YAVP: GhGl of Qazlal (15-rune)

[Lars]

https://crawl.project357.org/morgue/DirectiveMayhem/morgue-DirectiveMayhem-20160619-135648.txt

Qazlal is my favorite god, so my self-imposed mission was to complete a 15-rune run with him from start to finish.

I wish Hat of the Alchemist had not spawned, the game became too easy afterwards--this is a powerful combo regardless, I just didn't have to worry about attribute loss from malmutate (which seriously screwed me over in a previous game, I had to recover from about -20 intelligence loss thanks to a sudden legion of wretched stars). It would be tougher without an undead species because you would be dealing with constant torment on top of hellfire and smiting from multiple sources during endgame.

[ZoFy]

You forgot to brag about a cleared Ziggurat. Not sure how hard it is with Qazlal but doing so with a melee character sounds impressive.

[Lars]

I skipped a few Ziggurat floors with blink scrolls, I don't count that as a true clear. Most of it was completely annihilated by 27 invocations Disaster Area, but some of those Pan Lords take hardly any damage from elemental attacks.

[Muhahaha]

I say if the morgue says you cleared a Zig, you cleared a Zig, Congrats on the win either way.

I just had my best ever game, a 10 rune win, on my first ever attempt to play Qaz. I have to agree that torment immunity is huge for Qaz players in the endgame, to the point where he is not nearly as bad as everybody says he is if you have it. I barely escaped Pan with my life, but after scumming the Abyss to get necromutation online, I was able to clear three out of the four hells without to many close calls.

[Lars]

If you lack torment immunity with Qazlal then 27 throwing/crossbows + portal projectile seems essential for endgame, that would be easier than getting necromutation online.