YASD - Pure bullcrap...

[zasvid]

I didn't notice that my Flight spell is expiring when I was moving around the Vestibule of Hell (after clearing it) and drowned. That was my best character ever, she could memorise Ice Storm at Excellent and I wanted to see new places and get a few more runes. I feel quite cheated, it wasn't even in combat or anything. I think I won't play Crawl for a while, I'll wait until buffs are permanent in a stable version...

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.7.2 character file.

497094 Dillara Hlarret the Sorcerer (level 26, 129/129 HPs)
             Began as a Deep Elf Ice Elementalist on Mar 10, 2011.
             Was the Champion of Vehumet.
             Drowned
             ... in the Vestibule of Hell on Mar 13, 2011.
             The game lasted 12:00:51 (136088 turns).

Dillara Hlarret the Sorcerer (DEIE)               Turns: 136088, Time: 12:00:51

HP 129/129       AC 14     Str  8      Exp: 26/1087208 (2762), need: 99991
MP  36/49        EV 21     Int 33      God: Vehumet [******]
Gold 4653        SH 13     Dex 16      Spells: 19 memorised,  1 level left

Res.Fire  : x . .   See Invis. : .   a - staff of cold
Res.Cold  : + + +   Warding    : +   z - +4 robe {MR}
Life Prot.: + . .   Conserve   : .   B - +0 elf buckler
Res.Poison: .       Res.Corr.  : .   k - +1 wizard hat
Res.Elec. : +       Clarity    : .   h - +0 cloak {MR}
Spirit.Shd: .       Stasis     : .   y - +2 pair of gloves of Freedom {rC+ MR}
Sust.Abil.: . .     Rnd.Telep. : .   o - +2 pair of boots "Sorufaf" {rElec Dam+4}
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   W - amulet of warding
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .   m - ring of the Mage {Wiz MR Int+3}
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .   i - ring of ice

@: overloaded, very slow, swift, uncannily resistant to hostile enchantments,
very unstealthy
A: Dex +1
a: Renounce Religion


You were in the Vestibule of Hell.
You worshipped Vehumet.
Vehumet was exalted by your worship.
You were overloaded with stuff.
You were not hungry.

You visited 12 branches of the dungeon, and saw 68 of its levels.
You visited 1 bazaar.
You visited 4 portal chambers: ossuary, ice cave, bailey, wizlab.

You collected 9890 gold pieces.
You spent 5257 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 b - a +8 blowgun
 f - a +1,+1 knife of stabbing
Missiles
 j - 12 curare-tipped +0 needles
Armour
 h - a +0 cloak of magic resistance (worn)
 k - a +1 wizard hat (worn)
 o - the +2 pair of boots "Sorufaf" (worn) {rElec Dam+4}
   (You found it on level 5 of the Crypt)   
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+4).
   It insulates you from electricity.
 y - the +2 pair of gloves of Freedom (worn) {rC+ MR}
   (You acquired it on level 13 of the Dungeon)   
   It protects you from cold.
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
 z - a +4 robe of magic resistance (worn)
 B - a +0 elven buckler (worn)
Magical devices
 d - a wand of polymorph other (8)
 x - a wand of teleportation (8)
 A - a wand of healing (7) {healing}
 N - a wand of fire (8)
 R - a wand of hasting (5)
 T - a wand of digging (4)
 U - a wand of disintegration (6)
 Y - a wand of lightning (8)
Comestibles
 v - 9 meat rations
Scrolls
 g - 2 scrolls of fear
 n - 3 scrolls of magic mapping
 r - 4 scrolls of identify
 u - 4 scrolls of teleportation
 J - 5 scrolls of fog
 Q - 5 scrolls of remove curse
Jewellery
 c - an uncursed amulet of clarity
 e - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 i - a ring of ice (left hand)
 l - an uncursed ring of life protection
 m - the ring of the Mage (right hand) {Wiz MR Int+3}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 22 of the Dungeon)   
   [ring of wizardry]
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
 p - an uncursed ring of poison resistance
 s - an uncursed ring of sustenance
 w - the ring of Brilliance {Wiz rF+}
   (You found it on level 2 of the Hive)   
   [ring of wizardry]
   It protects you from fire.
 F - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 I - a +5 ring of intelligence
 S - an uncursed amulet of stasis
 W - an amulet of warding (around neck)
Potions
 t - a potion of restore abilities
 C - a potion of speed
 D - 6 potions of healing
 K - 4 potions of heal wounds
 X - 2 potions of brilliance
Magical staves
 a - a staff of cold (weapon)
Miscellaneous
 E - the horn of Geryon
 L - a lantern of shadows


 You had 2762 experience left.

   Skills:
 + Level 7 Fighting
 - Level 7 Staves
 + Level 14 Dodging
 - Level 8 Stealth
 - Level 3 Stabbing
 + Level 2 Shields
 + Level 3 Traps & Doors
 - Level 25 Spellcasting
 - Level 20 Conjurations
 - Level 14 Enchantments
 - Level 8 Summonings
 - Level 10 Necromancy
 - Level 5 Translocations
 - Level 3 Transmutations
 + Level 24 Ice Magic
 - Level 6 Air Magic
 - Level 3 Poison Magic
 + Level 7 Evocations


You had one spell level left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power          Success   Level
a - Abjuration            Summ           ########..     Excellent   3
b - Blink                 Tloc           N/A            Excellent   2
d - Deflect Missiles      Air/Ench       ########..     Excellent   6
f - Flight                Air/Ench       ########..     Excellent   4
o - Orb of Destruction    Conj           #########.     Excellent   7
p - Phase Shift           Tloc           #######...     Excellent   5
q - Ozocubu's Armour      Ice/Ench       ##########     Perfect     3
r - Regeneration          Ench/Necr      ########..     Perfect     3
s - Swiftness             Air/Ench       ########..     Perfect     2
t - Teleport Self         Tloc           N/A            Excellent   5
u - Dispel Undead         Necr           ########.      Excellent   4
z - Throw Icicle          Ice/Conj       #########      Perfect     4
A - Apportation           Tloc           #######...     Excellent   1
B - Bolt of Cold          Ice/Conj       ##########     Excellent   6
C - Control Teleport      Ench/Tloc      ########..     Excellent   4
F - Freezing Cloud        Ice/Air/Conj   ##########     Excellent   6
S - Summon Butterflies    Summ           ########..     Excellent   1
T - Alistair's Intoxicat  Pois/Trmt      N/A            Excellent   4
V - Selective Amnesia     Ench           N/A            Excellent   4


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (27/27)            Temple (1/1) D:7             Orc (4/4) D:7
    Elf (1/7) Orc:3          Lair (8/8) D:12          Swamp (5/5) Lair:4
  Slime (0/6) Lair:8        Snake (5/5) Lair:4         Hive (2/2) D:14
  Vault (8/8) D:17          Blade (1/1) Vault:6       Crypt (5/5) Vault:3
   Tomb (0/3) Crypt:3         Dis (0/7) Hell            Geh (0/7) Hell
    Coc (0/7) Hell            Tar (0/7) Hell            Zot (0/5) D:27

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

Shops:
D:4: (  D:14: ?  D:22: =  D:25: ?  Orc:1: /  Snake:4: [  Vault:2: *
Vault:3: /(  Vault:5: *  Vault:7: !

Portals:
Hell: D:21 D:22 D:23 D:24* D:25 D:26 D:27
Abyss: D:22 D:25
Pan: D:23 D:24 D:25 D:26

Annotations
D:14 exclusion: 39 flame clouds
D:17 exclusion: 7 flame clouds
Swamp:5 exclusion: 116 freezing vapour clouds
Snake:5 exclusion: upstairs
Vault:4 exclusions: 19 flame clouds and 1 more exclusion


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You are agile (Dex +1).


Message History

There is some deep water here.
You float gracefully downwards.
You are being crushed by all of your possessions.
You fall into the water!
You try to escape, but your burden drags you down!
You drown...
You die...

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[pratamawirya]

LOL

I played a SpCK (Lugonu) once who died in the Abyss; his Flight expired while he's on a lava and I just didn't get the warning for some reason (it was pretty hectic, demons surrounded him).

[eith]

you can easily solve this by adding a force_more to your options.

force_more_message = You are starting to lose your buoyancy

then youll have to hit enter when its close to expiring and youll remember to recast it.

[Curio]

Same happened with spider-form and cling.
Was a very tough (surprisingly) draconian.
For details - read my signature. All of that happened in 1 turn. Without any kind of warning

[galehar]

Don't worry guys. I promise I'll fix warnings for forms and levitation before 0.8 release.

[Zicher]

If you find yourself levitating over deep water or lava, you receive the warning and you don't think you can make it to a safe landing place in time, there's one thing to keep in mind:

You have still enough time to teleport!

[Grimm]

Don't worry guys. I promise I'll fix warnings for forms and levitation before 0.8 release.

I love Crawl for this reason. Stuff will be fixed eventually...but in the meantime you will die like a mean weak dog. Good times.

[zasvid]

you can easily solve this by adding a force_more to your options.

force_more_message = You are starting to lose your buoyancy

then youll have to hit enter when its close to expiring and youll remember to recast it.

Well, I was about ready to restart the character, using this piece of advice to make sure that the game won't end the same way, but I've discovered that I had this option active all along, by default (I guess). Apparently it didn't help any. Quite disheartening.