CIP: TeWz, Wand luck.

[byrel]

So I've been trying out blasters, after thoroughly enjoying clearing the orb chamber with Tornado the other day. Right now I'm using a Kenku Wizard, which seems to be good, but a bit squishy. (As nice wizards tend to be!)

This game though, the RNG has really decided to get my hopes up. First came Ijyb, with a wand of teleport. Mephitic, and retrieve with charge left. Read-identify scrolls, find and use recharging on it. Oh, and find an early Vehumet altar at the same time. Go down a floor, and what do I find but a book of Annihilations! I won't have to wait for the gift!. Another couple floors, and I find myself facing a phantom, with almost no mana. Pound my last few Magic Darts into him, dropping him into the red, then try zapping my one unided wand at him. Wait, did he heal? Phantoms can't use potio... Wait, a wand of heal wounds? Quaff magic and kill phantom. On level seven, meet Sigmund (That's mighty good luck in itself!). He seems quite hard to take down, and when I kill him and loot the body, I find I now have two wands of heal wounds. Recharge his, and I have eight charges waiting. Oh, and there's the entrance to the Ecumenical Temple.

What in the world? I think I may have seen a healing wand twice, not counting DD play. And now two in one game? RNG is setting me up for a fall.

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.11.0 (tiles) character file.

Nkali the Conjurer (Tengu Wizard)                   Turns: 8771, Time: 00:46:51

HP  41/41 (44)   AC  4     Str  8      XL: 9   Next: 15%
MP  23/23        EV 16     Int 22      God: Vehumet [**....]
Gold 344         SH  7     Dex 12      Spells:  5 memorised,  8 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : .   f - dwarf short sword (venom)
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : .   a - +0 robe
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .   y - +1 buckler
Res.Poison: .       Res.Corr.  : .   b - +0 wizard hat
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   G - +0 cloak
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   t - +0 pair of gauntlets
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   (boots unavailable)
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   (no amulet)
Saprovore : . . .   Levitation : .   (no ring)
                    Ctrl.Flight: +   l - +5 ring of evasion

@: slightly resistant to hostile enchantments, fairly stealthy
A: able to fly, beak, talons 3
a: Fly, Renounce Religion


You are on level 7 of the Dungeon.
You worship Vehumet.
Vehumet is most pleased with you.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 1 branch of the dungeon, and seen 7 of its levels.
You have also visited: Sewer.

You have collected 324 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 f - an uncursed dwarven short sword of venom (weapon)
 I - the +3,+4 dagger of Prudence (quivered) {elec, rN+}
   (You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)   
   
   Occasionally, upon striking a foe, it will discharge some electrical energy
   and cause terrible harm.
   
   It protects you from negative energy.
Armour
 a - a +0 robe (worn)
 b - a +0 wizard hat (worn)
 t - a +0 pair of gauntlets (worn)
 y - a +1 buckler (worn)
 G - a +0 cloak (worn)
Magical devices
 z - a wand of teleportation (4)
 F - a wand of heal wounds (3)
 J - a wand of heal wounds (5)
Comestibles
 d - 2 bread rations
 p - 2 oranges
 s - an apricot
 u - a pear
 A - an apple
 K - a rotting chunk of ball python flesh
Scrolls
 e - 3 scrolls labeled SKAHAL RUUMM
 h - a scroll of identify
 i - a scroll labeled LABANI FYTIU {tried}
 n - a scroll of noise
 r - 6 scrolls of teleportation
 v - a scroll labeled CRUEKU VIRUFA
 D - a scroll labeled JYSKEXT IMYDUY
 E - a scroll labeled QUIPHY COTE
 H - 2 scrolls of fear
Jewellery
 l - a +5 ring of evasion (left hand)
Potions
 j - a white potion
 k - 3 potions of heal wounds
 m - a potion of agility
 o - a green potion
 q - a potion of magic
 w - a potion of brilliance
 x - a silvery potion
 B - a metallic white potion
 C - 2 potions of might
Books
 c - a book of Minor Magic   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   *Magic Dart                        Conjuration                  1
   *Blink                             Translocation                2
   *Call Imp                          Summoning                    2
   *Repel Missiles                    Charms/Air                   2
   Slow                               Hexes                        2
   Conjure Flame                      Conjuration/Fire             3
   *Mephitic Cloud                    Conjuration/Poison/Air       3
 g - a book of Annihilations   
   WARNING: If you fail in an attempt to memorise a spell from this book, the
   book will lash out at you.
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Poison Arrow                       Conjuration/Poison           6
   Orb of Destruction                 Conjuration                  7
   Chain Lightning                    Conjuration/Air              8
   Lehudib's Crystal Spear            Conjuration/Earth            8
   Ice Storm                          Conjuration/Ice              9
   Fire Storm                         Conjuration/Fire             9


   Skills:
 + Level 2.1 Dodging
 - Level 2.0 Stealth
 - Level 5.3 Spellcasting
 * Level 11.8 Conjurations
 - Level 1.2 Summonings
 - Level 2.0 Translocations
 - Level 3.4 Air Magic


You have 8 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Magic Dart            Conj           #####        1%          1    None
b - Call Imp              Summ           ###.......   3%          2    None
c - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          10%         2    None
d - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  #####....    1%          3    ##.....
e - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       ###.......   10%         2    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (7/27)             Temple (0/1) D:7         
   Orc: D:6-11     

Altars:
Ashenzari
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Okawaru
Sif Muna
Vehumet
Zin

Shops:
D:4: [*(+(  D:5: /

Portals:
Ziggurat: D:3 (3200 gp)


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You can fly.
You have a beak for a mouth.
You have claws for feet.


Message History

The magic dart hits the hobgoblin skeleton.
Casting: Magic Dart
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Aiming: Magic Dart
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f/p - hobgoblin skeleton
Aim: a hobgoblin skeleton
The magic dart hits the hobgoblin skeleton.
You destroy the hobgoblin skeleton!
Vehumet accepts your kill.
You feel your power returning.
You start resting.
Magic restored.
You now have 344 gold pieces (gained 16).
Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
Found a splint mail.
Found 18 arrows.
There is a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple here.
You are alive. Your movement speed is average. Your attack speed is below average.
You are slightly resistant to hostile enchantments.
You feel fairly stealthy.

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There are no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  A necrophage (D:7)
  A sky beast (D:7)
  An ogre (D:5)
  2 phantoms (D:6)
  A centaur (D:6)
  Sigmund (D:7)
  A shadow (D:7)
  2 crimson imps (D:6)
  A quasit (D:7)
  2 orc priests
  A big fish (D:6)
  2 hounds
  2 hound skeletons
  6 orc wizards
  4 iguanas
  A worker ant zombie (D:6)
  Ijyb (D:3)
  Jessica (D:2)
  A goliath beetle zombie (D:5)
  13 adders
  A gnoll (D:1)
  2 green rats (Sewer)
  An adder zombie (D:6)
  2 giant mites
  3 adder skeletons
  3 worms
  2 grey rats (Sewer)
  An ooze (D:4)
  21 orcs
  3 ball pythons
  16 bats
  2 giant cockroaches
  10 goblins
  14 hobgoblins
  4 giant geckos
  A giant gecko zombie (D:6)
  7 giant newts
  A hobgoblin skeleton (D:7)
  A hobgoblin zombie (D:5)
  8 jackals
  10 kobolds
  2 orc zombies (D:7)
  11 rats
  3 toadstools
174 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  A troll (D:6)
  The ghost of Nkali the Ruinous, an experienced TeWz of Vehumet (D:6)
  Prince Ribbit (D:4)
  A white imp (D:6)
  A bat (D:6)
5 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A small abomination (D:6)
  A white imp (D:6)
  An orc (D:6)
  A ball python (D:6)
  4 rats
  10 toadstools
18 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 197 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
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     0 | D:1      | Nkali, the Tengu Wizard, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 8/8 MP: 5/5
   316 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 13/13 MP: 1/8
   596 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Call Imp
   599 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Blink
   758 | D:1      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 17/17 MP: 8/10
  1064 | D:1      | Reached skill level 4 in Spellcasting
  1114 | D:1      | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud
  1117 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Repel Missiles
  1486 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Air Magic
  1737 | D:2      | Noticed Jessica
  1746 | D:2      | Killed Jessica
  1746 | D:2      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 22/22 MP: 1/13
  2035 | D:3      | Found a gateway to a ziggurat.
  2036 | D:3      | Noticed an angel
  2451 | D:3      | Noticed Ijyb
  2570 | D:3      | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha.
  2583 | D:3      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 26/26 MP: 13/16
  2741 | D:3      | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet.
  2750 | D:3      | Became a worshipper of Vehumet
  2808 | D:3      | Killed Ijyb
  2997 | D:4      | Found Ufiuroli's Antique Weapon Shop.
  3006 | D:4      | Found Bammod Oqise's Book Emporium.
  3015 | D:4      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
  3150 | D:4      | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
  3187 | D:4      | Found Qock's Antique Weapon Boutique.
  3406 | D:4      | Noticed Prince Ribbit
  3416 | D:4      | Killed Prince Ribbit
  3416 | D:4      | Reached skill level 6 in Conjurations
  3416 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 8/31 MP: 3/18
  3751 | D:4      | Reached skill level 7 in Conjurations
  3751 | D:4      | Reached skill level 1 in Translocations
  3963 | D:4      | Found Jaem Eha's Antique Armour Shoppe.
  4369 | D:4      | Found a deep blue altar of Sif Muna.
  4414 | D:4      | Found Croynloo's General Store.
  4556 | D:4      | Gained mutation: You can translocate small distances at will. [potion of mutation]
  4556 | D:4      | Gained mutation: Your muscles are strong, but stiff (Str +1, Dex -1). [potion of mutation]
  4556 | D:4      | Lost mutation: You can translocate small distances at will. [potion of mutation]
  4557 | D:4      | Gained mutation: Your spells are a little harder to cast, but a little more powerful. [potion of mutation]
  4557 | D:4      | Gained mutation: You have a pair of small antennae on your head. [potion of mutation]
  4580 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  4617 | D:5      | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
  4680 | D:5      | Lost mutation: Your spells are a little harder to cast, but a little more powerful. [potion of cure mutation]
  4680 | D:5      | Lost mutation: Your muscles are strong, but stiff (Str +1, Dex -1). [potion of cure mutation]
  4680 | D:5      | Lost mutation: You have a pair of small antennae on your head. [potion of cure mutation]
  4876 | D:5      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 28/35 MP: 13/19
  5009 | D:5      | Reached skill level 8 in Conjurations
  5073 | D:5      | Found Blecamekea's Magical Wand Shop.
  5292 | D:6      | Acquired Vehumet's first power
  5379 | D:6      | Noticed a troll
  5397 | D:6      | Killed a troll
  5397 | D:6      | Reached skill level 9 in Conjurations
  5514 | D:6      | Noticed Nkali's ghost (experienced TeWz)
  5521 | D:6      | Killed Nkali's ghost
  5521 | D:6      | Reached skill level 10 in Conjurations
  5521 | D:6      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 34/40 MP: 21/21
  5801 | D:6      | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
  6362 | D:6      | Found a glowing drain.
  6378 | D:6      | Reached skill level 11 in Conjurations
  6422 | Sewer    | Entered a sewer
  6813 | Sewer    | Acquired Vehumet's second power
  7071 | D:6      | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
  7076 | D:6      | Got an iridescent dagger
  7077 | D:6      | Identified the +3,+4 dagger of Prudence (You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)
  7410 | D:6      | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
  8106 | D:7      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 34/43 MP: 19/23
  8170 | D:7      | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
  8190 | D:7      | Noticed Sigmund
  8381 | D:7      | Killed Sigmund
  8543 | D:7      | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
  8762 | D:7      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.



[byrel]

And died on the next floor. One-hitted by a cyclops. Yikes!

[Psieye]

Hmm yep, that's crawl's way of pranking you. Infuse you with so much good loot, then throw an OOD to squish you. Kinda curious what the circumstances were with that cyclops, it's one thing if you had no reaction time, it's another if you decided to stick around.

[byrel]

I did have reaction time, and thought I could handle him. I Mephiticed him, and was MDing, and the turn mephitic wore off he got me. I thought his damage output was lower than that, so I could soak a hit or two while re-mephiticing.

My fault; I know cyclopses are quite dangerous even to high-level casters if not dealt with promptly.

[rebthor]

Go down a floor, and what do I find but a book of Annihilations! I won't have to wait for the gift!

Finding Annihilations is great, don't get me wrong, but by the time you're ready to actually use anything in that book, you're probably already at full piety with Vehumet. Finding the book of Power or even Conjurations is probably more useful.

[njvack]

I thought his damage output was lower than that, so I could soak a hit or two while re-mephiticing.

http://crawl.develz.org/info/index.php?q=cyclops

"I think I can soak a hit from this dude" means "I'd better check the bots before I let this dude hit me." Ettins, in particular, do way more damage than you expect. With two clubs, they can deal 100 damage in a round. Assume they'll hit you for max damage with all attacks; if that's greater than your HP, don't let 'em melee you.

Wz -vs- cyclops: confuse, cover with imps.