YASD DDCK - I really suck at this!

[Jenx]

Man, I'm so pissed off. This has been probably my best character so far, and I died due to being stupid. As usual.

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.8.0-a0-4390-gc2f102f character file.

75095 Grimgut the Severer (level 15, -9/126 (127) HPs)
             Began as a Deep Dwarf Chaos Knight on Jan 10, 2011.
             Was the Champion of Makhleb.
             Mangled by an enormous slime creature (51 damage)
             ... on Level 5 of the Swamp on Jan 11, 2011.
             The game lasted 02:36:45 (35226 turns).

Grimgut the Severer (Deep Dwarf Chaos Knight)                      Turns: 35226, Time: 02:36:46

HP  -9/126 (127) AC 27     Str 26      Exp: 15/103367 (3621), need: 33782
MP  21/28        EV  5     Int 15      God: Makhleb [******]
Gold 2739        SH 27     Dex 18      Spells:  0 memorised, 16 levels left

Res.Fire  : + . .   See Invis. : +   b - +3,+6 war axe "Orb Guardian's Death" {spee
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : .   u - +5 plate mail
Life Prot.: + . .   Conserve   : .   o - +0 shield of the Hive {Str+3 Dex+3}
Res.Acid. : . . .   Res.Corr.  : .   K - +1 crested helmet
Res.Poison: +       Clarity    : .   q - +2 cloak
Res.Elec. : .       Spirit.Shd : .   i - -1 pair of gauntlets
Sust.Abil.: . .     Stasis     : .   (no boots)
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   G - amulet of controlled flight
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .   y - +6 ring of strength
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: +   g - ring of magical power

@: non-regenerating, very resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: life protection 1, sense surroundings 2, poison resistance, slow healing 3
a: Device Recharging, Minor Destruction, Lesser Servant of Makhleb, Major Destruction, Greater
Servant of Makhleb, Renounce Religion


You were on level 5 of the Swamp.
You worshipped Makhleb.
Makhleb was exalted by your worship.
You were not hungry.

You visited 9 branches of the dungeon, and saw 38 of its levels.

You collected 2847 gold pieces.
You spent 128 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a +4,+0 orcish hand axe of venom (quivered)
 b - the +3,+6 war axe "Orb Guardian's Death" (weapon) {speed, rF+ SInv}
   (You found it on level 2 of the Hive)   
   Attacks with this weapon take half as long as usual.
   It protects you from fire.
   It enhances your eyesight.
 t - the +0,+6 scimitar "Klisoth" {slice, +Lev MR}
   (You found it on level 5 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   It inflicts extra damage upon your enemies.
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
   It lets you levitate.
 C - a +0,+0 hammer of pain
Armour
 i - a -1 pair of gauntlets (worn)
 o - the +0 shield of the Hive (worn) {Str+3 Dex+3}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Hive)   
   It affects your strength (+3).
   It affects your dexterity (+3).
 q - a +2 cloak (worn)
 u - a +5 plate mail (worn)
 K - a +1 crested helmet (worn)
Magical devices
 d - a wand of healing (0)
 e - a wand of disintegration (6)
 j - a wand of paralysis (13)
 A - a wand of paralysis (2)
 B - a wand of fireball (2)
 E - a wand of lightning (8)
 J - a wand of teleportation (8)
 W - a wand of lightning (11)
 Y - a wand of disintegration (9)
 Z - a wand of magic darts (19) {unknown}
Comestibles
 f - 4 bread rations
 p - 3 honeycombs
 r - a royal jelly
Scrolls
 h - a scroll of enchant weapon I
 k - 2 scrolls of teleportation
 l - a scroll of fear
 D - 5 scrolls of detect curse
 F - a scroll of remove curse
 L - a scroll of enchant weapon III {unknown}
Jewellery
 g - a ring of magical power (left hand)
 v - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 y - a +6 ring of strength (right hand)
 G - an amulet of controlled flight (around neck)
 M - an uncursed ring of wizardry
 N - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 Q - a +4 ring of evasion
 S - an uncursed amulet of conservation {unknown}
 U - an uncursed ring of magical power
 X - an uncursed ring of sustain abilities
Potions
 c - 2 potions of heal wounds
 m - 2 potions of restore abilities
 n - a potion of speed {unknown}
 s - 9 potions of healing
 x - a potion of resistance {unknown}
 z - a potion of agility {unknown}
 I - 2 potions of strong poison {unknown}
 R - 2 potions of levitation
 V - a potion of brilliance {unknown}
Magical staves
 w - a staff of power
Miscellaneous
 O - a crystal ball of fixation


 You had 3621 experience left.

   Skills:
 + Level 9 Fighting
 + Level 15 Axes
 - Level 6 Maces & Flails
 + Level 12 Armour
 + Level 6 Dodging
 - Level 2 Stealth
 - Level 1 Stabbing
 + Level 12 Shields
 + Level 2 Traps & Doors
 + Level 1 Spellcasting
 + Level 14 Invocations
 + Level 4 Evocations


You had 16 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/27)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:11
    Elf (1/7) Orc:4          Lair (8/8) D:10          Swamp (5/5) Lair:4
 Shoals (1/5) Lair:6        Slime (1/6) Lair:8         Hive (2/2) D:15
 Vault: D:14-19     

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
The Shining One
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
Lugonu

Shops:
D:10: +  Orc:1: !

Portals:
Trove: D:11 (7 potions of resistance)

Annotations
D:4 exclusion: 36 flame clouds


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You are resistant to damage.
You can recharge devices by infusing magical energy.
You resist negative energy.
You passively map the area around you.
You do not heal naturally.
Your system is resistant to poisons.

Things started out great. Found a +4 plate mail on D:2 and on D:3 or 4, I don't really remember, I killed a sky beast and from eating it's corpse I got Poison Resistance mutation. Pretty early on I also got that hand axe of venom which I used to clear out the Lair, the Hive, a nice chunk of the orcish mines (at least the parts where I could get to) and it was doing well, until in the Hive I found that +3,+6 war axe and switched to it instead. Thinking I was ready I went down to Swamp:5 and started hacking away and summoning greater servants whenever a hydra or a dragon appeared, however at what I assume was the entrance to the rune chamber a huge melee broke out between some of my demons and a bunch of swamp mummies, jellies, dragons and hydras and it seems some of them still managed to get trough the meatshield and reach me. Instead of doing the sensible thing and healing myself then teleporting the fuck away, I decided to try and summon a few more servants. The result of that is obvious.


This sort of shit happened way back with an Orc Priest I had too, except in the snake pit. I was relying too much on my small army, and when some of the enemies breached the defenses I was slaughtered before I even knew what hit me. I guess I should stop playing characters who can summon allies.

[Grimm]

I just made it to Swamp:5 for the first time ever and boy is that rune chamber hellish. A dozen swamp dragons, a dozen hydras, and the Lernaean Hydra - look that puppy up for a shock. Luckily I am XL 22 and managed to escape.

[danr]

I just did Swamp:5 yesterday and found a bunch of ice dragons and simulacra in the rune chamber. Not a swamp drake or hydra to be found! So ironically the rPois ring that I waited to find before doing Swamp was not much use!

[Stormfox]

There are 3 or 4 different rune vaults for Swamp:5 just to keep you on your toes.

For the ones full of clouds in the entrance (the ice and miasma variety), I've found that doing a lot of shouting around the stone walls on the outside really helps to draw the monsters out so that you can fight them without having to keep going back and forth through the clouds. It would also be a good use for Projected Noise.

[danr]

Okay, what does Projected Noise actually do? I find the spell description rather lacking, or rather, it sounds like a party trick and nothing else.

[galehar]

You choose a point on the map, and it generates a big noise (30) on it. If you do it on the center of the map, it will wake almost the whole level.

[starless]

It can be very useful on the last levels of Ziggurats.

[KoboldLord]

Also you can draw the guardians of a Rune chamber out of their little fort. Many of them will go check out the noise, and some of them will start patrolling when they find nothing there. You can either pick them off a couple at a time, or you can run for the Rune when they're running back and forth between two oddly noisy locations.