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CIP: DsMo of Okawaru
Char dump, followed by long ramblings:
I started a demonspawn monk, planning to stay with unarmed combat and go with Oawaru for the skill boosts (and hopefully some nice gifts). Originally I planned to go spell-free, but then I found a book of the Dragon. Now I suppose that's not necessarily a good reason to change plans, but the truth is I just have more fun when I cast spells, and it didn't take much temptation to change my mind. So I started boosting int at every option. I just wish I hadn't wasted my first stat pick on dex!
At level 8, I grew horns, which pleased me greatly. The last time I tried to do unarmed combat with a demonspawn, I made it to level 18 before getting my "body slot" mutation, which turned out to be antennae. Three cheers for horns!
All the spells in my first book were out of range, but I then found a book of wizardry and a book which contained fire brand. I memorized fire brand in order to be able to train charms (and later fire, to try to get dragon shape). However, I also found a shield, and rather than start in right away with casting, I decided to wear the shield, raise shields to 5, then start raising spellcasting. I figured that I'd find a buckler eventually, so those 5 ranks would be good no matter what.
I converted to Oka as planned, and everything went fairly smoothly at first. I got a lot of use out of heroism (the best Oka advice I ever read was not to be stingy with heroism). I hear people complain about the gifts, but I don't really mind... I know they aren't all supposed to be game-changers.
Oka led with a pretty sweet offering, actually:
Gram: +0/+9 crossbow, penetration, rF+, MR
Then, just to make sure, he gave me two more crossbows, a -2 hat, and a sling.
Meanwhile, I found a book containing confusing touch, and a Book of Beasts with ice beast shape, so I started training hexes and transmutation.
But after a while I started to have doubts. A lot of things seemed to resist the confusing touch, and mastering Ice Form was taking a looong time. Meanwhile, I was running into tough stuff... I retreated from Orc:4 at the cost of a blink scroll, I turned back from Lair:7 in the face of a catoblepas (sp?) and death yaks, and I made it through a pack of slimes, but only at the cost of some piety loss. I began to wonder if I should have stayed spell-free after all, to make faster progress at fighting/dodging/UC.
My doubts were compounded by the maturation of my horns. After a round of redundant launchers, Oka gave me a hat of wizardry. Thank you, Oka, that brings Ice Form within choko hunger and reasonable success! And then, before I even had a chance to try it out, my horns matured and I lost my hat... I wasn't even sure if I should be sad, since that boosted my "natural" UC. But I definitly questioned my
commitment to casting!
But I had made a bit of progress here and there, so I headed back to the Lair. I managed to deal with the Catoblepas and death yaks, then found more of them on Lair:8. My "stinky" mutation helped in a key moment. A catoblepas paralyzed me after I did it significant damage, but then my miasma field finished it off! At the end of Lair 8 I found the best reward I could have ever asked for:
Blade Hands
YAYYYY!!!!!
With Blade Hands and some care, I managed to finish Orc:4 and get a delightful artifact ring of wizardry, which also provided rF+. I also found a spellbook containing ignite poison. I had to choose between decent success (wizardry + int booster) with ignite or with wearing my rPois ring. Reluctantly, I decided I needed the rPois. I headed to Snake, hoping that I'd be good at ignite poison before finishing it.
And early in Snake, Okawaru came through with a truly thoughtful gift:
+2 boots of Zezoikar: rPois MR Stlth++
Few things in Crawl are more fun than Snake with ignite poison! Even confusing touch has started pulling its weight now and then, as I managed to confuse some anacondas (which aren't poisonous). After gaining a bit more xp, I have ignite poison safely castable even without the int booster ring.
So by now things are looking pretty sweet. I figure my next priority is to get haste castable, and after that raise UC to 20, and then (or maybe simultaneously) start raising fighting and dodging. I'm posting this now, because I could die YASD at any moment, but want a memento of a very fun game no matter what comes next.
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10.0 character file.
Reghaina the Black Belt (Demonspawn Monk) Turns: 35064, Time: 04:13:49
HP 119/119 (120) AC 12 Str 12 XL: 16 Next: 55%
MP 24/35 EV 18 Int 17 God: Okawaru [******]
Gold 1597 SH 0 Dex 17 Spells: 8 memorised, 17 levels left
Res.Fire : + . . See Invis. : . - Unarmed
Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . . Y - +3 troll leather armour
Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . (no shield)
Res.Acid. : . . . Res.Corr. : . (helmet unavailable)
Res.Poison: + Clarity : + O - +1 dwarf cloak
Res.Elec. : . Spirit.Shd : . (no gloves)
Sust.Abil.: . . Stasis : . x - +2 pair of boots of Zezoikar {god gift, rP
Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . m - amulet of clarity
Res.Rott. : + Levitation : . k - ring of Vitality {Regen HP+15}
Saprovore : + . . Ctrl.Flight: . b - ring of Plog {Wiz rF+ Dam+4}
@: confusing touch (expires), very resistant to hostile enchantments, quite
stealthy
A: horns 3, powered by death 2, saprovore 1, foul stench 1, EV +3
a: Heroism, Finesse, Renounce Religion
You are on level 4 of the Snake Pit.
You worship Okawaru.
Okawaru is exalted by your worship.
You are not hungry.
You have visited 5 branches of the dungeon, and seen 34 of its levels.
You have visited 1 Labyrinth.
You have visited 2 portal chambers: bailey, volcano.
You have collected 2474 gold pieces.
You have spent 877 gold pieces at shops.
Inventory:
Hand weapons
K - the +0,+9 crossbow "Gram" {god gift, penet, rF+ MR}
(Okawaru gifted it to you on level 4 of the Lair of Beasts)
Ammo fired by it will pass through the targets it hits, potentially hitting
all targets in its path until it reaches maximum range.
It protects you from fire.
It increases your resistance to enchantments.
Missiles
w - 24 runed bolts
A - 29 poisoned bolts
R - 21 bolts
Armour
x - the +2 pair of boots of Zezoikar (worn) {god gift, rPois MR Stlth++}
(Okawaru gifted it to you on level 1 of the Snake Pit)
It protects you from poison.
It increases your resistance to enchantments.
It makes you much more stealthy.
O - a +1 dwarven cloak (worn)
Y - a +3 troll leather armour (worn)
Magical devices
d - a fluorescent wand
f - a gold wand {zapped: 1} {tried}
q - a wand of frost {zapped: 5}
L - a wand of disintegration {empty}
X - a wand of draining {zapped: 6}
Z - a wand of draining
Comestibles
g - 3 chokos
p - 5 meat rations
T - 3 honeycombs
V - a pear
Scrolls
n - 2 scrolls of summoning
o - 4 scrolls of identify
t - 2 scrolls of detect curse
u - a scroll of fog
B - a scroll of enchant weapon I
E - a scroll of enchant weapon II
F - 2 scrolls of blinking
H - a scroll of enchant armour
Q - a scroll of remove curse
U - a scroll of teleportation
Jewellery
a - a ring of protection from cold
b - the ring of Plog (left hand) {Wiz rF+ Dam+4}
(You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Orcish Mines)
[ring of wizardry]
It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+4).
It protects you from fire.
e - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
k - the ring of Vitality (right hand) {Regen HP+15}
(You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts)
[ring of regeneration]
It affects your health (+15).
This famed ring greatly improves its wearer's health.
m - an amulet of clarity (around neck)
r - a +4 ring of protection
y - an uncursed ring of see invisible
N - a +4 ring of intelligence
P - an uncursed ring of sustenance
S - an uncursed ring of poison resistance
Potions
h - a potion of agility
s - a potion of brilliance
z - a pink potion
G - 3 potions of curing
I - a potion of heal wounds
J - an inky potion
Books
i - the Tome of Curses
(You found it in a Labyrinth)
Spells Type Level
*Confusing Touch Hexes 1
Corona Hexes 1
Slow Hexes 2
Ensorcelled Hibernation Hexes/Ice 2
Confuse Hexes 3
Darkness Hexes 7
l - a book of Fire
Spells Type Level
*Fire Brand Charms/Fire 2
*Ignite Poison Fire/Transmutation 5
Fireball Conjuration/Fire 5
Bolt of Fire Conjuration/Fire 6
Delayed Fireball Conjuration/Fire 7
Ring of Flames Charms/Fire 7
Dragon Form Fire/Transmutation 7
v - a book of Wizardry
Spells Type Level
Summon Elemental Summoning 4
Agony Necromancy 5
Lightning Bolt Conjuration/Air 5
Fireball Conjuration/Fire 5
Haste Charms 6
Invisibility Hexes 6
C - a book of the Sky
Spells Type Level
*Flight Charms/Air 3
*Insulation Charms/Air 4
Airstrike Air 4
Silence Hexes/Air 5
Deflect Missiles Charms/Air 6
Conjure Ball Lightning Conjuration/Air 7
Tornado Air 9
D - a book of the Warp
Spells Type Level
Recall Summoning/Translocation 3
Passage of Golubria Translocation 4
Phase Shift Translocation 5
Warp Weapon Charms/Translocation 5
Dispersal Translocation 6
Controlled Blink Translocation 7
Miscellaneous
c - a lamp of fire
W - a lantern of shadows
Skills:
- Level 3.4 Fighting
- Level 3.6 Crossbows
- Level 2.1 Throwing
- Level 0.4 Armour
- Level 6.4 Dodging
- Level 2.0 Stealth
- Level 5.0 Shields
- Level 7.7 Traps & Doors
- Level 17.5 Unarmed Combat
+ Level 14.0 Spellcasting
- Level 5.4 Hexes
- Level 8.3 Charms
- Level 9.8 Transmutations
- Level 3.3 Fire Magic
- Level 8.0 Invocations
- Level 2.8 Evocations
You have 17 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:
Your Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger
a - Ice Form Ice/Trmt #####..... 4% 4 Sultana
b - Confusing Touch Hex #####..... 1% 1 None
c - Swiftness Air/Chrm #####..... 1% 2 None
d - Flight Air/Chrm #####..... 1% 3 None
e - Blade Hands Trmt ######.... 1% 5 Choko
f - Ignite Poison Fire/Trmt #####..... 5% 5 Choko
g - Insulation Air/Chrm #####..... 5% 4 Sultana
o - Fire Brand Fire/Chrm #####..... 1% 2 None
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (17/27) Temple (1/1) D:7 Orc (4/4) D:11
Elf (0/5) Orc:4 Lair (8/8) D:11 Shoals (0/5) Lair:3
Snake (4/5) Lair:3 Vault (0/8) D:17
Slime: Lair:6-8
Altars:
Ashenzari
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
The Shining One
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Zin
Shops:
D:15: ( D:17: ? Orc:4: =%(% Snake:2: /(!**
Annotations
D:9 exclusion: oklob sapling
D:11 1 exclusion
D:13 exclusion: 2 statues
Lair:2 exclusions: hydra and 1 more exclusion
Lair:6 exclusion: electric eel
Lair:8 exclusion: door
Snake:1 exclusion: oklob plant
Snake:3 1 exclusion
Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations
You have a pair of large horns on your head.*
You are surrounded by a moderate repulsion field (EV +3).
You can steal the life force of defeated enemies.
You can tolerate rotten meat.
You emit a foul stench, and are resistant to rotting and decay.
Message History
Welcome back, Reghaina the Demonspawn Monk.
Okawaru says: Bring me glory in combat!
Press ? for a list of commands and other information.
Save game and exit?
Welcome back, Reghaina the Demonspawn Monk.
Okawaru says: Bring me glory in combat!
Press ? for a list of commands and other information.
Unknown command.
Save game and exit?
Welcome back, Reghaina the Demonspawn Monk.
Okawaru says: Bring me glory in combat!
Press ? for a list of commands and other information.
Put on which piece of jewellery? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Wearing the ring of Vitality {Regen HP+15}.
You're wearing two rings. Remove which one? (b/N/</>/Esc)
< or b - the ring of Plog {Wiz rF+ Dam+4}
> or N - a +4 ring of intelligence
You remove your +4 ring of intelligence.
You feel stupid.
k - the ring of Vitality (right hand) {Regen HP+15}
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There are no monsters in sight!
Vanquished Creatures
Kirke (D:17)
Donald (Snake:1)
Louise (D:17)
A minotaur (Lab)
Snorg (D:17)
6 anacondas
A dragon (D:16)
Erica (D:10)
Harold (D:11)
An ogre mage (D:17)
2 dancing weapons (D:17)
8 hydras
Nessos (Snake:3)
22 death yaks
5 catoblepae
A sun demon (Orc:4)
5 orc high priests (Orc:4)
2 centaur warriors
An elf (shapeshifter) (D:15)
5 skeletal warriors (D:15)
A naga warrior (Snake:1)
4 unseen horrors
9 orc knights (Orc:4)
An oklob plant (Lair:6)
A harpy zombie (D:16)
A griffon (D:13)
6 hill giants
A cyclops (shapeshifter) (D:13)
A guardian serpent (Snake:3)
An orc sorcerer (Orc:2)
A hydra skeleton (D:16)
A griffon zombie (D:17)
5 cyclopes
3 elephant slugs
17 black mambas
3 feature mimics
16 elephants
18 slime creatures
7 spiny frogs
7 orc zombies (Orc:4)
2 naga magi
A rock troll (D:16)
Grinder (D:4)
6 komodo dragons
A queen bee (Lair:6)
9 trolls
Prince Ribbit (D:4)
4 two-headed ogres
5 ugly things
A grizzly bear (Lair:7)
5 blink frogs (Lair:4)
A grizzly bear (shapeshifter) (D:15)
5 basilisks
A wandering mushroom (D:9)
2 wyverns
46 yaks
A steam dragon (Lair:4)
Grum (D:10)
A rock worm (D:13)
A hungry ghost (D:16)
A hog (D:17)
7 war dogs
A yaktaur zombie (D:14)
4 vampire mosquitoes (D:16)
A wraith (D:11)
4 hippogriffs
2 fire drakes
A necrophage (D:14)
Menkaure (D:4)
A cyclops zombie (D:15)
A mottled dragon (D:17)
6 manticores
A yaktaur skeleton (D:15)
4 phantoms
41 orc warriors
A cyclops skeleton (D:16)
A sky beast (shapeshifter) (D:15)
2 sky beasts
12 centaurs
25 nagas
A giant goldfish (Lair:6)
18 ogres
11 crocodiles
A boring beetle (Lair:4)
2 brain worms
3 big kobolds
9 giant slugs
19 giant frogs
2 soldier ant zombies
A cyclops simulacrum (D:12)
5 agate snails
3 wargs
21 water moccasins
2 gnoll sergeants
Blork the orc (D:9)
A boulder beetle (Lair:7)
A killer bee zombie (D:10)
2 jellyfish (Lair:6)
65 killer bees
17 wights
A brain worm zombie (D:14)
A big kobold zombie (D:14)
5 crimson imps
3 goliath beetles
13 hounds
2 big fish (Lair:6)
A shadow (D:14)
A big kobold skeleton (D:7)
39 orc priests
A hound skeleton (D:8)
23 orc wizards
4 porcupines
12 worker ants
7 iguanas
6 scorpions
17 sheep
3 worker ant zombies
Jessica (D:2)
7 jellies
19 gnolls
A giant centipede (shapeshifter) (D:17)
29 adders
3 giant centipedes
17 green rats (Lair:6)
A giant centipede zombie (D:12)
2 giant mites
6 worms
A bat skeleton (D:6)
7 giant geckos
An ooze (D:1)
220 orcs
4 ball pythons
5 giant cockroaches
26 hobgoblins
25 jackals
10 quokkas
30 bats
9 giant newts
25 goblins
A hobgoblin skeleton (D:12)
36 kobolds
4 orc skeletons
A quokka zombie (D:6)
31 rats
A ballistomycete (D:7)
2 fungi (Lair:8)
9 plants
10 toadstools
1251 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (others)
A death yak (Lair:8)
8 slime creatures
A black mamba (Snake:1)
5 wargs (Port)
A water moccasin (Lair:8)
An orc wizard (D:9)
2 adders
4 orcs
A goblin (Orc:1)
A jackal (Lair:6)
2 giant newts (D:7)
A giant spore (D:7)
A bush (Lair:4)
3 fungi
9 plants
22 toadstools
63 creatures vanquished.
Grand Total: 1314 creatures vanquished
Notes
Turn | Place | Note
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0 | D:1 | Reghaina, the Demonspawn Monk, began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 16/16 MP: 0/0
525 | D:1 | Gained mutation: You are surrounded by a mild repulsion field (EV +2).
525 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 22/22 MP: 1/1
1212 | D:1 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 10/28 MP: 2/2
1696 | D:1 | Reached skill level 4 in Unarmed Combat
2476 | D:2 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 34/34 MP: 3/3
2681 | D:2 | Noticed Jessica
2692 | D:2 | Killed Jessica
3333 | D:3 | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
3683 | D:4 | Gained mutation: You can steal the life force of nearby defeated enemies.
3683 | D:4 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 22/40 MP: 4/4
3685 | D:4 | Reached skill level 1 in Throwing
3859 | D:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Unarmed Combat
4246 | D:4 | Noticed Grinder
4254 | D:4 | Noticed Menkaure
4259 | D:4 | Killed Menkaure
4259 | D:4 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 46/46 MP: 5/5
4260 | D:4 | Killed Grinder
4260 | D:4 | Reached skill level 6 in Unarmed Combat
4260 | D:4 | Gained mutation: You can steal the life force of defeated enemies.
4260 | D:4 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 51/51 MP: 6/6
4430 | D:4 | Noticed Prince Ribbit
4456 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
4568 | D:4 | Killed Prince Ribbit
4568 | D:4 | Reached skill level 7 in Unarmed Combat
4759 | D:4 | Reached skill level 8 in Unarmed Combat
4838 | D:4 | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
4855 | D:4 | Got a sparkling book
4856 | D:4 | Identified Ashenzari's Tome of Rapid Deboning (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)
5538 | D:6 | Gained mutation: You have a pair of small horns on your head.
5538 | D:6 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 56/58 MP: 7/7
6375 | D:6 | Reached skill level 9 in Unarmed Combat
6966 | D:7 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
6978 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
6991 | Temple | Became a worshipper of Warmaster Okawaru
6991 | Temple | Acquired Okawaru's first power
7185 | D:7 | Reached skill level 10 in Unarmed Combat
7185 | D:7 | Gained mutation: You can tolerate rotten meat.
7185 | D:7 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 61/63 MP: 8/8
7255 | D:7 | Reached skill level 1 in Invocations
7643 | D:7 | Found a flagged portal.
7667 | bailey | Entered the bailey
7840 | D:8 | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
8339 | D:8 | Reached skill level 11 in Unarmed Combat
8514 | D:8 | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet.
9275 | D:9 | Noticed a red ugly thing
9288 | D:9 | Killed a red ugly thing
9288 | D:9 | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
9288 | D:9 | Reached XP level 10. HP: 56/70 MP: 14/16
9378 | D:10 | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
9378 | D:10 | Noticed Grum
9401 | D:10 | Killed Grum
9401 | D:10 | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
9401 | D:10 | Reached skill level 5 in Invocations
10100 | D:8 | Reached skill level 1 in Traps & Doors
10100 | D:8 | Reached skill level 12 in Unarmed Combat
10562 | D:9 | Noticed Blork the orc
10574 | D:9 | Noticed a wandering mushroom
10578 | D:9 | Killed Blork the orc
10656 | D:9 | Noticed a wandering mushroom
10663 | D:9 | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
10663 | D:9 | Noticed a wandering mushroom
10663 | D:9 | Noticed a wandering mushroom
10669 | D:9 | Killed a wandering mushroom
11151 | D:10 | Noticed Erica
11184 | D:10 | Killed Erica
11601 | D:11 | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
11639 | D:11 | Gained mutation: You have a pair of horns on your head.
11639 | D:11 | Reached XP level 11. HP: 65/75 MP: 16/19
11649 | D:11 | Reached skill level 13 in Unarmed Combat
11888 | D:11 | Found a staircase to the Lair.
11905 | D:11 | Noticed Harold
11957 | D:11 | Killed Harold
11957 | D:11 | Reached skill level 5 in Traps & Doors
11977 | D:11 | Acquired Okawaru's second power
12004 | Lair:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
12164 | D:11 | Reached skill level 14 in Unarmed Combat
12346 | Orc:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
12353 | Orc:1 | HP: 3/75 [four-headed hydra (6)]
12363 | Orc:1 | Paralysed by a potion of paralysis for 5 turns
12987 | Lair:1 | Got an amethyst ring with an ankh
13150 | Lair:1 | Reached skill level 15 in Unarmed Combat
13457 | Lair:1 | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
13555 | Lair:2 | Identified the ring of Vitality (You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts)
13772 | Lair:3 | Reached skill level 1 in Shields
14246 | Lair:2 | Reached XP level 12. HP: 82/82 MP: 20/22
14616 | Lair:3 | Found a staircase to the Shoals.
14641 | Lair:3 | Learned a level 2 spell: Fire Brand
14763 | Lair:3 | Reached skill level 1 in Spellcasting
15080 | Lair:3 | Found a staircase to the Snake Pit.
15791 | Lair:4 | Received a gift from Okawaru
15792 | Lair:4 | Got a brightly glowing crossbow {god gift}
15793 | Lair:4 | Identified the crossbow "Gram" {god gift, penet, rF+ MR} (Okawaru gifted it to you on level 4 of the Lair of Beasts)
15926 | Lair:4 | Reached skill level 1 in Crossbows
16241 | Lair:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Shields
16732 | Lair:5 | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
16746 | Lair:5 | Found a labyrinth entrance.
16757 | Lab | Entered a Labyrinth
16974 | Lab | Got a torn book
16974 | Lab | Got a conspicuous book
16975 | Lab | Identified the Tome of Curses (You found it in a Labyrinth)
16975 | Lab | Identified the Grimoire of Confrontation and the Blaze (You found it in a Labyrinth)
16975 | Lab | Got a faintly glowing robe
16986 | Lab | Identified the +1 robe of Mnychuna (You found it in a Labyrinth)
17138 | Lair:5 | Learned a level 1 spell: Confusing Touch
17214 | Lair:5 | Reached skill level 1 in Hexes
17315 | Lair:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
17618 | Lair:6 | Received a gift from Okawaru
18643 | D:12 | Reached skill level 16 in Unarmed Combat
18980 | D:12 | Reached XP level 13. HP: 87/87 MP: 25/25
19308 | Orc:4 | Entered Level 4 of the Orcish Mines
19417 | Orc:3 | Found a dark tunnel.
19434 | Volcano | Entered a volcano
19791 | Orc:2 | Received a gift from Okawaru
20396 | Orc:4 | Found a staircase to the Elven Halls.
20429 | Orc:4 | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
20559 | Orc:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Hexes
20632 | Orc:4 | Noticed an orc high priest
20632 | Orc:4 | Noticed an orc high priest
20909 | Orc:4 | Received a gift from Okawaru
21143 | Orc:4 | Killed an orc high priest
21148 | Orc:4 | Noticed an orc high priest
21754 | D:13 | Noticed a pulsating lump
21763 | D:13 | a pulsating lump changed into a cyclops
21965 | Lair:1 | Learned a level 4 spell: Ice Form
22086 | D:13 | Learned a level 2 spell: Swiftness
22248 | D:13 | Reached skill level 1 in Transmutations
22534 | D:13 | Reached skill level 1 in Charms
22550 | D:13 | Received a gift from Okawaru
22742 | D:14 | Entered Level 14 of the Dungeon
22784 | D:15 | Entered Level 15 of the Dungeon
23184 | D:14 | Reached skill level 5 in Transmutations
24914 | D:15 | Found Futzeap's Weapon Shoppe.
25341 | D:15 | Gained mutation: You have a pair of large horns on your head.
25341 | D:15 | Gained mutation: You emit a foul stench, and are resistant to rotting and decay.
25341 | D:15 | Reached XP level 14. HP: 84/92 MP: 28/28
26506 | D:16 | Received a gift from Okawaru
26548 | D:16 | Learned a level 3 spell: Flight
26581 | D:17 | Noticed Snorg
26610 | D:17 | Killed Snorg
26778 | D:17 | Reached skill level 10 in Spellcasting
26846 | D:17 | Noticed a trident
26849 | D:17 | Found a staircase to the Vaults.
26857 | D:17 | Noticed a scimitar
26862 | D:17 | HP: 4/128 [trident (14)]
26864 | D:17 | Noticed Kirke
26870 | D:17 | Noticed Louise
26901 | D:17 | Killed Louise
26906 | D:17 | Killed a trident
26907 | D:17 | Found Shrachiw's Magic Scroll Shop.
26970 | D:17 | Killed Kirke
26970 | D:17 | Reached skill level 5 in Charms
26974 | D:17 | Bought a scroll of teleportation for 36 gold pieces
26999 | D:17 | Killed a scimitar
27065 | D:17 | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
27668 | Lair:6 | Received a gift from Okawaru
28403 | Lair:7 | Gained mutation: You are surrounded by a moderate repulsion field (EV +3).
28403 | Lair:7 | Reached XP level 15. HP: 93/98 MP: 32/32
28825 | Lair:7 | Received a gift from Okawaru
29327 | Lair:8 | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts
29353 | Lair:8 | Reached skill level 17 in Unarmed Combat
30431 | Lair:8 | Learned a level 5 spell: Blade Hands
31440 | Orc:4 | Killed an orc high priest
31801 | Orc:4 | Reached XP level 16. HP: 104/104 MP: 29/34
31811 | Orc:4 | Noticed an orc high priest
31822 | Orc:4 | Killed an orc high priest
32074 | Orc:4 | Noticed an orc high priest
32102 | Orc:4 | Killed an orc high priest
32245 | Orc:4 | Killed an orc high priest
32307 | Orc:4 | Found Fobyreasa's Jewellery Emporium.
32307 | Orc:4 | Found Vuastra's Food Emporium.
32307 | Orc:4 | Found Louppol's Antique Weapon Emporium.
32308 | Orc:4 | Found Pneraenoi's Food Shoppe.
32319 | Orc:4 | Bought a cursed ring of hunger for 20 gold pieces
32323 | Orc:4 | Bought the ring of Plog {Wiz rF+ Dam+4} for 524 gold pieces
32332 | Orc:4 | Learned a level 5 spell: Ignite Poison
32582 | Snake:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Snake Pit
32676 | Snake:1 | Reached skill level 1 in Fire Magic
33133 | Snake:1 | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
33155 | Snake:1 | Received a gift from Okawaru
33156 | Snake:1 | Got a pair of dazzling boots {god gift}
33161 | Snake:1 | Identified the +2 pair of boots of Zezoikar {god gift} (Okawaru gifted it to you on level 1 of the Snake Pit)
33243 | Snake:1 | Noticed Donald
33252 | Snake:1 | Killed Donald
33441 | Snake:2 | Found Ubraly's General Store.
33465 | Snake:2 | Bought an uncursed ring of see invisible for 240 gold pieces
33604 | Snake:2 | Learned a level 4 spell: Insulation
33604 | Snake:2 | Found Klul's Antique Weapon Shop.
33700 | Snake:2 | Found Clauco Chih's Distillery.
33719 | Snake:2 | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 57 gold pieces
33778 | Snake:2 | Found Jeharr's Magical Wand Shoppe.
33984 | Snake:2 | Found Craomp's General Store.
34545 | Snake:3 | Noticed Nessos
34552 | Snake:3 | Killed Nessos
I started a demonspawn monk, planning to stay with unarmed combat and go with Oawaru for the skill boosts (and hopefully some nice gifts). Originally I planned to go spell-free, but then I found a book of the Dragon. Now I suppose that's not necessarily a good reason to change plans, but the truth is I just have more fun when I cast spells, and it didn't take much temptation to change my mind. So I started boosting int at every option. I just wish I hadn't wasted my first stat pick on dex!
At level 8, I grew horns, which pleased me greatly. The last time I tried to do unarmed combat with a demonspawn, I made it to level 18 before getting my "body slot" mutation, which turned out to be antennae. Three cheers for horns!
All the spells in my first book were out of range, but I then found a book of wizardry and a book which contained fire brand. I memorized fire brand in order to be able to train charms (and later fire, to try to get dragon shape). However, I also found a shield, and rather than start in right away with casting, I decided to wear the shield, raise shields to 5, then start raising spellcasting. I figured that I'd find a buckler eventually, so those 5 ranks would be good no matter what.
I converted to Oka as planned, and everything went fairly smoothly at first. I got a lot of use out of heroism (the best Oka advice I ever read was not to be stingy with heroism). I hear people complain about the gifts, but I don't really mind... I know they aren't all supposed to be game-changers.
Oka led with a pretty sweet offering, actually:
Gram: +0/+9 crossbow, penetration, rF+, MR
Then, just to make sure, he gave me two more crossbows, a -2 hat, and a sling.
Meanwhile, I found a book containing confusing touch, and a Book of Beasts with ice beast shape, so I started training hexes and transmutation.
But after a while I started to have doubts. A lot of things seemed to resist the confusing touch, and mastering Ice Form was taking a looong time. Meanwhile, I was running into tough stuff... I retreated from Orc:4 at the cost of a blink scroll, I turned back from Lair:7 in the face of a catoblepas (sp?) and death yaks, and I made it through a pack of slimes, but only at the cost of some piety loss. I began to wonder if I should have stayed spell-free after all, to make faster progress at fighting/dodging/UC.
My doubts were compounded by the maturation of my horns. After a round of redundant launchers, Oka gave me a hat of wizardry. Thank you, Oka, that brings Ice Form within choko hunger and reasonable success! And then, before I even had a chance to try it out, my horns matured and I lost my hat... I wasn't even sure if I should be sad, since that boosted my "natural" UC. But I definitly questioned my
commitment to casting!
But I had made a bit of progress here and there, so I headed back to the Lair. I managed to deal with the Catoblepas and death yaks, then found more of them on Lair:8. My "stinky" mutation helped in a key moment. A catoblepas paralyzed me after I did it significant damage, but then my miasma field finished it off! At the end of Lair 8 I found the best reward I could have ever asked for:
Blade Hands
YAYYYY!!!!!
With Blade Hands and some care, I managed to finish Orc:4 and get a delightful artifact ring of wizardry, which also provided rF+. I also found a spellbook containing ignite poison. I had to choose between decent success (wizardry + int booster) with ignite or with wearing my rPois ring. Reluctantly, I decided I needed the rPois. I headed to Snake, hoping that I'd be good at ignite poison before finishing it.
And early in Snake, Okawaru came through with a truly thoughtful gift:
+2 boots of Zezoikar: rPois MR Stlth++
Few things in Crawl are more fun than Snake with ignite poison! Even confusing touch has started pulling its weight now and then, as I managed to confuse some anacondas (which aren't poisonous). After gaining a bit more xp, I have ignite poison safely castable even without the int booster ring.
So by now things are looking pretty sweet. I figure my next priority is to get haste castable, and after that raise UC to 20, and then (or maybe simultaneously) start raising fighting and dodging. I'm posting this now, because I could die YASD at any moment, but want a memento of a very fun game no matter what comes next.
