First time attempting a treasure trove

[Konebred]

Decided to make a drac zerker and see how unarmed goes and it hasn't been bad. Despite not seeing any randarts or any poison resist its been pretty easy sailing. Anyways about to hit a treasure trove after lunch, just wonder if you guys had some hints or suggestions. Oh yah I have 2 manuals of armor available too. one I found and another in a shop.

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.9.1 character file.

Derp the Brawler (White Draconian Berserker)                                           Turns: 38065, Time: 02:52:08

HP 135/135       AC 14     Str 26      XL: 15   Next: 69%
MP  17/17        EV 15     Int  9      God: Trog [*****.]
Gold 1372        SH  0     Dex 10      Spells:  0 memorised, 16 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : .      - Unarmed
Res.Cold  : + + .   Warding    : . .  Y - +0 troll leather armour
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .    (shield restricted)
Res.Acid. : . . .   Res.Corr.  : .    (helmet restricted)
Res.Poison: .       Clarity    : .    I - +1 elf cloak
Res.Elec. : .       Spirit.Shd : +    (gloves unavailable)
Sust.Abil.: . .     Stasis     : .    (boots unavailable)
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .    o - amulet of guardian spirit
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .    D - ring of sustenance
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: +    L - ring of protection from cold

@: somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, fairly stealthy
A: breathe frost, unfitting armour, cold resistance 1, Int +1
a: Breathe Frost, Burn Spellbooks, Berserk, Trog's Hand, Brothers in Arms, Renounce Religion


You are on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Trog.
Trog is exalted by your worship.
You are hungry.

You have visited 3 branches of the dungeon, and seen 28 of its levels.

You have collected 1352 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 k - a +2,+2 crossbow of flame
Missiles
 n - 90 +0 bolts
 B - 14 runed bolts {god gift}
Armour
 b - a +5 dragon armour
 I - a +1 elven cloak (worn)
 Y - a +0 troll leather armour (worn)
Magical devices
 c - a wand of enslavement
 w - a wand of confusion {recharged}
 y - a wand of disintegration (8)
 J - a wand of cold (13)
 N - a worn iron wand
 P - a wand of teleportation (4)
 Q - a wand of fire (5)
 X - a wand of cold
 Z - a crooked ivory wand
Comestibles
 m - 2 bread rations
 O - 2 meat rations
 W - 3 chunks of ogre flesh
Scrolls
 f - 8 scrolls of remove curse
 j - 3 scrolls of blinking
 q - 3 scrolls of fear
 r - a scroll of summoning
 s - a scroll of fog
Jewellery
 i - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 l - an uncursed ring of levitation
 o - an amulet of guardian spirit (around neck)
 D - a ring of sustenance (right hand)
 G - an uncursed ring of fire
 L - a ring of protection from cold (left hand)
 T - a ring of protection from cold
Potions
 d - 2 potions of restore abilities
 e - 10 potions of healing
 p - a potion of berserk rage
 t - 2 potions of speed
 x - a potion of levitation
 C - 2 potions of agility
 F - a potion of invisibility
 K - 2 potions of heal wounds
Books
 a - a manual of Armour   
   You are currently studying this manual.


   Skills:
 - Level 15 Fighting
 - Level 3 Axes
 - Level 9 Crossbows
 + Level 2 Armour
 - Level 11 Dodging
 - Level 1 Stealth
 - Level 1 Stabbing
 - Level 1 Traps & Doors
 - Level 20 Unarmed Combat
 - Level 1 Spellcasting
 - Level 8 Evocations


You have 16 spell levels left.
You don't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (17/27)            Temple (0/1) D:4             Orc (0/4) D:10
   Lair (8/8) D:9          Shoals (0/5) Lair:3        Slime (0/6) Lair:6
  Snake (0/5) Lair:4         Hive (0/2) D:15          Vault (3/8) D:17
 Crypt: Vault:2-4   

Altars:
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Makhleb
Okawaru
Sif Muna
The Shining One
Vehumet
Yredelemnul
Zin

Shops:
D:4: (  D:8: +

Portals:
Trove: D:13 (give +5 dragon armour)


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You can breathe waves of freezing cold.
You can buffet flying creatures when you breathe cold.
Your icy white scales are hard (AC +8).
Your body does not fit into most forms of armour.
Your flesh is cold resistant.
Your mind is acute (Int +1).


[TehDruid]

What's to ask about troves? They're a bit of a gambit. Some contain lots of consumables, others nice equips. Others some completely shitty stuff. It depends on the price the trove is asking. I personally am torn when it comes to this. Seen both ends of the deal. You can't really be sure, but in the end i'm a sucker for loot, so I always open them when I can.

[Konebred]

My bad, I thought they were guarded by something.

[TehDruid]

Weeeell if you find one early on (around D:12 or something) they may happen to feature a bunch of Vault Guards (the guys on V:8). I've seen a trove guarded by 4 once and by 1 on another occcasion. They're not really challenging.

[rebthor]

Weeeell if you find one early on (around D:12 or something) they may happen to feature a bunch of Vault Guards (the guys on V:8). I've seen a trove guarded by 4 once and by 1 on another occcasion. They're not really challenging.

Right, but that's the portal itself IIRC. There's no one inside the trove (again IIRC).

[TehDruid]

Yeah there's no monsters in any trove i've been. Well not been in many but I guess there's no mobs.

[rebthor]

I've not been in many either - I think 3. I've encountered probably around a dozen and I think only 1 of those had a vault guard outside.

[Jabberwocky]

What does the trove want? Treasure troves can provide great things but sometimes the entrance fee is a little bit steep.

[Konebred]

It wanted a dragon armor +5. It was so-so, had like 4 manuals in it though, but the only useful one was fighting. No biggy, I YASDed later in shoals anyways.

[tormodpwns]

Weeeell if you find one early on (around D:12 or something) they may happen to feature a bunch of Vault Guards (the guys on V:8). I've seen a trove guarded by 4 once and by 1 on another occcasion. They're not really challenging.

I've found an early trove at D:11 unguarded. I've also found later troves (Elf:1) that are guarded by a bunch of Vault Guards.

[TehDruid]

Ah well. Mine happened to be guarded and around D:12.

[BlackSheep]

I'm currently scumming in Abyss for more enchant weapon scrolls so I can get into a trove with my MiBe. The entrance fee is a +6 demon trident, and I've burned two enchant weapon III scrolls on a +5/+6 demon trident. The first one I wasted because I forgot to equip the trident before reading. (*headdesk*) The second time I wound up with... a +5/+7 trident.

At least I got the abyssal rune for the first time. I was so depressed, I almost let two tormentors kill me. I finished the second one off with like 16 health left (out of 249) and only as I was healing up noticed the rune sitting there.

Update: Finally came across three ?Enchant Weapon I at once. Got into the trove and found... 4 more scrolls of Enchant Weapon I. It had like 4 manuals in it, too, which is nice, and a ring of see invis so I can finally stop toting around an extra randart axe. Still looking for an amulet of resist mutation, though.