RNG Hates This Char...

[bobross419]

My first Axe-zerker of Trog, I usually go whip+shield. Quaff ID'd some potions and ended up getting shout and teleportitis in the same go lol. Little later I still haven't found a cure-mut, but I did find another mut - Quaffed it in the hopes of counteracting tele... got me some berzerkeritis lol. First Amulet I found was Stasis, first ring was Wizardry. 2 early randart armors... both neg AC, neg Dex, plus Int... and of course cursed.

And to top it all off, I just got my first Lair:8 that is filled with wandering Hydra... on my very first Axe character.

Not looking for advice, just wanted to share my poor fortune... but at least he's still alive

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10-a0-498-g72d0b57 character file.

BeefyHousin the Severer (Minotaur Berserker)       Turns: 19445, Time: 01:07:21

HP 116/116       AC 19     Str 31      XL: 13   Next:  7%
MP  16/16        EV  6     Int  4      God: Trog [*****.]
Gold 1003        SH  0     Dex 12      Spells:  0 memorised, 14 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : .    w - +0,+4 dwarf battleaxe (elec) {god gift}
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : . .  t - +0 plate mail
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .    (no shield)
Res.Acid. : . . .   Res.Corr.  : .    (helmet restricted)
Res.Poison: .       Clarity    : .    A - +0 dwarf cloak
Res.Elec. : .       Spirit.Shd : +    g - +1 pair of gloves
Sust.Abil.: . .     Rnd.Telep. : +    (no boots)
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .    s - amulet of guardian spirit
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .    E - +5 ring of strength
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .    f - ring of magical power

@: somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: horns 2, berserk 1, regeneration 1, screaming 1, teleportitis 1, Str +1
a: Burn Spellbooks, Berserk, Trog's Hand, Brothers in Arms, Renounce Religion


You are on level 2 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Trog.
Trog is exalted by your worship.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 3 branches of the dungeon, and seen 18 of its levels.

You have collected 983 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 w - a +0,+4 dwarven battleaxe of electrocution (weapon) {god gift}
 B - an uncursed anti-magic war axe {god gift}
Armour
 g - a +1 pair of gloves (worn)
 t - a +0 plate mail (worn)
 A - a +0 dwarven cloak (worn)
Magical devices
 c - a short fluorescent wand {zapped: 3} {tried}
 h - a wand of digging {zapped: 1}
 r - a wand of disintegration {zapped: 3}
 y - a wand of lightning {recharged}
 L - a wand of fireball {zapped: 1}
Comestibles
 i - 2 chokos
 v - a pear
 x - 5 meat rations
 D - 4 bread rations
 G - an apple
 J - 4 rotting chunks of yak flesh
 K - 2 chunks of crocodile flesh
Scrolls
 b - 4 scrolls of magic mapping
 e - 2 scrolls of remove curse
 k - 3 scrolls of teleportation
 l - a scroll labeled TROZOE TELO
 m - 3 scrolls of fear
 p - 2 scrolls of fog
 u - 6 scrolls of identify
 I - 3 scrolls of detect curse
 N - 2 scrolls of blinking
Jewellery
 a - an uncursed ring of ice
 f - a ring of magical power (left hand)
 j - an uncursed ring of protection from magic
 s - an amulet of guardian spirit (around neck)
 E - a +5 ring of strength (right hand)
Potions
 d - a potion of speed
 n - a potion of resistance
 o - 4 potions of heal wounds
 q - 8 potions of healing
 z - a potion of brilliance
 F - a potion of might
 O - 2 potions of invisibility
Books
 M - a paperback book   
   
   Trog disapproves of the use of such an item.
Magical staves
 H - a +2 rod of destruction [inacc,magma,cold] (13/13)
   (You acquired it on level 5 of the Dungeon)


   Skills:
 + Level 14 Fighting
 * Level 18 Axes
 + Level 12 Armour
 - Level 2 Dodging
 - Level 1 Stealth
 - Level 1 Stabbing
 - Level 1 Traps & Doors
 - Level 1 Unarmed Combat
 - Level 1 Spellcasting
 - Level 1 Evocations


You have 14 spell levels left.
You don't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (9/27)             Temple (1/1) D:7            Lair (8/8) D:8
 Shoals (0/5) Lair:3        Snake (0/5) Lair:6     
   Orc: D:6-11       Slime: Lair:6-8   

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


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You have a pair of horns on your head.
You are agile (Dex +1).
You tend to lose your temper in combat.
Your natural rate of healing is unusually fast.
You occasionally shout uncontrollably.
Your muscles are strong, but stiff (Str +1, Dex -1).
Space occasionally distorts in your vicinity.


Message History

A crocodile comes into view.
The crocodile bites you.
You hit the crocodile. There is a sudden explosion of sparks!
The crocodile is severely wounded.
You slash the crocodile!
You kill the crocodile!
Trog accepts your kill.
You see here a crocodile corpse.
You start butchering the crocodile corpse with your dwarven battleaxe {god gift}.
You continue butchering the corpse.
You finish chopping the crocodile corpse into pieces.
K - 2 chunks of crocodile flesh
Magic restored.
You smell something rotten. (slot J)
The yak bellows!
You feel your health improve.
Things that are here:
a wand of paralysis; a wand of paralysis {zapped: 2}; a wand of random effects {zapped: 1}
a wand of flame {zapped: 1}
You drop a wand of cold {empty}.

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There are no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  The ghost of TentaclePorn the Martial Artist, a powerful OpMo of Vehumet (Lair:3)
  2 hydras
  3 death yaks
  Pikel (D:7)
  The ghost of BeefyHousin the Cudgeler, an experienced MiFi of Okawaru (D:8)
  2 griffons
  2 black mambas
  9 elephants
  8 spiny frogs
  Grinder (D:6)
  Prince Ribbit (D:7)
  A komodo dragon (Lair:7)
  A brown ooze (Lair:8)
  7 blink frogs
  2 basilisks
  48 yaks
  A wyvern (Lair:8)
  2 hungry ghosts (D:8)
  4 fire drakes
  7 hippogriffs
  13 crocodiles
  5 centaurs
  A slave (D:7)
  2 orc warriors
  A phantom (D:5)
  A black bear (Lair:2)
  An ogre (D:4)
  A sky beast (D:5)
  A wolf (Lair:5)
  Sigmund (D:2)
  Duvessa (D:4)
  5 giant slugs
  9 giant frogs
  6 water moccasins
  Blork the orc (D:6)
  An agate snail (Lair:5)
  A boulder beetle (Lair:6)
  4 wights (D:7)
  4 imps
  Dowan (D:4)
  7 hounds
  6 iguanas
  2 orc priests (D:5)
  9 porcupines
  6 orc wizards
  3 worker ants
  7 sheep
  Ijyb (D:2)
  A goliath beetle zombie (D:6)
  15 gnolls
  46 green rats
  2 humans (D:5)
  An iguana skeleton (D:7)
  5 giant mites
  21 snakes
  A giant centipede (Lair:2)
  6 worms
  2 giant eyeballs
  2 giant geckos
  2 oozes (D:5)
  42 orcs
  4 giant cockroaches
  13 goblins
  15 hobgoblins
  37 jackals
  4 quokkas
  23 bats
  4 giant newts
  15 kobolds
  An orc skeleton (D:8)
  16 rats
  3 small snakes
  A butterfly (Lair:3)
  5 fungi
  A plant (D:8)
  2 toadstools
495 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  A hydra (Lair:6)
  A sheep (Lair:4)
  A jackal (Lair:4)
3 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  2 yaks (Lair:7)
  A small abomination (Lair:4)
  2 slaves (D:7)
  An ogre (Lair:7)
  A water moccasin (Lair:7)
  A giant gecko (D:7)
  2 goblins
  A hobgoblin (D:5)
  A human (D:5)
  2 rats
  A fungus (Lair:6)
  2 plants
  2 toadstools (Lair:7)
19 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 517 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
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     0 | D:1      | BeefyHousin, the Minotaur Berserker, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 19/19 MP: 0/0
   204 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 25/27 MP: 0/0
   568 | D:1      | Acquired Trog's second power
   847 | D:1      | Reached skill level 5 in Axes
   872 | D:1      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 13/33 MP: 1/1
  1923 | D:2      | Noticed Ijyb
  1945 | D:2      | Defeated Ijyb
  2090 | D:2      | Noticed Sigmund
  2100 | D:2      | Defeated Sigmund
  2100 | D:2      | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
  2100 | D:2      | Reached skill level 6 in Axes
  2100 | D:2      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 40/40 MP: 1/1
  2100 | D:2      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 47/47 MP: 1/1
  2306 | D:3      | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha.
  2947 | D:3      | Reached skill level 1 in Stealth
  3006 | D:3      | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
  3144 | D:3      | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
  3353 | D:4      | Noticed Duvessa
  3353 | D:4      | Noticed Dowan
  3358 | D:4      | Defeated Dowan
  3358 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 53/53 MP: 2/2
  3372 | D:4      | Defeated Duvessa
  3372 | D:4      | Reached skill level 7 in Axes
  4095 | D:4      | Reached skill level 1 in Unarmed Combat
  4116 | D:4      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 54/61 MP: 0/2
  4653 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  4660 | D:5      | Acquired Trog's third power
  5594 | D:5      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
  5611 | D:5      | Reached skill level 8 in Axes
  5864 | D:5      | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
  6377 | D:5      | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
  6427 | D:5      | Reached skill level 5 in Armour
  6504 | D:5      | Identified a scroll of acquirement
  6506 | D:5      | Identified a +2 rod of destruction [inacc,magma,cold] (13/13) (You acquired it on level 5 of the Dungeon)
  6663 | D:5      | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
  6669 | D:5      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 69/69 MP: 2/2
  6794 | D:5      | Gained mutation: Space occasionally distorts in your vicinity.
  6794 | D:5      | Gained mutation: You occasionally shout uncontrollably.
  6794 | D:5      | Gained mutation: Your natural rate of healing is unusually fast.
  6931 | D:6      | Noticed Grinder
  6933 | D:6      | Paralysed by Grinder for 4 turns
  6982 | D:6      | You fall through a shaft!
  7097 | D:6      | Paralysed by Grinder for 4 turns
  7105 | D:6      | Paralysed by Grinder for 5 turns
  7113 | D:6      | Defeated Grinder
  7113 | D:6      | Reached skill level 9 in Axes
  7113 | D:6      | Reached skill level 1 in Traps & Doors
  7248 | D:6      | Got a twisted robe
  7328 | D:6      | Found a basalt altar of Yredelemnul.
  7498 | D:6      | Paralysed by a giant eyeball for 4 turns
  7566 | D:6      | Received a gift from Trog
  7767 | D:6      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
  8009 | D:6      | Got a steaming scale mail
  8116 | D:6      | Noticed Blork the orc
  8119 | D:6      | Defeated Blork the orc
  8519 | D:7      | Noticed Pikel
  8541 | D:7      | Defeated Pikel
  8541 | D:7      | Reached skill level 10 in Axes
  8541 | D:7      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 58/75 MP: 0/3
  8589 | D:7      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  8612 | D:7      | Your ally freed slave died
  8643 | D:7      | Noticed Prince Ribbit
  8647 | Temple   | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
  8975 | Temple   | Identified the cursed +0 scale mail "Hiho" (You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)
  9005 | Temple   | Identified the cursed -5 robe of the Peasants (You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)
  9041 | D:7      | Your ally freed slave died
  9055 | D:7      | Defeated Prince Ribbit
  9319 | D:7      | Reached skill level 11 in Axes
  9438 | D:7      | Reached skill level 1 in Spellcasting
  9600 | D:8      | Noticed a basilisk
  9643 | D:7      | Defeated a basilisk
 10156 | D:8      | Noticed BeefyHousin's ghost (experienced MiFi)
 10169 | D:8      | Defeated BeefyHousin's ghost
 10169 | D:8      | Reached skill level 12 in Axes
 10169 | D:8      | Reached XP level 10. HP: 66/85 MP: 0/5
 10326 | D:8      | Found a staircase to the Lair.
 10900 | D:8      | Paralysed by a giant eyeball for 2 turns
 10994 | D:8      | Reached skill level 13 in Axes
 11271 | Lair:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
 11453 | Lair:1   | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
 11686 | Lair:1   | Received a gift from Trog
 11978 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 10 in Fighting
 12278 | Lair:2   | Paralysed by you for 3 turns
 12421 | Lair:2   | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
 12547 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: Your muscles are strong, but stiff (Str +1, Dex -1).
 12547 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: You are agile (Dex +1).
 12547 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: You tend to lose your temper in combat.
 12664 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 14 in Axes
 12664 | Lair:2   | Reached XP level 11. HP: 86/94 MP: 0/5
 12781 | Lair:2   | Received a gift from Trog
 12803 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
 13216 | Lair:3   | Got a polished hammer
 13354 | Lair:3   | Found a staircase to the Shoals.
 13385 | Lair:3   | Noticed TentaclePorn's ghost (powerful OpMo)
 13402 | Lair:3   | Defeated TentaclePorn's ghost
 13402 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 15 in Axes
 13402 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 10 in Armour
 14456 | Lair:4   | Received a gift from Trog
 14511 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 16 in Axes
 15176 | Lair:5   | Reached XP level 12. HP: 106/106 MP: 7/7
 15923 | Lair:5   | Received a gift from Trog
 16120 | Lair:6   | Found a staircase to the Snake Pit.
 16157 | Lair:5   | Reached skill level 17 in Axes
 16157 | Lair:5   | Reached skill level 1 in Stabbing
 16527 | Lair:6   | Found a basalt altar of Yredelemnul.
 17362 | Lair:6   | Got a brightly glowing robe
 17815 | Lair:7   | Reached skill level 18 in Axes
 18779 | Lair:8   | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts
 18843 | Lair:8   | Reached XP level 13. HP: 99/116 MP: 7/7


[slowcar]

sometimes it all turns out well - often it does not.
crawl is not designed so that you can win every game, sometimes you'll feel the wrath of the rng god.
personally i suffer less when loosing a crippled char, compared to a super character with awesome items who gets smashed by bad luck.

[bobross419]

Can't risk Lair:8, Orc:4, Shoals with Teleportitis. Can't risk Snake without rP. Decided to clear first few floors of Orc and hope for the Cure Mut... Go down to Orc:3 and see this mess of crap.

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Harold is no real sweat, but the Ghost and Louise, plus the Orc Knight, Troll, and 2 priests that I can't close with mean that Orc:3 is off limits until Teleportitis is cured too. And lets not forget the Orc Sorcerer that will probably be spamming demons while I'm trying to kill the rest of that horde lol.

Kind of tempted to drop 6 BiA on that mess, Trog Hand, then pop a Zerk and go to town lol.

Trog is feeding me plenty of Axes though

[bobross419]

Kind of tempted to drop 6 BiA on that mess, Trog Hand, then pop a Zerk and go to town lol.

Well... that was fun... overkill as hell, but fun nonetheless.

Apparently Nessos was hanging around there too... just found his corpse haha.

[bobross419]

Sweet, mut pot 3 = slowly deteriorating.

But 4 and 5 (still no cure mut lol) gave me MR a cTele! Somewhat lessens the teleportitis issue - Actually pretty much negates it since I can cancel the tele for very low contamination

Things started to turn around after my BiA and I had our romp in Orc... I must have pleased Xom enough to get him to stop with the RNG hax.

[slowcar]

sounds like a real berserker solution

[joellercoaster]

teleportitis... berzerkeritis.. First Amulet I found was Stasis

At least the third one of these will fix the other two?

[bobross419]

With Stasis on I won't be able to use berserk as a panic button

[RFHolloway]

BiA is the panic button. Berserk needs careful consideration