Lair Larrikin
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Joined: Saturday, 23rd February 2013, 03:40
YAFVP! (was: Promising MiBe looking for first win)
Despite having played DCSS on and off for many years, I am yet to (honestly) win a game.
I've tried and failed with SpEn (due to their squishiness and my impatience post Lair), so I've decided to try the other noob class of MiBe, and this first one is looking promising - have cleared out the dungeon (D:15), Orc and Lair, and am now about to enter the Lair branches (Shoals / Spiders) for a couple of runes.
However, given I have a tendency of doing stupid things at this stage of my runs, I thought I would get some advice. Here is my dump:
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.20-a0-435-gf4ea4dd (webtiles) character file.
mdmota the Slayer (Minotaur Berserker) Turns: 22909, Time: 03:56:42
Health: 72/167 AC: 32 Str: 27 XL: 16 Next: 26%
Magic: 16/16 EV: 15 Int: 4 God: Trog [*****.]
Gold: 1247 SH: 0 Dex: 29 Spells: 15/15 levels left
rFire . . . SeeInvis + L - +2 dire flail (distort)
rCold x . . Gourm + l - +6 plate armour "Afrung" {rC- Str+2 Dex+6 SInv}
rNeg . . . Faith . (shield currently unavailable)
rPois . Spirit . B - +1 hat {MR+}
rElec . Reflect . I - +0 cloak
rCorr . Harm . c - +2 pair of gloves {Dex+3}
MR +++.. a - +0 pair of boots
Stlth .......... m - amulet of the gourmand
G - +6 ring of dexterity
j - ring of protection from magic
@: no status effects
A: retaliatory headbutt, horns 2
a: Berserk, Trog's Hand, Brothers in Arms, Burn Spellbooks, Renounce Religion
You are on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Trog.
Trog is extremely pleased with you.
You are completely stuffed.
You have visited 4 branches of the dungeon, and seen 24 of its levels.
You have also visited: Sewer, Ossuary and Ice Cave.
You have collected 2312 gold pieces.
You have spent 1065 gold pieces at shops.
Inventory:
Hand Weapons
F - a +6 antimagic great mace
L - a +2 dire flail of distortion (weapon)
S - a +3 antimagic morningstar
Z - a dire flail of protection
Missiles
e - 13 tomahawks
n - 10 javelins (quivered)
Armour
a - a +0 pair of boots (worn)
c - a +2 pair of gloves of dexterity (worn)
l - the +6 plate armour "Afrung" (worn) {rC- Str+2 Dex+6 SInv}
(You took it off an orc on level 9 of the Dungeon)
It affects your strength (+2).
It affects your dexterity (+6).
It makes you vulnerable to cold.
It lets you see invisible.
v - a +2 buckler of reflection
B - a +1 hat of magic resistance (worn)
I - a +0 cloak (worn)
J - the +1 hat "Vami" {rPois}
(You found it on level 1 of the Orcish Mines)
It protects you from poison.
P - +0 acid dragon scales
V - +0 fire dragon scales
Jewellery
b - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
j - a ring of protection from magic (left hand)
m - an amulet of the gourmand (around neck)
G - a +6 ring of dexterity (right hand)
Wands
d - a wand of acid (?/15)
o - a wand of iceblast (?/15)
u - a wand of lightning (?/15)
w - a wand of confusion (?/48)
z - a wand of paralysis (?/24)
M - a wand of enslavement (?/24)
Scrolls
f - a scroll of acquirement
k - 6 scrolls of teleportation
C - 4 scrolls of enchant weapon
E - 4 scrolls of enchant armour
H - a scroll of silence
Potions
i - 3 potions of cancellation
p - 12 potions of curing
x - a potion of experience
O - 5 potions of resistance
T - a potion of haste
W - 3 potions of heal wounds
X - a potion of might
Books
g - the Almanac of Mutagenic Stolen Souls
(You found it in an ice cave)
Spells Type Level
a - Animate Skeleton Necromancy 1
b - Corpse Rot Necromancy 2
c - Sticks to Snakes Transmutation 2
d - Control Undead Necromancy 4
e - Agony Necromancy 5
f - Blade Hands Transmutation 5
Trog disapproves of the use of such an item.
Miscellaneous
q - a lamp of fire
U - a phial of floods
Comestibles
h - 4 chunks of flesh
t - 14 meat rations
Skills:
+ Level 21.4 Fighting
- Level 16.0 Maces & Flails
+ Level 1.4 Throwing
+ Level 17.3 Armour
+ Level 7.6 Dodging
- Level 3.8 Stealth
- Level 4.0 Shields
+ Level 2.1 Evocations
You have 15 spell levels left.
You don't know any spells.
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (15/15) Temple (1/1) D:7 Lair (6/6) D:11
Shoals (0/4) Lair:4 Spider (0/4) Lair:3 Slime (0/5) Lair:5
Orc (2/2) D:9 Elf (0/3) Orc:2 Vaults (0/5) D:13
Depths (0/5) D:15
Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Dithmenos
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Gozag
Hepliaklqana
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Qazlal
Ru
Sif Muna
Trog
Uskayaw
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One
Beogh
Shops:
D:4 [ D:9 [*=?( D:11 ( Orc:2 ?*?[[
Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations
You reflexively headbutt those who attack you in melee.
You have a pair of horns on your head.
Message History
There is a staircase back to the Dungeon, spattered with blood here.
Items here: !!!!!! %% (( ))) //////////// ::::::: ===== ?????? [[[[[ }}
Drop what? 51/52 slots (_ for help) (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Okay, then.
Drop what? 51/52 slots (_ for help) (? for menu, Esc to quit)
You drop a potion of lignification.
You drop a scroll of torment.
Some of the chunks of flesh in your inventory have rotted away.
You drop a wand of polymorph (?/24).
You drop 16 poisoned needles.
You drop an uncursed ring of ice.
You drop a scroll of magic mapping.
You drop a potion of brilliance.
You drop 2 exploding tomahawks.
You drop 4 fruits.
You drop a ring of intelligence.
You drop 3 bread rations.
g - the Almanac of Mutagenic Stolen Souls
q - a lamp of fire
Search for what [Enter for "acid dr", or ? for help]? morningst
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There are no monsters in sight!
Vanquished Creatures
The ghost of AlphabetPasta the Ogre Mage, a journeyman OgCj of Vehumet (D:13)
Gastronok (Lair:3)
A fire giant (D:15)
6 dire elephants (Lair:6)
A fire dragon (D:15)
The ghost of Meow the Covert, a journeyman NaWz of Okawaru (Lair:2)
2 vault guards (D:13)
A yaktaur captain (D:15)
A rakshasa (D:14)
A catoblepas (Lair:5)
6 hydras
A death knight (D:11)
An anaconda (Lair:6)
11 two-headed ogres
10 centaur warriors
An ogre mage (D:15)
4 death yaks (Lair:6)
A tengu warrior (D:9)
2 orc high priests (Orc:2)
Sonja (Lair:4)
4 skeletal warriors
An unseen horror (D:15)
2 necromancers
2 wizards (D:13)
A wolf spider zombie (D:15)
An orc knight (D:15)
Pikel (D:8)
7 oklob plants
6 orc sorcerers
4 deep elf magi
3 manticores
4 cyclopes
10 ugly things
5 elephants
Joseph (D:9)
An ice statue (IceCv)
3 black mambas
6 centaur zombies
Psyche (D:10)
12 spiny frogs
A torpor snail (Lair:6)
3 rime drakes
2 gargoyles (D:15)
An efreet (D:15)
A yaktaur (D:13)
3 kobold demonologists (D:13)
3 komodo dragons
6 trolls
4 meliai
A tengu conjurer (D:15)
A polar bear (Lair:6)
A wolf spider simulacrum (D:15)
4 hornets
A meliai zombie (D:12)
6 slime creatures
17 blink frogs
9 hippogriffs
A redback (Lair:3)
Sigmund (D:2)
A centaur simulacrum (D:15)
3 wraiths
44 yaks
2 vampires
3 wyverns
7 vampire mosquitoes
19 humans (D:13)
A steam dragon (D:8)
5 hungry ghosts
11 water moccasins
3 wargs
An acid dragon (D:13)
2 soldier ants (D:8)
9 porcupines
A swamp drake (Orc:1)
3 sky beasts
3 eyes of draining
A necrophage (D:13)
4 slaves (D:8)
21 orc warriors
17 ice beasts
7 wolves
2 phantoms
11 ogres
The ghost of mhoghedin the Sneak, an amateur FoAs (D:3)
14 crocodiles
27 centaurs
10 big kobolds
15 bullfrogs
A water moccasin zombie (Ossuary)
7 scorpions
A hornet simulacrum (D:15)
21 killer bees
12 wights
2 electric eels
5 howler monkeys
12 jellies
12 crimson imps
A bullfrog zombie (D:5)
5 hounds
A quasit (D:6)
6 centaur skeletons
27 orc priests
3 bullfrog skeletons
29 orc wizards
Crazy Yiuf (D:2)
3 iguanas
An iron imp (Orc:1)
12 worker ants
A killer bee zombie (D:8)
A big kobold zombie (Ossuary)
A hound zombie (D:9)
2 mummies (Ossuary)
A worker ant zombie (D:7)
Robin (D:3)
8 adders
A gnoll (D:1)
A river rat (D:5)
6 shadow imps
A white imp (Orc:1)
17 oozes
5 adder zombies (Ossuary)
4 adder skeletons
5 worms
2 dart slugs
7 leopard geckos
88 orcs
9 giant cockroaches
2 gnoll zombies (Ossuary)
11 goblins
4 hobgoblins
7 jackals
25 kobolds
A quokka (D:5)
3 ball pythons
8 bats
5 frilled lizards
7 hobgoblin zombies (Ossuary)
2 kobold zombies (Ossuary)
4 orc zombies (Ossuary)
A quokka skeleton (D:9)
12 rats
A butterfly (Lair:5)
7 plants
866 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
Frances (D:13)
An orc warlord (Orc:1)
2 ugly things (IceCv)
An ice statue (IceCv)
2 wargs (Orc:1)
3 orc warriors
2 ice beasts (IceCv)
An orc priest (Orc:1)
4 orc wizards (Orc:2)
3 orcs
20 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (others)
A two-headed ogre (D:14)
2 centaur warriors (D:15)
A tengu warrior (D:15)
An ugly thing (D:15)
A centaur zombie (D:15)
A centaur skeleton (D:15)
An ice beast (D:14)
An ogre (D:15)
A centaur (Lair:4)
9 fungi
3 plants
22 creatures vanquished.
Grand Total: 908 creatures vanquished
Notes
Turn | Place | Note
-------+----------+-------------------------------------------
0 | D:1 | mdmota the Minotaur Berserker began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 19/19 MP: 0/0
74 | D:2 | Reached skill level 4 in Fighting
275 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 27/27 MP: 1/1
733 | D:1 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 33/33 MP: 2/2
967 | D:2 | Reached ** piety under Trog
992 | D:3 | Noticed mhoghedin's ghost (amateur FoAs)
1108 | D:2 | Found a faded altar of an unknown god.
1221 | D:2 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 41/41 MP: 3/3
1280 | D:2 | Noticed Sigmund
1291 | D:2 | Killed Sigmund
1291 | D:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
1291 | D:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Maces & Flails
1291 | D:2 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 31/48 MP: 4/4
1411 | D:2 | Found a runed door.
1415 | D:2 | Noticed Crazy Yiuf
1419 | D:2 | Killed Crazy Yiuf
1656 | D:3 | Noticed a centaur
1664 | D:3 | Killed a centaur
1664 | D:3 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 25/56 MP: 5/5
2143 | D:3 | Noticed Robin
2180 | D:3 | Killed Robin
2303 | D:4 | Reached skill level 1 in Stealth
2326 | D:4 | Reached *** piety under Trog
2346 | D:4 | Found Teosak's Antique Armour Shop.
2379 | D:4 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 55/61 MP: 6/6
2705 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
2958 | D:5 | Reached skill level 6 in Fighting
2982 | D:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Armour
2982 | D:5 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 46/70 MP: 7/7
3180 | D:5 | Found a glowing drain.
3186 | Sewer | Entered a sewer
3258 | Sewer | Reached **** piety under Trog
3258 | Sewer | Received a gift from Trog
3899 | D:6 | Found a sand-covered staircase.
4004 | Ossuary | Entered an ossuary
4190 | Ossuary | Reached skill level 10 in Maces & Flails
4287 | D:6 | Reached skill level 7 in Fighting
4413 | D:6 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 59/79 MP: 8/8
4599 | D:6 | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
4618 | D:6 | Noticed an oklob plant
4923 | D:7 | Reached ***** piety under Trog
4933 | D:7 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
5006 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
5280 | D:7 | Reached skill level 8 in Fighting
5711 | D:7 | Noticed an oklob plant
5853 | D:4 | Bought a pair of embroidered gloves for 231 gold pieces
6001 | D:8 | Noticed Pikel
6035 | D:8 | Killed Pikel
6113 | D:8 | Received a gift from Trog
6113 | D:8 | Reached XP level 10. HP: 90/90 MP: 9/9
6189 | D:8 | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
6203 | D:8 | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
6299 | D:8 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
6308 | D:8 | Killed a two-headed ogre
6308 | D:8 | Reached skill level 9 in Fighting
6695 | D:9 | Found Xuatados's Magic Scroll Boutique.
6729 | D:9 | Found Ociwij's Weapon Emporium.
6768 | D:9 | Noticed a tengu warrior
6795 | D:9 | Killed a tengu warrior
6805 | D:9 | Noticed Joseph
6805 | D:9 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
6808 | D:9 | Noticed a centaur warrior
6808 | D:9 | Found Ysaareigh's Jewellery Emporium.
6928 | D:9 | Found Nuohun's Assorted Antiques.
6933 | D:9 | Reached skill level 10 in Fighting
6968 | D:9 | Paralysed by a hornet for 3 turns
7039 | D:9 | Killed Joseph
7039 | D:9 | Reached XP level 11. HP: 87/99 MP: 3/10
7152 | D:9 | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
7158 | D:9 | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
7214 | Orc:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
7252 | D:9 | Got a steaming plate armour
7263 | D:9 | Identified the +6 plate armour "Afrung" {rC- Str+2 Dex+6 SInv} (You took it off an orc on level 9 of the Dungeon)
7381 | D:9 | Found Geogituw's Antique Armour Shoppe.
7429 | D:9 | Killed a two-headed ogre
7554 | D:10 | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
7601 | D:10 | Killed a centaur warrior
7601 | D:10 | Reached skill level 1 in Shields
7989 | D:10 | Noticed Psyche
8000 | D:10 | Killed Psyche
8308 | D:11 | Found a staircase to the Lair.
8326 | D:11 | Reached skill level 11 in Fighting
8330 | D:11 | Reached skill level 15 in Maces & Flails
8370 | Lair:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
8473 | D:11 | Received a gift from Trog
8530 | D:11 | Found Vyhau's Weapon Shoppe.
8540 | D:11 | Noticed a skeletal warrior
8542 | D:11 | Noticed a death knight
8597 | D:11 | Killed a skeletal warrior
8683 | D:11 | Noticed a skeletal warrior
8686 | D:11 | Noticed a skeletal warrior
8686 | D:11 | Killed a death knight
8702 | D:11 | Killed a skeletal warrior
8702 | D:11 | Reached XP level 12. HP: 110/110 MP: 3/11
8849 | D:11 | Reached ****** piety under Trog
9291 | D:12 | Received a gift from Trog
9329 | D:12 | Reached skill level 10 in Armour
9412 | D:12 | Reached skill level 12 in Fighting
9446 | D:12 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
9452 | D:12 | Killed a two-headed ogre
9457 | D:12 | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
9815 | D:12 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
9827 | D:12 | Killed a two-headed ogre
9836 | D:12 | Reached skill level 13 in Fighting
10036 | D:13 | Noticed AlphabetPasta's ghost (journeyman OgCj)
10204 | Orc:2 | Entered Level 2 of the Orcish Mines
10259 | Orc:2 | Noticed an orc high priest
10386 | Lair:1 | Received a gift from Trog
10474 | Lair:1 | Reached skill level 14 in Fighting
10690 | Lair:1 | Reached XP level 13. HP: 113/124 MP: 4/12
10905 | Orc:2 | Found Cepsagh's Antique Armour Emporium.
10905 | Orc:2 | Found Araodoiq's Magic Scroll Shoppe.
10906 | Orc:2 | Found Amehij's General Store.
10909 | Orc:2 | Found Buarut's Antique Armour Emporium.
11036 | Orc:2 | Found a staircase to the Elven Halls.
11085 | D:9 | Bought a pair of glowing gloves for 210 gold pieces
11398 | Orc:2 | Received a gift from Trog
11622 | Orc:2 | Found Hushin's Magic Scroll Shoppe.
11833 | Orc:1 | Noticed an orc warlord
11845 | Orc:1 | Killed an orc warlord
11855 | Orc:1 | Reached skill level 15 in Fighting
12210 | Orc:1 | Got a jewelled hat
12223 | Orc:1 | Identified the +1 hat "Vami" {rPois} (You found it on level 1 of the Orcish Mines)
13819 | Lair:3 | Noticed Gastronok
13831 | Lair:3 | Killed Gastronok
13831 | Lair:3 | Reached skill level 16 in Fighting
14018 | Lair:3 | Found a hole to the Spider Nest.
14380 | Lair:3 | Reached XP level 14. HP: 120/138 MP: 4/13
14818 | Lair:4 | Noticed Sonja
14819 | Lair:4 | Found a staircase to the Shoals.
14869 | Lair:5 | Found a frozen archway.
14911 | IceCv | Entered an ice cave
14971 | IceCv | Identified the Almanac of Mutagenic Stolen Souls
15017 | Lair:5 | Reached skill level 17 in Fighting
15173 | Lair:2 | Noticed Meow's ghost (journeyman NaWz)
15459 | Lair:2 | Killed Meow's ghost
15840 | Lair:4 | Killed Sonja
16299 | Lair:5 | Got an ancient leather armour
16310 | Lair:5 | Identified the +0 leather armour of the Will of the Gods {MR++} (You found it on level 5 of the Lair of Beasts)
16584 | Lair:5 | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
16865 | Lair:5 | Upgraded the game from 0.20-a0-433-g9e36e56 to 0.20-a0-435-gf4ea4dd
16955 | Lair:6 | Entered Level 6 of the Lair of Beasts
17074 | Lair:6 | Reached skill level 15 in Armour
17227 | Lair:6 | Reached skill level 18 in Fighting
17421 | Lair:6 | Got an iridescent rapier
17422 | Lair:6 | Identified the cursed +0 rapier "Jyurgh" {protect, +Rage Str+3} (You found it on level 6 of the Lair of Beasts)
17891 | Lair:6 | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
18683 | Lair:6 | Got an aquamarine-encrusted ring mail
18694 | Lair:6 | Identified the +3 ring mail of the Postmodern Souls {rF+} (You found it on level 6 of the Lair of Beasts)
19035 | Orc:2 | Bought a scroll of acquirement for 624 gold pieces
19159 | D:6 | Reached XP level 15. HP: 128/150 MP: 5/15
19394 | D:3 | Killed mhoghedin's ghost
19975 | D:7 | Received a gift from Trog
20507 | D:13 | Reached skill level 19 in Fighting
20540 | D:13 | Found a gate to the Vaults.
20567 | D:13 | Reached skill level 1 in Throwing
20761 | D:13 | Noticed Frances
20785 | D:13 | Killed Frances
20855 | D:13 | Killed AlphabetPasta's ghost
20950 | D:13 | Received a gift from Trog
21788 | D:15 | Entered Level 15 of the Dungeon
21902 | D:15 | Reached skill level 20 in Fighting
22156 | D:15 | Found a staircase to the Depths.
22227 | D:15 | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet.
22228 | D:15 | Found a deep blue altar of Sif Muna.
22228 | D:15 | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
22303 | D:15 | Noticed a fire giant
22445 | D:15 | Killed a fire giant
22445 | D:15 | Reached XP level 16. HP: 125/165 MP: 16/16
22570 | D:15 | Noticed a shadow dragon
22579 | D:15 | Reached skill level 21 in Fighting
22758 | D:15 | Received a gift from Trog
Skill XL: | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 |
---------------+-------------------------------------------------+-----
Fighting | 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 14 16 18 20 21 | 21.4
Maces & Flails | 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 13 15 16 | 16.0
Armour | 3 4 5 6 8 9 11 14 15 17 | 17.3
Dodging | 3 4 6 7 | 7.6
Stealth | 1 2 3 | 3.8
Shields | 3 4 | 4.0
Evocations | 1 2 | 2.1
Throwing | 1 | 1.4
Action | 1- 3 | 4- 6 | 7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-18 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Mace | 65 | 29 | | | | || 94
Headbutt | 9 | 14 | 106 | 174 | 475 | 49 || 827
Flail | | 53 | 420 | 3 | | || 476
Morningstar | | | | 535 | 920 | || 1455
Dire flail | | | | | 236 | 113 || 349
Throw: Javelin | | | | | 6 | 1 || 7
Invok: Berserk | | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 || 26
Trog's Hand | | | | 1 | 4 | 1 || 6
Brothers in Arms | | | | | 6 | 1 || 7
Evoke: Wand | | | 6 | | 8 | || 14
Use: Scroll | 1 | | 11 | 5 | 17 | 1 || 35
Potion | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 || 5
Stab: Sleeping | | 3 | 1 | 1 | | || 5
Distracted | | | 2 | | | 1 || 3
Petrified | | | | | 2 | || 2
Invisible | | | | | 1 | || 1
Eat: Chunk | 1 | 8 | 17 | 40 | 53 | 3 || 122
Pizza | | | | 1 | | || 1
Armor: Leather armour | 23 | 9 | | | | || 32
Chain mail | | 8 | 128 | | | || 136
Ring mail | | | 15 | 41 | | || 56
Plate armour | | | | 128 | 424 | 56 || 608
Dodge: Dodged | 36 | 53 | 165 | 231 | 478 | 46 || 1009
Block: Buckler | | | | 114 | 251 | || 365
Reflection | | | | 10 | 29 | || 39
Questions I have:
1. I was running most of the game with a +3 antimagic morning star and +2 buckler of reflection, but recently I've been stuck with a +2 dire flail of distortion. Is there any trick to unwielding a distortion weapon, or do I just need to do it and hope for the best? Also, should I stick with morning star / buckler combo, or switch to my +6 antimagic great mace (I also found a +7 triple sword of slicing, but I assume there is no point in training a new weapon?).
2. I've found both a potion of experience and scroll of acquirement. With potion of experience, is there any benefit in holding off using this, or should I use it asap? With acquirement, given Trog continues to give me weapons, I assume armour is the best choice?
3. I assume I should be going to Shoals and Spider for my first 2 runes? What is the best choice for the 3rd rune - abyss?
4. I've never bothered trying to use the 'misc' items, but I now have a couple of them, and also have other items (fan of gales / sack of spiders) for sale in the dungeon. Are these worth using at all (after investing some skill into evocations)?
5. Skill points - I've pretty much gone with default, and am now looking to max out fighting, armour and dodging. Anything else I should be investing in, or should I not be maxing out some of these skills?
6. Anything else I seem to be lacking (apart from resistances, I just haven't found any decent armour / jewellery)?
Thanks!