Corpse disappears in a puff of smoke?

[themadtoker]

So I'm running a DeWi of Vehemut, currently on D:10. All of a sudden, all the corpses of slain creatures have begin disappearing and I don't understand why. Been using animate dead so this really sucks. What happened that caused this?

Also, if anyone has any tips for this current character, I'd greatly appreciate it... I'm not very good at this game

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.16-a0-3940-gf8a207b (webtiles) character file.

TheMadToker the Magician (Demonspawn Wizard)       Turns: 14087, Time: 03:17:49

Health: 52/61      AC: 11    Str: 12    XL:     9   Next: 87%
Magic:  24/24      EV: 12    Int: 31    God:    Vehumet [**....]
Gold:   492        SH:  4    Dex: 11    Spells: 10 memorised, 1 level left

rFire  . . .     SeeInvis .     M - +3 spear (venom)
rCold  . . .     Clarity  .     Z - +2 leather armour of the Midnight Sun {Str+4 Int+3}
rNeg   . . .     SustAb   +     x - +0 buckler
rPois  .         Gourm    .     b - +0 hat
rElec  .         Spirit   .     (no cloak)
rCorr  .         Warding  .     s - +1 pair of gloves
rMut   .         Stasis   .     (no boots)
MR     .....                    e - amulet of rage
Stlth  +.........               j - +6 ring of intelligence
                                y - ring of sustain abilities

@: not resistant to hostile enchantments, very unstealthy
A: hooves 2, rough black scales 1, spiny 1
a: Renounce Religion, Evoke Berserk Rage


You are on level 10 of the Dungeon.
You worship Vehumet.
Vehumet is pleased with you.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and seen 11 of its levels.

You have collected 661 gold pieces.
You have spent 169 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 h - a blowgun
 M - a +3 spear of venom (weapon)
Missiles
 n - 14 poisoned needles
 t - 8 tomahawks (quivered)
 F - 3 silver tomahawks
Armour
 b - a +0 hat (worn)
 s - a +1 pair of gloves (worn)
 x - a +0 buckler (worn)
 Z - the +2 leather armour of the Midnight Sun (worn) {Str+4 Int+3}
   (You found it on level 9 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It affects your strength (+4).
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
Jewellery
 e - an amulet of rage (around neck)
 j - a +6 ring of intelligence (right hand)
 r - an uncursed ring of stealth
 y - a ring of sustain abilities (left hand)
 P - an uncursed amulet of guardian spirit
 U - an uncursed amulet of resist corrosion
Magical devices
 o - a wand of draining {empty}
 C - a wand of fireball (1)
 E - a wand of flame {zapped: 7}
 J - a wand of frost {zapped: 14}
 S - a wand of confusion (32)
 V - a wand of teleportation
Scrolls
 a - 4 scrolls of identify
 f - 3 scrolls of fear
 m - 2 scrolls of remove curse
 p - a scroll labeled THONOC ICREARIPS
 q - 2 scrolls of teleportation
 L - a scroll of blinking
Potions
 i - 2 potions of curing
 k - a fizzy blue potion
 l - a brown potion
 u - a green potion
 w - a bubbling brown potion
 A - a grey potion
 D - 3 potions of restore abilities
 H - 2 potions of ambrosia
 N - 2 potions of brilliance
 Q - a bubbling orange potion
Books
 c - a book of Minor Magic   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Magic Dart                   Conjuration                   1
    b - Blink                        Translocation                 2
    c - Call Imp                     Summoning                     2
    d - Repel Missiles               Charms/Air                    2
    e - Slow                         Hexes                         2
    f - Conjure Flame                Conjuration/Fire              3
    g - Mephitic Cloud               Conjuration/Poison/Air        3
 T - a book of Unlife   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Recall                       Summoning/Translocation       3
    b - Animate Dead                 Necromancy                    4
    c - Control Undead               Necromancy                    4
    d - Cigotuvi's Embrace           Necromancy                    5
    e - Death Channel                Necromancy                    6
    f - Simulacrum                   Ice/Necromancy                6
Comestibles
 d - 6 bread rations
 g - 9 meat rations
 z - 3 fruits
 K - a slice of pizza
 W - a beef jerky


   Skills:
 + Level 1.8 Fighting
   Level 0.6(1.0) Axes
 + Level 1.0(1.1) Polearms
 + Level 4.1 Dodging
 - Level 1.7 Stealth
 + Level 3.2 Shields
 + Level 7.6 Spellcasting
 - Level 4.3 Conjurations
 - Level 5.4 Summonings
 - Level 5.5 Necromancy
 - Level 0.8 Translocations
 - Level 0.1 Fire Magic
 - Level 3.1 Air Magic
 - Level 3.2 Poison Magic


You have one spell level 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          10%         2    None
c - Call Imp              Summ           #####...     1%          2    None
d - Slow                  Hex            ##......     12%         2    None
e - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  ####....     6%          3    None
f - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       ###...       8%          2    None
g - Flame Tongue          Conj/Fire      ####.        2%          1    None
h - Animate Dead          Necr           N/A          10%         4    #......
i - Recall                Summ/Tloc      N/A          6%          3    None
j - Searing Ray           Conj           #####.       1%          2    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (10/15)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (0/4) D:10
  Lair: D:8-11     

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

Shops:
D:9 !


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You have hoof-like feet.
You are partially covered in rough black scales (AC +4, Dex -1).
You are partially covered in sharp spines.


Message History

The orc is severely wounded.
The orc hits you but does no damage.
You barely miss the orc. Your kick misses the orc.
The orc is severely wounded.
The orc hits you with a mace. Your orc zombie hits the orc.
The orc dies!
The orc's corpse disappears in a puff of smoke!
Your shadow imp says, "Isn't this more fun with friends?"
You start resting.
Your crimson imp blinks!
Magic restored.
You start resting.
Your crimson imp disappears in a puff of smoke!
Your shadow imp disappears in a puff of smoke!
You are near starving!
Eat which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
That choko was very bland.
You are feeling hungry.
Eat which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
That choko was very bland.

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You can see a friendly orc zombie.

Vanquished Creatures
  Grinder (D:6)
  4 yaks (D:7)
  Eustachio (D:7)
  A steam dragon (D:9)
  A phantom (D:9)
  2 sky beasts
  A black bear (D:9)
  2 orc warriors (D:10)
  An ice beast (D:6)
  3 ogres
  Blork the orc (D:9)
  A giant frog (D:9)
  3 killer bees (D:8)
  A scorpion (D:9)
  3 crimson imps
  4 orc priests
  2 hounds
  6 orc wizards
  5 worker ants
  3 adders
  2 gnolls (D:7)
  4 shadow imps
  A white imp (D:10)
  A worm (D:6)
  6 giant geckos
  25 orcs
  20 bats
  A bat zombie (D:9)
  4 giant cockroaches
  8 goblins
  14 hobgoblins
  6 jackals
  A giant gecko skeleton (D:7)
  5 giant newts
  5 kobolds
  2 orc zombies (D:8)
  6 quokkas
  17 rats
174 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  2 sky beasts
  An orc warrior (D:4)
  An ice beast (D:6)
  A centaur (D:9)
  A necrophage (D:6)
  4 ogres
  A wyvern skeleton (D:8)
  A giant frog (D:6)
  4 killer bees
  A centaur zombie (D:9)
  2 jellies
  A goliath beetle (D:6)
  A hound (D:10)
  5 orc priests
  11 orc wizards
  A giant frog skeleton (D:8)
  3 worker ants
  An iguana (D:8)
  A hound skeleton (D:4)
  A gnoll (D:7)
  7 adders
  A river rat (D:7)
  A shadow imp (D:8)
  2 giant mites (D:5)
  2 worms
  A giant gecko (D:2)
  25 orcs
  A bat skeleton (D:5)
  A giant cockroach (D:6)
  A hobgoblin (D:2)
  6 jackals
  3 kobolds
  A quokka (D:7)
  3 bats
  A giant spore (D:10)
  5 rats
105 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  4 killer bees (D:10)
  19 crimson imps
  A hound (D:8)
  4 iron imps
  A black bear zombie (D:9)
  A worker ant zombie (D:10)
  A gnoll (D:8)
  A scorpion zombie (D:9)
  7 shadow imps
  21 white imps
  A jackal zombie (D:9)
  3 orc zombies
  A hobgoblin (D:10)
  A bat (D:10)
  5 giant spores (D:8)
  A hobgoblin zombie (D:9)
  A butterfly (D:3)
73 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 352 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
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     0 | D:1      | TheMadToker, the Demonspawn Wizard, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 13/13 MP: 4/4
   291 | D:1      | Gained mutation: You have large cloven feet. [demonic ancestry]
   291 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 11/19 MP: 0/6
   367 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Blink
   370 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Call Imp
   373 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Slow
   442 | D:1      | Upgraded the game from 0.16-a0-3880-g9314259 to 0.16-a0-3890-gc52a7a5
   565 | D:1      | Upgraded the game from 0.16-a0-3890-gc52a7a5 to 0.16-a0-3911-g06eb01e
   930 | D:2      | You fall through a shaft!
  1043 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 18/24 MP: 1/8
  1345 | D:2      | Reached skill level 4 in Spellcasting
  2212 | D:2      | Upgraded the game from 0.16-a0-3911-g06eb01e to 0.16-a0-3921-g54f6eed
  2212 | D:2      | Upgraded the game from 0.16-a0-3921-g54f6eed to 0.16-a0-3926-g4728e1c
  2260 | D:2      | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud
  2421 | D:2      | Gained mutation: You are partially covered in rough black scales (AC +4, Dex -1). [demonic ancestry]
  2421 | D:2      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 21/30 MP: 0/11
  2937 | D:3      | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
  3558 | D:3      | Reached skill level 1 in Air Magic
  3570 | D:3      | Reached skill level 1 in Poison Magic
  3570 | D:3      | Gained mutation: You are partially covered in sharp spines. [demonic ancestry]
  3570 | D:3      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 28/35 MP: 2/13
  4527 | D:4      | Noticed an orc warrior
  4550 | D:4      | Killed an orc warrior
  4550 | D:4      | Gained mutation: You have hoof-like feet. [demonic ancestry]
  4550 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 10/41 MP: 1/15
  5220 | D:4      | Learned a level 2 spell: Repel Missiles
  5615 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  5763 | D:5      | Upgraded the game from 0.16-a0-3926-g4728e1c to 0.16-a0-3934-g674a7c2
  5828 | D:5      | Reached skill level 1 in Shields
  6133 | D:5      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 23/46 MP: 2/17
  7630 | D:6      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  7636 | D:6      | Noticed Grinder
  7657 | D:6      | Paralysed by Grinder for 2 turns
  7689 | D:6      | Killed Grinder
  7689 | D:6      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 14/52 MP: 12/19
  7968 | Temple   | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
  8121 | Temple   | Became a worshipper of Vehumet
  8226 | D:6      | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
  9324 | D:7      | Acquired Vehumet's first power
  9324 | D:7      | Offered knowledge of Flame Tongue by Vehumet.
  9327 | D:7      | Learned a level 1 spell: Flame Tongue
  9432 | D:7      | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
  9455 | D:7      | Noticed Eustachio
  9545 | D:7      | Reached skill level 5 in Summonings
  9652 | D:7      | Reached skill level 1 in Fighting
  9758 | D:7      | Killed Eustachio
  9860 | D:7      | Learned a level 4 spell: Animate Dead
 10094 | D:7      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 51/59 MP: 16/21
 10159 | D:7      | Reached skill level 1 in Necromancy
 11504 | D:8      | Offered knowledge of Freeze by Vehumet.
 11594 | D:8      | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
 12247 | D:9      | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
 12248 | D:9      | Found a deep blue altar of Sif Muna.
 12249 | D:9      | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
 12259 | D:9      | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
 12311 | D:9      | Noticed Blork the orc
 12316 | D:9      | Reached skill level 6 in Spellcasting
 12322 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Necromancy
 12330 | D:9      | Killed Blork the orc
 12361 | D:9      | Your ally Blork died
 12566 | D:9      | Learned a level 3 spell: Recall
 12983 | D:9      | Got a jewelled leather armour
 12984 | D:9      | Identified the +2 leather armour of the Midnight Sun {Str+4 Int+3} (You found it on level 9 of the Dungeon)
 13261 | D:9      | Reached skill level 7 in Spellcasting
 13306 | D:9      | Found Umunten's Distillery.
 13309 | D:9      | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 65 gold pieces
 13309 | D:9      | Bought a potion of curing for 39 gold pieces
 13309 | D:9      | Bought a potion of restore abilities for 65 gold pieces
 13338 | D:10     | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
 13422 | D:10     | Offered knowledge of Searing Ray by Vehumet.
 13430 | D:10     | Reached skill level 1 in Polearms
 13445 | D:10     | Learned a level 2 spell: Searing Ray
 13728 | D:10     | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
 13769 | D:10     | Upgraded the game from 0.16-a0-3934-g674a7c2 to 0.16-a0-3940-gf8a207b


Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Unarmed           |    10 |       |       ||    10
       Dagger            |    23 |     4 |       ||    27
       Hand axe          |       |    51 |    59 ||   110
       Spear             |       |       |   104 ||   104
 Cast: Magic Dart        |    57 |   150 |   100 ||   307
       Call Imp          |    23 |    45 |   125 ||   193
       Mephitic Cloud    |       |     2 |    34 ||    36
       Slow              |       |     1 |       ||     1
       Blink             |       |       |     7 ||     7
       Flame Tongue      |       |       |    70 ||    70
       Animate Dead      |       |       |    14 ||    14
       Recall            |       |       |     5 ||     5
       Searing Ray       |       |       |     1 ||     1
 Abil: Evoke Berserk Rag |       |     1 |       ||     1
Evoke: Wand              |       |     1 |     2 ||     3
  Use: Scroll            |     1 |    13 |    11 ||    25
       Potion            |       |     2 |     5 ||     7
 Stab: Confused          |       |       |     1 ||     1
       Fleeing           |       |       |     1 ||     1
  Eat: Chunk             |     5 |    11 |    17 ||    33
       Pizza             |       |     1 |       ||     1
       Fruit             |       |       |     5 ||     5
       Bread ration      |       |       |     1 ||     1

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[KoboldLord]

The corpse disappearing in a puff of smoke message means that the monster was summoned. Did you trigger a shadow trap nearby?

[duvessa]

When you kill a monster that was summoned, you receive no experience, piety, or other rewards, and they drop no items (including their corpse). You can tell if a monster was summoned by examining it.

[themadtoker]

Ah ok, cause it happened like 4 times in a row, yeah I triggered a trap. After 200+ games you would think I would know something like this by now Anyway thanks guys.

How's my character look btw? Any suggestions?

[Sar]

Use your scrolls of ID on potions.

[and into]

I'd be focusing training on shields only (to 5), then I'd focus on dodging (only) for a while, and put some stat ups into dexterity.

Identify your consumables.

EDIT: First ID that wand of teleport, then I'd probably ID the potions, starting with largest stacks and working down.

[themadtoker]

Do I even need much more then 31 INT? Assuming I don't switch out the gear giving me the bonus INT, should I focus mainly on DEX now?

[celem]

Your 31 Int is pretty good for the spells currently in your mind, if you buff up the magic skills you will find you can cast most of that from behind a medium armour with little issue.

If you plan to move on to the higher level stuff, 7's, 8's and 9's then you may want more Int yet, depends muchly on your desired final spell loadout and the sort of armour class you want to go with it. Your strength is sufficient to get you to about scale/FireDA if you so desire. Best way to check, head to your stash and try on some differant armours, test fail rates in Ring and Scale.

[Lyrick]

Int improves your spellpower, spell success rate, and reduces spell hunger, all of which are also accomplished by your magic schools and the spellcasting skill.

Ultimately, since in any game you can have up to 27 skill levels of magic, that should be more than enough to get most of your spells to low fail rates and hunger even with average int.

(It did take 33 int to get level 9 spells to 1% fail, but a ring of wizardry/vehumet easily compensates)

[themadtoker]

Thanks for the input, guys. Don't think I've ever gotten lower then D:12 so hopefully I can keep this guy alive for a few more floors, but I have the strangest feeling that YASD is just around the corner...

Couple of other questions: Why are certain items - such as my potions of resistance - colored yellow in my inventory, what does that mean? Ditto for monster names, how come sometimes they come up yellow or red? Is that an indication of their threat level relative to my current level? Or just a threat indicator, period?

Or does it mean something else entirely?

[celem]

Color of monster names is relative power yes.

Grey is popcorn
White is slightly tougher popcorn
Yellow is around your own power level
Red is a monster outright 'tougher' than your character
Green for allies, they ought to have a little heart on the sprite too

This scale seems to be based on character XL and I'm guessing here..monster HD. (a couple of monsters stay red all the way to XL27, OoF, ALich) If you skip a nasty red unique and come back 5XL later, he may well have gone yellow.

Consumable Items coloring is a visual guide. Yellow items are generally more useful in critical situations, the heals/cures, various escapes, yellow items. White items are your average potions/scrolls. Purple is a mixed bag, the pot/scroll has some effects that could be considered negative, whether or not purple is worth it depends on your char and situation largely. Red consumables are always bad, never use. Cyan consumables are always good, no amount of dice-rolling will get you a purely bad result (potion bene mut, scroll acquire)

[themadtoker]

Ahh, I see. Thank you for the in depth reply, wicked useful info there.

[Hurkyl]

Cyan consumables are always good, no amount of dice-rolling will get you a purely bad result (potion bene mut, scroll acquire)

Always good is not synonymous with never purely bad.

[themadtoker]

Well so far so good I guess, I'm in Lair:1 now, barely even explored and I already had several near-death encounters... already kills like 20 yaks, griffin, several crocs and a bunch of other crap, all right near the stairs. I don't recall things being this hard on the first floor... I'm scared to go deeper. But at least I have a small army undead now, should make the rest of this floor a lot easier.

[Arrhythmia]

When you kill a monster that was summoned, you receive no experience, piety, or other rewards, and they drop no items (including their corpse). You can tell if a monster was summoned by examining it.

To expand on this, since you're playing tiles, a summoned monster will have a little purple (or red, in some circumstances) circle in the corner of their sprite.

[kroki]

Cyan consumables are always good, no amount of dice-rolling will get you a purely bad result (potion bene mut, scroll acquire)

unless you get wild magic and suddenly your bread and butter spells become uncastable and you are more or less fucked if you can't cure it, or horns that make your randart helmet fall off

[Siegurt]

A perhaps more accurate description of cyan would be "Things that have strategic, rather than tactical, impact and which are intended to be generally beneficial, although not always without consequence or risk"