YASD: DrWz, my best mage so far, seeking advice

[mattington]

I've got a pretty nice Pale DrWz (any suggestions welcome), but Vehumet seems to be really stingy, I don't think he's offered me a single spell yet. I'd like to search the logs to see if I'm correct, is there way to do this? Is it strange that he hasn't offered any spells yet?

EDIT: He just gave me a book, I guess this change isn't implemented in the unstable mac version on trunk... alas, as I live in China it's too laggy to play online with 300-400 ms delay.

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.12-a0-1616-ge3ef79a (tiles) character file.

Kroney the Eclecticist (Pale Draconian Wizard)     Turns: 27781, Time: 01:49:40

HP  83/83        AC  9     Str 10      XL: 12   Next: 76%
MP  33/33        EV 13     Int 25      God: Vehumet [******]
Gold 963         SH  0     Dex 14      Spells: 11 memorised, 12 levels left

Res.Fire  : + . .   See Invis. : .   a - staff of wizardry
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : .   (armour unavailable)
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .   (no shield)
Res.Poison: +       Res.Corr.  : .   v - +0 wizard hat {Int+3}
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   (no cloak)
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   m - -1 pair of gauntlets {Dex+3}
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   L - +0 pair of orc boots
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   R - amulet of the gourmand
Gourmand  : +       Flight     : .   z - ring of poison resistance
                                     T - ring of protection from fire

@: very slightly contaminated, somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments,
fairly stealthy
A: breathe steam, unfitting armour
a: Breathe Steam, Renounce Religion


You are on level 5 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Vehumet.
Vehumet is exalted by your worship.
You are completely stuffed.

You have visited 3 branches of the dungeon, and seen 19 of its levels.
You have also visited: Ossuary.

You have collected 943 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 K - the quarterstaff of Cuits {crush, rF+ Dex+3, was cursed}
   (You found it on level 5 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   It inflicts extra damage upon your enemies.
   
   It affects your dexterity (+3).
   It protects you from fire.
Missiles
 d - 14 poisoned needles
Armour
 m - a -1 pair of gauntlets of dexterity (worn)
 v - a +0 wizard hat of intelligence (worn)
 L - a +0 pair of orcish boots (worn)
Magical devices
 c - a wand of polymorph other
 g - a wand of teleportation {zapped: 2}
 r - a wand of draining {zapped: 1}
 x - a wand of confusion {zapped: 2}
 B - a wand of fire {zapped: 1}
 D - a wand of polymorph other (14)
 H - a wand of disintegration {zapped: 1}
 M - a wand of slowing {zapped: 1}
 P - a wand of polymorph other
Comestibles
 n - a meat ration
 u - 2 chokos
 E - 12 sultanas
 F - 2 pears
 O - a lemon
Scrolls
 b - a scroll of enchant weapon III
 e - a scroll of noise
 f - 3 scrolls of identify
 i - 3 scrolls of remove curse
 l - 3 scrolls of fear
 o - a scroll of fog
 p - 5 scrolls of teleportation
 G - 3 scrolls of blinking
 Q - a scroll of magic mapping
Jewellery
 y - an uncursed ring of ice
 z - a ring of poison resistance (right hand)
 C - a ring of sustain abilities
 I - an uncursed ring of life protection
 R - an amulet of the gourmand (around neck)
 T - a ring of protection from fire (left hand)
Potions
 h - 2 potions of might
 j - a potion of restore abilities
 k - 4 potions of heal wounds
 q - 3 potions of curing
 s - a potion of flight
 t - a potion of agility
 J - a potion of resistance
 S - a potion of invisibility
Books
 A - a book of Envenomations   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Spider Form                        Transmutation/Poison         3
   Poison Weapon                      Charms/Poison                3
   Summon Scorpions                   Summoning/Poison             4
   Olgreb's Toxic Radiance            Poison                       4
   Poisonous Cloud                    Conjuration/Poison/Air       6
 N - a Grand Grimoire   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Demonic Horde                      Summoning                    6
   Mass Abjuration                    Summoning                    6
   Haunt                              Necromancy/Summoning         7
   Summon Greater Demon               Summoning                    7
   Malign Gateway                     Summoning/Translocation      7
   Summon Horrible Things             Summoning                    8
Magical staves
 a - an uncursed staff of wizardry (weapon)
 w - an uncursed staff of death


   Skills:
 - Level 3.1 Fighting
 - Level 4.0 Staves
 - Level 3.0 Dodging
 - Level 3.0 Stealth
 - Level 15.0 Spellcasting
 + Level 10.4 Conjurations
 - Level 1.0 Summonings
 - Level 4.1 Translocations
 + Level 10.7 Fire Magic
 - Level 3.0 Air Magic


You have 12 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Magic Dart            Conj           #####        1%          1    None
b - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          1%          2    None
c - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  ######...    1%          3    None
d - Call Imp              Summ           ####......   1%          2    None
e - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       #####.....   1%          2    None
f - Conjure Flame         Conj/Fire      #######..    1%          3    None
g - Apportation           Tloc           ######....   1%          1    None
h - Portal Projectile     Tloc           ######.      1%          2    None
i - Teleport Other        Tloc           ######...    1%          3    None
j - Control Teleport      Chrm/Tloc      #####.....   4%          4    None
k - Bolt of Fire          Conj/Fire      #######...   1%          6    ####...


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (13/27)            Temple (1/1) D:4             Orc (0/4) D:8
   Lair (5/8) D:11          Swamp (0/5) Lair:3       Spider (0/5) Lair:5

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
the Shining One

Shops:
D:5: //(  D:9: /

Message History

Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f/p - elephant
Aim: an elephant (heavily wounded)
The bolt of fire hits the elephant.
You kill the elephant!
Vehumet accepts your kill.
You feel your power returning.
You start resting.
Magic restored.
Okay, then.
You drop a book of Envenomations.
You drop a Grand Grimoire.
Okay, then.
You aren't carrying or standing over any spellbooks.
Things that are here:
a Grand Grimoire; a book of Envenomations
There are several objects here.
Pick up a Grand Grimoire? ((y)es/(n)o/(a)ll/(m)enu/*?g,/q)
N - a Grand Grimoire; A - a book of Envenomations
Unknown command.
Search for what [Enter for "veh", or ? for help]?

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There are no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  Gastronok (Lair:3)
  A hydra (Lair:4)
  2 hill giants
  A hydra zombie (D:12)
  A cyclops (D:11)
  An oklob plant (Lair:3)
  9 slime creatures
  3 black mambas
  2 spiny frogs (Lair:1)
  3 trolls
  4 elephants (Lair:5)
  2 komodo dragons
  A two-headed ogre (D:11)
  A raven (Lair:4)
  2 human zombies (Ossuary)
  24 yaks
  A wyvern (D:11)
  3 hippogriffs
  Eustachio (D:8)
  2 sharks (Lair:1)
  A fire drake (Lair:4)
  4 war dogs
  A soldier ant (D:12)
  3 necrophages
  4 hungry ghosts
  A yellow wasp (Lair:1)
  2 phantoms
  3 orc warriors
  3 black bears
  A troll zombie (D:8)
  5 giant goldfish
  6 crocodiles
  4 ice beasts
  10 ogres
  Sigmund (D:2)
  A big kobold (D:12)
  Duvessa (D:4)
  2 centaurs
  7 water moccasins
  A centaur zombie (Ossuary)
  Blork the orc (D:7)
  2 agate snails
  16 giant frogs
  A basilisk skeleton (D:13)
  An eye of draining (D:13)
  2 killer bee zombies
  An elf zombie (Ossuary)
  9 killer bees
  A quasit (D:11)
  3 electric eels (Lair:1)
  5 crimson imps
  5 ogre zombies (D:8)
  5 orc priests
  Dowan (D:4)
  A big kobold zombie (Ossuary)
  4 shadows
  8 wights
  2 big fish (Lair:4)
  11 hounds
  A goliath beetle (D:11)
  7 orc wizards
  3 scorpions
  8 iguanas
  An orange rat (Lair:5)
  2 hound skeletons
  8 porcupines
  8 worker ants
  A worker ant zombie (D:7)
  5 jellies
  A goliath beetle zombie (D:9)
  2 mummies (Ossuary)
  30 green rats
  16 adders
  5 giant centipedes
  7 gnolls
  2 adder zombies (D:7)
  2 giant mites
  An adder skeleton (D:6)
  5 worms
  3 iguana skeletons
  A bat skeleton (D:4)
  A giant eyeball (D:7)
  23 orcs
  A ball python (D:3)
  17 bats
  6 giant cockroaches
  10 goblins
  18 hobgoblins
  31 jackals
  14 kobolds
  5 quokkas
  5 giant geckos
  5 giant newts
  A giant spore (D:10)
  A goblin skeleton (D:8)
  4 goblin zombies (D:8)
  12 hobgoblin zombies
  5 jackal zombies (Ossuary)
  9 kobold zombies (Ossuary)
  5 orc skeletons
  17 orc zombies
  21 rats
  A rat zombie (Ossuary)
  6 ballistomycetes
  3 bushes (Lair:3)
  A plant (Lair:4)
  10 toadstools
556 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  2 killer bees (D:7)
2 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A killer bee (D:7)
  A porcupine (Lair:1)
  2 adders
  A giant gecko (D:10)
  A kobold (D:12)
  A quokka (Lair:1)
  A giant spore (D:11)
  3 fungi (Lair:5)
  3 plants (Lair:5)
  34 toadstools
48 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 606 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1      | Kroney, the Draconian Wizard, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 12/12 MP: 5/5
   357 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 16/18 MP: 4/7
   588 | D:1      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
   935 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Blink
  1259 | D:2      | Noticed Sigmund
  1383 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 24/24 MP: 6/9
  1388 | D:2      | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud
  1391 | D:2      | Learned a level 2 spell: Call Imp
  1402 | D:2      | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
  1450 | D:2      | Killed Sigmund
  1450 | D:2      | Reached skill level 4 in Conjurations
  1450 | D:2      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 30/30 MP: 1/11
  1487 | D:2      | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
  2310 | D:4      | Found a snail-covered altar of Cheibriados.
  2338 | D:4      | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
  2338 | D:4      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 15/36 MP: 2/12
  2382 | D:4      | Noticed Duvessa
  2682 | D:3      | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
  2682 | D:3      | Noticed a glowing angel
  3499 | D:4      | Noticed Dowan
  3529 | D:4      | Killed Dowan
  3529 | D:4      | Reached skill level 1 in Air Magic
  3622 | D:4      | Killed Duvessa
  3622 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 42/42 MP: 10/15
  3748 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  4110 | D:4      | Learned a level 3 spell: Conjure Flame
  4207 | D:4      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  4213 | Temple   | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
  4596 | D:5      | Found Frosa's Magical Wand Shoppe.
  4637 | D:5      | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
  4962 | D:5      | Learned a level 2 spell: Repel Missiles
  5159 | D:5      | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
  5159 | D:5      | Your scales start fading to a pale cyan-grey colour.
  5159 | D:5      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 42/48 MP: 8/19
  5510 | D:5      | Found a sand-covered staircase.
  5515 | Ossuary  | Entered an ossuary
  5966 | Ossuary  | Reached skill level 6 in Spellcasting
  6365 | Ossuary  | Reached skill level 7 in Spellcasting
  6366 | Ossuary  | Reached XP level 8. HP: 55/55 MP: 7/22
  6495 | Ossuary  | Learned a level 1 spell: Apportation
  6498 | Ossuary  | Learned a level 2 spell: Portal Projectile
  6556 | D:5      | Found Sil Mauz's Magical Wand Emporium.
  6603 | D:5      | Found Eptak's Weapon Shop.
  6703 | D:5      | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet.
  6762 | D:5      | Became a worshipper of Vehumet
  7878 | D:5      | Learned a level 3 spell: Teleport Other
  8387 | D:6      | Acquired Vehumet's first power
  8696 | D:6      | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
  9063 | D:6      | Noticed a necrophage
  9076 | D:6      | Killed a necrophage
  9076 | D:6      | Reached skill level 8 in Spellcasting
  9196 | D:6      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 60/60 MP: 2/25
 10050 | D:7      | Noticed Blork the orc
 10074 | D:7      | Killed Blork the orc
 10074 | D:7      | Reached skill level 9 in Spellcasting
 10460 | D:7      | Reached skill level 1 in Fire Magic
 10514 | D:7      | Paralysed by a giant eyeball for 2 turns
 10735 | D:8      | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
 10913 | D:8      | Learned a level 4 spell: Control Teleport
 10941 | D:8      | Acquired Vehumet's second power
 11533 | D:7      | Reached skill level 1 in Fighting
 11750 | D:8      | Reached skill level 1 in Staves
 11764 | D:8      | Noticed Eustachio
 11781 | D:8      | Killed Eustachio
 12692 | D:9      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
 12692 | D:9      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
 12692 | D:9      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
 12696 | D:9      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
 13366 | D:9      | Found Duinulori's Magical Wand Emporium.
 13393 | D:9      | Acquired Vehumet's third power
 13638 | D:10     | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
 13792 | D:10     | Reached XP level 10. HP: 70/70 MP: 19/27
 14108 | D:10     | Identified a scroll of acquirement
 14451 | D:10     | Reached skill level 10 in Spellcasting
 15200 | D:10     | You fall through a shaft!
 15883 | D:13     | Reached skill level 11 in Spellcasting
 16280 | D:13     | Reached skill level 12 in Spellcasting
 16474 | D:12     | Learned a level 6 spell: Bolt of Fire
 16483 | D:12     | Acquired Vehumet's fourth power
 16819 | D:12     | Noticed a cyclops
 16994 | D:10     | Reached XP level 11. HP: 75/77 MP: 16/30
 17247 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Fire Magic
 17665 | D:11     | Noticed a cyclops
 17674 | D:11     | Killed a cyclops
 17874 | D:11     | Noticed a hill giant
 18102 | D:11     | Killed a hill giant
 18137 | D:11     | HP: 2/77 [orc warrior/runed orcish short sword (16)]
 18620 | D:11     | Found a staircase to the Lair.
 18626 | Lair:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
 20066 | D:12     | Noticed a hill giant
 20075 | D:12     | Killed a hill giant
 20784 | D:11     | You fall through a shaft!
 21391 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 13 in Spellcasting
 22768 | Lair:1   | Reached XP level 12. HP: 78/83 MP: 27/32
 23910 | Lair:3   | Found a staircase to the Swamp.
 24275 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 14 in Spellcasting
 24734 | Lair:3   | Noticed Gastronok
 24756 | Lair:3   | Killed Gastronok
 25567 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 15 in Spellcasting
 26020 | Lair:4   | Noticed a six-headed hydra
 26022 | Lair:4   | Killed a six-headed hydra
 26315 | Lair:5   | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
 26315 | Lair:5   | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
 26315 | Lair:5   | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
 26464 | Lair:5   | Got a crude quarterstaff
 26561 | Lair:5   | Identified the cursed quarterstaff of Cuits {crush, rF+ Dex+3} (You found it on level 5 of the Lair of Beasts)
 26611 | Lair:5   | Reached skill level 10 in Fire Magic
 26747 | Lair:5   | Reached skill level 10 in Conjurations
 27122 | Lair:5   | Found a hole to the Spider Nest.


[BountyHunterSAx]

... alas, as I live in China it's too laggy to play online with 300-400 ms delay.

*smiles* Wow! I always knew Crawl had a rather broad player base from all over the world - but it's been a long time since I've been reminded of this fact. I mean, looking at the subscribers/viewers in my channerl I guess is a bit of a tip off - but still. Dude, you're in China? Awesome! I'm sorry there isn't a better server to play online with there .

-AHMAD

[BlackSheep]

Yeah, the Vehumet changes weren't merged until Jan. 20th. The last Mac trunk builds are from Jan. 7th.

[mattington]

Dude, you're in China? Awesome! I'm sorry there isn't a better server to play online with there .

Yep, been here for some time now, playing crawl on and off. I still suck, but damn it's a fun and well-designed game.

My latest DrWz seems to be doing really well and I'd really like this character to be my first win, so I'm seeking advice on what spell goals to shoot for. I've got all kinds of wonderful conjurations, but _just_ got book of fire for fireball. I guess I'm headed for firestorm, but I've never gotten that castable so not sure what my goals should be skill-wise. I don't have any of the good charms like haste yet, but I suppose I'll find them soon enough. So far the game-breakers have been staff of wiz + amulet of gourmand letting me cast tons of firebolts and not care about hunger, since I found fireball rather late.

Do I need to go into summoning for mass abjuration and the like? Do I care about dragon form? Do I need more levels in combat skills? Any suggestions welcome!

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.12-a0-1616-ge3ef79a (tiles) character file.

Kroney the Eclecticist (Pale Draconian Wizard)     Turns: 62055, Time: 04:37:44

HP 119/119       AC 19     Str 10      XL: 17   Next: 33%
MP  40/40        EV 13     Int 27      God: Vehumet [******]
Gold 3691        SH  0     Dex 13      Spells: 15 memorised,  3 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : .   a - staff of wizardry
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : .   (armour unavailable)
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .   (no shield)
Res.Poison: +       Res.Corr.  : .   v - +0 wizard hat {Int+3}
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   t - +0 orc cloak (curse)
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   m - -1 pair of gauntlets {Dex+3}
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   L - +0 pair of orc boots
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   R - amulet of the gourmand
Gourmand  : +       Flight     : .   z - ring of poison resistance
                                     Y - ring of Robustness {AC+8}

@: somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, fairly stealthy
A: breathe steam, unfitting armour, stinger 1, breathe flames 1, Dex -1
a: Breathe Steam, Renounce Religion, Breathe Fire


You are on level 2 of the Swamp.
You worship Vehumet.
Vehumet is exalted by your worship.
You are very full.

You have visited 6 branches of the dungeon, and seen 35 of its levels.
You have also visited: Ossuary, Bailey, Ice Cave and Volcano.

You have collected 3671 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Armour
 m - a -1 pair of gauntlets of dexterity (worn)
 t - a cursed +0 orcish cloak (worn)
 v - a +0 wizard hat of intelligence (worn)
 L - a +0 pair of orcish boots (worn)
 M - a +1 wizard hat
Magical devices
 g - a wand of teleportation {zapped: 4}
 i - a wand of enslavement
 p - a wand of draining {zapped: 1}
 u - a wand of polymorph other {zapped: 1}
 C - a wand of disintegration {empty}
 D - a wand of confusion
 F - a glowing lead wand
 H - a forked iron wand
 P - a forked iron wand
 S - a wand of slowing
Comestibles
 b - 2 bread rations
 x - a choko
 B - a banana
 Q - an apple
Scrolls
 j - a scroll of enchant weapon III
 l - a scroll of recharging
 n - a scroll of remove curse
 w - 2 scrolls of magic mapping
 A - 2 scrolls of enchant armour
 G - 3 scrolls of blinking
 J - 2 scrolls of teleportation
 N - a scroll of fog
 O - a scroll of fear
 Z - 7 scrolls of identify
Jewellery
 s - a thin pearl amulet
 y - the ring "Uciappac" {Str+3 Acc+5 SInv}
   (You found it on level 7 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   [ring of see invisible]
   It affects your strength (+3).
   It affects your accuracy (+5).
 z - a ring of poison resistance (right hand)
 I - a pearl ring
 R - an amulet of the gourmand (around neck)
 T - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 Y - the ring of Robustness (left hand) {AC+8}
   (You found it on level 6 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   [ring of protection]
   It affects your AC (+8).
Potions
 c - a potion of agility
 d - a potion of restore abilities
 e - 2 potions of might
 f - a potion of resistance
 h - a potion of paralysis
 k - a potion of heal wounds
 q - 5 potions of curing
 E - 2 potions of brilliance
 K - 2 potions of speed
Books
 r - 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                        Transmutation                7
Magical staves
 a - an uncursed staff of wizardry (weapon)
Miscellaneous
 o - an ornate deck of destruction {the Orb}


   Skills:
 - Level 5.0 Fighting
 - Level 4.0 Staves
 - Level 3.0 Dodging
 - Level 3.0 Stealth
 - Level 4.2 Traps
 + Level 18.6 Spellcasting
 - Level 17.0 Conjurations
 - Level 1.0 Summonings
 - Level 6.0 Translocations
 - Level 16.0 Fire Magic
 - Level 8.2 Air Magic


You have 3 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Magic Dart            Conj           #####        0%          1    None
b - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          1%          2    None
c - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  #######..    1%          3    None
d - Call Imp              Summ           #####.....   1%          2    None
e - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       ######....   1%          2    None
f - Conjure Flame         Conj/Fire      ########.    0%          3    None
g - Apportation           Tloc           #######...   1%          1    None
h - Delayed Fireball      Conj/Fire      N/A          1%          7    ####...
i - Teleport Other        Tloc           #######..    1%          3    None
j - Control Teleport      Chrm/Tloc      ######....   2%          4    None
k - Bolt of Fire          Conj/Fire      ########..   1%          6    ##.....
l - Lightning Bolt        Conj/Air       ########..   1%          5    None
m - Poisonous Cloud       Conj/Pois/Air  #######...   1%          6    ##.....
n - Ignite Poison         Fire/Trmt      #######...   1%          5    None
o - Fireball              Conj/Fire      ########..   1%          5    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (18/27)            Temple (1/1) D:4             Orc (4/4) D:8
    Elf (1/3) Orc:3          Lair (8/8) D:11          Swamp (3/5) Lair:3
 Spider (0/5) Lair:5        Slime (0/6) Lair:7     
Vaults: D:15-20     

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
the Shining One
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:5: //(  D:9: /  D:14: *  Orc:4: *%=%

Portals:
Ziggurat: D:13 (4990 gp)

Annotations
D:18 Wiglaf


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You can breathe blasts of scalding steam.
Your pale cyan-grey scales are hard (AC +9).
Your body does not fit into most forms of armour.
Your cold-blooded metabolism reacts poorly to cold.
Your tail ends in a poisonous barb.
You can breathe flames.
You are clumsy (Dex -1).


Message History

Aiming: Lightning Bolt
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f/p - giant leech
Aim: a giant leech (lightly wounded)
You hear a mighty clap of thunder!
The bolt of lightning hits the giant leech.
The giant leech is severely wounded.
Casting: Lightning Bolt
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Aiming: Lightning Bolt
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f/p - giant leech
Aim: a giant leech (water, severely wounded)
You hear a mighty clap of thunder!
The bolt of lightning hits the giant leech.
You kill the giant leech!
Vehumet accepts your kill.
You feel your power returning.
You start resting.
Magic restored.
You start resting.
HP restored.

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~.....~~~....~..7    7~.
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~~~~77~~..~~~.~~~...77~0
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There are no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  Agnes (D:14)
  An orc warlord (Bailey)
  Gastronok (Lair:3)
  Snorg (D:18)
  A dragon (Lair:8)
  2 ice dragons (IceCv)
  A ravenous feature mimic (Lair:8)
  Harold (Lair:5)
  Josephine (Swamp:1)
  15 death yaks
  The ghost of DiAngelo the Eclecticist, a powerful DEWz of Vehumet (Volcano)
  4 alligators
  6 hydras
  An elf (shapeshifter) (D:14)
  A stone giant zombie (D:18)
  5 orc high priests (Orc:4)
  6 centaur warriors
  A catoblepas (D:16)
  2 swamp dragons (Swamp:2)
  A giant amoeba (Swamp:1)
  2 ice statues (IceCv)
  11 hill giants
  5 orc knights
  An orc sorcerer (Orc:4)
  3 lindwurms (Lair:8)
  A flaming corpse (D:12)
  2 griffons
  A hydra zombie (D:12)
  A wolf spider (D:17)
  7 spiny worms (Lair:8)
  A hydra skeleton (D:16)
  5 cyclopes
  A red wasp (shapeshifter) (D:17)
  An oklob plant (Lair:3)
  An eye of devastation (D:13)
  A red wasp (D:17)
  An alligator skeleton (Swamp:1)
  An ice dragon skeleton (D:13)
  A rock troll (D:15)
  58 slime creatures
  7 black mambas
  A feature mimic (D:13)
  A hill giant zombie (D:13)
  21 ugly things
  11 spiny frogs
  A mermaid (shapeshifter) (D:16)
  16 trolls
  A hill giant skeleton (D:16)
  7 polar bears (Lair:8)
  13 elephants
  7 komodo dragons
  A snapping turtle (D:14)
  3 baby alligators (Swamp:3)
  7 giant leeches
  3 raven skeletons (Swamp:1)
  4 two-headed ogres
  11 grizzly bears (Lair:8)
  16 blink frogs
  A raven (Lair:4)
  3 bog bodies
  A rock troll skeleton (D:16)
  2 human zombies (Ossuary)
  64 yaks
  2 basilisks
  6 giant fireflies (Lair:8)
  A merfolk (D:14)
  3 fire vortices (D:12)
  5 wyverns
  8 hippogriffs
  16 vampire mosquitoes
  2 wraiths
  Eustachio (D:8)
  2 sharks (Lair:1)
  A redback (Volcano)
  A wood golem (D:15)
  A komodo dragon zombie (D:15)
  2 fire drakes
  4 war dogs
  5 rock worms (Lair:8)
  2 soldier ants
  4 necrophages
  3 manticores
  18 swamp worms
  2 mottled dragons (D:17)
  A yaktaur skeleton (D:16)
  A manticore zombie (D:12)
  A cyclops zombie (D:14)
  6 hungry ghosts
  A wyvern skeleton (D:14)
  3 swamp drakes
  A yellow wasp (Lair:1)
  3 phantoms
  48 orc warriors
  A sky beast (D:12)
  A yak zombie (D:14)
  8 black bears
  2 troll zombies
  10 giant goldfish
  9 crocodiles
  20 ice beasts
  A troll skeleton (D:14)
  12 ogres
  2 wargs
  2 boring beetles
  Sigmund (D:2)
  3 big kobolds
  Duvessa (D:4)
  9 centaurs
  3 brain worms (Lair:8)
  16 water moccasins
  A giant slug (Lair:8)
  A centaur zombie (Ossuary)
  22 insubstantial wisps
  A basilisk zombie (D:13)
  2 water moccasin zombies (Swamp:1)
  Blork the orc (D:7)
  7 agate snails
  21 giant frogs
  A basilisk skeleton (D:13)
  2 eyes of draining
  2 killer bee zombies
  18 jellyfish
  An elf zombie (Ossuary)
  9 killer bees
  A quasit (D:11)
  4 electric eels
  8 crimson imps
  5 ogre zombies (D:8)
  2 big kobold skeletons
  4 fire bats (D:12)
  33 orc priests
  Dowan (D:4)
  2 big kobold zombies
  5 shadows
  14 wights
  5 big fish
  13 hounds
  2 goliath beetles
  23 orc wizards
  4 scorpions
  8 iguanas
  An orange rat (Lair:5)
  2 hound skeletons
  13 porcupines
  4 sheep
  11 worker ants
  A worker ant zombie (D:7)
  A swamp drake skeleton (Swamp:1)
  5 jellies
  A goliath beetle zombie (D:9)
  2 mummies (Ossuary)
  30 green rats
  23 adders
  7 giant centipedes
  17 gnolls
  A human (D:14)
  A shadow imp (Volcano)
  2 adder zombies (D:7)
  2 giant mites
  An inept feature mimic (Orc:2)
  A white imp (Lair:8)
  An adder skeleton (D:6)
  2 giant centipede zombies (D:15)
  20 worms
  3 iguana skeletons
  A bat skeleton (D:4)
  A giant eyeball (D:7)
  170 orcs
  A ball python (D:3)
  19 bats
  6 giant cockroaches
  30 goblins
  34 hobgoblins
  31 jackals
  25 kobolds
  6 quokkas
  5 giant geckos
  5 giant newts
  A giant spore (D:10)
  A goblin skeleton (D:8)
  4 goblin zombies (D:8)
  12 hobgoblin zombies
  5 jackal zombies (Ossuary)
  9 kobold zombies (Ossuary)
  5 orc skeletons
  17 orc zombies
  23 rats
  A rat zombie (Ossuary)
  6 ballistomycetes
  3 bushes (Lair:3)
  2 fungi
  12 plants
  58 toadstools
1483 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  2 killer bees (D:7)
2 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A slime creature (D:14)
  A killer bee (D:7)
  A hound (Lair:7)
  A porcupine (Lair:1)
  A deep elf soldier (D:14)
  A sheep (D:16)
  2 adders
  A giant gecko (D:10)
  An orc (Orc:3)
  A kobold (D:12)
  A quokka (Lair:1)
  A giant spore (D:11)
  10 fungi
  19 plants
  134 toadstools
176 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 1661 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1      | Kroney, the Draconian Wizard, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 12/12 MP: 5/5
   357 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 16/18 MP: 4/7
   588 | D:1      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
   935 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Blink
  1259 | D:2      | Noticed Sigmund
  1383 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 24/24 MP: 6/9
  1388 | D:2      | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud
  1391 | D:2      | Learned a level 2 spell: Call Imp
  1402 | D:2      | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
  1450 | D:2      | Killed Sigmund
  1450 | D:2      | Reached skill level 4 in Conjurations
  1450 | D:2      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 30/30 MP: 1/11
  1487 | D:2      | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
  2310 | D:4      | Found a snail-covered altar of Cheibriados.
  2338 | D:4      | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
  2338 | D:4      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 15/36 MP: 2/12
  2382 | D:4      | Noticed Duvessa
  2682 | D:3      | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
  2682 | D:3      | Noticed a glowing angel
  3499 | D:4      | Noticed Dowan
  3529 | D:4      | Killed Dowan
  3529 | D:4      | Reached skill level 1 in Air Magic
  3622 | D:4      | Killed Duvessa
  3622 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 42/42 MP: 10/15
  3748 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  4110 | D:4      | Learned a level 3 spell: Conjure Flame
  4207 | D:4      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  4213 | Temple   | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
  4596 | D:5      | Found Frosa's Magical Wand Shoppe.
  4637 | D:5      | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
  4962 | D:5      | Learned a level 2 spell: Repel Missiles
  5159 | D:5      | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
  5159 | D:5      | Your scales start fading to a pale cyan-grey colour.
  5159 | D:5      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 42/48 MP: 8/19
  5510 | D:5      | Found a sand-covered staircase.
  5515 | Ossuary  | Entered an ossuary
  5966 | Ossuary  | Reached skill level 6 in Spellcasting
  6365 | Ossuary  | Reached skill level 7 in Spellcasting
  6366 | Ossuary  | Reached XP level 8. HP: 55/55 MP: 7/22
  6495 | Ossuary  | Learned a level 1 spell: Apportation
  6498 | Ossuary  | Learned a level 2 spell: Portal Projectile
  6556 | D:5      | Found Sil Mauz's Magical Wand Emporium.
  6603 | D:5      | Found Eptak's Weapon Shop.
  6703 | D:5      | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet.
  6762 | D:5      | Became a worshipper of Vehumet
  7878 | D:5      | Learned a level 3 spell: Teleport Other
  8387 | D:6      | Acquired Vehumet's first power
  8696 | D:6      | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
  9063 | D:6      | Noticed a necrophage
  9076 | D:6      | Killed a necrophage
  9076 | D:6      | Reached skill level 8 in Spellcasting
  9196 | D:6      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 60/60 MP: 2/25
 10050 | D:7      | Noticed Blork the orc
 10074 | D:7      | Killed Blork the orc
 10074 | D:7      | Reached skill level 9 in Spellcasting
 10460 | D:7      | Reached skill level 1 in Fire Magic
 10514 | D:7      | Paralysed by a giant eyeball for 2 turns
 10735 | D:8      | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
 10913 | D:8      | Learned a level 4 spell: Control Teleport
 10941 | D:8      | Acquired Vehumet's second power
 11533 | D:7      | Reached skill level 1 in Fighting
 11750 | D:8      | Reached skill level 1 in Staves
 11764 | D:8      | Noticed Eustachio
 11781 | D:8      | Killed Eustachio
 12692 | D:9      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
 12692 | D:9      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
 12692 | D:9      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
 12696 | D:9      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
 13366 | D:9      | Found Duinulori's Magical Wand Emporium.
 13393 | D:9      | Acquired Vehumet's third power
 13638 | D:10     | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
 13792 | D:10     | Reached XP level 10. HP: 70/70 MP: 19/27
 14108 | D:10     | Identified a scroll of acquirement
 14451 | D:10     | Reached skill level 10 in Spellcasting
 15200 | D:10     | You fall through a shaft!
 15883 | D:13     | Reached skill level 11 in Spellcasting
 16280 | D:13     | Reached skill level 12 in Spellcasting
 16474 | D:12     | Learned a level 6 spell: Bolt of Fire
 16483 | D:12     | Acquired Vehumet's fourth power
 16819 | D:12     | Noticed a cyclops
 16994 | D:10     | Reached XP level 11. HP: 75/77 MP: 16/30
 17247 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Fire Magic
 17665 | D:11     | Noticed a cyclops
 17674 | D:11     | Killed a cyclops
 17874 | D:11     | Noticed a hill giant
 18102 | D:11     | Killed a hill giant
 18137 | D:11     | HP: 2/77 [orc warrior/runed orcish short sword (16)]
 18620 | D:11     | Found a staircase to the Lair.
 18626 | Lair:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
 20066 | D:12     | Noticed a hill giant
 20075 | D:12     | Killed a hill giant
 20784 | D:11     | You fall through a shaft!
 21391 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 13 in Spellcasting
 22768 | Lair:1   | Reached XP level 12. HP: 78/83 MP: 27/32
 23910 | Lair:3   | Found a staircase to the Swamp.
 24275 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 14 in Spellcasting
 24734 | Lair:3   | Noticed Gastronok
 24756 | Lair:3   | Killed Gastronok
 25567 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 15 in Spellcasting
 26020 | Lair:4   | Noticed a six-headed hydra
 26022 | Lair:4   | Killed a six-headed hydra
 26315 | Lair:5   | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
 26315 | Lair:5   | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
 26315 | Lair:5   | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
 26464 | Lair:5   | Got a crude quarterstaff
 26561 | Lair:5   | Identified the cursed quarterstaff of Cuits {crush, rF+ Dex+3} (You found it on level 5 of the Lair of Beasts)
 26611 | Lair:5   | Reached skill level 10 in Fire Magic
 26747 | Lair:5   | Reached skill level 10 in Conjurations
 27122 | Lair:5   | Found a hole to the Spider Nest.
 28054 | Lair:5   | Noticed Harold
 28057 | Lair:5   | Killed Harold
 28057 | Lair:5   | Received a gift from Vehumet
 28067 | Lair:5   | Learned a level 5 spell: Lightning Bolt
 28750 | Lair:6   | Found a frozen archway.
 28767 | IceCv    | Entered an ice cave
 28796 | IceCv    | Reached XP level 13. HP: 68/90 MP: 9/34
 29445 | IceCv    | Noticed an ice dragon
 29447 | IceCv    | Noticed an ice dragon
 29450 | IceCv    | Killed an ice dragon
 29450 | IceCv    | Killed an ice dragon
 29577 | IceCv    | Got a slimy brass ring
 29648 | Lair:6   | Identified the cursed ring "Frezaf" {+/*TELE rN+ Stlth++} (You found it in an ice cave)
 30163 | Lair:6   | Reached skill level 5 in Air Magic
 30650 | Lair:6   | Noticed a six-headed hydra
 30655 | Lair:6   | Killed a six-headed hydra
 30827 | Lair:7   | Noticed a five-headed hydra
 30829 | Lair:7   | Killed a five-headed hydra
 31358 | Lair:7   | Reached skill level 1 in Traps
 31745 | Lair:7   | Found a viscous altar of Jiyva.
 31750 | Lair:7   | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
 31755 | Lair:7   | Got a wavering copper ring
 31788 | Lair:7   | Found a dark tunnel.
 31800 | Volcano  | Entered a volcano
 31800 | Volcano  | Noticed DiAngelo's ghost (powerful DEWz)
 31807 | Volcano  | Killed DiAngelo's ghost
 31834 | Volcano  | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
 32558 | Lair:8   | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts
 33050 | Lair:2   | Identified the ring "Uciappac" {Str+3 Acc+5 SInv} (You found it on level 7 of the Lair of Beasts)
 33211 | Orc:1    | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
 33571 | Orc:2    | Received a gift from Vehumet
 33582 | Orc:2    | Learned a level 6 spell: Poisonous Cloud
 33740 | Orc:2    | Found a flagged portal.
 33753 | Orc:2    | the flagged portal was a mimic.
 35328 | Orc:3    | Found a staircase to the Elven Halls.
 35806 | Orc:4    | Entered Level 4 of the Orcish Mines
 36091 | Orc:4    | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
 36736 | Orc:4    | Reached XP level 14. HP: 91/100 MP: 27/36
 37999 | Orc:4    | Reached skill level 16 in Spellcasting
 38011 | Orc:4    | Received a gift from Vehumet
 38336 | Orc:4    | Found Xepiap's General Store.
 38336 | Orc:4    | Found Khorphoxut's Jewellery Shoppe.
 38336 | Orc:4    | Found Wiqats' Food Emporium.
 38336 | Orc:4    | Found Geupied's Food Emporium.
 38660 | Elf:1    | Entered Level 1 of the Elven Halls
 39536 | Lair:8   | Noticed a four-headed hydra
 39537 | Lair:8   | Killed a four-headed hydra
 39981 | Lair:8   | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet.
 42032 | Lair:8   | Noticed a dragon
 42045 | Lair:8   | Killed a dragon
 42101 | Lair:8   | Reached XP level 15. HP: 86/106 MP: 26/37
 42441 | Lair:8   | Received a gift from Vehumet
 43534 | Lair:8   | Reached skill level 15 in Fire Magic
 44391 | D:12     | Killed a cyclops
 44445 | D:12     | Reached skill level 15 in Conjurations
 45085 | D:12     | Noticed a flaming corpse
 45122 | D:12     | Killed a flaming corpse
 46043 | D:13     | Noticed a hill giant
 46044 | D:13     | Killed a hill giant
 46048 | D:13     | Noticed a hill giant
 46051 | D:13     | Killed a hill giant
 46215 | D:13     | Noticed a centaur warrior
 46217 | D:13     | Killed a centaur warrior
 46428 | D:13     | Got a colourful book
 46824 | D:13     | Identified the Tome of Assistive Earth (You found it on level 13 of the Dungeon)
 47006 | D:13     | Found a gateway to a ziggurat.
 47006 | D:13     | Noticed an angel
 47149 | D:13     | Noticed an orc knight
 47197 | D:13     | Killed an orc knight
 47458 | D:14     | Entered Level 14 of the Dungeon
 48136 | D:14     | Got a brightly glowing large shield
 48145 | D:14     | Identified the +3 large shield "Shrikh" {Str+4 Acc+4} (You found it on level 14 of the Dungeon)
 48164 | D:14     | Found a flagged portal.
 48188 | D:14     | Noticed Agnes
 48188 | Bailey   | Entered a bailey
 48275 | Bailey   | Received a gift from Vehumet
 48911 | Bailey   | Noticed an orc warlord
 48940 | Bailey   | Killed an orc warlord
 49578 | Bailey   | Got a levitating book
 49704 | D:14     | Gained mutation: You are weak (Str -1). [mutagenic glow]
 49724 | D:14     | Gained mutation: You are dopey (Int -1). [mutagenic glow]
 50358 | D:14     | Found Khevve Striza's Fishing Supplies.
 50499 | D:14     | Killed Agnes
 50499 | D:14     | Reached skill level 17 in Spellcasting
 50614 | D:14     | Identified the Catalogue of the Hurtful Mountains (You found it in a bailey)
 50793 | D:14     | Gained mutation: You are agile (Dex +1). [potion of gain dexterity]
 50794 | D:14     | Lost mutation: You are agile (Dex +1). [potion of cure mutation]
 50794 | D:14     | Lost mutation: You are dopey (Int -1). [potion of cure mutation]
 50794 | D:14     | Lost mutation: You are weak (Str -1). [potion of cure mutation]
 50874 | D:14     | Reached XP level 16. HP: 114/114 MP: 28/38
 51229 | D:15     | Entered Level 15 of the Dungeon
 51692 | D:15     | Reached skill level 5 in Translocations
 52557 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: Your tail ends in a poisonous barb. [helix card]
 56917 | D:18     | Noticed Wiglaf
 57164 | D:18     | Noticed Snorg
 57346 | D:18     | Learned a level 7 spell: Delayed Fireball
 57352 | D:18     | Learned a level 5 spell: Ignite Poison
 57358 | D:18     | Learned a level 5 spell: Fireball
 57947 | D:18     | Gained mutation: You are clumsy (Dex -1). [mutagenic glow]
 57951 | D:18     | Killed Snorg
 57967 | D:18     | Gained mutation: You can breathe flames. [mutagenic glow]
 58303 | Swamp:1  | Entered Level 1 of the Swamp
 58566 | Swamp:1  | Reached XP level 17. HP: 119/119 MP: 15/39
 58757 | Swamp:1  | Reached skill level 18 in Spellcasting
 59102 | Swamp:1  | Noticed Josephine
 59416 | Swamp:1  | Killed Josephine


[rchandra]

bolt of fireball is really good, don't let fireball stop you from using it.

I'd recommend ring of flames, it's fun and strong but watch out for the rC--.

don't even consider dragon form.

I'd focus on defenses (fighting/dodging) once you are satisfied with bolt of fire's damage.

once you get or acquire a staff of fire, train staves. after that work on fire storm more (conj/fire, not spellcasting. why do you need more spellcasting?)

[mattington]

why do you need more spellcasting?

I guess I rudely answer this with a question: at what point do I not care so much about spell hunger? Level 7 spells are still on ####.

[crate]

I guess I rudely answer this with a question: at what point do I not care so much about spell hunger?

turn 0

[rchandra]

other than spriggans I very rarely care about spell hunger. my recent DGVM win used venom bolt/poison arrow quite a lot with high hunger costs, only training spellcasting when I had nothing else looking important (or needed spell levels). looks like I got to spc 5 on lair 5, spc 10 in vaults:2 (after d:20), ... http://dobrazupa.org/morgue/rchandra/mo ... 104801.txt. That game was probably a bit abnormal as I was never finding spells I wanted and thus didn't need the spell levels much.

Now for level 7 spells that you have ... there's only delayed fireball and possibly ring of flames, which don't need to be cast often.

You don't get as much spell hunger when your spells do a lot of damage at once (because you were raising the spell schools instead of Spellcasting) and thus you don't need to rest back hp/mp (and gain hunger doing so) as much. You have gourmand also, so start every fight at full or very full and have a feast afterwards. hunger really wouldn't be an issue even with L6 spells at #### or #####.

I'm going to make up a rule now which may or may not be good when in doubt: if you are casting level N spells sometimes, level N-3 spells should be hungerless.

[mattington]

Ok, I see... I'm always worried about not having enough mana, especially this game where I was stuck on magic dart for a very long time. I'll try skilling less spellcasting next mage. Seems I may have learned some spells I don't need then, as I only have four spell levels left now. I guess I didn't need the lightning bolt, but it was my second one target nuke after magic dart and when I got it I couldn't cast fire bolt reliably.

[Abominae]

Ok, I see... I'm always worried about not having enough mana,

Getting a melee weapon trained alleviates this more than spellcasting does.

[mattington]

Alas, got mana drained and bound and sucked dry on Spider Nest 5. Had a lot of fun with this guy, guess it's time to roll another.

Besides the aforementioned spellcasting skill, anything else glaringly obviously wrong with this guy?

  Code:

 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.12-a0-1616-ge3ef79a (tiles) character file.

321197 Kroney the Pyromancer (level 21, 0/129 (147) HPs)
             Began as a Pale Draconian Wizard on Mar 1, 2013.
             Was the Champion of Vehumet.
             Slain by a ghost moth (1 damage)
             ... on Level 5 of the Spider Nest on Mar 2, 2013.
             The game lasted 07:40:18 (104435 turns).

Kroney the Pyromancer (Pale Draconian Wizard)     Turns: 104435, Time: 07:40:18

HP   0/129 (147) AC 12     Str 17 (18) XL: 21   Next: 74%
MP   0/43        EV  7     Int 29      God: Vehumet [******]
Gold 4990        SH  0     Dex 14      Spells: 14 memorised, 11 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : +   a - staff of wizardry
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : .   (armour unavailable)
Life Prot.: + . .   Conserve   : .   (no shield)
Res.Poison: +       Res.Corr.  : .   v - +0 wizard hat {Int+3}
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   t - -1 orc cloak
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   m - -1 pair of gauntlets {Dex+3}
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   L - +0 pair of orc boots
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   R - amulet of the gourmand
Gourmand  : +       Flight     : .   y - ring "Uciappac" {Str+3 Acc+5 SInv}
                                     w - ring of Vehumet's Envy {Wiz rPois rN+}

@: short of breath, mighty, mildly poisoned, held, quite resistant to hostile
enchantments, fairly stealthy
A: breathe steam, unfitting armour, stinger 1, breathe flames 1, Dex -1
a: Breathe Steam, Renounce Religion, Breathe Fire
}: 1/15 runes: decaying


You were on level 5 of the Spider Nest.
You worshipped Vehumet.
Vehumet was exalted by your worship.
You were not hungry.

You visited 8 branches of the dungeon, and saw 47 of its levels.
You also visited: Trove, Ossuary, Bailey, Ice Cave and Volcano.

You collected 4970 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Armour
 m - a -1 pair of gauntlets of dexterity (worn)
 t - a -1 orcish cloak (worn)
 v - a +0 wizard hat of intelligence (worn)
 L - a +0 pair of orcish boots (worn)
Magical devices
 g - a wand of teleportation (0)
 h - a wand of magic darts (11)
Comestibles
 f - a meat ration
 i - 14 honeycombs
 j - a royal jelly
Scrolls
 b - 4 scrolls of identify
 l - a scroll of enchant weapon I
 o - a scroll of vorpalise weapon
 s - a scroll of remove curse
 x - a scroll of fog
 M - a scroll of magic mapping
 O - a scroll of fear
Jewellery
 k - the ring "Sheschysh" {Wiz Int+3 Stlth--}
   (You found it in a treasure trove)   
   
   [ring of wizardry]
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It makes you much less stealthy.
 n - an uncursed ring of see invisible {unknown}
 w - the ring of Vehumet's Envy (left hand) {Wiz rPois rN+}
   (You found it in a treasure trove)   
   
   [ring of wizardry]
   It protects you from poison.
   It protects you from negative energy.
 y - the ring "Uciappac" (right hand) {Str+3 Acc+5 SInv}
   (You found it on level 7 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   [ring of see invisible]
   It affects your strength (+3).
   It affects your accuracy (+5).
 R - an amulet of the gourmand (around neck)
 Y - the ring of Robustness {AC+8}
   (You found it on level 6 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   [ring of protection]
   It affects your AC (+8).
Potions
 c - a potion of agility
 d - a potion of restore abilities
 e - a potion of might
 q - 2 potions of curing
 I - a potion of resistance
Magical staves
 a - an uncursed staff of wizardry (weapon)


   Skills:
 - Level 5.0 Fighting
 - Level 4.0 Staves
 - Level 3.0 Dodging
 - Level 3.0 Stealth
 - Level 4.2 Traps
 - Level 19.0 Spellcasting
 - Level 21.0 Conjurations
 - Level 1.0 Summonings
 - Level 6.0 Translocations
 + Level 22.6 Fire Magic
 - Level 8.2 Air Magic


You had 11 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Magic Dart            Conj           #####        0%          1    None
b - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          1%          2    None
d - Call Imp              Summ           #####.....   1%          2    None
e - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       #######...   1%          2    None
f - Conjure Flame         Conj/Fire      #########    0%          3    None
g - Apportation           Tloc           #######...   1%          1    None
h - Delayed Fireball      Conj/Fire      N/A          1%          7    ####...
i - Teleport Other        Tloc           #######..    1%          3    None
j - Control Teleport      Chrm/Tloc      ######....   1%          4    None
k - Bolt of Fire          Conj/Fire      #########.   1%          6    None
l - Lightning Bolt        Conj/Air       ########..   1%          5    None
m - Poisonous Cloud       Conj/Pois/Air  #######...   1%          6    None
n - Ignite Poison         Fire/Trmt      ########..   1%          5    None
o - Fireball              Conj/Fire      #########.   0%          5    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (19/27)            Temple (1/1) D:4             Orc (4/4) D:8
    Elf (1/3) Orc:3          Lair (8/8) D:11          Swamp (5/5) Lair:3
 Spider (5/5) Lair:5        Slime (0/6) Lair:7       Vaults (4/5) D:19
  Blade (0/1) Vaults:3      Crypt (0/5) Vaults:3   

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
the Shining One
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:5: //(  D:9: /  D:14: *  Orc:4: *%=%

Portals:
Ziggurat: D:13 (4990 gp)


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You can breathe blasts of scalding steam.
Your pale cyan-grey scales are hard (AC +11).
Your body does not fit into most forms of armour.
Your cold-blooded metabolism reacts poorly to cold.
Your tail ends in a poisonous barb.
You can breathe flames.
You are clumsy (Dex -1).


Message History

The jumping spider barely misses you. The ghost moth stares at you.
The ghost moth barely misses you. The ghost moth closely misses you. The ghost moth stings you!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
Drink which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
You feel much better.
The orb of destruction hits the ghost moth.
The trapdoor spider bites you but does no damage.
The trapdoor spider bites you.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You are more poisoned.
The trapdoor spider poisons you! The trapdoor spider bites you!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The jumping spider pounces on you!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You are even more entangled.
The jumping spider bites you but does no damage.
The ghost moth hits you!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The ghost moth hits you.
You die...

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You could see a ghost moth (invisible), 3 trapdoor spiders, a jumping spider and
an orb spider.

Vanquished Creatures
  Norris (Spider:3)
  Margery (Vaults:4)
  Arachne (Spider:3)
  A bone dragon (Swamp:5)
  A shadow dragon (shapeshifter) (D:19)
  Kirke (Swamp:3)
  A sphinx (Vaults:4)
  Agnes (D:14)
  Roxanne (Swamp:3)
  Aizul (Spider:4)
  2 orc warlords
  3 ghost moths
  Wiglaf (D:18)
  Maud (Spider:1)
  Gastronok (Lair:3)
  4 stone giants
  2 deep elf annihilators (D:19)
  An emperor scorpion (Spider:4)
  Snorg (D:18)
  3 spriggan air magi (D:19)
  9 yaktaur captains
  2 vault guards (Vaults:4)
  2 great orbs of eyes (Vaults:3)
  An ettin (D:19)
  4 dragons
  3 ice dragons
  A ravenous feature mimic (Lair:8)
  Harold (Lair:5)
  Josephine (Swamp:1)
  4 ogre magi
  15 death yaks
  A wolf spider zombie (Vaults:1)
  The ghost of DiAngelo the Eclecticist, a powerful DEWz of Vehumet (Volcano)
  12 alligators
  14 hydras
  A dancing weapon (Vaults:3)
  A frost giant zombie (Vaults:1)
  5 deep trolls (Vaults:4)
  An elf (shapeshifter) (D:14)
  3 stone giant zombies
  5 orc high priests (Orc:4)
  A sphinx skeleton (D:19)
  Nergalle (Swamp:3)
  15 centaur warriors
  A catoblepas (D:16)
  A frost giant skeleton (Vaults:3)
  3 stone giant skeletons
  5 skeletal warriors
  5 hell knights (Vaults:4)
  A vapour (Swamp:5)
  A deep elf knight (Vaults:4)
  8 statues (D:19)
  A giant orange brain (Vaults:4)
  6 swamp dragons
  2 flayed ghosts (Vaults:4)
  3 swamp worm zombies (Swamp:5)
  4 giant amoebae
  2 ice statues (IceCv)
  16 hill giants
  11 orc knights
  An orc sorcerer (Orc:4)
  3 lindwurms (Lair:8)
  A flaming corpse (D:12)
  4 griffons
  An iron troll skeleton (Vaults:4)
  6 harpies
  3 hydra zombies
  39 wolf spiders
  10 spiny worms
  A hydra skeleton (D:16)
  2 necromancers (Vaults:1)
  10 cyclopes
  A red wasp (shapeshifter) (D:17)
  2 oklob plants
  4 spectral hydras (Swamp:5)
  An eye of devastation (D:13)
  7 red wasps
  2 moths of suppression
  An alligator skeleton (Swamp:1)
  An ice dragon skeleton (D:13)
  10 rock trolls
  119 slime creatures
  2 ettin skeletons
  7 black mambas
  A frost giant simulacrum (D:19)
  A feature mimic (D:13)
  2 hill giant zombies
  10 yaktaurs
  42 ugly things
  17 spiny frogs
  2 guardian mummies (Vaults:3)
  A mermaid (shapeshifter) (D:16)
  17 trolls
  2 hill giant skeletons
  7 polar bears (Lair:8)
  13 elephants
  A queen bee (Spider:5)
  16 demonic crawlers
  7 komodo dragons
  A snapping turtle (D:14)
  5 baby alligators
  15 giant leeches
  3 raven skeletons (Swamp:1)
  7 two-headed ogres
  11 grizzly bears (Lair:8)
  2 deep troll skeletons (Vaults:3)
  19 blink frogs
  A raven (Lair:4)
  10 bog bodies
  2 rock troll skeletons
  2 human zombies (Ossuary)
  33 jumping spiders
  64 yaks
  3 basilisks
  6 giant fireflies (Lair:8)
  A jumping spider (shapeshifter) (Vaults:1)
  20 tarantellas
  5 swamp dragon zombies (Swamp:5)
  A merfolk (D:14)
  A spectral swamp dragon (Swamp:5)
  23 orb spiders
  7 fire vortices
  5 wyverns
  8 hippogriffs
  5 deep elf conjurers
  29 trapdoor spiders
  50 vampire mosquitoes
  3 wraiths
  Eustachio (D:8)
  2 sharks (Lair:1)
  67 redbacks
  A deep elf fighter (Vaults:4)
  A wood golem (D:15)
  A komodo dragon zombie (D:15)
  2 vampires
  2 fire drakes
  8 war dogs
  A giant slug zombie (Vaults:1)
  2 hogs (Swamp:3)
  5 rock worms (Lair:8)
  2 soldier ants
  5 necrophages
  3 manticores
  3 boulder beetles
  5 freezing wraiths
  44 swamp worms
  3 mottled dragons
  4 yaktaur skeletons
  A manticore zombie (D:12)
  A cyclops zombie (D:14)
  7 hungry ghosts
  A wyvern skeleton (D:14)
  9 swamp drakes
  A yellow wasp (Lair:1)
  24 phantoms
  58 orc warriors
  A sky beast (D:12)
  A yak zombie (D:14)
  8 black bears
  2 troll zombies
  2 boulder beetle zombies
  17 giant goldfish
  A centaur (shapeshifter) (Vaults:4)
  12 crocodiles
  21 ice beasts
  A troll skeleton (D:14)
  29 ogres
  3 deep elf magi
  4 wargs
  4 boring beetles
  Sigmund (D:2)
  4 big kobolds
  Duvessa (D:4)
  13 centaurs
  3 brain worms (Lair:8)
  24 water moccasins
  5 giant slugs
  A centaur zombie (Ossuary)
  52 insubstantial wisps
  A basilisk zombie (D:13)
  2 water moccasin zombies (Swamp:1)
  Blork the orc (D:7)
  9 agate snails
  21 giant frogs
  A basilisk skeleton (D:13)
  An eye of draining (shapeshifter) (Vaults:2)
  2 eyes of draining
  2 killer bee zombies
  25 jellyfish
  An elf zombie (Ossuary)
  38 killer bees
  A quasit (D:11)
  11 electric eels
  8 crimson imps
  5 ogre zombies (D:8)
  3 big kobold skeletons
  4 fire bats (D:12)
  35 orc priests
  Dowan (D:4)
  2 big kobold zombies
  5 shadows
  14 wights
  16 big fish
  13 hounds
  3 goliath beetles
  27 orc wizards
  9 scorpions
  22 spiders
  8 iguanas
  A swamp drake zombie (Swamp:5)
  A deep elf soldier (Vaults:4)
  An orange rat (Lair:5)
  2 spectral swamp drakes (Swamp:5)
  2 hound skeletons
  13 porcupines
  5 sheep
  11 worker ants
  A worker ant zombie (D:7)
  4 big fish zombies (Swamp:5)
  A swamp drake skeleton (Swamp:1)
  5 jellies
  3 boggarts (D:19)
  A goliath beetle zombie (D:9)
  5 mummies
  31 green rats
  23 adders
  8 giant centipedes
  17 gnolls
  2 humans
  An iguana zombie (Vaults:1)
  A shadow imp (Volcano)
  2 adder zombies (D:7)
  3 giant mites
  An inept feature mimic (Orc:2)
  A white imp (Lair:8)
  An adder skeleton (D:6)
  2 giant centipede zombies (D:15)
  20 worms
  3 iguana skeletons
  A bat skeleton (D:4)
  A giant eyeball (D:7)
  183 orcs
  A ball python (D:3)
  19 bats
  9 giant cockroaches
  30 goblins
  34 hobgoblins
  31 jackals
  27 kobolds
  7 quokkas
  5 giant geckos
  7 giant newts
  A giant spore (D:10)
  A goblin skeleton (D:8)
  4 goblin zombies (D:8)
  12 hobgoblin zombies
  5 jackal zombies (Ossuary)
  9 kobold zombies (Ossuary)
  5 orc skeletons
  17 orc zombies
  23 rats
  A rat zombie (Ossuary)
  6 ballistomycetes
  3 bushes (Lair:3)
  2 fungi
  12 plants
  82 toadstools
2397 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  2 killer bees (D:7)
2 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  Nikola (D:19)
  3 deep elf annihilators (D:19)
  A spriggan air mage (D:19)
  An alligator (Swamp:5)
  A centaur warrior (D:19)
  A wizard (D:19)
  A cyclops (D:19)
  A slime creature (D:14)
  2 deep elf conjurers (D:19)
  2 orc warriors
  A small abomination (Vaults:4)
  A swamp worm (Swamp:5)
  A swamp drake (Swamp:5)
  A centaur (Vaults:4)
  A killer bee (D:7)
  A hound (Lair:7)
  An orc priest (Vaults:1)
  A porcupine (Lair:1)
  A deep elf soldier (D:14)
  2 sheep
  2 adders
  A human (Swamp:3)
  A giant gecko (D:10)
  3 orcs
  A kobold (D:12)
  A quokka (Lair:1)
  A giant spore (D:11)
  12 fungi
  20 plants
  247 toadstools
314 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 2713 creatures vanquished

Notes
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     0 | D:1      | Kroney, the Draconian Wizard, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 12/12 MP: 5/5
   357 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 16/18 MP: 4/7
   588 | D:1      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
   935 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Blink
  1259 | D:2      | Noticed Sigmund
  1383 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 24/24 MP: 6/9
  1388 | D:2      | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud
  1391 | D:2      | Learned a level 2 spell: Call Imp
  1402 | D:2      | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
  1450 | D:2      | Killed Sigmund
  1450 | D:2      | Reached skill level 4 in Conjurations
  1450 | D:2      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 30/30 MP: 1/11
  1487 | D:2      | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
  2310 | D:4      | Found a snail-covered altar of Cheibriados.
  2338 | D:4      | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
  2338 | D:4      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 15/36 MP: 2/12
  2382 | D:4      | Noticed Duvessa
  2682 | D:3      | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
  2682 | D:3      | Noticed a glowing angel
  3499 | D:4      | Noticed Dowan
  3529 | D:4      | Killed Dowan
  3529 | D:4      | Reached skill level 1 in Air Magic
  3622 | D:4      | Killed Duvessa
  3622 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 42/42 MP: 10/15
  3748 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  4110 | D:4      | Learned a level 3 spell: Conjure Flame
  4207 | D:4      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  4213 | Temple   | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
  4596 | D:5      | Found Frosa's Magical Wand Shoppe.
  4637 | D:5      | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
  4962 | D:5      | Learned a level 2 spell: Repel Missiles
  5159 | D:5      | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
  5159 | D:5      | Your scales start fading to a pale cyan-grey colour.
  5159 | D:5      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 42/48 MP: 8/19
  5510 | D:5      | Found a sand-covered staircase.
  5515 | Ossuary  | Entered an ossuary
  5966 | Ossuary  | Reached skill level 6 in Spellcasting
  6365 | Ossuary  | Reached skill level 7 in Spellcasting
  6366 | Ossuary  | Reached XP level 8. HP: 55/55 MP: 7/22
  6495 | Ossuary  | Learned a level 1 spell: Apportation
  6498 | Ossuary  | Learned a level 2 spell: Portal Projectile
  6556 | D:5      | Found Sil Mauz's Magical Wand Emporium.
  6603 | D:5      | Found Eptak's Weapon Shop.
  6703 | D:5      | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet.
  6762 | D:5      | Became a worshipper of Vehumet
  7878 | D:5      | Learned a level 3 spell: Teleport Other
  8387 | D:6      | Acquired Vehumet's first power
  8696 | D:6      | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
  9063 | D:6      | Noticed a necrophage
  9076 | D:6      | Killed a necrophage
  9076 | D:6      | Reached skill level 8 in Spellcasting
  9196 | D:6      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 60/60 MP: 2/25
 10050 | D:7      | Noticed Blork the orc
 10074 | D:7      | Killed Blork the orc
 10074 | D:7      | Reached skill level 9 in Spellcasting
 10460 | D:7      | Reached skill level 1 in Fire Magic
 10514 | D:7      | Paralysed by a giant eyeball for 2 turns
 10735 | D:8      | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
 10913 | D:8      | Learned a level 4 spell: Control Teleport
 10941 | D:8      | Acquired Vehumet's second power
 11533 | D:7      | Reached skill level 1 in Fighting
 11750 | D:8      | Reached skill level 1 in Staves
 11764 | D:8      | Noticed Eustachio
 11781 | D:8      | Killed Eustachio
 12692 | D:9      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
 12692 | D:9      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
 12692 | D:9      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
 12696 | D:9      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
 13366 | D:9      | Found Duinulori's Magical Wand Emporium.
 13393 | D:9      | Acquired Vehumet's third power
 13638 | D:10     | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
 13792 | D:10     | Reached XP level 10. HP: 70/70 MP: 19/27
 14108 | D:10     | Identified a scroll of acquirement
 14451 | D:10     | Reached skill level 10 in Spellcasting
 15200 | D:10     | You fall through a shaft!
 15883 | D:13     | Reached skill level 11 in Spellcasting
 16280 | D:13     | Reached skill level 12 in Spellcasting
 16474 | D:12     | Learned a level 6 spell: Bolt of Fire
 16483 | D:12     | Acquired Vehumet's fourth power
 16819 | D:12     | Noticed a cyclops
 16994 | D:10     | Reached XP level 11. HP: 75/77 MP: 16/30
 17247 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Fire Magic
 17665 | D:11     | Noticed a cyclops
 17674 | D:11     | Killed a cyclops
 17874 | D:11     | Noticed a hill giant
 18102 | D:11     | Killed a hill giant
 18137 | D:11     | HP: 2/77 [orc warrior/runed orcish short sword (16)]
 18620 | D:11     | Found a staircase to the Lair.
 18626 | Lair:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
 20066 | D:12     | Noticed a hill giant
 20075 | D:12     | Killed a hill giant
 20784 | D:11     | You fall through a shaft!
 21391 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 13 in Spellcasting
 22768 | Lair:1   | Reached XP level 12. HP: 78/83 MP: 27/32
 23910 | Lair:3   | Found a staircase to the Swamp.
 24275 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 14 in Spellcasting
 24734 | Lair:3   | Noticed Gastronok
 24756 | Lair:3   | Killed Gastronok
 25567 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 15 in Spellcasting
 26020 | Lair:4   | Noticed a six-headed hydra
 26022 | Lair:4   | Killed a six-headed hydra
 26315 | Lair:5   | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
 26315 | Lair:5   | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
 26315 | Lair:5   | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
 26464 | Lair:5   | Got a crude quarterstaff
 26561 | Lair:5   | Identified the cursed quarterstaff of Cuits {crush, rF+ Dex+3} (You found it on level 5 of the Lair of Beasts)
 26611 | Lair:5   | Reached skill level 10 in Fire Magic
 26747 | Lair:5   | Reached skill level 10 in Conjurations
 27122 | Lair:5   | Found a hole to the Spider Nest.
 28054 | Lair:5   | Noticed Harold
 28057 | Lair:5   | Killed Harold
 28057 | Lair:5   | Received a gift from Vehumet
 28067 | Lair:5   | Learned a level 5 spell: Lightning Bolt
 28750 | Lair:6   | Found a frozen archway.
 28767 | IceCv    | Entered an ice cave
 28796 | IceCv    | Reached XP level 13. HP: 68/90 MP: 9/34
 29445 | IceCv    | Noticed an ice dragon
 29447 | IceCv    | Noticed an ice dragon
 29450 | IceCv    | Killed an ice dragon
 29450 | IceCv    | Killed an ice dragon
 29577 | IceCv    | Got a slimy brass ring
 29648 | Lair:6   | Identified the cursed ring "Frezaf" {+/*TELE rN+ Stlth++} (You found it in an ice cave)
 30163 | Lair:6   | Reached skill level 5 in Air Magic
 30650 | Lair:6   | Noticed a six-headed hydra
 30655 | Lair:6   | Killed a six-headed hydra
 30827 | Lair:7   | Noticed a five-headed hydra
 30829 | Lair:7   | Killed a five-headed hydra
 31358 | Lair:7   | Reached skill level 1 in Traps
 31745 | Lair:7   | Found a viscous altar of Jiyva.
 31750 | Lair:7   | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
 31755 | Lair:7   | Got a wavering copper ring
 31788 | Lair:7   | Found a dark tunnel.
 31800 | Volcano  | Entered a volcano
 31800 | Volcano  | Noticed DiAngelo's ghost (powerful DEWz)
 31807 | Volcano  | Killed DiAngelo's ghost
 31834 | Volcano  | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
 32558 | Lair:8   | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts
 33050 | Lair:2   | Identified the ring "Uciappac" {Str+3 Acc+5 SInv} (You found it on level 7 of the Lair of Beasts)
 33211 | Orc:1    | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
 33571 | Orc:2    | Received a gift from Vehumet
 33582 | Orc:2    | Learned a level 6 spell: Poisonous Cloud
 33740 | Orc:2    | Found a flagged portal.
 33753 | Orc:2    | the flagged portal was a mimic.
 35328 | Orc:3    | Found a staircase to the Elven Halls.
 35806 | Orc:4    | Entered Level 4 of the Orcish Mines
 36091 | Orc:4    | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
 36736 | Orc:4    | Reached XP level 14. HP: 91/100 MP: 27/36
 37999 | Orc:4    | Reached skill level 16 in Spellcasting
 38011 | Orc:4    | Received a gift from Vehumet
 38336 | Orc:4    | Found Xepiap's General Store.
 38336 | Orc:4    | Found Khorphoxut's Jewellery Shoppe.
 38336 | Orc:4    | Found Wiqats' Food Emporium.
 38336 | Orc:4    | Found Geupied's Food Emporium.
 38660 | Elf:1    | Entered Level 1 of the Elven Halls
 39536 | Lair:8   | Noticed a four-headed hydra
 39537 | Lair:8   | Killed a four-headed hydra
 39981 | Lair:8   | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet.
 42032 | Lair:8   | Noticed a dragon
 42045 | Lair:8   | Killed a dragon
 42101 | Lair:8   | Reached XP level 15. HP: 86/106 MP: 26/37
 42441 | Lair:8   | Received a gift from Vehumet
 43534 | Lair:8   | Reached skill level 15 in Fire Magic
 44391 | D:12     | Killed a cyclops
 44445 | D:12     | Reached skill level 15 in Conjurations
 45085 | D:12     | Noticed a flaming corpse
 45122 | D:12     | Killed a flaming corpse
 46043 | D:13     | Noticed a hill giant
 46044 | D:13     | Killed a hill giant
 46048 | D:13     | Noticed a hill giant
 46051 | D:13     | Killed a hill giant
 46215 | D:13     | Noticed a centaur warrior
 46217 | D:13     | Killed a centaur warrior
 46428 | D:13     | Got a colourful book
 46824 | D:13     | Identified the Tome of Assistive Earth (You found it on level 13 of the Dungeon)
 47006 | D:13     | Found a gateway to a ziggurat.
 47006 | D:13     | Noticed an angel
 47149 | D:13     | Noticed an orc knight
 47197 | D:13     | Killed an orc knight
 47458 | D:14     | Entered Level 14 of the Dungeon
 48136 | D:14     | Got a brightly glowing large shield
 48145 | D:14     | Identified the +3 large shield "Shrikh" {Str+4 Acc+4} (You found it on level 14 of the Dungeon)
 48164 | D:14     | Found a flagged portal.
 48188 | D:14     | Noticed Agnes
 48188 | Bailey   | Entered a bailey
 48275 | Bailey   | Received a gift from Vehumet
 48911 | Bailey   | Noticed an orc warlord
 48940 | Bailey   | Killed an orc warlord
 49578 | Bailey   | Got a levitating book
 49704 | D:14     | Gained mutation: You are weak (Str -1). [mutagenic glow]
 49724 | D:14     | Gained mutation: You are dopey (Int -1). [mutagenic glow]
 50358 | D:14     | Found Khevve Striza's Fishing Supplies.
 50499 | D:14     | Killed Agnes
 50499 | D:14     | Reached skill level 17 in Spellcasting
 50614 | D:14     | Identified the Catalogue of the Hurtful Mountains (You found it in a bailey)
 50793 | D:14     | Gained mutation: You are agile (Dex +1). [potion of gain dexterity]
 50794 | D:14     | Lost mutation: You are agile (Dex +1). [potion of cure mutation]
 50794 | D:14     | Lost mutation: You are dopey (Int -1). [potion of cure mutation]
 50794 | D:14     | Lost mutation: You are weak (Str -1). [potion of cure mutation]
 50874 | D:14     | Reached XP level 16. HP: 114/114 MP: 28/38
 51229 | D:15     | Entered Level 15 of the Dungeon
 51692 | D:15     | Reached skill level 5 in Translocations
 52557 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: Your tail ends in a poisonous barb. [helix card]
 56917 | D:18     | Noticed Wiglaf
 57164 | D:18     | Noticed Snorg
 57346 | D:18     | Learned a level 7 spell: Delayed Fireball
 57352 | D:18     | Learned a level 5 spell: Ignite Poison
 57358 | D:18     | Learned a level 5 spell: Fireball
 57947 | D:18     | Gained mutation: You are clumsy (Dex -1). [mutagenic glow]
 57951 | D:18     | Killed Snorg
 57967 | D:18     | Gained mutation: You can breathe flames. [mutagenic glow]
 58303 | Swamp:1  | Entered Level 1 of the Swamp
 58566 | Swamp:1  | Reached XP level 17. HP: 119/119 MP: 15/39
 58757 | Swamp:1  | Reached skill level 18 in Spellcasting
 59102 | Swamp:1  | Noticed Josephine
 59416 | Swamp:1  | Killed Josephine
 62094 | Swamp:3  | Noticed Nergalle
 62177 | Swamp:3  | Killed Nergalle
 63007 | Swamp:3  | Noticed Roxanne
 63377 | Swamp:3  | Reached skill level 19 in Spellcasting
 63500 | Swamp:3  | Noticed Kirke
 64142 | Swamp:3  | Killed Kirke
 65208 | Swamp:3  | Killed Roxanne
 65218 | Swamp:3  | Got a black book
 65219 | Swamp:3  | Identified Roxanne's Reference Book on Clay (You took it off Roxanne on level 3 of the Swamp)
 67103 | Swamp:4  | Got an ichor-stained longbow
 67291 | Lair:2   | Paralysed by you for 4 turns
 67412 | Spider:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Spider Nest
 67444 | Spider:1 | Noticed Maud
 67994 | Spider:1 | Killed Maud
 68400 | Spider:1 | Reached XP level 18. HP: 127/127 MP: 30/41
 70822 | Spider:3 | Noticed Arachne
 70827 | Spider:3 | Killed Arachne
 71861 | Spider:3 | Noticed Mara
 72064 | Spider:3 | Noticed Norris
 72210 | Spider:3 | Killed Norris
 72213 | Spider:3 | Noticed Kroney's illusion
 72435 | Spider:3 | Noticed Kroney's illusion
 72437 | Spider:3 | Noticed Mara
 72437 | Spider:3 | Noticed Mara
 73984 | Spider:4 | Noticed Aizul
 73999 | Spider:4 | Killed Aizul
 76143 | Spider:2 | Noticed Mara
 76143 | Spider:2 | Noticed Mara
 76754 | D:18     | Killed Wiglaf
 77706 | D:19     | Found a staircase to the Vaults.
 78131 | D:19     | Reached XP level 19. HP: 133/133 MP: 23/41
 80437 | D:19     | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet.
 80437 | D:19     | Noticed Nikola
 80949 | D:19     | Noticed a quicksilver dragon
 80950 | D:19     | Noticed a shadow dragon
 80950 | D:19     | a quicksilver dragon changed into a shadow dragon
 80956 | D:19     | Killed a shadow dragon
 81503 | D:19     | Killed Nikola
 82881 | Vaults:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Vaults
 85018 | Vaults:2 | HP: 1/133 [dragon/blast of flame (37)]
 86977 | Vaults:2 | Reached skill level 20 in Conjurations
 86977 | Vaults:2 | Reached XP level 20. HP: 70/140 MP: 20/42
 87426 | Vaults:2 | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
 88551 | Vaults:3 | Found a staircase to the Hall of Blades.
 89464 | Vaults:3 | Found a staircase to the Crypt.
 91149 | Vaults:4 | Noticed Margery
 91195 | Vaults:4 | Killed Margery
 92350 | Vaults:4 | Found a portal to a secret trove of treasure.
 93473 | Trove    | Entered a treasure trove
 93496 | Trove    | Got a warped bronze ring
 93513 | Trove    | Got a slimy pewter ring
 93534 | Trove    | Identified the ring "Sheschysh" {Wiz Int+3 Stlth--} (You found it in a treasure trove)
 93535 | Trove    | Identified the ring of Vehumet's Envy {Wiz rPois rN+} (You found it in a treasure trove)
 95110 | Swamp:5  | Entered Level 5 of the Swamp
 95122 | Swamp:5  | Reached skill level 21 in Conjurations
 95452 | Swamp:5  | Reached XP level 21. HP: 147/147 MP: 37/43
 98329 | Swamp:5  | Noticed a bone dragon
 98343 | Swamp:5  | Killed a bone dragon
100055 | Swamp:5  | Got a decaying rune of Zot
100860 | Spider:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Spider Nest
101345 | Spider:5 | Reached skill level 22 in Fire Magic
104435 | Spider:5 | HP: 1/129 [ghost moth (14)]
104435 | Spider:5 | Slain by a ghost moth


[Psieye]

Ok, I see... I'm always worried about not having enough mana,

Getting a melee weapon trained alleviates this more than spellcasting does.

Personally I prefer a bow. Works very well with Conjure Flame - I don't need to be very good with the bow if I have 50 shots to take with 0 threat.