Mines Malingerer
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Joined: Saturday, 21st January 2012, 22:56
Wednesday, 25th January 2012, 21:39
YASD: XL12 SETm by 4 Oklobs
I had what seemed like a promising character recently when I discovered that all three permanent staircases leading down from Lair:3 to Lair:4 were guarded by 4 oklob plants! (2 on each side of an enclosed area) I took an escape hatch down but there were none leading back up. Then I read an unIDed scroll that happened to be curse weapon, meaning that I had to head back to my stash for remove curse (or never used blade hands again), but died en route because of the oklob plants. I realize now that I could have survived by teleport + either reading a fog scroll or evaporating a water potion nearby but still...
1. Were the guarded staircases by design, or random? I thought that only two permanent staircases leading in the same direction could appear in a "vault".
2. Probably I would have either had to ignore the rest of Lair entirely, or use an invisibility potion (not sure if I had) + controlled teleport/blink (had the ring for the first time ever) + blade hands and hope it works. Very few of my non-magic-specialist characters could have taken down all 4 oklobs, so it seems kind of unfair to me. Char dump below:
1. Were the guarded staircases by design, or random? I thought that only two permanent staircases leading in the same direction could appear in a "vault".
2. Probably I would have either had to ignore the rest of Lair entirely, or use an invisibility potion (not sure if I had) + controlled teleport/blink (had the ring for the first time ever) + blade hands and hope it works. Very few of my non-magic-specialist characters could have taken down all 4 oklobs, so it seems kind of unfair to me. Char dump below:
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.9.1 character file.
22806 Andy the Transmogrifier (level 12, -7/79 HPs)
Began as a Sludge Elf Transmuter on Jan 20, 2012.
Was a High Priest of Okawaru.
Splashed by acid (24 damage)
... on Level 3 of the Lair of Beasts on Jan 21, 2012.
The game lasted 04:49:02 (22267 turns).
Andy the Transmogrifier (Sludge Elf Transmuter) Turns: 22267, Time: 04:49:02
HP -7/79 AC 4 Str 10 XL: 12 Next: 79%
MP 31/31 EV 15 Int 17 God: Okawaru [*****.]
Gold 769 SH 0 Dex 18 Spells: 5 memorised, 25 levels left
Res.Fire : . . . See Invis. : . h - +0 blowgun (curse)
Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . . Z - +1 leather armour of Inviolability {rElec
Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . (no shield)
Res.Acid. : . . . Res.Corr. : . (no helmet)
Res.Poison: + Clarity : . (no cloak)
Res.Elec. : + Spirit.Shd : . (no gloves)
Sust.Abil.: . . Stasis : . (no boots)
Res.Mut. : + Ctrl.Telep.: + k - amulet of resist mutation
Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . o - cursed ring of regeneration
Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: . G - ring of teleport control
@: about to teleport, somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, fairly stealthy
A: no striking features
a: Heroism, Finesse, Renounce Religion
You were on level 3 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worshipped Okawaru.
Okawaru was exalted by your worship.
You were hungry.
You visited 3 branches of the dungeon, and saw 18 of its levels.
You collected 1216 gold pieces.
You spent 467 gold pieces at shops.
Inventory:
Hand weapons
h - a cursed +0 blowgun (weapon)
Missiles
f - 24 poisoned +0 needles (quivered)
r - 17 poisoned +2 needles
T - 8 curare-tipped +0 needles
Armour
Z - the +1 leather armour of Inviolability (worn) {rElec rPois}
(You found it on level 12 of the Dungeon)
It insulates you from electricity.
It protects you from poison.
Magical devices
a - a wand of frost (19)
c - a wand of paralysis (7)
d - a wand of teleportation (11)
v - a wand of digging (2)
S - a wand of enslavement (1)
Comestibles
j - a meat ration
u - 5 sultanas
z - an apple
Scrolls
y - 2 scrolls of teleportation
C - a scroll of blinking
F - 5 scrolls of fog
L - 3 scrolls of fear
Jewellery
g - the amulet "Zydigesa" {rMut Hunger+ rElec rPois SInv}
(You found it on level 8 of the Dungeon)
[amulet of resist mutation]
It insulates you from electricity.
It protects you from poison.
It enhances your eyesight.
It greatly speeds your metabolism.
k - an amulet of resist mutation (around neck)
m - a +5 ring of intelligence
n - an uncursed ring of protection from magic
o - a cursed ring of regeneration (right hand)
D - an uncursed ring of ice
G - a ring of teleport control (left hand)
P - an uncursed amulet of warding
Potions
e - 8 potions of confusion
l - 7 potions of degeneration
s - 3 potions of water
t - a potion of paralysis
w - 4 potions of heal wounds
E - a potion of poison
O - 2 potions of healing
Y - 6 potions of strong poison
Magical staves
x - a -1 rod of destruction [inacc,magma,cold] (10/10)
(You found it on level 4 of the Lair of Beasts)
Skills:
+ Level 8 Fighting
- Level 1 Throwing
- Level 1 Armour
+ Level 6 Dodging
- Level 1 Stealth
- Level 1 Stabbing
- Level 1 Traps & Doors
+ Level 11 Unarmed Combat
- Level 13 Spellcasting
- Level 1 Conjurations
- Level 1 Necromancy
- Level 14 Transmutations
- Level 1 Fire Magic
* Level 1 Ice Magic
- Level 1 Evocations
You had 25 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:
Your Spells Type Power Success Level Hunger
a - Fulsome Distillation Trmt/Necr N/A Excellent 1 None
b - Throw Frost Ice/Conj ###.... Great 2 None
c - Evaporate Fire/Trmt ######.... Excellent 2 None
d - Blade Hands Trmt #######... Excellent 5 Honeycomb
e - Blink Tloc N/A Very Good 2 None
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (12/27) Temple (1/1) D:7 Orc (0/4) D:9
Lair (5/8) D:12 Swamp (0/5) Lair:2
Shoals: Lair:3-6 Snake: Lair:3-6 Hive: D:11-16
Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
The Shining One
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
Shops:
D:4: * D:9: * D:11: [
Annotations
D:8 exclusions: orange crystal statue and 3 silver statues
D:9 exclusions: downstairs and 2 orc priests
Lair:1 exclusion: ice statue
Lair:3 exclusion: 4 oklob plants
Message History
You climb upwards.
Level annotation: exclusion: 4 oklob plants
There is a stone staircase leading down here.
As you read the scroll of teleportation, it crumbles to dust.
You feel strangely unstable.
The oklob plant spits acid at you.
The splash of acid misses you.
The oklob plant spits acid at you.
The splash of acid hits you! The acid burns!
You feel better.
The oklob plant spits acid at you.
The splash of acid hits you! The acid burns!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You feel much better.
The oklob plant spits acid at you.
The splash of acid hits you! The acid burns!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The oklob plant spits acid at you.
The splash of acid hits you! The acid burns!
You die...
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You could see 4 oklob plants.
Vanquished Creatures
Erica (D:11)
An unseen horror (D:12)
2 hill giants
Pikel (D:7)
Maurice (D:11)
