CIP - Help my Pode pls!
Posted: Tuesday, 2nd March 2021, 00:29
OK, so it's been a long time since I've played Crawl. I've never won a pode before, and after reading various posts here about trying to ascend one, I decided to give one a try.
Following Severen's advice, I went Shield Pode and rushed Unarmed to 10. I found Nemelex early, so I went with her. Never won a card worshipper either, so what the heck, right?
Been relying heavily on poison needles, an early acid wand, and running away a lot to keep my squid alive. Snagged some great loot in a Sewer (check out those scrolls!). Just found a Minor Magic book and now I think the poor little mollusk might actually have a chance.
So any suggestions on skilling next? Get Evoc up for wands? Start trying to learn to summon some Imps? Keep going with defenses? Go harder with Invoc? Any help greatly appreciated!
Following Severen's advice, I went Shield Pode and rushed Unarmed to 10. I found Nemelex early, so I went with her. Never won a card worshipper either, so what the heck, right?
Been relying heavily on poison needles, an early acid wand, and running away a lot to keep my squid alive. Snagged some great loot in a Sewer (check out those scrolls!). Just found a Minor Magic book and now I think the poor little mollusk might actually have a chance.
So any suggestions on skilling next? Get Evoc up for wands? Start trying to learn to summon some Imps? Keep going with defenses? Go harder with Invoc? Any help greatly appreciated!
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.26.0 (tiles) character file.
Game seed: 8620866657716250228
Wustrits the Grappler (Octopode Fighter) Turns: 8876, Time: 00:25:45
Health: 56/56 AC: 1 Str: 16 XL: 9 Next: 56%
Magic: 13/13 EV: 12 Int: 13 God: Nemelex Xobeh [**....]
Gold: 407 SH: 9 Dex: 11 Spells: 8/8 levels left
rFire . . . SeeInvis + - Unarmed
rCold . . . Faith . a - +0 kite shield
rNeg . . . Spirit . (helmet restricted)
rPois . Reflect . (no amulet)
rElec . Harm . t - ring of see invisible
rCorr . Rampage . (no ring)
Will ..... (no ring)
Stlth ++++...... (no ring)
HPRegen 0.18/turn (no ring)
MPRegen 0.13/turn (no ring)
(no ring)
(no ring)
@: no status effects
A: almost no armour, stealthy swim, amphibious, 8 rings, constrict 8, camouflage
1, gelatinous body 1
a: Renounce Religion, Draw Escape, Draw Destruction, Draw Summoning
You are on level 6 of the Dungeon.
You worship Nemelex Xobeh.
Nemelex Xobeh is pleased with you.
You have visited 1 branch of the dungeon, and seen 6 of its levels.
You have also visited: Sewer.
You have collected 407 gold pieces.
Inventory:
Hand Weapons
b - a +2 whip of electrocution
(You took it off an orc on level 6 of the Dungeon)
Missiles
c - 112 arrows
e - 185 stones
j - 73 sling bullets
p - 23 poisoned darts (quivered)
u - 48 bolts
Armour
a - a +0 kite shield (worn)
Jewellery
t - a ring of see invisible (left tentacle)
(You found it on level 3 of the Dungeon)
Wands
r - a wand of disintegration (12)
(You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)
x - a wand of acid (16)
(You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)
E - a wand of polymorph (2)
(You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)
Scrolls
h - 5 scrolls of blinking
l - 6 scrolls of teleportation
m - 5 scrolls of fear
q - 4 scrolls of magic mapping
s - a scroll labelled IMEOD UMUIW
z - a scroll labelled BACAEX TOOSCH
A - a scroll labelled VIYRRO MIMER
B - a scroll labelled JIECLAMEYCS
C - a scroll labelled XUORPH YCHAM
D - 2 scrolls labelled JUIFUA XOANO
Potions
d - 5 potions of haste
f - a black potion
g - 4 potions of lignification
i - 2 potions of heal wounds
k - 7 potions of curing
n - 3 potions of berserk rage
o - 2 potions of attraction
v - 2 potions of magic
w - a golden potion
y - 3 potions of might
F - a sedimented silvery potion
Skills:
- Level 3.0 Fighting
+ Level 4.0 Dodging
- Level 6.0 Stealth
- Level 4.0 Shields
- Level 10.0 Unarmed Combat
- Level 6.0 Invocations
You have 8 spell levels left.
You don't know any spells.
Your spell library contains the following spells:
Spells Type Power Failure Level
Magic Dart Conj 0% 77% 1
Blink Tloc N/A 88% 2
Call Imp Summ 0% 88% 2
Slow Hex 0% 88% 2
Conjure Flame Conj/Fire 0% 98% 3
Mephitic Cloud Conj/Pois/Air 0% 98% 3
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (6/15) Temple (0/1) D:4 Sewer (visited)
Altars:
Elyvilon
Gozag
Hepliaklqana
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Trog
Wu Jian
Zin
Shops:
D:3 *
Annotations:
D:4 3 runed translucent doors, Gakkymeimi's ghost, amateur DrBr
Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations
You cannot wear most types of armour.
You are very stealthy in the water. (Stealth+)
You are amphibious.
You can wear up to eight rings at the same time.
You can use your tentacles to constrict eight enemies at once.
Your skin changes colour to match your surroundings (Stealth+).
Your rubbery body absorbs attacks. (AC +1, EV +1)
Message History
You kill Eustachio!
Training target 4.0 for Shields reached!
Your Dodging skill increases to level 4!
Your Shields skill increases to level 4!
Things that are here:
a cursed -2 rapier; a +0 leather armour
You start resting.
HP restored.
You see here a bullfrog corpse.
g - 4 potions of lignification (gained 1)
p - 21 poisoned darts (gained 1)
p - 22 poisoned darts (gained 1)
p - 23 poisoned darts (gained 1)
You pick up a book of Minor Magic and begin reading...
You add the spells Magic Dart, Blink, Call Imp, Slow, Conjure Flame and
Mephitic Cloud to your library.
Okay, then.
Welcome back, Wustrits the Octopode Fighter.
Nemelex Xobeh says: It's all in the cards!
Press ? for a list of commands and other information.
Saving game... please wait.
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There are no monsters in sight!
Vanquished Creatures
Maggie (D:6)
Sigmund (D:4)
Eustachio (D:6)
An ice beast (D:5)
A black bear (D:6)
2 ogres
3 centaurs
Blork the orc (D:4)
5 bullfrogs
A scorpion (D:6)
A howler monkey (D:4)
A centaur zombie (D:5)
2 quasits (D:6)
A centaur skeleton (D:4)
2 hounds
3 orc priests
4 orc wizards
A worker ant (D:5)
A worker ant zombie (D:3)
17 adders
7 gnolls
A howler monkey skeleton (D:5)
5 river rats (Sewer)
A white imp (D:5)
2 oozes
An adder zombie (D:6)
An adder skeleton (D:4)
6 worms
3 dart slugs
13 leopard geckos
17 orcs
7 bats
5 giant cockroaches
12 goblins
9 hobgoblins
5 jackals
A quokka (D:3)
12 ball pythons (Sewer)
2 frilled lizards (D:2)
13 kobolds
30 rats
203 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (others)
5 plants (D:3)
5 creatures vanquished.
Grand Total: 208 creatures vanquished
Notes
Turn | Place | Note
-------+----------+-------------------------------------------
0 | D:1 | Wustrits the Octopode Fighter began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 16/16 MP: 1/1
50 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 19/21 MP: 2/2
113 | D:1 | Reached skill level 3 in Unarmed Combat
260 | D:1 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 22/26 MP: 3/3
446 | D:1 | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
450 | D:1 | Became a worshipper of Nemelex Xobeh the Trickster
1095 | D:2 | Reached skill level 4 in Unarmed Combat
1465 | D:2 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 30/31 MP: 4/4
1554 | D:2 | Reached * piety under Nemelex Xobeh
1634 | D:2 | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
1773 | D:3 | Found a hazy altar of Hepliaklqana.
1804 | D:3 | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
2023 | D:3 | Found Zin's Purification Station.
2025 | D:3 | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
2182 | D:3 | Reached skill level 5 in Unarmed Combat
2182 | D:3 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 33/36 MP: 5/5
3671 | D:4 | Found a runed translucent gate.
3671 | D:4 | Found a runed translucent gate.
3671 | D:4 | Found a runed translucent gate.
3672 | D:4 | Noticed Gakkymeimi's ghost (amateur DrBr)
3722 | D:4 | Reached skill level 6 in Unarmed Combat
3722 | D:4 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 42/42 MP: 6/6
3737 | D:4 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
3957 | D:4 | Found a glowing drain.
3961 | Sewer | Entered a sewer
4425 | Sewer | Reached ** piety under Nemelex Xobeh
4583 | Sewer | Reached skill level 7 in Unarmed Combat
4896 | Sewer | Reached XP level 7. HP: 24/46 MP: 7/7
5305 | D:4 | Noticed Sigmund
5405 | D:4 | Reached skill level 8 in Unarmed Combat
5487 | D:4 | Noticed Blork the orc
5502 | D:4 | Killed Blork the orc
5994 | D:4 | Killed Sigmund
5995 | D:4 | Reached skill level 9 in Unarmed Combat
5995 | D:4 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 47/52 MP: 8/8
6105 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
6372 | D:5 | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
7171 | D:5 | Reached skill level 10 in Unarmed Combat
7213 | D:5 | Reached skill level 2 in Invocations
7235 | D:5 | Found an opulent altar of Gozag.
7235 | D:5 | Found a faded altar of an unknown god.
7240 | D:5 | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
7243 | D:5 | Found a faded altar of an unknown god.
7250 | D:5 | Found an ornate altar of the Wu Jian Council.
7259 | D:5 | Reached skill level 3 in Invocations
7734 | D:5 | Reached skill level 4 in Invocations
7763 | D:5 | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
7887 | D:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Invocations
7927 | D:6 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 56/56 MP: 11/13
8021 | D:6 | Reached skill level 6 in Invocations
8021 | D:6 | Reached skill level 1 in Stealth
8106 | D:6 | Reached skill level 2 in Stealth
8218 | D:6 | Reached skill level 3 in Stealth
8347 | D:6 | Reached skill level 4 in Stealth
8459 | D:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Stealth
8490 | D:6 | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
8510 | D:6 | Noticed Maggie
8535 | D:6 | Killed Maggie
8536 | D:6 | Reached skill level 6 in Stealth
8778 | D:6 | Noticed Eustachio
8798 | D:6 | Killed Eustachio
8799 | D:6 | Reached skill level 4 in Dodging
8799 | D:6 | Reached skill level 4 in Shields