YASD! DsEE of Kiku - day of the tentacle

[ldierk]

This was a stupid death from the books. Instead of getting the fuck out I messed with a titanic slime creature.

I'm not trying to spam the YASD forum (second post today , but this combination was very strong and very fun (I tried it the first time). I used EE because I love stone arrow. It's not resisted by anything and stays strong through lair and orc. As soon as Kiku started gifting I trained vampiric draining( although I never used it ) and regeneration. By the time stone arrow starts to become a bit weaker agony is ready to soften the enemies up. From there on I planned to go pain melee with the strong necro fall backs bjornors and deaths door. But... I tried killing a titanic slime creature with agony and stone arrow while being cornered instead of teleporting...

Oh, as I complain about food in all my other posts: Kiku is the best god ever!

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.11-a0-50-gaee8c76 character file.

76949 ldierk the Eclecticist (level 14, -19/101 HPs)
             Began as a Demonspawn Earth Elementalist on Jan 26, 2012.
             Was the Champion of Kikubaaqudgha.
             Demolished by a titanic slime creature (83 damage)
             ... on Level 15 of the Dungeon.
             The game lasted 02:48:03 (43636 turns).

ldierk the Eclecticist (DsEE)                      Turns: 43636, Time: 02:48:03

HP -19/101       AC 12     Str  8      XL: 14   Next: 93%
MP  36/48        EV 21     Int 21      God: Kikubaaqudgha [******]
Gold 938         SH 16     Dex 15      Spells: 10 memorised,  4 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : +    l - staff of power
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : . .  t - +2 robe
Life Prot.: + . .   Conserve   : .    i - +1 buckler
Res.Acid. : . . .   Res.Corr.  : .    J - +0 dwarf crested helmet
Res.Poison: +       Clarity    : .    A - +1 cloak
Res.Elec. : .       Spirit.Shd : .    G - +0 pair of gloves
Sust.Abil.: . .     Stasis     : .    (no boots)
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .    k - amulet of rage
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .    n - ring of Shadows {+Inv rN+ EV+4 Acc-4 SInv
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .    N - ring of poison resistance

@: somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, stealthy
A: hooves 2, demonic guardian 2, AC +4, SH +4
a: Receive Corpses, Torment, Renounce Religion, Evoke Berserk Rage, Evoke
Invisibility


You were on level 15 of the Dungeon.
You worshipped Kikubaaqudgha.
Kikubaaqudgha was exalted by your worship.
You were hungry.

You visited 4 branches of the dungeon, and saw 28 of its levels.
You visited 1 portal chamber: bailey.

You collected 2305 gold pieces.
You spent 1387 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Missiles
 y - 5 curare-tipped +0 needles
Armour
 i - a +1 buckler (worn)
 t - a +2 robe (worn)
 A - a +1 cloak (worn)
 G - a +0 pair of gloves (worn)
 J - a +0 dwarven crested helmet (worn)
Magical devices
 f - a wand of flame (18)
 D - a wand of draining (5)
Comestibles
 z - a pear
 F - 5 bread rations
Scrolls
 m - a scroll of remove curse
 s - 3 scrolls of magic mapping
 u - 2 scrolls of enchant weapon II
 x - a scroll of teleportation
Jewellery
 a - an uncursed amulet of resist mutation {unknown}
 k - an amulet of rage (around neck)
 n - the ring of Shadows (right hand) {+Inv rN+ EV+4 Acc-4 SInv Stlth++}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 3 of the Orcish Mines)   
   
   [ring of invisibility]
   
   It affects your evasion (+4).
   It affects your accuracy (-4).
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It enhances your eyesight.
   It makes you much more stealthy.
 o - an uncursed ring of protection from magic
 r - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
 H - an uncursed ring of protection from magic
 I - a +3 ring of protection
 N - a ring of poison resistance (left hand)
 O - an uncursed ring of levitation
Potions
 b - 2 potions of heal wounds
 c - 2 potions of levitation
 e - 3 potions of might
 g - a potion of cure mutation
 j - 5 potions of speed
 q - 2 potions of brilliance
 v - 6 potions of magic
 w - a potion of resistance {unknown}
 B - 7 potions of curing
 C - a potion of berserk rage
 K - 2 potions of agility
Books
 p - a book of Frost
 E - a book of War Chants
Magical staves
 d - a +1 rod of venom (9/9)
   (You found it on level 8 of the Dungeon)
 l - a staff of power (weapon)


   Skills:
 + Level 9.3 Fighting
 + Level 8.5 Dodging
 - Level 1.7 Stealth
 - Level 5.0 Shields
 - Level 7.0 Traps & Doors
 + Level 15.4 Spellcasting
 - Level 13.0 Conjurations
 - Level 3.0 Summonings
 - Level 13.7 Necromancy
 - Level 0.8 Transmutations
 - Level 2.6 Earth Magic


You had 4 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Stone Arrow           Erth/Conj      ######.      1%          3    None
c - Vampiric Draining     Necr           #######...   1%          3    None
d - Regeneration          Chrm/Necr      ######....   1%          3    None
e - Control Undead        Necr           #######...   1%          4    None
f - Sublimation of Blood  Necr           #######...   1%          2    None
g - Agony                 Necr           #######..    1%          5    Strawberry
h - Dispel Undead         Necr           #######..    1%          5    Strawberry
i - Twisted Resurrection  Necr           #######...   1%          5    Strawberry
j - Recall                Tloc/Summ      N/A          10%         3    None
k - Bolt of Draining      Conj/Necr      #######...   2%          6    Honeycomb


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/27)            Temple (1/1) D:7             Orc (4/4) D:6
    Elf (0/5) Orc:3          Lair (8/8) D:11          Swamp (0/5) Lair:4
 Shoals (0/5) Lair:3        Slime (0/6) Lair:6     
 Vault: D:14-19     

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

Shops:
D:8: ?  Orc:2: ?  Orc:3: =  Orc:4: ?*((


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You have hoof-like feet.
You are completely covered in large bone plates (AC +4, SH +4).
A demonic guardian rushes to your aid.


Message History

The stone arrow hits the titanic slime creature.
The titanic slime creature is almost dead.
Found 19 gold pieces and a leather armour.
Found 17 gold pieces.
Found 31 gold pieces.
The slime creature quivers.
You block the slime creature's attack.
You block the slime creature's attack.
Found 15 poisoned arrows. Found a stone staircase leading down.
The slime creature barely misses you.
There is a stone staircase leading down here.
Read which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Okay, then.
The slime creature hits you!
The titanic slime creature hits you!
There is a stone staircase leading down here.
The titanic slime creature hits you!
Ouch! That really hurt!
You die...
Kikubaaqudgha rasps: "You have failed me! Welcome... death!"

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You could see a titanic slime creature and a slime creature.


Spells cast              |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Sandblast                |    90 |   148 |       |       |       ||   238
Stone Arrow              |       |     9 |   144 |   624 |   862 ||  1639
Vampiric Draining        |       |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
Agony                    |       |       |       |   112 |   147 ||   259
Sublimation of Blood     |       |       |       |    37 |    29 ||    66
Regeneration             |       |       |       |     4 |     9 ||    13
Twisted Resurrection     |       |       |       |    12 |    22 ||    34
Control Undead           |       |       |       |     1 |     1 ||     2
Recall                   |       |       |       |    15 |    11 ||    26
Dispel Undead            |       |       |       |       |    14 ||    14



[rebthor]

Yeah, titanic slime creatures are really strong and tough. As you can see it did 83! damage to you which is over 80% of your health. Run from them or get them in an open area so they go back to being single creatures.

[TehDruid]

Is "Day of the tentacle" a reference to that old adventure game?

[tormodpwns]

Titanic slime creatures hit for 110 attack; the second highest damage in the entire game is Antaeus at 70. I remember I was once playing an OgAs of Ash who was insanely powerful. 2 !experience early on + Ash gave me massive boosts to skills, so I was casting Deflect Missiles and Phase Shift reliably by Orc. I went downstairs to D:16 or something and I got hit by a titanic SC, taking me from 110/160 or so to 8/160 HP. Then I died very, very soon after.

[ldierk]

Is "Day of the tentacle" a reference to that old adventure game?

So how do you get this hamster to your buddy in the future?


I know they can hird extremly hard. Guess it was typical midgame lure. It didn't split in the first open space I passed though.

[TehDruid]

Is "Day of the tentacle" a reference to that old adventure game?

So how do you get this hamster to your buddy in the future?

This doesn't ring a bell.

[XuaXua]

When you first discover titanic slimes, they are the worst thing ever.

Then when you encounter them for the fiftieth time, they are still the worst thing ever.

[ldierk]

Is "Day of the tentacle" a reference to that old adventure game?

So how do you get this hamster to your buddy in the future?

This doesn't ring a bell.

Well, obviously by putting it in the freezer in the past. You can still google it. Or rather now you can, back than you couldn't I probably still now every puzzle although it must be >15 years ago that I last played it. Me and my sisters played it every day


Now that I googled a bit ... The TvTropes page is a good read.

[TehDruid]

Never take on these things in melee without some rock-solid AC and HP. Even then, going melee on the enormous and titanic ones is still a pretty bad idea if you don't have good damage output. I find that the best way of tackling the slime creatures is to only pull one at a time and retreat to safety a bit when I can. They can't shout, so that works just fine unless something else pulls the rest. After establishing some good defences you can melee many of them simultaneously in the open (or with berserk earlier on). Merging is really dangerous and annoying so never pull these guys in corridors unless there's only 2-3 of them together. Even then a character with low AC will get hurt a lot.

Well, obviously by putting it in the freezer in the past. You can still google it. Or rather now you can, back than you couldn't I probably still now every puzzle although it must be >15 years ago that I last played it. Me and my sisters played it every day

Haha. Honestly, It's been so long.