YA"V"P! Speed Demon III after 110 attempts
Posted: Thursday, 1st March 2012, 19:34Makhleb wants to see bloodshed as quickly as possible and will give players just 27 minutes to prove themselves as SPEED DEMONS.
I: Reach D:14 in 27 minutes.
II: Reach D:27 in 27 minutes.
III: Reach D:27 in 27 minutes without being one of the speedy races (centaur, spriggan, or felid).
I love diving, so when I saw this banner, I grinned. It seemed like exactly my type of thing. The 'no speedy races' complicated things, though, since I'm used to running around on my speedy little spar legs.
So...I took the next best thing and became a vpar. Why? A few reasons:
1) Bat form. Despite its incredibly severe limitations (no scrolls, no potions, no weapons, no opening doors, no ac, no anything), it's -fast.- It's the next-best thing to being a spriggan.
2) +4 stealth
3) Wand of enslavement. It works (eventually) on everything from centaurs to ugly things; it remains effective throughout almost the entire dive.
4) Wand of flame lets me score a quick kill on ogre/menkaure/ice beast to get some nice xp.
My strategy, nonexistent at first, was refined over time to this:
- Train only stealth.
- Tab through D:1 and part of D:2 until I am at xl3; sometimes I would dive to an ogre instead.
- Pick up every food item I found, in addition to regular items
- Search D:4-D:7 as much as convenient for nemelex altar
- Sac items for wonders for experience
- Bat form dive
The nemelex stuff wasn't essential, but it was incredibly helpful. A single plain experience card always took stealth up to at least 16; in one memorable game, I got my xl up to 13, stealth up to 27 (!!!), and dodging up to 15 all by D:7, with a short jaunt through the abyss (that dude died on D:26). This made diving around everything much, much easier.
Anyway, after the early-dungeon stuff, I just ran like a madman; in my winning game, a combination of lots of luck and some skill got me past everything (including a d:26 lich), down to d:27, and into Pan just for the heck of it. I only got one experience card, but that turned out to be enough.
Most hated things: Bats, orc priests, giant spores, centaurs, anything faster than me
Most useful things: Ogres, Ice Beasts, Menkaure, decks of wonders
Overall, it was incredibly frustrating, but very fun. I am the third person (after 78291 and jeanjacques) to get the banner.
Here's my dump:
I: Reach D:14 in 27 minutes.
II: Reach D:27 in 27 minutes.
III: Reach D:27 in 27 minutes without being one of the speedy races (centaur, spriggan, or felid).
I love diving, so when I saw this banner, I grinned. It seemed like exactly my type of thing. The 'no speedy races' complicated things, though, since I'm used to running around on my speedy little spar legs.
So...I took the next best thing and became a vpar. Why? A few reasons:
1) Bat form. Despite its incredibly severe limitations (no scrolls, no potions, no weapons, no opening doors, no ac, no anything), it's -fast.- It's the next-best thing to being a spriggan.
2) +4 stealth
3) Wand of enslavement. It works (eventually) on everything from centaurs to ugly things; it remains effective throughout almost the entire dive.
4) Wand of flame lets me score a quick kill on ogre/menkaure/ice beast to get some nice xp.
My strategy, nonexistent at first, was refined over time to this:
- Train only stealth.
- Tab through D:1 and part of D:2 until I am at xl3; sometimes I would dive to an ogre instead.
- Pick up every food item I found, in addition to regular items
- Search D:4-D:7 as much as convenient for nemelex altar
- Sac items for wonders for experience
- Bat form dive
The nemelex stuff wasn't essential, but it was incredibly helpful. A single plain experience card always took stealth up to at least 16; in one memorable game, I got my xl up to 13, stealth up to 27 (!!!), and dodging up to 15 all by D:7, with a short jaunt through the abyss (that dude died on D:26). This made diving around everything much, much easier.
Anyway, after the early-dungeon stuff, I just ran like a madman; in my winning game, a combination of lots of luck and some skill got me past everything (including a d:26 lich), down to d:27, and into Pan just for the heck of it. I only got one experience card, but that turned out to be enough.
Most hated things: Bats, orc priests, giant spores, centaurs, anything faster than me
Most useful things: Ogres, Ice Beasts, Menkaure, decks of wonders
Overall, it was incredibly frustrating, but very fun. I am the third person (after 78291 and jeanjacques) to get the banner.
Here's my dump:
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10.0-4-g5f5999a character file.
709 demonblade the Unseen (level 6, -6/44 HPs)
Began as a Vampire Artificer on Mar 1, 2012.
Was a Follower of Nemelex Xobeh.
Killed by divine providence
... invoked by a balrug
(17 damage)
... in Pandemonium.
The game lasted 00:20:55 (6412 turns).
demonblade the Unseen (Vampire Artificer) Turns: 6412, Time: 00:20:56
HP -6/44 AC 3 Str 9 XL: 6 Next: 42%
MP 7/7 EV 13 Int 14 God: Nemelex Xobeh [*.....]
Gold 315 SH 0 Dex 17 Spells: 0 memorised, 5 levels left
Res.Fire : . . . See Invis. : + m - +0 spear
Res.Cold : + + . Warding : . . y - +1 robe {MR}
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.: . (no amulet)
Res.Rott. : + Levitation : . (no ring)
Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: . (no ring)
@: regenerating slowly, somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments,
extraordinarily stealthy
A: bottle blood, fangs 3, see invisible, unbreathing
a: Bat Form, Bottle Blood, Draw One, Renounce Religion
You were in Pandemonium.
You worshipped Nemelex Xobeh.
Nemelex Xobeh was most pleased with you.
You were near bloodless.
You visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and saw 27 of its levels.
You visited Pandemonium 1 time, and saw 8 of its levels.
You collected 295 gold pieces.
Inventory:
Hand weapons
a - a +0,+0 staff
m - a +0,+0 spear (weapon)
Armour
e - a +0 leather armour
y - a +1 robe of magic resistance (worn)
(You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)
Magical devices
c - a wand of enslavement (1)
h - a wand of cold (1)
Scrolls
d - a scroll of fear
f - 2 scrolls of identify
g - a scroll of amnesia {unknown}
n - 2 scrolls of teleportation
t - 2 scrolls of recharging
v - 2 scrolls of fog
Jewellery
l - an uncursed amulet of inaccuracy {unknown}
(You found it on level 14 of the Dungeon)
s - an uncursed amulet of resist mutation {unknown}
(You found it on level 2 of the Dungeon)
Potions
b - a potion of might {unknown}
j - 2 potions of agility {unknown}
k - a potion of confusion {unknown}
r - 3 potions of curing
Table legend:
A = Turns spent in this place as a percentage of turns spent in the
entire game.
B = Non-inter-level travel turns spent in this place as a percentage of
non-inter-level travel turns spent in the entire game.
C = Inter-level travel turns spent in this place as a percentage of
turns spent in this place.
D = Turns resting spent in this place as a percentage of non-inter-level
travel turns spent in this place.
E = Turns spent auto-exploring this place as a percentage of
non-inter-level travel turns spent in this place.
F = Non-inter-level travel turns spent in this place divided by the
number of levels of this place that you've seen.
A B C D E F
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+----------------------
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 105.5
Dungeon | 89.2 | 89.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 126.7
Temple | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 96.0
Pandemonium | 8.2 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 38.0
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+----------------------
Skills:
- Level 0.8 Fighting
- Level 0.7 Staves
- Level 2.1 Dodging
+ Level 17.0 Stealth
- Level 2.0 Traps & Doors
- Level 2.6 Evocations
You had 5 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (27/27) Temple (1/1) D:6 Lair (0/8) D:13
Orc: D:6-11 Vault: D:14-19 Zot: D:27
Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
The Shining One
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
Shops:
D:8: ( D:22: ! D:24: =
Portals:
Hell: D:26 D:27
Abyss: D:25
Pan: D:25
Magical portal: D:22
Annotations
D:2 exclusions: gnoll and 1 more exclusion
D:6 Menkaure, Sigmund
Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations
You heal slowly.
You can bottle blood from corpses.
You have razor-sharp teeth.*
You have supernaturally acute eyesight.
You can survive without breathing.*
Message History
The lemure barely misses you.
Evoke which item? (* to show all) (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Zapping: c - a wand of enslavement (2)
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f - lemure
Aim: a lemure
The lemure is charmed. This wand has 1 charge left.
What do you say?
t - Shout!
Orders for allies: a - Attack new target. p - Attack previous target.
s - Stop attacking.
w - Wait here. f - Follow me.
Anything else - Stay silent.
Okely-dokely.
You swap places.
Use which ability? (? or * to list)
You fail to use your ability.
The balrug gestures at you.
Something smites you!
You die...
Your body disappears without a glow.
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Action | 1- 3 | 4- 6 || total
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Melee: Staff | 25 | || 25
Spear | 89 | 83 || 172
Unarmed | | 19 || 19
Abil: End Transformatio | 5 | 25 || 30
Bat Form | 5 | 25 || 30
Evoke: Wand | 6 | 25 || 31
Deck | | 9 || 9
Use: Scroll | | 14 || 14
Potion | | 3 || 3
You could see a balrug and a friendly lemure.
Table legend:
A = Kills in this place as a percentage of kills in entire the game.
B = Kills by you in this place as a percentage of kills by you in
the entire game.
C = Kills by friends in this place as a percentage of kills by
friends in the entire game.
D = Other kills in this place as a percentage of other kills in the
entire game.
E = Experience gained in this place as a percentage of experience
gained in the entire game.
F = Experience gained in this place divided by the number of levels of
this place that you have seen.
A B C D E F
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+----------------------
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 13.1
Dungeon | 98.1 | 97.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 99.6 | 17.6
Temple | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.0
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+----------------------
Vanquished Creatures
2 ogres
An orc priest (D:4)
An adder (D:2)
A giant gecko (D:2)
2 oozes (D:1)
2 orcs
11 bats
A giant cockroach (D:4)
6 hobgoblins
3 jackals (D:7)
2 ball pythons
2 giant newts
7 goblins
5 kobolds
4 rats
50 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
A vampire mosquito (D:17)
A worker ant (D:14)
A jelly (D:6)
An orc (D:4)
A bat (D:2)
5 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (others)
2 lemures (Pan)
A kobold (D:2)
A ball python (D:3)
A goblin (D:1)
3 toadstools (D:1)
8 creatures vanquished.
Grand Total: 63 creatures vanquished
Notes
Turn | Place | Note
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0 | D:1 | demonblade, the Vampire Artificer, began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 16/16 MP: 2/2
116 | D:1 | Reached skill level 3 in Stealth
403 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 20/22 MP: 3/3
487 | D:1 | Reached skill level 4 in Stealth
777 | D:2 | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha.
815 | D:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Stealth
1185 | D:2 | HP: 1/22 [giant gecko (5)]
1555 | D:2 | Reached skill level 6 in Stealth
1620 | D:2 | Reached skill level 7 in Stealth
1620 | D:2 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 20/27 MP: 4/4
2200 | D:4 | Reached skill level 9 in Stealth
2200 | D:4 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 33/33 MP: 5/5
2439 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
2541 | D:5 | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
2763 | D:6 | Noticed Sigmund
2839 | D:6 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
2845 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
2913 | Temple | Became a worshipper of Nemelex Xobeh
2918 | Temple | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
2925 | Temple | Reached skill level 16 in Stealth
2925 | Temple | Reached XP level 5. HP: 38/38 MP: 6/6
2956 | Temple | Acquired Nemelex Xobeh's first power
3114 | D:6 | Noticed Menkaure
3133 | D:6 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 44/44 MP: 7/7
3510 | D:8 | Found Siaso's Antique Weapon Emporium.
3564 | D:10 | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
3640 | D:13 | Found a staircase to the Lair.
3657 | D:14 | Entered Level 14 of the Dungeon
3752 | D:15 | Entered Level 15 of the Dungeon
3870 | D:17 | Reached skill level 17 in Stealth
4665 | D:20 | Entered Level 20 of the Dungeon
4860 | D:22 | Found a magical portal.
4894 | D:22 | Found Cuppeg's Distillery.
5322 | D:24 | Found Gap Odaoti's Jewellery Boutique.
5378 | D:25 | Entered Level 25 of the Dungeon
5378 | D:25 | Found a one-way gate to the infinite horrors of the Abyss.
5378 | D:25 | Noticed a deep elf conjurer
5460 | D:25 | Found a one-way gate leading to the halls of Pandemonium.
5483 | D:26 | Found a gateway to Hell.
5734 | D:27 | Entered Level 27 of the Dungeon
5853 | Pan | Entered Pandemonium
6057 | Pan | Entered the realm of Cerebov.
6412 | Pan | Killed from afar by a balrug