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Friday, 7th January 2011, 05:55
YASD- An exercise in insanity
For some reason, I decided I wanted to experiment with Jiyva and his ridiculous piles of mutations. So I rolled a TrMo, on the logic that trolls don't need anything jellies might eat, and I might be able to lean on the arrow keys and actually make it to the slime pits if the altar didn't spawn earlier. Not that I expected to survive that long.
So learn on the arrow keys I did, killing and eating everything in my path, really playing sorta carelessly, until I hit the temple. Unsurprisingly, no Jiyva. So I saved, planning to think on what god to come back to, and start playing my Troll as if he were a viable character. I returned later, weighing in my mind the merits of trying to fill my limited slots with Oka gifts before dealing with his wrath, or going to forgiving Ely to try the TrHe I keep hearing about... and then I realized I had saved directly in front of an altar of Xom.
I froze. Rational, strategic thoughts struggled against a sudden, insane, suicidal, and completely compelling impulse. Why play safe, why wait for mutations and power, when all the might of insanity and chaos made manifest could be mine now? Why die in pointless mundanity, when I could die in triumphant, resplendent glory? Seconds later, a new Xomite left the temple- screaming.
From this point on I played really recklessly. I thought I was being careless before, relying on my trollishness to power through everything; but when I threw care to the wind and embraced Xom, I did so wholeheartedly. I flew through floors, mashed arrows through monsters, test ID-ed everything, including wands on myself, I never stopped to heal, charged out of halls to fight crowds in the open- I left everything to chance and played as fast as I could. And I did so with an amulet of faith, which meant Xom was firing off even faster.
What really surprised me, and what promoted me to post this, is the fact that it worked. I survived suicidal charges and open room brawls with Sigmund and Menkaure. Xom didn't try to kill me- in fact nearly his first action was to gift me a wand of healing! I've never seen him so well behaved- almost every action was helpful or negligible. He didn't try to outright kill me once! In the end Grum got me with a lucky wand of paralysis. I must say I'm a little disappointed- getting killed by the RNG before Xom could do the job.
Feel free to spend the rest of the thread recounting times where trying to get yourself killed worked for you, or to just rattle off a bunch of "praise Xom!"'s.
So learn on the arrow keys I did, killing and eating everything in my path, really playing sorta carelessly, until I hit the temple. Unsurprisingly, no Jiyva. So I saved, planning to think on what god to come back to, and start playing my Troll as if he were a viable character. I returned later, weighing in my mind the merits of trying to fill my limited slots with Oka gifts before dealing with his wrath, or going to forgiving Ely to try the TrHe I keep hearing about... and then I realized I had saved directly in front of an altar of Xom.
I froze. Rational, strategic thoughts struggled against a sudden, insane, suicidal, and completely compelling impulse. Why play safe, why wait for mutations and power, when all the might of insanity and chaos made manifest could be mine now? Why die in pointless mundanity, when I could die in triumphant, resplendent glory? Seconds later, a new Xomite left the temple- screaming.
From this point on I played really recklessly. I thought I was being careless before, relying on my trollishness to power through everything; but when I threw care to the wind and embraced Xom, I did so wholeheartedly. I flew through floors, mashed arrows through monsters, test ID-ed everything, including wands on myself, I never stopped to heal, charged out of halls to fight crowds in the open- I left everything to chance and played as fast as I could. And I did so with an amulet of faith, which meant Xom was firing off even faster.
What really surprised me, and what promoted me to post this, is the fact that it worked. I survived suicidal charges and open room brawls with Sigmund and Menkaure. Xom didn't try to kill me- in fact nearly his first action was to gift me a wand of healing! I've never seen him so well behaved- almost every action was helpful or negligible. He didn't try to outright kill me once! In the end Grum got me with a lucky wand of paralysis. I must say I'm a little disappointed- getting killed by the RNG before Xom could do the job.
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.7.1-1-g7ce9b19 character file.
3232 Glorg the Grappler (level 9, -4/79 HPs)
Began as a Troll Monk on Jan 6, 2011.
Was a Plaything of Xom.
Slain by a war dog (6 damage)
... led by Grum
... on Level 9 of the Dungeon on Jan 7, 2011.
The game lasted 00:47:16 (6012 turns).
Glorg the Grappler (Troll Monk) Turns: 6012, Time: 00:47:16
HP -4/79 AC 6 Str 25 Exp: 9/4335 (0), need: 1529
MP 3/3 EV 1 Int 6 God: Xom
Gold 198 SH 0 Dex 15 Spells: 0 memorised, 8 levels left
Res.Fire : . . . See Invis. : + - Unarmed
Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . g - +2 orc robe
Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . (shield restricted)
Res.Poison: . Res.Corr. : . (helmet restricted)
Res.Elec. : . Clarity : . (no cloak)
Spirit.Shd: . Stasis : . (gloves unavailable)
Sust.Abil.: . . Rnd.Telep. : . (boots unavailable)
Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . u - amulet of faith
Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . L - cursed +4 ring of dexterity
Gourmand : + Ctrl.Flight: . o - ring of see invisible
@: paralysed, slightly resistant to hostile enchantments, unstealthy
A: unfitting armour, claws 3, carnivore 1, deformed body 1, deterioration 1, fast metabolism 3, gourmand, mutation
resistance 1, regeneration 2, saprovore 2, spit poison 1, tough skin 2, AC +1, Str +2, Dex -2
a: Spit Poison, Renounce Religion
You were on level 9 of the Dungeon.
You worshipped Xom.
You were a favourite toy of Xom.
You were completely stuffed.
You visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and saw 10 of its levels.
You collected 380 gold pieces.
You spent 182 gold pieces at shops.
Inventory:
Hand weapons
F - a +1 blowgun
G - a +2,+2 short sword of distortion
Missiles
c - 61 +0 stones
d - 4 +3 darts
k - 6 +3 elven needles of sickness {god gift}
v - 3 +0 elven javelins of penetration (quivered)
E - 20 +0 darts of flame
H - 4 +4 darts
Armour
g - a +2 orcish robe (worn)
X - a +2 orcish robe
Magical devices
r - a wand of healing (4) {god gift}
s - a wand of magic darts (14)
B - a wand of enslavement (3)
D - a wand of fire (7)
Comestibles
b - 4 meat rations
i - a chunk of giant bat flesh
j - a choko
p - a rotting chunk of orc flesh
x - 2 apples
z - a chunk of goblin flesh
A - 4 bread rations
O - 4 chunks of orc flesh
P - a rotting chunk of orc flesh
Scrolls
a - 3 scrolls of blinking
e - a scroll of paper {god gift}
f - a scroll of curse armour
h - 7 scrolls of teleportation
m - 3 scrolls of detect curse
n - 7 scrolls of remove curse
y - 3 scrolls of enchant weapon I {unknown}
J - a scroll of fear {unknown}
K - 2 scrolls of enchant armour
N - a scroll of identify
Jewellery
o - a ring of see invisible (left hand)
u - an amulet of faith (around neck)
L - a cursed +4 ring of dexterity (right hand)
U - an uncursed amulet of warding
Potions
t - 5 potions of healing
w - a potion of levitation
C - a potion of restore abilities
M - a potion of berserk rage
Books
q - a book of Brands
Spells Type Level
Corona Enchantment 1
Swiftness Enchantment/Air 2
Fire Brand Enchantment/Fire 2
Freezing Aura Enchantment/Ice 2
Poison Weapon Enchantment/Poison 3
Cause Fear Enchantment 5
Magical staves
l - a staff of enchantment {unknown}
I - a +5 rod of demonology (9/9) {god gift}
(Xom gifted it to you on level 8 of the Dungeon)
You had 0 experience left.
Skills:
+ Level 4 Fighting
+ Level 5 Dodging
+ Level 1 Stealth
+ Level 10 Unarmed Combat
You had 8 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (9/27) Temple (1/1) D:4
Orc: D:6-11 Lair: D:8-13
Altars:
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
The Shining One
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
Shops:
D:6: * D:9: [*
Annotations
D:1 exclusion: 64 steam clouds
Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations
You are too large for most types of armour.
You have claws for hands.
Your metabolism is lightning-fast.
You like to eat raw meat.
You heal very quickly.
You can eat rotten meat.
You are covered in fur (AC +1).
You have very tough skin (AC +2).
Your digestive system is specialised to digest meat.
Armour fits poorly on your unusually shaped body.
Your body is slowly deteriorating.
You are somewhat resistant to further mutation.
You can spit poison.
Your muscles are very strong, but stiff (Str +2, Dex -2).
Message History
The war dog bites you!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
Grum hits you with a whip of reaching.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The war dog bites you.
You die...
Xom thinks this is hilarious!
#..
#..#
#..#
#..##
....
#..#
#..#
#gh#
#.# ###@z#
#.# #....#
#.# #....#
#.#########....#
..............?#
#.#########....# #
#.# ####.# #
#.############.#############
..................z......>..
#.############.#############
You could see Grum, a war dog and a friendly scorpion zombie.
Vanquished Creatures
Pikel (D:4)
Grinder (D:6)
Edmund (D:4)
5 orc warriors
2 phantoms
An ice beast (D:8)
Menkaure (D:6)
4 ogres
A centaur (D:8)
Sigmund (D:5)
A big kobold (D:9)
A giant frog (D:9)
A water moccasin skeleton (D:9)
3 killer bees (D:8)
A giant beetle (D:8)
7 hounds
4 orc priests
An iguana (D:6)
6 giant ants
3 orc wizards
A scorpion (D:9)
Ijyb (D:3)
3 snakes
4 giant mites
An iguana skeleton (D:6)
2 worms
4 giant geckos
4 oozes
8 giant cockroaches
10 goblins
8 hobgoblins
3 jackals (D:1)
18 kobolds
21 orcs
2 quokkas
A small snake (D:7)
14 giant bats
3 giant newts
A hobgoblin zombie (D:5)
2 kobold skeletons
An orc skeleton (D:7)
18 rats
2 toadstools
178 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (others)
A giant bat skeleton (D:4)
A hobgoblin (D:4)
A jackal (D:1)
An orc (D:9)
A rat (D:1)
5 creatures vanquished.
Grand Total: 183 creatures vanquished
Notes
Turn | Place | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
0 | D:1 | Glorg, the Troll Monk, began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 16/16 MP: 0/0
192 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 23/23 MP: 0/0
995 | D:2 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 31/31 MP: 1/1
1673 | D:3 | Noticed Ijyb
1689 | D:3 | Defeated Ijyb
1769 | D:3 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 38/38 MP: 1/1
2091 | D:4 | Noticed Edmund
2305 | D:4 | Reached skill 5 in Unarmed Combat
2327 | D:4 | Defeated Edmund
2327 | D:4 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 27/46 MP: 1/1
2327 | D:4 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 31/53 MP: 2/2
2427 | D:4 | Noticed Pikel
2473 | D:4 | Defeated Pikel
2473 | D:4 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 43/60 MP: 2/2
2567 | D:4 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
2567 | D:4 | Reached skill 1 in Stealth
2580 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
2639 | Temple | Became a worshipper of Xom of Chaos
2714 | D:4 | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha.
2769 | D:4 | XOM: miscast effect
2849 | D:4 | XOM: draining
2910 | D:4 | XOM: miscast effect
2989 | D:4 | Reached skill 6 in Unarmed Combat
3012 | D:4 | XOM: god gift: runed iron wand {god gift}
3032 | D:4 | XOM: god gift: apple
3033 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
3034 | D:5 | Noticed Sigmund
3043 | D:5 | Defeated Sigmund
3459 | D:5 | XOM: miscast effect
3521 | D:5 | XOM: god gift: 50 gold pieces
3599 | D:6 | Reached skill 7 in Unarmed Combat
3781 | D:6 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 56/69 MP: 2/2
3931 | D:6 | Noticed Grinder
3933 | D:6 | Noticed Menkaure
3958 | D:6 | Reached skill 8 in Unarmed Combat
3969 | D:6 | Defeated Grinder
4177 | D:6 | Defeated Menkaure
4244 | D:6 | Found Byozaino's General Store.
4245 | D:6 | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha.
4267 | D:6 | Bought a scroll of blinking for 39 gold pieces
4267 | D:6 | Bought a potion of berserk rage for 39 gold pieces
4357 | D:7 | XOM: vitrification
4523 | D:7 | Found a snail-covered altar of Cheibriados.
4610 | D:7 | XOM: give mutations
4610 | D:7 | Gained mutation: Armour fits poorly on your unusually shaped body.
4711 | D:7 | XOM: stat loss: -2 Str (19/21)
4726 | D:7 | Reached skill 9 in Unarmed Combat
4842 | D:7 | Reached skill 5 in Dodging
5055 | D:8 | XOM: god gift: scroll of paper
5139 | D:8 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 41/79 MP: 3/3
5338 | D:8 | XOM: god gift: 6 elven needles of sickness
5421 | D:8 | XOM: god gift: thin runed rod {god gift}
5502 | D:8 | XOM: swap monsters
5560 | D:9 | Found Prasm's Armour Shop.
5580 | D:9 | Reached skill 10 in Unarmed Combat
5669 | D:9 | XOM: give mutations
5669 | D:9 | Gained mutation: You can spit poison.
5669 | D:9 | Gained mutation: Your muscles are strong, but stiff (Str +1, Dex -1).
5669 | D:9 | Gained mutation: Your body is slowly deteriorating.
5755 | D:9 | Gained mutation: Your muscles are very strong, but stiff (Str +2, Dex -2).
5819 | D:9 | Found Yrimis' General Store.
5834 | D:9 | Bought a scroll of blinking for 39 gold pieces
5834 | D:9 | Bought a potion of restore abilities for 65 gold pieces
5854 | D:9 | XOM: vitrification
5916 | D:9 | XOM: give mutations
5916 | D:9 | Gained mutation: Your digestive system is specialised to digest meat.
5916 | D:9 | Gained mutation: You are somewhat resistant to further mutation.
5997 | D:9 | Noticed Grum
6012 | D:9 | HP: 2/79 [Grum/whip of reaching (6)]
6012 | D:9 | Slain by a war dog
Feel free to spend the rest of the thread recounting times where trying to get yourself killed worked for you, or to just rattle off a bunch of "praise Xom!"'s.
