CIP - SpFE Necrosader of Kiku

Wednesday, 1st February 2012, 03:19 by Un67

Code:: Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10-b1-18-g4e766d1 character file. Tetrishead IV the Thaumaturge (SpFE) Turns: 22833, Time: 01:34:31 HP 56/56 AC 4 Str 7 XL: 12 Next: 32% MP 33/33 EV 19 Int 22 God: Kikubaaqudgha [*****.] Gold 206 SH 14 Dex 16 Spells: 10 memorised, 6 levels left Res.Fire : + . . See Invis. : + c - +2,+3 dagger (pain) Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . . G - +0 robe {MR} Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . C - +3 dwarf buckler {rF+} Res.Acid. : . . . Res.Corr. : . e - +1 wizard hat {Int+3} Res.Poison: . Clarity : . h - +0 cloak Res.Elec. : . Spirit.Shd : . (gloves unavailable) Sust.Abil.: + . Stasis : . (boots unavailable) Res.Mut. : + Ctrl.Telep.: . F - amulet of resist mutation Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . l - ring of wizardry Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: . u - ring of sustain abilities @: very quick, very resistant to hostile enchantments, quite stealthy A: unfitting armour, see invisible, herbivore 3, speed 3, slow metabolism 3 a: Receive Corpses, Torment, Renounce Religion You are on level 4 of the Lair of Beasts. You worship Kikubaaqudgha. Kikubaaqudgha is exalted by your worship. You are completely stuffed. You have visited 3 branches of the dungeon, and seen 14 of its levels. You have visited 1 Labyrinth. You have visited 1 portal chamber: sewer. You have collected 619 gold pieces. You have spent 433 gold pieces at shops. Inventory: Hand weapons c - a +2,+3 dagger of pain (weapon) Armour e - a +1 wizard hat of intelligence (worn) h - a +0 cloak (worn) C - a +3 dwarven buckler of fire resistance (worn) G - a +0 robe of magic resistance (worn) Magical devices j - a wand of cold {recharged} B - a wand of polymorph other {zapped: 4} L - a sharpened silver wand Comestibles o - 3 lemons q - 2 bread rations Scrolls f - 2 scrolls of blinking k - a scroll of detect curse m - a scroll of amnesia z - 3 scrolls of remove curse A - 4 scrolls of teleportation H - a scroll of enchant weapon I I - 2 scrolls of fog Jewellery l - a ring of wizardry (right hand) n - an uncursed ring of levitation t - an uncursed twitching tin ring {tried, +Inv Str-2 Int+4} u - a ring of sustain abilities (left hand) v - an uncursed brass ring {tried} E - a cursed ring of teleportation F - an amulet of resist mutation (around neck) J - an uncursed crystal amulet {tried, AC+1 EV+1} Potions a - 2 potions of curing d - 2 potions of agility g - 3 potions of levitation x - 3 potions of restore abilities D - a potion of heal wounds Books b - a book of Flames Spells Type Level *Flame Tongue Conjuration/Fire 1 *Throw Flame Conjuration/Fire 2 *Conjure Flame Conjuration/Fire 3 Inner Flame Hexes/Fire 3 *Sticky Flame Conjuration/Fire 4 *Fireball Conjuration/Fire 5 i - a book of Necromancy {god gift} Spells Type Level *Pain Necromancy 1 Animate Skeleton Necromancy 1 Lethal Infusion Charms/Necromancy 2 *Vampiric Draining Necromancy 3 *Regeneration Charms/Necromancy 3 Animate Dead Necromancy 4 Control Undead Necromancy 4 r - a book of Unlife {god gift} Spells Type Level Recall Summoning/Translocation 3 Animate Dead Necromancy 4 Control Undead Necromancy 4 Twisted Resurrection Necromancy 5 Simulacrum Ice/Necromancy 6 Death Channel Necromancy 7 s - a Necronomicon WARNING: If you fail in an attempt to memorise a spell from this book, the book will lash out at you. Spells Type Level Borgnjor's Revivification Necromancy 7 Haunt Necromancy/Summoning 7 Death's Door Charms/Necromancy 8 Necromutation Transmutation/Necromancy 8 y - a book of Death {god gift} Spells Type Level Corpse Rot Necromancy 2 *Sublimation of Blood Necromancy 2 Agony Necromancy 5 *Dispel Undead Necromancy 5 Excruciating Wounds Charms/Necromancy 5 Bolt of Draining Conjuration/Necromancy 6 K - a book of Summonings Spells Type Level Abjuration Summoning 3 Recall Summoning/Translocation 3 Summon Elemental Summoning 4 Shadow Creatures Summoning 5 Summon Demon Summoning 5 Summon Ugly Thing Summoning 6 Magical staves M - a staff of power Skills: - Level 4.0 Fighting + Level 8.9 Short Blades - Level 5.4 Dodging - Level 5.2 Stealth + Level 12.1 Spellcasting - Level 7.0 Conjurations * Level 11.0 Necromancy - Level 3.6 Fire Magic You have 6 spell levels left. You know the following spells: Your Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger a - Flame Tongue Fire/Conj ###### 1% 1 None b - Throw Flame Fire/Conj ######. 1% 2 None c - Conjure Flame Fire/Conj ######... 1% 3 None d - Sticky Flame Fire/Conj ######... 3% 4 None e - Fireball Fire/Conj ######.... 8% 5 Choko f - Pain Necr ##### 1% 1 None g - Regeneration Chrm/Necr ######.... 1% 3 None h - Sublimation of Blood Necr #######... 1% 2 None i - Vampiric Draining Necr #######... 1% 3 None j - Dispel Undead Necr #######.. 1% 5 Choko Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations Branches: Dungeon (9/27) Temple (1/1) D:7 Orc (0/4) D:6 Lair (4/8) D:9 Swamp: Lair:2-5 Shoals: Lair:3-6 Snake: Lair:3-6 Altars: Ashenzari Elyvilon Fedhas Kikubaaqudgha Trog Vehumet Xom Zin Shops: D:5: / D:7: ( D:8: [ D:9: /!!* Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations You are tiny and cannot use many weapons and most armour. You have supernaturally acute eyesight. You are a herbivore. You cover ground extremely quickly. You need consume almost no food. Message History Welcome back, Tetrishead IV the Spriggan Fire Elementalist. Kikubaaqudgha says: Spread unending torment and darkness! Press ? for a list of commands and other information. You can't wield that with a shield. You are now empty-handed. You start removing your armour. You continue taking off your +3 dwarven buckler of fire resistance. You finish taking off your +3 dwarven buckler of fire resistance. "Was it this warm in here before?" You feel your mana capacity increase. M - a staff of power (weapon) You'd need three hands to do that! Unknown command. You'd need three hands to do that! You feel your mana capacity decrease. You are now empty-handed. You start putting on your armour. You continue putting on your +3 dwarven buckler of fire resistance. You finish putting on your +3 dwarven buckler of fire resistance. You feel resistant to fire. A searing pain shoots up your arm! c - a +2,+3 dagger of pain (weapon) ####................ #.f#.####.####...... ..#..# ### #f....## .....# #......# .....# ##....## ...>.# #...... .....# ###.... ..#.P# ##### ##...# ###### #f@P###....# ##...#.f.### ##.......... # #######......##P## ###.##..#.....#.#### .................... ........P.[......... #.##.#...Pfff....... #.#######........... There are no monsters in sight! Vanquished Creatures Gastronok (D:9) A minotaur (Lab) An unseen horror (D:9) Joseph (D:7) A minotaur zombie (Lab) 2 spiny frogs 2 black mambas A troll (D:9) 2 komodo dragons 2 basilisks 17 blink frogs Grum (D:8) A hippogriff (Lair:2) A fire drake (Lair:3) Edmund (D:9) 8 war dogs 2 sky beasts 2 ice beasts 8 giant goldfish 6 ogres A deep elf priest (D:8) 3 orc warriors A yellow wasp (Lair:1) 7 big kobolds (D:6) A wolf (Lair:2) Sigmund (D:2) 4 water moccasins 4 centaurs 4 crocodiles A giant slug (Lair:1) 13 giant frogs 2 agate snails (Lair:3) A water moccasin skeleton (D:8) A basilisk skeleton (D:9) 2 jellyfish (D:9) 8 wights (D:7) 9 electric eels A goliath beetle (D:6) 3 crimson imps 7 big fish (Lair:3) 7 iguanas 5 hounds 2 hound zombies 2 scorpions 6 orc priests 6 orc wizards 4 porcupines 8 worker ants 8 sheep (Lair:1) 5 jellies 3 gnolls (D:7) 20 green rats 8 adders 3 giant centipedes 5 giant mites 6 worms A bat skeleton (D:4) A giant eyeball (D:9) An ooze (D:3) 28 orcs 25 bats 12 giant cockroaches 3 grey rats (D:3) 20 hobgoblins 12 jackals 12 quokkas 5 ball pythons 9 giant geckos A giant gecko zombie (D:7) 11 giant newts 10 goblins A hobgoblin skeleton (D:6) A hobgoblin zombie (D:6) 22 kobolds 2 orc skeletons A quokka skeleton (D:8) 41 rats A fungus (Lair:1) 10 toadstools 463 creatures vanquished. Vanquished Creatures (others) A wizard (D:8) A rat (D:1) 53 toadstools 55 creatures vanquished. Grand Total: 518 creatures vanquished Notes Turn | Place | Note -------------------------------------------------------------- 0 | D:1 | Tetrishead IV, the Spriggan Fire Elementalist, began the quest for the Orb. 0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 9/9 MP: 4/4 255 | D:1 | Reached skill level 1 in Conjurations 364 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 11/13 MP: 4/6 395 | D:1 | Learned a level 2 spell: Throw Flame 1395 | D:2 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 16/16 MP: 1/10 1395 | D:2 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 21/21 MP: 1/13 1503 | D:2 | Learned a level 3 spell: Conjure Flame 1508 | D:2 | Learned a level 4 spell: Sticky Flame 1767 | D:2 | Reached skill level 4 in Spellcasting 1987 | D:2 | Noticed Sigmund 1994 | D:2 | Sigmund 1994 | D:2 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 24/24 MP: 2/17 2219 | D:2 | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha. 2229 | D:2 | Became a worshipper of Kikubaaqudgha 2325 | D:3 | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet. 2685 | D:3 | Acquired Kikubaaqudgha's first power 2685 | D:3 | Received a gift from Kikubaaqudgha 2707 | D:3 | Learned a level 1 spell: Pain 2953 | D:3 | Reached skill level 1 in Necromancy 2953 | D:3 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 28/28 MP: 8/19 3032 | D:3 | Learned a level 3 spell: Regeneration 3667 | D:3 | Found a glowing drain. 3672 | sewer | Entered the sewers 4051 | sewer | Acquired Kikubaaqudgha's second power 4220 | sewer | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting 4220 | sewer | Reached XP level 7. HP: 22/32 MP: 15/21 4331 | sewer | Got a twisted buckler 4859 | D:4 | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon. 5587 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon 5587 | D:5 | Found Efoekor's Magical Wand Shop. 5813 | D:5 | Received a gift from Kikubaaqudgha 6255 | D:5 | Reached skill level 1 in Fighting 7227 | D:6 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 37/37 MP: 10/23 7441 | D:6 | Reached skill level 6 in Spellcasting 7523 | D:6 | Learned a level 2 spell: Sublimation of Blood 7527 | D:6 | Learned a level 3 spell: Vampiric Draining 7832 | D:6 | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines. 8662 | D:6 | Identified the +0 buckler of Disguise (You found it in the sewers) 8992 | D:6 | Noticed a big kobold 8992 | D:6 | Noticed a big kobold 8992 | D:6 | Noticed a big kobold 8992 | D:6 | Noticed a big kobold 8992 | D:6 | Noticed a big kobold 8992 | D:6 | Noticed a big kobold 8993 | D:6 | Noticed a big kobold 9007 | D:6 | a big kobold 9007 | D:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging 9007 | D:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Necromancy 9019 | D:6 | a big kobold 9025 | D:6 | a big kobold 9025 | D:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Stealth 9050 | D:6 | a big kobold 9050 | D:6 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 31/40 MP: 4/26 9218 | D:6 | a big kobold 9260 | D:6 | a big kobold 9280 | D:6 | a big kobold 9408 | D:6 | Upgraded the game from 0.10-a0-3112-ge764b46 to 0.10-b1-18-g4e766d1 9409 | D:7 | Found a shimmering altar of Xom. 9453 | D:7 | Acquired Kikubaaqudgha's third power 9453 | D:7 | Received a gift from Kikubaaqudgha 9717 | D:7 | Reached skill level 7 in Spellcasting 10145 | D:7 | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin. 10251 | D:7 | Found Jierom's Antique Weapon Shoppe. 10485 | D:7 | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin. 10634 | D:7 | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari. 10776 | D:7 | Noticed Joseph 10807 | D:7 | Killed Joseph 10902 | D:7 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple. 10908 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple 11471 | D:7 | Reached XP level 10. HP: 47/47 MP: 7/28 11742 | D:8 | Reached skill level 1 in Short Blades 11988 | D:8 | Acquired Kikubaaqudgha's fourth power 11992 | D:8 | Reached skill level 8 in Spellcasting 12073 | D:8 | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas. 12181 | D:8 | Found Xosop's Antique Armour Shoppe. 12187 | D:8 | Bought a glowing dwarven buckler for 63 gold pieces 12187 | D:8 | Bought a runed robe for 14 gold pieces 12233 | D:8 | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog. 12233 | D:8 | Noticed a deep elf priest 12237 | D:8 | Killed a deep elf priest 12335 | D:8 | Noticed Grum 12350 | D:8 | Killed Grum 12894 | D:8 | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog. 12894 | D:8 | Noticed a terrified wizard 12904 | D:8 | Killed a terrified wizard 13412 | D:9 | Found Quituegi's Assorted Antiques. 13518 | D:9 | Bought a scroll labeled HYPTUL HESAPSA for 25 gold pieces 13518 | D:9 | Bought a scroll of identify for 50 gold pieces 13518 | D:9 | Bought a scroll of fog for 50 gold pieces 13518 | D:9 | Bought a scroll of enchant weapon II for 137 gold pieces 13518 | D:9 | Bought a gluggy orange potion for 22 gold pieces 13518 | D:9 | Bought an emulsified brown potion for 22 gold pieces 13608 | D:9 | Learned a level 5 spell: Dispel Undead 14011 | D:9 | Noticed Gastronok 14013 | D:9 | Found a staircase to the Lair. 14100 | D:9 | Killed Gastronok 14100 | D:9 | Reached skill level 9 in Spellcasting 14418 | D:9 | Reached skill level 5 in Short Blades 14593 | D:9 | Found Ihaum's Magical Wand Shop. 14601 | D:9 | Noticed Edmund 14632 | D:9 | Killed Edmund 14632 | D:9 | Reached XP level 11. HP: 40/51 MP: 2/30 14655 | D:9 | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations 14658 | D:9 | Found Duikku Zut's Distillery. 14662 | D:9 | Found Reuffix's Distillery. 14671 | D:9 | Bought a potion of slowing for 16 gold pieces 14968 | D:9 | Bought 2 potions of poison for 34 gold pieces 15423 | Lair:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts 15442 | Lair:1 | Reached skill level 10 in Spellcasting 16190 | Lair:1 | Noticed a yellow wasp 16193 | Lair:1 | Killed a yellow wasp 16367 | Lair:1 | Identified 2 scrolls of acquirement 16370 | Lair:1 | Got a brightly glowing buckler 16382 | Lair:1 | Identified the +0 buckler "Fecuel" (You acquired it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts) 17474 | Lair:2 | Reached skill level 10 in Necromancy 17537 | Lair:2 | Learned a level 5 spell: Fireball 17823 | Lair:2 | Reached skill level 11 in Spellcasting 19577 | Lair:3 | Reached XP level 12. HP: 56/56 MP: 20/33 20506 | Lair:4 | Found a labyrinth entrance. 20514 | Lab | Entered a Labyrinth 22267 | Lab | Reached skill level 12 in Spellcasting 22279 | Lab | Got a twitching tin ring 22279 | Lab | Got a crystal amulet

So recently I have returned to Dungeon Crawl after taking a long break. I started this character quite a while and now I'm wondering what path I should be taking with this character. A few lucky finds set the path for this character, the first being a dagger of pain and the second being an early Kiku altar. From there I figured, well, since I have a pain weapon and a Kiku altar, I may as well go necrosader. And so I did so, and it's gone really well. I have a lot more options now than I did before, but now I feel as if the problem is that I have too many options, especially after receiving a pile of loot from the Labyrinth. What shall I tackle next? I have my basic bread and butter fire conjurations up and the basic necromancy survival spells, but I'm not too sure what way I want this character to go. I could for instance continue to focus on using the necrosading and hope for a quick blade to brand, and raise my Stealth, Dodging, Shield, and maybe Stabbing skill levels, which I have been neglecting to focus on magic and Short Blades skill. Or I could go and try to build my character around summonings, because I do have access to Haunt, Necromutation, and a whole bunch of other summonings. Or maybe conjurator? I could hope for Fire Storm and abuse it with Necromutation...

I don't really know, guys. Suggestions on spells to learn and skills to raise would be greatly appreciated.

Wednesday, 1st February 2012, 17:10 by nago

I wouldn't bother to raise stabbing as it's really unreliable if you don't have disabling spell ( Ensorcelled Hibernation, Confuse,Invisibility...).
On the other hand, I would train both dodging and stealth: you have a quite low evasion for a lv12 sp, soon you could meet enemies able to 2-shot your character and you definitely not want that. Stealth is truly life-saver skill too, as lets you to pick the fights. I don't know how much more expensive is to train in 0.10, but with an aptitude of +4 is still totally worth it, from my point of view.

Regarding the other skills to train, I believe it depends on the number of runes you're planning to get. If you're aiming a 3-runes win, I'd definitely stick with summoning and necromancy: abjuration, agony, shadow creatures, haunt and a dagger of pain are really more than you need to easily obtain that victory. Moreover, you can almost cast fireball safely: I'd train fire magic and conjuration just until this spell has an higher success-rate, because with the bad apts of sp it's really not worthy to learn fire-storm in a short-game.

However, if you're planning a 15-runes win, you're going to get more xp than you really need. In this case, getting firestorm could be a viable solution; you should start to train transmutation too, if you aren't planning to rely on a staff of energy and kiku's torment protection.
Anyway, keep in mind that summoning seems to be viable too - I've never played a summoner in the extended-game, but summon dragon is said to be terrific. As the latter and firestorm aren't guaranteed, I'd train summoning too (at least to cast haunt), and focus on a choice only after finding the right spell (although this is a bit risky, as you could find the book of annihilations/dragon really late in the game).

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