Vestibule Violator
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Joined: Monday, 21st November 2011, 07:40
CIP: SpEn of Oka
Till Orc:2 where I discovered a truly NASTY vault, which I'd never seen before. (Perhaps it's new in trunk? Or just infrequent due to a rare show of beneficence from the sadis^Wdevs who make this wonderful game. )
The setup is a narrow passage leading to a roon surrounded by lava. Looking in from the passage, the room is empty, save for a Beogh altar, with a door behind it. As you walk in, Beogh shouts at you not to touch his altar, and then surrounds you with (in this case; I assume it's somewhat random) 4 deep trolls, 3 normal trolls a two-headed ogre and two orc high priests, in a room <7x5. With you in the back. EEEK! Fortunately, the room looks like a trap so I had already went invisible before entering, so I read a teleport promptly, and fled in my best rendition of a blink (a wand of hasting on a spriggan actually makes it a decent rendition, if only I didn't have to stop and stab a troll a few times to get out.) Long story short, I got away, though with 3 demons and a pair of high orc priests doing their best to wreck me, I was down to ~15HP.
Whew.
That's probably at least as tough as half the Orc:4 vaults. OTOH, I'm not actually complaining; it was completely optional and blatantly warning me to be careful. I do feel a lot better about Orc:4, now that I've already dispatched a pair of high priests though; there's not much tougher that can spawn. (St. Roka notwithstanding)