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Thursday, 21st February 2013, 17:03
[YASD] SpSt shot at winning?
Okay, i'm right and properly terrified, now. Not because i'm in a dangerous situation - i'm fairly safe at this moment - but because i actually, possibly, have a shot of doing well this game. And now, i'm paranoid about making one mistake and costing this character her life.
So i started as an SpSt - i realize that evaporating potions at the beginning of the game is a highly unprofessional way to do well in the early game, but i haven't won before - wasn't expecting to win with this character, either, just wanted to have fun xD. My "game plan" is to pray to kiku, train necromancy - which Stalkers get thanks to fulsome distillation, so they have an easier time learning the first book - and eventually gunning for necromutation. that's mostly theoreticals; i usually die around the time i find the lair.
This time? well, i've cleared lair 1-7, and snakes 1-4. I know snakes was a stupidly suicidal branch to go into this early, but i had a LOT of large abominations with me - courtesy of twisted resurrection - and i wanted to see how far i could get with them. It turns out, pretty far, even after an encounter with nikola (who i only JUST barely survived - thank god for controlled blinking and the last of my poison potions).
As of now, i'm kind of at a loss for what to do. I know i'm not going into snakes: 5, and a dip into lair:8 told me that the place is absolutely infested with death yaks. I could head into the Swamp, but i'm not amazingly keen on going into another rune branch. I could also backtrack and raid the mines for gold and corpses (gotta LOVE twisted resurrection), or push down into the dungeon a little more.
i'd really appreciate advice on this one, guys. i'll be happy to update this thread for a while with repeated character dumps, if it gets me the help i need to keep staying alive. i'm REALLY digging this character, it'd suck if she died.
So i started as an SpSt - i realize that evaporating potions at the beginning of the game is a highly unprofessional way to do well in the early game, but i haven't won before - wasn't expecting to win with this character, either, just wanted to have fun xD. My "game plan" is to pray to kiku, train necromancy - which Stalkers get thanks to fulsome distillation, so they have an easier time learning the first book - and eventually gunning for necromutation. that's mostly theoreticals; i usually die around the time i find the lair.
This time? well, i've cleared lair 1-7, and snakes 1-4. I know snakes was a stupidly suicidal branch to go into this early, but i had a LOT of large abominations with me - courtesy of twisted resurrection - and i wanted to see how far i could get with them. It turns out, pretty far, even after an encounter with nikola (who i only JUST barely survived - thank god for controlled blinking and the last of my poison potions).
As of now, i'm kind of at a loss for what to do. I know i'm not going into snakes: 5, and a dip into lair:8 told me that the place is absolutely infested with death yaks. I could head into the Swamp, but i'm not amazingly keen on going into another rune branch. I could also backtrack and raid the mines for gold and corpses (gotta LOVE twisted resurrection), or push down into the dungeon a little more.
i'd really appreciate advice on this one, guys. i'll be happy to update this thread for a while with repeated character dumps, if it gets me the help i need to keep staying alive. i'm REALLY digging this character, it'd suck if she died.
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.11.2 (tiles) character file.
Pinkie Pie the Eclecticist (Spriggan Stalker) Turns: 42615, Time: 05:08:44
HP 61/61 AC 5 Str 7 XL: 14 Next: 6%
MP 38/38 EV 18 Int 19 (20) God: Kikubaaqudgha [*****.]
Gold 972 SH 0 Dex 18 Spells: 12 memorised, 5 levels left
Res.Fire : . . . See Invis. : + r - +5 dagger (drain)
Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . D - +2 orc robe {MR}
Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . (shield restricted)
Res.Poison: + Res.Corr. : . (helmet restricted)
Res.Elec. : . Clarity : . c - +0 cloak
Sust.Abil.: . . Spirit.Shd : . (gloves unavailable)
Res.Mut. : . Stasis : . (boots unavailable)
Res.Rott. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . (no amulet)
Saprovore : . . . Levitation : . x - ring of poison resistance
Ctrl.Flight: . g - +2 ring of intelligence
@: very quick, extremely resistant to hostile enchantments, stealthy
A: unfitting armour, horns 1, see invisible, blink 1, deterioration 1, herbivore
3, speed 3, sense surroundings 1, slow metabolism 2, spit poison 1, Str +1, Int
+1, Dex -1
a: Spit Poison, Blink, Receive Corpses, Torment, Renounce Religion
You are on level 4 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Kikubaaqudgha.
Kikubaaqudgha is extremely pleased with you.
You are full.
You have visited 4 branches of the dungeon, and seen 23 of its levels.
You have collected 1277 gold pieces.
You have spent 325 gold pieces at shops.
Inventory:
Hand weapons
r - a +5,+5 dagger of draining (weapon)
Armour
c - a +0 cloak (worn)
p - the +0 robe "Xinecuci" {rC+}
(You found it on level 1 of the Snake Pit)
It protects you from cold.
D - a +2 orcish robe of magic resistance (worn)
Magical devices
h - a wand of cold {zapped: 1}
j - a wand of teleportation
o - a wand of teleportation {zapped: 3}
z - a wand of digging {zapped: 5}
A - a wand of teleportation {recharged}
Comestibles
a - a bread ration
F - 9 honeycombs
G - a royal jelly
Scrolls
f - a scroll of teleportation
k - 8 scrolls of identify
n - a scroll of enchant armour
t - 4 scrolls of recharging
y - a scroll of silence
C - 5 scrolls of remove curse
E - 3 scrolls of magic mapping
Jewellery
g - a +2 ring of intelligence (left hand)
x - a ring of poison resistance (right hand)
Potions
e - 2 potions of curing
l - a potion of speed
u - 2 potions of restore abilities
w - a potion of levitation
Books
m - a book of Wizardry
Spells Type Level
Summon Elemental Summoning 4
Agony Necromancy 5
Lightning Bolt Conjuration/Air 5
Fireball Conjuration/Fire 5
Haste Charms 6
Invisibility Hexes 6
s - Kikubaaqudgha's Guide on Necromancy {god gift}
(Kikubaaqudgha gifted it to you on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts)
Spells Type Level
Agony Necromancy 5
Dispel Undead Necromancy 5
*Twisted Resurrection Necromancy 5
Bolt of Draining Conjuration/Necromancy 6
Death Channel Necromancy 6
v - a book of Fire
Spells Type Level
Fire Brand Charms/Fire 2
Ignite Poison Fire/Transmutation 5
Fireball Conjuration/Fire 5
Bolt of Fire Conjuration/Fire 6
Delayed Fireball Conjuration/Fire 7
Ring of Flames Charms/Fire 7
Dragon Form Fire/Transmutation 7
Skills:
- Level 0.7 Fighting
- Level 7.0 Short Blades
- Level 3.0 Dodging
- Level 3.0 Stealth
- Level 3.0 Stabbing
- Level 17.0 Spellcasting
- Level 4.1 Hexes
- Level 12.0 Necromancy
- Level 14.0 Translocations
+ Level 14.5 Transmutations
You have 5 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:
Your Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger
a - Fulsome Distillation Trmt/Necr N/A 0% 1 None
b - Evaporate Fire/Trmt ######. 1% 2 None
c - Dig Trmt/Erth ######... 1% 4 None
d - Petrify Trmt/Erth ######... 1% 4 None
e - Summon Butterflies Summ ####..... 4% 1 None
f - Phase Shift Tloc #######... 1% 5 ##.....
g - Alistair's Intoxicat Trmt/Pois ######... 1% 4 None
h - Tukima's Dance Hex #####..... 1% 3 None
j - Vampiric Draining Necr #######... 1% 3 None
k - Twisted Resurrection Necr #######... 1% 5 ##.....
l - Recall Summ/Tloc N/A 1% 3 None
m - Controlled Blink Tloc N/A 12% 7 ######.
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (9/27) Temple (1/1) D:7 Orc (0/4) D:6
Lair (8/8) D:9 Swamp (0/5) Lair:6 Snake (5/5) Lair:5
Slime: Lair:6-8
Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
the Shining One
Shops:
D:6: (
Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations
You are tiny and cannot use many weapons and most armour.
You have supernaturally acute eyesight.
You are a herbivore.
You cover ground extremely quickly.
You need consume almost no food.
You have a pair of small horns on your head.
You can translocate small distances at will.
Your mind is acute (Int +1).
Your body is slowly deteriorating.
You passively map a small area around you.
You can spit poison.
Your muscles are strong, but stiff (Str +1, Dex -1).
Message History
There is a stone staircase leading down here.
You are firmly grounded in the material plane once more.
There is a stone staircase leading down here.
There is a stone staircase leading up here.
Magic restored.
You climb upwards.
A fire drake comes into view.
There is a stone staircase leading down here.
The helpless fire drake fails to defend itself.
You slice the fire drake!! You drain the fire drake!
You kill the fire drake!
Kikubaaqudgha accepts your kill.
You see here a fire drake corpse.
You start butchering the fire drake corpse with your dagger.
You continue butchering the corpse.
You finish chopping the fire drake corpse into pieces.
You see here 2 chunks of fire drake flesh.
Welcome back, Pinkie Pie the Spriggan Stalker.
Kikubaaqudgha says: Spread unending torment and darkness!
Press ? for a list of commands and other information.
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There are no monsters in sight!
Vanquished Creatures
Nikola (Snake:1)
An anaconda (Snake:2)
A death yak (Lair:7)
8 humans (Lair:1)
2 elephants (Lair:5)
2 dancing weapons (D:9)
8 black mambas
An item mimic (Snake:5)
A queen ant (Lair:3)
4 spiny frogs
Prince Ribbit (D:7)
A troll (D:9)
A queen bee (Lair:5)
3 basilisks
2 polar bears
A hippogriff (Lair:7)
13 yaks
4 war dogs (D:9)
8 blink frogs
A hog (Snake:4)
3 ice beasts
2 phantoms
A sky beast (D:6)
4 centaurs
A fire drake (Lair:4)
An ogre (D:7)
Grum (D:9)
Sigmund (D:3)
11 crocodiles
5 giant slugs
5 nagas
11 giant frogs
3 soldier ants (Lair:3)
Blork the orc (D:9)
A water moccasin skeleton (D:5)
22 water moccasins
An eye of draining (D:9)
A goliath beetle (D:8)
A jellyfish (Lair:5)
19 killer bees
5 agate snails
A shadow (D:9)
8 crimson imps
A komodo dragon (Lair:8)
2 big kobold skeletons
3 lava snakes (Snake:2)
A gnoll shaman (D:7)
Crazy Yiuf (D:3)
2 hound skeletons (D:9)
7 orc priests
4 orc wizards
13 hounds
23 worker ants
8 iguanas
4 scorpions
9 porcupines
6 sheep
Ijyb (D:3)
Jessica (D:3)
2 big fish (Lair:5)
4 jellies
A mummy (D:8)
32 adders
5 gnolls
4 giant centipedes
29 green rats
3 scorpion zombies
2 giant mites
6 worms
11 giant geckos
39 orcs
6 ball pythons
6 giant cockroaches
11 hobgoblins
41 jackals
17 kobolds
8 quokkas
14 bats
7 giant newts
5 goblins
A hobgoblin skeleton (D:5)
A kobold skeleton (D:5)
An orc zombie (D:8)
22 rats
A crawling corpse (Lair:5)
96 fungi
7 plants
8 toadstools
649 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
Kirke (Snake:4)
Frances (Snake:4)
2 hydras
8 anacondas
6 death yaks
7 naga warriors
A very ugly thing (Snake:4)
A catoblepas (Lair:8)
4 oklob plants (Lair:6)
A griffon (Lair:4)
17 black mambas
An elephant slug (Lair:7)
A feature mimic (Lair:2)
2 naga magi
3 spiny frogs
An ugly thing (Snake:4)
3 elephants (Lair:5)
A komodo dragon (Lair:4)
52 nagas
4 blink frogs
A chaos spawn (Snake:4)
A basilisk (Lair:2)
5 sharks (Lair:5)
3 hippogriffs
3 war dogs (Lair:6)
3 giant goldfish
8 soldier ants (Lair:3)
A boulder beetle (Lair:7)
4 giant frogs
5 giant slugs
3 agate snails
5 crocodiles
21 water moccasins
2 jellyfish (Lair:5)
6 killer bees
An electric eel (Lair:6)
2 hounds
4 lava snakes (Snake:2)
3 big fish (Lair:5)
An iguana (Lair:5)
4 porcupines
19 worker ants (Lair:3)
17 sheep
7 adders
11 green rats
A giant centipede (Lair:1)
A gnoll (D:4)
A worm (Lair:3)
A goliath beetle (D:9)
3 ball pythons (Snake:2)
12 jackals
3 quokkas
3 bats
A rat (Lair:2)
2 bushes
115 fungi
17 plants
417 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (others)
23 large abominations
7 small abominations
A black mamba (Snake:1)
13 dancing weapons
2 efreet
A water moccasin (Lair:7)
A killer bee (Lair:5)
A hound (Lair:1)
A porcupine (D:9)
2 adders (Snake:4)
3 green rats
2 orcs (D:6)
A hobgoblin (D:6)
2 humans
2 jackals (Lair:2)
A quokka (D:9)
A kobold (D:9)
3 rats
5 crawling corpses
4 fungi (Lair:8)
6 macabre masses
9 plants
7 toadstools
98 creatures vanquished.
Grand Total: 1164 creatures vanquished
Notes
Turn | Place | Note
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0 | D:1 | Pinkie Pie, the Spriggan Stalker, began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 10/10 MP: 2/2
277 | D:1 | Paralysed by a potion of paralysis for 6 turns
603 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 11/14 MP: 2/4
840 | D:1 | Reached skill level 4 in Transmutations
1105 | D:2 | Learned a level 2 spell: Evaporate
1434 | D:2 | Found a snail-covered altar of Cheibriados.
1586 | D:2 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 18/18 MP: 3/7
1748 | D:2 | Gained mutation: Your mind is acute (Int +1). [potion of mutation]
1748 | D:2 | Gained mutation: You evolve. [potion of mutation]
1748 | D:2 | Gained mutation: You have a pair of small horns on your head. [potion of mutation]
1861 | D:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Transmutations
2398 | D:3 | Noticed Jessica
2405 | D:3 | Killed Jessica
2405 | D:3 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 22/22 MP: 9/9
2716 | D:3 | Gained mutation: Your muscles are strong, but stiff (Str +1, Dex -1). [evolution]
2873 | D:3 | Noticed a centaur
2888 | D:3 | Killed a centaur
2888 | D:3 | Reached skill level 7 in Transmutations
2888 | D:3 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 18/25 MP: 6/11
3018 | D:3 | Noticed Sigmund
3043 | D:3 | Noticed Ijyb
3071 | D:3 | Killed Sigmund
3071 | D:3 | Reached skill level 8 in Transmutations
3071 | D:3 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 25/30 MP: 3/14
3075 | D:3 | Killed Ijyb
3143 | D:3 | Learned a level 4 spell: Dig
3218 | D:3 | Noticed Crazy Yiuf
3224 | D:3 | Killed Crazy Yiuf
3893 | D:4 | Reached skill level 9 in Transmutations
4885 | D:4 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 16/33 MP: 1/16
5143 | D:4 | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
5261 | D:4 | Reached skill level 10 in Transmutations
5576 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
5899 | D:4 | Learned a level 1 spell: Apportation
5903 | D:4 | Learned a level 1 spell: Summon Butterflies
5940 | D:4 | Reached skill level 1 in Translocations
6774 | D:4 | Learned a level 2 spell: Blink
7083 | D:5 | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
7083 | D:5 | Noticed an angel
7592 | D:5 | Learned a level 4 spell: Petrify
7924 | D:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
8096 | D:6 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 37/37 MP: 18/22
8743 | D:6 | Found Qiapham's Weapon Shoppe.
8971 | D:6 | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
9355 | D:7 | Learned a level 4 spell: Alistair's Intoxication
9359 | D:7 | Learned a level 3 spell: Tukima's Dance
9417 | D:6 | Bought a +2,+1 dagger of draining for 325 gold pieces
9591 | D:7 | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
10129 | D:7 | Reached skill level 1 in Hexes
10134 | D:7 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 41/41 MP: 21/27
10217 | D:7 | Noticed Prince Ribbit
10230 | D:7 | Killed Prince Ribbit
10918 | D:7 | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
11114 | D:7 | Reached skill level 10 in Spellcasting
11427 | D:7 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
11436 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
11534 | Temple | Became a worshipper of Kikubaaqudgha
11731 | D:7 | Gained mutation: You are agile (Dex +1). [evolution]
12432 | D:8 | Reached skill level 11 in Spellcasting
12771 | D:9 | Noticed Blork the orc
12775 | D:9 | Acquired Kikubaaqudgha's first power
12775 | D:9 | Received a gift from Kikubaaqudgha
12777 | D:9 | Got an engraved book {god gift}
12936 | D:8 | Identified Kikubaaqudgha's Papyrus of Necromancy {god gift} (Kikubaaqudgha gifted it to you on level 9 of the Dungeon)
12938 | D:8 | Learned a level 1 spell: Pain
12942 | D:8 | Learned a level 3 spell: Vampiric Draining
13166 | D:9 | Reached skill level 1 in Necromancy
13196 | D:9 | Reached XP level 10. HP: 29/45 MP: 14/30
13278 | D:9 | Killed Blork the orc
13485 | D:9 | Reached skill level 5 in Necromancy
13936 | D:9 | Acquired Kikubaaqudgha's second power
13938 | D:9 | Reached skill level 5 in Short Blades
14079 | D:9 | Noticed Grum
14154 | D:9 | Killed Grum
14361 | D:9 | Learned a level 5 spell: Twisted Resurrection
14418 | D:9 | Gained mutation: You passively map a small area around you. [evolution]
14564 | D:9 | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
14670 | D:9 | Found a staircase to the Lair.
14745 | Lair:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
15698 | Lair:1 | Noticed a human
15720 | Lair:1 | Killed a human
15720 | Lair:1 | Reached XP level 11. HP: 28/49 MP: 15/31
15727 | Lair:1 | Noticed a human
15731 | Lair:1 | Killed a human
15809 | Lair:1 | Received a gift from Kikubaaqudgha
15810 | Lair:1 | Got a rare book {god gift}
16156 | Lair:1 | Noticed a large abomination
16157 | Lair:1 | Identified Kikubaaqudgha's Guide on Necromancy {god gift} (Kikubaaqudgha gifted it to you on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts)
17274 | Lair:2 | Reached skill level 10 in Necromancy
18229 | Lair:2 | Noticed a large abomination
18525 | Lair:3 | Acquired Kikubaaqudgha's third power
18857 | Lair:3 | Noticed a large abomination
19046 | Lair:3 | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
19830 | Lair:3 | Noticed a large abomination
20526 | Lair:4 | Noticed a large abomination
20831 | Lair:4 | Gained mutation: You can spit poison. [evolution]
20831 | Lair:4 | Lost mutation: You evolve. [end of evolution]
22135 | Lair:3 | Reached skill level 12 in Necromancy
22151 | Lair:3 | Noticed a large abomination
22876 | Lair:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Translocations
23111 | Lair:4 | Noticed a large abomination
23272 | Lair:4 | Acquired Kikubaaqudgha's fourth power
23284 | Lair:4 | Reached XP level 12. HP: 53/53 MP: 32/32
23724 | Lair:4 | Learned a level 3 spell: Recall
24157 | Lair:5 | a large abomination (ally) was killed
24173 | Lair:5 | Found a staircase to the Snake Pit.
24201 | Snake:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Snake Pit
24241 | Snake:1 | Noticed an anaconda
24249 | Snake:1 | Killed an anaconda
24670 | Snake:1 | a large abomination (ally) was killed
24813 | Snake:1 | Noticed an anaconda
24819 | Snake:1 | Killed an anaconda
24939 | Snake:1 | Got an opalescent robe
24946 | Snake:1 | Identified the +0 robe "Xinecuci" (You found it on level 1 of the Snake Pit)
25031 | Snake:1 | Noticed Nikola
25046 | Snake:1 | a large abomination (ally) was killed
25047 | Snake:1 | a large abomination (ally) was killed
25050 | Snake:1 | a large abomination (ally) was killed
25056 | Snake:1 | Reached skill level 13 in Spellcasting
25105 | Snake:1 | Killed Nikola
26375 | Lair:5 | Reached skill level 14 in Spellcasting
26998 | Lair:3 | Noticed a six-headed hydra
27617 | Lair:5 | a large abomination (ally) was killed
27673 | Lair:5 | Killed a five-headed hydra
27870 | Lair:6 | Found a staircase to the Swamp.
28783 | Lair:6 | Noticed a six-headed hydra
28794 | Lair:6 | Killed a six-headed hydra
29978 | Snake:1 | Reached skill level 10 in Translocations
30649 | Lair:2 | Learned a level 7 spell: Controlled Blink
32165 | Snake:2 | Reached skill level 15 in Spellcasting
32325 | Snake:2 | Reached XP level 13. HP: 49/57 MP: 30/36
32400 | Snake:2 | Noticed an anaconda
32401 | Snake:2 | Killed an anaconda
32760 | Snake:2 | a large abomination (ally) was killed
34998 | Lair:2 | Learned a level 5 spell: Phase Shift
35289 | Lair:7 | Reached skill level 16 in Spellcasting
37274 | Snake:4 | Reached skill level 17 in Spellcasting
38027 | Snake:4 | Noticed Kirke
38110 | Snake:4 | Killed Kirke
38328 | Snake:4 | Lost mutation: You are agile (Dex +1). [potion of mutation]
38328 | Snake:4 | Gained mutation: Your body is slowly deteriorating. [potion of mutation]
38328 | Snake:4 | Gained mutation: You can translocate small distances at will. [potion of mutation]
38630 | Snake:4 | Noticed Frances
38647 | Snake:4 | Killed Frances
39203 | Snake:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Snake Pit
40872 | Lair:8 | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts
41396 | Lair:8 | Reached XP level 14. HP: 32/61 MP: 33/38
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