CSDC Week 2 - DrCK, CLOSED


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Post Tuesday, 4th February 2014, 16:25

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

Little update, my aim is still the abyssal rune as first.

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.14-a0-2400-gb2944a8 (console) character file.

sanka the Anemomancer (DrCK)                       Turns: 87867, Time: 08:43:17

HP 206/206       AC 25     Str 19      XL: 24   Next: 61%
MP  45/45        EV 27     Int 21      God: Xom
Gold 3845        SH  0     Dex 22      Spells:  8 memorised, 23 levels left

rFire  + + +     SeeInvis +     a - +7 great mace of the Wasteland {speed, +Fly rF+}
rCold  + + +     Clarity  +     (armour unavailable)
rNeg   . . .     Conserve .     (no shield)
rPois  .         rCorr    +     O - +1 hat
rElec  +         rRot     .     g - +1 dwarf cloak
SustAb . .       Spirit   .     U - +1 pair of gloves {Dex+3}
rMut   .         Warding  .     J - +0 pair of boots "Mnayff" {Str+1 Dam+4}
Saprov . . .     Stasis   .     K - amulet of resist corrosion
MR     +++..                    j - ring of see invisible
                                M - ring of regeneration

@: icy armour, extremely resistant to hostile enchantments, fairly stealthy
A: breathe lightning, able to fly continuously, unfitting armour, antennae 2,
large and strong wings, hooves 1, stinger 3, agile 1, blink 1, breathe flames 1,
carnivore 1, clarity, clever 2, cold resistance 3, fire resistance 3, high mp 1,
magic resistance 2, mutation resistance 1, sense surroundings 1, regeneration 1,
shaggy fur 2, electricity resistance, spit poison 3, strong 1, wild magic 1, AC
+12
a: Spit Poison, Breathe Lightning, Fly, Blink, Renounce Religion, Breathe Fire,
Evoke Flight


You are on level 6 of the Depths.
You worship Xom.
You are a toy of Xom.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 8 branches of the dungeon, and seen 52 of its levels.
You have visited the Abyss 2 times.
You have also visited: Trove, Sewer, Ossuary and Wizlab.

You have collected 7280 gold pieces.
You have spent 3435 gold pieces at shops.


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You can breathe wild blasts of lightning.
You can fly continuously.
Your glossy black scales are hard (AC +12).
Your body does not fit into most forms of armour.
Your cold-blooded metabolism reacts poorly to cold.
Your wings are large and strong.
You are resistant to electric shocks.
You have a pair of antennae on your head.
You have large cloven feet.
Your tail ends in a wickedly sharp and poisonous barb.
You are agile. (Dex +2)
You can translocate small distances at will.
You can breathe flames.
Your digestive system is specialised to digest meat.
You possess an exceptional clarity of mind.
Your mind is very acute. (Int +4)
Your flesh is almost immune to the effects of cold.
Your flesh is almost immune to the effects of heat.
You have an increased reservoir of magic (+10% MP).
You are highly resistant to hostile enchantments.
You are somewhat resistant to further mutation.
You passively map a small area around you.
Your natural rate of healing is unusually fast.
You are covered in thick fur (AC +2).
You can spit strong poison.
Your muscles are strong. (Str +2)
Your spells are a little harder to cast, but a little more powerful.


   Skills:
 - Level 15.0 Fighting
 - Level 20.4 Maces & Flails
 - Level 15.0 Dodging
 - Level 14.0 Spellcasting
 - Level 1.3 Conjurations
 - Level 6.6 Charms
 - Level 10.0 Summonings
 - Level 2.3 Necromancy
 - Level 2.1 Translocations
 - Level 4.0 Ice Magic
 * Level 26.4 Air Magic
 - Level 7.0 Evocations


You have 23 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       #######...   1%          2    None
b - Swiftness             Chrm/Air       #######.     1%          2    None
c - Regeneration          Chrm/Necr      ######....   7%          3    None
d - Static Discharge      Conj/Air       #######.     1%          3    None
e - Ozocubu's Armour      Chrm/Ice       ######....   4%          3    None
f - Apportation           Tloc           #####.....   5%          1    None
g - Shadow Creatures      Summ           N/A          5%          5    ##.....
h - Tornado               Air            ########..   26%         9    #######


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (16/16)            Temple (0/1) D:4             Orc (4/4) D:11
    Elf (3/3) Orc:3          Lair (8/8) D:9           Swamp (5/5) Lair:3
 Spider (5/5) Lair:6        Slime (5/6) Lair:8       Vaults (0/5) D:15
    Zot (0/5) Depths:6     Depths (6/6) D:16       

Altars:
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Kikubaaqudgha
Okawaru
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Zin
Beogh
Lugonu

Shops:
D:6 }   D:8 *   D:11 [**   D:12 [   Orc:4 ?%}(   Elf:1 [   Elf:3 [

Portals:
Hell: Depths:1 Depths:2 Depths:3 Depths:4 Depths:5 Depths:6
Abyss: Depths:1 Depths:4
Pandemonium: Depths:3
Ziggurat: Depths:1

Annotations:
Lair:8 Rupert
Swamp:3 Mara
Swamp:5 1 exclusion

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - the +7,+7 great mace of the Wasteland (weapon) {speed, +Fly rF+}
   (You found it in a treasure trove)   
   
   Attacks with this weapon are significantly faster, but cause slightly less
   damage.
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It lets you fly.
 y - a +1,+4 great mace of protection
Missiles
 f - a dart (quivered)
Armour
 g - a +1 dwarven cloak (worn)
 J - the +0 pair of boots "Mnayff" (worn) {Str+1 Dam+4}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 11 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It affects your strength (+1).
   It affects your damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks (+4).
 O - a +1 hat (worn)
 U - a +1 pair of gloves of dexterity (worn)
Magical devices
 d - a wand of hasting (7)
 x - a wand of digging {zapped: 1}
 E - a wand of disintegration {zapped: 2}
 H - a wand of polymorph (1)
Comestibles
 c - 3 bread rations
 G - 11 honeycombs
 P - a piece of ambrosia
Scrolls
 h - 4 scrolls of magic mapping
 i - 2 scrolls of remove curse
 n - a scroll of blinking
 q - 2 scrolls of teleportation
 r - 2 scrolls of identify
 L - 2 scrolls of recharging
 T - a scroll of fog
Jewellery
 j - a ring of see invisible (right hand)
 k - an uncursed ring of poison resistance
 o - an uncursed ring of teleportation
 p - an uncursed amulet of resist mutation
 s - an uncursed amulet of clarity
 u - the ring "Thrieh" {rN+ Str+1 Dex+2}
   (You took it off a deep elf conjurer on level 3 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   [ring of positive energy]
   It affects your strength (+1).
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
 w - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 z - an uncursed amulet of stasis
 A - an uncursed ring of regeneration
 B - an uncursed ring of invisibility
 K - an amulet of resist corrosion (around neck)
 M - a ring of regeneration (left hand)
 N - an uncursed ring of sustain abilities
 Q - an uncursed ring of protection from magic
 S - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
 W - an uncursed amulet of the gourmand
 Z - an uncursed ring of teleport control
Potions
 e - a potion of agility
 m - 2 potions of curing
 F - 4 potions of brilliance
 I - a potion of resistance
 V - 3 potions of might
 X - a potion of restore abilities
 Y - 2 potions of heal wounds
Magical staves
 v - an uncursed staff of air {!a}
Miscellaneous
 t - a disc of storms
 C - a phial of floods
 D - a stone of tremors
 R - a fan of gales
Rods
 b - a +0 rod of frigid destruction (11/11) {!a}
   (You found it on level 5 of the Dungeon)
 l - a +5 rod of fiery destruction (13/13) {!a}
   (You found it on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts)


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    ##..##..)##)##...##.(.(<.)(((
    #..##..[###.###)..##...%...#.
   ##.##..?%##...##)...##....%#.#
   #..#....###.[.###....#..#....#
####.##....# #..@# #....##.##....
(..).#.....# #...# #.....#....)..
.....#..}..# #...# #..}..#...[[..
(#####.....# #...# #.....#####)#.
.(%.#......# #...# #......#.[')..
)###%......# #...# #......[###...
...###..}..###.\.###..}..###...#.
(####.((....###.###.......####.#.
.'..........#######..........)[..


There are no monsters in sight!

Message History

The spriggan hits you but does no damage.
You bludgeon the spriggan!!
You kill the spriggan!
Things that are here:
a runed mace; a troll hide; a spriggan corpse
You finish butchering the spriggan corpse.
Your pack is full.
Things that are here:
a spriggan skeleton; a runed mace; a troll hide; a chunk of spriggan flesh {@*1}
Unknown command.
Casting: Regeneration
A film of ice covers your body!
Eating a chunk of spriggan flesh {@*1}. This raw flesh tastes great.
Things that are here:
a cloak; a trident
Things that are here:
an animal skin; a dagger; a cloak
Things that are here:
a cutlass; a ring mail; a +0 cloak of darkness
Things that are here:
a cutlass; a cloak
Items here: % )) [[
a short sword; a robe; a spriggan corpse; a runed battleaxe; a cloak
Items here: %% ))) [[
Things that are here:
a cutlass; a ring mail; a +0 cloak of darkness
Done exploring.
Done exploring.
Char dumped successfully.
Save game and exit?


Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-18 | 19-21 | 22-24 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Mace              |    70 |   195 |       |       |       |       |       |       ||   265
       Club              |    79 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       ||    79
       Whip              |    20 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       ||    20
       Flail             |       |   104 |   479 |   252 |    30 |       |       |       ||   865
       Dire flail        |       |       |       |   900 |  1888 |   726 |       |       ||  3514
       Unarmed           |       |       |       |    11 |    12 |     9 |     1 |    37 ||    70
       Great mace        |       |       |       |       |       |  1317 |  2112 |  1285 ||  4714
       Glaive            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    79 ||    79
 Fire: Sling             |       |    16 |    97 |   139 |    54 |       |       |       ||   306
       Blowgun           |       |       |       |     6 |       |       |       |       ||     6
Throw: Dart              |    54 |    46 |    22 |    13 |    28 |    15 |     5 |     1 ||   184
       Javelin           |       |       |     3 |       |       |       |       |       ||     3
 Cast: Repel Missiles    |       |       |       |     5 |    44 |    54 |   121 |    54 ||   278
       Ozocubu's Armour  |       |       |       |       |    63 |    99 |   147 |    92 ||   401
       Static Discharge  |       |       |       |       |    12 |     3 |       |       ||    15
       Regeneration      |       |       |       |       |     7 |    29 |   134 |    88 ||   258
       Swiftness         |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
       Shadow Creatures  |       |       |       |       |       |       |     8 |    12 ||    20
 Abil: Breathe Lightning |       |       |       |    10 |     3 |     7 |     4 |       ||    24
       Fly               |       |       |       |       |     1 |     1 |       |     1 ||     3
       Evoke Invisibilit |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |     9 ||    10
       Stop Flying       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     2 ||     2
Evoke: Rod               |       |       |    11 |    24 |    62 |    13 |    23 |    12 ||   145
       Disc of storms    |       |       |       |    12 |     7 |    21 |     9 |       ||    49
       Wand              |       |       |       |     8 |     2 |     4 |     6 |     3 ||    23
       Phial of floods   |       |       |       |       |       |       |     2 |       ||     2
       Fan of gales      |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
       Stone of tremors  |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
  Use: Scroll            |     9 |     5 |    15 |    18 |    14 |    10 |    15 |     6 ||    92
       Potion            |       |     3 |       |     3 |     6 |    17 |     2 |     2 ||    33
 Stab: Sleeping          |     1 |     3 |     2 |     1 |     7 |     4 |     7 |     4 ||    29
       Invisible         |       |     4 |     2 |       |     2 |       |     3 |    27 ||    38
       Distracted        |       |       |     1 |     1 |     1 |     2 |     5 |     5 ||    15
       Confused          |       |       |       |     3 |     6 |     5 |    10 |     9 ||    33
       Petrified         |       |       |       |       |     4 |     2 |       |       ||     6
       Petrifying        |       |       |       |       |     1 |       |       |       ||     1

...

Vanquished Creatures
 ...

Grand Total: 3137 creatures vanquished


I trained maces first for a great mace, than went for tornado. I found shadow creatures, so I learned that first. Maybe it was stupid plan because I still cannot cast tornado without brilliance, but I had no better idea.

I did not found haste as a spell, and I have just acquired a wand of hasting finally. Of course my last speed potions broke when Xom decided to swap me into my own freezing cloud.

My closest time to die was when I failed to notice that Xom swapped my great mace to a glavie. Always keep a second weapon at hand! (and really watch Xom's actions.)

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Post Tuesday, 4th February 2014, 19:12

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

Bah, suicided against a centaur. Xom is too nerve whacking for my taste
screw it I hate this character I'm gonna go melee Gastronok
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Post Tuesday, 4th February 2014, 21:11

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

Still going strong so far. Cleared lair, orcish mines and most of the dungeon. I think this is one of the most intense runs I've had so far. The clarity amulet and a -Tele ring seem to prevent a lot of Xom's bullshit. Also going for Unarmed Combat looks like it is pretty viable for this combo...

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Post Tuesday, 4th February 2014, 22:11

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

Meh, that was quick...
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Post Wednesday, 5th February 2014, 04:45

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

stickyfingers wrote:Meh, that was quick...


Yep. 2 weeks is a long time for this combo.
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Post Wednesday, 5th February 2014, 10:00

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

Xom roars with laughter!

http://crawl.develz.org/morgues/trunk/sanka/morgue-sanka-20140205-095447.txt

I aquired the abyssal rune as the first rune, got the orb, and... died on the ascension.

A pandemonium lord appeared, that seemed to be faster than me (even when I was hasted). I fighted him alone in a small chamber (with two staircases), and I seemed to be killing him fast enough, but then he paralysed me.

Oh well, I forgot to equip back my magic resistance ring after a rest. Paralysation is still the most awful feature of the game for me.
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Post Wednesday, 5th February 2014, 10:21

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

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You die...
Xom laughs nastily!

Such a shame :( You had a really awesome set of mutations... However you should have wore some MR rings instead of two times regen. Probably would have saved you from paralyze...

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Post Wednesday, 5th February 2014, 10:40

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

Thanks for the advice, altough I also mentioned it :-)
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Post Wednesday, 5th February 2014, 10:44

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

sanka wrote:Thanks for the advice, altough I also mentioned it :-)

Oh sorry I missed that. Was there really no way to escape? Usually it is a viable method to run onto a staircase and evoke the fan of gales for fast pan lords...

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Post Wednesday, 5th February 2014, 11:35

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

Hm, I should do that. Good idea for next time, thanks!

Actually I could beat him I think if she would not paralysed me. But fighting with a pan lord on the ascension is not a good idea, so it was my fault.

Also, I did not remember that the pan lord has actually casted anything, he seemed to hit me and then I was paralysed. Maybe he had a chaos weapon? But I did not see any Xom action either. I guess chaos weapon paralysation does not check MR, so if it was the case, the MR ring would not help me. I guess I should not fight random pan lords next time.

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Post Wednesday, 5th February 2014, 15:27

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

Edit: Durrr, plus more people have beaten me :( I'm damn impressed by some of these scores
Last edited by TeshiAlair on Wednesday, 5th February 2014, 18:16, edited 1 time in total.
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Post Wednesday, 5th February 2014, 16:01

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

I am 99% sure that is not a carpenter.
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Post Thursday, 6th February 2014, 20:52

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

This is my current status.
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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.14-a0-2443-g5aee772 (webtiles) character file.

TedronaiSDC the Sensei (DrCK)                      Turns: 52319, Time: 08:35:40

HP 211/211       AC 20     Str 15      XL: 21   Next: 86%
MP  29/29        EV 24     Int 12 (14) God: Xom
Gold 2282        SH 44     Dex 17      Spells:  2 memorised, 16 levels left

rFire  + + .     SeeInvis .       - Unarmed
rCold  + + .     Clarity  +     (armour unavailable)
rNeg   . . .     Conserve .     b - +3 large shield
rPois  +         rCorr    .     h - +2 hat of the Alchemist {rElec rF+ rC+ MR+}
rElec  +         rRot     .     W - +2 cloak
SustAb . .       Spirit   .     d - +2 pair of dwarf gloves
rMut   .         Warding  .     F - +0 pair of boots
Saprov . . .     NoTele   +     u - amulet of clarity
MR     ++...                    R - ring of Vitality {Regen HP+15}
                                S - ring "Thruokkumn" {-Tele Acc+5 Dam+5}

@: very resistant to hostile enchantments, unstealthy
A: breathe fire, unfitting armour, large and strong wings, cold resistance 1,
fire resistance 1, poison resistance, screaming 1, spit poison 1, weak 1, AC +11
a: Spit Poison, Breathe Fire, Fly, Renounce Religion
}: 3/15 runes: decaying, serpentine, abyssal


You are on level 14 of the Dungeon.
You worship Xom.
You are a toy of Xom.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 6 branches of the dungeon, and seen 42 of its levels.
You have visited the Abyss 1 time.
You have also visited: Ice Cave.

You have collected 4396 gold pieces.
You have spent 2114 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a +0 orcish blowgun
 p - a +2,+3 sling of velocity
Missiles
 z - 3 javelins (quivered)
 C - 5 sling bullets of flame
 X - a curare-tipped needle
Armour
 b - a +3 large shield (worn)
 d - a +2 pair of dwarven gloves (worn)
 h - the +2 hat of the Alchemist (worn) {rElec rF+ rC+ MR+}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Depths)   
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It protects you from cold.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
 F - a +0 pair of boots (worn)
 W - a +2 cloak (worn)
Magical devices
 j - a wand of disintegration (7)
 n - a wand of digging (5)
 q - a wand of digging (17)
 w - a wand of polymorph {zapped: 1}
 A - a wand of teleportation (1)
 Q - a wand of disintegration (5)
 V - a wand of paralysis (2)
Comestibles
 c - 12 bread rations
 l - 4 meat rations
Scrolls
 E - a scroll of enchant armour
 H - 2 scrolls of identify
 L - a scroll of blinking
 M - 4 scrolls of remove curse
 T - a scroll of vulnerability
Jewellery
 f - a +6 ring of evasion
 m - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 o - an uncursed amulet of warding
 u - an amulet of clarity (around neck)
 v - an uncursed amulet of resist mutation
 B - an uncursed amulet of guardian spirit
 D - the ring "Icoch" {+cTele Hunger}
   (You took it off a naga ritualist on level 2 of the Depths)   
   
   [ring of teleport control]
   It speeds your metabolism.
 K - an uncursed ring of protection from magic
 N - an uncursed ring of positive energy
 O - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
 P - an uncursed ring of poison resistance
 R - the ring of Vitality (right hand) {Regen HP+15}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 13 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [ring of regeneration]
   It affects your health (+15).
 S - the ring "Thruokkumn" (left hand) {-Tele Acc+5 Dam+5}
   (You found it on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   [ring of slaying]
   It affects your accuracy (+5).
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+5).
   It prevents most forms of teleportation.
Potions
 i - 2 potions of restore abilities
 t - a potion of berserk rage
Miscellaneous
 e - a lamp of fire
 g - a phial of floods
 s - a stone of tremors
 I - a fan of gales


   Skills:
 * Level 18.9 Fighting
   Level 3.0 Maces & Flails
 + Level 17.9 Dodging
 + Level 17.1 Shields
 + Level 21.7 Unarmed Combat
 - Level 6.0 Evocations

I have no idea how I survived the abyss... After an ancient lich nearly one-shotted me I teleported around with about 20 HP for what felt an eternity. As a bonus I had the temporary mutation "you do not heal naturally" :D

Now I have no more consumables left. Guess I'll have to do the Vaults, initially I wanted to skip them completely...

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Post Thursday, 6th February 2014, 20:56

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

CK is really weird background. Early amulet of stasis made everything easy, really close to a typical Gl, later I found amulet of clarity so I even can safely use escape methods sometimes. Perhaps CK should start with stasis amulet. It's weird but I almost never use amulet of conservation. This is not a tournament game though.

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Post Thursday, 6th February 2014, 21:01

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

I died to having an amulet of stasis on; I think you just had the luck of a Xom who did more teleports than nasty monster summons.

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Post Thursday, 6th February 2014, 21:07

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

wheals wrote:I died to having an amulet of stasis on; I think you just had the luck of a Xom who did more teleports than nasty monster summons.


Yes, I know what you are talking about. Stasis-swapping is main feature of Xom player IMHO. About to enter new level - put the amulet on. Seriously wounded - put it on. Barely escaped from a dangerous monster - put it on.
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Post Thursday, 6th February 2014, 21:13

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

Sandman25 wrote:Yes, I know what you are talking about. Stasis-swapping is main feature of Xom player IMHO. About to enter new level - put the amulet on. Seriously wounded - put it on. Barely escaped from a dangerous monster - put it on.

You are obviously missing this:
  Code:
S - the ring "Thruokkumn" (left hand) {-Tele Acc+5 Dam+5}
   (You found it on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts)

Edit:
Or this (from another game of mine):
  Code:
 d - the amulet "Coytiutu" (around neck) {rMut -Tele Acc+4 Dam+4 SInv}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Orcish Mines)

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Post Thursday, 6th February 2014, 21:18

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

Tedronai wrote:You are obviously missing this:


No, I am not missing it. It's very useful, I know. I was confused several times while wearing amulet of stasis so I am envying you ;) Good luck!

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Post Friday, 7th February 2014, 03:56

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

I too got spanked by Xom lightning balls. If I hadn't been wearing stasis, I could have possibly blinked away. Maybe I should have unwielded my disto mace.

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Message History

The blast of lightning engulfs your ball lightning.
Your ball lightning completely resists.
The blast of lightning engulfs the plant.
The plant is almost destroyed.
The blast of lightning engulfs the elephant.
The elephant is heavily wounded.
The blast of lightning engulfs the plant.
The plant is heavily damaged.
The blast of lightning engulfs you!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The blast of lightning engulfs your ball lightning.
Your ball lightning completely resists.
The blast of lightning engulfs the fungus.
The fungus is lightly damaged.
Your ball lightning explodes!
The blast of lightning engulfs the plant.
You destroy the plant!
The blast of lightning engulfs you!
You die...
Xom thinks this is hilarious!

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Post Friday, 7th February 2014, 21:53

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

Fucked it up and died like a bitch in Zot:5. Abyss nearly destroyed all my consumables and I could not get much back in Vaults:1-4. Needed more means of teleportation, 5 charges of a wand were not enough. Should have bought the tele ring in one of the orc shops. Had enough turns in my last moments for it to be evoked... Would have been another chance to get away...

It is kind of depressing to have to sit in the corner of one of the upper lungs in the hall of zot knowing that two ancient liches are closing on you...

dump!

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Post Friday, 7th February 2014, 22:14

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

Well damn...

Good job making it so far though. I enjoyed reading your dump file, and especially got a kick out of Xom turning Asterion into an agate snail. :lol:

I'm glad Abyss first seemed sufficiently tough. Do you have any feedback about that?
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Post Friday, 7th February 2014, 22:31

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

WalkerBoh wrote:Good job making it so far though. I enjoyed reading your dump file, and especially got a kick out of Xom turning Asterion into an agate snail. :lol:

I really wanted to see what this new unique is about, Xom didn't give me any chance :(

WalkerBoh wrote:I'm glad Abyss first seemed sufficiently tough. Do you have any feedback about that?

It was the most intense experience I've ever had in crawl and probably one of the hardest situations I've ever had to solve in this game. My Zot:5 intermezzo does not count since there was nothing more I could do there. Simply was not ready for being able to reliably handle Zot:5.

Getting the abyss rune first is definitely a worthy tier-2 bonus challenge (especially with mandatory Xom). Did you match up the bonus with CK on purpose or would this have been the bonus regardless of the combo choice? Because I still think that the bonus won't be that hard if you could do it with a god of your own choosing.

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Post Friday, 7th February 2014, 22:40

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

I pick each bonus specifically based on which character is selected for the week. This week was Abyss themed because that's a signature dick move of Xom.

I'm glad it was tough! Though in hindsight I admit CK is probably not the best challenge choice since most players' games ended very early through no fault of their own.

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Post Saturday, 8th February 2014, 15:01

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

I abandoned Xom at Vaults and went the Oka-TSO route to get 15 runes. I initially wanted to keep Xom the whole game, but after such a poor showing in round 1, I decided to play it safe and try to make up some ground. I also gave up on the bonuses at that point.

Xom was actually pretty good overall because of the positive mutations. There was a noticeable downgrade in power after I lost all of those. I just didn't like the teleporting around and random summons in the Vaults, and didn't want to keep stasis on.
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Post Tuesday, 11th February 2014, 20:13

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

can I do this challenge even if I did not start the previous one?
EDIT: matters not. dead already.
Last edited by Hirsch I on Tuesday, 11th February 2014, 20:42, edited 1 time in total.
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Post Tuesday, 11th February 2014, 20:37

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

Yeah you're still in the competition. Anyone who hasn't been active for 3 challenges, I might consider replacing, but I'll judge that as it comes up.
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Post Tuesday, 11th February 2014, 20:44

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

if someone wants to take my place, you can replace me. my internet is horrible right now, I dont think I can play the challenges without wanting to kill myself...
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Post Tuesday, 11th February 2014, 21:32

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

I have to agree with Xom that this was pretty hilarious:
  Code:
Message History

Ouch!
The goblin barely misses you.
Ouch! The goblin hits you but does no damage.
Ouch!
The goblin hits you with an elven dagger of chaos.
You feel yourself slow down. The goblin freezes you.
Press: ? - help, v - describe, . - travel
Here: a gnoll, wielding a glowing halberd
The floor.
Unknown command.
You aren't carrying any potions.
The goblin hits you with an elven dagger of chaos.
The gnoll barely misses you.
Ouch!
You feel less confused. You feel yourself speed up.
The goblin hits you with an elven dagger of chaos.
The goblin freezes you.
The gnoll hits you from afar with a glowing halberd!
Ouch! That really hurt!
You die...

35 some12fat2move the Cudgeler (level 2, 0/26 HPs)
             Began as a Draconian Chaos Knight on Feb 9, 2014.
             Was a Plaything of Xom.
             Slain by a gnoll
             ... wielding a +1,+1 halberd of dragon slaying
              (15 damage)
             ... on Level 1 of the Dungeon.
             The game lasted 00:03:00 (337 turns).

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Post Thursday, 13th February 2014, 10:59

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK

I just lost my DrCK, and I can't even blame Xom for the death! Morgue for the curious:

http://crawl.develz.org/morgues/trunk/D ... 071002.txt

Got held by a net (thrown by a keep-away siren, dammit) while an impaler poked away at me with a trident of flaming. Tele didn't go off in time. I had bad luck with the net (I failed to escape 3 or 4 times, I think), plus that impaler got a double move in, it looks like. Should have tried Solitude card instead. Didn't help that I dropped my potions to cast Fridge, or that I didn't go back for a scroll earlier to recharge my healing wand. So many mistakes...

Anyway enough of that, I want to talk about the positives! Xom was a blast. I guess it's because I'm a bad player, so I'm used to effing myself over. Going with Xom just meant playing more carefully and letting Xom eff me over instead.

I had a little early game luck:

  Code:
  3231 | D:3      | Identified the +3,+7 crossbow of Stiad {speed, Str+2} (Xom gifted it to you on level 3 of the Dungeon)


Which pretty much carried me through the game. I probably could have won the game with this too, alas.

Some memorable Xom moments:

* In Lair:2, Xom polymorphed a wandering mushroom into a thorn hunter(!) when it was only 2 or 3 steps away. I didn't think I could get away, so I engaged in a shootout instead. I won (barely), but it was a definite crap in your pants moment.

* In a rather foolhardy move, I engaged with a frost giant in an Ice cave. I had most of the level clear, so I figured I could tele away if things go bad. Halfway through the battle, Xom took a hand and enslaved the frost giant for me. With frost giant buddy, we ripped through the rest of the Ice cave, incidentally (and helpfully) getting the frost giant down to "almost dead". Even with that, it took me forever to finish him off, so that was a very solid favor Xom did me there.

* Sometime in Lair, I was plinking away at a spiny frog with my sling while it approached, when Xom decided to berserk me. I decided what the heck and bludgeoned the frog to death with my sling anyway (and that is why I have 8 sling melee actions on my record).

* In Lab, Xom took me on a teleport journey... while I was in the middle of a fight with the minotaur. Took me a while to get back too.

Plus some non-Xom moments that are very worthy of a Xom game:

* I was Abyssed by Xom, but found an exit fairly quickly while being chased by a bone dragon. I tried to ascend and ... what? Why am I still in Abyss? At first I thought Xom did the stair slipping trick on me again (which he did earlier), but it turned out that the bone dragon had trampled me off the exit. Xom thinks it's hilarious!

* I spotted Agnes and decided Fridge was the best way to handle her. So I dropped my curing pots, took a step back to let my ice beast come up next to me, and started spamming Fridge. Agnes of course steps right up to the spot I vacated, but then grabs my curing pots and starts chugging away! Boy did I feel stupid. It wasn't like the ice beast was able to hit her anyway. On the bright side, sacrificing some curing pots in exchange for Agnes not trying to kill me for a few turns was maybe worthwhile.

Anyway, yeah I had fun, and I like that the weekly challenge is pushing me to try some combos that I wouldn't have done on my own. I guess there's more Xom in my future crawling.

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Post Sunday, 23rd February 2014, 15:31

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK, CLOSED

Man, when Xom wants you dead, he gets you dead. Blurry vision 3, reduced hp, and sent to the abyss at XL 13. I made it out somehow by using all my consumables, and then by the time I got to D14 I got sent on a second abyss trip, this one packed full of liches, balrugs, executioners, reapers, and the like. I was running from a reaper with a scythe of dragon slaying (thanks game) after having killed the first balrug, lich, and executioner when he decided to confuse me again -- and that was after I'd already been forced to drink all my curing potions by previous confusions and a balrug. RIP.

I was really starting to think I could survive with this character . . .

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Post Thursday, 27th February 2014, 07:51

Re: CSDC Week 2 - DrCK, CLOSED

If Xom wants you dead, switch to Trog! At XL12, Xom was mollified and I could proceed without a lot of stress. Still, it was not cakewalk. I do not agree that draconians are very strong species, although they have a lot of HPs and in theory fine AC. Lack of GDR makes them mediocre, though. Even with large shield and good EV I was getting hurt a lot. Maybe I am simply biased - I favor characters with HP below typical, but good defenses.

Too bad the game didn't grant me any challenge points, but at least I had streak win without frustration.
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