Halls Hopper
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Joined: Saturday, 17th September 2011, 17:18
Thursday, 9th August 2012, 01:04
YAVP (Zot Defence) and YASD
First, my victory from a couple days ago: I don't know how to find character dumps from Webtiles-- I don't usually play online-- and I'm on a different computer atm, but I won a game of Zot Defence with 15 runes! I was a Deep Dwarf Necromancer of Jivya, and between zombies, jellies, ice statues, and later, curse skulls, very little could make its way through to my position on top of the orb. Burning bushes, Silver Statues, and Orange Crystal Statues were also a major part of my defense, while mushroom and later Oklob circles were useful emergency tools to buy extra time. Of the many "traps", only Blade Traps did significant damage, but my jellies tended to mindlessly move over them, ultimately hurting me more than my enemies. Overall, because of the reliance on summons, the game was supremely slow and boring. I played on Columnade.
One happy accident, arguably an AI exploit-- I used the "make water" ability while standing on the orb, effectively creating a "moat" of shallow water-- most enemies walked around to the single tile of dry land next to the Orb, buying extra turns and backing them up as if they were in a corridor. Only giant and flying enemies would charge through/above the water. Killing Mennas relatively early on yielded his blessed sword and a large shield, and most of my experience went towards making those effective. One severe attack on the Orb rotted me to half of my maximum HP for virtually the entire game, which was annoying but not worth attempting to fix. My closest brush with death was from a tormenting Ice Fiend, but I recovered quickly enough.
Near the end, I stopped reading the messages, and it wasn't until I noticed a lack in difficulty increase that I decided to check out how many runes had spawned. If there's a message notifying when they spawn (or some other way of knowing), I missed it entirely, because all 15 runes had been waiting for me for-- long enough, I'm sure. By this point, I had used the Acquirement ability enough to drop down to XL24, regain the experience and use it again, so in all probability I wasted a huge amount of time. I actually finished the game at XL25.
So anyway,
it's been the better part of a year (though only a couple months of playing consistently) since my first 3-rune victory, though technically I've gotten further with several characters. However, I also haven't played very seriously, preferring to experiment, fumble, and often just goof around. So, Time to Win was *supposed* to a serious attempt at winning, possibly going into the post-endgame. However, as you can see...
...a bit of bad luck cut that short, though I was steamrolling everything up to that point. Things I could have done differently probably include:
-Training up Fighting earlier, for an HP buffer
-Training up Stealth higher, so I could have gone without being noticed
-Reading the damn Scroll of Fog before bolting to the stairs (which were one space away, mind)
Still, being killed within a single turn is classic Crawl "fuck you". Left a bad taste in my mouth. But truly, a lesson for us all (maybe).
One happy accident, arguably an AI exploit-- I used the "make water" ability while standing on the orb, effectively creating a "moat" of shallow water-- most enemies walked around to the single tile of dry land next to the Orb, buying extra turns and backing them up as if they were in a corridor. Only giant and flying enemies would charge through/above the water. Killing Mennas relatively early on yielded his blessed sword and a large shield, and most of my experience went towards making those effective. One severe attack on the Orb rotted me to half of my maximum HP for virtually the entire game, which was annoying but not worth attempting to fix. My closest brush with death was from a tormenting Ice Fiend, but I recovered quickly enough.
Near the end, I stopped reading the messages, and it wasn't until I noticed a lack in difficulty increase that I decided to check out how many runes had spawned. If there's a message notifying when they spawn (or some other way of knowing), I missed it entirely, because all 15 runes had been waiting for me for-- long enough, I'm sure. By this point, I had used the Acquirement ability enough to drop down to XL24, regain the experience and use it again, so in all probability I wasted a huge amount of time. I actually finished the game at XL25.
So anyway,
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10.3 character file.
77656 Time to Win the Sorcerer (level 15, -6/72 HPs)
Began as a Deep Elf Ice Elementalist on Aug 8, 2012.
Was the Champion of Sif Muna.
Killed from afar by Nikola (9 damage)
... with a chain lightning
... on Level 14 of the Dungeon.
The game lasted 02:09:23 (41995 turns).
Time to Win the Sorcerer (DEIE) Turns: 41995, Time: 02:09:24
HP -6/72 AC 6 Str 5 XL: 15 Next: 9%
MP 42/42 EV 18 Int 27 God: Sif Muna [******]
Gold 2243 SH 0 Dex 15 Spells: 8 memorised, 31 levels left
Res.Fire : + . . See Invis. : + t - staff of wizardry
Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . . g - +1 orc leather armour {rF+}
Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . (no shield)
Res.Acid. : . . . Res.Corr. : . h - +1 wizard hat
Res.Poison: + Clarity : . m - +0 cloak
Res.Elec. : . Spirit.Shd : . (no gloves)
Sust.Abil.: . . Stasis : . (no boots)
Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . i - amulet of the gourmand
Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . f - ring of see invisible
Gourmand : + Ctrl.Flight: . a - ring of poison resistance
@: quite resistant to hostile enchantments, stealthy
A: no striking features
a: Channel Energy, Forget Spell, Renounce Religion
You were on level 14 of the Dungeon.
You worshipped Sif Muna.
Sif Muna was exalted by your worship.
You were very full.
You visited 4 branches of the dungeon, and saw 27 of its levels.
You visited 3 portal chambers: sewer, bailey, spiders nest.
You collected 2575 gold pieces.
You spent 352 gold pieces at shops.
Inventory:
Armour
g - a +1 orcish leather armour of fire resistance (worn)
h - a +1 wizard hat (worn)
m - a +0 cloak (worn)
Comestibles
c - 6 bread rations
Scrolls
b - 2 scrolls of blinking
d - 2 scrolls of fear
j - a scroll of fog
k - a scroll of identify
l - a scroll of enchant weapon I
v - 2 scrolls of teleportation
Jewellery
a - a ring of poison resistance (left hand)
f - a ring of see invisible (right hand)
i - an amulet of the gourmand (around neck)
u - an uncursed ring of life protection
Potions
e - 5 potions of curing
o - a potion of resistance
q - 2 potions of heal wounds
z - 2 potions of speed
Magical staves
t - a staff of wizardry (weapon)
Skills:
- Level 1.0 Armour
- Level 11.2 Dodging
- Level 5.0 Stealth
+ Level 6.9 Traps & Doors
+ Level 23.6 Spellcasting
- Level 10.3 Conjurations
- Level 10.5 Ice Magic
- Level 12.0 Invocations
You had 31 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:
Your Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger
a - Freeze Ice ##### 1% 1 None
b - Throw Frost Ice/Conj ####### 1% 2 None
c - Ozocubu's Armour Ice/Chrm #######... 1% 3 None
d - Throw Icicle Ice/Conj #######.. 1% 4 None
e - Condensation Shield Ice/Trmt #######... 1% 4 None
f - Summon Ice Beast Ice/Summ #######... 1% 4 None
g - Bolt of Cold Ice/Conj #######... 1% 6 None
h - Freezing Cloud Ice/Air/Conj #######... 4% 6 None
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (14/27) Temple (1/1) D:7 Orc (4/4) D:9
Elf (0/5) Orc:4 Lair (8/8) D:8 Swamp (0/5) Lair:5
Slime (0/6) Lair:6 Snake (0/5) Lair:4
Vault: D:14-19
Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Makhleb
Sif Muna
The Shining One
Trog
Xom
Zin
Beogh
Shops:
D:5: = D:6: [ Orc:1: = Orc:4: /!/[+
Portals:
Trove: D:10 (give +4 gold dragon armour)
Annotations
D:2 Terence
D:4 Eustachio
D:8 Erolcha
D:9 exclusion: 2 downstairs
D:14 Nikola
Lair:3 exclusions: catoblepas, door and fire drake
Message History
The shard of ice hits the red ugly thing.
You kill the red ugly thing!
You start resting.
HP restored.
You start resting.
Magic restored.
There is an open door here.
You open the door.
There is an open door here.
Found a stone staircase leading up.
Nikola comes into view. He is wielding a sabre of electrocution.
Nikola shouts!
Nikola mumbles some strange words.
You hear a mighty clap of thunder!
The lightning arc hits you!
Ouch! That really hurt!
The lightning arc hits Nikola. The lightning arc hits you!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The lightning arc hits Nikola. The lightning arc hits you!
You die...
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You could see Nikola.
Vanquished Creatures
Jozef (Orc:1)
8 hydras
Erica (Lair:2)
Harold (D:10)
Josephine (D:10)
Nessos (D:11)
4 orc high priests (Orc:4)
3 death yaks (Lair:8)
A centaur warrior (D:14)
4 emperor scorpions (Port)
4 orc knights
3 hill giants
Joseph (D:11)
4 orc sorcerers
A griffon (D:14)
A cyclops (D:13)
Maurice (Orc:2)
An elephant slug (Lair:7)
8 black mambas
2 trapdoor spiders
2 wolf spiders (Port)
12 elephants
16 spiny frogs
Psyche (Orc:3)
A naga mage (Lair:4)
9 ugly things (D:14)
11 komodo dragons
Sonja (D:10)
2 two-headed ogres
6 redbacks (Port)
A troll (Orc:2)
6 blink frogs
A brown ooze (Lair:6)
2 basilisks
A queen bee (Lair:2)
28 yaks
2 wraiths (D:12)
A merfolk (D:12)
8 hippogriffs
A chaos spawn (Orc:4)
A hungry ghost (D:13)
A fire drake (Lair:8)
3 vampire mosquitoes (D:14)
3 war dogs (Lair:6)
25 orc warriors
A yaktaur zombie (D:12)
2 ice beasts
3 jumping spiders (Port)
4 sky beasts
12 ogres
A black bear (Lair:2)
3 yak zombies
A giant goldfish (Lair:5)
19 crocodiles
2 boring beetles (Lair:8)
12 giant frogs
2 phantoms
11 water moccasins
7 wolves
13 centaurs
A soldier ant zombie (D:13)
A brain worm (Lair:8)
3 big kobolds
5 wargs
4 giant slugs
9 tarantellas (Port)
8 agate snails
A two-headed ogre zombie (D:14)
A basilisk zombie (D:10)
A basilisk skeleton (D:10)
A water moccasin skeleton (D:7)
25 killer bees
An eye of draining (D:13)
A boulder beetle (Lair:7)
An electric eel (Lair:5)
3 jellyfish (Lair:5)
14 hounds
2 shadows (D:13)
A big kobold zombie (D:10)
4 crimson imps
3 goliath beetles
A hound zombie (D:6)
37 orc priests
A quasit (D:8)
13 scorpions
4 big fish (D:12)
A hound skeleton (D:7)
9 worker ants
7 iguanas
31 orc wizards
6 jellies
9 porcupines
26 sheep
Ijyb (D:7)
2 mummies
51 gnolls
70 green rats
26 adders
20 giant centipedes
A giant centipede zombie (D:13)
A scorpion zombie (D:10)
4 giant mites
10 worms
3 grey rats
5 giant geckos
A gnoll skeleton (D:10)
4 oozes
108 orcs
6 giant cockroaches
20 goblins
19 hobgoblins
39 kobolds
9 quokkas
10 ball pythons
25 bats
A giant gecko zombie (D:12)
6 giant newts
A giant spore (D:11)
A goblin skeleton (D:5)
A hobgoblin zombie (D:8)
26 jackals
A jackal skeleton (D:5)
A kobold skeleton (D:4)
33 rats
A rat skeleton (D:5)
3 ballistomycetes (D:11)
2 fungi (Lair:8)
6 plants
44 toadstools
1086 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
Gastronok (D:8)
The ghost of Noobalooba the Cruncher, an experienced HEPr (D:8)
A komodo dragon (Lair:1)
3 blink frogs
2 yaks (Lair:6)
A hippogriff (Lair:2)
A phantom (D:8)
A crocodile (Lair:2)
A water moccasin (Lair:3)
20 killer bees (Lair:2)
3 wights (D:7)
3 shadows
An orc wizard (D:8)
2 gnolls
2 green rats (Lair:3)
A grey rat (D:8)
2 orcs
A bat (D:8)
2 goblins
A quokka (D:8)
A giant gecko (D:9)
A ballistomycete (D:11)
52 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (others)
42 ice beasts
A centaur (D:14)
A porcupine (Lair:4)
An adder (Lair:3)
2 green rats (Lair:3)
5 orcs
A hobgoblin (D:8)
4 jackals
4 rats
9 fungi
3 plants
92 toadstools
165 creatures vanquished.
Grand Total: 1303 creatures vanquished
Notes
Turn | Place | Note
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0 | D:1 | Time to Win, the Deep Elf Ice Elementalist, began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 10/10 MP: 4/4
319 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 15/15 MP: 5/7
329 | D:1 | Learned a level 2 spell: Throw Frost
1165 | D:2 | Reached skill level 4 in Ice Magic
1309 | D:2 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 7/19 MP: 5/11
1512 | D:2 | Learned a level 3 spell: Ozocubu's Armour
1523 | D:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
1523 | D:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Ice Magic
1523 | D:2 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 24/24 MP: 9/15
1530 | D:2 | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
1556 | D:2 | Learned a level 4 spell: Throw Icicle
1634 | D:2 | Noticed Terence
2099 | D:3 | Found a deep blue altar of Sif Muna.
2111 | D:3 | Became a worshipper of Sif Muna the Loreminder
2735 | D:3 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 28/28 MP: 13/18
2791 | D:3 | Reached skill level 6 in Spellcasting
3047 | D:3 | Learned a level 4 spell: Condensation Shield
3159 | D:4 | Noticed Eustachio
3162 | D:4 | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
3806 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
3932 | D:5 | Reached skill level 7 in Spellcasting
3932 | D:5 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 14/32 MP: 11/21
4184 | D:5 | Acquired Sif Muna's first power
4833 | D:5 | Reached skill level 8 in Spellcasting
4833 | D:5 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 28/36 MP: 6/24
4847 | D:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
4974 | D:5 | Found a glowing drain.
4994 | sewer | Entered the sewers
5246 | sewer | Acquired Sif Muna's second power
5278 | sewer | Reached skill level 9 in Spellcasting
6013 | D:5 | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
6135 | D:5 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 39/41 MP: 25/27
6316 | D:5 | Reached skill level 10 in Spellcasting
6482 | D:5 | Found Grugicud's Jewellery Emporium.
7211 | D:5 | Reached skill level 11 in Spellcasting
7308 | D:5 | Learned a level 4 spell: Summon Ice Beast
8206 | D:6 | Found Orhuet's Armour Shoppe.
8551 | D:7 | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
8703 | D:7 | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
8718 | D:7 | Noticed Ijyb
8721 | D:7 | Killed Ijyb
8785 | D:7 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 38/45 MP: 16/29
8881 | D:7 | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
8934 | D:7 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 35/41 MP: 8/28
9391 | D:7 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 45/45 MP: 24/29
9426 | D:7 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
9622 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
9696 | D:8 | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
9700 | D:8 | Noticed Gastronok
9834 | D:8 | Acquired Sif Muna's third power
9834 | D:8 | Reached skill level 12 in Spellcasting
9854 | D:8 | Got a pair of dazzling boots
9873 | D:8 | Identified the +0 pair of boots of Teclem (You found it on level 8 of the Dungeon)
9948 | D:8 | Found a staircase to the Lair.
10554 | D:8 | Noticed Erolcha
11035 | D:9 | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
11091 | D:9 | Paralysed by you for 2 turns
11291 | D:9 | Found a flagged portal.
11387 | bailey | Entered the bailey
11630 | bailey | Reached skill level 13 in Spellcasting
11771 | bailey | Reached XP level 10. HP: 38/50 MP: 15/31
11836 | D:9 | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
12132 | D:9 | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
12863 | D:10 | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
12894 | D:10 | Noticed Harold
12954 | D:8 | Noticed Noobalooba's ghost (experienced HEPr)
13024 | D:8 | Killed Noobalooba's ghost
13154 | D:8 | Killed Gastronok
13154 | D:8 | Received a gift from Sif Muna
13154 | D:8 | Reached skill level 14 in Spellcasting
13154 | D:8 | Reached skill level 10 in Ice Magic
13155 | D:8 | Got an engraved book {god gift}
13156 | D:8 | Identified Sif Muna's Reference Book on the Harmful Snowflakes {god gift} (Sif Muna gifted it to you on level 8 of the Dungeon)
13163 | D:8 | Learned a level 6 spell: Bolt of Cold
13361 | Lair:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
13588 | Lair:1 | Identified a scroll of acquirement
14677 | Lair:1 | Reached skill level 15 in Spellcasting
15517 | Lair:2 | Noticed Erica
15562 | Lair:2 | Killed Erica
15562 | Lair:2 | Reached XP level 11. HP: 54/54 MP: 17/34
15803 | Lair:2 | Received a gift from Sif Muna
16245 | Lair:2 | Reached skill level 16 in Spellcasting
17813 | Lair:3 | Reached skill level 10 in Conjurations
17938 | Lair:3 | Reached skill level 17 in Spellcasting
17983 | Lair:3 | Received a gift from Sif Muna
18003 | Lair:2 | Learned a level 6 spell: Freezing Cloud
18997 | Lair:3 | Reached skill level 5 in Stealth
19517 | Lair:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
19930 | Lair:4 | Reached XP level 12. HP: 59/59 MP: 23/36
20350 | Lair:4 | Found a staircase to the Snake Pit.
20789 | Lair:4 | Reached skill level 18 in Spellcasting
21497 | Lair:5 | Found a staircase to the Swamp.
21746 | Lair:5 | Found a crumbling entrance.
21777 | Spider | Entered a spider's nest
22452 | Spider | Reached skill level 10 in Dodging
22452 | Spider | Reached skill level 19 in Spellcasting
22912 | Spider | Received a gift from Sif Muna
22913 | Spider | Got a black book {god gift}
22947 | Lair:5 | Identified Cigotuvi's Volume of Transmigration {god gift} (Sif Muna gifted it to you in a spider's nest)
23523 | Lair:5 | Reached skill level 1 in Armour
23572 | Lair:5 | Found a frozen archway.
23764 | Lair:6 | Reached skill level 1 in Invocations
24558 | Lair:6 | Reached XP level 13. HP: 63/63 MP: 33/38
25072 | Lair:6 | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
25328 | Lair:6 | Reached skill level 20 in Spellcasting
25860 | Lair:7 | Noticed a trapdoor spider
25923 | Lair:7 | Reached skill level 5 in Invocations
26702 | Lair:7 | Got a colourful robe
26726 | Lair:7 | Identified the cursed -3 robe of Joy (You found it on level 7 of the Lair of Beasts)
26786 | Lair:7 | Killed a trapdoor spider
27602 | Lair:8 | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts
28173 | Lair:8 | Reached skill level 21 in Spellcasting
28464 | Lair:8 | Received a gift from Sif Muna
28465 | Lair:8 | Got a levitating book {god gift}
28466 | Lair:8 | Identified Sif Muna's Incunabulum of Venomous Conjuration {god gift} (Sif Muna gifted it to you on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts)
29276 | Lair:8 | Noticed a brain worm
29280 | Lair:8 | Killed a brain worm
29889 | Lair:8 | Reached skill level 10 in Invocations
31322 | Orc:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
31491 | Orc:1 | Reached XP level 14. HP: 68/68 MP: 40/40
31510 | Orc:1 | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
31524 | Orc:1 | Noticed Jozef
31838 | Orc:1 | Killed Jozef
32086 | Orc:1 | Found Zad Mewkener's Jewellery Shoppe.
32092 | Orc:1 | Bought an uncursed amulet of the gourmand for 330 gold pieces
32099 | Orc:1 | Bought an uncursed amulet of inaccuracy for 22 gold pieces
32271 | Orc:1 | Reached skill level 22 in Spellcasting
33218 | Orc:2 | Noticed Maurice
33325 | Orc:2 | Killed Maurice
33581 | Orc:4 | Entered Level 4 of the Orcish Mines
33642 | Orc:3 | Noticed Psyche
33646 | Orc:3 | Killed Psyche
33712 | Orc:4 | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
33969 | Orc:4 | Found a staircase to the Elven Halls.
34650 | Orc:4 | Found Kudunwid's Book Shoppe.
35306 | Orc:4 | Noticed an orc high priest
35307 | Orc:4 | Noticed an orc high priest
35311 | Orc:4 | Killed an orc high priest
35311 | Orc:4 | Killed an orc high priest
35311 | Orc:4 | Received a gift from Sif Muna
35313 | Orc:4 | Got a rare book {god gift}
35314 | Orc:4 | Identified Sif Muna's Compendium of the Lethal Frostbite {god gift} (Sif Muna gifted it to you on level 4 of the Orcish Mines)
35563 | Orc:4 | Found Zin Efag's Antique Armour Shop.
35563 | Orc:4 | Found Shed's Magical Wand Shop.
35569 | Orc:4 | Found Ginnor's Distillery.
35570 | Orc:4 | Found Xanetuyd's Magical Wand Boutique.
35573 | Orc:4 | Noticed an orc high priest
35795 | Orc:4 | Killed an orc high priest
35894 | Orc:4 | Reached skill level 1 in Traps & Doors
35905 | Orc:4 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
35910 | Orc:4 | Killed a two-headed ogre
36015 | Orc:4 | Noticed an orc high priest
36019 | Orc:4 | Killed an orc high priest
36330 | D:9 | You fall through a shaft!
36368 | D:11 | Noticed Nessos
36378 | D:11 | Noticed Joseph
36778 | D:10 | Noticed Josephine
36780 | D:10 | Killed Josephine
37263 | D:10 | Found a portal to a secret trove of treasure.
37318 | D:10 | Noticed Sonja
37346 | D:10 | Killed Sonja
37547 | D:10 | Killed Harold
37547 | D:10 | Reached skill level 23 in Spellcasting
37664 | D:11 | Killed Joseph
37805 | D:11 | Killed Nessos
38303 | D:12 | Reached skill level 5 in Traps & Doors
39885 | D:13 | Found a snail-covered altar of Cheibriados.
39885 | D:13 | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
41006 | D:14 | Entered Level 14 of the Dungeon
41183 | D:14 | Reached XP level 15. HP: 54/72 MP: 9/42
41994 | D:14 | Noticed Nikola
41995 | D:14 | HP: 3/72 [Nikola/chain lightning (28)]
41995 | D:14 | Killed from afar by Nikola
it's been the better part of a year (though only a couple months of playing consistently) since my first 3-rune victory, though technically I've gotten further with several characters. However, I also haven't played very seriously, preferring to experiment, fumble, and often just goof around. So, Time to Win was *supposed* to a serious attempt at winning, possibly going into the post-endgame. However, as you can see...
...a bit of bad luck cut that short, though I was steamrolling everything up to that point. Things I could have done differently probably include:
-Training up Fighting earlier, for an HP buffer
-Training up Stealth higher, so I could have gone without being noticed
-Reading the damn Scroll of Fog before bolting to the stairs (which were one space away, mind)
Still, being killed within a single turn is classic Crawl "fuck you". Left a bad taste in my mouth. But truly, a lesson for us all (maybe).