YAVP: Belkar Gets His Revenge

[tcjsavannah]

This was mere moments away from a YASD post, but one lucky teleport kept him alive to fight another day.

Trog only gifted me one melee weapon I used much (a mid-game scimitar) but once I pried a demon blade of electrocution from Mara's cold dead hands, that was my weapon of mass destruction. The blue sling was a fantastic gift, however, and I had fun plinking Dracs in Zot with it.

Carefully went through Zot, and did a lot of dive in - draw out - kill in Zot:5 until I finally decided to go for broke. Got to the orb chamber, berserked, and wasted 10 guardians. Of course, there was still a guardian left when my berserk went out. I called two of Trog's brothers in arms and then hit the wand of teleport. First teleport put me next to a killer klown, two guardians and a lich with about 40 HPs left. Second port kicked in and put me in the half I had just cleared, so I was able to retreat, go back up to Zot:4, rest, then dive back in. Only one guardian was left in the chamber, so I grabbed the orb, then abused the hell out of my control teleport mutation to get out of dodge. Saw Thoh around D:8 on my way back up but blinked away from him, and even killed a player ghost in D:4 that had the misfortune of being next to a staircase.

Two rings of slaying plus the randart armour with the damage bonii gave me +11 when fully loaded-out, which was outstanding. Still had tons of gold and didn't have many (good) shops to spend it all on - the treasure trove I found needed seven levitation potions and a distillery shop never generated, so I never raided it.

Have played several of the diminuitive berserkers now but this was the most fun - I didn't get bored at all through the game.

I know I've said it before, but *now* I think I'm ready to tackle the 15-runer. I've now won four ways - melee (HaBe), conjurator (NaWz), necro (DSNe) and then the 'challenge' (OgCK), all three runes.. now it's time to spread my wings and fly, so to speak.

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.8.0-a0-5111-g9350997 character file.

1399535 Belkar the Slingshot (level 27, 198/198 HPs)
             Began as a Halfling Berserker on Feb 21, 2011.
             Was a High Priest of Trog.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 3 runes (of 3 types) on Feb 24, 2011!
             
             The game lasted 14:38:55 (107299 turns).

Belkar the Slingshot (Halfling Berserker)                                             Turns: 107299, Time: 14:38:55

HP 198/198       AC 20     Str 17      Exp: 27/1322846 (678)
MP  25/25        EV 37     Int  6 (7)  God: Trog [*****.]
Gold 6234        SH 33     Dex 32      Spells:  0 memorised, 28 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : .   a - +4,+7 demon blade (elec)
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : .   R - +4 leather armour "Urubreto" {Str+3 Dam+2}
Life Prot.: + . .   Conserve   : .   i - +3 shield {AC+3}
Res.Acid. : . . .   Res.Corr.  : .   P - +2 hat of the Bear Spirit {Spirit, +Rage r
Res.Poison: +       Clarity    : .   A - +2 cloak {MR}
Res.Elec. : .       Spirit.Shd : +   K - +1 pair of gloves of Freedom {+Inv Dex+3 D
Sust.Abil.: . .     Stasis     : .   C - +1 pair of dwarf boots {Stlth+}
Res.Mut.  : +       Ctrl.Telep.: +   m - amulet of Cloitz {rMut Stlth++}
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .   l - +3,+5 ring of slaying
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .   F - ring of poison resistance

@: burdened, very slightly glowing, slow, extraordinarily resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely stealthy
A: hooves 1, herbivore 1, slow healing 1, slow metabolism 1, spit poison 1, teleport control
a: Spit Poison, Burn Spellbooks, Berserk, Trog's Hand, Brothers in Arms, Renounce Religion, Evoke Berserk Rage,
Evoke Invisibility


You escaped.
You worshipped Trog.
Trog was exalted by your worship.
You were encumbered.
You were not hungry.

You visited 11 branches of the dungeon, and saw 71 of its levels.
You visited 1 Labyrinth.
You visited 2 bazaars.

You collected 8607 gold pieces.
You spent 2393 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a +4,+7 demon blade of electrocution (weapon)
 b - the +9,+12 sling "Punk" {god gift, frost, rC+}
   (Trog gifted it to you on level 4 of the Vaults)   
   It turns projectiles fired from it into bolts of frost.
   It protects you from cold.
 h - a +4,+0 spear (quivered)
 p - the -6,+2 sling of the Eleven Gods {god gift, venom, rF++ Dex-1}
   (Trog gifted it to you on level 26 of the Dungeon)   
   It poisons the ammo it fires.
   It affects your dexterity (-1).
   It greatly protects you from fire.
 t - the +3,+1 sling "Riech" {god gift, velocity, rElec}
   (Trog gifted it to you on level 16 of the Dungeon)   
   Any stone fired from it inflicts extra damage.
   It insulates you from electricity.
 H - a +3,+3 long sword of holy wrath
 U - a +4,+4 short sword of flaming
Missiles
 k - 7 steel +2 sling bullets {god gift}
 q - 16 steel +3 sling bullets {god gift}
 z - 63 +5 sling bullets
 B - 3 poisoned +4 sling bullets {god gift}
 E - 21 +0 darts of flame
 I - 8 +3 sling bullets of frost {god gift}
 W - 26 +3 sling bullets
 X - 43 exploding +1 sling bullets
Armour
 g - the +4 robe of Night {+Inv MR SInv Stlth++}
   (You found it on level 2 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
   It enhances your eyesight.
   It lets you turn invisible.
   It makes you much more stealthy.
   According to legend, this robe was the gift of Ratri the Goddess of the
   Night to one of her followers.
 i - a +3 shield of protection (worn)
 A - a +2 cloak of magic resistance (worn)
 C - a +1 pair of dwarven boots of stealth (worn)
 K - the +1 pair of gloves of Freedom (worn) {+Inv Dex+3 Dam+2}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Realm of Zot)   
   It affects your dexterity (+3).
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+2).
   It lets you turn invisible.
 P - the +2 hat of the Bear Spirit (worn) {Spirit, +Rage rN+ MR}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
   It lets you go berserk.
   Once owned by Ukta, a powerful ogre shaman, this fur hat houses the spirit
   of an especially mighty bear.
 R - the +4 leather armour "Urubreto" (worn) {Str+3 Dam+2}
   (You took it off a wight on level 1 of the Crypt)   
   It affects your strength (+3).
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+2).
Magical devices
 e - a wand of fireball (5)
 f - a wand of digging (2)
 s - a wand of cold (6)
 w - a wand of teleportation (7)
 y - a wand of disintegration (1)
 G - a wand of hasting (1)
 M - a wand of fireball (7)
Comestibles
 d - 12 royal jellies
 r - 2 bread rations
Scrolls
 v - a scroll of blinking
 L - 2 scrolls of recharging
 N - 5 scrolls of teleportation
Jewellery
 l - a +3,+5 ring of slaying (right hand)
 m - the amulet of Cloitz (around neck) {rMut Stlth++}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   [amulet of resist mutation]
   It makes you much more stealthy.
 x - the ring "Aczyzo" {rC+ rN+ Dam+4}
   (You found it on level 8 of the Vaults)   
   [ring of life protection]
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+4).
   It protects you from cold.
 F - a ring of poison resistance (left hand)
 Q - an uncursed ring of sustain abilities
Potions
 O - 7 potions of healing
 S - 9 potions of heal wounds
Orbs of Power
 j - the Orb of Zot
Miscellaneous
 c - the horn of Geryon
 n - a decaying rune of Zot
 o - a barnacled rune of Zot
 u - a silver rune of Zot


 You had 678 experience left.

   Skills:
 + Level 17 Fighting
 - Level 13 Short Blades
 + Level 20 Long Blades
 - Level 2 Axes
 + Level 26 Slings
 + Level 14 Throwing
 - Level 4 Armour
 + Level 21 Dodging
 - Level 15 Stealth
 - Level 6 Stabbing
 + Level 15 Shields
 + Level 5 Traps & Doors
 - Level 8 Unarmed Combat
 - Level 1 Spellcasting
 + Level 9 Evocations


You had 28 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (27/27)            Temple (0/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:7
    Elf (4/5) Orc:3          Lair (8/8) D:10          Swamp (5/5) Lair:4
 Shoals (5/5) Lair:3        Slime (0/6) Lair:7         Hive (2/2) D:11
  Vault (8/8) D:18          Blade (0/1) Vault:6       Crypt (2/5) Vault:4
   Tomb (0/3) Crypt:2         Zot (5/5) D:27       
   Dis: Hell:1         Geh: Hell:1         Coc: Hell:1         Tar: Hell:1

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Sif Muna
The Shining One
Trog
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
Beogh
Lugonu

Shops:
D:10: +  Vault:1: /  Vault:3: (  Vault:5: [//[*  Vault:7: ?[+

Portals:
Hell: D:21 D:22 D:24 D:25 D:26 D:27
Abyss: D:24 D:25
Pan: D:24 D:27
Trove: Elf:2 (7 potions of levitation)
Ziggurat: D:21 (3100 gp)

Annotations
D:7 exclusion: ice statue
D:11 exclusion: oklob plant
D:27 exclusion: statue
Vault:1 exclusion: statue
Crypt:2 exclusion: 2 curse skulls


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You are small and have problems with some larger weapons.
You have a slow metabolism.
You have large cloven feet.
You digest meat inefficiently.
You heal slowly.
You can spit poison.
You can control translocations.


Message History

You closely miss the small abomination. You kick the small abomination!
The small abomination is moderately wounded.
You block the small abomination's attack.
You hit the small abomination. You kick the small abomination!
The small abomination is severely wounded.
Are you sure you want to leave the Dungeon?
You have escaped!


[Jenx]

Congratulations Belkar, you tiny little psychopath!

[Grimm]

You don't just teleport into Mordor.

[mageykun]

The blue sling was a fantastic gift, however, and I had fun plinking Dracs in Zot with it.

Punk is seriously like half the reason I go with Trog now. I love that thing. I'm kinda spoiled though- after getting it a few times, it now seems like the only sling that's worth using.

[tcjsavannah]

The last HaBe I played before this one, I got about four slings of velocity, but all with crappy modifiers.. this time, only one velocity - but it had the key rElec that was my only source all game. That's the only reason I carried it around - else it would have been all Punk, all the time.

[Schwam]

I didn't know Trog's gifts were fixed. Is that a 0.8 change?

Incidentally, is there a lazy man's way to stay on top of these changes? The wiki/brainstorming pages don't help much with that.

[JeffQyzt]

I didn't know Trog's gifts were fixed. Is that a 0.8 change?

Incidentally, is there a lazy man's way to stay on top of these changes? The wiki/brainstorming pages don't help much with that.

There's the changelog: https://crawl.develz.org/mantis/changelog_page.php

[Sprinter]

I didn't know Trog's gifts were fixed. Is that a 0.8 change?

Incidentally, is there a lazy man's way to stay on top of these changes? The wiki/brainstorming pages don't help much with that.

Blue sling "Punk" is fixed art i got same with same stats even without worshiping Trog. Dont think its a granted gift by Trog. Trog only has higher chance to give it when u have sling skill.

[mageykun]

Trog doesn't have guaranteed gifts. It's just that Punk is the only unrandart sling, so if your berserker starts training slings early, there's a reasonable chance Trog will gift it at some point. Of course, it won't happen ever game, and you will have to put up with a big useless pile of fire slings, but the chance to get icy blue awesomeness is worth it to me.