I just did a quick scan of my morgue, here's my last few escapees from Abyss banishment:
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Level 15 DEFE:
38726 | D:16 | Cast into the Abyss (ogre mage)
38825 | Abyss:1 | Reached skill level 17 in Fire Magic
38827 | Abyss:1 | Found a corrupted altar of Lugonu.
38888 | Abyss:1 | Noticed a Hell Sentinel
38901 | Abyss:1 | Noticed a tentacled starspawn
38915 | Abyss:1 | Killed a tentacled starspawn
39018 | Abyss:1 | Noticed a bone dragon
39059 | Abyss:1 | Noticed a tentacled starspawn
39197 | Abyss:1 | Noticed a tentacled starspawn
39214 | Abyss:1 | Killed a tentacled starspawn
39311 | Abyss:1 | Found a corrupted altar of Lugonu.
39312 | Abyss:1 | Noticed a tentacled starspawn
39377 | Abyss:1 | Noticed a tentacled starspawn
39389 | Abyss:1 | Killed a tentacled starspawn
39408 | Abyss:1 | Noticed a daeva
39411 | D:16 | Escaped the Abyss
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Level 18 CeHu:
51252 | Elf:3 | Cast into the Abyss (deep elf demonologist)
51268 | Abyss:1 | Gained mutation: You are agile (Dex +1). [potion of gain dexterity]
51337 | Abyss:1 | Got a faintly glowing chain mail
51380 | Abyss:1 | Identified the cursed -10 chain mail of Optoll {+Fly MR} (You found it on level 1 of the Abyss)
52107 | Abyss:1 | Gained mutation: Your body is slowly deteriorating. [a neqoxec]
52108 | Abyss:1 | Gained mutation: You tend to lose your temper in combat. [a neqoxec]
52186 | Abyss:1 | Noticed a bone dragon
52187 | Abyss:1 | Lost mutation: You tend to lose your temper in combat. [a neqoxec]
52208 | Abyss:1 | Killed a bone dragon
52270 | Abyss:1 | Reached XP level 19. HP: 119/159 MP: 30/30
52599 | Elf:3 | Escaped the Abyss
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An extremely lucky level 9 FeJe:
10445 | D:8 | Cast into the Abyss (a card of wild magic)
10471 | D:8 | Escaped the Abyss
While possible, It's tricky, being fast helps, flying helps (Flying over lava/water to avoid things) Regeneration helps (Actually any form of healing) Stealth helps (a LOT) Ash's passive mapping helps. I primarily dove deeper when I found a staircase, *and* was being chased by nasty stuff I wanted to get away from, staircase gave me a clean slate (If I wasn't being chased I made sure to heal to full before diving). Made sure to rest to full whenever I was *not* being chased. Avoid killing, but kill when you encounter things that will follow you and do things to you at range or move faster than you do, move away *immediately* after any combat. Walk in the opposite direction from things that haven't spotted you yet. And yes, get lucky.
I've found that once I start diving, I can often dive more and more frequently, as the staircases seem to get more popular, I typically *won't* dive unless I'm being chased by something nasty however. If I'm being chased by something I can kill, I try to "circle" to make sure an area is empty and try to kill the thing in the middle of an empty area.
At Level 10 you can kill very very few things in the abyss It's pretty hard to survive, by level 15 you should be able to kill many of the less-powerful critters but need to restrain yourself from doing so because you'll attract more traffic that way, by level 17 you can probably kill many of the harder things but again, should do so with restraint, and by level 20 or so you can probably kill the hardest things in abyss:1, but you're still in significant danger of being overwhelmed by too many critters. I find I'm usually prepared to voluntarily try to retrieve the Abyss rune somewhere around level 23-25.
Sunday, 7th July 2013, 03:39 
