YASD SpEn of Ash. Distortion?

Friday, 21st June 2013, 09:28 by Sandman25

I have just found +4,+2 dagger of distortion. Should I wield it? I have +1,+2 vampiric sabre also and +1,+5 dagger "Ryemo" {freeze, rPois rF+}.

I still cannot curse jewelry, no useful amulet and I am not sure which ring to curse, wizardry/invisibility/magic protection/fire can be useful situationally.

Edit. Died while trying to stab Gastronok. Perhaps distortion weapon would save me.

Code:: Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.12.2 (tiles) character file. SpEn the Jinx (Spriggan Enchanter) Turns: 9895, Time: 01:13:26 HP 39/39 AC 6 Str 5 XL: 9 Next: 19% MP 25/26 EV 24 Int 19 God: Ashenzari [**....] Gold 502 SH 14 Dex 17 Spells: 5 memorised, 9 levels left Res.Fire : . . . See Invis. : + a - +1,+2 dagger (curse) {=f} Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . j - +1 robe Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . l - +0 buckler (curse) Res.Poison: . Res.Corr. : . y - +0 cap (curse) Res.Elec. : . Clarity : . k - +2 dwarf cloak (curse) Sust.Abil.: . . Spirit.Shd : . (gloves unavailable) Res.Mut. : . Stasis : . (boots unavailable) Res.Rott. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . A - amulet of rage Saprovore : . . . Flight : . i - ring of invisibility t - cursed +5 ring of evasion @: very quick, quite resistant to hostile enchantments, quite stealthy A: unfitting armour, see invisible, herbivore 3, speed 3, slow metabolism 2, Int +1 a: Renounce Religion, Evoke Berserk Rage, Evoke Invisibility You are on level 8 of the Dungeon. You worship Ashenzari. Ashenzari is most pleased with you. You are not hungry. You have visited 1 branch of the dungeon, and seen 8 of its levels. You have collected 482 gold pieces. Inventory: Hand weapons a - a cursed +1,+2 dagger (weapon) {=f} e - a +1,+2 vampiric sabre G - the +1,+5 dagger "Ryemo" {freeze, rPois rF+} (You found it on level 8 of the Dungeon) It has been specially enchanted to freeze those struck by it, causing extra injury to most foes and up to double damage against particularly susceptible opponents. It can also slow down cold-blooded creatures. It protects you from fire. It protects you from poison. N - a +4,+2 dagger of distortion Missiles b - 4 darts of frost d - 23 darts g - 22 stones (quivered) C - 14 darts of flame Armour j - a +1 robe (worn) k - a cursed +2 dwarven cloak (worn) l - a cursed +0 buckler (worn) y - a cursed +0 cap (worn) Magical devices p - a wand of fire r - a wand of polymorph {zapped: 2} u - a wand of fire {zapped: 1} F - a wand of digging {zapped: 1} I - a wand of confusion {zapped: 2} Comestibles q - a pear x - 2 chokos K - 3 bread rations Scrolls H - 2 scrolls of teleportation J - a scroll labeled BOHAHI CRIFY L - 2 scrolls of magic mapping O - 2 scrolls of blinking Jewellery i - a ring of invisibility (right hand) m - an uncursed ring of fire o - an uncursed ring of protection from magic s - a +2 ring of dexterity t - a cursed +5 ring of evasion (left hand) A - an amulet of rage (around neck) E - an uncursed ring of wizardry M - an uncursed dented jasper amulet {tried} Potions f - 4 potions of curing h - a lumpy black potion n - a potion of agility v - 2 potions of berserk rage w - a potion of heal wounds z - a silvery potion B - a pink potion D - a black potion Books c - a book of Maledictions Spells Type Level *Corona Hexes 1 *Sure Blade Hexes/Charms 2 *Ensorcelled Hibernation Hexes/Ice 2 *Confuse Hexes 3 *Enslavement Hexes 4 Invisibility Hexes 6 Skills: - Level 1,1(2,5) Short Blades - Level 1,1 Throwing - Level 3,0(4,2) Dodging - Level 3,0(4,2) Stealth + Level 9,1 Stabbing - Level 1,7(2,8) Shields + Level 6,8 Spellcasting * Level 9,5 Hexes You have 9 spell levels left. You know the following spells: Your Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger a - Corona Hex ######.. 1% 1 None b - Ensorcelled Hibernat Hex/Ice ####... 2% 2 None c - Sure Blade Hex/Chrm ####...... 2% 2 None d - Confuse Hex ######... 1% 3 ##..... e - Enslavement Hex ######... 1% 4 ###.... Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations Branches: Dungeon (8/27) Temple (0/1) D:4 Orc: D:6-11 Lair: D:8-13 Altars: Ashenzari Elyvilon Kikubaaqudgha Zin Annotations D:5 exclusion: upstairs D:7 exclusion: downstairs 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. Your mind is acute (Int +1). Message History As you open the door, it creaks loudly! There is an open door here. You open the door. There is an open door here. A kobold comes into view. Ashenzari warns you: It is quivering 12 poisoned needles. The kobold shouts! There is an open door here. You start waiting. Casting: Ensorcelled Hibernation Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells. Aiming: Ensorcelled Hibernation Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f - kobold Aim: a kobold quivering 12 poisoned needles The kobold looks drowsy... The helpless kobold fails to defend itself. You skewer the kobold like a kebab!!! You kill the kobold! There is an open door here. Things that are here: a +0 orcish blowgun; 12 poisoned needles; a kobold corpse Magic restored. You open the door. 4 orcs come into view. The orc shouts! Found 16 gold pieces. The orc shouts! An orc comes into view. It is wielding an orcish dagger. Casting: Ensorcelled Hibernation Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells. Aiming: Ensorcelled Hibernation Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f - orc Aim: an orc, wielding an orcish club The orc looks drowsy... The helpless orc fails to defend itself. You skewer the orc like a kebab!!! You kill the orc! Casting: Ensorcelled Hibernation Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells. Aiming: Ensorcelled Hibernation Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f - orc Aim: an orc wearing an orcish chain mail The orc looks drowsy... The helpless orc fails to defend itself. You spit the orc like a pig!!! You kill the orc! Casting: Ensorcelled Hibernation Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells. Aiming: Ensorcelled Hibernation Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f - orc Aim: an orc, wielding an orcish dagger and wearing an orcish ring mail The orc looks drowsy... The helpless orc fails to defend itself. You slice the orc like a ripe choko!!! You kill the orc! Casting: Ensorcelled Hibernation Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells. Aiming: Ensorcelled Hibernation Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f - orc Aim: an orc, wielding an orcish flail and wearing an orcish ring mail The orc easily resists. The orc misses you. Casting: Ensorcelled Hibernation Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells. Aiming: Ensorcelled Hibernation Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f/p - orc Aim: an orc, wielding an orcish flail and wearing an orcish ring mail The orc looks drowsy... The helpless orc fails to defend itself. You spit the orc like a pig!!! You kill the orc! You start resting. Magic restored. Items here: %%%% ))) [[[ Found a +0,+0 trident. There is an open door here. You now have 502 gold pieces (gained 16). There is an open door here. Psyche comes into view. Ashenzari warns you: She is carrying a wand of fire. You fail to use your ability. You fail to use your ability. You fail to use your ability. You fail to use your ability. You fail to use your ability. You fail to use your ability. You fade into invisibility! You are very lightly contaminated with residual magic. You feel somewhat more hungry. The helpless Psyche fails to defend herself. You cut Psyche into ribbons!!! You kill Psyche! Your Stabbing skill increases to level 9! You feel less transparent. You flicker back into view. Your magical contamination has completely faded away. p - a wand of fire; J - a scroll labeled BOHAHI CRIFY Things that are here: a +4,+2 dagger of distortion; an uncursed robe N - a +4,+2 dagger of distortion Saving game... please wait. ######### ** #........# , * ,, ..........# * * #........# , #........# #........# * #.......@# #####.#### #.### , * #...# #########'## * #..........# , , *#..........################# , #..........'..##...........# , ,, #..).......##.)............# #..........#####...........# #.'..........# #...........# , ###..........# #...........# There are no monsters in sight! Vanquished Creatures Psyche (D:8) A hungry ghost (D:7) A yellow wasp (D:5) An orc warrior (D:7) 2 sky beasts 3 ice beasts A centaur (D:8) 2 ogres 4 wights (D:7) 2 crimson imps 3 hounds A shadow (D:7) Crazy Yiuf (D:4) 2 iguanas 3 orc priests 2 worker ants (D:6) A scorpion (D:5) 5 orc wizards Ijyb (D:7) 5 adders 11 gnolls An inept item mimic (D:4) 2 giant mites 5 worms 2 bat skeletons (D:5) 2 oozes 21 orcs A ball python (D:3) 13 hobgoblins 4 quokkas 8 bats 7 giant cockroaches 8 giant geckos 6 giant newts 9 goblins 6 jackals 12 kobolds A quokka zombie (D:5) 10 rats A rat skeleton (D:5) 172 creatures vanquished. Vanquished Creatures (others) A human (D:6) An adder (D:2) An orc (D:8) A goblin (D:5) 2 fungi (D:2) 6 creatures vanquished. Grand Total: 178 creatures vanquished Notes Turn | Place | Note -------------------------------------------------------------- 0 | D:1 | SpEn, the Spriggan Enchanter, began the quest for the Orb. 0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 9/9 MP: 4/4 10 | D:1 | Huge Dmg: 3 dmg 12 | D:1 | Huge Dmg: 2 dmg 348 | D:1 | Huge Dmg: 2 dmg 446 | D:1 | Reached skill level 4 in Hexes 509 | D:1 | Gained mutation: Your mind is acute (Int +1). [potion of gain intelligence] 560 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 13/13 MP: 6/6 566 | D:1 | Learned a level 2 spell: Ensorcelled Hibernation 661 | D:1 | Huge Dmg: 4 dmg 1136 | D:1 | Learned a level 2 spell: Sure Blade 1244 | D:2 | Huge Dmg: 3 dmg 1403 | D:2 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 16/16 MP: 6/9 1473 | D:2 | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari. 1478 | D:2 | Saw a vision of the Swamp and the Spider Nest. 1478 | D:2 | Noticed a redback 1478 | D:2 | Noticed an alligator 1478 | D:2 | Noticed an alligator 1478 | D:2 | Noticed a redback 1478 | D:2 | Noticed a water moccasin 1478 | D:2 | Noticed a redback 1481 | D:2 | Noticed a swamp drake 1481 | D:2 | Noticed a redback 1482 | D:2 | Became a worshipper of Ashenzari the Shackled 2235 | D:3 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 21/21 MP: 12/12 2447 | D:3 | Huge Dmg: 5 dmg 2452 | D:3 | Reached skill level 1 in Shields 3045 | D:4 | Huge Dmg: 9 dmg 3159 | D:4 | Noticed Crazy Yiuf 3165 | D:4 | Killed Crazy Yiuf 3165 | D:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Stabbing 3165 | D:4 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 24/24 MP: 12/15 3422 | D:4 | Huge Dmg: 9 dmg 3565 | D:4 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple. 3571 | D:4 | Learned a level 3 spell: Confuse 3581 | D:4 | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon. 3823 | D:4 | Huge Dmg: 10 dmg 4125 | D:4 | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin. 4221 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon 4587 | D:5 | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari. 4587 | D:5 | Noticed a phantom 4590 | D:4 | Huge Dmg: 6 dmg 4742 | D:5 | Noticed an ice beast 4753 | D:5 | Noticed an ice beast 4756 | D:5 | Killed an ice beast 4756 | D:5 | Reached skill level 6 in Stabbing 4756 | D:5 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 28/28 MP: 18/18 4785 | D:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Hexes 4817 | D:5 | Killed an ice beast 4939 | D:5 | Noticed a yellow wasp 4950 | D:5 | Killed a yellow wasp 4950 | D:5 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 32/32 MP: 21/21 5621 | D:5 | Noticed a sky beast 5631 | D:5 | Killed a sky beast 5631 | D:5 | Reached skill level 7 in Stabbing 5882 | D:6 | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha. 5893 | D:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting 5946 | D:6 | Acquired Ashenzari's first power 6323 | D:6 | Huge Dmg: 13 dmg 6769 | D:6 | Noticed a human 6773 | D:6 | Killed a human 7124 | D:7 | Noticed Ijyb 7184 | D:6 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 32/36 MP: 20/23 7395 | D:6 | Learned a level 4 spell: Enslavement 7429 | D:6 | Huge Dmg: 10 dmg 7588 | D:7 | Killed Ijyb 7625 | D:6 | Huge Dmg: 10 dmg 7948 | D:7 | Huge Dmg: 21 dmg 8185 | D:7 | Huge Dmg: 13 dmg 8582 | D:7 | Reached skill level 8 in Stabbing 8766 | D:7 | Huge Dmg: 19 dmg 9260 | D:7 | Huge Dmg: 8 dmg 9262 | D:7 | Huge Dmg: 8 dmg 9263 | D:7 | Huge Dmg: 6 dmg 9492 | D:7 | Reached skill level 9 in Hexes 9560 | D:8 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 39/39 MP: 23/26 9622 | D:8 | Identified the +1,+5 dagger "Ryemo" {freeze, rPois rF+} 9637 | D:8 | Huge Dmg: 9 dmg 9878 | D:8 | Noticed Psyche 9890 | D:8 | Killed Psyche Action | 1- 3 | 4- 6 | 7- 9 || total -------------------------+-------+-------+-------++------- Melee: Dagger | 56 | 105 | 97 || 258 Spear | 7 | | || 7 Throw: Dart | 52 | | || 52 Stone | | 104 | 16 || 120 Spear | | 1 | || 1 Cast: Corona | 6 | | || 6 Ensorcelled Hiber | 16 | 37 | 115 || 168 Confuse | | 3 | 15 || 18 Sure Blade | | | 1 || 1 Abil: Evoke Invisibilit | | | 2 || 2 Turn Visible | | | 1 || 1 Evoke: Wand | | | 8 || 8 Use: Scroll | 10 | 5 | 7 || 22 Potion | 1 | 2 | 2 || 5 Stab: Sleeping | 18 | 26 | 64 || 108 Confused | | 2 | 10 || 12 Held in net/web | | | 1 || 1 Distracted | | | 1 || 1

Friday, 21st June 2013, 15:41 by Galefury

You should probably have cursed the MR ring if possible. The Ash spell skill boost is very nice. Also, faster piety.

Friday, 21st June 2013, 16:21 by rchandra

Spriggan MR is high, and you can cast invisibility (it's not memorised because...), so I'd curse the rF ring. definitely use the distortion dagger, too. Gastronok was better left alone for a little while.

Friday, 21st June 2013, 17:49 by Sandman25

That was really stupid death. I went to a new level and found sleeping Gastronok alone sleeping at range 2 from me, so I decided to do that single move. Gastronok awaked after the move, I retreated to the stairs but for some reason I tried to EH it instead of going upstairs immediately. Gastronok used airstrike, I went upstairs, it used another airstrike to kill me. Shame on me but it was not my first death to Gastronok who two-shoted my TeAE several months ago.

Friday, 21st June 2013, 17:51 by Sandman25

rchandra wrote:Spriggan MR is high, and you can cast invisibility (it's not memorised because...), so I'd curse the rF ring. definitely use the distortion dagger, too. Gastronok was better left alone for a little while.

That's not ring of protection from fire, it would make me rC- also. Magic resistance is not critical for Sp and I wanted to be able to use Inv ring if needed

Friday, 21st June 2013, 18:06 by BlackSheep

Why would you want to use the ring? You'd need to train up Evocations to use it whenever there's any time pressure. That's kind of a waste when you're already training Hexes and Spellcasting. (Not to mention, you're giving up a ring slot for something that duplicates a spell in your starting book.)

Friday, 21st June 2013, 18:10 by Sandman25

BlackSheep wrote:Why would you want to use the ring? You'd need to train up Evocations to use it whenever there's any time pressure. That's kind of a waste when you're already training Hexes and Spellcasting. (Not to mention, you're giving up a ring slot for something that duplicates a spell in your starting book.)

It is possible to use the ring with 0 evocations with stealth. See example in that game below (it's in OP also)

Code:: There is an open door here. Psyche comes into view. Ashenzari warns you: She is carrying a wand of fire. You fail to use your ability. You fail to use your ability. You fail to use your ability. You fail to use your ability. You fail to use your ability. You fail to use your ability. You fade into invisibility! You are very lightly contaminated with residual magic. You feel somewhat more hungry. The helpless Psyche fails to defend herself. You cut Psyche into ribbons!!! You kill Psyche!

I always go for Stabbing if I find a source of invisibility, evocations is not a must.

Friday, 21st June 2013, 18:19 by Magipi

The simplest question: why didn't you learn the invisibility spell? Of course, it would not help against Gastronok, but still I cannot figure out a legitimate reason.

Friday, 21st June 2013, 18:21 by rchandra

oops. I saw "ring of fire" and "ring of protection from magic" and made "ring of protection from fire".

Friday, 21st June 2013, 18:38 by BlackSheep

And people wonder why minmay seems cranky...

Friday, 21st June 2013, 18:41 by Sandman25

Magipi wrote:The simplest question: why didn't you learn the invisibility spell? Of course, it would not help against Gastronok, but still I cannot figure out a legitimate reason.

The spell was not castable, its failure rate was too high. I could learn it later if needed. Actually I prefer ring of Inv over the spell, the ring gives less contamination because I can stop being invisible whenever I want.

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