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YAVP unkillable GrBe, 15 runes, 2 zigs

PostPosted: Wednesday, 6th February 2019, 21:08
by Phrizz
  Code:
 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.22.1-7-g5c428e7 (webtiles) character file.

15416678 drcatpants the Axe Maniac (level 27, 199/199 HPs)
             Began as a Gargoyle Berserker on Feb 3, 2019.
             Was the Champion of Makhleb.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 15 runes on Feb 6, 2019!
             
             The game lasted 11:25:37 (104366 turns).

drcatpants the Axe Maniac (Gargoyle Berserker)    Turns: 104366, Time: 11:25:38

Health: 199/199    AC: 76    Str: 35    XL:     27
Magic:  54/54      EV: 17    Int: 26    God:    Makhleb [******]
Gold:   16797      SH:  4    Dex: 15    Spells: 8/80 levels left

rFire    + + +     SeeInvis +   b - +8 longbow "Zephyr" {speed, Dex+3 SInv}
rCold    + + +     Gourm    .   (shield currently unavailable)
rNeg     + + .     Faith    .   B - +12 gold dragon scales
rPois    ∞         Spirit   .   l - +2 helmet {Int+3}
rElec    +         Reflect  +   R - +4 cloak of Coipuj {rPois rN+}
rCorr    .         Harm     .   P - +0 pair of fencer's gloves {+Riposte Dex+3}
MR       +++..                  V - +2 pair of boots {run}
Stlth    ..........             s - amulet "Giceyxue" {Reflect rF+ rC+ Str+4 Slay+2 SH+4}
HPRegen  0.43/turn              o - ring of Vini {MR+ Int+6}
MPRegen  0.34/turn              Y - ring of the Castellan {Wiz Int+4}

@: studying Ice Magic, quick
A: big wings, see invisible, clever 1, cold resistance 1, fire resistance 1,
negative energy resistance 1, electricity resistance, wild magic 1, unbreathing,
petrification resistance, rot immunity, AC +20
0: Orb of Zot
}: 15/15 runes: serpentine, barnacled, slimy, silver, golden, iron, obsidian,
icy, bone, abyssal, demonic, glowing, magical, fiery, dark
a: Fly, Minor Destruction, Lesser Servant of Makhleb, Major Destruction, Greater
Servant of Makhleb, Renounce Religion


You escaped.
You worshipped Makhleb.
Makhleb was exalted by your worship.
You were not hungry.

You visited 18 branches of the dungeon, and saw 90 of its levels.
You visited Pandemonium 2 times, and saw 18 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 6 times.
You completed 2 ziggurats, and saw 54 of their levels.
You also visited: Labyrinth, Ice Cave, Volcano and Wizlab.

You collected 20596 gold pieces.
You spent 3799 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand Weapons
 a - a +9 executioner's axe of holy wrath
 b - the +8 longbow "Zephyr" (weapon) {speed, Dex+3 SInv}
   (You found it on level 12 of a ziggurat)   
   
   Attacks with this weapon are significantly faster.
   
   It affects your dexterity (+3).
   It lets you see invisible.
 h - a +9 antimagic executioner's axe
Missiles
 x - 3592 arrows (quivered)
Armour
 l - a +2 helmet of intelligence (worn)
 B - +12 gold dragon scales (worn)
 M - the +4 dragonskin cloak
   (You took it off Tiamat on level 5 of the Realm of Zot)
 P - the +0 pair of fencer's gloves (worn) {+Riposte Dex+3}
   (You found it on level 10 of a ziggurat)   
   
   It affects your dexterity (+3).
 R - the +4 cloak of Coipuj (worn) {rPois rN+}
   (You found it on level 22 of a ziggurat)   
   
   It protects you from poison.
   It protects you from negative energy.
 V - a +2 pair of boots of running (worn)
Magical Staves
 c - an uncursed staff of wizardry
 e - an uncursed staff of earth
Jewellery
 n - an uncursed ring of resist corrosion
 o - the ring of Vini (left hand) {MR+ Int+6}
   (You found it on level 27 of a ziggurat)   
   
   [ring of intelligence]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+6).
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
 s - the amulet "Giceyxue" (around neck) {Reflect rF+ rC+ Str+4 Slay+2 SH+4}
   (You found it on level 26 of a ziggurat)   
   
   [amulet of reflection]
   
   It shields you and reflects attacks.
   It affects your strength (+4).
   It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
   (+2).
   It protects you from fire.
   It protects you from cold.
   It affects your SH (+4).
 y - the ring of Finein {rC+ rN+ Str+5}
   (You found it on level 12 of a ziggurat)   
   
   [ring of protection from cold]
   
   It affects your strength (+5).
   It protects you from cold.
   It protects you from negative energy.
 z - the ring "Alihee Wesi" {rPois MR+++ Int-3 Dex+2 SInv}
   (You found it on level 5 of the Pits of Slime)   
   
   [ring of dexterity]
   
   It affects your intelligence (-3).
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
   It protects you from poison.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It lets you see invisible.
 N - the amulet of Vitality {Regen+ HP+15}
   (You found it on level 4 of a ziggurat)   
   
   [amulet of regeneration]
   
   It affects your health (+15).
   It increases your rate of regeneration.
 S - the ring "Josamox" {+Inv rF+ EV+3 Dex+4}
   (You took it off a deep elf sorcerer on level 3 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   [ring of evasion]
   
   It affects your evasion (+3).
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
   It protects you from fire.
   It lets you turn invisible.
 Y - the ring of the Castellan (right hand) {Wiz Int+4}
   (You found it on level 10 of a ziggurat)   
   
   [ring of wizardry]
   
   It improves your spell success rate.
   It affects your intelligence (+4).
Wands
 q - a wand of clouds (10)
 A - a wand of digging (100)
 F - a wand of acid (18)
Scrolls
 j - 26 scrolls of blinking
 m - 13 scrolls of fear
 p - 56 scrolls of remove curse
 t - 14 scrolls of enchant armour
 w - 43 scrolls of teleportation
 C - 9 scrolls of silence
 G - 7 scrolls of summoning
 J - 10 scrolls of holy word
 L - 30 scrolls of identify
 Q - 3 scrolls of amnesia
 U - 5 scrolls of magic mapping
 Z - 44 scrolls of fog
Potions
 f - 17 potions of might
 g - 4 potions of cancellation
 i - 11 potions of agility
 r - 3 potions of brilliance
 u - 11 potions of mutation
 v - 30 potions of curing
 D - 6 potions of invisibility
 E - 15 potions of heal wounds
 H - 20 potions of haste
 I - 7 potions of resistance
 O - a potion of magic
 W - 6 potions of ambrosia
Books
 X - a manual of Ice Magic
Miscellaneous
 k - a crystal ball of energy
 K - 2 +2 figurines of a ziggurat
Comestibles
 T - 83 rations


   Skills:
 O Level 27 Fighting
 O Level 27 Axes
 - Level 20.0 Bows
 O Level 27 Armour
 - Level 15.3 Dodging
 O Level 27 Spellcasting
 - Level 25.1 Conjurations
 - Level 15.0 Hexes
 - Level 21.0 Charms
 * Level 24.3 Summonings
 - Level 18.0 Necromancy
 - Level 15.0 Translocations
 - Level 23.4 Fire Magic
 O Level 27 Earth Magic
 - Level 15.0 Invocations
 - Level 21.0 Evocations


You had 8 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Aura of Abjuration    Summ           ########..   1%          5    None
b - Summon Butterflies    Summ           ########     1%          1    None
c - Shadow Creatures      Summ           N/A          1%          6    None
d - Darkness              Hex            #######...   1%          6    None
e - Death's Door          Chrm/Necr      ########..   4%          8    ####...
f - Shatter               Erth           ########..   3%          9    #####..
g - Fire Storm            Conj/Fire      ########..   9%          9    #####..
h - Dragon's Call         Summ           ########..   9%          9    #####..
i - Borgnjor's Revivific  Necr           ########..   9%          8    ####...
p - Portal Projectile     Hex/Tloc       ######       1%          3    None
r - Regeneration          Chrm/Necr      ########..   1%          3    None
v - Borgnjor's Vile Clut  Necr/Erth      ########..   1%          5    None

Your spell library contained the following spells:

 Spells                   Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
 Animate Skeleton         Necr           N/A          1%          1    None
 Apportation              Tloc           ######       1%          1    None
 Confusing Touch          Hex            ######       1%          1    None
 Corona                   Hex            #######      1%          1    None
 Flame Tongue             Conj/Fire      #####        1%          1    None
 Infusion                 Chrm           ####         1%          1    None
 Magic Dart               Conj           ####         1%          1    None
 Pain                     Necr           ####         1%          1    None
 Sandblast                Erth           ######       1%          1    None
 Shock                    Conj/Air       ####         1%          1    None
 Sting                    Conj/Pois      ####         1%          1    None
 Summon Small Mammal      Summ           ####         1%          1    None
 Blink                    Tloc           N/A          1%          2    None
 Call Imp                 Summ           ########     1%          2    None
 Corpse Rot               Necr           N/A          1%          2    None
 Ensorcelled Hibernation  Hex/Ice        ######       1%          2    None
 Passwall                 Tmut/Erth      #######.     1%          2    None
 Searing Ray              Conj           ######       1%          2    None
 Shroud of Golubria       Chrm/Tloc      ########..   1%          2    None
 Slow                     Hex            #######.     1%          2    None
 Song of Slaying          Chrm           ########     1%          2    None
 Swiftness                Chrm/Air       #######.     1%          2    None
 Throw Flame              Conj/Fire      ######       1%          2    None
 Throw Frost              Conj/Ice       ######       1%          2    None
 Call Canine Familiar     Summ           ########     1%          3    None
 Confuse                  Hex            #######.     1%          3    None
 Conjure Flame            Conj/Fire      ########     1%          3    None
 Dazzling Spray           Conj/Hex       ######       1%          3    None
 Gell's Gravitas          Tloc           #######...   1%          3    None
 Ignite Poison            Fire/Tmut/Pois #######.     1%          3    None
 Inner Flame              Hex/Fire       ########     1%          3    None
 Lesser Beckoning         Tloc           #######...   1%          3    None
 Mephitic Cloud           Conj/Pois/Air  #######.     1%          3    None
 Ozocubu's Armour         Chrm/Ice       #######.     1%          3    None
 Recall                   Summ/Tloc      N/A          1%          3    None
 Spectral Weapon          Hex/Chrm       ########     1%          3    None
 Static Discharge         Conj/Air       #######.     1%          3    None
 Stone Arrow              Conj/Erth      ######       1%          3    None
 Summon Guardian Golem    Hex/Summ       ########     1%          3    None
 Teleport Other           Tloc           #######.     1%          3    None
 Tukima's Dance           Hex            #######.     1%          3    None
 Vampiric Draining        Necr           ########..   1%          3    None
 Animate Dead             Necr           N/A          1%          4    None
 Cause Fear               Hex            #######...   1%          4    None
 Force Lance              Conj/Tloc      ########     1%          4    None
 Fulminant Prism          Conj/Hex       ########..   1%          4    None
 Iskenderun's Mystic Bla  Conj           ########     1%          4    None
 Leda's Liquefaction      Hex/Erth       ########..   1%          4    None
 Petrify                  Tmut/Erth      #######.     1%          4    None
 Sticky Flame             Conj/Fire      ########     1%          4    None
 Summon Ice Beast         Ice/Summ       #######.     1%          4    None
 Summon Lightning Spire   Summ/Air       #######.     1%          4    None
 Throw Icicle             Conj/Ice       #######.     1%          4    None
 Agony                    Necr           ########     1%          5    None
 Bolt of Draining         Conj/Necr      ########..   1%          5    None
 Bolt of Magma            Conj/Fire/Erth ########..   1%          5    None
 Dispel Undead            Necr           ########     1%          5    None
 Excruciating Wounds      Chrm/Necr      ########..   1%          5    None
 Fireball                 Conj/Fire      ########..   1%          5    None
 Irradiate                Conj/Tmut      #######...   1%          5    None
 Iskenderun's Battlesphe  Conj/Chrm      ########     1%          5    None
 Lee's Rapid Deconstruct  Erth           ########..   1%          5    None
 Lightning Bolt           Conj/Air       #######...   1%          5    None
 Summon Demon             Summ           ########..   1%          5    None
 Summon Forest            Summ/Tloc      ########..   1%          5    None
 Summon Mana Viper        Hex/Summ       ########     1%          5    None
 Venom Bolt               Conj/Pois      #######...   1%          5    None
 Bolt of Fire             Conj/Fire      ########..   1%          6    None
 Death Channel            Necr           ########..   1%          6    None
 Dispersal                Tloc           #######...   1%          6    None
 Invisibility             Hex            #######.     1%          6    None
 Iron Shot                Conj/Erth      ########..   1%          6    None
 Haunt                    Necr/Summ      ########..   1%          7    None
 Malign Gateway           Summ/Tloc      ########..   1%          7    None
 Monstrous Menagerie      Summ           ########..   1%          7    None
 Orb of Destruction       Conj           ########..   1%          7    None
 Ring of Flames           Chrm/Fire      ########..   1%          7    None
 Spellforged Servitor     Conj/Summ      ########..   1%          7    None
 Summon Greater Demon     Summ           ########..   1%          7    None
 Summon Hydra             Summ           ########..   1%          7    None
 Ignition                 Fire           ########..   1%          8    ####...
 Lehudib's Crystal Spear  Conj/Erth      ########..   1%          8    ####...
 Summon Horrible Things   Summ           ########..   1%          8    ####...
 Beastly Appendage        Tmut           #####.       2%          1    None
 Freeze                   Ice            ####         2%          1    None
 Metabolic Englaciation   Hex/Ice        #######...   2%          5    None
 Silence                  Hex/Air        #######...   2%          5    None
 Yara's Violent Unravell  Hex/Tmut       #######...   2%          5    None
 Bolt of Cold             Conj/Ice       #######...   2%          6    None
 Conjure Ball Lightning   Conj/Air       #######...   2%          6    None
 Poison Arrow             Conj/Pois      #######...   2%          6    None
 Poisonous Vapours        Pois/Air       #####.       3%          2    None
 Sticks to Snakes         Tmut           #####...     3%          2    None
 Deflect Missiles         Chrm/Air       #######...   4%          6    None
 Spider Form              Tmut/Pois      #####.....   6%          3    None
 Simulacrum               Ice/Necr       #######...   8%          6    None
 Infestation              Necr           ########..   9%          8    ####...
 Freezing Cloud           Conj/Ice/Air   #######...   10%         6    None
 Airstrike                Air            #####.....   17%         4    None
 Ice Form                 Ice/Tmut       #####...     17%         4    None
 Olgreb's Toxic Radiance  Pois           #####...     17%         4    None
 Controlled Blink         Tloc           N/A          24%         8    ####...
 Discord                  Hex            #######...   24%         8    ####...
 Disjunction              Tloc           #######...   24%         8    ####...
 Alistair's Intoxication  Tmut/Pois      #####...     41%         5    None
 Blade Hands              Tmut           #####.....   41%         5    None
 Chain Lightning          Conj/Air       #######...   52%         8    ####...
 Hydra Form               Tmut           #####.....   90%         6    None
 Ozocubu's Refrigeration  Ice            #####.....   90%         6    None
 Necromutation            Tmut/Necr      #######...   92%         8    ####...
 Dragon Form              Tmut           #####.....   100%        7    None
 Glaciate                 Conj/Ice       #######...   100%        9    #####..
 Tornado                  Air            #####.....   100%        9    #####..
 Sublimation of Blood     Necr           Unusable     N/A         2    N/A
 Passage of Golubria      Tloc           Unusable     N/A         4    N/A
 Statue Form              Tmut/Erth      Unusable     N/A         6    N/A


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (1/1) D:7            Lair (6/6) D:11
 Shoals (4/4) Lair:2        Snake (4/4) Lair:3        Slime (5/5) Lair:5
    Orc (2/2) D:12            Elf (3/3) Orc:2        Vaults (5/5) D:14
  Crypt (3/3) Vaults:2       Tomb (3/3) Crypt:3      Depths (5/5) D:15
   Hell (1/1)                 Dis (7/7) Hell            Geh (7/7) Hell
    Coc (7/7) Hell            Tar (7/7) Hell            Zot (5/5) Depths:5

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Dithmenos
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Gozag
Hepliaklqana
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Qazlal
Ru
Sif Muna
Trog
Uskayaw
Vehumet
Wu Jian
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:12 [   D:15 }*?   Orc:1 *   Orc:2 [%**   Elf:1 [?=*   Snake:1 *
Zot:5 *   Depths:1 :   Depths:5 (

Portals:
Hell: Hell Depths:1 Depths:2 Depths:3 Depths:4 Depths:5
Abyss: Depths:4
Pandemonium: Depths:2 Depths:3 Depths:5

Annotations:
Zot:5 1 exclusion


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You are resistant to torment.
Your stone body is resilient. (AC +20)
You are immune to poison.
Your large and strong wings let you fly indefinitely.
You resist negative energy. (rN+)
You are resistant to electric shocks. (rElec)
You can survive without breathing.
You are immune to petrification.
You are immune to rotting.
You have supernaturally acute eyesight. (SInv)
Your mind is acute. (Int +2)
Your flesh is cold resistant. (rC+)
Your flesh is heat resistant. (rF+)
Your spells are a little harder to cast, but a little more powerful.


I started this game out knowing that most players were pretty down on gargoyles, so I was surprised by how easy the game was overall. The early AC boost helped quite a bit - of the regular dungeon levels, only Slime needed careful play, because of the armor-penetrating properties of acid. My overall strategy was to increase Str at every attribute point, and wear the heaviest body armor I could find. I used bows for my early ranged attack. In general, the gear I found was decent but not amazing - Trog was obliging (as he usually is) and gave me an antimagic executioner's axe. I switched from Trog->TSO once I was ready for Pan. A better idea would probably have been to switch to Makhleb directly, but it was nice to be able to brand a spare Exe axe with holy wrath, and to have the option to cure mutations had !Mut been scarce. Besides, TSO wrath is kind of a joke.

In the late game, very high AC, 50% torment damage, and HP refill from TSO kept me out of danger throughout Pan and Hell. Even with the occasional Trog wrath requiring me to burn a blink or teleport, only berserk stone giants and Cerebov could really put any kind of a dent in me.

The key find which made extended pleasant on a melee character was Aura of Abjuration. Without that, I probably would not have attempted Hell/Tomb, and would have stuck with Trog for Pan. With AofA, Tomb was pretty easy, and the one close call that I did have could have been easily avoided by playing a little more conservatively.

I had only done a Zig once before, but since I had found Darkness and Shatter I decided to give it a go. I found that only the Pan, lair (ghost moths and moths of wrath make a nasty team), and slime levels were any threat at all. It was nice to be able to rely on a powerful melee attack and only use MP for Darkness, AofA, and Regen. My play could certainly have been improved - for example, I trained evocations way too late, and I never took any !magic along. Mummy levels were actually pretty trivial since Mummies shatter nicely and nothing drains your MP. I could have kept doing more Zigs but I didn't see the point.

Overall, I would say that GrBe is almost an autopilot way to get 10 runes, and the low hp is not an issue in extended. If you find the right spells, you can count on 5 more and Zigs. Which is nice if like me, you can't stand playing early spellcasters.

Re: YAVP unkillable GrBe, 15 runes, 2 zigs

PostPosted: Wednesday, 6th February 2019, 22:03
by Sorcerous
Congratulations on the win! :D

Re: YAVP unkillable GrBe, 15 runes, 2 zigs

PostPosted: Thursday, 7th February 2019, 06:33
by Airwolf
For Spider-themed zigg floors, invisibility shuts down ghost moths, but entropy weavers can still be a problem.

Congrats!