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YAVP: BaGl^Chei, 15 runes, seeded run

Full morgue: http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Tason ... 000559.txt

  Code:
 Seeded DCSS version 0.25-b1-23-ge2ad7d5 (webtiles) character file.

Game seed: 6082020, levelgen mode: deterministic

16635520 Tasonir the Middleweight Champion (level 27, 194/199 HPs)
             Began as a Barachi Gladiator on June 10, 2020.
             Was the Champion of Cheibriados.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 15 runes on June 11, 2020!
             
             The game lasted 06:41:01 (93894 turns).

Tasonir the Middleweight Champion (BaGl)           Turns: 93894, Time: 06:41:02

Health: 194/199    AC: 21    Str: 31    XL:     27
Magic:  55/55      EV: 43    Int: 32    God:    Cheibriados [******]
Gold:   5574       SH: 31    Dex: 35    Spells: 23/72 levels left

rFire    + + +     SeeInvis .     - Unarmed
rCold    + . .     Gourm    .   o - +2 tower shield {rC+}
rNeg     + + +     Faith    .   X - +0 ring mail {MR+}
rPois    +         Spirit   .   k - +4 helmet "Yzxoech" {*Contam Dex+4 Slay+6 Stlth+}
rElec    +         Reflect  .   b - +3 cloak "Agummomn" {rF+++ rN++ Str-5}
rCorr    .         Harm     .   u - +2 pair of gloves {Str+3}
MR       ++++.                  L - +0 pair of boots of Inviolability {rElec rN+ Regen+ Stlth+}
Stlth    ++........             p - amulet of Nopumm {rPois Regen+}
HPRegen  0.00/turn              t - ring of Phasing {EV+8}
MPRegen  0.34/turn              Z - ring of protection from magic

@: can't hop, very slow
A: +LOS, swims, deterioration 2, frail 2, high mp 1, electricity resistance,
slowness 1, inhibited regeneration, MP-powered wands, strong legs 2
0: Orb of Zot
}: 15/15 runes: barnacled, slimy, silver, golden, iron, obsidian, icy, bone,
abyssal, demonic, glowing, magical, fiery, dark, gossamer
a: Hop, Bend Time, Temporal Distortion, Slouch, Step From Time, Renounce
Religion


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

You visited 16 branches of the dungeon, and saw 86 of its levels.
You visited Pandemonium 1 time, and saw 21 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 4 times.
You visited 1 bazaar.
You also visited: Gauntlet.

You collected 10152 gold pieces.
You spent 4578 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Missiles
 x - 10 throwing nets
 K - 11 silver javelins
 O - 57 javelins (quivered)
 U - 23 poisoned darts
Armour
 b - the +3 cloak "Agummomn" (worn) {rF+++ rN++ Str-5}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Realm of Zot)   
   
   It affects your strength (-5).
   It renders you almost immune to fire.
   It greatly protects you from negative energy.
 k - the +4 helmet "Yzxoech" (worn) {*Contam Dex+4 Slay+6 Stlth+}
   (You found it in Pandemonium)   
   
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
   It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
   (+6).
   It causes magical contamination when unequipped.
   It makes you more stealthy.
 o - a +2 tower shield of cold resistance (worn)
 u - a +2 pair of gloves of strength (worn)
 A - a +2 robe of the Archmagi
 L - the +0 pair of boots of Inviolability (worn) {rElec rN+ Regen+ Stlth+}
   (You acquired it on level 1 of the Vaults)   
   
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It increases your rate of regeneration.
   It makes you more stealthy.
 P - a +4 tower shield of protection
 S - the +2 cloak of Nemelex Xobeh's Wrath {rF+ Int+3 Dex+4}
   (You found it in a Gauntlet)   
   
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
   It protects you from fire.
 X - a +0 ring mail of magic resistance (worn)
Jewellery
 c - the ring "Zuwnollaisa" {rC++ rN+ Int+3}
   (You took it off a vampire on level 3 of the Crypt)   
   
   [ring of positive energy]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It greatly protects you from cold.
   It protects you from negative energy.
 f - the ring "Feskit" {rPois MR+ Stlth+}
   (You found it on level 4 of the Depths)   
   
   [ring of protection from magic]
   
   It protects you from poison.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It makes you more stealthy.
 j - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
 m - the ring "Jivaqodgh" {rPois rF+ MP+9}
   (You found it on level 7 of Gehenna)   
   
   [ring of poison resistance]
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It protects you from poison.
   It affects your magic capacity (+9).
 p - the amulet of Nopumm (around neck) {rPois Regen+}
   (You took it off a vampire on level 3 of the Crypt)   
   
   [amulet of regeneration]
   
   It protects you from poison.
   It increases your rate of regeneration.
 r - the ring "Irchom" {rF+ rN+ Str-3 Dex+6}
   (You found it on level 4 of the Shoals)   
   
   [ring of dexterity]
   
   It affects your strength (-3).
   It affects your dexterity (+6).
   It protects you from fire.
   It protects you from negative energy.
 t - the ring of Phasing (left hand) {EV+8}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   
   [ring of evasion]
   
   It affects your evasion (+8).
 I - the ring "Byequz" {rCorr Slay+2 Stlth+}
   (You found it in Pandemonium)   
   
   [ring of resist corrosion]
   
   It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
   (+2).
   It provides partial protection from all sources of acid and corrosion.
   It makes you more stealthy.
 R - the amulet "Waovuf" {Spirit rF+ Stlth+}
   (You acquired it on level 7 of the Iron City of Dis)   
   
   [amulet of guardian spirit]
   
   It causes incoming damage to be split between your health and magic.
   It protects you from fire.
   It makes you more stealthy.
 T - a +4 ring of protection
 W - the ring "Sonef" {+Fly rN+++ Str+3 Dex-3 SInv}
   (You found it on level 6 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   [ring of flight]
   
   It affects your strength (+3).
   It affects your dexterity (-3).
   It renders you almost immune to negative energy.
   It lets you see invisible.
   It lets you fly.
 Z - a ring of protection from magic (right hand)
Wands
 a - a wand of digging (3)
 D - a wand of acid (28)
Scrolls
 e - 2 scrolls of summoning
 g - 10 scrolls of teleportation
 h - 20 scrolls of remove curse
 n - a scroll of enchant armour
 v - 6 scrolls of fog
 y - 6 scrolls of identify
 B - 5 scrolls of fear
 E - 11 scrolls of blinking
 F - 13 scrolls of amnesia
 G - a scroll of silence
 Q - a scroll of magic mapping
 Y - 7 scrolls of enchant weapon
Potions
 i - 8 potions of might
 l - 12 potions of brilliance
 q - 16 potions of curing
 w - 9 potions of magic
 z - 3 potions of invisibility
 C - 8 potions of ambrosia
 J - 3 potions of resistance
 V - a potion of heal wounds
Miscellaneous
 H - a figurine of a ziggurat
 M - 8 phantom mirrors
 N - a tin of tremorstones (3/3)
Comestibles
 d - 84 rations


   Skills:
 O Level 27 Fighting
 - Level 2.0 Throwing
 - Level 9.6 Armour
 - Level 21.0 Dodging
 - Level 25.0 Shields
 O Level 27 Unarmed Combat
 - Level 23.0 Spellcasting
 - Level 4.0 Conjurations
 - Level 21.0 Necromancy
 - Level 21.0 Translocations
 - Level 15.0 Transmutations
 + Level 26.5 Earth Magic
 - Level 14.5 Invocations


You had 23 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Statue Form           Tmut/Erth      ########.    1%          6    None
b - Lesser Beckoning      Tloc           ########..   0%          3    None
c - Controlled Blink      Tloc           N/A          1%          8    ###....
d - Vampiric Draining     Necr           ########..   0%          3    None
e - Apportation           Tloc           ######       0%          1    None
f - Iron Shot             Conj/Erth      #######...   1%          6    None
g - Borgnjor's Revivific  Necr           ########..   1%          8    ###....
h - Shatter               Erth           ########..   1%          9    #####..
i - Lee's Rapid Deconstr  Erth           ########..   0%          5    None

Your spell library contained the following spells:

 Spells                   Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
 Animate Skeleton         Necr           N/A          0%          1    None
 Beastly Appendage        Tmut           ######       0%          1    None
 Pain                     Necr           ####         0%          1    None
 Sandblast                Erth           ######       0%          1    None
 Blink                    Tloc           N/A          0%          2    None
 Passwall                 Tmut/Erth      ########     0%          2    None
 Sticks to Snakes         Tmut           #######.     0%          2    None
 Sublimation of Blood     Necr           ########..   0%          2    None
 Gell's Gravitas          Tloc           ########..   0%          3    None
 Stone Arrow              Conj/Erth      ######       0%          3    None
 Teleport Other           Tloc           ########     0%          3    None
 Animate Dead             Necr           N/A          0%          4    None
 Dispel Undead            Necr           ########     0%          4    None
 Petrify                  Tmut/Erth      ########     0%          4    None
 Agony                    Necr           ########     0%          5    None
 Corona                   Hex            #####..      1%          1    None
 Foxfire                  Conj/Fire      ####         1%          1    None
 Freeze                   Ice            ####         1%          1    None
 Infusion                 Chrm           ####         1%          1    None
 Magic Dart               Conj           ####         1%          1    None
 Shock                    Conj/Air       ####         1%          1    None
 Sting                    Tmut/Pois      ####         1%          1    None
 Summon Butterflies       Summ           #####...     1%          1    None
 Summon Small Mammal      Summ           ####         1%          1    None
 Call Imp                 Summ           #####...     1%          2    None
 Corpse Rot               Necr/Air       N/A          1%          2    None
 Ensorcelled Hibernation  Hex/Ice        #####.       1%          2    None
 Poisonous Vapours        Pois/Air       #####.       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
 Conjure Flame            Conj/Fire      #####...     1%          3    None
 Dazzling Flash           Conj/Hex       #####.       1%          3    None
 Ignite Poison            Fire/Tmut/Pois ######..     1%          3    None
 Mephitic Cloud           Conj/Pois/Air  #####...     1%          3    None
 Portal Projectile        Hex/Tloc       ######       1%          3    None
 Recall                   Summ/Tloc      N/A          1%          3    None
 Spider Form              Tmut/Pois      ######....   1%          3    None
 Static Discharge         Conj/Air       #####...     1%          3    None
 Ice Form                 Ice/Tmut       ######..     1%          4    None
 Iskenderun's Mystic Bla  Conj/Tloc      #######.     1%          4    None
 Leda's Liquefaction      Hex/Erth       #######...   1%          4    None
 Alistair's Intoxication  Tmut/Pois      ######..     1%          5    None
 Blade Hands              Tmut           #######...   1%          5    None
 Bolt of Magma            Conj/Fire/Erth #######...   1%          5    None
 Excruciating Wounds      Chrm/Necr      #######...   1%          5    None
 Irradiate                Conj/Tmut      #######...   1%          5    None
 Yara's Violent Unravell  Hex/Tmut       ######....   1%          5    None
 Simulacrum               Ice/Necr       #######...   2%          6    None
 Call Canine Familiar     Summ           #####...     3%          3    None
 Confusing Touch          Hex            #####...     3%          3    None
 Frozen Ramparts          Ice            #####.       3%          3    None
 Inner Flame              Hex/Fire       #####...     3%          3    None
 Ozocubu's Armour         Chrm/Ice       #####...     3%          3    None
 Spectral Weapon          Hex/Chrm       #####...     3%          3    None
 Summon Guardian Golem    Hex/Summ       #####...     3%          3    None
 Tukima's Dance           Hex            #####...     3%          3    None
 Fulminant Prism          Conj/Hex       #####.....   4%          4    None
 Hailstorm                Conj/Ice       #####...     4%          4    None
 Sticky Flame             Conj/Fire      #####...     4%          4    None
 Necromutation            Tmut/Necr      ########..   4%          8    ###....
 Eringya's Noxious Bog    Tmut/Pois      ######....   8%          6    None
 Airstrike                Air            #####.....   11%         4    None
 Olgreb's Toxic Radiance  Pois           #####...     11%         4    None
 Summon Ice Beast         Ice/Summ       #####...     11%         4    None
 Summon Lightning Spire   Summ/Air       #####...     11%         4    None
 Haunt                    Necr/Summ      #######...   12%         7    None
 Malign Gateway           Summ/Tloc      #######...   12%         7    None
 Fireball                 Conj/Fire      #####.....   13%         5    None
 Lightning Bolt           Conj/Air       #####.....   13%         5    None
 Lehudib's Crystal Spear  Conj/Erth      #######...   13%         8    ###....
 Metabolic Englaciation   Hex/Ice        #####.....   28%         5    None
 Summon Mana Viper        Hex/Summ       #####...     28%         5    None
 Conjure Ball Lightning   Conj/Air       #####.....   56%         6    None
 Starburst                Conj/Fire      #####.....   56%         6    None
 Freezing Cloud           Conj/Ice/Air   #####.....   67%         6    None
 Darkness                 Hex            #####.....   85%         6    None
 Invisibility             Hex            #####...     85%         6    None
 Spellforged Servitor     Conj/Summ      #####.....   98%         7    None
 Ring of Flames           Chrm/Fire      #####.....   100%        7    None
 Chain Lightning          Conj/Air       #####.....   100%        8    ###....
 Ignition                 Fire           #####.....   100%        8    ###....
 Absolute Zero            Ice            #####.....   100%        9    #####..
 Fire Storm               Conj/Fire      #####.....   100%        9    #####..
 Tornado                  Air            #####.....   100%        9    #####..
 Passage of Golubria      Tloc           Unusable     N/A         4    N/A


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (0/1) D:6            Lair (6/6) D:11
 Shoals (4/4) Lair:4       Spider (4/4) Lair:3        Slime (5/5) Lair:5
    Orc (2/2) D:11            Elf (0/3) Orc:2        Vaults (5/5) D:13
  Crypt (3/3) Vaults:2       Tomb (3/3) Crypt:3      Depths (5/5) D:15
   Hell (visited)             Dis (7/7) Hell            Geh (7/7) Hell
    Coc (7/7) Hell            Tar (7/7) Hell            Zot (5/5) Depths:5
Gauntlet (visited)       

Altars:
Cheibriados
Dithmenos
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Gozag
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
Vehumet
Wu Jian
Xom
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:5 =   D:11 (   D:13 ?!!   Vaults:5 [??%%%}%%!   Depths:2 !:

Portals:
Hell: Depths:1 Depths:2 Depths:3 Depths:4 Depths:5
Abyss: Depths:1 Depths:4
Pandemonium: Depths:1 Depths:3
Ziggurat: Depths:5
Trove: Depths:3 (give +3 ice dragon scales)

Annotations:
D:10 Josephine
D:15 exclusions: ice statue and obsidian statue
Zot:4 2 transporters, Beclu's ghost, legendary GnSk


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You can be seen from farther away. (+LOS)
You can swim through water.
You cover ground slowly.
You can hop long distances.
Your body often deteriorates upon taking damage.
You are very frail. (-20% HP)
You have an increased reservoir of magic. (+10% MP)
You are resistant to electric shocks. (rElec)
You do not regenerate when monsters are visible.
You expend magic power (3 MP) to strengthen your wands.


Message History

The efreet gestures at you.
The fireball explodes! The fireball engulfs you. You resist.
The efreet gestures at you.
The fireball explodes!
The fireball engulfs you but does no damage.
The efreet gestures at you.
The bolt of fire misses you.
You revert to your normal fleshy form.
Your +2 pair of gloves of strength unmelds from your body.
The +0 pair of boots of Inviolability {rElec rN+ Regen+ Stlth+} unmelds from
your body.
Your +0 ring mail of magic resistance unmelds from your body.
You feel stronger.
You feel resistant to hostile enchantments.
The efreet gestures at you.
The bolt of fire misses you.
You block the efreet's attack.
There is a staircase leading out of the dungeon here.
You see here a stone.
You block the efreet's attack.
You have escaped!

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You could see an efreet.

Vanquished Creatures
  Cerebov (Pan)
  Antaeus (Coc:7)
  Asmodeus (Geh:7)
  the Royal Jelly (Slime:5)
  Gloorx Vloq (Pan)
  Ignacio (Pan)
  A seraph (Zot:1)
  Ereshkigal (Tar:7)
  the Serpent of Hell (Geh:7)
  Mnoleg (Pan)
  Lom Lobon (Pan)
  Dispater (Dis:7)
  Mennas (Pan)
  8 orbs of fire (Zot:5)
  Mara (Shoals:4)
  6 ancient liches
  17 greater mummies
  Sojobo (Tomb:2)
  9 pandemonium lords
  Margery (Vaults:5)
  The ghost of Juzit the Bludgeoner, a legendary GnFi of Cheibriados (Zot:3)
  14 shard shrikes
  The ghost of lmSkywalker the Warrior, an adept DrTm of Okawaru (Depths:2)
  4 Killer Klowns (Zot:5)
  A curse toe (Zot:1)
  Geryon (Hell)
  6 caustic shrikes
  Nikola (Spider:4)
  Jory (Crypt:3)
  19 golden dragons
 

Skill      XL: |  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 |
---------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----
Unarmed Combat |     4  5  6  7     8  9 10 12 14 16 17 18                19    20 21 22       27 | 27.0
Fighting       |                 3  4  6  8  9 10    11 12                13 14 15 16       17 27 | 27.0
Dodging        |                 4  5  6  7  9    11 12 13                   14 15 16       17 21 | 21.0
Armour         |                    1  4  6           8  9                                        |  9.6
Spellcasting   |                                   1  4  6  9 10    11 12       13 14    15 16 23 | 23.0
Transmutations |                                            6  9 12 13                         15 | 15.0
Earth Magic    |                                            4  8 10 12                         26 | 26.5
Invocations    |                                            2  6  8  9 10    11    12 14          | 14.5
Translocations |                                            1  2                      11 16 17 21 | 21.0
Shields        |                                                     5 11 15                   25 | 25.0
Necromancy     |                                                              5                21 | 21.0
Conjurations   |                                                                             4    |  4.0
Throwing       |                                                                                  |  2.0

Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-18 | 19-21 | 22-24 | 25-27 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Unarmed           |    96 |   281 |   391 |   878 |  1589 |  1242 |  1372 |   773 |  7266 || 13888
       Punch             |     4 |     5 |    22 |    44 |   181 |   197 |       |       |       ||   453
       Kick              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |  2144 ||  2144
Throw: Dart              |       |       |    18 |    40 |   113 |   135 |       |       |       ||   306
       Throwing net      |       |       |     3 |     2 |       |       |       |       |       ||     5
       Javelin           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     6 |     9 ||    15
 Cast: Lesser Beckoning  |       |       |       |       |     1 |    36 |     1 |       |    93 ||   131
       Statue Form       |       |       |       |       |       |    32 |    60 |    47 |   359 ||   498
       Vampiric Draining |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     2 |       ||     2
       Apportation       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |    33 ||    34
       Iron Shot         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    38 ||    38
       Controlled Blink  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    18 ||    18
       Lee's Rapid Decon |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    11 ||    11
       Shatter           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     3 ||     3
Invok: Slouch            |       |       |       |       |       |     3 |     4 |    10 |    37 ||    54
       Temporal Distorti |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     2 |       ||     2
       Step From Time    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |     2 ||     3
 Abil: Hop               |       |       |       |     4 |     7 |     3 |     1 |     4 |    21 ||    40
       Evoke Flight      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     2 ||     2
Evoke: Wand              |       |       |     1 |     4 |     5 |       |       |     1 |     5 ||    16
  Use: Scroll            |       |       |     8 |    15 |    18 |     8 |     5 |     7 |    53 ||   114
       Potion            |       |       |     2 |     7 |     4 |     2 |       |     5 |    44 ||    64
 Stab: Held in net/web   |       |       |     2 |       |       |       |       |       |       ||     2
       Petrified         |       |       |       |       |     2 |       |     4 |       |       ||     6
       Sleeping          |       |       |       |       |       |     4 |     4 |     4 |     7 ||    19
       Distracted        |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |       |     1 |    12 ||    14
       Petrifying        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     2 |       ||     2
       Confused          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     3 ||     3
       Paralysed         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
  Eat: Chunk             |     1 |    10 |    15 |    24 |    40 |    25 |    26 |    10 |    24 ||   175
       Ration            |       |       |     2 |     6 |     4 |     1 |       |     3 |    20 ||    36
Armor: Leather armour    |    22 |    14 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       ||    36
       Ring mail         |       |    55 |    83 |       |   183 |   176 |    53 |     7 |    61 ||   618
       Plate armour      |       |       |    17 |   497 |   664 |       |       |       |       ||  1178
       Skin              |       |       |       |       |       |   177 |   260 |   326 |  1505 ||  2268
Dodge: Dodged            |    47 |   184 |   235 |   379 |  1158 |  2455 |  1807 |  1385 |  8560 || 16210
Block: Kite shield       |       |       |       |       |       |   130 |  1488 |  1112 |  4554 ||  7284
       Reflection        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    64 ||    64
       Tower shield      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |  4902 ||  4902


Saw a link posted about a DCSS discord that runs little weekly challenges, and this week's was a BaGl, on a seeded run with seed 6082020. No limits on tries, so after a few deaths I came up with this build for a 15 rune win. Was trying to keep the turn count reasonable, but ended up going to 90k actions, so not terribly fast. There were a few things that slowed me down, but let's start from the beginning...

As this was a seeded run, the temple was always found on D:6, and doesn't have Chei. The only chei altar was on d:9, and having gotten there, worshipped, and gone through the mid game...there was no statue form either. I decided to abandon chei for sif, and starting rebuilding piety, when I died due to the power drop of losing Chei. Since a Sif altar was found super early on d:3, I decided to fix both problems by just worshipping sif first, and farming spells before going to Chei. This was helped by an early faith amulet as well, so getting statue form was pretty quick, even if it did take until around the 4th book gift to get it. I actually was gifted controlled blink before statue form, but hey, as long as you end up with both.

Immediately switched back to Chei, got statue form online, and then proceeded to pound faces for the rest of the game. Got both controlled blink and revivification online, although I never ended up using revivification. Got badly mutated in Zot and ended up having to do all of extended with -20/-30% hp, and inhibited regeneration. This was a significant slowdown in terms of going for a high score, although I hadn't really been very fast in the first 5 runes either, so this was never going to be a really fast run.

Not being able to regen at all while fighting mummy packs in tombs is one scary situation, and I honestly would have probably skipped it if it wasn't for having controlled blink around to get to stairs. CBlink is even more powerful when mixed with Barachi hop, as you don't really need the first hop to be accurate when you're going to Cblink to the hatch next turn. Gives you amazing range and the ability to rapidly be 20-30 tiles away in just 3-4 turns. A great way to reset fights against bosses like Lom Loban, who I had to approach about 3 times before getting him alone and being able to keep him near me instead of blinking everywhere.

Replaying the same seed and seeing the same items and monster locations felt weird, and did get a bit more repetitive than just starting up new games. Fortunately I only had to restart a handful of times to get the win :)

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Post Thursday, 11th June 2020, 06:50

Re: YAVP: BaGl^Chei, 15 runes, seeded run

I have impression that unlimited retries with seeded run makes it into a very different game where first you gather some information and then maximize your score by using it. Time-consuming and boring IMHO, but probably fun for some players. Reminds me movies like "Groundhog Day" :)
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Post Thursday, 11th June 2020, 17:46

Re: YAVP: BaGl^Chei, 15 runes, seeded run

If you're going to do that seems to me you might as well load up the seed in wizmode, freeze time, and explore. You could also use the seed explorer to get a sense for where items, altars, and monsters are. Probably faster and easier than trying to gather information by actually playing and then restarting if necessary.

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Post Saturday, 13th June 2020, 07:07

Re: YAVP: BaGl^Chei, 15 runes, seeded run

Yeah, seeded runs are definitely exploitable, but I still think there's some interesting scenarios presented. I didn't intentionally abuse the seed, but just from naturally dying a few times, you learn where major threats are (a hornet on D:6 who was in a checker board pattern so you always came into LOS of it in melee range was really nasty), and can adapt to things like the lack of statue form by forcing sif to give it to you.

Basically it's something I'd recommend trying, but I probably won't be doing it often.

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