Vaults Vanquisher
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Friday, 6th April 2012, 02:19
CiP - Gin Schwa, "The Younger Sibling", HEGl of Nemelex
After Schwa the High Elf Conjurer heroically ascended with the Orb of Zot, her inspired younger brother decided he wanted to prove to her he could do the same, and so "Gin Schwa"'s adventure began. The major difference? He's a Gladiator, of course. I don't know how far I'll get because I'm not super well-versed in doing well with a melee character, but so far this game has been EXCELLENT.
I began with a Falchion weapon choice, deciding this will be a Long Blades game. Sweeped D:1 easily and reached XL3 that early, successfully averting a cursed -6 Ring of Dexterity because I identified it first, and finding a Ring of Negative Energy Res that I'm still wearing. In D:2 I encountered Ilyb and Sigmund right next to each-other, and killed them BOTH thanks to well-timed use of the Throwing Nets. Found a stack of five Javelins as well, which is fantastic early-on; also found a Spellbook of Maledicitions, began training Hexes up a little bit in case I want to use it later.
The next few dungeons spawned several Ogres. I've killed each one with ease so far by relying on the Javelins, Nemelex's first deck which was Destruction, and occasionally Wands of Frost. I ran into major trouble when a Wyvern and an Orc Warrior came after me with several Normal Orcs; I successfully beat them all using a Wand of Enslavement on the Warrior, who fought the Wyvern to the death with only a sliver of HP left and then his Normal Orcs finished him off (which I in turn finished off
).
At around D:7 I found eight Javelins of Penetration. Shortly after, I found a little room filled with about 30 Orcs, four of them being Warriors. I lined them up and let them have it with the Javelins, taking out almost the entire group as well as 3 of the Warriors, then I used my Wand of Enslavement on the remaining one (who had 3/4 its health left), who took out almost all of the rest of his own orcs and was killed by the remaining three, which again, I defeated myself. Then I went and sacrificed an ENTIRE LOS ANGELAS FULL OF ORCISH ITEMS for Peity. I was thrilled!
I almost died, also on D:7, when I opened a door that had a Merfolk and two Fish, who proceeded to throw a Net at me as I ran away. Go Go Gadget Teleport Scroll! Man that was frightening. I haven't touched that corner of D:7 since.
Jellies are already everywhere too. I've found at least 2 or 3 on D:7 through D:9, and it's been terrifying trying to fight them because I'm not a caster and I don't want my stuff corroded! Wands and Nemelex have been my only saving grace. On D:9 I was rushed by Yaks, and I almost died when Nemelex's Deck of Summoning went rogue on me and I summoned a hostile Dancing Short Sword! Teleport Scroll again, but it only put me about four spaces away from where I was. @_@ Luckily it was enough to escape upstairs without them following me up. I took another staircase down, snuck around them, and found the Lair entrance (which the Yaks must have been guarding).
That's where I am now. I set my Stash up, read my two un-ID'd spellbooks that I'd forgotten in the excitement, and awesomely, they're a Book of Power and a Book of Flame! Now I've got Throw Flame, Conjure Flame, and Confuse as my three spells, which have terrible success rates right now but steadily getting better as I train Fire, Conjurations and Hexes up along with Armor and Shields. Then I read my un-ID'd Scrolls. Scroll of Acquirement. Asked for Weapon: DEMON BLADE OF FLAME. YESSSSS.
And that's where I decided to save and quit and play later! This has been an AWESOME game, full of great things and full of dangerous, challenging things, and it feels like the rewards and risks have been 50-50 and cranked up to eleven the whole time. I hope I win with this one, simply because things have been so exciting!
Here's my log file so far. OH. I also have an Ornate Deck of Wonders already. Scary but awesome. (That's how I got my Tengu beak mutation! BRRAAAAAWK!)
Even if this character ends up dying, I think I will make it my goal to win with a High Elf Gladiator to get a melee-game win. I've tried many Tengu Monks of Okawaru but they're far, far too frail.
I think I got ONE as far as the Vaults but most of them die before Lair.
I began with a Falchion weapon choice, deciding this will be a Long Blades game. Sweeped D:1 easily and reached XL3 that early, successfully averting a cursed -6 Ring of Dexterity because I identified it first, and finding a Ring of Negative Energy Res that I'm still wearing. In D:2 I encountered Ilyb and Sigmund right next to each-other, and killed them BOTH thanks to well-timed use of the Throwing Nets. Found a stack of five Javelins as well, which is fantastic early-on; also found a Spellbook of Maledicitions, began training Hexes up a little bit in case I want to use it later.
The next few dungeons spawned several Ogres. I've killed each one with ease so far by relying on the Javelins, Nemelex's first deck which was Destruction, and occasionally Wands of Frost. I ran into major trouble when a Wyvern and an Orc Warrior came after me with several Normal Orcs; I successfully beat them all using a Wand of Enslavement on the Warrior, who fought the Wyvern to the death with only a sliver of HP left and then his Normal Orcs finished him off (which I in turn finished off
).At around D:7 I found eight Javelins of Penetration. Shortly after, I found a little room filled with about 30 Orcs, four of them being Warriors. I lined them up and let them have it with the Javelins, taking out almost the entire group as well as 3 of the Warriors, then I used my Wand of Enslavement on the remaining one (who had 3/4 its health left), who took out almost all of the rest of his own orcs and was killed by the remaining three, which again, I defeated myself. Then I went and sacrificed an ENTIRE LOS ANGELAS FULL OF ORCISH ITEMS for Peity. I was thrilled!
I almost died, also on D:7, when I opened a door that had a Merfolk and two Fish, who proceeded to throw a Net at me as I ran away. Go Go Gadget Teleport Scroll! Man that was frightening. I haven't touched that corner of D:7 since.
Jellies are already everywhere too. I've found at least 2 or 3 on D:7 through D:9, and it's been terrifying trying to fight them because I'm not a caster and I don't want my stuff corroded! Wands and Nemelex have been my only saving grace. On D:9 I was rushed by Yaks, and I almost died when Nemelex's Deck of Summoning went rogue on me and I summoned a hostile Dancing Short Sword! Teleport Scroll again, but it only put me about four spaces away from where I was. @_@ Luckily it was enough to escape upstairs without them following me up. I took another staircase down, snuck around them, and found the Lair entrance (which the Yaks must have been guarding).
That's where I am now. I set my Stash up, read my two un-ID'd spellbooks that I'd forgotten in the excitement, and awesomely, they're a Book of Power and a Book of Flame! Now I've got Throw Flame, Conjure Flame, and Confuse as my three spells, which have terrible success rates right now but steadily getting better as I train Fire, Conjurations and Hexes up along with Armor and Shields. Then I read my un-ID'd Scrolls. Scroll of Acquirement. Asked for Weapon: DEMON BLADE OF FLAME. YESSSSS.
And that's where I decided to save and quit and play later! This has been an AWESOME game, full of great things and full of dangerous, challenging things, and it feels like the rewards and risks have been 50-50 and cranked up to eleven the whole time. I hope I win with this one, simply because things have been so exciting!
Here's my log file so far. OH. I also have an Ornate Deck of Wonders already. Scary but awesome. (That's how I got my Tengu beak mutation! BRRAAAAAWK!)
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10.0 character file.
Gin Schwa the Slasher (High Elf Gladiator) Turns: 10691, Time: 00:49:23
HP 56/56 AC 9 Str 14 XL: 9 Next: 62%
MP 18/18 EV 12 Int 13 God: Nemelex Xobeh [***...]
Gold 445 SH 11 Dex 19 Spells: 3 memorised, 4 levels left
Res.Fire : . . . See Invis. : . a - demon blade (flame)
Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . . y - +2 elf ring mail
Life Prot.: + . . Conserve : . c - +0 elf buckler
Res.Acid. : + . . Res.Corr. : + (helmet restricted)
Res.Poison: . Clarity : . (no cloak)
Res.Elec. : . Spirit.Shd : . D - +1 pair of gloves
Sust.Abil.: . . Stasis : . (no boots)
Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . u - amulet of resist corrosion
Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . (no ring)
Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: . e - cursed ring of life protection
@: somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, stealthy
A: beak
a: Draw One, Peek at Two, Triple Draw, Renounce Religion
You are on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Nemelex Xobeh.
Nemelex Xobeh is greatly pleased with you.
You are full.
You have visited 3 branches of the dungeon, and seen 11 of its levels.
You have visited 1 portal chamber: sewer.
You have collected 425 gold pieces.
Inventory:
Hand weapons
a - an uncursed demon blade of flaming (weapon)
Missiles
m - 7 +0 javelins of penetration (quivered)
Armour
c - a +0 elven buckler (worn)
y - a +2 elven ring mail (worn)
D - a +1 pair of gloves (worn)
Magical devices
k - a wand of enslavement {recharged}
Comestibles
f - 3 bread rations
Scrolls
g - 2 scrolls of remove curse
i - a scroll of teleportation
r - 2 scrolls of identify
Jewellery
e - a cursed ring of life protection (left hand)
u - an amulet of resist corrosion (around neck)
Potions
j - 3 potions of curing
o - 3 potions of levitation
p - a potion of speed
C - a potion of restore abilities
Miscellaneous
A - a plain deck of summonings {drawn: 2} {god gift}
E - an ornate deck of wonders {drawn: 1} {god gift}
Skills:
- Level 2.0 Fighting
* Level 7.1 Long Blades
* Level 6.1 Throwing
+ Level 2.3 Armour
* Level 6.1 Dodging
+ Level 3.6 Stealth
- Level 2.1 Stabbing
+ Level 3.0 Shields
+ Level 3.1 Traps & Doors
+ Level 3.4 Unarmed Combat
* Level 2.2 Spellcasting
* Level 1.4 Conjurations
+ Level 1.9 Hexes
+ Level 1.2 Fire Magic
* Level 4.1 Evocations
You have 4 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:
Your Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger
a - Confuse Hex ##....... 38% 3 Honeycomb
b - Conjure Flame Fire/Conj #........ 52% 3 Honeycomb
z - Throw Flame Fire/Conj #...... 24% 2 Choko
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (9/27) Temple (1/1) D:5 Lair (1/8) D:9
Orc: D:6-11
Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
The Shining One
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations
You have a beak for a mouth.
Message History
You start memorising the spell. You continue memorising.
You continue memorising.
You finish memorising. You resume training Hexes.
This spell is rather difficult to commit to memory.
Memorise Conjure Flame, consuming 3 spell levels and leaving 4?
You fail to memorise the spell.
This spell is rather tricky to learn.
Memorise Conjure Flame, consuming 3 spell levels and leaving 4?
You fail to memorise the spell.
This spell is rather difficult to absorb.
Memorise Conjure Flame, consuming 3 spell levels and leaving 4?
You start memorising the spell. You continue memorising.
You continue memorising.
You finish memorising.
Casting: Throw Flame
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Okay, then.
Welcome back, Gin Schwa the High Elf Gladiator.
Nemelex Xobeh says: It's all in the cards!
Press ? for a list of commands and other information.
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There are no monsters in sight!
Vanquished Creatures
A komodo dragon (Lair:1)
Grinder (D:5)
Eustachio (D:7)
A wyvern (D:8)
3 orc warriors
A centaur (D:8)
3 ogres
A big kobold (Port)
Sigmund (D:2)
3 giant frogs
A basilisk skeleton (D:9)
A killer bee zombie (D:8)
A crimson imp (D:9)
A goliath beetle (D:7)
6 hounds
A quasit (D:7)
A big fish (Port)
A big kobold skeleton (D:6)
4 worker ants
An orc priest (D:4)
3 iguanas
2 hound skeletons
An orc wizard (D:8)
2 scorpions
Ijyb (D:2)
3 jellies
2 adders
A lemure (D:7)
A scorpion zombie (D:7)
2 shadow imps (D:7)
A white imp (D:7)
8 giant mites
2 iguana skeletons
5 worms
A bat zombie (D:5)
5 giant geckos
An ooze (D:4)
32 orcs
3 grey rats (Port)
16 hobgoblins
7 jackals
14 kobolds
2 quokkas
14 bats
10 giant cockroaches
9 giant newts
A giant spore (D:8)
17 goblins
2 orc zombies
A quokka skeleton (D:6)
11 rats
A ballistomycete (D:8)
2 toadstools
217 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
An orc warrior (D:8)
A yak (D:9)
A sky beast (D:9)
Blork the orc (D:8)
An orc priest (D:8)
An orc wizard (D:8)
A worker ant zombie (D:9)
2 jellies
An adder (D:9)
7 orcs (D:8)
A bat (D:8)
A hobgoblin skeleton (D:9)
19 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (others)
An orc (D:7)
A giant newt (D:1)
A rat (D:1)
3 toadstools
6 creatures vanquished.
Grand Total: 242 creatures vanquished
Notes
Turn | Place | Note
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0 | D:1 | Gin Schwa, the High Elf Gladiator, began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 15/15 MP: 1/1
73 | D:1 | Reached skill level 1 in Shields
152 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 18/20 MP: 2/2
440 | D:1 | Reached skill level 4 in Long Blades
538 | D:1 | Reached skill level 1 in Stabbing
911 | D:2 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 20/25 MP: 4/4
1143 | D:2 | Found a deep blue altar of Sif Muna.
1198 | D:2 | Reached skill level 1 in Spellcasting
1225 | D:2 | Noticed Ijyb
1238 | D:2 | Killed Ijyb
1252 | D:2 | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
1252 | D:2 | Noticed Sigmund
1264 | D:2 | Killed Sigmund
1264 | D:2 | Reached skill level 1 in Armour
1264 | D:2 | Reached skill level 1 in Stealth
1264 | D:2 | Reached skill level 1 in Traps & Doors
1264 | D:2 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 19/31 MP: 7/7
1358 | D:2 | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet.
1774 | D:3 | Found a snail-covered altar of Cheibriados.
1845 | D:3 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 23/36 MP: 8/8
2090 | D:3 | Found a glowing drain.
2145 | sewer | Entered the sewers
2925 | sewer | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
2925 | sewer | Reached XP level 6. HP: 30/41 MP: 10/10
3056 | sewer | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
3251 | D:3 | Reached skill level 5 in Long Blades
3588 | D:3 | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
4271 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
4291 | D:5 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
4300 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
4435 | Temple | Became a worshipper of Nemelex Xobeh
4581 | D:5 | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
4871 | D:5 | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
4901 | D:5 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 39/45 MP: 12/12
4910 | D:5 | Noticed Grinder
4956 | D:5 | Killed Grinder
5332 | D:5 | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
5629 | D:6 | Learned a level 2 spell: Slow
6523 | D:6 | Reached skill level 6 in Long Blades
6523 | D:6 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 52/52 MP: 14/14
6532 | D:6 | Acquired Nemelex Xobeh's first power
7286 | D:7 | Reached skill level 5 in Throwing
7286 | D:7 | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
7738 | D:8 | Noticed Eustachio
7771 | D:7 | Killed Eustachio
7865 | D:8 | Reached skill level 1 in Hexes
8109 | D:8 | Acquired Nemelex Xobeh's second power
8352 | D:8 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 37/56 MP: 17/17
8454 | D:8 | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
8558 | D:8 | Acquired Nemelex Xobeh's third power
8572 | D:8 | Learned a level 2 spell: Throw Flame
8617 | D:8 | Noticed Blork the orc
9713 | D:9 | Reached skill level 7 in Long Blades
9758 | D:9 | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
9758 | D:9 | Noticed a short sword
9759 | D:9 | Reached skill level 1 in Conjurations
10198 | D:8 | Killed Blork the orc
10334 | D:9 | Reached skill level 1 in Fire Magic
10341 | D:9 | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
10368 | D:9 | Gained mutation: You have a beak for a mouth.
10423 | D:9 | Found a staircase to the Lair.
10431 | Lair:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
10662 | Lair:1 | Identified a scroll of acquirement
10685 | Lair:1 | Learned a level 3 spell: Confuse
10691 | Lair:1 | Learned a level 3 spell: Conjure Flame
Even if this character ends up dying, I think I will make it my goal to win with a High Elf Gladiator to get a melee-game win. I've tried many Tengu Monks of Okawaru but they're far, far too frail.
I think I got ONE as far as the Vaults but most of them die before Lair.--Schwa, your local muse forever and long-time High Elf fangirl ^_~
(also the master of Quadri-Birds)
TheProvocateur: I like how we're sprinting at a pile of greater mummies
(also the master of Quadri-Birds)
TheProvocateur: I like how we're sprinting at a pile of greater mummies