CIP: MfIE of Fedhas Madash (2 runes)

[diviton]

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.12-a0-2107-gc557f1f (tiles) character file.

Lorenzo the Impaler (Merfolk Ice Elementalist)     Turns: 41124, Time: 03:03:51

HP 108/108       AC  6     Str  8      XL: 15   Next:  5%
MP  43/43        EV 23     Int 21      God: Fedhas [******]
Gold 1133        SH  0     Dex 17      Spells:  3 memorised, 30 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : .   t - +0,+1 trident (pierce)
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : .   a - +0 robe
Life Prot.: + . .   Conserve   : .   (no shield)
Res.Poison: +       Res.Corr.  : .   R - +0 wizard hat {MR}
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   q - +0 cloak
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   A - +1 pair of gauntlets
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   l - +0 pair of boots (curse)
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   M - cursed amulet of the gourmand
Gourmand  : +       Flight     : .   N - ring "Irasmal" {+Fly rPois rN+}
                                     K - ring of magical power

@: quite resistant to hostile enchantments, very stealthy
A: change form in water, swift swim, Dex +2
a: Evolution, Sunlight, Growth, Reproduction, Rain, Renounce Religion, Evoke
Flight


You are on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Fedhas.
Fedhas is exalted by your worship.
You are full.

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

You have collected 1113 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 t - a +0,+1 trident of piercing (weapon)
Armour
 a - a +0 robe (worn)
 j - the +0 animal skin "Ysauxt Owkui" {rElec Acc-5 Dam-3}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   It affects your accuracy (-5).
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (-3).
   It insulates you from electricity.
 l - a cursed +0 pair of boots (worn)
 q - a +0 cloak (worn)
 u - a buckler
 A - a +1 pair of gauntlets (worn)
 R - a +0 wizard hat of magic resistance (worn)
Magical devices
 b - a wand of digging {zapped: 2}
 e - a wand of lightning (7)
 D - a wand of teleportation (4)
Comestibles
 c - 3 bread rations
 I - 6 oranges
Scrolls
 h - 3 scrolls of identify
 y - 2 scrolls of fog
 B - a scroll of blinking
 G - 3 scrolls labeled IHU SYADDO {tried}
Jewellery
 d - an uncursed amulet of rage
 g - an uncursed ring of sustain abilities
 n - an uncursed ring of fire
 o - an uncursed ring of life protection
 v - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
 x - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 C - an uncursed ring of flight
 K - a ring of magical power (left hand)
 M - a cursed amulet of the gourmand (around neck)
 N - the ring "Irasmal" (right hand) {+Fly rPois rN+}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   [ring of life protection]
   It protects you from poison.
   It lets you fly.
Potions
 f - 2 potions of might
 i - 3 potions of speed
 k - a potion of brilliance
 s - 3 potions of curing
 w - 2 potions of berserk rage
 E - a potion of heal wounds
 H - 4 potions of flight
 O - a potion of agility
 Q - a potion of magic


   Skills:
 - Level 10.0 Fighting
 - Level 15.0 Polearms
 + Level 14.2 Dodging
 - Level 7.9 Stealth
 - Level 2.7 Traps
 - Level 12.3 Spellcasting
 - Level 4.5 Conjurations
 - Level 13.0 Ice Magic
 - Level 10.6 Invocations


You have 30 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Freeze                Ice            #####        1%          1    None
b - Throw Icicle          Conj/Ice       ######...    1%          4    None
c - Ozocubu's Armour      Chrm/Ice       ######....   1%          3    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (10/27)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (0/4) D:8
   Lair (8/8) D:8          Shoals (0/5) Lair:6       Spider (0/5) Lair:6
  Slime (0/6) Lair:8     

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

Shops:
D:5: +

Annotations
D:10 Maurice
Lair:4 Erica, Fannar


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You revert to your normal form in water.
You are very nimble and swift while swimming.
You are agile (Dex +2).

Only been one day since my OpTm of Yredelemnul win and I already felt like starting a new character. I've wanted to make this combo for a while. Immediately I can't help but recognize how much easier the early game is as a Merfolk than an Octopode. This is actually my first attempt at that build and I'm already at level 15 without dying once. I've gotten crappy gear and crappy books, but I'm still doing well regardless. I haven't used any of Fedhas' abilities, but I'm excited to pop a ton of Oklob plants on a tough floor. I think Freeze might be the most useful level 1 spell I've ever used, save for maybe Summon Butterflies. It remained useful throughout the Lair. Even Hydra's weren't that tough. I'd just pop Ozocubu's Armour and then hit them with throw icicle until they died. Even if they got into melee range, the armour would prevent me from taking too much damage. I must have killed at least 6 this way.

I'll probably learn the remaining spells from the starting book. Not sure why I haven't yet. They just don't seem immediately useful.

[Sandman25]

I suggest you to create some wandering mushrooms, they can save your life some day. The combo is very powerful indeed, my MfIE of Fedhas died in ZoT5 because I saved "save" folder and didn't want it to win Train some Stabbing, wandering mushrooms confuse target with every attack. So far you are playing a Dg

Edit: Fedhas' piety does not decay so if you are at 6 stars, you can safely create some mushrooms.

[Psieye]

While they'd still be useful at this point, mushrooms really shine when you've just earned 1* piety as in droves they make the hardest part of the game (earlygame) much easier.

Start using Rain and Sunlight - note the latter can be spammed (and shows invisible monsters). Experiment with blowing up corpses (don't stand near) and evolving a ballistomycete. Orc will get you a good polearm (glaive/bardiche).

[diviton]

Started training stabbing as you suggested but still haven't made a mushroom. I've been letting the giant spores do the confusing instead. Its so easy to keep a steady flow of them. Just got to be careful they arent too close. Sunlight has proven useful agaibdt unseen horrors and rain helped me escape an otherwise overwhelming situation. It also helped mr extinguish sticky flame before it burned any scrolls. I hate sticky flame so I cant tell you how awesome that was. I also got a +3 +3 Glaivr of freezing from the ice cave.

Left Orc 4 for later because Saint Roka is there and tons of ranged attackers and I have no repel missiles.

[Moanerette]

I'll probably learn the remaining spells from the starting book. Not sure why I haven't yet. They just don't seem immediately useful.

If you're meleeing, which I tend to as an IE, Condensation Shield is obviously handy. Rolling with Ice Beasts is great, and I've found they remain very helpful till late game at least; they have an excellent long duration and are pretty sturdy (except against fire). If you haven't found a use for Throw Frost already then don't bother; it's the cheap early ranged attack and is generally the first spell I forget.
.

[Siegurt]

Also if/when you get freezing cloud, ice beasts are immune to it's damage, so they can keep critters inside a freezing cloud and prevent them from charging you instead, it's great to use them as blockers to let freezing cloud do more damage, even if the critter wouldn't take much damage from the ice beasts themselves.

They are also immune to bolt of cold, so you can stand behind them and fire through down corridors.

Also ice beasts last a REALLY long time, it's pretty easy to summon a couple well before combat. So yeah, they stay useful tactically for a long time.

[Sandman25]

I've seen a game where Ice Beasts were used in Tomb 3 to get curses.

[Psieye]

Started training stabbing as you suggested but still haven't made a mushroom.

Every. Single. Corpse. that you pray at will give you fungi that you can then evolve into walking shrooms.

[diviton]

Started training stabbing as you suggested but still haven't made a mushroom.

Every. Single. Corpse. that you pray at will give you fungi that you can then evolve into walking shrooms.

I'm aware of that. I just haven't evolved one. I just don't feel like using the Piety of Fruit for it.

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.12-a0-2107-gc557f1f (tiles) character file.

Lorenzo the Phalangite (Merfolk Ice Elementalist)  Turns: 77093, Time: 06:00:37

HP 129/129       AC  7     Str  8      XL: 18   Next: 77%
MP  44/45        EV 24     Int 22      God: Fedhas [******]
Gold 3561        SH  0     Dex 18      Spells:  6 memorised, 23 levels left

Res.Fire  : x . .   See Invis. : .   r - +3 glaive (freeze)
Res.Cold  : + + .   Warding    : .   E - +0 robe {MR}
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .   (no shield)
Res.Poison: +       Res.Corr.  : .   R - +0 wizard hat {MR}
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   i - +0 cloak (curse)
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   A - +1 pair of gauntlets
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   j - +1 pair of boots of the Ecumenical Temple
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   U - amulet of Chonaoci {Gourm rPois rC+ Acc+3}
Gourmand  : +       Flight     : .   b - ring of ice
                                     K - ring of magical power

@: very resistant to hostile enchantments, very stealthy
A: change form in water, swift swim, Dex +3
a: Evolution, Sunlight, Growth, Reproduction, Rain, Renounce Religion


You are on level 4 of the Orcish Mines.
You worship Fedhas.
Fedhas is exalted by your worship.
You are very full.

You have visited 6 branches of the dungeon, and seen 37 of its levels.
You have also visited: Sewer and Ice Cave.

You have collected 3788 gold pieces.
You have spent 247 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 r - a +3,+3 glaive of freezing (weapon)
Armour
 i - a cursed +0 cloak (worn)
 j - the cursed +1 pair of boots of the Ecumenical Temple (worn) {Dam+2 Curse}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Orcish Mines)   
   
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+2).
   It may recurse itself.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 A - a +1 pair of gauntlets (worn)
 E - a +0 robe of magic resistance (worn)
 R - a +0 wizard hat of magic resistance (worn)
Magical devices
 c - a wand of fireball {zapped: 1}
 e - a wand of teleportation {zapped: 2}
 k - a wand of heal wounds (8)
 t - a wand of teleportation (8)
 v - a wand of digging
Comestibles
 q - 3 bread rations
 I - 5 oranges
 O - a meat ration
Scrolls
 u - 6 scrolls of identify
 y - 3 scrolls of fog
 G - 4 scrolls of remove curse
Jewellery
 a - an uncursed amulet of warding
 b - a ring of ice (right hand)
 d - an uncursed amulet of rage
 g - an uncursed ring of sustain abilities
 n - an uncursed ring of fire
 o - an uncursed ring of life protection
 s - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
 w - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 x - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 B - an uncursed ring of wizardry
 C - an uncursed ring of flight
 K - a ring of magical power (left hand)
 N - the ring "Irasmal" {+Fly rPois rN+}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   [ring of life protection]
   It protects you from poison.
   It lets you fly.
 U - the amulet of Chonaoci (around neck) {Gourm rPois rC+ Acc+3}
   (You found it on level 15 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [amulet of the gourmand]
   It affects your accuracy (+3).
   It protects you from cold.
   It protects you from poison.
Potions
 h - 2 potions of curing
 m - 2 potions of agility
 J - 2 potions of berserk rage
 L - 2 potions of restore abilities
 P - 2 potions of brilliance
 Q - a potion of magic
 S - 2 potions of speed
 T - 2 potions of might


   Skills:
 - Level 10.0 Fighting
 - Level 21.1 Polearms
 - Level 14.2 Dodging
 - Level 7.9 Stealth
 - Level 10.0 Stabbing
 - Level 2.7 Traps
 - Level 12.3 Spellcasting
 * Level 9.4 Conjurations
 - Level 4.0 Charms
 - Level 2.7 Transmutations
 - Level 17.0 Ice Magic
 - Level 10.6 Invocations


You have 23 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Freeze                Ice            #####        0%          1    None
b - Throw Icicle          Conj/Ice       ########.    1%          4    None
c - Ozocubu's Armour      Chrm/Ice       #######...   1%          3    None
d - Swiftness             Chrm/Air       ####......   3%          2    None
e - Condensation Shield   Ice/Trmt       #######...   1%          4    None
f - Summon Ice Beast      Ice/Summ       #######...   1%          4    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (16/27)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:8
    Elf (0/3) Orc:3          Lair (8/8) D:8          Shoals (4/5) Lair:6
 Spider (4/5) Lair:6        Slime (0/6) Lair:8       Vaults (0/5) D:16

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

Shops:
D:5: +  D:10: /  Orc:1: (  Orc:4: [*((

Annotations
Spider:4 Jorgrun, Rupert


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You revert to your normal form in water.
You are very nimble and swift while swimming.
You are agile (Dex +3).

In case anyone is counting, I've gotten 3 Gain Dexterity potions. which is pretty cool. I cleared Shoals and Spider to 4, although I didn't do much on Spider 4 when I saw that Jorgrun and Rupert were down there. I'll deal with them much later. I had a very close call to a Kraken, but barely made it out alive. I was overconfident. Planning on taking Dungeon to 20 and then exploring Vaults to 4. Still waiting for a nice Bardiche.

[diviton]

why did you pick fedhas if you dont want to use fedhas abilities

Good point. Its a shame Fedhas doesn't have four other abilities besides Evolution that could justify him as my God choice... =P

[diviton]

guess what: except for sunlight, those abilities also cost piety or fruit

Reproduction doesn't cost piety or fruit either and I use that like it's going out of style.

Even if all of his abilities cost piety AND fruit, that doesn't change anything. I said I don't feel like creating wandering mushrooms because I don't feel like spending piety or fruit on that particular ability. The fact that the other abilities may or may not require piety or fruit is entirely irrelevant. (even though two of the abilities require neither) I use the abilities that appeal to me and not the ones that don't.

I just found your question about why I chose to use Fedhas was a bit strange considering I've been using his other four abilities religiously. (harhar)

[diviton]

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.12-a0-2107-gc557f1f (tiles) character file.

Lorenzo the Phalangite (Merfolk Ice Elementalist)  Turns: 84414, Time: 06:31:52

HP 135/135       AC  6     Str  8      XL: 19   Next: 74%
MP  46/46        EV 25     Int 22      God: Fedhas [******]
Gold 4025        SH  0     Dex 18      Spells:  6 memorised, 24 levels left

Res.Fire  : x . .   See Invis. : .   r - +3 glaive (freeze)
Res.Cold  : + + .   Warding    : .   E - +0 robe {MR}
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .   (no shield)
Res.Poison: +       Res.Corr.  : .   R - +0 wizard hat {MR}
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   i - -1 cloak (curse)
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   A - +1 pair of gauntlets
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   j - +1 pair of boots of the Ecumenical Temple
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   U - amulet of Chonaoci {Gourm rPois rC+ Acc+3}
Gourmand  : +       Flight     : .   b - ring of ice
                                     K - ring of magical power

@: very resistant to hostile enchantments, very stealthy
A: change form in water, swift swim, Dex +3
a: Evolution, Sunlight, Growth, Reproduction, Rain, Renounce Religion


You are on level 19 of the Dungeon.
You worship Fedhas.
Fedhas is exalted by your worship.
You are full.

You have visited 6 branches of the dungeon, and seen 41 of its levels.
You have also visited: Sewer and Ice Cave.

You have collected 4252 gold pieces.
You have spent 247 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 r - a +3,+3 glaive of freezing (weapon)
Armour
 i - a cursed -1 cloak (worn)
 j - the cursed +1 pair of boots of the Ecumenical Temple (worn) {Dam+2 Curse}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Orcish Mines)   
   
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+2).
   It may recurse itself.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 A - a +1 pair of gauntlets (worn)
 E - a +0 robe of magic resistance (worn)
 R - a +0 wizard hat of magic resistance (worn)
Magical devices
 c - a wand of fireball {zapped: 1}
 e - a wand of teleportation {zapped: 3}
 k - a wand of heal wounds (7)
 l - a wand of cold
 t - a wand of teleportation (7)
 v - a wand of digging {zapped: 1}
 H - a wand of magic darts
Comestibles
 f - an apple
 q - 4 bread rations
 F - a pear
 I - 5 oranges
Scrolls
 p - 3 scrolls of magic mapping
 u - 4 scrolls of identify
 y - 3 scrolls of fog
 z - a scroll of amnesia
 G - 6 scrolls of remove curse
Jewellery
 a - an uncursed amulet of warding
 b - a ring of ice (right hand)
 d - an uncursed amulet of rage
 g - an uncursed ring of sustain abilities
 n - an uncursed ring of fire
 o - an uncursed ring of life protection
 s - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
 w - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 x - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 B - an uncursed ring of wizardry
 C - an uncursed ring of flight
 D - a +3 ring of intelligence
 K - a ring of magical power (left hand)
 M - an uncursed amulet of resist mutation
 N - the ring "Irasmal" {+Fly rPois rN+}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   [ring of life protection]
   It protects you from poison.
   It lets you fly.
 O - a ring of protection from cold
 U - the amulet of Chonaoci (around neck) {Gourm rPois rC+ Acc+3}
   (You found it on level 15 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [amulet of the gourmand]
   It affects your accuracy (+3).
   It protects you from cold.
   It protects you from poison.
Potions
 h - 2 potions of curing
 m - 3 potions of agility
 J - 2 potions of berserk rage
 L - 2 potions of restore abilities
 P - 3 potions of brilliance
 Q - 2 potions of magic
 S - 2 potions of speed
 T - 2 potions of might


   Skills:
 - Level 10.0 Fighting
 - Level 21.1 Polearms
 * Level 15.3 Dodging
 - Level 7.9 Stealth
 - Level 10.0 Stabbing
 - Level 2.7 Traps
 - Level 12.3 Spellcasting
 - Level 12.0 Conjurations
 - Level 4.0 Charms
 - Level 2.7 Transmutations
 - Level 17.0 Ice Magic
 - Level 10.6 Invocations


You have 24 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Freeze                Ice            #####        0%          1    None
b - Throw Icicle          Conj/Ice       ########.    1%          4    None
c - Ozocubu's Armour      Chrm/Ice       #######...   1%          3    None
d - Swiftness             Chrm/Air       ####......   3%          2    None
e - Condensation Shield   Ice/Trmt       #######...   1%          4    None
f - Summon Ice Beast      Ice/Summ       #######...   1%          4    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (20/27)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:8
    Elf (0/3) Orc:3          Lair (8/8) D:8          Shoals (4/5) Lair:6
 Spider (4/5) Lair:6        Slime (0/6) Lair:8       Vaults (0/5) D:16

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

Shops:
D:5: +  D:10: /  Orc:1: (  Orc:4: [*((

Annotations
D:20 Frederick
Spider:4 Jorgrun, Rupert


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You revert to your normal form in water.
You are very nimble and swift while swimming.
You are agile (Dex +3).

I planned on clearing through D:20 before tackling the first 4 Vaults floors, but Frederick appeared on D:20, blasted me with Iron Shot for about half my HP, so I promptly left that floor. Vaults are next. I'd love to come across bolt of cold, man. Throw Icicle is still surprisingly effective, so I'm not too stressed about it.

[Sandman25]

Reproduction does cost piety because it destroys corpses which would give you piety. I am piety-maniac too so I understand your feelings, that's why I wrote about non-decaying piety and 6 stars. You are wasting your piety by not using piety-paid god abilities. 200 piety +3 piety = 200 piety. 200 piety + wandering mushroom + 3 piety = 200 piety. The same 200 piety in the end but you have a wandering muchroom in the latter case.

[crate]

well the other thing with Fedhas piety is that it's literally only useful for spending on god abilities, so being at 6* piety is no different from being at, say, 4* (or 1*) unless you actually use your abilities.

[diviton]

Haha jeez, you guys really want me to make a wandering mushroom, huh? All right I'll do it, but like I said, I'm not saving piety. I use other piety based abilities. I'm fond of flooding the area and letting spores wander around.

[diviton]

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.12-a0-2107-gc557f1f (tiles) character file.

Lorenzo the Phalangite (Merfolk Ice Elementalist) Turns: 126813, Time: 10:16:09

HP 170/170       AC  9     Str 10 (11) XL: 24   Next: 58%
MP  44/44        EV 28     Int 25      God: Fedhas [******]
Gold 1138        SH  0     Dex 22 (23) Spells: 13 memorised,  9 levels left

Res.Fire  : + . .   See Invis. : +   r - +5 glaive (freeze)
Res.Cold  : + + .   Warding    : .   i - +0 robe {rC+ rF+}
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .   (no shield)
Res.Poison: +       Res.Corr.  : .   R - +2 wizard hat {MR}
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   H - +0 cloak
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   A - +1 pair of gauntlets
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   j - +1 pair of boots of the Ecumenical Temple
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   U - amulet of Chonaoci {Gourm rPois rC+ Acc+3}
Gourmand  : +       Flight     : .   w - ring of see invisible
                                     W - ring of Xom's Ringing Laughter {Wiz Str+4

@: very slightly contaminated, very resistant to hostile enchantments, very
stealthy
A: change form in water, swift swim, Str -1, Dex +3
a: Evolution, Sunlight, Growth, Reproduction, Rain, Renounce Religion
}: 2/15 runes: barnacled, gossamer


You are on level 20 of the Dungeon.
You worship Fedhas.
Fedhas is exalted by your worship.
You are full.

You have visited 8 branches of the dungeon, and seen 52 of its levels.
You have visited 1 bazaar.
You have also visited: Labyrinth, Sewer and Ice Cave.

You have collected 5692 gold pieces.
You have spent 4574 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 r - a +5,+5 glaive of freezing (weapon)
 y - a quarterstaff of distortion
Armour
 i - a +0 robe of resistance (worn)
 j - the +1 pair of boots of the Ecumenical Temple (worn) {Dam+2 Curse}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Orcish Mines)   
   
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+2).
   It may recurse itself.
 A - a +1 pair of gauntlets (worn)
 E - a +0 robe of magic resistance
 H - a +0 cloak (worn)
 Q - the -3 robe of Konwuoti {rF++}
   (You found it on level 23 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It greatly protects you from fire.
 R - a +2 wizard hat of magic resistance (worn)
Magical devices
 h - a wand of polymorph other
 k - a wand of heal wounds (6)
 s - a wand of slowing
 t - a wand of teleportation (5)
 F - a wand of digging (15)
 O - a wand of frost
Comestibles
 c - 6 apples
 d - a beef jerky
 q - 6 bread rations
 v - a royal jelly
Scrolls
 p - 2 scrolls of fear
 u - a scroll of identify
 G - 5 scrolls of remove curse
 Z - 3 scrolls of fog
Jewellery
 a - an uncursed amulet of warding
 b - an uncursed ring of ice
 g - an uncursed ring of sustain abilities
 o - an uncursed ring of life protection
 w - a ring of see invisible (right hand)
 x - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 z - a ring of fire
 B - an uncursed amulet of clarity
 J - a ring of magical power
 K - the ring "Oteag" {SustAb Str+3 Dex+3}
   (You took it off an orc warrior on level 23 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [ring of sustain abilities]
   It affects your strength (+3).
   It affects your dexterity (+3).
 M - an uncursed amulet of resist mutation
 N - the ring "Irasmal" {+Fly rPois rN+}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   [ring of life protection]
   It protects you from poison.
   It lets you fly.
 U - the amulet of Chonaoci (around neck) {Gourm rPois rC+ Acc+3}
   (You found it on level 15 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [amulet of the gourmand]
   It affects your accuracy (+3).
   It protects you from cold.
   It protects you from poison.
 W - the ring of Xom's Ringing Laughter (left hand) {Wiz Str+4 Dex+5}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   
   [ring of wizardry]
   It affects your strength (+4).
   It affects your dexterity (+5).
 X - an uncursed ring of teleport control
 Y - a cursed ring of regeneration
Potions
 f - a potion of flight
 m - 2 potions of agility
 D - a potion of heal wounds
 I - 2 potions of curing
 L - 2 potions of restore abilities
 P - 4 potions of brilliance
 S - 2 potions of speed
 T - 2 potions of might
 V - 2 potions of resistance
Books
 e - a Necronomicon {highlevel}   
   This book is beyond your current level of understanding.
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Borgnjor's Revivification          Necromancy                   7
   Haunt                              Necromancy/Summoning         7
   Death's Door                       Charms/Necromancy            8
   Necromutation                      Transmutation/Necromancy     8
 l - a papyrus book


   Skills:
 - Level 10.0 Fighting
 - Level 21.1 Polearms
 - Level 16.0 Dodging
 - Level 7.9 Stealth
 - Level 10.0 Stabbing
 - Level 2.7 Traps
 * Level 19.0 Spellcasting
 - Level 12.0 Conjurations
 - Level 9.0 Charms
 - Level 12.7 Translocations
 - Level 2.7 Transmutations
 - Level 17.0 Ice Magic
 - Level 10.6 Invocations


You have 9 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       ######....   1%          2    None
b - Throw Icicle          Conj/Ice       ########.    1%          4    None
c - Ozocubu's Armour      Chrm/Ice       #######...   1%          3    None
d - Swiftness             Chrm/Air       ######....   1%          2    None
e - Condensation Shield   Ice/Trmt       #######...   1%          4    None
f - Summon Ice Beast      Ice/Summ       #######...   1%          4    None
g - Metabolic Englaciati  Hex/Ice        #######...   4%          6    ###....
h - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          1%          2    None
i - Phase Shift           Tloc           #######...   1%          5    None
j - Controlled Blink      Tloc           N/A          4%          7    #####..
k - Apportation           Tloc           #######...   0%          1    None
l - Haste                 Chrm           #######..    3%          6    ###....
m - Freezing Cloud        Conj/Ice/Air   #######...   3%          6    ###....


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (23/27)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:8
    Elf (0/3) Orc:3          Lair (8/8) D:8          Shoals (5/5) Lair:6
 Spider (5/5) Lair:6        Slime (0/6) Lair:8       Vaults (4/5) D:16
  Crypt (2/5) Vaults:2   
 Blade: Vaults:3-4    Tomb: Crypt:2-3   

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

Shops:
D:5: +  D:10: /  Orc:1: (  Orc:4: [*((  Shoals:5: /  Vaults:2: (

Portals:
Hell: D:21 D:22 D:23
Abyss: D:22
Trove: D:20 (give 16 scrolls of teleportation)

Annotations
Vaults:3 exclusion: orange crystal statue, Mennas, Roxanne


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You revert to your normal form in water.
You are very nimble and swift while swimming.
You are agile (Dex +3).
You are weak (Str -1).

I hit a point where every branch of the dungeon had nasty uniques. The Dungeon had Frederick and Jory, Crypt had Frances and Agnes, Spider's Nest had Rupert, Lousie and Jorgrun, Vaults had Mennas and Roxanne. I just ended up finishing the Shoals since it was the only place that didn't have a unique. Plus, Shoals:5 never seems to be terribly difficult and being a Merfolk, I figured I'd have an easy time of things. I pretty much did. Ilsuiw was annoying as always, but not too tough. After that I decided I might as well get the second Lair rune from the Spider's Nest. I carefully eliminated Jorgrun, Rupert and then Louise. My MR has gotten high enough that I wasn't too worried about banishment. Got the second rune after killing Azrael along the way. He's really quite vulnerable to ice magic.

After that I went to Crypt and took out Frances and Agnes. That was just the first floor, but then I went to the second and almost immediately found Mara. No thanks. Mara is the most frustrating and dangerous enemy in Dungeon Crawl, not including the extended game, IMO. I dived down to clear through D:23 before going back to D:20 to take out Frederick and explore Jory's "Silence" vault. Now I'm done for the night.

I added some nice spells to my repertoire including Haste, CBlink, and Freezing Cloud. I'd still really like to get Bolt of Cold and, Crawl willing, Ice Storm. I also have almost every kind of dragon armour imaginable. I even found a Pearl Dragon Armour in the Labyrinth. I don't think it would be easy to make use of that on this character though.

[Sandman25]

Don't you have scrolls of enchant armour? If you decided to stay with robe of resistance, you could enchant it.

[diviton]

I do have a few. I'm not sure if I'm going to stay with it though. I'm wondering if I could pull off a more AC based armour like FDA, or MDA.

[Sandman25]

I would go with FDA. You have rC+ amulet to compensate, besides FDA would allow you to use a ring of Ice while still having rF+ and rC+.

[diviton]

Okay, I just checked and I have 8 scrolls of enchant armour. I suppose now is a good time to decide what I want to wear. How badly would a MDA and a FDA affect my spellcasting?

[Sandman25]

Okay, I just checked and I have 8 scrolls of enchant armour. I suppose now is a good time to decide what I want to wear. How badly would a MDA and a FDA affect my spellcasting?

I suggest you to use wizmode to check spell failure rates. The formulae are quite complicated.

[diviton]

Hmm, I've never used Wizmode. Could you instruct me how to start? I don't see it on the startup menu.

[Thalfon]

Start a new game (you don't want to wizmode your current character and invalidate it). If you were playing online, I'd just download the offline client for this (get the same version).

Once in the game type & to get the wizmode menu. I think the first time you do this you get the warning that it won't count as a win, etc. Once you get the "Enter wizmode command" dialogue just press ? to see what all the options are.

You'll want to set this test character's level, stats and skills to be the same as your current character's, plus any relevant gear that you want to include in the comparison. Of course, the spells as well. (This is all explained in the &? menu. To get a spell, use &o: and type the spell name -- it'll give you a book with that spell in.) Then just check the spell fail rates.

[Psieye]

In v0.12, MDA won't significantly affect your spell success rates. FDA is another story and until you reach 9 Str it'll weigh you down more than normal: go find some scale mail and put it on to see exactly how much it'd weigh you down by (FDA has the same base EV penalty as scale mail).

[diviton]

I just equipped scale mail and it hit my spells too hard. It would have been nice to wear that pearl dragon armour, but I went with Mottled instead. Barely affected any of my spell cast rates. I got it to +6 and I have an enchant armour scroll to spare. Gonna finish the dungeon and then tackle the Crypt. 3 floors to go.

[diviton]

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.12-a0-2107-gc557f1f (tiles) character file.

506457 Lorenzo the Phalangite (level 26, -26/204 HPs)
             Began as a Merfolk Ice Elementalist on May 24, 2013.
             Was the Champion of Fedhas.
             Killed from afar by Margery (64 damage)
             ... with a fireball
             
             ... on Level 4 of the Crypt on May 29, 2013.
             The game lasted 12:03:02 (149076 turns).

Lorenzo the Phalangite (Merfolk Ice Elementalist) Turns: 149076, Time: 12:03:02

HP -26/204       AC 20     Str 12      XL: 26   Next: 95%
MP  41/46        EV 28     Int 25      God: Fedhas [******]
Gold 2908        SH  0     Dex 23      Spells: 14 memorised,  6 levels left

Res.Fire  : x . .   See Invis. : .   r - +6,+5 glaive (freeze)
Res.Cold  : + . .   Warding    : .   O - +6 mottled dragon armour
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .   (no shield)
Res.Poison: .       Res.Corr.  : .   R - +2 wizard hat {MR}
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   H - +0 cloak
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   A - +1 pair of gauntlets
Res.Mut.  : +       Stasis     : .   j - +1 pair of boots of the Ecumenical Temple
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   M - amulet of resist mutation
Saprovore : . . .   Flight     : .   b - cursed ring of ice
                                     W - ring of Xom's Ringing Laughter {Wiz Str+4

@: very slightly contaminated, very resistant to hostile enchantments, quite
stealthy
A: change form in water, swift swim, Str -1, Dex +3
a: Evolution, Sunlight, Growth, Reproduction, Rain, Renounce Religion
}: 2/15 runes: barnacled, gossamer


You were on level 4 of the Crypt.
You worshipped Fedhas.
Fedhas was exalted by your worship.
You were not hungry.

You visited 8 branches of the dungeon, and saw 58 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 1 time.
You visited 1 bazaar.
You also visited: Labyrinth, Sewer and Ice Cave.

You collected 7462 gold pieces.
You spent 4574 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 r - a +6,+5 glaive of freezing (weapon)
Armour
 g - a +2 elven robe of fire resistance
 j - the +1 pair of boots of the Ecumenical Temple (worn) {Dam+2 Curse}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Orcish Mines)   
   
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+2).
   It may recurse itself.
 n - a +0 robe of magic resistance
 A - a +1 pair of gauntlets (worn)
 H - a +0 cloak (worn)
 O - a +6 mottled dragon armour (worn)
 R - a +2 wizard hat of magic resistance (worn)
Magical devices
 f - a wand of digging (8)
 k - a wand of heal wounds (6)
 t - a wand of teleportation (5)
 F - a wand of hasting (0)
Comestibles
 c - 5 apples
 q - 6 bread rations
Scrolls
 G - 3 scrolls of remove curse
 Q - 4 scrolls of identify
Jewellery
 b - a cursed ring of ice (right hand)
 l - the ring of Devotion {Hunger +Inv rC+ Stlth++}
   (You took it off an orc sorcerer on level 24 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [ring of hunger]
   It protects you from cold.
   It lets you turn invisible.
   It makes you much more stealthy.
 m - an uncursed ring of fire
 o - an uncursed ring of life protection
 p - a +2 ring of dexterity
 s - the ring "Psozenal" {+Blink +Inv +Fly}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Crypt)   
   
   [ring of invisibility]
   It lets you fly.
   It lets you blink.
 w - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 x - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 y - an uncursed ring of poison resistance
 B - an uncursed amulet of clarity
 K - the ring "Oteag" {SustAb Str+3 Dex+3}
   (You took it off an orc warrior on level 23 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [ring of sustain abilities]
   It affects your strength (+3).
   It affects your dexterity (+3).
 M - an amulet of resist mutation (around neck)
 N - the ring "Irasmal" {+Fly rPois rN+}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   [ring of life protection]
   It protects you from poison.
   It lets you fly.
 U - the amulet of Chonaoci {Gourm rPois rC+ Acc+3}
   (You found it on level 15 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [amulet of the gourmand]
   It affects your accuracy (+3).
   It protects you from cold.
   It protects you from poison.
 W - the ring of Xom's Ringing Laughter (left hand) {Wiz Str+4 Dex+5}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   
   [ring of wizardry]
   It affects your strength (+4).
   It affects your dexterity (+5).
 X - an uncursed ring of teleport control
 Y - a cursed ring of regeneration
Potions
 a - a potion of cure mutation
 d - 2 potions of restore abilities
 e - 3 potions of magic
 h - a potion of heal wounds
 i - 2 potions of speed
 v - 2 potions of agility
 I - 3 potions of curing
 P - 2 potions of brilliance
Books
 u - a book of Ice   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Freezing Aura                      Charms/Ice                   2
   Ensorcelled Hibernation            Hexes/Ice                    2
   Ozocubu's Refrigeration            Ice                          6
   Bolt of Cold                       Conjuration/Ice              6
   *Freezing Cloud                    Conjuration/Ice/Air          6
   *Metabolic Englaciation            Hexes/Ice                    6
   Simulacrum                         Ice/Necromancy               6
Magical staves
 z - an uncursed staff of power


   Skills:
 - Level 16.5 Fighting
 - Level 21.1 Polearms
 - Level 3.1 Armour
 - Level 16.0 Dodging
 - Level 7.9 Stealth
 - Level 10.0 Stabbing
 - Level 7.0 Traps
 * Level 20.7 Spellcasting
 - Level 12.0 Conjurations
 - Level 12.0 Charms
 - Level 12.7 Translocations
 - Level 2.7 Transmutations
 - Level 18.0 Ice Magic
 - Level 10.6 Invocations


You had 6 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Dig                   Trmt/Erth      #####....    4%          4    None
b - Throw Icicle          Conj/Ice       #########    1%          4    None
c - Ozocubu's Armour      Chrm/Ice       #########.   0%          3    None
d - Swiftness             Chrm/Air       #######...   1%          2    None
e - Condensation Shield   Ice/Trmt       ########..   1%          4    None
f - Summon Ice Beast      Ice/Summ       ########..   1%          4    None
g - Metabolic Englaciati  Hex/Ice        ########..   3%          6    ##.....
h - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          0%          2    None
i - Phase Shift           Tloc           #######...   1%          5    None
j - Controlled Blink      Tloc           N/A          4%          7    ####...
k - Apportation           Tloc           #######...   0%          1    None
l - Haste                 Chrm           #######..    1%          6    ##.....
m - Freezing Cloud        Conj/Ice/Air   ########..   2%          6    ##.....
n - Deflect Missiles      Chrm/Air       #######...   10%         6    ##.....


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (27/27)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:8
    Elf (0/3) Orc:3          Lair (8/8) D:8          Shoals (5/5) Lair:6
 Spider (5/5) Lair:6        Slime (0/6) Lair:8       Vaults (4/5) D:16
  Blade (0/1) Vaults:3      Crypt (4/5) Vaults:2       Tomb (0/3) Crypt:2
    Zot (0/5) D:27       

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

Shops:
D:5: +  D:10: /  D:27: /  Orc:1: (  Orc:4: [*((  Shoals:5: /
Vaults:2: (

Portals:
Hell: D:21 D:22 D:23 D:24 D:25 D:26 D:27
Abyss: D:22 D:25 D:26
Pandemonium: D:24 D:25* D:27
Trove: D:20 (give 16 scrolls of teleportation)

Annotations
Crypt:4 Margery


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You revert to your normal form in water.
You are very nimble and swift while swimming.
You are agile (Dex +3).
You are weak (Str -1).

...ouch

Margery should have been an easy kill, but she caught me with my pants down. I had just finished a fight with Boris and then some Skeletal Warriors. I Cblinked out of her LOS and near the stairs. Unfortunately, I stepped onto the stairs the moment she appeared in LOS. I foolishly tried to ascend them and she nuked me before I could get up. Guh. She hit hard...

[Siegurt]

Yeah, this is why I don't walk around with rF-, it's too easy for stuff to just kill you without a second thought, and too many things do or can sling fire spells. Just not worth the risk.

[diviton]

I forgot I had the ring of ice on. It was just a careless death.