DSVM of Nemlex Beginner Help

[Doc Brown]

I started playing recently and could need some pointers on how to proceed with my DSVM:

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Bigglesworth the Tainter (Demonspawn Venom Mage)                   Turns: 14323, Time: 01:29:56

HP  68/68 (69)   AC 15     Str  8      Exp: 11/12726 (493), need: 10448
MP  23/23        EV 15     Int 20      God: Nemelex Xobeh [**....]
Gold 452         SH  0     Dex 17      Spells:  5 memorised,  9 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : .    E - +5,+3 whip (flame)
Res.Cold  : + . .   Warding    : . .  a - +0 robe
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .    (no shield)
Res.Acid. : . . .   Res.Corr.  : .    (no helmet)
Res.Poison: .       Clarity    : +    P - +1 cloak
Res.Elec. : .       Spirit.Shd : .    o - +1 pair of dwarf gauntlets {Dex+3}
Sust.Abil.: . .     Stasis     : .    f - +2 pair of orc boots
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .    s - amulet of clarity
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .    (no ring)
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .    O - cursed +5 ring of protection

@: somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, fairly stealthy
A: claws 2, cold resistance 1, conserve potions, demonic guardian 1, passive freeze, AC +1
a: Draw One, Peek at Two, Renounce Religion


You are on level 12 of the Dungeon.
You worship Nemelex Xobeh.
Nemelex Xobeh is most pleased with you.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and seen 13 of its levels.
You have visited 1 portal chamber: sewer.

You have collected 501 gold pieces.
You have spent 69 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 E - a +5,+3 whip of flaming (weapon)
Missiles
 B - 7 curare-tipped needles
 Q - 6 curare-tipped needles
Armour
 a - a +0 robe (worn)
 f - a +2 pair of orcish boots (worn)
 o - a +1 pair of dwarven gauntlets of dexterity (worn)
 P - a +1 cloak (worn)
Magical devices
 y - an ivory wand
 F - a tapered glass wand {fully recharged}
Comestibles
 c - 3 bread rations
 r - 4 chokos
Scrolls
 e - 2 scrolls of magic mapping
 h - 6 scrolls of remove curse
 k - 2 scrolls of detect curse
 l - 3 scrolls of blinking
 q - a scroll of identify
 u - 3 scrolls of fog
 x - 3 scrolls of teleportation
 A - a scroll of recharging
 G - 4 scrolls labeled SECZUDO TWUGRO {tried}
 S - 2 scrolls of enchant weapon I
Jewellery
 p - an uncursed amulet of resist mutation
 s - an amulet of clarity (around neck)
 O - a cursed +5 ring of protection (left hand)
Potions
 d - 8 potions of healing
 g - a potion of levitation
 j - 3 potions of magic
 t - a potion of invisibility
 z - a potion of speed
 J - 2 potions of heal wounds
 L - a potion of brilliance
Books
 b - a Young Poisoner's Handbook   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   *Sting                             Conjuration/Poison           1
   *Cure Poison                       Poison                       2
   Poison Weapon                      Charms/Poison                3
   *Mephitic Cloud                    Conjuration/Poison/Air       3
   Venom Bolt                         Conjuration/Poison           5
   
 i - a book of Conjurations [fire+earth]   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Magic Dart                         Conjuration                  1
   Throw Flame                        Conjuration/Fire             2
   Stone Arrow                        Conjuration/Earth            3
   Conjure Flame                      Conjuration/Fire             3
   *Bolt of Magma                     Conjuration/Fire/Earth       5
   Fireball                           Conjuration/Fire             6
   
 w - a Young Poisoner's Handbook   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   *Sting                             Conjuration/Poison           1
   *Cure Poison                       Poison                       2
   Poison Weapon                      Charms/Poison                3
   *Mephitic Cloud                    Conjuration/Poison/Air       3
   Venom Bolt                         Conjuration/Poison           5
   
 N - a book of Chemistry   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Fulsome Distillation               Transmutation/Necromancy     1
   *Lethal Infusion                   Charms/Necromancy            2
   Sublimation of Blood               Necromancy                   2
   Evaporate                          Fire/Transmutation           2
   Condensation Shield                Ice/Transmutation            4
   
 T - a book of Conjurations [ice+air]   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Magic Dart                         Conjuration                  1
   Throw Frost                        Conjuration/Ice              2
   *Mephitic Cloud                    Conjuration/Poison/Air       3
   Static Discharge                   Conjuration/Air              4
   Lightning Bolt                     Conjuration/Air              5
   Bolt of Cold                       Conjuration/Ice              6
   
Miscellaneous
 m - a gauzy fan
 n - a plain deck of summonings {drawn: 1} {god gift}
 v - a plain deck of dungeons {drawn: 1} {god gift}


 You have 493 experience left.

   Skills:
 + Level 2 Fighting
 + Level 5 Maces & Flails
 + Level 5 Dodging
 - Level 2 Stealth
 - Level 1 Traps & Doors
 - Level 2 Unarmed Combat
 + Level 6 Spellcasting
 + Level 11 Conjurations
 + Level 3 Air Magic
 + Level 11 Poison Magic


You have 9 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Success   Level  Hunger
a - Sting                 Pois/Conj      #####        Excellent   1    None
b - Mephitic Cloud        Pois/Air/Conj  ######....   Excellent   3    Strawberry
c - Cure Poison           Pois           #######...   Excellent   2    None
d - Lethal Infusion       Chrm/Necr      ##........   Very Good   2    None
e - Bolt of Magma         Fire/Erth/Conj ####......   Bad         5    Honeycomb


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (12/27)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (0/4) D:8
  Lair: D:8-13        Hive: D:11-16     

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

Shops:
D:4: (  D:5: [*  D:11: [


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You have very sharp fingernails.
You are partially covered in colourless scales (AC +1).
Your flesh is cold resistant.
You are very good at protecting items from cold.
A weak demonic guardian rushes to your aid.
A frigid envelope surrounds you and freezes all who hurt you.

This character is about as far as I usually get before hubris leads to YASD, but this time I got a decent set of mutations so I'm trying to be extra careful. I haven't found any useful items yet, but I got a bunch of books and no idea what spells to pick. I also wonder what skills I should train and at what point I should stop training skills like Maces & Flails or Conjurations.

Im also rather clueless when it comes to gods. I chose Nemlex because I was hoping for an early Deck of Wonders, which didn't work out despite sacrificing a bunch of rations. Should I go with another God for future DsVMs?

[KoboldLord]

For the immediate future, I'd go with Bolt of Cold over Bolt of Magma, because it's flat-out better. Monsters immune to both cold and poison are uncommon enough that you can bury them under Nemelex summons. If you had immediate access to Bolt of Fire, that would be a different story, of course. Anyway, pick up Throw Frost (or Throw Flame, if you want to hold out for Bolt of Fire and use Magma in the interim) so you can actually train up your skill enough to cast that valuable high-level nuke. Lightning Bolt is also an option, and possibly one you can cast immediately, but it's a little harder to use than the others because it bounces.

Lethal Infusion doesn't work on a flaming weapon such as your whip. Neither does Poison Weapon, which is actually one of the better temporary brands, by the way. The temporary brand spells only work on vanilla weapons.

Sublimation of Blood and Fulsome Distillation are good spells, but odds are you won't need them for quite some time so there's really no rush for committing the spell slots. If you pick up Fulsome Distillation immediately, use it on one of every type of corpse you see so you can get free identification of some of the nastier potions. That trick really depends on whether you've identified most of them already, though, otherwise you're just using it to stockpile mutation potions.

Once you've got your big nuke online, you'll want to start training evocations. A ring of levitation is most ideal because it never runs out of charges, but you can also fire off rubbish wands and miscellaneous items whenever there's xp in the pool. Once you've built up evocations a bit, your Nemelex summons will be less likely to be hostile and you'll get better effects from the other cards. Getting your big nuke is your first priority, though.

Nemelex is a fairly complicated goddess to follow, and a lot of her perks are redundant with what you, as a caster, can already do. She's still quite powerful, but picking up Vehumet, Sif Muna, or Kiku would probably result in a simpler and more certain game. For a venom mage, Vehumet guarantees early access to Poison Arrow and Poisonous Cloud, which are powerful enough to carry you to Zot on their own if you don't find anything by luck. Sif Muna gives random spells, but provides the highest chance of staple defensive spells like Blink or Repel Missiles. Kiku gives a series of guaranteed necromancy books, which tend to be at least normally against most monsters that are immune to poison. You still have to watch out for early demons with Kiku, though.

[Doc Brown]

Thank you for the helpful reply!

Building up a big nuke in particular is something that didn't even cross my mind, as I never got a VM to the point in the game where Mephitic Cloud + Sting didn't cut it anymore. It seems that I'm getting closer to that point, so I'll start working on that nuke. Throw Frost/ Bolt of Cold sounds like the way to go for now, but should I take it as general rule that cold > fire for Venom Mages unless I get Bolt of Fire early ? Also, are temporary brands (besides fire for hydras) worth learning at all once you pick up a decent branded weapon?

Nemlex seems a bit redundant indeed for a caster, now that I think of it. As I said I chose her because I was hoping for an early XP boost from a Deck of Wonders, but that's not really helping in the long term. Vehumet definitely looks like a solid choice for VMs, so I'll give that a try once this character dies.

Thanks again for the help!

[KoboldLord]

Thank you for the helpful reply!

Building up a big nuke in particular is something that didn't even cross my mind, as I never got a VM to the point in the game where Mephitic Cloud + Sting didn't cut it anymore. It seems that I'm getting closer to that point, so I'll start working on that nuke.

Mind you, you'll still want to use Sting and Throw Frost/Flame where it works to do that. The bolt of (element) spells are what you break out when there's a whole herd of elephants or death yaks thundering in at once, or when you're looking at an orc knight rather than just a warrior. You won't want to use them for everything, because they cost a lot of food to cast until you've built up Spellcasting skill quite a lot.

Throw Frost/ Bolt of Cold sounds like the way to go for now, but should I take it as general rule that cold > fire for Venom Mages unless I get Bolt of Fire early ?

I don't think it's an easy call, and mostly I recommended going with ice magic because Bolt of Magma simply isn't very good. Bolt of Cold and Bolt of Fire deal roughly the same damage, but Cold has 7 range and Fire has 6. They both deal with roughly the same situations and can hit multiple monsters if you get several approaching in a line. Magma has range 4, which is much shorter than the other two so it is much less likely to be useful for hitting multiple monsters, and it also requires an investment in earth magic as well as conjurations and fire magic to get spell power. Splitting your xp three ways isn't very good when you could split it two ways instead for roughly the same effect.

Also, are temporary brands (besides fire for hydras) worth learning at all once you pick up a decent branded weapon?

They are non-functional once you have a branded weapon. You can use them for training for a different spell if you want, but particularly on a primary caster you're not going to benefit from hauling around a spare vanilla weapon just in case. Better to spend that inventory slot on a potion of speed or something.

Nemlex seems a bit redundant indeed for a caster, now that I think of it. As I said I chose her because I was hoping for an early XP boost from a Deck of Wonders, but that's not really helping in the long term. Vehumet definitely looks like a solid choice for VMs, so I'll give that a try once this character dies.

That build is called 'Poison Arrow Gatling Gun'. Poison Arrow is in Vehumet's third book gift, and unlike most poison spells it deals quite a lot of physical damage too. And it poisons things that are poison resistant.

[Doc Brown]

Not having played a lot of spellcasters before I find this information incredibly helpful. All these schools of magic had me completely overwhelmed, despite the wiki and learndb.
I went with the cold spells and was able to clear the Lair for the first time without ever getting close to trouble. I'm not sure where to head next, as I don't have poison resistance and the Orcish Mines scare me. I guess I'll carefully explore the next few Dungeon Levels and hope to come across a means of poison res.

[dolphin]

Fulsome Distillation is THE spell for you, since potions weight the decks toward Wonders, especially once you are fighting Ugly Things. Potions of mutations cost much more than 1 g (9-10 potions of mutations will glow in weird colors when sacrificed) so you can actually get some piety from it, too. You may want to keep some potions of mutations for the roulette, though.

This may have changed since the last iteration of Trunk that I played Nemelex in, though.

[Doc Brown]

Awesome, I could use a Deck of Wonders. I wasn't even thinking of sacrificing potions.

Edit:
Succumbed to Frederick's Orb of Energy on Swamp:2, but I'm really happy with that run, as I got a score of over 110k, 95k more than my second best so far.

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Bigglesworth the Conjurer (Demonspawn Venom Mage)                  Turns: 52336, Time: 05:59:06

HP 105/105 (106) AC 18     Str  9      Exp: 15/144481 (5), need: 13768
MP  32/32        EV 21     Int 25      God: Nemelex Xobeh [****..]
Gold 2115        SH  0     Dex 17      Spells:  8 memorised, 14 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : .    E - +5,+4 whip (flame)
Res.Cold  : + . .   Warding    : . .  D - +2 robe
Life Prot.: + . .   Conserve   : +    (no shield)
Res.Acid. : + . .   Res.Corr.  : +    (no helmet)
Res.Poison: .       Clarity    : +    H - +2 cloak {rCorr, Cons}
Res.Elec. : .       Spirit.Shd : .    o - +1 pair of dwarf gauntlets {Dex+3}
Sust.Abil.: . .     Stasis     : .    f - +1 pair of orc boots
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .    A - amulet of the Four Winds {Clar rN+ MR}
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .    k - +3 ring of intelligence
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .    O - +5 ring of protection

@: extremely resistant to hostile enchantments, stealthy
A: claws 2, cold resistance 1, conserve potions, demonic guardian 2, passive freeze, AC +2, Str
-1, Int +1
a: Draw One, Peek at Two, Triple Draw, Mark Four, Renounce Religion


You are on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Nemelex Xobeh.
Nemelex Xobeh is extremely pleased with you.
You are full.

You have visited 6 branches of the dungeon, and seen 36 of its levels.
You have visited 1 portal chamber: sewer.

You have collected 2668 gold pieces.
You have spent 573 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 E - a +5,+4 whip of flaming (weapon)
Armour
 f - a +1 pair of orcish boots (worn)
 o - a +1 pair of dwarven gauntlets of dexterity (worn)
 D - a +2 robe (worn)
 H - a +2 cloak of preservation (worn)
Magical devices
 B - a wand of disintegration {zapped: 1}
 F - a wand of lightning {zapped: 1}
Comestibles
 c - 3 bread rations
 M - a royal jelly
Scrolls
 b - 2 scrolls of amnesia
 e - 3 scrolls of magic mapping
 h - 8 scrolls of remove curse
 l - a scroll of blinking
 q - 6 scrolls of identify
 u - 7 scrolls of fog
 x - 7 scrolls of teleportation
 G - 7 scrolls of fear
Jewellery
 k - a +3 ring of intelligence (right hand)
 r - a ring of dexterity
 A - the amulet of the Four Winds (around neck) {Clar rN+ MR}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Hive)   
   [amulet of clarity]
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
 O - a +5 ring of protection (left hand)
Potions
 d - 3 potions of healing
 g - 3 potions of levitation
 j - a potion of magic
 m - a bubbling green potion
 n - a potion of resistance
 p - a potion of might
 t - 4 potions of invisibility
 w - a potion of agility
 z - 2 potions of speed
 I - a potion of brilliance
 J - 4 potions of heal wounds
 K - 3 potions of restore abilities
Magical staves
 C - a staff of energy
Miscellaneous
 a - an ornate deck of summonings {drawn: 6} {god gift}
 i - an ornate deck of summonings {god gift}
 P - a legendary deck of summonings {drawn: 1} {god gift}


 You have 5 experience left.

   Skills:
 + Level 8 Fighting
 - Level 11 Maces & Flails
 + Level 12 Dodging
 - Level 3 Stealth
 - Level 2 Stabbing
 - Level 2 Traps & Doors
 - Level 2 Unarmed Combat
 + Level 11 Spellcasting
 + Level 14 Conjurations
 + Level 10 Ice Magic
 - Level 4 Air Magic
 - Level 12 Poison Magic
 + Level 3 Evocations


You have 14 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Success   Level  Hunger
a - Sting                 Pois/Conj      #####        Excellent   1    None
b - Mephitic Cloud        Pois/Air/Conj  #######...   Excellent   3    None
c - Cure Poison           Pois           #######...   Excellent   2    None
d - Lethal Infusion       Chrm/Necr      ###.......   Great       2    None
e - Bolt of Magma         Fire/Erth/Conj ######....   Good        5    Choko
f - Throw Frost           Ice/Conj       #######      Excellent   2    None
g - Fulsome Distillation  Trmt/Necr      N/A          Great       1    None
h - Bolt of Cold          Ice/Conj       #######...   Great       6    Honeycomb


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (19/27)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:8
    Elf (0/5) Orc:4          Lair (8/8) D:13          Swamp (2/5) Lair:5
 Shoals (3/5) Lair:3        Slime (0/6) Lair:7         Hive (2/2) D:15
  Vault (0/8) D:16       


One thing I noticed was that I ran out of places to go shortly before I died. I had cleared the Lair, Hive, Mines and 1-2 of the Shoals and Swamp. Diving deeper into the Dungeon didn't seem like a viable option after D:19-ish, and the Uniques in the side branches were too tough for me as well. I didn't enter the Slime branch and the Elven Halls, but they seem a bit tough for a L15 character. Is the Slime branch where I should have headed next?

The #1 reason of death for my characters who get past the temple are invisible monsters. Frederick killed me while he was invisible, and so did quite a few orcs before him. I'm usually too far away from the stairs once I get attacked by an invisible creature, and unless I blink away there seems to be no escape. What am I doing wrong (besides not finding any means to see invisible)?

[FlyingPants]

Is it better to sacrifice items to nemelex one at a time, or in piles?

[JeffQyzt]

I don't know what the answer is, but the answer *should* be (according to Crawl design philosophy) that "it doesn't matter". Tedious inventory management for non-obvious gain is an explicit no-no in Crawl design.

[XuaXua]

Hey all, what's up with the Xom card popping up in decks?

[XuaXua]

One thing I noticed was that I ran out of places to go shortly before I died. I had cleared the Lair, Hive, Mines and 1-2 of the Shoals and Swamp. Diving deeper into the Dungeon didn't seem like a viable option after D:19-ish, and the Uniques in the side branches were too tough for me as well. I didn't enter the Slime branch and the Elven Halls, but they seem a bit tough for a L15 character. Is the Slime branch where I should have headed next?

You should clear the Vaults till they get hard; probably found further down the Dungeon proper.
The Crypts and Hall of Blades are also found within the Vaults, but be careful.
Slime Pits is mostly a post-game place (like Hell, the Tomb, and Pandemonium), where you go when you've cleared the last level of Zot, but haven't taken the Orb of Zot.

[FlyingPants]

Slime pits is easy enough, but you need acid resistance. I had amulet of corrosion and cloak of preservation, and you can easily do slimes, enemies won't do much damage.

[XuaXua]

Slime pits is easy enough, but you need acid resistance. I had amulet of corrosion and cloak of preservation, and you can easily do slimes, enemies won't do much damage.

It's the acid blobs and the post-kill treasure raid that are the problems, ultimately.

[galehar]

Is it better to sacrifice items to nemelex one at a time, or in piles?

Doesn't matter.

[Arcares]

Hey all, what's up with the Xom card popping up in decks?

1% chance that a card you draw will be from the Deck of Oddities -- the Xom card being one of the cards there.

I had a funny experience with that card actually. I was drawing from my summonings deck when I suddenly summoned an army of (friendly) demons. I thought it was a new effect of a Pentagram card I had never seen before. I read through the messages and it turned out to be Xom being friendly.

[Doc Brown]

I'm now back where my L15 DSVM died, but this time I'm a L19 SpVM. I hope noone minds if I keep my questions in the same thread.

- Is my build fine so far? I gained a bunch of levels thanks to two Legendary Decks of Wonders and burned all the XP getting my translocations skill from 2 to 10, Controlled Blink looks really tempting.

- I got Str 19 and Dex 7 from a Shuffle card. My EV dropped by about 10 points, should I be concerned? Should I consider learning some melee skills at this point?

- I haven't found any books containing any of the nukes that were mentioned in this thread, but Nemelex keeps showering me in Ornate/Legendary Decks of Summoning, which I use against anything mildly threathening. Will they carry me to the endgame or do I need to come up with an alternative way of killing things?

- Also, are any of the Nemelex abilities besides Draw One worth using?

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.8.0-a0-5951-g8f09abf character file.

Viff the Spry (Spriggan Venom Mage)                                Turns: 60775, Time: 06:04:19

HP  88/88        AC  8     Str 19      Exp: 19/308401 (72), need: 70548
MP  40/40        EV 24     Int 19      God: Nemelex Xobeh [*****.]
Gold 1953        SH 16     Dex  7      Spells: 11 memorised, 10 levels left

Res.Fire  : + . .   See Invis. : +    C - +4,+5 dagger (speed)
Res.Cold  : + . .   Warding    : . .  q - +2 robe
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : +    d - +3 buckler
Res.Acid. : . . .   Res.Corr.  : .    E - +2 hat of the Alchemist {rElec rF+ rC+ MR}
Res.Poison: .       Clarity    : .    m - +1 cloak
Res.Elec. : +       Spirit.Shd : .    (gloves unavailable)
Sust.Abil.: . .     Stasis     : .    (boots unavailable)
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .    D - amulet of conservation
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .    p - ring of sustenance
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .    w - +3 ring of evasion

@: very quick, extraordinarily resistant to hostile enchantments, very stealthy
A: unfitting armour, see invisible, herbivore 3, speed 3, slow metabolism 3, Str +1, Dex -1
a: Draw One, Peek at Two, Triple Draw, Mark Four, Stack Five, Renounce Religion


You are on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Nemelex Xobeh.
Nemelex Xobeh is exalted by your worship.
You are full.

You have visited 7 branches of the dungeon, and seen 35 of its levels.
You have visited 2 portal chambers: sewer, spiders nest.

You have collected 2210 gold pieces.
You have spent 269 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 C - a +4,+5 dagger of speed (weapon)
Armour
 d - a +3 buckler (worn)
 m - a +1 cloak (worn)
 q - a +2 robe (worn)
 E - the +2 hat of the Alchemist (worn) {rElec rF+ rC+ MR}
   (You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)   
   It protects you from fire.
   It protects you from cold.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
Magical devices
 l - a wand of disintegration (9)
 G - a wand of fireball (9)
 I - a wand of paralysis (9)
 O - a wand of flame (8)
Comestibles
 x - a royal jelly
 F - 2 bread rations
Scrolls
 a - 3 scrolls of remove curse
 b - a scroll of magic mapping
 e - 6 scrolls of teleportation
 g - a scroll of enchant weapon III
 k - 4 scrolls of blinking
 s - 3 scrolls of fear
 t - 4 scrolls of detect curse
Jewellery
 c - a +4,+2 ring of slaying
 o - an uncursed ring of invisibility
 p - a ring of sustenance (right hand)
 w - a +3 ring of evasion (left hand)
 D - an amulet of conservation (around neck)
Potions
 f - 9 potions of healing
 h - 2 potions of magic
 i - 6 potions of heal wounds
 j - 2 potions of speed
 n - 3 potions of restore abilities
 r - 2 potions of brilliance
 A - a potion of might
 H - 3 potions of agility
Miscellaneous
 u - a legendary deck of summonings {god gift}
 y - a legendary deck of summonings {god gift}
 B - a legendary deck of summonings {god gift}
 K - an ornate deck of escape {god gift}
 L - an ornate deck of summonings {drawn: 1} {god gift}
 M - an ornate deck of summonings {drawn: 1} {god gift}


 You have 72 experience left.

   Skills:
 + Level 5 Fighting
 - Level 5 Short Blades
 + Level 15 Dodging
 - Level 10 Stealth
 - Level 10 Stabbing
 + Level 6 Shields
 + Level 4 Traps & Doors
 + Level 14 Spellcasting
 - Level 6 Conjurations
 + Level 12 Translocations
 + Level 12 Fire Magic
 - Level 2 Air Magic
 + Level 14 Poison Magic
 + Level 9 Evocations


You have 10 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Success   Level  Hunger
a - Sting                 Pois/Conj      #####        Excellent   1    None
b - Mephitic Cloud        Pois/Air/Conj  ######....   Excellent   3    None
c - Cure Poison           Pois           #######...   Excellent   2    None
d - Throw Flame           Fire/Conj      ######.      Excellent   2    None
e - Venom Bolt            Pois/Conj      #######...   Excellent   5    Choko
f - Conjure Flame         Fire/Conj      ######...    Excellent   3    None
g - Apportation           Tloc           #######...   Excellent   1    None
h - Control Teleport      Chrm/Tloc      ######....   Excellent   4    None
i - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          Excellent   2    None
j - Fireball              Fire/Conj      ######....   Good        6    Honeycomb
k - Controlled Blink      Tloc           N/A          Fair        7    Ration


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (18/27)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:10
   Lair (8/8) D:9          Shoals (1/5) Lair:6        Slime (0/6) Lair:8
  Snake (1/5) Lair:5         Hive (2/2) D:11          Vault (0/8) D:14
   Elf: Orc:3-4