YASD: HuGl of Makhleb, a fun and intense party

[pratamawirya]

This dude was the one I posted on this thread: viewtopic.php?f=8&p=120192#top

So yeah, humans are lots of fun. With this guy, it all began with him on D:1 as a falchion-wielding gladiator... but man, an early sling and bullets? Why not! I then got slings trained to 5, but soon after, a centaur popped out from nowhere and decided to ruin my life with flaming arrows. And so after I turned the poor thing into chunks of yummy raw flesh, I ditched my sling for it's sweet, sweet flame bow. And so I trained bows to 8 (enough to obliterate early orc and even YAK packs)... but of course after I got my long blades to 12 first (for min delay with scimitars). And I hadn't even seen the entrance to Lair yet! I was still on D:9.

Things started to get hairy after I met Erica and Erolcha on D:10. I tried to escape to D:11, but a nasty welcoming committee (centaur pack, cyclops, hydra, etc... apparently there was some vault with green walls not far from the stairs) forced me to go back upstairs. After some time, I managed to find the entrance to Lair, made a stash on Lair:2, but then bailed after I saw my first elephants pack (I doubted if my +1 flame bow would cut it). I then decided to continue diving down the main dungeon (managed to kill both Erica and Erolcha with a bit of luck, zero see invisible, and pathetic MR). The nasty dudes on D:11 were no more after some tough fights, and I managed to get my bow to min delay. I didn't waste any time and started training Invo afterwards. By D:14 my Greater Servant ability was in perfect 1% failure condition. This whole thing somehow made me more confident, a little bit too confident perhaps....

And so it began, the beginning of the end of Paiman bin Paiman (which means "Paiman the son of Paiman" or Paiman Jr. if you like, since my previous human was named Paiman so this one was like his son or something, you know, and Paiman is a Javanese name btw, lol). Just a few steps from the stair, I met some... can't remember now, but they were nasty and forced me to run back to the stair... which somehow got blocked by several white ugly things that weren't there before. So, sh*t, I thought. I ran to a nearby corridor... and by some cruel RNG humour it got me sandwiched between the ugly things and some other monsters instead. I read a tele scroll in panic, landed near, guess who... Aizul. And so I read another tele scroll because I liked this character. This time it got me in between some creatures that weren't supposed to be too dangerous for me now, but they were since they surrounded me. And so... I don't know, maybe because I wasn't familiar with Makhleb (been playing too many Trog and Oka games), it just occurred to me that I had the FRIKKIN GREATER SERVANT PANIC BUTTON ready to be pressed. And so I pressed it, which sent a FRIENDLY EXECUTIONER. Thank God! The demon then destroyed the monsters in full angry haste mode. Whew!

Just a moment after the tension had been released, there came Aizul. I was like, holy frikkin hell. My executioner pummeled her, all the while Paiman bin Paiman drowsed off since his MR was pathetic. I watched in terror as he woke up; the executioner wasn't there anymore, apparently Aizul was still too tough for him. But hey, Aizul was almost dead too! Hey, if I could just kill her myself... and so I proceeded to shoot with my bow INSTEAD OF PRESSING THE FRIKKIN PANIC BUTTON AGAIN since I STILL GOT THE PIETY (yeah, I wasn't too experienced with Makhleb). Aizul, even in her badly wounded state, laughed at my petty shower of flaming arrows. One poison arrow later, and here I am, typing this YASD post.

Oh well, it was fun, really.

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.13-a0-2134-g94441c8 (tiles) character file.

35265 Paiman bin Paiman the Markshuman (level 14, -23/99 HPs)
             Began as a Human Gladiator on July 30, 2013.
             Was the Champion of Makhleb.
             Killed from afar by Aizul (31 damage)
             ... with a poison arrow
             
             ... on Level 14 of the Dungeon.
             The game lasted 01:15:41 (25859 turns).

Paiman bin Paiman the Markshuman (Human Gladiator) Turns: 25859, Time: 01:15:42

HP -23/99        AC 15     Str 22      XL: 14   Next:  1%
MP  29/29        EV 10     Int  8      God: Makhleb [******]
Gold 1016        SH  0     Dex 13      Spells:  2 memorised,  9 levels left

Res.Fire  : + . .   See Invis. : .   Q - +1 bow (flame)
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : .   h - +2 chain mail {rF+}
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .   (no shield)
Res.Poison: +       Res.Corr.  : .   c - +0 helmet
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   x - -1 cloak {rPois}
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   g - +2 pair of orc gloves
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   V - +0 pair of boots
Res.Rott. : .       Flight     : .   a - amulet of rage
Saprovore : . . .                    y - ring of protection from magic
                                     O - +3 ring of evasion

@: very poisoned, quite resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: no striking features
a: Minor Destruction, Lesser Servant of Makhleb, Major Destruction, Greater
Servant of Makhleb, Renounce Religion, Evoke Berserk Rage


You were on level 14 of the Dungeon.
You worshipped Makhleb.
Makhleb was exalted by your worship.
You were not hungry.

You visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and saw 19 of its levels.
You also visited: Ossuary.

You collected 1053 gold pieces.
You spent 57 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 e - a +0,+2 scimitar of flaming
 n - a +1,+0 sling
 o - a cursed +0 blowgun
 I - a +1,+2 scimitar
 N - a +0,+0 bow
 Q - a +1,+1 bow of flame (weapon)
Missiles
 p - 17 arrows (quivered)
 w - 40 stones
 A - 9 poisoned arrows
 D - 44 poisoned needles
 G - 32 arrows of frost
Armour
 c - a +0 helmet (worn)
 g - a +2 pair of orcish gloves (worn)
 h - a +2 chain mail of fire resistance (worn)
 x - a -1 cloak of poison resistance (worn)
 V - a +0 pair of boots (worn)
Magical devices
 s - a wand of digging (18)
 v - a wand of digging (14)
 C - a wand of teleportation (6)
 E - a wand of cold (6)
 F - a wand of lightning (6)
 H - a wand of disintegration (1)
 J - a wand of digging (14)
 R - a wand of fireball (0)
 Z - a wand of fire (7) {unknown}
Comestibles
 b - 5 meat rations
 f - 2 bread rations
Scrolls
 i - 7 scrolls of remove curse
 Y - a scroll of recharging
Jewellery
 a - an amulet of rage (around neck)
 d - an uncursed ring of sustain abilities
 k - an uncursed ring of hunger {unknown}
 q - an uncursed ring of magical power
 r - an uncursed ring of fire
 t - an uncursed ring of flight
 y - a ring of protection from magic (right hand)
 K - an uncursed ring of wizardry
 L - an uncursed ring of ice
 O - a +3 ring of evasion (left hand)
Potions
 j - 2 potions of restore abilities
 m - 2 potions of brilliance {unknown}
 u - a potion of invisibility {unknown}
 z - a potion of might
 M - 2 potions of flight
 T - 2 potions of agility
Books
 S - a book of Minor Magic   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Magic Dart                         Conjuration                  1
   *Blink                             Translocation                2
   Call Imp                           Summoning                    2
   *Repel Missiles                    Charms/Air                   2
   Slow                               Hexes                        2
   Conjure Flame                      Conjuration/Fire             3
   Mephitic Cloud                     Conjuration/Poison/Air       3
 U - a book of Burglary   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Apportation                        Translocation                1
   Swiftness                          Charms/Air                   2
   Passwall                           Transmutation/Earth          3
   Passage of Golubria                Translocation                4
   Lee's Rapid Deconstruction         Earth                        5
   Darkness                           Hexes                        7
 W - a book of Geomancy   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Sandblast                          Earth                        1
   Stoneskin                          Transmutation/Earth          2
   Passwall                           Transmutation/Earth          3
   Stone Arrow                        Conjuration/Earth            3
   Petrify                            Transmutation/Earth          4
   Lee's Rapid Deconstruction         Earth                        5
 X - 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


   Skills:
 + Level 6.2 Fighting
 - Level 12.2 Long Blades
   Level 1.8 Axes
 - Level 5.3 Slings
 - Level 15.6 Bows
 - Level 2.0 Throwing
 - Level 3.0 Dodging
 - Level 12.4 Invocations


You had 9 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          100%        2    ###....
b - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       #.........   100%        2    ###....


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (14/27)            Temple (0/1) D:6             Orc (0/4) D:11
   Lair (5/8) D:10         Shoals (0/5) Lair:3       Spider (0/5) Lair:4

Altars:
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Makhleb
Okawaru
Trog
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin

Shops:
D:4: */+  D:6: [  D:10: +}%%  D:11: =  D:13: /

Portals:
Trove: D:12 (give 6 potions of speed)

Annotations
D:10 Erica!, Erica
D:14 Aizul

Message History

You shoot an arrow. The arrow of flame misses Aizul.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You feel sick. Aizul hits you!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
Read which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Okay, then.
Drink which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Okay, then.
Firing (i - inventory. (,) - cycle): p - 18 arrows (quivered)
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f/p - Aizul
Aim: Aizul (almost dead)
You shoot an arrow. The arrow of flame hits Aizul.
Aizul is almost dead.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You feel sick.
Aizul casts a spell at you.
The poison arrow hits you!
You are more poisoned.
You partially resist.
You die...

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You could see Aizul.

[nordetsa]

Uniques like Aizul or Lamia reminds me that even a monster with a red health bar can sometimes definitely kill you in 1~2 shot.

[pratamawirya]

Uniques like Aizul or Lamia reminds me that even a monster with a red health bar can sometimes definitely kill you in 1~2 shot.

Yeah, it was definitely a lesson: don't screw around with uniques no matter what.

[Sandman25]

Don't feel sorry about forgetting to call another executioner. It easily could be hostile
I believe it is not last panic button, it is more "Can I kill them or should I just run?" button. If you get a friendly summon, you use it to win the fight. If not, you just escape as you wanted to.

I think you overtrained Fighting. Dodging could be more useful at that point.

[absolutego]

you want 14 for scimitars, not 12
always great character names though

[rebthor]

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??almost dead
Still entirely capable of obliterating you.


[SchwaWarrior]

I would have been using Wands to finish off Aizul. Your +1+1 Bow wouldn't have cut it. You couldn't have enchanted it at all? I guess some games you don't get lucky with enchant scrolls...

Summoning another Greater Servant might have also worked but then again I like to finish off uniques myself to get the full XP, instead of just half. And Aizul's worth a lot. Perhaps a Lesser Servant could have sufficed, just to distract him for a while so you could land a killing blow more easily. Smoke Demon allies are pretty excellent.

In addition, did you remember to quaff Agility? The +5 to EV always makes me feel a lot safer against hard-and-fast-hitting foes like Aizul, or any uniques really.

[pratamawirya]

you want 14 for scimitars, not 12
always great character names though

lol thanks, and is it really 14? My scimitar was hitting "quite fast" at 12.

I would have been using Wands to finish off Aizul. Your +1+1 Bow wouldn't have cut it. You couldn't have enchanted it at all? I guess some games you don't get lucky with enchant scrolls...

Summoning another Greater Servant might have also worked but then again I like to finish off uniques myself to get the full XP, instead of just half. And Aizul's worth a lot. Perhaps a Lesser Servant could have sufficed, just to distract him for a while so you could land a killing blow more easily. Smoke Demon allies are pretty excellent.

In addition, did you remember to quaff Agility? The +5 to EV always makes me feel a lot safer against hard-and-fast-hitting foes like Aizul, or any uniques really.

Well, I was saving my enchant scrolls for a future longbow, lol. I thought it wouldn't be long until I got one from a centaur warrior or something.

I was really not in the right state to think clearly; I completely forgot about potions, all I could think was going Rambo mode against Aizul, haha. Yeah, an agility potion would be great, sadly. (A more foolproof plan might be to use the tele wand, I dunno. I'm not sure summoning a lesser servant would be helpful, since AFAIK enemies tend to keep focusing on your character unless they are getting some really heavy opposition from some powerful ally of yours (and lesser servants aren't powerful enough); and Aizul was very close to my character (melee range), so she was very likely to keep hammering me no matter what.)

[Siegurt]

Rambo == Rambo (Note that you didn't have the explosive tipped arrows at this point), Aizul == Predator

Rambo + "almost dead" Predator = face chewing.

[tasonir]

Unless the second greater demon you should have summoned arrived both friendly and in the line of fire between you and Aizul, he probably would have still poison arrow'ed you to the face. So you'd probably not make it. Being at 8 health really your only option is a heal wounds potion/wand or blinking to someplace that is out of his LOS. In certain specific situations with enough walls and distance, fog may work.

Makhleb summons cost HP to use also, so you didn't even have enough health to summon another demon. Greater demon is 10 hp if I recall, and you'd be prevented from casting it.