Eat: Chunk             |     4 |     6 |    28 |    50 |   118 |    76 |    78 |    46 |    83 ||   489
       Fruit             |       |     1 |     1 |     1 |       |     4 |     3 |     4 |    28 ||    42
       Pizza             |       |     1 |       |       |       |       |       |       |    17 ||    18
       Beef jerky        |       |       |       |     1 |     4 |       |     3 |       |    16 ||    24
       Royal jelly       |       |       |       |       |     1 |     1 |       |     1 |    19 ||    22
       Bread ration      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     2 ||     2
       Meat ration       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     3 ||     3




[Sandman25]

Didn't you have a ring of sustain abilities? It is a must for mummy zigs IMHO. Also I would probably not use the IDA, having no rF+ is worse than less AC (I guess you used Ring of Flames all the time?). With AC 67 you could use PDA/MDA and would not notice the AC decrease.
Why is stasis equipped and you are not hasted? You had CBlink which works even on -cTele levels so you could cast it multiple times in lich-form to escape.