Describe Your Most Recent Game

[Pteriforever]

Ok, title says just about all.

Mine?

XL6 TeSu named Twilight Sparkle who died to an OOD small abomination on D:7 after about 7k turns.

[pratamawirya]

Running a pretty successful MiMo of Oka. Here's the dump.

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10-a0-1438-g36df285 character file.

My Name Is Earl the Conqueror (Minotaur Monk)     Turns: 228608, Time: 19:34:59

HP 275/275       AC 32     Str 23      XL: 27
MP  45/45        EV 21     Int 27      God: Okawaru [******]
Gold 7035        SH 45     Dex 18      Spells: 18 memorised,  5 levels left

Res.Fire  : + + .   See Invis. : +    O - +2,+5 demon blade (distort)
Res.Cold  : + + .   Warding    : . .  r - +0 ice dragon armour of Twitsuso {+Lev MR}
Life Prot.: + . .   Conserve   : +    W - -4 large shield "Pyeptuf" {god gift, rElec
Res.Acid. : + . .   Res.Corr.  : +    U - +2 cap {Int+3}
Res.Poison: +       Clarity    : .    M - +2 cloak {rCorr, Cons} {god gift}
Res.Elec. : +       Spirit.Shd : .    I - +2 pair of gloves of Modesty {+Inv rElec S
Sust.Abil.: . .     Stasis     : .    A - +2 pair of dwarf boots {run} {god gift}
Res.Mut.  : +       Ctrl.Telep.: .    b - amulet "Setaf" {rMut Str+4 Int+4}
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .    E - ring of Xom's Displeasure {rPois rF+ rN+}
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .    Z - ring "Bulit" {Hunger- rF++ Int+3}

@: quick, extraordinarily resistant to hostile enchantments, very unstealthy
A: horns 2, Int +1
a: Heroism, Finesse, Renounce Religion, Evoke Invisibility, Evoke Levitation
}: 10/15 runes: decaying, barnacled, slimy, silver, golden, abyssal, demonic,
glowing, magical, dark


You are in Pandemonium.
You worship Okawaru.
Okawaru is exalted by your worship.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 14 branches of the dungeon, and seen 84 of its levels.
You have visited Pandemonium 7 times, and seen 31 of its levels.
You have visited the Abyss 3 times.
You have visited 1 Labyrinth.
You have visited 2 bazaars.
You have visited 1 Ziggurat, and seen 12 of its levels.
You have visited 3 portal chambers: ossuary, ice_cave, trove.

You have collected 18913 gold pieces.
You have spent 7228 gold pieces at shops.
You have used 4650 gold pieces for miscellaneous purposes.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a +8,+8 eudemon blade of holy wrath
 O - a +2,+5 demon blade of distortion (weapon)
 Q - the +6,+2 sling "Bleme" {god gift, velocity, rN+ MR}
   (Okawaru gifted it to you on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   Any stone fired from it inflicts extra damage.
   
   
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
Missiles
 g - 85 steel +5 sling bullets {god gift}
 i - 48 silver +4 sling bullets {god gift}
 n - 19 exploding +4 sling bullets
Armour
 r - the +0 ice dragon armour of Twitsuso (worn) {+Lev MR}
   (You took it off a greater mummy on level 3 of the Tomb of the Ancients)   
   
   
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
   It lets you levitate.
 A - a +2 pair of dwarven boots of running (worn) {god gift}
 I - the +2 pair of gloves of Modesty (worn) {+Inv rElec Str+2 Curse}
   (You found it on level 18 of the Dungeon)   
   
   
   It affects your strength (+2).
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It lets you turn invisible.
   It may recurse itself.
 M - a +2 cloak of preservation (worn) {god gift}
 U - a +2 cap of intelligence (worn)
 W - the -4 large shield "Pyeptuf" (worn) {god gift, rElec Dex+2 Dam+6 SInv}
   (Okawaru gifted it to you on level 3 of the Crypt)   
   
   
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+6).
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It enhances your eyesight.
Magical devices
 s - a wand of heal wounds (6)
 t - a wand of disintegration {zapped: 1}
 G - a wand of digging
 H - a wand of teleportation (12)
Comestibles
 h - 3 bread rations
 F - 10 meat rations
Scrolls
 j - a scroll of detect curse
 k - a scroll of fog
 p - a scroll of enchant armour
 q - 5 scrolls of remove curse
 w - 2 scrolls of recharging
 D - 8 scrolls of identify
 N - 2 scrolls of blinking
 V - 9 scrolls of teleportation
Jewellery
 b - the amulet "Setaf" (around neck) {rMut Str+4 Int+4}
   (You found it on level 5 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   [amulet of resist mutation]
   
   It affects your strength (+4).
   It affects your intelligence (+4).
 c - an uncursed ring of teleportation
 d - the amulet of Irusaw {Clar Dex+2 Dam+5 Stlth++}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   
   [amulet of clarity]
   
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+5).
   It makes you much more stealthy.
 e - the ring "Mobesa" {-TELE +Rage rC+ Int+3}
   (You found it on level 8 of the Vaults)   
   
   [ring of protection from cold]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It lets you go berserk.
   It prevents most forms of teleportation.
 f - the brooch of Shielding {Ward AC+4 EV+4}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   
   [amulet of warding]
   
   It affects your AC (+4).
   It affects your evasion (+4).
   
   Back in the good old days, every adventurer had one of these handy devices.
   That, and a pony.
 C - the ring "Gan Stro" {SustAb rF+ Dex+2}
   (You found it on level 5 of the Crypt)   
   
   [ring of sustain abilities]
   
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
   It protects you from fire.
 E - the ring of Xom's Displeasure (right hand) {rPois rF+ rN+}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Tomb of the Ancients)   
   
   [ring of protection from fire]
   
   It protects you from poison.
   It protects you from negative energy.
 R - an uncursed amulet of the gourmand
 Z - the ring "Bulit" (left hand) {Hunger- rF++ Int+3}
   (You found it on level 6 of the Pits of Slime)   
   
   [ring of sustenance]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It greatly protects you from fire.
Potions
 l - 3 potions of restore abilities
 x - 5 potions of heal wounds
 z - 14 potions of curing
Books
 y - a book of the Earth   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Dig                                Transmutation/Earth          4
   Leda's Liquefaction                Transmutation/Earth          4
   Bolt of Magma                      Conjuration/Fire/Earth       5
   *Statue Form                       Transmutation/Earth          6
   Iron Shot                          Conjuration/Earth            6
   Shatter                            Earth                        9
 P - a book of Necromancy   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Pain                               Necromancy                   1
   Animate Skeleton                   Necromancy                   1
   Lethal Infusion                    Charms/Necromancy            2
   Vampiric Draining                  Necromancy                   3
   *Regeneration                      Charms/Necromancy            3
   Dispel Undead                      Necromancy                   4
   Animate Dead                       Necromancy                   4
Magical staves
 o - a staff of energy
Miscellaneous
 m - an ornate deck of defence {the Tomb}
 X - an ornate deck of war {the Elixir}


   Skills:
 O Level 27 Fighting
 - Level 12 Long Blades
 - Level 13 Maces & Flails
 - Level 13 Slings
 - Level 22 Armour
 - Level 16 Dodging
 - Level 1 Stealth
 - Level 22 Shields
 - Level 10 Traps & Doors
 - Level 20 Unarmed Combat
 - Level 20 Spellcasting
 - Level 5 Hexes
 - Level 13 Charms
 - Level 11 Summonings
 + Level 13 Necromancy
 - Level 16 Translocations
 - Level 13 Transmutations
 - Level 13 Earth Magic
 - Level 5 Invocations


You have 5 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Success   Level  Hunger
a - Shadow Creatures      Summ           N/A          Excellent   5    None
b - Borgnjor's Revivific  Necr           #######...   Good        7    Honeycomb
c - Haste                 Chrm           #######..    Excellent   6    Sultana
d - Blade Hands           Trmt           #######...   Excellent   5    None
e - Regeneration          Chrm/Necr      #######...   Excellent   3    None
f - Flight                Air/Chrm       #######...   Excellent   3    None
g - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          Perfect     2    None
h - Repel Missiles        Air/Chrm       #######...   Excellent   2    None
i - Control Teleport      Chrm/Tloc      ########..   Excellent   4    None
j - Statue Form           Erth/Trmt      #######...   Excellent   6    Sultana
k - Apportation           Tloc           ########..   Perfect     1    None
l - Stoneskin             Erth/Trmt      #######...   Excellent   2    None
m - Summon Butterflies    Summ           #######..    Excellent   1    None
n - Swiftness             Air/Chrm       #######...   Excellent   2    None
o - Controlled Blink      Tloc           N/A          Great       7    Honeycomb
p - Abjuration            Summ           #######...   Excellent   3    None
r - Fulsome Distillation  Trmt/Necr      N/A          Excellent   1    None
s - Confusing Touch       Hex            #######...   Excellent   1    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (27/27)            Temple (1/1) D:5             Orc (4/4) D:8
    Elf (5/5) Orc:3          Lair (8/8) D:8           Swamp (5/5) Lair:3
 Shoals (5/5) Lair:5        Slime (6/6) Lair:8        Vault (8/8) D:17
  Blade (1/1) Vault:4       Crypt (5/5) Vault:3        Tomb (3/3) Crypt:3
   Hell (1/1)                 Zot (5/5) D:27       
   Dis: Hell:1         Geh: Hell:1         Coc: Hell:1         Tar: Hell:1

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

Shops:
D:6: *  D:9: /?%=?  D:17: ?  D:20: +  D:26: [!  Orc:4: [*(=  Elf:2: *  Elf:3: *
Elf:5: %  Shoals:1: [  Vault:2: (  Vault:4: //  Vault:5: %

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

Annotations
Shoals:5 Ilsuiw


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You have a pair of horns on your head.
Your mind is acute (Int +1).

I was like, "OMFG this has got to be the luckiest minotaur soab ever!!! Dam+19!!!" But then I read about the recent change to slaying, so... yeah.

[Jabberwocky]

A DeCj who is blasting everything apart. He's on D:8 or 9.

[TehDruid]

SpBe meets Ettin in Orc:4, after clearing it. SpBe attacks said Ettin, doesn't get hit for about 75% of the monster's health down (note that i have 70 maxHP) then on a single turn I get hit by two attacks doing rough 45 dmg each and die (i had 9 AC). I should have berserked or used BIA, but no, I wanted to not waste hunger and piety, thinking "oh well, the worst that can happen is I get one hit and run away if it's too much". I kinda lost the will to attempt this character again after this.

[cerebovssquire]

Just won a SETm on streak after KoAs. http://crawl.develz.org/morgues/trunk/E ... 142221.txt

Playing TeAE now, soon I'll have all races and classes and maybe even with a nice streak!

[TwilightPhoenix]

A SpEn who was heavily buffed up with invisibility, phase shift, etc in Vaults:5 happily stabbing Margery's band, who was by far less dangerous than some stuff I killed. Then the RNG rolled five heavy hits on me through 44 EV and Invisibility on the same turn, taking me from 70 HP to dead.

[TehDruid]

A SpEn who was heavily buffed up with invisibility, phase shift, etc in Vaults:5 happily stabbing Margery's band, who was by far less dangerous than some stuff I killed. Then the RNG rolled five heavy hits on me through 44 EV and Invisibility on the same turn, taking me from 70 HP to dead.

That's my main reason for not playing Spriggans, Felids and -to a lesser extent- Kobolds. Oh, who are we kidding, DEs too.

[defen]

A particularly well-equipped level 17 KoBe exploring Iskenderun's wizlab, which I had never encountered before. Twoshotted by purple draconians' mystic halitosis.

[AtT]

I played a Draconian Monk and picked up Zin on D4 or so. I gave him all the money I had up to that point and then immediately walked into a group of orcs, including a priest. When I recited the priest died instantly and a few more were dazed maybe. At XL7 I became mottled and generally used my breath for sticky flame instead of recite. I stumbled upon Erlocha and immediately entombed her and ran away. I made due with baddies with a combination of curare, meph cloud (I found the poisoner's handbook) and sticky flame. I almost got killed by a ghost enchanter but I called on Zin to give me sanctuary (only at Fair) and it worked, almost killed the ghost too. I later killed the ghost. I wasn't having trouble with hill giants or anything and Zin was fairly helpful. Saved me more than once with his abilities. Recite is interesting but not great, but blind and or mephed humanoids will happily fall into lava which is entertaining at least. I then tackled a vault (behind lava) involving those fire dog things and the fire dudes that guard some unique who i cant remember. I mephed them into the lava but the hounds were rPois so I had to take them with a wand of cold and melee. I stupidly got stuck (I only had ONE lev potion and no tele/blink) and got eaten by incredibly OOD dogs that I wasn't supposed to try to go kill (as they were behind lava and I hadn't even seen the lair yet). Crazy game and crazy fun game I recommend that build for an interesting run.

[varsovie]

YASD x 12

[Serne]

There was death, and dead bodies everywhere. Then I ran out of things to kill. I was sad.

[jejorda2]

I've been alternating between DGSt and DSSk in a fool's quest to get every combo to XL10. My 16th DGSt found a whip of electrocution on D1 and has been having a better run, reaching XL 9 when 6 was my best effort before. I'm still waiting for some decent books.

[AtT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO_QntXc-c4

[pratamawirya]

Was having fun trashing Antaeus with Stone Fist + Heroism + Finesse, and then... died by drowning... WHAT???

@$#%#$%@$@$ksodjiojolan2#@!$@$

HA HA HA HA HA

AAAAAA HA HA HA HAAAA

^%$@$#%#

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10-a0-1438-g36df285 character file.

1318308 My Name Is Earl the Conqueror (level 27, 269/269 (357) HPs)
             Began as a Minotaur Monk on Nov 1, 2011.
             Was the Champion of Okawaru.
             Drowned
             ... on Level 7 of Cocytus on Nov 8, 2011.
             The game lasted 21:38:37 (246079 turns).

My Name Is Earl the Conqueror (Minotaur Monk)     Turns: 246079, Time: 21:38:37

HP 269/269 (357) AC 29     Str 18      XL: 27
MP  26/45        EV 21     Int 23      God: Okawaru [******]
Gold 10437       SH 43     Dex 20      Spells: 19 memorised,  5 levels left

Res.Fire  : + . .   See Invis. : +    B - +12,+10 sword of Jihad {holy, *Rage rN+ MR
Res.Cold  : + . .   Warding    : . .  r - melded +0 ice dragon armour of Twitsuso {+Lev MR}
Life Prot.: + + .   Conserve   : +    W - -4 large shield "Pyeptuf" {god gift, rElec
Res.Acid. : + . .   Res.Corr.  : +    U - +2 cap {Int+3}
Res.Poison: +       Clarity    : +    M - +2 cloak {rCorr, Cons} {god gift}
Res.Elec. : +       Spirit.Shd : .    I - melded +2 pair of gloves of Modesty {+Inv rElec S
Sust.Abil.: + .     Prev.Telep.: +    A - melded +2 pair of dwarf boots {run} {god gift}
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .    d - amulet of Irusaw {Clar Dex+2 Dam+5 Stlth++
Res.Rott. : +       Levitation : .    e - ring "Mobesa" {-TELE +Rage rC+ Int+3}
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .    C - ring "Gan Stro" {SustAb rF+ Dex+2}

@: statue-form, repel missiles, very slightly contaminated, very slow, very
resistant to hostile enchantments, unstealthy
A: horns 2, Str -1, Int +1
a: End Transformation, Heroism, Finesse, Renounce Religion, Evoke Berserk Rage
}: 14/15 runes: decaying, barnacled, slimy, silver, golden, iron, obsidian, icy,
bone, abyssal, demonic, glowing, magical, dark


You were on level 7 of Cocytus.
You worshipped Okawaru.
Okawaru was exalted by your worship.
You were not hungry.

You were a stone statue.

You visited 18 branches of the dungeon, and saw 112 of its levels.
You visited Pandemonium 7 times, and saw 33 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 3 times.
You visited 1 Labyrinth.
You visited 2 bazaars.
You visited 1 Ziggurat, and saw 12 of its levels.
You visited 3 portal chambers: ossuary, ice_cave, trove.

You collected 22315 gold pieces.
You spent 7228 gold pieces at shops.
You used 4650 gold pieces for miscellaneous purposes.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 h - the cursed +3,+4 sabre "Smecw" {unknown, slice, Stlth++}
   (You found it on level 7 of Cocytus)   
   
   It inflicts extra damage upon your enemies.
   
   
   It makes you much more stealthy.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 u - the +8,+8 autumn katana {slice, Clar}
   (You found it on level 12 of a ziggurat)   
   
   It inflicts extra damage upon your enemies.
   
   
   It protects you against confusion.
 B - the +12,+10 sword of Jihad (weapon) {holy, *Rage rN+ MR EV+3 Stlth--}
   (You found it on level 7 of the Iron City of Dis)   
   
   It has been blessed by the Shining One to cause great damage to the undead
   and demons.
   
   
   It affects your evasion (+3).
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
   It makes you angry.
   It makes you much less stealthy.
   
   This sword was The Shining One's gift to a worshipper.
 O - the +4 blowgun of Turmoil {speed, rElec rN+ Str+2}
   (You found it on level 7 of Tartarus)   
   
   Attacks with this weapon take half as long, but cause slightly less damage.
   
   
   It affects your strength (+2).
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It protects you from negative energy.
 Q - the +6,+2 sling "Bleme" {god gift, velocity, rN+ MR}
   (Okawaru gifted it to you on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   Any stone fired from it inflicts extra damage.
   
   
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
Missiles
 g - 85 steel +5 sling bullets {god gift}
 i - 48 silver +4 sling bullets {god gift}
 Y - 15 curare-tipped +0 needles
Armour
 c - the +1 pair of gloves of the Illusory Wonders {god gift, Int-1 SInv}
   (Okawaru gifted it to you on level 6 of Cocytus)   
   
   
   It affects your intelligence (-1).
   It enhances your eyesight.
 r - the +0 ice dragon armour of Twitsuso (melded) {+Lev MR}
   (You took it off a greater mummy on level 3 of the Tomb of the Ancients)   
   
   
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
   It lets you levitate.
 A - a +2 pair of dwarven boots of running (melded) {god gift}
 I - the cursed +2 pair of gloves of Modesty (melded) {+Inv rElec Str+2 Curse}
   (You found it on level 18 of the Dungeon)   
   
   
   It affects your strength (+2).
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It lets you turn invisible.
   It may recurse itself.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 M - a +2 cloak of preservation (worn) {god gift}
 U - a +2 cap of intelligence (worn)
 W - the -4 large shield "Pyeptuf" (worn) {god gift, rElec Dex+2 Dam+6 SInv}
   (Okawaru gifted it to you on level 3 of the Crypt)   
   
   
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+6).
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It enhances your eyesight.
Magical devices
 s - a wand of heal wounds (6)
 H - a wand of teleportation (9)
Comestibles
 F - 3 meat rations
Scrolls
 N - a scroll of blinking
Jewellery
 a - the ring "Vilytec" {Hunger- rPois rF+ Stlth++}
   (You found it on level 7 of Gehenna)   
   
   [ring of sustenance]
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It protects you from poison.
   It makes you much more stealthy.
 b - the amulet "Setaf" {rMut Str+4 Int+4}
   (You found it on level 5 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   [amulet of resist mutation]
   
   It affects your strength (+4).
   It affects your intelligence (+4).
 d - the amulet of Irusaw (around neck) {Clar Dex+2 Dam+5 Stlth++}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   
   [amulet of clarity]
   
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+5).
   It makes you much more stealthy.
 e - the ring "Mobesa" (right hand) {-TELE +Rage rC+ Int+3}
   (You found it on level 8 of the Vaults)   
   
   [ring of protection from cold]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It lets you go berserk.
   It prevents most forms of teleportation.
 f - the brooch of Shielding {Ward AC+4 EV+4}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   
   [amulet of warding]
   
   It affects your AC (+4).
   It affects your evasion (+4).
   
   Back in the good old days, every adventurer had one of these handy devices.
   That, and a pony.
 j - an uncursed amulet of stasis
 C - the ring "Gan Stro" (left hand) {SustAb rF+ Dex+2}
   (You found it on level 5 of the Crypt)   
   
   [ring of sustain abilities]
   
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
   It protects you from fire.
 E - the ring of Xom's Displeasure {rPois rF+ rN+}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Tomb of the Ancients)   
   
   [ring of protection from fire]
   
   It protects you from poison.
   It protects you from negative energy.
 L - an uncursed ring of regeneration
 R - an uncursed amulet of the gourmand
 S - the ring "Nyodusku" {-CAST *TELE rF+ Dex+3 Int+3}
   (You found it on level 7 of the Iron City of Dis)   
   
   [ring of teleportation]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It affects your dexterity (+3).
   It protects you from fire.
   It prevents spellcasting.
 Z - the ring "Bulit" {Hunger- rF++ Int+3}
   (You found it on level 6 of the Pits of Slime)   
   
   [ring of sustenance]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It greatly protects you from fire.
Potions
 l - 2 potions of restore abilities
 z - 7 potions of curing
Books
 n - a book of Fire   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Fire Brand                         Charms/Fire                  2
   Ignite Poison                      Fire/Transmutation           5
   Fireball                           Conjuration/Fire             5
   Bolt of Fire                       Conjuration/Fire             6
   Delayed Fireball                   Conjuration/Fire             7
   Ring of Flames                     Charms/Fire                  7
   Dragon Form                        Fire/Transmutation           8
 P - a book of Necromancy   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Pain                               Necromancy                   1
   Animate Skeleton                   Necromancy                   1
   Lethal Infusion                    Charms/Necromancy            2
   Vampiric Draining                  Necromancy                   3
   *Regeneration                      Charms/Necromancy            3
   Dispel Undead                      Necromancy                   4
   Animate Dead                       Necromancy                   4
Magical staves
 o - a staff of energy
Miscellaneous
 k - an ornate deck of changes
 m - an ornate deck of defence {the Tomb}
 X - an ornate deck of war {the Elixir}


   Skills:
 O Level 27 Fighting
 - Level 12 Long Blades
 - Level 13 Maces & Flails
 - Level 13 Slings
 + Level 14 Throwing
 - Level 22 Armour
 - Level 18 Dodging
 - Level 1 Stealth
 - Level 22 Shields
 - Level 10 Traps & Doors
 - Level 22 Unarmed Combat
 - Level 22 Spellcasting
 - Level 5 Hexes
 - Level 13 Charms
 - Level 13 Summonings
 - Level 15 Necromancy
 - Level 16 Translocations
 - Level 15 Transmutations
 - Level 13 Earth Magic
 - Level 7 Invocations


You had 5 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Success   Level  Hunger
a - Shadow Creatures      Summ           N/A          Excellent   5    None
b - Borgnjor's Revivific  Necr           #######...   Excellent   7    Honeycomb
c - Haste                 Chrm           #######..    Excellent   6    Choko
d - Blade Hands           Trmt           #######...   Excellent   5    None
e - Regeneration          Chrm/Necr      #######...   Perfect     3    None
f - Flight                Air/Chrm       #######...   Excellent   3    None
g - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          Perfect     2    None
h - Repel Missiles        Air/Chrm       #######...   Excellent   2    None
i - Control Teleport      Chrm/Tloc      #######...   Excellent   4    None
j - Statue Form           Erth/Trmt      #######...   Excellent   6    Choko
k - Apportation           Tloc           #######...   Perfect     1    None
l - Stoneskin             Erth/Trmt      #######...   Perfect     2    None
m - Summon Butterflies    Summ           #######..    Perfect     1    None
n - Swiftness             Air/Chrm       #######...   Excellent   2    None
o - Controlled Blink      Tloc           N/A          Excellent   7    Honeycomb
p - Abjuration            Summ           #######...   Excellent   3    None
q - Dig                   Erth/Trmt      #######..    Excellent   4    None
r - Fulsome Distillation  Trmt/Necr      N/A          Perfect     1    None
s - Confusing Touch       Hex            #######...   Excellent   1    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

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

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

Shops:
D:6: *  D:9: /?%=?  D:17: ?  D:20: +  D:26: [!  Orc:4: [*(=  Elf:2: *  Elf:3: *
Elf:5: %  Shoals:1: [  Vault:2: (  Vault:4: //  Vault:5: %

Portals:
Hell: D:21 D:22 D:23 D:24 D:25 D:26 D:27 Dis:1* Dis:2** Dis:3 Dis:4* Dis:6*** Dis:7** Geh:1 Geh:2* Geh:3*** Geh:4 Geh:5 Geh:6** Geh:7 Coc:1** Coc:2 Coc:3* Coc:4 Coc:5* Coc:6* Coc:7** Tar:1 Tar:2 Tar:3* Tar:4 Tar:5 Tar:6* Tar:7**
Abyss: D:25 D:27
Pan: D:21 D:24 D:25

Annotations
Shoals:5 Ilsuiw


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You have a pair of horns on your head.
Your mind is acute (Int +1).
You are weak (Str -1).


Message History

The white imp shouts, "Begone, thou worthless ill-nurtured bovine!"
The Ice Fiend gestures at you.
The bolt of cold misses you.
There is some deep water here.
You are engulfed in freezing vapours. You resist.
The ice dragon is engulfed in freezing vapours.
The blue devil hits you but does no damage.
The ice devil completely misses you.
There is some deep water here.
Casting: Flight
Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
You turn into a living statue of rough stone.
The cursed +2 pair of gloves of Modesty {+Inv rElec Str+2 Curse} melds into your body.
You feel weaker.
Your +2 pair of dwarven boots of running {god gift} melds into your body.
You feel rather sluggish.
The +0 ice dragon armour of Twitsuso {+Lev MR} melds into your body.
You float gracefully downwards. You fall into the water!
You sink like a stone! You drown...
You die...

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  ###.˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜
 ##...˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜
 ......˜˜§§˜˜˜˜˜˜˜
 .......3D˜§§˜˜˜˜˜
.......3˜4D˜˜˜˜˜##
..5.1.§§8§§˜˜˜###
......˜˜˜˜˜˜˜##
 #############


You could see an Ice Fiend, 3 ice dragons, 2 ice devils, a blue devil and a white imp.


[pratamawirya]

A MuBe, who found out that he shouldn't engage Menkaure just yet, because he hit hard.

  Code:

Woodstock99 the Chopper (level 5, -1/41 HPs)
             Began as a Mummy Berserker on Nov 9, 2011.
             Was a Priest of Trog.
             Slain by Menkaure (14 damage)
             ... on Level 5 of the Dungeon.
             The game lasted 00:13:57 (5658 turns).


[TehDruid]

A MuBe, who found out that he shouldn't engage Menkaure just yet, because he hit hard.

  Code:

Woodstock99 the Chopper (level 5, -1/41 HPs)
             Began as a Mummy Berserker on Nov 9, 2011.
             Was a Priest of Trog.
             Slain by Menkaure (14 damage)
             ... on Level 5 of the Dungeon.
             The game lasted 00:13:57 (5658 turns).


Ah, yeah, when I play undead I have this urge to pwn Menkaure as soon as I see him. He hits hard even though he's unarmed.

[pratamawirya]

MiMo of Oka. The new retaliation headbutt is really fun.

[pratamawirya]

TrMo of Ely. It's still hard for me to believe just how ridiculously powerful the healer god is.

That dragon armour was a lucky find on D:2 or D:3 (as a dragon hide).

  Code:

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10-a0-1912-gfe068ac character file.

Toekang Keboen the Bringer of Life (Troll Monk)    Turns: 20731, Time: 01:26:30

HP 124/124       AC 20     Str 22      XL: 13   Next: 19%
MP  35/35        EV  5     Int 12      God: Elyvilon [******]
Gold 1387        SH 21     Dex 12      Spells:  0 memorised, 12 levels left

Res.Fire  : + + .   See Invis. : .      - Unarmed
Res.Cold  : + . .   Warding    : . .  x - +4 fire dragon armour
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .    p - +0 elf shield {AC+3}
Res.Acid. : + . .   Res.Corr.  : +    (helmet restricted)
Res.Poison: .       Clarity    : .    L - -1 cloak "Daih" {rC++ Int+2}
Res.Elec. : .       Spirit.Shd : .    (gloves unavailable)
Sust.Abil.: . .     Stasis     : .    (boots unavailable)
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .    F - amulet of resist corrosion
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .    h - ring of sustenance
Gourmand  : +       Ctrl.Flight: .    t - ring of magical power

@: somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: unfitting armour, claws 3, fast metabolism 3, gourmand, regeneration 2,
saprovore 2, tough skin 2, AC +1
a: Lesser Healing, Lesser Self-Healing, Divine Protection, Purification, Greater
Healing, Greater Self-Healing, Divine Vigour, Renounce Religion


You are on level 2 of the Orcish Mines.
You worship Elyvilon.
Elyvilon is exalted by your worship.
You are completely stuffed.

You have visited 4 branches of the dungeon, and seen 22 of its levels.

You have collected 1387 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 y - an uncursed sling
 H - an uncursed sling of flame
 S - an uncursed blowgun
Missiles
 c - 67 sling bullets
 g - 9 poisoned sling bullets
 n - a curare-tipped needle
 s - 50 poisoned needles
 G - 21 sling bullets
 I - 18 runed sling bullets
 K - 14 poisoned sling bullets
 N - 3 large rocks (quivered)
Armour
 p - a +0 elven shield of protection (worn)
 x - a +4 fire dragon armour (worn)
 L - the -1 cloak "Daih" (worn) {rC++ Int+2}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   
   It affects your intelligence (+2).
   It greatly protects you from cold.
   You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts.
Magical devices
 i - a wand of fire
 o - a wand of digging {zapped: 2}
 u - a wand of random effects {zapped: 1}
 B - a wand of digging
 E - a wand of fire (2)
Comestibles
 b - 11 meat rations
 k - 9 bread rations
 w - a sausage
 J - a banana
 P - 2 chunks of orc flesh
 Q - 4 chunks of orc flesh
 T - 3 chunks of orc flesh
Scrolls
 l - a scroll of teleportation
 v - a scroll labeled BUNUREH CHUSA TOCA {tried}
 z - 3 scrolls of remove curse
 A - a scroll of fog
 C - a scroll of enchant weapon I
 O - a scroll of blinking
 R - 3 scrolls labeled DOIKHI FIMUIK {tried}
Jewellery
 h - a ring of sustenance (right claw)
 j - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 m - an uncursed ring of teleport control
 q - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
 t - a ring of magical power (left claw)
 F - an amulet of resist corrosion (around neck)
Potions
 a - 2 bubbling red potions
 d - 5 potions of heal wounds
 e - 10 potions of curing
 f - a potion of might
 D - a potion of restore abilities
 M - a potion of levitation
Books
 r - a book of the Sky   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Flight                             Charms/Air                   3
   Insulation                         Charms/Air                   4
   Airstrike                          Air                          4
   Silence                            Hexes/Air                    5
   Deflect Missiles                   Charms/Air                   6
   Conjure Ball Lightning             Conjuration/Air              7
   Tornado                            Air                          9
   
   You found it on level 10 of the Dungeon.


   Skills:
 + Level 9,2 Fighting
 - Level 7,1 Armour
 - Level 2,4 Dodging
 - Level 1,1 Stealth
 - Level 7,1 Shields
 - Level 12,0 Unarmed Combat
 - Level 14,0 Invocations


You have 12 spell levels left.
You don't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (11/27)            Temple (1/1) D:7             Orc (2/4) D:8
   Lair (8/8) D:9          Shoals (0/5) Lair:3        Slime (0/6) Lair:8
  Snake (0/5) Lair:6     

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

Shops:
D:8: %

[dassem]

This counts as one of the tougher pan lords in a while, as he was very resistant to all my elemental spells, but he was still a wuss:

  Code:

_Wusman comes into view.
 Your +1,+7 demon trident of flaming stops flaming.
_b - a staff of wizardry (weapon)
 The blast explodes into a great storm of ice!
 The ice storm engulfs Wusman. Wusman partially resists.
_Wusman is moderately wounded.
 The blast explodes into a great storm of ice!
 The ice storm engulfs Wusman. Wusman partially resists.
_Wusman is heavily wounded.
 The blast explodes into a great storm of ice!
 The ice storm engulfs Wusman. Wusman partially resists.
 Wusman is severely wounded.
_Wusman sneers, "Slither home if wit thou hast!"
 The blast explodes into a great storm of ice!
 The ice storm engulfs Wusman. Wusman partially resists.
 Wusman is almost dead.
 Wusman is engulfed in freezing vapours.
 Wusman gestures at you.
_You block the orb of energy.
 The blast explodes into a great storm of ice!
 The ice storm engulfs Wusman. Wusman partially resists.
 You kill Wusman!
 You feel your power returning.


So far:

  Code:

ultor the Sorcerer (Demonspawn Wizard)         Turns: 153731, Time: 1, 01:18:58

HP 205/219       AC 20     Str 11      XL: 27
MP  49/49        EV 23     Int 36      God: Vehumet [*****.]
Gold 8698        SH 32     Dex 16      Spells: 17 memorised,  4 levels left

Res.Fire  : + + +   See Invis. : +    a - +1,+7 demon trident (flame)
Res.Cold  : + + +   Warding    : . .  E - +2 robe {rC+ rF+}
Life Prot.: + + +   Conserve   : +    j - +3 dwarf shield {rC+ rF+}
Res.Acid. : + . .   Res.Corr.  : +    (helmet unavailable)
Res.Poison: +       Clarity    : +    C - +2 cloak {rCorr, Cons}
Res.Elec. : +       Spirit.Shd : .    S - +2 pair of gloves of Jisew {+Blink rPois r
Sust.Abil.: . .     Stasis     : .    m - +2 pair of boots {run}
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .    z - amulet of Stia {Clar Str+1 Dex+2}
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .    U - ring "Caepem" {MR Int+4 Dam+4}
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .    s - ring "Metz" {AC+4 Dex+1 Int+4}

@: burdened, quick, extraordinarily resistant to hostile enchantments, fairly
stealthy
A: horns 3, demonic guardian 3, life protection 3, spiny 3, AC +3, Str -1
a: Renounce Religion, Evoke Blink
}: 12/15 runes: decaying, barnacled, slimy, silver, obsidian, icy, abyssal,
demonic, glowing, magical, fiery, dark


[pratamawirya]

Still the same TrMo of Ely. Man, just how much Tomb becomes a dick when you're an ever-hungry Troll....

[pratamawirya]

SpFi of Chei. Okay, really weird, I know.

[PerverseSuffering]

Having the time of my life with a 15 or so lvl SpAs of Nemelex, spewing cards all over the place, surviving Abyss twice, getting my first rune ever there, YASD of a deliberate walking into a cloud of freezing vapour in the Swamp.
At least my corpse disappeared with a show.

[Jeremiah]

HOFE. Just killed the ghost of my previous HOFE.

[TehDruid]

SpFi of Ash - Had a crappy venom dagger with which I was trying to kill monsters at lvl 15. Needless to say, the run was prety much a nightmare. Didn't get any good books to try spells... So I leveled up evocations (was at 26 skill with Ash bonus when I died lol) to be able to use wands more accurately and effectively. Paralyzing an orc warlord is pretty cool. :> Granted, Spriggan apt for Evo is awesome though.

[Jabberwocky]

Started up a DeCj, first monster he meets? Gang of hobgoblins. Dead.

[pratamawirya]

SpMo of Chei. Spriggolem, go!

[pratamawirya]

1. TrTM of Chei. Horrible early and mid game, but the table turned upside down when he got Statue Form.
2. TrMo of Ely. In Dis right now.
3. DEBe. Trying to survive the early game which is just beyond awful.... Soon enough, I'll be out of permafood.

[jejorda2]

I encountered a vapour for the first time, on D9. I learned that it existed when the score screen said, "killed by afar by a vapour with a lightning bolt."

The vault is called jmf multi god temple.

[spillover]

Once upon a time (today, earlier) I roll up a DDNe in trunk with the intent of picking up kiku and checking out the new .10 version of twisted rez.

Spillover (D:7): Geez D:7 already? Kiku is the only altar I haven't found! dum-de-dum... HEY! A Bailey!

Spillover (Bailey): Aww shit, the star-shaped one. I never get good loot from these. Oh crap, that's one powerful player ghost! OH CRAP! I FORGOT THE DEVS PULLED DISPEL UNDEAD FROM THE STARTING BOOK! ::spams control undead:: I'm controlling my own former incarnation; I love recursion! ::Ghost clears out entire bailey, before dying (again) to the final orc warrior:: That was easy! This Necromancer is awesome!

RNG (Bailey): lol here ya go! ::throws down a randart +12 suit of crystal plate in the loot::

Spillover (Bailey): This M&F-focused DDFi is awesome!

Makhleb (Temple): Welcome!

[...]

Spillover (Vault 1): Awesome! an eveningstar!

Louise (Vault 1): No.

Spillover (Abyss): Shit.

[4 turns later...]

RNG (Abyss): lol here ya go! ::throws down a gate::

Spillover (Vault 1): SURPRISE!

Louise (Vault 1): WTF dude I JUST banished y---

Spillover (Vault 1): ::Whack::

Louise (Hell): Huh? Where am I?

Spillover (Vault 1): ::incredulous:: I didn't even have time to get hungry!

[...]

Still a CIP.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

[...]

Spillover (Vault 1): Awesome! an eveningstar!

Louise (Vault 1): No.

Spillover (Abyss): Shit.

[...]

Hhhahahahahaaaa!

[Tiber]

I'm trying to get a successful Troll Enchanter going, from the pick a combo thing. The crappy thing is, Hexes are very power-dependent, so a troll's poor aptitude makes them useless. I also found a large shield, and am pumping that up to 15. Still, I train Hexes in the hopes of one day returning to my true calling (and spirit of the request). I'm going unarmed, and didn't feel like any god particularly suited my character, so I went with the troll's natural patron god. And what a choice is was; here's my mutation set:
talons 1
cold resistance 1
speed 1
magic resistance 1
mutation resistance 1
rElec
repulsion field 1
bone plates 1
Str+1
Dex+1
-10% hp
wild magic 1

The other fun bit about this character? So far I've found an executioner's axe, an artifact lajatang of chaos (courtesy of Xom of course), and a demon trident of electrocution. By the way, this character is just leaving lair.

[spillover]

Starting at 2:23 : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcb3zl_bugs-bunny-knighty-knight-bugs_fun

[jejorda2]

I'm playing a DD, and I want to find armour, axes, and Makhleb. It's a DDAs because I'm silly that way.

On D2, I find a Makhleb altar. Great!

On D3, I find a Gold Dragon Armour, but I can't wear it because my cloak was cursed by a scroll when I was trying to find a remove curse scroll to take care of a cursed axe I found earlier.

On D6, I finally found a remove curse scroll so I could put on the GDA. The next time I autoexplore, I open a door with three orc priests behind it and I die.

[dk]

Found out that I installed DC:SS on my computer at work (long long ago), Version 0.7.1 or something like that.
Started it and there was a savegame: A XL:14 DDNe of Makhleb.
I loaded the save game, looked at the character, the skills, the inventory, the spells.
Exited the game in shame.

[Zicher]

Found out that I installed DC:SS on my computer at work (long long ago), Version 0.7.1 or something like that.
Started it and there was a savegame: A XL:14 DDNe of Makhleb.
I loaded the save game, looked at the character, the skills, the inventory, the spells.
Exited the game in shame.

Why the hell?
Some two years ago, 0.7 was out and I was playing trunk on CDO. One day, CDO was out for maintenance, so I went for CAO and had a SpVM save there from 0.5.2. I gave it a shot - and lo and behold, grabbed a win from this one!
Never give up. Never.

[dk]

Found out that I installed DC:SS on my computer at work (long long ago), Version 0.7.1 or something like that.
Started it and there was a savegame: A XL:14 DDNe of Makhleb.
I loaded the save game, looked at the character, the skills, the inventory, the spells.
Exited the game in shame.

Why the hell?
Some two years ago, 0.7 was out and I was playing trunk on CDO. One day, CDO was out for maintenance, so I went for CAO and had a SpVM save there from 0.5.2. I gave it a shot - and lo and behold, grabbed a win from this one!
Never give up. Never.

I startet the game long ago, and I improved my gameplay very much since then. I had spend a lot of XP on skills which I did not need instead of pushing it into Necromancy, Invocation and Weapon Skill. I wasted all potions while my wand of healing was laying around, empty, in my stash at Lair:2. Right next to two ?Recharging. I was wielding a crap randart weapon instead of the demon trident in my stash laying next to some ?Enchant Weapon I/II/III.

Maybe, some day, I will bring this game to an end! Blood and Souls for Makhleb!

[schmoe]

Demonspawn Monk, v0.8. I walk next to a pool of lava in the starting room, flame cloud erupts, I die.

[varsovie]

OgMo, died in least than ten turn, two hit from an hobgoblin with dagger of electricity.

[Konebred]

Had a really promising green DrMo that found a kiku altar really early. Ran in to Erolcha on level 10 or so that spawned with paralyze and confuse. Even with all that going on it still took a good 5 or 6 rounds to kill me with him beating on me while I was retarded.

[jejorda2]

I walked down the stairs to D10 with my TrEE to find Erolcha, Nessos, a Steam Dragon, and Harold in LOS. I thought maybe if I stood still, Erolcha would take one step towards me and I could lure her up the stairs. But she paralyzed me, and Nessos and Harold poisoned me while I bathed in steam and died without another turn.

[rebthor]

E-Z mode HaAr until that bastard [strike]Adolf[/strike] Frederick showed up.

[jejorda2]

I take unexplored upstairs on D2, and four gnolls are within striking distance with their polearms. I know they'll kill me if I try to go down the stairs, and they get me as I walk towards one to close into melee.

Next game, I butcher near a corner. An Ogre whomps me while I'm occupied.

[defen]

Level 10 HE skald, actually working out quite well for a change. Shafted to some vault on D14 with a shadow dragon and multiple hill giants. No blink scrolls. Read a scroll of teleport, died in two turns. This is after about a dozen earlier YASDs on skalds.

I can't seem to get a hybrid past mid dungeon/lair for the life of me.

[TehDruid]

Level 14-15 NaBe, cleared L:8 without much trouble, then went into O:4 and met his demise to TAB holding against 4 warriors and a knight. I could have used berserk or BiA but no, I just held TAB till my health was in the 30s, then didn't even use a blinking scroll to give myself time to react. Oh god, I'm so rash some times.

[SchwaWarrior]

HEGl of Nemelex.

I was doing great at first, even Acquired a Demon Blade of Fire. But you know what? I don't know how to play a melee character very well yet, and I messed a lot of things up. Used up all my Teleport scrolls and Heal potions and good wands, trained Bows to 9 even though I was using a Shield 'cause I didn't know about the penalty (and without Ashenzari I can't undo it), and a lot of my paths were blocked by powerful uniques I didn't know how to fight with this build.

I did the wise thing. As a Nemelex follower, I folded my hand. I exited the dungeon alive, opting to give this build another try tomorrow when I'm not exhausted or sick with a cold/fever/whatever it is I have. Strangely it feels better to have quit on my own instead of let an impossible dungeon finish me off.

Also, I killed three Unseen Horrors almost back to back without See Invisible. I couldn't believe it. Things like that showing up indicate to me that a game is sorely going south and will keep doing so.

[Konebred]

Fially got an Octopod off the ground, and as a monk too. Was just about on cruise mode when I was cleaning out the orcish mines and I ran in to St. Roka and a bunch of priests on orc 4. Hit a teleport but got smote to death in the time it took to go off.

[One-Eyed Jack]

I just won a HoBe. Winning play: o, (aa), tab, cey, 5.

I used brothers maybe twice and trog's hand not at all

I also had to make the decision between Arga+shield of resistance and an exe axe of flaming. I'm pretty sure the latter is weaker (for 3runes) but I chose it anyway because I wanted to experimnt with the longbow of velocity trog gave me (It was very good)

[Blade]

I also had to make the decision between Arga+shield of resistance and an exe axe of flaming. I'm pretty sure the latter is weaker (for 3runes) but I chose it anyway because I wanted to experimnt with the longbow of velocity trog gave me (It was very good)

Unless you are very short on resists (that is to say you have no rings of protection from fire or potions of resistance), an exec axe of flaming is a much better choice. Its damage output is much higher, and the resists/defense from the shield is fairly insignificant in comparison. Arga kinda sucks, even if it looks shiny.

As a general rule of thumb, don't even bother going axes if you don't want to use two-handers.

[One-Eyed Jack]

I also had to make the decision between Arga+shield of resistance and an exe axe of flaming. I'm pretty sure the latter is weaker (for 3runes) but I chose it anyway because I wanted to experimnt with the longbow of velocity trog gave me (It was very good)

Unless you are very short on resists (that is to say you have no rings of protection from fire or potions of resistance), an exec axe of flaming is a much better choice. Its damage output is much higher, and the resists/defense from the shield is fairly insignificant in comparison. Arga kinda sucks, even if it looks shiny.

As a general rule of thumb, don't even bother going axes if you don't want to use two-handers.

I was of course planning on 2h but Trog gave me arga and I got the shield from a ?acq (I forgot about guaranteed rods)

I actually didn't find any other rF until I got a gold dragon hide on v:8 (there were 6 of them but only one corpse) but it didn't really matter because whatever I'm a berserker so I can just kill dudes. I tabbed I think three packs of hell knights without rF. I neverid'd !res (I think I had like 5-6 unid'd potions by the end actually, including speed)