[CIP] DrWr^Qaz - new player, 2/3 runes, what's my play?

[A_S00]

I'm pretty new to the game, and playing a Draconian Warper of Qazlal. The tl;dr of the character is:

• Draconian inherent bonuses (and Ozocubu's if I can find it) for non-terrible AC
• Train dodging for non-terrible EV
• Use a shield + Qazlal for non-terrible SH
• Hit things with axes to take advantage of Qazlal passive clouds liking open spaces
• Use Qaz invocations as oh-shit buttons
• Modest spellcasting (Shroud, Blink, Regeneration, maybe some summons in the late game if I can get it going)

It's going...okay. I'm at 2/3 runes, having cleared Dungeon, Lair, Orc, Spider, and Shoals, which is about as far as I've ever gotten, and worried I've hit a wall. The issues are:

• My weapons are mediocre. I have a +4 hand axe of elec, a +1 broad axe of freezing, and a semi-decent randart trident (close to trident mindelay just from axes crosstraining). I have one scroll of brand weapon, which I'd like to use to get a better broad axe, but the one I'm carrying is literally the only broad axe that has spawned all game.
• I've found 0 sources of rCold all game (I even cleared an Ice Cave, but no luck).
• I'm not confident I've skilled reasonably.

I've poked my head into both Depths 1 and Vaults 1, and they're both really scary. A frost giant almost killed me in Depths, and a Rakshasa did something scary that took away like a third of my health in Vaults. But I don't think I have anywhere else to go, so it's gotta be one of those.

*edit* Wait, I forgot about Slime. There is a ring of rCorr sitting around somewhere. Would that be better than Vaults or Depths?

What's my play? Where should I go, what should I skill, what should I be most scared of, etc.?

Thanks!

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.22.1 (tiles) character file.

A_S00 the Severer (Purple Draconian Warper)        Turns: 46501, Time: 02:31:19

Health: 163/163    AC: 17    Str: 14    XL:     18   Next: 19%
Magic:  32/32      EV: 15    Int: 21    God:    Qazlal [*****.]
Gold:   1600       SH: 40    Dex: 20    Spells: 9/37 levels left

rFire    + . .     SeeInvis .   V - +7 trident {holy, +Inv rElec Int-3 Dex+4}
rCold    . . .     Gourm    .   z - +8 large shield {rPois}
rNeg     + . .     Faith    .   (armour unavailable)
rPois    +         Spirit   .   (helmet restricted)
rElec    +         Reflect  +   F - +0 cloak
rCorr    .         Harm     .   D - +2 pair of gloves
MR       ++...                  K - +2 pair of boots
Stlth    +.........             r - +5 amulet of reflection
HPRegen  0.37/turn              B - ring of protection from fire
MPRegen  0.23/turn              Q - ring "Poning" {rN+ Int+4 Dex+4 Stlth-}

@: repel missiles
A: breathe power, unfitting armour, cold-blooded, AC +10
}: 2/15 runes: barnacled, gossamer
a: Breathe Dispelling Energy, Upheaval, Elemental Force, Disaster Area, Renounce
Religion, Evoke Invisibility


You are on level 13 of the Dungeon.
You worship Qazlal.
Qazlal is extremely pleased with you.
You are hungry.

You have visited 7 branches of the dungeon, and seen 33 of its levels.
You have also visited: Sewer and Ice Cave.

You have collected 4154 gold pieces.
You have spent 2554 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand Weapons
 p - a +4 hand axe of electrocution
 V - the +7 trident "Itesh" (weapon) {holy, +Inv rElec Int-3 Dex+4}
   (You took it off a spriggan on level 11 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It has been blessed by the Shining One to cause great damage to the undead
   and demons.
   
   It affects your intelligence (-3).
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It lets you turn invisible.
 W - a +1 broad axe of freezing
Missiles
 Z - 61 tomahawks (quivered)
Armour
 z - a +8 large shield of poison resistance (worn)
 D - a +2 pair of gloves (worn)
 F - a +0 cloak (worn)
 K - a +2 pair of boots (worn)
Jewellery
 r - a +5 amulet of reflection (around neck)
 B - a ring of protection from fire (left hand)
 Q - the ring "Poning" (right hand) {rN+ Int+4 Dex+4 Stlth-}
   (You found it on level 2 of the Spider Nest)   
   
   [ring of attention]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+4).
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It makes you less stealthy.
Wands
 o - a wand of enslavement (30)
 q - a wand of iceblast (12)
 C - a wand of digging (22)
 I - a wand of polymorph (18)
 N - a wand of paralysis (34)
 X - a wand of flame (6)
Scrolls
 a - 3 scrolls of immolation
 g - 9 scrolls of magic mapping
 h - 5 scrolls of identify
 i - 16 scrolls of teleportation
 k - 12 scrolls of remove curse
 l - 5 scrolls of amnesia
 x - 7 scrolls of fear
 A - 4 scrolls of fog
 S - a scroll of enchant armour
 T - 3 scrolls of holy word
 Y - a scroll of brand weapon
Potions
 b - 5 potions of berserk rage
 c - a potion of ambrosia
 d - a potion of magic
 j - 2 potions of agility
 m - 7 potions of lignification
 n - 12 potions of curing
 s - 3 potions of brilliance
 t - 3 potions of haste
 u - 9 potions of flight
 w - a potion of cancellation
 J - 2 potions of invisibility
 M - 3 potions of might
 O - 3 potions of resistance
 U - 2 potions of mutation
Miscellaneous
 E - a lamp of fire (inert)
 G - a crystal ball of energy
 L - 2 sacks of spiders
 P - a phial of floods (inert)
 R - a lightning rod (3/4)
Comestibles
 f - 42 rations


   Skills:
 - Level 15.0 Fighting
 - Level 17.3 Axes
 * Level 2.3(11.9) Polearms
 - Level 0.8 Throwing
 + Level 6.0 Dodging
 + Level 15.8 Shields
 - Level 10.0 Spellcasting
 + Level 6.3 Conjurations
 - Level 5.0 Charms
 + Level 3.5 Summonings
 - Level 5.0 Translocations
 + Level 12.6 Invocations
 - Level 5.0 Evocations


You have 9 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          4%          2    None
b - Shroud of Golubria    Chrm/Tloc      ####......   4%          2    None
c - Swiftness             Chrm/Air       ###.....     11%         2    None
d - Regeneration          Chrm/Necr      ###.......   22%         3    None
e - Conjure Flame         Conj/Fire      ###.....     17%         3    None
f - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  ###.....     26%         3    None
g - Iron Shot             Conj/Erth      ###.......   100%        6    ######.
h - Spellforged Servitor  Conj/Summ      ####......   100%        7    #######

Your spell library contains the following spells:

 Spells                   Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
 Magic Dart               Conj           ####         1%          1    None
 Infusion                 Chrm           ####         2%          1    None
 Song of Slaying          Chrm           ####....     4%          2    None
 Flame Tongue             Conj/Fire      ###..        6%          1    None
 Shock                    Conj/Air       ###.         6%          1    None
 Call Imp                 Summ           ####....     7%          2    None
 Gell's Gravitas          Tloc           ####......   8%          3    None
 Lesser Beckoning         Tloc           ####......   8%          3    None
 Teleport Other           Tloc           ####....     8%          3    None
 Static Discharge         Conj/Air       ###.....     17%         3    None
 Confusing Touch          Hex            ##....       21%         1    None
 Spectral Weapon          Hex/Chrm       ###.....     22%         3    None
 Passage of Golubria      Tloc           N/A          26%         4    ##.....
 Slow                     Hex            ##......     30%         2    None
 Iskenderun's Battlesphe  Conj/Chrm      ####....     50%         5    ####...
 Confuse                  Hex            ##......     52%         3    None
 Ignite Poison            Fire/Tmut/Pois ##......     52%         3    None
 Fireball                 Conj/Fire      ###.......   85%         5    ####...
 Lightning Bolt           Conj/Air       ###.......   85%         5    ####...
 Venom Bolt               Conj/Pois      ###.......   85%         5    ####...
 Airstrike                Air            ##........   90%         4    ##.....
 Cause Fear               Hex            ##........   90%         4    ##.....
 Petrify                  Tmut/Erth      ##......     90%         4    ##.....
 Bolt of Magma            Conj/Fire/Erth ###.......   94%         5    ####...
 Metabolic Englaciation   Hex/Ice        ##........   99%         5    ####...
 Yara's Violent Unravell  Hex/Tmut       ##........   99%         5    ####...
 Bolt of Fire             Conj/Fire      ###.......   100%        6    ######.
 Dragon Form              Tmut           ##........   100%        7    #######
 Orb of Destruction       Conj           #####.....   100%        7    #######
 Ring of Flames           Chrm/Fire      ###.......   100%        7    #######
 Ignition                 Fire           ##........   100%        8    #######
 Dragon's Call            Summ           ####......   100%        9    #######
 Shatter                  Erth           ##........   100%        9    #######
 Tornado                  Air            ##........   100%        9    #######


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (0/1) D:6            Lair (6/6) D:8
 Shoals (4/4) Lair:2       Spider (4/4) Lair:4        Slime (0/5) Lair:6
    Orc (2/2) D:12            Elf (0/3) Orc:2        Vaults (1/5) D:13
 Depths (1/5) D:15       

Altars:
Ashenzari
Elyvilon
Kikubaaqudgha
Okawaru
Qazlal
Beogh

Shops:
D:14 ![%*!   Orc:2 ([?*:


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You can breathe bolts of dispelling energy.
Your rich purple scales are hard. (AC +10)
You cannot fit into any form of body armour.
You are cold-blooded and may be slowed by cold attacks.


Message History

The rakshasa gestures at you.
The orb of energy hits you! The orb of energy explodes!
The yaktaur captain shoots a bolt. The bolt hits you!!! The bolt shimmers and
The rakshasa weaves an illusion.
You go up through the gate. Welcome back to the Dungeon!
There is a gate to the Vaults here.
You start resting.
Your shroud begins to fray at the edges.
You start resting.
Your shroud unravels.
You start resting.
You are feeling hungry.
You start resting.
HP restored.
Saving game... please wait.
Welcome back, A_S00 the Purple Draconian Warper.
Qazlal says: Let the forces of nature tear it all down!
Press ? for a list of commands and other information.
Char dumped to 'morgue/A_S00.txt'.
Saving game... please wait.

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There are no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  Nikola (Spider:2)
  Arachne (Spider:1)
  An Ice Fiend (IceCv)
  A kraken (Shoals:4)
  Polyphemus (Shoals:4)
  A vault warden (Vaults:1)
  4 emperor scorpions
  An orc warlord (Orc:1)
  4 ghost moths
  2 entropy weavers
  Nessos (Lair:5)
  A dire elephant (D:15)
  The ghost of Ceyroiss the Quickloader, a journeyman HuWn of Dithmenos (Lair:4)
  2 fire dragons (Lair:6)
  10 merfolk impalers
  The ghost of theguy1 the Cleaver, a journeyman MiFi of Trog (D:11)
  8 vault guards (D:13)
  Erolcha (D:10)
  10 hydras
  Harold (D:6)
  A rakshasa (D:14)
  A catoblepas (Shoals:3)
  2 centaur warriors
  3 merfolk avatars
  4 merfolk aquamancers
  A satyr (Shoals:2)
  9 two-headed ogres
  2 deep troll shamans (D:15)
  A deep troll earth mage (D:15)
  A vampire mage (D:15)
  2 orc high priests (Orc:1)
  7 death yaks
  Nergalle (Lair:1)
  4 skeletal warriors (D:12)
  An unseen horror (D:12)
  A swamp dragon (Lair:6)
  4 deep trolls (D:15)
  18 sea snakes
  3 lindwurms
  21 harpies
  5 orc knights (Orc:2)
  25 wolf spiders
  13 orb spiders
  A cyclops (D:12)
  3 oklob plants
  An orc sorcerer (Orc:2)
  A salamander (D:15)
  6 ugly things
  7 manticores
  12 fauns
  3 moths of wrath
  8 merfolk sirens
  4 water nymphs
  3 ice statues (IceCv)
  6 torpor snails
  2 black mambas
  9 spiny frogs
  2 kobold demonologists (D:13)
  2 centaur skeletons
  A rime drake (Lair:3)
  7 demonic crawlers
  2 anaconda simulacra (IceCv)
  6 ice devils (IceCv)
  6 komodo dragons
  2 yaktaurs (Vaults:1)
  A golden dragon simulacrum (IceCv)
  3 tyrant leeches (Lair:6)
  24 jumping spiders
  30 merfolk
  3 trolls
  6 polar bears
  2 wind drakes
  17 hornets
  9 blink frogs
  8 slime creatures
  8 snapping turtles
  11 hippogriffs
  Sigmund (D:6)
  An air elemental (D:15)
  71 redbacks
  Eustachio (D:4)
  3 spriggans (D:11)
  22 tarantellas
  7 basilisks
  11 water elementals
  2 wyverns
  4 dire elephant simulacra (IceCv)
  26 yaks
  2 steam dragons (Lair:6)
  2 hungry ghosts
  7 vampire mosquitoes
  Menkaure (D:9)
  8 wargs
  5 water moccasins
  A hydra simulacrum (IceCv)
  2 harpy simulacra (IceCv)
  2 soldier ants
  5 swamp worms (Lair:1)
  3 acid dragons (Lair:6)
  46 orc warriors
  Duvessa (D:6)
  9 porcupines
  5 ice beasts
  8 black bears
  A necrophage (D:11)
  3 phantoms
  2 swamp drakes
  4 wolves (Lair:1)
  An eye of draining (D:13)
  11 ogres
  8 centaurs
  8 crocodiles
  5 big kobolds
  A gnoll sergeant (Orc:1)
  Blork the orc (D:4)
  A water moccasin zombie (D:5)
  19 bullfrogs
  2 wyvern zombies
  Dowan (D:6)
  3 scorpions
  A water moccasin skeleton (D:9)
  5 killer bees (D:11)
  8 wights
  4 electric eels
  6 crimson imps
  6 centaur zombies
  2 howler monkeys
  5 bullfrog zombies
  A quasit (D:12)
  11 hounds
  3 bullfrog skeletons
  A gnoll shaman (D:10)
  Crazy Yiuf (D:4)
  5 jellies
  15 orc priests
  9 iguanas
  Ijyb (D:3)
  29 orc wizards
  10 worker ants
  A killer bee zombie (D:10)
  2 hound zombies (D:6)
  A hound skeleton (D:5)
  A worker ant zombie (D:5)
  25 adders
  12 gnolls
  A howler monkey skeleton (D:9)
  A river rat (D:4)
  2 shadow imps
  An ooze (D:4)
  4 adder skeletons
  6 dart slugs
  7 leopard geckos
  165 orcs
  3 giant cockroaches
  12 goblins
  17 hobgoblins
  19 jackals
  31 kobolds
  5 quokkas
  4 ball pythons
  9 bats
  3 frilled lizards
  14 rats
  3 fungi (Lair:2)
  18 plants
  2 tentacles (Shoals:4)
1218 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  A spark wasp (Spider:4)
  An ice dragon (D:15)
  An ice devil (IceCv)
3 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A merfolk javelineer (Shoals:3)
  A two-headed ogre (D:15)
  A centaur warrior (D:13)
  A merfolk aquamancer (Shoals:3)
  A manticore (Shoals:2)
  A wolf spider (Spider:2)
  2 fauns (Shoals:2)
  A komodo dragon (Lair:6)
  A yaktaur (Vaults:1)
  A merfolk (Shoals:4)
  3 redbacks (Spider:2)
  An orc warrior (Orc:1)
  A centaur (Vaults:1)
  2 ball lightnings (Depths:1)
  An orc (Orc:1)
  A butterfly (Lair:6)
  10 fungi
  30 plants
  15 tentacles (Shoals:4)
75 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 1296 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
-------+----------+-------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1      | A_S00 the Draconian Warper began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 17/17 MP: 3/3
    56 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 9/25 MP: 5/5
   632 | D:1      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 30/30 MP: 6/6
   636 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Blink
   639 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Shroud of Golubria
  1052 | D:2      | Reached skill level 3 in Axes
  1052 | D:2      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 7/37 MP: 3/7
  2038 | D:3      | Noticed Ijyb
  2344 | D:3      | HP: 1/38 [orc/hand axe of electrocution (20)]
  2392 | D:3      | Killed Ijyb
  2392 | D:3      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 30/45 MP: 3/9
  2470 | D:3      | Reached skill level 1 in Charms
  2693 | D:3      | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
  2808 | D:3      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 46/51 MP: 7/10
  3295 | D:4      | Reached skill level 4 in Axes
  3448 | D:4      | Found a glowing drain.
  3454 | D:4      | Your scales start taking on a rich purple colour.
  3454 | D:4      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 45/58 MP: 7/13
  3460 | Sewer    | Entered a sewer
  3768 | Sewer    | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
  3970 | D:4      | Noticed Blork the orc
  3980 | D:4      | Killed Blork the orc
  4204 | D:4      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
  4204 | D:4      | Noticed Eustachio
  4220 | D:4      | Killed Eustachio
  4220 | D:4      | Reached skill level 5 in Axes
  4504 | D:4      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 41/66 MP: 12/14
  4854 | D:4      | Found a runed door.
  4913 | D:4      | Noticed Crazy Yiuf
  4918 | D:4      | Killed Crazy Yiuf
  5021 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  5641 | D:5      | Reached skill level 6 in Axes
  5641 | D:5      | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
  5646 | D:5      | Reached skill level 5 in Translocations
  5864 | D:5      | Got an ancient whip
  6053 | D:6      | Found a stormy altar of Qazlal.
  6061 | D:6      | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
  6070 | D:6      | Became a worshipper of Qazlal Stormbringer
  6480 | D:6      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 49/74 MP: 17/17
  6626 | D:6      | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha.
  6691 | D:6      | Noticed Sigmund
  6695 | D:6      | Killed Sigmund
  6695 | D:6      | Reached skill level 7 in Axes
  6856 | D:6      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  6886 | D:6      | Noticed Dowan
  6886 | D:6      | Noticed Duvessa
  6896 | D:6      | Killed Dowan
  6903 | D:6      | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
  6929 | D:6      | Killed Duvessa
  6929 | D:6      | Reached skill level 5 in Charms
  7088 | D:6      | Reached * piety under Qazlal
  7623 | D:7      | Noticed Harold
  7878 | D:6      | Killed Harold
  7878 | D:6      | Reached skill level 8 in Axes
  7982 | D:6      | Reached XP level 10. HP: 69/84 MP: 18/20
  8278 | D:7      | Reached skill level 9 in Axes
  8565 | D:7      | Reached ** piety under Qazlal
  8581 | D:7      | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
  8887 | D:8      | Found a staircase to the Lair.
  9888 | D:9      | Reached skill level 10 in Axes
 10270 | D:9      | Reached *** piety under Qazlal
 10273 | D:9      | Reached skill level 1 in Shields
 10436 | D:9      | Noticed Menkaure
 10450 | D:9      | Killed Menkaure
 10666 | D:9      | Reached XP level 11. HP: 54/94 MP: 17/23
 11252 | D:9      | Noticed a two-headed ogre
 11266 | D:9      | Killed a two-headed ogre
 11308 | D:10     | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
 11407 | D:10     | Reached **** piety under Qazlal
 11554 | D:10     | Noticed Erolcha
 11564 | D:10     | Killed Erolcha
 11564 | D:10     | Reached skill level 11 in Axes
 11843 | D:10     | Identified the cursed +1 whip "Ybeli" {freeze, *Rage +Blink
                  | rC+ MP+9 Dex+3} (You found it on level 5 of the Dungeon)
 12123 | D:11     | Noticed a two-headed ogre
 12132 | D:11     | Killed a two-headed ogre
 12336 | D:11     | Noticed a two-headed ogre
 12345 | D:11     | Killed a two-headed ogre
 12476 | D:11     | Found a runed door.
 12476 | D:11     | Noticed a spriggan rider
 12495 | D:11     | Noticed theguy1's ghost (journeyman MiFi)
 12505 | D:11     | Reached skill level 1 in Invocations
 12665 | D:11     | Noticed a two-headed ogre
 12670 | D:11     | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
 12675 | D:11     | Killed a two-headed ogre
 13261 | Lair:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
 13269 | Lair:1   | Noticed Nergalle
 13571 | Lair:1   | Killed Nergalle
 13652 | Lair:1   | Identified a scroll of acquirement
 13755 | Lair:1   | Noticed a four-headed hydra
 13761 | Lair:1   | Killed a four-headed hydra
 13773 | Lair:1   | Reached XP level 12. HP: 89/105 MP: 19/25
 13773 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 12 in Axes
 13838 | Lair:1   | Reached ***** piety under Qazlal
 13955 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 5 in Shields
 14171 | Lair:1   | Noticed a seven-headed hydra
 14172 | Lair:1   | Killed a seven-headed hydra
 14900 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 10 in Spellcasting
 15027 | Lair:2   | Learned a level 2 spell: Swiftness
 15050 | Lair:2   | Found a staircase to the Shoals.
 15165 | Lair:2   | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
 15438 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 10 in Fighting
 16177 | Lair:3   | Noticed a six-headed hydra
 16178 | Lair:3   | Killed a six-headed hydra
 16901 | Lair:4   | Noticed a five-headed hydra
 16905 | Lair:4   | Killed a five-headed hydra
 16916 | Lair:4   | Noticed a four-headed hydra
 16919 | Lair:4   | Killed a four-headed hydra
 17254 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 5 in Evocations
 17266 | Lair:4   | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
 17303 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 13 in Axes
 17303 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 5 in Invocations
 17303 | Lair:4   | Reached XP level 13. HP: 103/114 MP: 25/27
 17430 | Lair:4   | Found a hole to the Spider Nest.
 17668 | Lair:4   | Found a transporter.
 17676 | Lair:4   | Noticed Ceyroiss's ghost (journeyman HuWn)
 17701 | Lair:4   | Found a transporter.
 18002 | Lair:5   | Noticed Nessos
 18012 | Lair:5   | Killed Nessos
 18681 | Lair:6   | Entered Level 6 of the Lair of Beasts
 19093 | Lair:6   | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
 19456 | Lair:6   | Noticed a fire dragon
 19470 | Lair:6   | Killed a fire dragon
 19507 | Lair:6   | Got a smoking glaive
 19867 | Lair:6   | Found a runed door.
 19887 | Lair:6   | Reached skill level 14 in Axes
 19889 | Lair:6   | Noticed a fire dragon
 19901 | Lair:6   | Killed a fire dragon
 20273 | Lair:5   | Got a translucent halberd
 20389 | Lair:4   | Killed Ceyroiss's ghost
 20389 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 10 in Shields
 20389 | Lair:4   | Reached XP level 14. HP: 100/124 MP: 25/28
 20627 | D:11     | Killed theguy1's ghost
 20655 | D:11     | Got an ancient trident {holy}
 20714 | D:12     | Reached ****** piety under Qazlal
 21042 | D:12     | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
 21820 | Orc:1    | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
 22423 | Orc:2    | Entered Level 2 of the Orcish Mines
 22474 | Orc:2    | Found a staircase to the Elven Halls.
 22508 | Orc:2    | Noticed an orc warlord
 22530 | Orc:1    | Killed an orc warlord
 23211 | Orc:2    | Found Ohuadoth's Antique Weapon Emporium.
 23568 | Orc:2    | Found Roidiel's Magic Scroll Shop.
 23568 | Orc:2    | Found Fukkin's Armour Emporium.
 23592 | Orc:2    | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
 23645 | Orc:2    | Found Maepoewu's Book Shop.
 23645 | Orc:2    | Found Jyuxtiwk's Assorted Antiques.
 23929 | Orc:2    | Bought a book of Minor Magic for 220 gold pieces
 23929 | Orc:2    | Bought a book of Battle for 440 gold pieces
 23933 | Orc:2    | Learned a level 3 spell: Regeneration
 23937 | Orc:2    | Learned a level 3 spell: Conjure Flame
 23941 | Orc:2    | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud
 23941 | Orc:2    | Bought a book of Power for 495 gold pieces
 23971 | Orc:2    | Bought a scroll of enchant armour for 97 gold pieces
 23971 | Orc:2    | Bought a scroll of identify for 26 gold pieces
 23971 | Orc:2    | Bought a scroll of teleportation for 39 gold pieces
 23971 | Orc:2    | Bought a scroll of identify for 26 gold pieces
 23971 | Orc:2    | Bought a scroll of fear for 45 gold pieces
 23980 | Orc:2    | Identified the +7 trident "Itesh" {holy, +Inv rElec Int-3
                  | Dex+4} (You took it off a spriggan on level 11 of the
                  | Dungeon)
 24280 | D:13     | Found a gate to the Vaults.
 24328 | D:13     | Reached skill level 1 in Conjurations
 25089 | D:13     | Reached XP level 15. HP: 134/134 MP: 26/29
 25550 | D:14     | Found Udubbe Lukly's Food Shoppe.
 25667 | D:14     | Found Hoell's Distillery.
 25678 | D:14     | Bought a potion of curing for 57 gold pieces
 25678 | D:14     | Bought a potion of curing for 57 gold pieces
 25678 | D:14     | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 95 gold pieces
 25678 | D:14     | Bought a potion of agility for 76 gold pieces
 25678 | D:14     | Bought a potion of magic for 152 gold pieces
 25680 | D:14     | Identified the +8 halberd of Eternal Vigilance {chop,
                  | Fragile Int+3 Dex+4} (You found it on level 5 of the Lair
                  | of Beasts)
 25681 | D:14     | Identified the +8 glaive "Ziduod" {vamp, Stlth+} (You found
                  | it on level 6 of the Lair of Beasts)
 25705 | D:14     | Found Hoenwepu's Antique Armour Shoppe.
 25803 | D:14     | Found Oddel's Assorted Antiques.
 25811 | D:14     | Bought a scroll of enchant armour for 270 gold pieces
 25811 | D:14     | Bought a scroll of identify for 72 gold pieces
 25811 | D:14     | Bought a scroll labeled LEIL LOTHRAS for 36 gold pieces
 25811 | D:14     | Bought a scroll labeled SUOMMU ROYTS for 36 gold pieces
 26155 | D:14     | Found Hiryurol's Distillery.
 26158 | D:14     | Bought 2 potions of invisibility for 240 gold pieces
 26158 | D:14     | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 75 gold pieces
 26288 | D:15     | Entered Level 15 of the Dungeon
 27113 | D:15     | Found a staircase to the Depths.
 27806 | Spider:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Spider Nest
 27840 | Spider:1 | Got a faintly glowing pewter ring
 27841 | Spider:1 | Identified the ring of Etoucum {rCorr rPois Int-3 Dex+9
                  | Stlth-} (You found it on level 1 of the Spider Nest)
 27863 | Spider:1 | Reached skill level 10 in Invocations
 29789 | Spider:2 | Noticed Arachne
 29795 | Spider:2 | Noticed Nikola
 29876 | Spider:1 | Killed Arachne
 29876 | Spider:1 | Reached skill level 15 in Axes
 30586 | Spider:2 | Killed Nikola
 30614 | Spider:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
 30999 | Spider:2 | Got a crude golden ring
 31000 | Spider:2 | Identified the ring "Poning" {rN+ Int+4 Dex+4 Stlth-} (You
                  | found it on level 2 of the Spider Nest)
 31125 | Spider:3 | Reached XP level 16. HP: 144/144 MP: 28/30
 31285 | Spider:3 | Found a frozen archway.
 31293 | IceCv    | Entered an ice cave
 31880 | IceCv    | Noticed an Ice Fiend
 32251 | IceCv    | Killed an Ice Fiend
 33113 | Spider:4 | Entered Level 4 of the Spider Nest
 35569 | Spider:4 | Reached skill level 16 in Axes
 36098 | Spider:3 | HP: 7/146 [something (11)]
 37002 | Spider:4 | Got a gossamer rune of Zot
 37355 | Shoals:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Shoals
 37655 | Shoals:1 | Reached XP level 17. HP: 147/152 MP: 29/31
 37663 | Shoals:1 | Reached skill level 15 in Shields
 41570 | D:15     | Learned a level 6 spell: Iron Shot
 41578 | D:15     | Learned a level 7 spell: Spellforged Servitor
 41892 | Shoals:4 | Entered Level 4 of the Shoals
 42254 | Shoals:3 | Reached skill level 1 in Summonings
 42800 | Shoals:3 | Reached skill level 17 in Axes
 43209 | Shoals:4 | Noticed Polyphemus
 43299 | Shoals:4 | Killed Polyphemus
 43401 | Shoals:4 | Noticed a kraken
 44022 | Shoals:4 | Reached XP level 18. HP: 126/162 MP: 30/32
 44353 | Shoals:4 | Got a barnacled rune of Zot
 44749 | Depths:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Depths
 44804 | D:15     | Reached skill level 1 in Polearms
 44812 | D:15     | Reached skill level 15 in Fighting
 46239 | Vaults:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Vaults

Skill      XL: |  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 |
---------------+-------------------------------------------------------+-----
Axes           |        3        4  5  6  8 10 11 13 14    15 16 17    | 17.3
Fighting       |           3        4  5  6  8  9 10 11 12 13 14    15 | 15.0
Charms         |              1  2  3  4  5                            |  5.0
Dodging        |              3        4  5                          6 |  6.0
Spellcasting   |                 4     5  7  8  9 10                   | 10.0
Translocations |                 4     5                               |  5.0
Shields        |                             2  4  7 10 12 13 14 15    | 15.8
Invocations    |                                2  5  7  9 10 11 12    | 12.6
Evocations     |                                2  5                   |  5.0
Conjurations   |                                         2  5     6    |  6.3
Summonings     |                                                  2  3 |  3.5
Polearms       |                                                     2 |  2.3
Throwing       |                                                       |  0.8

Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-18 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Hand axe          |   103 |   282 |   409 |   847 |   921 |    99 ||  2661
       Tailslap          |     7 |    27 |    39 |   104 |   202 |   212 ||   591
       Trident           |       |       |       |       |    55 |    31 ||    86
       Broad axe         |       |       |       |       |   527 |  1294 ||  1821
 Cast: Blink             |     2 |     2 |     6 |       |     5 |     9 ||    24
       Shroud of Golubri |     1 |    18 |    29 |    54 |    88 |    98 ||   288
Invok: Upheaval          |       |       |       |       |       |     4 ||     4
       Disaster Area     |       |       |       |       |       |     6 ||     6
       Elemental Force   |       |       |       |       |       |     3 ||     3
 Abil: Evoke Flight      |       |       |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
Evoke: Wand              |       |       |     9 |    12 |    20 |    28 ||    69
       Lightning rod     |       |       |       |       |     7 |    10 ||    17
       Sack of spiders   |       |       |       |       |     2 |     4 ||     6
       Lamp of fire      |       |       |       |       |     1 |     4 ||     5
       Phial of floods   |       |       |       |       |     1 |     2 ||     3
       Crystal ball of e |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
  Use: Potion            |     3 |     3 |     2 |     4 |       |    15 ||    27
       Scroll            |       |     9 |     3 |    19 |    16 |    11 ||    58
 Stab: Sleeping          |       |       |     1 |       |       |       ||     1
  Eat: Chunk             |       |     9 |    17 |    27 |    28 |    23 ||   104
       Ration            |       |       |       |     2 |     5 |     8 ||    15
Armor: Skin              |    50 |    88 |   157 |   201 |   158 |   289 ||   943
Dodge: Dodged            |   112 |   243 |   251 |   318 |   208 |   337 ||  1469
       Deflected         |       |       |       |     7 |    11 |    21 ||    39
Block: Other             |       |       |     1 |    19 |       |       ||    20
       Buckler           |       |       |       |   123 |       |       ||   123
       Large shield      |       |       |       |   204 |  1832 |  2534 ||  4570
       Reflection        |       |       |       |       |    42 |   120 ||   162



[Magipi]

You have a lot of Axes skill and a great broad axe, but instead you are using a trident? That is hard to understand. (Plus that trident is pretty bad)

I am also not a fan of using a large shield on a spellcaster. It kills your spell success. Even though it is a bit hard to guess what you want with your spells anyway, iron shot and servitor are both at 100% fail rate.

[A_S00]

Is the broad axe good? I've been assuming it's not great because it's only +1 and lots of things have cold resist, but I don't actually know how important base damage is compared to enchantment. Is the axe better, should I be using that most of the time? I've been using it for clearing not-super-scary packs, and then swapping into using the trident to 1v1 scary things in hallways, but I don't know if that's actually correct.

I wish I hadn't used 3 enchant weapon scrolls on my hand axe now, but I was trying not to fall for the "saving things for late game and then dying because your early game is weak" thing that's gotten me before.

I wish my shield weren't a large shield but it's the only decent shield I've found, and I think rPois is important (though I guess less so now that I'm done with Lair and Spider). The Conjurations are hail-mary late game maybe's, I'm not trying to cast them for now. At the moment I'm buffing with Shroud, hitting things with weapons, and dropping Qazlal explosions when I need them.

[Siegurt]

Is the broad axe good? I've been assuming it's not great because it's only +1 and lots of things have cold resist, but I don't actually know how important base damage is compared to enchantment. Is the axe better, should I be using that most of the time? I've been using it for clearing not-super-scary packs, and then swapping into using the trident to 1v1 scary things in hallways, but I don't know if that's actually correct.

I wish I hadn't used 3 enchant weapon scrolls on my hand axe now, but I was trying not to fall for the "saving things for late game and then dying because your early game is weak" thing that's gotten me before.

I wish my shield weren't a large shield but it's the only decent shield I've found, and I think rPois is important (though I guess less so now that I'm done with Lair and Spider). The Conjurations are hail-mary late game maybe's, I'm not trying to cast them for now. At the moment I'm buffing with Shroud, hitting things with weapons, and dropping Qazlal explosions when I need them.

So large shields aren't strictly speaking *bad* they just take a silly amount of XP to work off the penalties (getting your Shield skill to 25 from 15 for a regular shield is about like getting two other skills to 20 from 0) So they are usually reserved for "I don't really have anywhere else productive to put my XP" and by the time you get to that point, shields aren't as awesome (as there's a fair number of things that can bypass shields later in the game, which makes them not quite as cool as they are in the mid game, still good though)

Base damage scales with skill, which means that at 0 skill it's about as good as enchantment, but as your fighting and weapon skill increase, the base damage gets a bonus. This means that higher base damage is much better as you get later into the game.

So ignoring brand, your broad axe is going to do more than the trident by a fair amount.

Holy does *nothing* against things that aren't susceptible (mostly demons and undead), but does do a significant amount of damage to those critters. Freezing does less damage than holy does when holy works, but freezing will work on most things, if something is cold resistant that means it takes *less* damage from cold, not none. So overall, the freezing broad axe will probably handily beat the trident in most cases, and in the best case for the trident, it will be about the same to maybe slightly worse.

Both Holy and Freezing are what are called 'multiplicative' brands, in that the amount of bonus damage they do is based on the amount of weapon damage you do before the brand is applied, getting freezing on a dagger for example isn't very impressive, because there's not a whole lot of pre-brand damage to multiply (even with high skill)

Electricity (and a few others) are what are referred to as 'flat' brands, as the amount of damage they do doesn't vary with the amount of pre-brand damage you do, an elec hand axe is actually probably better than a holy trident a lot of the time, because you can swing a hand axe a lot of times, and every time it hits, it has a chance of doing the electrical damage (and being an axe, you can hit more times per swing)

The upshot of all this is that your broad axe is probably your best weapon most of the time right now, you can use a scroll to rebrand it, but freezing isn't a bad brand, and there's a not insignificant chance you'd make it worse, so I wouldn't chance it.

However the reaching from a trident can actually be useful in some circumstances, if you end up with something that's at range 2 and won't approach because it doesn't want to step into a hostile cloud, for example, you can poke it at range for free, I just wouldn't make it my primary weapon.

[Sprucery]

Vaults: 1 - 4 is what you want to do next (not 5!). Then optionally Elf, then Depths, then optionally Crypt (not Tomb!). Then the 3rd rune from either V:5 or Slime.

[A_S00]

Thanks, y'all. I'll keep this stuff in mind and give Vaults 1-4 a try tomorrow. Maybe I even won't die!