SpVM about to die?

Friday, 8th July 2016, 00:49 by spanner

This is the first caster I've really got off the ground, and was having good fun until I walked into Nessos
Other than going back in time and seeing if either of those scrolls are ?blinking (doh), what if anything can I do to maximize my slim chance of survival beyond the next turn?

Code:: Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.19-a0-929-g333bac9 (webtiles) character file. spanner the Covert (Spriggan Venom Mage) Turns: 16987, Time: 02:35:00 Health: 17/52 AC: 8 Str: 4 XL: 11 Next: 45% Magic: 17/25 EV: 21 Int: 20 God: Vehumet [*****.] Gold: 642 SH: 0 Dex: 17 Spells: 8 memorised, 0 levels left rFire . . . SeeInvis + a - +0 dagger (protect) rCold . . . Gourm . B - +1 robe rNeg . . . Faith . (shield restricted) rPois . Spirit . (helmet restricted) rElec . Dismiss . (no cloak) rCorr . Reflect . (gloves unavailable) SustAt . Harm . (boots unavailable) MR +.... (no amulet) Stlth ++++++.... V - ring of wizardry N - ring of stealth @: mildly poisoned (17 -> 12), very quick, somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, very stealthy A: unfitting armour, see invisible, herbivore 3, speed 3, slow metabolism 2 a: Renounce Religion You are on level 12 of the Dungeon. You worship Vehumet. Vehumet is extremely pleased with you. You are not hungry. You have visited 3 branches of the dungeon, and seen 14 of its levels. You have collected 642 gold pieces. Inventory: Hand Weapons a - a +0 dagger of protection (weapon) r - a +1 dagger of venom L - a +0 dagger of speed T - a +2 short sword of freezing Missiles d - 408 stones g - 66 poisoned needles l - 26 sling bullets s - 154 arrows u - 12 bolts C - 10 tomahawks (quivered) Armour B - a +1 robe (worn) Magical Staves z - an uncursed staff of power Jewellery e - an uncursed ring of fire m - an uncursed ring of sustain attributes v - an uncursed ring of flight E - an uncursed ring of resist corrosion N - a ring of stealth (left hand) V - a ring of wizardry (right hand) Wands y - a wand of slowing F - a wand of digging {recharged} G - a wand of confusion H - a wand of teleportation (2/9) I - a wand of flame {zapped: 4} P - a wand of lightning Scrolls h - 4 scrolls of enchant armour n - 3 scrolls of fog o - 2 scrolls of identify p - a scroll of noise q - a scroll of recharging x - 5 scrolls of teleportation J - 3 scrolls of enchant weapon K - a scroll of amnesia O - a scroll labeled ZOOHUI KAUMM R - a scroll labeled BEB RORUIFUIL S - 3 scrolls of remove curse W - a scroll labeled APROMO WUDO Potions f - 5 yellow potions i - 2 grey potions j - 3 white potions k - 6 potions of might t - 5 potions of curing A - 2 murky sapphire potions D - a glowing white potion Q - a bubbling ruby potion U - a fizzy pink potion Books b - a Young Poisoner's Handbook Spells Type Level a - Sting Conjuration/Poison 1 b - Mephitic Cloud Conjuration/Poison/Air 3 c - Olgreb's Toxic Radiance Poison 4 d - Alistair's Intoxication Transmutation/Poison 5 e - Venom Bolt Conjuration/Poison 5 w - a book of Necromancy Spells Type Level a - Pain Necromancy 1 b - Animate Skeleton Necromancy 1 c - Vampiric Draining Necromancy 3 d - Regeneration Charms/Necromancy 3 e - Animate Dead Necromancy 4 f - Control Undead Necromancy 4 M - a book of Power Spells Type Level a - Fulminant Prism Conjuration/Hexes 4 b - Iskenderun's Mystic Blast Conjuration 4 c - Venom Bolt Conjuration/Poison 5 d - Bolt of Magma Conjuration/Fire/Earth 5 e - Iron Shot Conjuration/Earth 6 f - Orb of Destruction Conjuration 7 g - Spellforged Servitor Conjuration/Summoning 7 Comestibles c - 6 bread rations Skills: - Level 3.0 Fighting - Level 3.2 Short Blades - Level 5.5 Dodging - Level 11.0 Stealth + Level 9.9 Spellcasting + Level 6.4 Conjurations + Level 1.5 Transmutations + Level 4.1 Air Magic + Level 10.3 Poison Magic You cannot memorise any spells. You know the following spells: Your Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger a - Sting Conj/Pois #### 1% 1 None b - Mephitic Cloud Conj/Pois/Air #####... 1% 3 None c - Olgreb's Toxic Radia Pois ######.. 1% 4 ##..... d - Shock Conj/Air #### 1% 1 None e - Venom Bolt Conj/Pois #####..... 1% 5 #####.. f - Airstrike Air ####...... 1% 4 ##..... g - Freezing Cloud Conj/Ice/Air ###....... 47% 6 ######. h - Alistair's Intoxicat Tmut/Pois ####.... 9% 5 #####.. Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations Branches: Dungeon (12/15) Temple (1/1) D:4 Lair (1/6) D:8 Orc: D:9-12 Altars: Ashenzari Cheibriados Dithmenos Elyvilon Fedhas Gozag Hepliaklqana Kikubaaqudgha Makhleb Nemelex Xobeh Okawaru Pakellas Qazlal Ru Sif Muna Trog Uskayaw Vehumet Xom Yredelemnul Zin The Shining One Shops: D:12 % Portals: Trove: D:10 (give 19 scrolls of identify) Annotations: D:2 Sigmund D:3 1 runed door D:5 Menkaure D:8 1 runed door D:12 Nessos Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations You are tiny and cannot use many weapons and most armour. You have supernaturally acute eyesight. (SInv) You are a herbivore. You cover ground extremely quickly. You need consume almost no food. Message History Okay, then. Evoke which item? (* to show all) (? for menu, Esc to quit) Zapping: G - a wand of confusion (will waste charges) Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f/p - Nessos Aim: Nessos, wielding a longbow of flaming and wearing a runed centaur barding (noxious fumes, chance to defeat MR: 46%) Okay, then. Evoke which item? (* to show all) (? for menu, Esc to quit) Okay, then. Okay, then. Okay, then. Char dumped successfully. Casting: Mephitic Cloud Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells. You don't know that spell. Casting: Mephitic Cloud Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells. You attempt to intoxicate your foes! You feel sick. Nessos is engulfed in noxious fumes. Nessos gestures wildly while chanting. Nessos seems to speed up. .............................###. ................................. ................................. ..................)..)........... ...........#......#####.......... ...........#........#...........# ...........#§.........[.......>.# #...##...##c§.................... ######...##§....@....##......>).. #...#........(...#.......... #####......................# #..<.....#............## #...##...##...........# ######...............### #...............#.. #.................. #####........[..... You can see Nessos. Vanquished Creatures Maud (D:11) Nergalle (D:11) A hill giant (D:12) A manticore (D:11) 2 centaur skeletons (D:12) Prince Ribbit (D:8) 3 slime creatures A wyvern (D:8) 2 hungry ghosts 8 yaks (D:11) 6 hippogriffs Edmund (D:5) Duvessa (D:7) 3 orc warriors An ice beast (D:11) 4 sky beasts 2 necrophages A wasp (D:11) 2 phantoms (D:12) 3 ogres 2 centaurs (D:9) Blork the orc (D:5) 2 big kobolds 4 giant frogs A wyvern skeleton (D:12) Dowan (D:7) 5 scorpions 3 troll zombies (D:12) A water moccasin skeleton (D:6) 8 killer bees A howler monkey (D:10) A crimson imp (D:11) 3 jellies 2 quasits (D:11) 6 orc priests 7 hounds A giant frog skeleton (D:9) 13 orc wizards 2 iguanas (D:8) 6 worker ants A killer bee zombie (D:7) 2 ogre zombies (D:12) A worker ant zombie (D:5) 4 gnolls (D:6) 2 howler monkey skeletons 15 adders 3 shadow imps An adder zombie (D:9) 2 adder skeletons 3 worms 3 dart slugs 7 giant geckos 57 orcs 10 bats 7 giant cockroaches 15 goblins 7 hobgoblins 5 jackals 30 kobolds 5 quokkas 3 giant gecko skeletons A giant gecko zombie (D:7) 4 giant newts A goblin skeleton (D:12) A hobgoblin zombie (D:12) 2 jackal zombies (D:7) An orc skeleton (D:12) 11 orc zombies (D:12) A quokka skeleton (D:4) 8 rats 328 creatures vanquished. Notes Turn | Place | Note -------+----------+------------------------------------------- 0 | D:1 | spanner the Spriggan Venom Mage began the quest for the Orb. 0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 9/9 MP: 5/5 284 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 13/13 MP: 1/6 831 | D:2 | Noticed Sigmund 1058 | D:2 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 16/16 MP: 0/8 1069 | D:2 | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud 1697 | D:3 | Reached skill level 5 in Poison Magic 1829 | D:3 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 21/21 MP: 10/10 2312 | D:3 | Found a runed door. 2539 | D:4 | Reached skill level 1 in Air Magic 2778 | D:3 | Reached skill level 4 in Stealth 2878 | D:3 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 13/24 MP: 5/11 3096 | D:4 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple. 3112 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple 3219 | Temple | Became a worshipper of Vehumet 3722 | D:4 | Learned a level 4 spell: Olgreb's Toxic Radiance 3859 | D:4 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 28/28 MP: 6/13 4245 | D:4 | Found an iron altar of Okawaru. 4275 | D:4 | Reached * piety under Vehumet 4275 | D:4 | Offered knowledge of Shock by Vehumet. 4278 | D:4 | Learned a level 1 spell: Shock 4406 | D:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Stealth 4692 | D:4 | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha. 4811 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon 4811 | D:5 | Noticed Menkaure 4814 | D:5 | Reached skill level 1 in Conjurations 5169 | D:5 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 32/32 MP: 11/14 5175 | D:5 | Offered knowledge of Sandblast by Vehumet. 5177 | D:5 | Reached ** piety under Vehumet 5760 | D:5 | Noticed Blork the orc 5893 | D:5 | Noticed Edmund 5911 | D:5 | Killed Edmund 5911 | D:5 | Reached skill level 1 in Short Blades 6323 | D:5 | Killed Blork the orc 6408 | D:6 | Noticed a hippogriff 6429 | D:6 | Killed a hippogriff 6468 | D:6 | Offered knowledge of Static Discharge by Vehumet. 6595 | D:6 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 17/36 MP: 6/15 6854 | D:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging 7077 | D:6 | Reached *** piety under Vehumet 7275 | D:6 | Learned a level 5 spell: Venom Bolt 7927 | D:6 | Reached skill level 1 in Fighting 8096 | D:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting 8299 | D:7 | Offered knowledge of Sticky Flame by Vehumet. 8449 | D:6 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 33/42 MP: 8/18 8763 | D:7 | Found a flagged portal. 8927 | D:7 | Noticed Dowan 8928 | D:7 | Noticed Duvessa 8943 | D:7 | Found a snail-covered altar of Cheibriados. 9015 | D:7 | Reached **** piety under Vehumet 9057 | D:7 | Killed Dowan 9057 | D:7 | Killed Duvessa 9309 | D:8 | Noticed Prince Ribbit 9332 | D:8 | Killed Prince Ribbit 9600 | D:8 | Offered knowledge of Airstrike by Vehumet. 9610 | D:8 | Learned a level 4 spell: Airstrike 10004 | D:8 | Found a runed door. 10004 | D:8 | Noticed a frost giant 10004 | D:8 | Noticed a shadow wraith 10006 | D:8 | Noticed a centaur warrior 10006 | D:8 | Noticed an ice dragon 10006 | D:8 | Noticed a manticore 10006 | D:8 | Noticed a harpy 10006 | D:8 | Noticed a cyclops 10055 | D:8 | Found a staircase to the Lair. 10142 | D:9 | Reached skill level 6 in Stealth 10149 | Lair:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts 10149 | Lair:1 | Noticed a spiny frog 11471 | D:10 | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon 11528 | D:10 | Reached skill level 7 in Stealth 11577 | D:10 | Reached XP level 10. HP: 46/48 MP: 16/21 11752 | D:10 | Found a portal to a secret trove of treasure. 12203 | D:11 | Reached ***** piety under Vehumet 12269 | D:11 | Offered knowledge of Freezing Cloud by Vehumet. 12443 | D:11 | Reached skill level 8 in Stealth 12559 | D:11 | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations 12568 | D:11 | Noticed Maud 12573 | D:11 | Noticed a manticore 12590 | D:11 | Killed a manticore 12875 | D:11 | Learned a level 6 spell: Freezing Cloud 12950 | D:11 | Killed Maud 12950 | D:11 | Reached skill level 9 in Stealth 13306 | D:11 | Noticed Nergalle 13327 | D:11 | Killed Nergalle 13579 | D:11 | Reached skill level 10 in Stealth 13603 | D:11 | Reached XP level 11. HP: 51/51 MP: 19/25 13990 | D:11 | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari. 14423 | D:12 | Found Wageajo's Food Shoppe. 14430 | D:12 | Noticed a hill giant 14457 | D:12 | Killed a hill giant 14457 | D:12 | Reached skill level 10 in Poison Magic 15986 | D:12 | Reached skill level 11 in Stealth 16077 | D:12 | Noticed Nessos 16285 | D:12 | Learned a level 5 spell: Alistair's Intoxication 16348 | D:12 | Reached skill level 1 in Transmutations 16926 | D:12 | Noticed a white ugly thing Skill XL: | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | ---------------+----------------------------------+----- Spellcasting | 3 4 5 7 9 | 9.9 Poison Magic | 5 6 7 8 9 10 | 10.3 Air Magic | 1 2 3 4 | 4.1 Stealth | 4 5 7 10 11 | 11.0 Conjurations | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 6.4 Short Blades | 2 3 | 3.2 Dodging | 4 5 | 5.5 Fighting | 1 3 | 3.0 Transmutations | 1 | 1.5 Action | 1- 3 | 4- 6 | 7- 9 | 10-12 || total -------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------++------- Melee: Dagger | 14 | 79 | 249 | 102 || 444 Club | 1 | | | || 1 Short sword | | | 1 | || 1 Throw: Tomahawk | | | 1 | 3 || 4 Cast: Sting | 58 | 156 | 211 | 91 || 516 Shock | | 4 | 49 | 139 || 192 Mephitic Cloud | | 2 | 16 | 16 || 34 Olgreb's Toxic Ra | | 1 | 26 | 18 || 45 Airstrike | | | 1 | 54 || 55 Alistair's Intoxi | | | | 1 || 1 Use: Scroll | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 || 17 Potion | | | | 1 || 1 Stab: Sleeping | 10 | 13 | 10 | 9 || 42 Confused | | | 8 | 4 || 12 Distracted | | | | 2 || 2 Eat: Bread ration | | 1 | 1 | 1 || 3 Pizza | | | 1 | 1 || 2 Fruit | | | | 2 || 2 Armor: Robe | | 13 | 42 | 34 || 89 Dodge: Dodged | 9 | 85 | 230 | 101 || 425

The only options I can see are
?fog
/confusion
mephitic cloud
alastairs intoxication
try an unidentified scroll and hope for the best

I'm as much interested in people's thoughts and reasoning as I am in surviving, as my decision making is largely rubbish in these situations

I'm leaning towards one last Mephitic Cloud but have nothing to justify that other than it's got me out of jail in the past!

Friday, 8th July 2016, 00:57 by Sandman25

I would read a scroll assuming both fear and blinking are not identified.
For future games always training Dodging to get around EV 28+ with Sp at this stage, never train Poison magic above 10, never train spells which are already at 1% failure rate unless you are going for higher level spells.
Also having 2 id scrolls with unknown items in inventory is not optimal.

Edit. If you were going for Alistair, it was not necessary (I would go for Iskenderun's Mystic Blast first), also Mephitic Cloud is good enough for this stage. You have a typical glass cannon here.

Friday, 8th July 2016, 04:17 by Airwolf

/confusion would be my choice.

Saturday, 9th July 2016, 12:13 by spanner

thanks guys for the input. Taking a step back, thinking, and doing a bit of research I realise I know very little about how this game actually works, and most of the ideas
This char is definitely a learning experience. I've never cast Alistairs before, and wasn't entirely sure what it did so thought I'd try it. I can see now that I don't really need it yet. I've killed quite a few random casters lately without managing to get a good start. I went for Spriggan to give me the run away quickly defence, but it obviously has limitations!

I tried to work out the odds and went with wand of confusion. Managed to hit him with the second shot and survived when I really had no right to!
Ran upstairs and ID of two of my unknown scrolls gave me ?vuln and ?mapping so I'm quite happy!

Off to the lair methinks to beef up on some yak steaks...

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