Ashenzari, equipment slots, and general advice (GnWz)


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Mines Malingerer

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Post Tuesday, 25th September 2018, 19:14

Ashenzari, equipment slots, and general advice (GnWz)

I'm playing a game as GnWz^Ashenzari. If I understand correctly, the way to get piety with Ashenzari is to explore wearing cursed equipment. The Wiki says "You have four equipment categories: armour, weapon, shield and jewellery. A category is considered "partially bound" if more than half the slots available (for your species, but including later effects such as Ru's Sacrifice Hand, the macabre finger necklace, or Lear's hauberk) contain cursed equipment, and "fully bound" if all slots available contain cursed equipment."

So, playing Gnoll, for jewellery there are three slots: two rings and one amulet. But what counts as slots for weapons and shield? With two hands, to get to partially bound I'd need more than one cursed weapon equipped, i.e. there's no way to be partially bound in the weapon (or shield) category (for a Gnoll)? Will using a two-handed cursed weapon make the weapon category fully bound?

Is it also correct then that you can't be even partially bound in both weapon and shield?

And I'd need three cursed armour items to get to partially bound in armour?
Last edited by Yasob on Monday, 1st October 2018, 15:16, edited 1 time in total.
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Post Tuesday, 25th September 2018, 20:41

Re: Ashenzari and equipment slots

Look at the table lower down on the Ash wiki page for better information. Hand slots are special, kind of. They're either bound or not, and their boost depends on what kind of weapon you're wielding (ie - if you're using a two-hander, you get a bigger boost than with a one-hander.) I don't think "partially" or "fully" matters except in places where you actually have multiple slots - jewelry and armor.

Gnolls need 3 pieces of cursed armor to be partially bound, correct. (Headgear, cloak/scarf, gloves, boots, body armor.)

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Yasob

Mines Malingerer

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Post Tuesday, 25th September 2018, 22:22

Re: Ashenzari and equipment slots

Thanks, I don't know how I missed that table. I guess then that the bound levels listed there affects both the piety gained and the skill boost level at 2 or more piety.
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Post Monday, 1st October 2018, 15:36

Rings and spells

I have two remove curse scrolls and am thinking of using them to switch out one of my rings (a +4 ring of dexterity).

Available choices are:
* +2 ring of protection {AC+2}
* +5 ring of slaying

Which would you choose, and why? Or should I save my scrolls?

Also, this is my first character that casts spells. Which spells (of the ones in my library) should I learn? Animate skeleton or Animate dead? Anything else?

As for weapons, my best "generic" weapon right now should be the fustibalus (thanks to the gloves or archery), right?

(I guess I'm off to Orc next, hoping to find more spell books and something that gives me some rPois/rF/rC.)

  Code:
 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.22.1-1-ga44c0e56f4 (webtiles) character file.

bitnick the Thaumaturge (Gnoll Wizard)             Turns: 39862, Time: 15:31:35

Health: 56/108     AC: 17    Str: 10    XL:     14   Next: 41%
Magic:  29/44      EV: 17    Int: 25    God:    Ashenzari [*****.]
Gold:   1108       SH: 13    Dex: 18    Spells: 21/35 levels left

rFire    . . .     SeeInvis +   a - staff of power
rCold    . . .     Gourm    .   H - +1 buckler {AC+3} (curse)
rNeg     . . .     Faith    .   U - +4 ring mail
rPois    .         Spirit   .   p - +0 hat
rElec    .         Reflect  +   (no cloak)
rCorr    .         Harm     .   m - +2 pair of gloves {archery}
MR       ++...     Clarity  +   (no boots)
Stlth    ++++......             q - +5 amulet of reflection (curse)
HPRegen  0.28/turn              r - ring of protection from magic (curse)
MPRegen  0.29/turn              B - +4 ring of dexterity (curse)

@: no status effects
A: distributed training, fangs 1, strong nose
a: Curse Item, Scrying, Renounce Religion


You are on level 11 of the Dungeon.
You worship Ashenzari.
Ashenzari is extremely pleased with you.
You are hungry.

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

You have collected 1108 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand Weapons
 b - a +0 fustibalus of freezing
 c - a +2 scimitar of flaming
 d - a +2 rapier of venom
 f - a +4 blowgun
 j - a +2 broad axe of chopping
Missiles
 k - 71 sling bullets
 y - 55 poisoned needles
 O - a throwing net (quivered)
Armour
 m - a +2 pair of gloves of archery (worn)
 p - a +0 hat (worn)
 H - a cursed +1 buckler of protection (worn)
 U - a +4 ring mail (worn)
Magical Staves
 a - an uncursed staff of power (weapon)
Jewellery
 q - a cursed +5 amulet of reflection (around neck)
 r - a cursed ring of protection from magic (left hand)
 B - a cursed +4 ring of dexterity (right hand)
Wands
 g - a wand of digging (22)
 h - a wand of disintegration (4)
 v - a wand of paralysis (31)
 w - a wand of clouds (3)
 C - a wand of iceblast (7)
 I - a wand of acid (10)
 L - a wand of enslavement (29)
 R - a wand of flame (20)
Scrolls
 l - 9 scrolls of teleportation
 n - 2 scrolls of fear
 x - 2 scrolls of remove curse
 D - a scroll of magic mapping
 F - 2 scrolls of fog
 N - 2 scrolls of blinking
 S - 3 scrolls of holy word
 Z - 2 scrolls of amnesia
Potions
 i - a potion of lignification
 o - a potion of invisibility
 s - a potion of brilliance
 t - a potion of agility
 z - a fizzy black potion
 A - 2 potions of berserk rage
 E - 3 potions of resistance
 K - 3 potions of flight
 P - a brown potion
 V - 4 potions of curing
 W - an amethyst potion
Miscellaneous
 M - a phial of floods
 Q - a lamp of fire
 T - a lightning rod (4/4)
Comestibles
 X - 24 rations


   Skills:
 + Level 9.0 Fighting
 + Level 9.0 Short Blades
 + Level 9.0 Long Blades
 + Level 9.0 Axes
 + Level 9.0 Maces & Flails
 + Level 9.0 Polearms
 + Level 9.0 Staves
 + Level 9.0 Slings
 + Level 9.0 Bows
 + Level 9.0 Crossbows
 + Level 9.0 Throwing
 + Level 9.0 Armour
 + Level 10.1 Dodging
 + Level 10.0 Stealth
 + Level 9.0(11.6) Shields
 + Level 9.0 Unarmed Combat
 + Level 11.3 Spellcasting
 + Level 7.9(11.9) Conjurations
 + Level 7.5(11.5) Hexes
 + Level 7.5(11.5) Charms
 + Level 7.9(11.9) Summonings
 + Level 7.5(11.5) Necromancy
 + Level 7.9(11.9) Translocations
 + Level 7.5(11.5) Transmutations
 + Level 7.5(11.5) Fire Magic
 + Level 7.5(11.5) Ice Magic
 + Level 7.5(11.5) Air Magic
 + Level 7.5(11.5) Earth Magic
 + Level 7.5(11.5) Poison Magic
 + Level 9.8 Invocations
 + Level 9.0(12.9) Evocations


You have 21 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Magic Dart            Conj           ####         1%          1    None
b - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          1%          2    None
c - Call Imp              Summ           ######..     1%          2    None
d - Conjure Flame         Conj/Fire      ######..     1%          3    None
e - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  ######..     1%          3    None
f - Vampiric Draining     Necr           ######....   1%          3    None

Your spell library contains the following spells:

 Spells                   Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
 Animate Skeleton         Necr           N/A          1%          1    None
 Pain                     Necr           ####         1%          1    None
 Slow                     Hex            ######..     1%          2    None
 Regeneration             Chrm/Necr      ######....   1%          3    None
 Animate Dead             Necr           N/A          1%          4    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (11/15)            Temple (1/1) D:7            Lair (6/6) D:11
 Shoals (0/4) Lair:4       Spider (0/4) Lair:3        Slime (0/5) Lair:6
   Orc: D:9-12     

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Dithmenos
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Gozag
Hepliaklqana
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Qazlal
Ru
Sif Muna
Trog
Uskayaw
Vehumet
Wu Jian
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One

Annotations:
D:11 3 runed doors
Lair:3 exclusion: oklob plant
Lair:6 exclusion: oklob plant


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

Your experience applies equally to all skills.
You have very sharp teeth.
Your uncanny sense of smell can sniff out nearby items.


Message History

It is a scroll of brand weapon.
Your +0 fustibalus is covered with a thin layer of ice!
b - a +0 fustibalus of freezing
You are feeling hungry.
Okay, then.
You drop a +3 long sword of freezing.
Search for what [Enter for "."]?
Okay, then.
Unknown command.
Unknown command.
Unknown command.
Unknown command.
Adjust to which letter?  (? for menu, Esc to quit)
a - an uncursed staff of power (weapon); d - a +2 rapier of venom
You feel your magic capacity decrease.
Your +0 fustibalus of freezing is covered in frost.
b - a +0 fustibalus of freezing (weapon)
Your +0 fustibalus of freezing stops glowing.
You feel your magic capacity increase.
a - an uncursed staff of power (weapon)

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There are no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  4 hydras
  2 two-headed ogres
  4 catoblepae (Lair:6)
  Erica (D:9)
  7 death yaks (Lair:6)
  2 unseen horrors
  A deep elf archer (D:11)
  A deep elf mage (D:11)
  2 manticores
  Joseph (Lair:1)
  17 elephants
  3 black mambas
  12 spiny frogs
  4 rime drakes (Lair:4)
  6 komodo dragons
  A troll (D:11)
  A polar bear (Lair:6)
  A queen bee (Lair:6)
  4 meliai
  9 hippogriffs
  9 blink frogs
  A shadow (D:11)
  4 wyverns
  A redback (Lair:3)
  A basilisk (Lair:3)
  35 yaks
  Grum (D:9)
  A soldier ant (D:11)
  An acid dragon (D:11)
  5 water moccasins
  7 porcupines
  Duvessa (D:5)
  4 orc warriors
  5 sky beasts
  2 ice beasts
  A phantom (D:9)
  2 black bears
  3 centaurs (D:11)
  3 wolves (D:9)
  2 ogres
  8 crocodiles
  2 big kobolds
  7 bullfrogs
  2 scorpions
  A wyvern skeleton (D:11)
  Dowan (D:5)
  19 killer bees
  7 wights
  3 howler monkeys
  An electric eel (Lair:5)
  6 crimson imps
  6 jellies
  A quasit (D:10)
  5 orc priests
  8 orc wizards
  6 hounds
  2 centaur skeletons (D:10)
  A gnoll shaman (D:5)
  2 bullfrog skeletons
  An iguana (D:9)
  7 worker ants
  A hound zombie (D:6)
  A hound skeleton (D:5)
  A howler monkey skeleton (D:5)
  9 gnolls
  16 adders
  A shadow imp (D:5)
  8 oozes
  4 adder skeletons
  2 worms (D:2)
  7 dart slugs
  6 leopard geckos
  32 orcs
  2 ball pythons
  6 bats
  5 giant cockroaches
  2 goblins
  5 hobgoblins
  2 jackals
  6 quokkas
  6 frilled lizards
  A giant cockroach zombie (D:6)
  11 kobolds
  A quokka zombie (D:7)
  6 rats
  A fungus (Lair:6)
410 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  Kirke (Lair:6)
  Harold (D:8)
  2 two-headed ogres
  2 spiny frogs
  Prince Ribbit (D:7)
  3 blink frogs
  3 hippogriffs
  2 yaks
  3 water moccasins
  2 porcupines
  An orc warrior (D:9)
  A necrophage (D:9)
  2 eyes of draining
  3 ogres
  A black bear (D:10)
  A wolf (D:9)
  5 crocodiles
  A big kobold (D:10)
  4 bullfrogs
  A scorpion (D:11)
  5 killer bees (Lair:6)
  A wight (D:6)
  2 howler monkeys (D:10)
  A crimson imp (D:9)
  A bullfrog zombie (D:9)
  A hound (D:10)
  6 orc wizards
  A bullfrog skeleton (D:10)
  A jelly (Lair:3)
  A centaur skeleton (D:5)
  5 worker ants
  2 hound skeletons
  A worker ant zombie (D:9)
  An adder (D:9)
  7 oozes (Lair:3)
  14 orcs
  A hobgoblin (D:2)
  2 jackals
  2 kobolds
  2 butterflies
97 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A manticore (Lair:6)
  A blink frog (Lair:6)
  7 humans (Lair:6)
  A centaur (D:9)
  A killer bee (Lair:6)
  A wight (D:6)
  A kobold (D:10)
  43 fungi
  47 plants
103 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 610 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
-------+----------+-------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1      | bitnick the Gnoll Wizard began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 13/13 MP: 8/8
   496 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 18/19 MP: 5/10
  1658 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Blink
  1661 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Call Imp
  1933 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 25/25 MP: 4/11
  2051 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Invocations
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Fighting
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Short Blades
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Long Blades
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Axes
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Maces & Flails
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Polearms
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Staves
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Slings
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Bows
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Crossbows
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Throwing
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Armour
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Shields
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Unarmed Combat
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
  2238 | D:2      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 27/32 MP: 8/13
  2522 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Hexes
  2522 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Charms
  2522 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Necromancy
  2522 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Transmutations
  2522 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Fire Magic
  2522 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Ice Magic
  2522 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Air Magic
  2522 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Earth Magic
  2522 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Poison Magic
  3084 | D:2      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 37/37 MP: 6/14
  4303 | D:3      | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
  5273 | D:4      | Learned a level 3 spell: Conjure Flame
  5277 | D:4      | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud
  5397 | D:4      | Found a stormy altar of Qazlal.
  5401 | D:4      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
  5532 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 44/44 MP: 6/16
  5948 | D:4      | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
  6634 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  7243 | D:5      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 50/50 MP: 5/18
  7727 | D:5      | Reached skill level 5 in Stealth
  8736 | D:5      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 57/57 MP: 16/19
  8740 | D:5      | Noticed Duvessa
  8869 | D:5      | Noticed Dowan
  8886 | D:5      | Killed Dowan
  8896 | D:5      | Killed Duvessa
  9031 | D:5      | Got a crystal short sword
  9040 | D:5      | Identified the +1 short sword of Jowyidip {pierce, SInv}
                  | (You found it on level 5 of the Dungeon)
 10123 | D:5      | Reached skill level 8 in Spellcasting
 10265 | D:6      | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
 10276 | D:6      | Became a worshipper of Ashenzari the Shackled
 10718 | D:6      | Found a hazy altar of Hepliaklqana.
 11109 | D:6      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 47/65 MP: 4/21
 11383 | D:6      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
 11385 | D:6      | Found a hide-covered altar of Uskayaw.
 13114 | D:7      | Noticed Prince Ribbit
 13143 | D:7      | Killed Prince Ribbit
 13260 | D:7      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
 13279 | Temple   | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
 13906 | D:8      | Noticed Erica
 14303 | D:8      | Noticed a two-headed ogre
 14324 | D:8      | Killed a two-headed ogre
 14324 | D:8      | Reached skill level 5 in Invocations
 14324 | D:8      | Reached XP level 10. HP: 73/73 MP: 8/22
 14873 | D:8      | Noticed Harold
 17628 | D:8      | Killed Harold
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Short Blades
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Long Blades
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Axes
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Maces & Flails
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Polearms
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Staves
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Slings
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Bows
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Crossbows
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Throwing
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Armour
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Shields
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Unarmed Combat
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Evocations
 18869 | D:9      | Killed Erica
 19163 | D:9      | Noticed a two-headed ogre
 19178 | D:9      | Killed a two-headed ogre
 19178 | D:9      | Reached skill level 9 in Spellcasting
 19180 | D:9      | Noticed a two-headed ogre
 19545 | D:9      | Killed a two-headed ogre
 19545 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
 19545 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Summonings
 19545 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Translocations
 20043 | D:9      | Reached * piety under Ashenzari
 20488 | D:9      | Noticed Grum
 20501 | D:9      | Reached XP level 11. HP: 81/81 MP: 15/24
 20523 | D:9      | Killed Grum
 20724 | D:10     | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
 20981 | D:10     | Reached ** piety under Ashenzari
 21463 | D:10     | Noticed an unseen horror
 21478 | D:10     | Killed an unseen horror
 21478 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Hexes
 21478 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Charms
 21478 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Necromancy
 21478 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Transmutations
 21478 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Fire Magic
 21478 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Ice Magic
 21478 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Air Magic
 21478 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Earth Magic
 21478 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Poison Magic
 22134 | D:11     | Noticed a manticore
 22155 | D:11     | Killed a manticore
 22594 | D:11     | Noticed a two-headed ogre
 22604 | D:11     | Killed a two-headed ogre
 22789 | D:11     | Found a staircase to the Lair.
 23184 | D:11     | Noticed a five-headed hydra
 23195 | D:11     | Killed a six-headed hydra
 23260 | D:11     | Noticed a deep elf archer
 23539 | D:11     | Noticed an unseen horror
 23548 | D:11     | Noticed a deep elf mage
 23584 | D:11     | Killed a deep elf archer
 23812 | D:11     | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
 23838 | D:11     | Killed an unseen horror
 23959 | D:11     | Found a runed door.
 23960 | D:11     | Found a runed door.
 23960 | D:11     | Found a runed door.
 23960 | D:11     | Noticed a centaur warrior
 23966 | D:11     | Noticed a red ugly thing
 24082 | Lair:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
 24100 | Lair:1   | Noticed Joseph
 24129 | Lair:1   | Killed Joseph
 24233 | Lair:1   | Reached XP level 12. HP: 89/89 MP: 15/25
 25277 | Lair:1   | Reached *** piety under Ashenzari
 25705 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 10 in Spellcasting
 26058 | Lair:2   | Found a dark tunnel.
 26844 | Lair:2   | Noticed an eight-headed hydra
 26858 | Lair:2   | Killed a four-headed hydra
 27949 | Lair:3   | Found a hole to the Spider Nest.
 28605 | Lair:3   | Reached **** piety under Ashenzari
 29645 | Lair:4   | Noticed a seven-headed hydra
 29653 | Lair:4   | Killed a seven-headed hydra
 30035 | Lair:4   | Reached XP level 13. HP: 98/98 MP: 15/27
 30201 | Lair:4   | Found a frozen archway.
 30502 | Lair:4   | Found a staircase to the Shoals.
 32519 | Lair:5   | Reached ***** piety under Ashenzari
 32614 | Lair:6   | Entered Level 6 of the Lair of Beasts
 33916 | Lair:6   | Noticed Kirke
 33934 | Lair:6   | Killed Kirke
 35653 | Lair:6   | Reached skill level 11 in Spellcasting
 37031 | Lair:6   | Reached XP level 14. HP: 91/106 MP: 23/29
 37706 | Lair:6   | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
 38141 | Lair:6   | Reached skill level 10 in Dodging
 39117 | Lair:6   | Reached skill level 10 in Stealth
 39209 | Lair:6   | Learned a level 3 spell: Vampiric Draining

Skill      XL: |  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 |
---------------+-------------------------------------------+-----
Conjurations   |  2                 3     4  5  6     7    |  7.9
Summonings     |  2                 3     4  5  6     7    |  7.9
Translocations |  2                 3     4  5  6     7    |  7.9
Invocations    |        1     2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9    |  9.8
Fighting       |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Short Blades   |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Long Blades    |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Axes           |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Maces & Flails |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Polearms       |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Staves         |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Slings         |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Bows           |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Crossbows      |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Throwing       |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Armour         |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Shields        |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Unarmed Combat |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Evocations     |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Hexes          |           1        2  3     4  5  6  7    |  7.5
Charms         |           1        2  3     4  5  6  7    |  7.5
Necromancy     |           1        2  3     4  5  6  7    |  7.5
Transmutations |           1        2  3     4  5  6  7    |  7.5
Fire Magic     |           1        2  3     4  5  6  7    |  7.5
Ice Magic      |           1        2  3     4  5  6  7    |  7.5
Air Magic      |           1        2  3     4  5  6  7    |  7.5
Earth Magic    |           1        2  3     4  5  6  7    |  7.5
Poison Magic   |           1        2  3     4  5  6  7    |  7.5
Dodging        |                 5        6  7  8  9    10 | 10.1
Stealth        |                    5     6  7  8     9 10 | 10.0
Spellcasting   |                       8     9    10 11    | 11.3

Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Mace              |     2 |       |       |       |       ||     2
       Dagger            |       |     7 |       |       |       ||     7
       Spear             |       |    26 |    67 |       |       ||    93
       Bite              |       |     1 |    14 |    34 |    38 ||    87
       Rapier            |       |       |    44 |   118 |   150 ||   312
       Morningstar       |       |       |    42 |    27 |       ||    69
       Trident           |       |       |    15 |     1 |       ||    16
       Scimitar          |       |       |       |    89 |    48 ||   137
       Short sword       |       |       |       |    59 |       ||    59
       Long sword        |       |       |       |    66 |    32 ||    98
       Staff             |       |       |       |     2 |     2 ||     4
       Broad axe         |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
 Fire: Blowgun           |       |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
       Hunting sling     |       |       |       |    19 |       ||    19
       Fustibalus        |       |       |       |       |   118 ||   118
Throw: Tomahawk          |       |       |       |    28 |       ||    28
 Cast: Magic Dart        |    53 |   210 |   252 |   393 |    95 ||  1003
       Call Imp          |     6 |     4 |    96 |   378 |   215 ||   699
       Mephitic Cloud    |       |     2 |     7 |    47 |    35 ||    91
       Conjure Flame     |       |    11 |    33 |    72 |   202 ||   318
       Blink             |       |       |     1 |       |       ||     1
Invok: Curse Item        |       |       |     2 |     2 |       ||     4
Evoke: Wand              |       |       |       |     8 |     5 ||    13
       Lightning rod     |       |       |       |     4 |       ||     4
  Use: Scroll            |       |     3 |     5 |    15 |     7 ||    30
       Potion            |       |       |     1 |     8 |     1 ||    10
 Stab: Distracted        |       |       |     1 |     6 |    10 ||    17
       Confused          |       |       |     1 |     4 |     4 ||     9
       Sleeping          |       |       |     1 |       |       ||     1
       Paralysed         |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
  Eat: Chunk             |     1 |     8 |    18 |    21 |    16 ||    64
       Ration            |     1 |     2 |     1 |     8 |     4 ||    16
Armor: Leather armour    |     3 |     9 |     9 |       |       ||    21
       Ring mail         |       |       |    25 |   108 |    71 ||   204
Dodge: Dodged            |     7 |    27 |    68 |   182 |   104 ||   388
Block: Other             |       |     1 |     8 |       |       ||     9
       Buckler           |       |       |    60 |   217 |   119 ||   396
       Reflection        |       |       |     8 |    15 |     4 ||    27
Rpst.: Scimitar          |       |       |       |    11 |     4 ||    15
       Long sword        |       |       |       |     7 |     1 ||     8



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Yasob: Yet Another Shredder of Beings

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Post Monday, 1st October 2018, 16:01

Re: Ashenzari, equipment slots, and general advice (GnWz)

Yasob wrote:I have two remove curse scrolls and am thinking of using them to switch out one of my rings (a +4 ring of dexterity).

Available choices are:
* +2 ring of protection {AC+2}
* +5 ring of slaying

Which would you choose, and why? Or should I save my scrolls?

Also, this is my first character that casts spells. Which spells (of the ones in my library) should I learn? Animate skeleton or Animate dead? Anything else?

As for weapons, my best "generic" weapon right now should be the fustibalus (thanks to the gloves or archery), right?

(I guess I'm off to Orc next, hoping to find more spell books and something that gives me some rPois/rF/rC.)

  Code:
 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.22.1-1-ga44c0e56f4 (webtiles) character file.

bitnick the Thaumaturge (Gnoll Wizard)             Turns: 39862, Time: 15:31:35

Health: 56/108     AC: 17    Str: 10    XL:     14   Next: 41%
Magic:  29/44      EV: 17    Int: 25    God:    Ashenzari [*****.]
Gold:   1108       SH: 13    Dex: 18    Spells: 21/35 levels left

rFire    . . .     SeeInvis +   a - staff of power
rCold    . . .     Gourm    .   H - +1 buckler {AC+3} (curse)
rNeg     . . .     Faith    .   U - +4 ring mail
rPois    .         Spirit   .   p - +0 hat
rElec    .         Reflect  +   (no cloak)
rCorr    .         Harm     .   m - +2 pair of gloves {archery}
MR       ++...     Clarity  +   (no boots)
Stlth    ++++......             q - +5 amulet of reflection (curse)
HPRegen  0.28/turn              r - ring of protection from magic (curse)
MPRegen  0.29/turn              B - +4 ring of dexterity (curse)

@: no status effects
A: distributed training, fangs 1, strong nose
a: Curse Item, Scrying, Renounce Religion


You are on level 11 of the Dungeon.
You worship Ashenzari.
Ashenzari is extremely pleased with you.
You are hungry.

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

You have collected 1108 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand Weapons
 b - a +0 fustibalus of freezing
 c - a +2 scimitar of flaming
 d - a +2 rapier of venom
 f - a +4 blowgun
 j - a +2 broad axe of chopping
Missiles
 k - 71 sling bullets
 y - 55 poisoned needles
 O - a throwing net (quivered)
Armour
 m - a +2 pair of gloves of archery (worn)
 p - a +0 hat (worn)
 H - a cursed +1 buckler of protection (worn)
 U - a +4 ring mail (worn)
Magical Staves
 a - an uncursed staff of power (weapon)
Jewellery
 q - a cursed +5 amulet of reflection (around neck)
 r - a cursed ring of protection from magic (left hand)
 B - a cursed +4 ring of dexterity (right hand)
Wands
 g - a wand of digging (22)
 h - a wand of disintegration (4)
 v - a wand of paralysis (31)
 w - a wand of clouds (3)
 C - a wand of iceblast (7)
 I - a wand of acid (10)
 L - a wand of enslavement (29)
 R - a wand of flame (20)
Scrolls
 l - 9 scrolls of teleportation
 n - 2 scrolls of fear
 x - 2 scrolls of remove curse
 D - a scroll of magic mapping
 F - 2 scrolls of fog
 N - 2 scrolls of blinking
 S - 3 scrolls of holy word
 Z - 2 scrolls of amnesia
Potions
 i - a potion of lignification
 o - a potion of invisibility
 s - a potion of brilliance
 t - a potion of agility
 z - a fizzy black potion
 A - 2 potions of berserk rage
 E - 3 potions of resistance
 K - 3 potions of flight
 P - a brown potion
 V - 4 potions of curing
 W - an amethyst potion
Miscellaneous
 M - a phial of floods
 Q - a lamp of fire
 T - a lightning rod (4/4)
Comestibles
 X - 24 rations


   Skills:
 + Level 9.0 Fighting
 + Level 9.0 Short Blades
 + Level 9.0 Long Blades
 + Level 9.0 Axes
 + Level 9.0 Maces & Flails
 + Level 9.0 Polearms
 + Level 9.0 Staves
 + Level 9.0 Slings
 + Level 9.0 Bows
 + Level 9.0 Crossbows
 + Level 9.0 Throwing
 + Level 9.0 Armour
 + Level 10.1 Dodging
 + Level 10.0 Stealth
 + Level 9.0(11.6) Shields
 + Level 9.0 Unarmed Combat
 + Level 11.3 Spellcasting
 + Level 7.9(11.9) Conjurations
 + Level 7.5(11.5) Hexes
 + Level 7.5(11.5) Charms
 + Level 7.9(11.9) Summonings
 + Level 7.5(11.5) Necromancy
 + Level 7.9(11.9) Translocations
 + Level 7.5(11.5) Transmutations
 + Level 7.5(11.5) Fire Magic
 + Level 7.5(11.5) Ice Magic
 + Level 7.5(11.5) Air Magic
 + Level 7.5(11.5) Earth Magic
 + Level 7.5(11.5) Poison Magic
 + Level 9.8 Invocations
 + Level 9.0(12.9) Evocations


You have 21 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Magic Dart            Conj           ####         1%          1    None
b - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          1%          2    None
c - Call Imp              Summ           ######..     1%          2    None
d - Conjure Flame         Conj/Fire      ######..     1%          3    None
e - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  ######..     1%          3    None
f - Vampiric Draining     Necr           ######....   1%          3    None

Your spell library contains the following spells:

 Spells                   Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
 Animate Skeleton         Necr           N/A          1%          1    None
 Pain                     Necr           ####         1%          1    None
 Slow                     Hex            ######..     1%          2    None
 Regeneration             Chrm/Necr      ######....   1%          3    None
 Animate Dead             Necr           N/A          1%          4    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (11/15)            Temple (1/1) D:7            Lair (6/6) D:11
 Shoals (0/4) Lair:4       Spider (0/4) Lair:3        Slime (0/5) Lair:6
   Orc: D:9-12     

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Dithmenos
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Gozag
Hepliaklqana
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Qazlal
Ru
Sif Muna
Trog
Uskayaw
Vehumet
Wu Jian
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One

Annotations:
D:11 3 runed doors
Lair:3 exclusion: oklob plant
Lair:6 exclusion: oklob plant


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

Your experience applies equally to all skills.
You have very sharp teeth.
Your uncanny sense of smell can sniff out nearby items.


Message History

It is a scroll of brand weapon.
Your +0 fustibalus is covered with a thin layer of ice!
b - a +0 fustibalus of freezing
You are feeling hungry.
Okay, then.
You drop a +3 long sword of freezing.
Search for what [Enter for "."]?
Okay, then.
Unknown command.
Unknown command.
Unknown command.
Unknown command.
Adjust to which letter?  (? for menu, Esc to quit)
a - an uncursed staff of power (weapon); d - a +2 rapier of venom
You feel your magic capacity decrease.
Your +0 fustibalus of freezing is covered in frost.
b - a +0 fustibalus of freezing (weapon)
Your +0 fustibalus of freezing stops glowing.
You feel your magic capacity increase.
a - an uncursed staff of power (weapon)

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.#     #........##.#
.#     #........##.#
.#     #...........#
.##    #####.##.@#(#
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#...###    #.##.(#.#
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There are no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  4 hydras
  2 two-headed ogres
  4 catoblepae (Lair:6)
  Erica (D:9)
  7 death yaks (Lair:6)
  2 unseen horrors
  A deep elf archer (D:11)
  A deep elf mage (D:11)
  2 manticores
  Joseph (Lair:1)
  17 elephants
  3 black mambas
  12 spiny frogs
  4 rime drakes (Lair:4)
  6 komodo dragons
  A troll (D:11)
  A polar bear (Lair:6)
  A queen bee (Lair:6)
  4 meliai
  9 hippogriffs
  9 blink frogs
  A shadow (D:11)
  4 wyverns
  A redback (Lair:3)
  A basilisk (Lair:3)
  35 yaks
  Grum (D:9)
  A soldier ant (D:11)
  An acid dragon (D:11)
  5 water moccasins
  7 porcupines
  Duvessa (D:5)
  4 orc warriors
  5 sky beasts
  2 ice beasts
  A phantom (D:9)
  2 black bears
  3 centaurs (D:11)
  3 wolves (D:9)
  2 ogres
  8 crocodiles
  2 big kobolds
  7 bullfrogs
  2 scorpions
  A wyvern skeleton (D:11)
  Dowan (D:5)
  19 killer bees
  7 wights
  3 howler monkeys
  An electric eel (Lair:5)
  6 crimson imps
  6 jellies
  A quasit (D:10)
  5 orc priests
  8 orc wizards
  6 hounds
  2 centaur skeletons (D:10)
  A gnoll shaman (D:5)
  2 bullfrog skeletons
  An iguana (D:9)
  7 worker ants
  A hound zombie (D:6)
  A hound skeleton (D:5)
  A howler monkey skeleton (D:5)
  9 gnolls
  16 adders
  A shadow imp (D:5)
  8 oozes
  4 adder skeletons
  2 worms (D:2)
  7 dart slugs
  6 leopard geckos
  32 orcs
  2 ball pythons
  6 bats
  5 giant cockroaches
  2 goblins
  5 hobgoblins
  2 jackals
  6 quokkas
  6 frilled lizards
  A giant cockroach zombie (D:6)
  11 kobolds
  A quokka zombie (D:7)
  6 rats
  A fungus (Lair:6)
410 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  Kirke (Lair:6)
  Harold (D:8)
  2 two-headed ogres
  2 spiny frogs
  Prince Ribbit (D:7)
  3 blink frogs
  3 hippogriffs
  2 yaks
  3 water moccasins
  2 porcupines
  An orc warrior (D:9)
  A necrophage (D:9)
  2 eyes of draining
  3 ogres
  A black bear (D:10)
  A wolf (D:9)
  5 crocodiles
  A big kobold (D:10)
  4 bullfrogs
  A scorpion (D:11)
  5 killer bees (Lair:6)
  A wight (D:6)
  2 howler monkeys (D:10)
  A crimson imp (D:9)
  A bullfrog zombie (D:9)
  A hound (D:10)
  6 orc wizards
  A bullfrog skeleton (D:10)
  A jelly (Lair:3)
  A centaur skeleton (D:5)
  5 worker ants
  2 hound skeletons
  A worker ant zombie (D:9)
  An adder (D:9)
  7 oozes (Lair:3)
  14 orcs
  A hobgoblin (D:2)
  2 jackals
  2 kobolds
  2 butterflies
97 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A manticore (Lair:6)
  A blink frog (Lair:6)
  7 humans (Lair:6)
  A centaur (D:9)
  A killer bee (Lair:6)
  A wight (D:6)
  A kobold (D:10)
  43 fungi
  47 plants
103 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 610 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
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     0 | D:1      | bitnick the Gnoll Wizard began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 13/13 MP: 8/8
   496 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 18/19 MP: 5/10
  1658 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Blink
  1661 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Call Imp
  1933 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 25/25 MP: 4/11
  2051 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Invocations
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Fighting
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Short Blades
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Long Blades
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Axes
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Maces & Flails
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Polearms
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Staves
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Slings
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Bows
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Crossbows
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Throwing
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Armour
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Shields
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Unarmed Combat
  2138 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
  2238 | D:2      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 27/32 MP: 8/13
  2522 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Hexes
  2522 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Charms
  2522 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Necromancy
  2522 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Transmutations
  2522 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Fire Magic
  2522 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Ice Magic
  2522 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Air Magic
  2522 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Earth Magic
  2522 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Poison Magic
  3084 | D:2      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 37/37 MP: 6/14
  4303 | D:3      | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
  5273 | D:4      | Learned a level 3 spell: Conjure Flame
  5277 | D:4      | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud
  5397 | D:4      | Found a stormy altar of Qazlal.
  5401 | D:4      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
  5532 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 44/44 MP: 6/16
  5948 | D:4      | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
  6634 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  7243 | D:5      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 50/50 MP: 5/18
  7727 | D:5      | Reached skill level 5 in Stealth
  8736 | D:5      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 57/57 MP: 16/19
  8740 | D:5      | Noticed Duvessa
  8869 | D:5      | Noticed Dowan
  8886 | D:5      | Killed Dowan
  8896 | D:5      | Killed Duvessa
  9031 | D:5      | Got a crystal short sword
  9040 | D:5      | Identified the +1 short sword of Jowyidip {pierce, SInv}
                  | (You found it on level 5 of the Dungeon)
 10123 | D:5      | Reached skill level 8 in Spellcasting
 10265 | D:6      | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
 10276 | D:6      | Became a worshipper of Ashenzari the Shackled
 10718 | D:6      | Found a hazy altar of Hepliaklqana.
 11109 | D:6      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 47/65 MP: 4/21
 11383 | D:6      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
 11385 | D:6      | Found a hide-covered altar of Uskayaw.
 13114 | D:7      | Noticed Prince Ribbit
 13143 | D:7      | Killed Prince Ribbit
 13260 | D:7      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
 13279 | Temple   | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
 13906 | D:8      | Noticed Erica
 14303 | D:8      | Noticed a two-headed ogre
 14324 | D:8      | Killed a two-headed ogre
 14324 | D:8      | Reached skill level 5 in Invocations
 14324 | D:8      | Reached XP level 10. HP: 73/73 MP: 8/22
 14873 | D:8      | Noticed Harold
 17628 | D:8      | Killed Harold
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Short Blades
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Long Blades
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Axes
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Maces & Flails
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Polearms
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Staves
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Slings
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Bows
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Crossbows
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Throwing
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Armour
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Shields
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Unarmed Combat
 18752 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Evocations
 18869 | D:9      | Killed Erica
 19163 | D:9      | Noticed a two-headed ogre
 19178 | D:9      | Killed a two-headed ogre
 19178 | D:9      | Reached skill level 9 in Spellcasting
 19180 | D:9      | Noticed a two-headed ogre
 19545 | D:9      | Killed a two-headed ogre
 19545 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
 19545 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Summonings
 19545 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Translocations
 20043 | D:9      | Reached * piety under Ashenzari
 20488 | D:9      | Noticed Grum
 20501 | D:9      | Reached XP level 11. HP: 81/81 MP: 15/24
 20523 | D:9      | Killed Grum
 20724 | D:10     | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
 20981 | D:10     | Reached ** piety under Ashenzari
 21463 | D:10     | Noticed an unseen horror
 21478 | D:10     | Killed an unseen horror
 21478 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Hexes
 21478 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Charms
 21478 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Necromancy
 21478 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Transmutations
 21478 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Fire Magic
 21478 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Ice Magic
 21478 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Air Magic
 21478 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Earth Magic
 21478 | D:10     | Reached skill level 5 in Poison Magic
 22134 | D:11     | Noticed a manticore
 22155 | D:11     | Killed a manticore
 22594 | D:11     | Noticed a two-headed ogre
 22604 | D:11     | Killed a two-headed ogre
 22789 | D:11     | Found a staircase to the Lair.
 23184 | D:11     | Noticed a five-headed hydra
 23195 | D:11     | Killed a six-headed hydra
 23260 | D:11     | Noticed a deep elf archer
 23539 | D:11     | Noticed an unseen horror
 23548 | D:11     | Noticed a deep elf mage
 23584 | D:11     | Killed a deep elf archer
 23812 | D:11     | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
 23838 | D:11     | Killed an unseen horror
 23959 | D:11     | Found a runed door.
 23960 | D:11     | Found a runed door.
 23960 | D:11     | Found a runed door.
 23960 | D:11     | Noticed a centaur warrior
 23966 | D:11     | Noticed a red ugly thing
 24082 | Lair:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
 24100 | Lair:1   | Noticed Joseph
 24129 | Lair:1   | Killed Joseph
 24233 | Lair:1   | Reached XP level 12. HP: 89/89 MP: 15/25
 25277 | Lair:1   | Reached *** piety under Ashenzari
 25705 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 10 in Spellcasting
 26058 | Lair:2   | Found a dark tunnel.
 26844 | Lair:2   | Noticed an eight-headed hydra
 26858 | Lair:2   | Killed a four-headed hydra
 27949 | Lair:3   | Found a hole to the Spider Nest.
 28605 | Lair:3   | Reached **** piety under Ashenzari
 29645 | Lair:4   | Noticed a seven-headed hydra
 29653 | Lair:4   | Killed a seven-headed hydra
 30035 | Lair:4   | Reached XP level 13. HP: 98/98 MP: 15/27
 30201 | Lair:4   | Found a frozen archway.
 30502 | Lair:4   | Found a staircase to the Shoals.
 32519 | Lair:5   | Reached ***** piety under Ashenzari
 32614 | Lair:6   | Entered Level 6 of the Lair of Beasts
 33916 | Lair:6   | Noticed Kirke
 33934 | Lair:6   | Killed Kirke
 35653 | Lair:6   | Reached skill level 11 in Spellcasting
 37031 | Lair:6   | Reached XP level 14. HP: 91/106 MP: 23/29
 37706 | Lair:6   | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
 38141 | Lair:6   | Reached skill level 10 in Dodging
 39117 | Lair:6   | Reached skill level 10 in Stealth
 39209 | Lair:6   | Learned a level 3 spell: Vampiric Draining

Skill      XL: |  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 |
---------------+-------------------------------------------+-----
Conjurations   |  2                 3     4  5  6     7    |  7.9
Summonings     |  2                 3     4  5  6     7    |  7.9
Translocations |  2                 3     4  5  6     7    |  7.9
Invocations    |        1     2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9    |  9.8
Fighting       |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Short Blades   |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Long Blades    |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Axes           |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Maces & Flails |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Polearms       |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Staves         |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Slings         |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Bows           |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Crossbows      |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Throwing       |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Armour         |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Shields        |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Unarmed Combat |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Evocations     |        1        2     3  4  5  6  7  8  9 |  9.0
Hexes          |           1        2  3     4  5  6  7    |  7.5
Charms         |           1        2  3     4  5  6  7    |  7.5
Necromancy     |           1        2  3     4  5  6  7    |  7.5
Transmutations |           1        2  3     4  5  6  7    |  7.5
Fire Magic     |           1        2  3     4  5  6  7    |  7.5
Ice Magic      |           1        2  3     4  5  6  7    |  7.5
Air Magic      |           1        2  3     4  5  6  7    |  7.5
Earth Magic    |           1        2  3     4  5  6  7    |  7.5
Poison Magic   |           1        2  3     4  5  6  7    |  7.5
Dodging        |                 5        6  7  8  9    10 | 10.1
Stealth        |                    5     6  7  8     9 10 | 10.0
Spellcasting   |                       8     9    10 11    | 11.3

Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Mace              |     2 |       |       |       |       ||     2
       Dagger            |       |     7 |       |       |       ||     7
       Spear             |       |    26 |    67 |       |       ||    93
       Bite              |       |     1 |    14 |    34 |    38 ||    87
       Rapier            |       |       |    44 |   118 |   150 ||   312
       Morningstar       |       |       |    42 |    27 |       ||    69
       Trident           |       |       |    15 |     1 |       ||    16
       Scimitar          |       |       |       |    89 |    48 ||   137
       Short sword       |       |       |       |    59 |       ||    59
       Long sword        |       |       |       |    66 |    32 ||    98
       Staff             |       |       |       |     2 |     2 ||     4
       Broad axe         |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
 Fire: Blowgun           |       |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
       Hunting sling     |       |       |       |    19 |       ||    19
       Fustibalus        |       |       |       |       |   118 ||   118
Throw: Tomahawk          |       |       |       |    28 |       ||    28
 Cast: Magic Dart        |    53 |   210 |   252 |   393 |    95 ||  1003
       Call Imp          |     6 |     4 |    96 |   378 |   215 ||   699
       Mephitic Cloud    |       |     2 |     7 |    47 |    35 ||    91
       Conjure Flame     |       |    11 |    33 |    72 |   202 ||   318
       Blink             |       |       |     1 |       |       ||     1
Invok: Curse Item        |       |       |     2 |     2 |       ||     4
Evoke: Wand              |       |       |       |     8 |     5 ||    13
       Lightning rod     |       |       |       |     4 |       ||     4
  Use: Scroll            |       |     3 |     5 |    15 |     7 ||    30
       Potion            |       |       |     1 |     8 |     1 ||    10
 Stab: Distracted        |       |       |     1 |     6 |    10 ||    17
       Confused          |       |       |     1 |     4 |     4 ||     9
       Sleeping          |       |       |     1 |       |       ||     1
       Paralysed         |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
  Eat: Chunk             |     1 |     8 |    18 |    21 |    16 ||    64
       Ration            |     1 |     2 |     1 |     8 |     4 ||    16
Armor: Leather armour    |     3 |     9 |     9 |       |       ||    21
       Ring mail         |       |       |    25 |   108 |    71 ||   204
Dodge: Dodged            |     7 |    27 |    68 |   182 |   104 ||   388
Block: Other             |       |     1 |     8 |       |       ||     9
       Buckler           |       |       |    60 |   217 |   119 ||   396
       Reflection        |       |       |     8 |    15 |     4 ||    27
Rpst.: Scimitar          |       |       |       |    11 |     4 ||    15
       Long sword        |       |       |       |     7 |     1 ||     8



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i would wear the slaying ring, personally, between the bracers of archery bonus and the slaying ring, your frost fustublis will be killing a lot of things at range, and when you do mop up with a melee weapon, the slaying helps with that too.
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Post Monday, 1st October 2018, 16:32

Re: Ashenzari, equipment slots, and general advice (GnWz)

Of your spelllibrary animate dead\skeletons are the only spells really good but allies interact badly with ranged combat - at best, they are an annoying interface screws - so it's up to you if you want to memorize those spells, as a a solid wall of meat shield is one of the best thing to have, but also ranged combat is very very strong.

Personally I'd memorize the spell(s) and cast them only in the case some strong zombie wold be animated.
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Post Monday, 1st October 2018, 17:32

Re: Ashenzari, equipment slots, and general advice (GnWz)

Hehe, I just took a +2 scale mail of poison resistance and a +3 broad axe of venom from a skeletal warrior on D:11. :) (I wonder where he came from? I thought I had cleared that level...)

Actually, compared to my +4 ring mail the above scale mail gives me {AC-1, EV-3, Stealth-1, +rPois}, so I'll just keep it for when I need poison resistance and/or find a scroll of enchant armour. And at my current skill level (9.0), the broad axe isn't much better damage-wise than my +2 rapier of venom (22.8 vs 21 median damage per 10 auts, I think) - except of course I can use it to poison a bunch of monsters at once if I ever find myself surrounded. :twisted:
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Post Tuesday, 2nd October 2018, 00:07

Re: Ashenzari, equipment slots, and general advice (GnWz)

nago wrote:Of your spelllibrary animate dead\skeletons are the only spells really good but allies interact badly with ranged combat - at best, they are an annoying interface screws
You could get portal projectile, though.

And there's nothing wrong with standing back as zombies melee things, and then start shooting once the zombies die.

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Post Tuesday, 2nd October 2018, 07:36

Re: Ashenzari, equipment slots, and general advice (GnWz)

Shard1697 wrote:
nago wrote:And there's nothing wrong with standing back as zombies melee things, and then start shooting once the zombies die.


True, but that's what I meant for interface screw: ta\tab then ..... then tab.
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Post Wednesday, 3rd October 2018, 03:56

Re: Ashenzari, equipment slots, and general advice (GnWz)

I don't think I would describe that as interface screw, just doing a couple different actions instead of one action. Maybe my standards are weird though.

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Post Wednesday, 3rd October 2018, 08:11

Re: Ashenzari, equipment slots, and general advice (GnWz)

Nah, it's probably me, being a zealot of 'o-tab' creed
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Post Wednesday, 3rd October 2018, 15:00

Re: Ashenzari, equipment slots, and general advice (GnWz)

I've been trying out Animate dead a bit. Those Zombies/Skeletons are awfully weak, aren't they? They haven't really been helpful. The Imps seem to be much more useful, if only because you can create a new one as soon as one dies. But perhaps I'm a bit too far into the game now for either to be really helpful.

On another note, Blowgun with poison needles rocks! At least in Spider, which is the only place I've used it yet. Hit anything that isn't poison resistant with two poison needles and just wait a few turns! Combined with Conjure flame and a narrow hallway it's pure slaughter! (I don't know how large a part of this is the fact that I have Slay+5, Archery +4, and my Blowgun is +4 too. It seems to be the poison that really does the killing, not hit damage.)
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Post Wednesday, 3rd October 2018, 15:06

Re: Ashenzari, equipment slots, and general advice (GnWz)

Yasob wrote:I've been trying out Animate dead a bit. Those Zombies/Skeletons are awfully weak, aren't they? They haven't really been helpful. The Imps seem to be much more useful, if only because you can create a new one as soon as one dies. But perhaps I'm a bit too far into the game now for either to be really helpful.

On another note, Blowgun with poison needles rocks! At least in Spider, which is the only place I've used it yet. Hit anything that isn't poison resistant with two poison needles and just wait a few turns! Combined with Conjure flame and a narrow hallway it's pure slaughter! (I don't know how large a part of this is the fact that I have Slay+5, Archery +4, and my Blowgun is +4 too. It seems to be the poison that really does the killing, not hit damage.)


At the risk of starting a forums war, I'll agree with you to say that I also think that zombies/skeletons are pretty lousy to use to any great effect.
The reason the blowgun is rocking in spiders is because they take extra damage from poison. Unless throwing is well trained, I don't think blowguns are really great. Curare are great for slowing non poison resistant stuff (like uniques), and poison is pretty helpful in killing anything slower than you (that slug Gastro.. is a great target.) If you have a lot of space and time and really can't afford to take a few hits, they are useful early/mid game. I guess some people use them later on, but that's not me.

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Post Wednesday, 3rd October 2018, 15:12

Re: Ashenzari, equipment slots, and general advice (GnWz)

Being a Gnoll, I've had around 11 skill in throwing while playing Spider. Thanks for bringing that up, since it's of course essential information.
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Post Thursday, 4th October 2018, 07:44

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Yasob wrote:I've been trying out Animate dead a bit. Those Zombies/Skeletons are awfully weak, aren't they? They haven't really been helpful. The Imps seem to be much more useful, if only because you can create a new one as soon as one dies. But perhaps I'm a bit too far into the game now for either to be really helpful.

On another note, Blowgun with poison needles rocks! At least in Spider, which is the only place I've used it yet. Hit anything that isn't poison resistant with two poison needles and just wait a few turns! Combined with Conjure flame and a narrow hallway it's pure slaughter! (I don't know how large a part of this is the fact that I have Slay+5, Archery +4, and my Blowgun is +4 too. It seems to be the poison that really does the killing, not hit damage.)


Actually skeletons and zombie are strong in any point of the game, because the monsters you raise are stronger the further you dive - after all they're the dead comrades of the others they're gonna fight. Animate dead is one of the broken spell of the game because it's very strong, it's easy to cast (at 30ish fail rate is already usable), has a tremendous mp cost/benefit ratio, don't care of spellpower and stay relevant until post-end game - when the corpse pretty much disappear unless being with kiku

Some things about:

1) Undead strength depends on the base stats of the monsters. So, a orc knight zombie in orc will be very strong and quite resilient, while a plain orc or even a sorcerer zombie will be almost useless.
2) Zombie like other summons work better when you tank for them - as long as the monster isn't immediately dangerous for you to tank - as the char has far higher defences\hp than almost any monster in the game.
3) Zombie like other summons work better when they are an horde. A single orc knight zombie is a good ally. 10 mixed orc zombi are better, when they surround the enemy and don't fight 1vs1
4) In spiders animate skeletons is awful because you can't animate nothing, in other places is good. However, animate zombi is always better than skeletons, the point of animate skeletons not always being outclass by the other is that is a lv.1 spells so castable pretty much by any not Troglodite char. With a Gn, you obviously don't have this question - animate skeleton is still useful in the remote case you have less than 3 mp, you need to separate from a monster and don't have sbutterflies.
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Post Thursday, 4th October 2018, 07:59

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Derived undead also get to use weapons (with brands) and armour, which can make them pretty effective. There are a lot of demonspawn in Pandemonium, so I wouldn't amnesia animate dead before Pan.
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Post Thursday, 4th October 2018, 15:00

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nago wrote:
Yasob wrote:I've been trying out Animate dead a bit. Those Zombies/Skeletons are awfully weak, aren't they? They haven't really been helpful. The Imps seem to be much more useful, if only because you can create a new one as soon as one dies. But perhaps I'm a bit too far into the game now for either to be really helpful.

On another note, Blowgun with poison needles rocks! At least in Spider, which is the only place I've used it yet. Hit anything that isn't poison resistant with two poison needles and just wait a few turns! Combined with Conjure flame and a narrow hallway it's pure slaughter! (I don't know how large a part of this is the fact that I have Slay+5, Archery +4, and my Blowgun is +4 too. It seems to be the poison that really does the killing, not hit damage.)


Actually skeletons and zombie are strong in any point of the game, because the monsters you raise are stronger the further you dive - after all they're the dead comrades of the others they're gonna fight. Animate dead is one of the broken spell of the game because it's very strong, it's easy to cast (at 30ish fail rate is already usable), has a tremendous mp cost/benefit ratio, don't care of spellpower and stay relevant until post-end game - when the corpse pretty much disappear unless being with kiku

Some things about:

1) Undead strength depends on the base stats of the monsters. So, a orc knight zombie in orc will be very strong and quite resilient, while a plain orc or even a sorcerer zombie will be almost useless.
2) Zombie like other summons work better when you tank for them - as long as the monster isn't immediately dangerous for you to tank - as the char has far higher defences\hp than almost any monster in the game.
3) Zombie like other summons work better when they are an horde. A single orc knight zombie is a good ally. 10 mixed orc zombi are better, when they surround the enemy and don't fight 1vs1
4) In spiders animate skeletons is awful because you can't animate nothing, in other places is good. However, animate zombi is always better than skeletons, the point of animate skeletons not always being outclass by the other is that is a lv.1 spells so castable pretty much by any not Troglodite char. With a Gn, you obviously don't have this question - animate skeleton is still useful in the remote case you have less than 3 mp, you need to separate from a monster and don't have sbutterflies.


I still think the HD of the creature being raised by necromancy should be limited by spellpower. (With animate skeleton having a lower spellpower cap than AD, that would make it virtually useless late game, as level 1 spells should be)
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Post Thursday, 4th October 2018, 15:54

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And I still think animate skeleton should be removed and animate dead should produce a mix of zombies and skeletons, bigger chance of zombies with higher spellpower.
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Post Thursday, 4th October 2018, 18:05

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Sprucery wrote:And I still think animate skeleton should be removed and animate dead should produce a mix of zombies and skeletons, bigger chance of zombies with higher spellpower.

I don't know that that really solves the problem with the spells, I mean obviously removing AS solves it's problem, but I think there's room for a low-powered necromancy spell that isn't pain, as long as it is *actually* a low powered spell. AD's problem isn't really how it works when you get it, it's that it keeps getting better without adding any spellpower to it.

Also, the difference between Skeletons and Zombies isn't large enough that it makes for a meaningful power limit on the spell, if there were no AS, and lower powered AD *only* produced skeletons, it would still be disproportionately valuable at low spellpower in the later part of the game.
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Post Thursday, 4th October 2018, 20:06

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Yes it would be even better if spellpower and HD of raised monsters were also correlated.
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Post Friday, 5th October 2018, 03:19

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ANYHOW yeah derived undead are pretty great; even if they aren't up to the job of directly killing everything for you, they hurt and distract the monsters you're fighting so it's a little like getting irresistible slow and poison on them.

Unless you're with kiku and then zombies can kill pretty much anything you want as long as they can see it.
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Post Friday, 5th October 2018, 12:43

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Hehe, I didn't know this was such a hot topic. :) Anyway, interesting to hear everyone's opinion, as usual! I might have to give these spells a second chance.

nago suggested tanking for the zombies, but isn't that mutually exclusive to using them to slow down enemies? And if I don't tank for them, they die pretty much instantly? Even the ettin zombie I raised was classified as "harmless" by x-v. Also, they seem to crumble to dust before even engaging the enemy - maybe my ca. 12-13 skill level in both Necromancy and Spellcasting is a bit too low? Or do you lure enemies back to the last place of battle and then raise your dead? (Obviously I'm still confused about how to use my undead!)
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Post Friday, 5th October 2018, 23:52

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Yasob wrote:Even the ettin zombie I raised was classified as "harmless" by x-v.
You should mostly just ignore the "danger ranking" in x-v. All it measures is the experience value of the monster, which has only the loosest correspondence to how dangerous the monster actually is. For example, it considers two-headed ogres more "dangerous" than black mambas.
Skeletons happen to be worth very little experience, so that ettin skeleton is ranked as "harmless", but it will still do a ton of damage to other monsters.

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