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Frog Feedback
I like the concept, but the unreliability of the Hop makes it feel pretty dangerous as an escape option. It doesn't feel like enough to compensate for being slow, especially since HP, stats and aptitudes aren't great. Early game was pretty rough (especially against ranged enemies), but I did make it to Lair on the first run. Death came from an ill-advised visit to a Volcano without many consumables left.
I think the Hop would feel better if it were a bit more precise; maybe a 3x3 target instead of 5x5? It helped me out of a few tough situations as-is, but I was often hesitant to use it in case it landed me in a worse position.
I plan to give it another try later with a caster background (probably IE) and not taking Chei, unless it happens to show up really early. Waiting for Chei until D:8 was also kind hard on this character, since it meant I didn't have Slouch yet at the time I died.
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.20-a0-383-gbbee3a8 (webtiles) character file.
11133 Jarlyk2 the Carver (level 11, -2/89 HPs)
Began as a Frog Gladiator on Dec 29, 2016.
Was a Priest of Cheibriados.
Slain by a salamander
... wielding a +0 halberd
(11 damage)
... in a volcano.
The game lasted 01:38:15 (13315 turns).
Jarlyk2 the Carver (Frog Gladiator) Turns: 13315, Time: 01:38:16
Health: -2/89 AC: 15 Str: 20 XL: 11 Next: 73%
Magic: 22/25 EV: 14 Int: 17 God: Cheibriados [***...]
Gold: 465 SH: 0 Dex: 19 Spells: 10/10 levels left
rFire . . . SeeInvis . a - +6 scimitar (holy)
rCold . . . Gourm . v - +3 ring mail
rNeg . . . Faith . (no shield)
rPois . Spirit . c - +1 helmet
rElec . Reflect . (no cloak)
rCorr . Harm . w - +0 pair of gloves
MR ..... u - +1 pair of boots
Stlth +++....... j - amulet of magic regeneration
y - ring of magical power
e - ring of stealth
@: very slow
A: slowness 1, strong legs 1
a: Hop, Bend Time, Temporal Distortion, Renounce Religion
You were in a volcano.
You worshipped Cheibriados.
Cheibriados was most pleased with you.
You were hungry.
You visited 3 branches of the dungeon, and saw 12 of its levels.
You also visited: Sewer and Volcano.
You collected 675 gold pieces.
You spent 210 gold pieces at shops.
Inventory:
Hand Weapons
a - a +6 scimitar of holy wrath (weapon)
b - a +0 blowgun
Missiles
l - 50 poisoned needles
t - a poisoned javelin (quivered)
Armour
c - a +1 helmet (worn)
u - a +1 pair of boots (worn)
v - a +3 ring mail (worn)
w - a +0 pair of gloves (worn)
Magical Staves
A - an uncursed staff of air
Jewellery
e - a ring of stealth (left hand)
j - an amulet of magic regeneration (around neck)
y - a ring of magical power (right hand)
Wands
s - a wand of digging (15/24)
x - a wand of slowing (21/48)
F - a wand of flame (28/48)
Scrolls
h - 9 scrolls of remove curse
n - 2 scrolls of amnesia
p - a scroll of fog
Potions
d - a potion of curing
o - a potion of cure mutation
C - 2 potions of magic
E - 2 potions of flight
Comestibles
f - 7 bread rations
g - a beef jerky
i - 10 fruits
m - a meat ration
Skills:
+ Level 9.1 Fighting
+ Level 13.2 Long Blades
- Level 1.7 Throwing
- Level 7.0 Armour
- Level 4.5 Dodging
- Level 2.8 Stealth
+ Level 7.4 Invocations
- Level 3.2 Evocations
You had 10 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (9/15) Temple (1/1) D:5 Lair (2/6) D:9
Swamp: Lair:2-4 Shoals: Lair:2-4 Snake: Lair:2-4 Spider: Lair:2-4
Orc: D:9-12
Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Dithmenos
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Gozag
Hepliaklqana
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Qazlal
Ru
Sif Muna
Trog
Uskayaw
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One
Shops:
D:4 ( D:5 ( D:7 (
Annotations:
D:6 exclusions: electric eel and 1 more exclusion
Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations
You cover ground slowly.
You can hop short distances.
Message History
The salamander hits you but does no damage.
You hit the salamander mystic but do no damage.
The salamander mystic is severely wounded.
The salamander barely misses you.
The salamander hits you from afar with a spear.
You are engulfed in flames!
The salamander mystic hits you with a quarterstaff!
You are engulfed in flames!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You warp the flow of time around you!
You are feeling hungry.
As you read the scroll of fog, it crumbles to dust.
The scroll dissolves into smoke.
The salamander hits you but does no damage. x2
The salamander closely misses you.
The salamander hits you but does no damage.
The salamander hits you from afar with a halberd!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You are engulfed in flames!
You die...
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You could see 2 salamanders.
Vanquished Creatures
A hydra (Lair:1)
Joseph (D:9)
2 black mambas (Lair:1)
6 spiny frogs
3 komodo dragons (Lair:2)
3 hippogriffs (Lair:1)
Grum (D:9)
2 fire bats (Volcano)
3 yaks (Lair:1)
A hungry ghost (D:7)
2 water moccasins
4 porcupines
2 necrophages
4 sky beasts
5 ogres
2 phantoms
4 wolves (D:9)
4 centaurs
2 crocodiles (Lair:1)
A big kobold (D:7)
6 bullfrogs
A gnoll sergeant (D:8)
3 scorpions
7 wights
4 killer bees (D:9)
4 howler monkeys
4 lava snakes (Volcano)
2 crimson imps (D:8)
5 jellies
4 hounds
2 bullfrog skeletons
A centaur skeleton (D:6)
4 orc priests
A gnoll shaman (D:7)
8 orc wizards
An iguana (D:5)
A killer bee zombie (D:9)
4 worker ants
2 hound skeletons
A howler monkey zombie (D:9)
A worker ant zombie (D:8)
23 gnolls
9 adders
21 oozes
3 adder skeletons (D:8)
4 dart slugs
19 leopard geckos
28 orcs
7 ball pythons
10 giant cockroaches
13 goblins
4 hobgoblins
12 jackals
8 quokkas
9 bats
10 frilled lizards
19 kobolds
A leopard gecko skeleton (D:7)
A leopard gecko zombie (D:5)
A quokka skeleton (D:7)
6 rats
327 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (others)
An orc wizard (D:8)
6 fungi (D:6)
4 toadstools (D:1)
11 creatures vanquished.
Grand Total: 338 creatures vanquished
Notes
Turn | Place | Note
-------+----------+-------------------------------------------
0 | D:1 | Jarlyk2 the Frog Gladiator began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 16/16 MP: 1/1
107 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 22/22 MP: 2/2
160 | D:1 | Reached skill level 4 in Long Blades
444 | D:1 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 27/27 MP: 3/3
751 | D:2 | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
752 | D:2 | Found a sacrificial altar of Ru.
828 | D:2 | Reached skill level 5 in Long Blades
1021 | D:2 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 33/33 MP: 4/4
1228 | D:2 | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
1510 | D:2 | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
1663 | D:3 | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet.
1838 | D:3 | Found a glowing drain.
1850 | Sewer | Entered a sewer
1908 | Sewer | Reached skill level 6 in Long Blades
1908 | Sewer | Reached XP level 5. HP: 28/38 MP: 5/5
2570 | D:3 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 21/47 MP: 6/6
3014 | D:3 | Reached skill level 7 in Long Blades
3363 | D:4 | Found Ulyot's Antique Weapon Emporium.
3440 | D:4 | Found a basalt altar of Yredelemnul.
3727 | D:4 | Reached skill level 8 in Long Blades
3727 | D:4 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 33/52 MP: 7/7
3891 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
3952 | D:5 | Found Gubiokhlaniu's Weapon Shop.
4409 | D:5 | Reached skill level 1 in Stealth
4458 | D:5 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
4686 | D:5 | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
4757 | D:5 | Reached skill level 9 in Long Blades
4776 | D:5 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
4791 | D:5 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 49/58 MP: 8/8
4808 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
5192 | D:6 | Reached skill level 1 in Armour
5920 | D:6 | Noticed a slime creature
5973 | D:6 | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
6433 | D:6 | Reached skill level 10 in Long Blades
6544 | D:7 | Found Wodurhex's Weapon Emporium.
6560 | D:7 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 66/69 MP: 9/9
6750 | D:7 | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
7109 | D:7 | Found a flagged portal.
7254 | D:7 | Found a stormy altar of Qazlal.
7753 | D:8 | Reached skill level 11 in Long Blades
8275 | D:8 | Found a snail-covered altar of Cheibriados.
8308 | D:8 | Became a worshipper of Cheibriados the Contemplative
8349 | D:8 | Reached XP level 10. HP: 55/79 MP: 12/12
8673 | D:8 | Reached * piety under Cheibriados
8922 | D:9 | Noticed Grum
8942 | D:9 | Killed Grum
8942 | D:9 | Reached skill level 1 in Invocations
9440 | D:9 | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
9531 | D:9 | Reached ** piety under Cheibriados
9531 | D:9 | Reached skill level 5 in Armour
9637 | D:9 | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
9705 | D:9 | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
9907 | D:9 | Noticed Joseph
9926 | D:9 | Killed Joseph
9926 | D:9 | Reached skill level 12 in Long Blades
10077 | D:9 | Found a staircase to the Lair.
10088 | Lair:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
10091 | Lair:1 | Noticed a spiny frog
10308 | Lair:1 | Noticed a spiny frog
10319 | Lair:1 | Killed a spiny frog
10406 | Lair:1 | Reached skill level 5 in Invocations
10423 | Lair:1 | Reached XP level 11. HP: 50/86 MP: 14/14
10453 | Lair:1 | HP: 3/86 [black mamba (3)]
11118 | Lair:1 | Noticed a seven-headed hydra
11286 | D:8 | Noticed a flayed ghost
11349 | D:4 | Bought a glowing scimitar for 210 gold pieces
11515 | Lair:1 | Killed a seven-headed hydra
12393 | Lair:1 | Reached *** piety under Cheibriados
12418 | Lair:2 | Reached skill level 13 in Long Blades
12785 | Lair:2 | Found a dark tunnel.
12795 | Volcano | Entered a volcano
13305 | Volcano | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
13305 | Volcano | Noticed a salamander
13305 | Volcano | Noticed a salamander mystic
13305 | Volcano | Noticed a salamander
13305 | Volcano | Noticed a salamander
13315 | Volcano | Slain by a salamander
Vault maps used:
D:1: ldierk_water_garden
D:2: lemuel_round_altar, nicolae_overflow_hidden_temple,
gammafunk_temple_overflow_pools, minmay_tree_intersection
D:3: nicolae_overflow_crystal_walls, portal_sewer_entry_e
D:4: kennysheep_mini_moat, serial_shops, shop, first_bread
D:5: serial_shops, shop_fountains, trog_three_pillars_becter
D:6: lemuel_slime, serial_bayou_lagoon_a
D:7: nicolae_qazlal_general_emergency, enter_bailey_1, serial_shops, shop
D:8: cheibriados_altar_wand_db
D:9: marbit_many_paths, ashenzari_altar_1, kennysheep_little_box,
lair_entry_dummy, uniq_grum, uniq_joseph
Temple: jpeg_temple_alley_garden
Lair:1: lab_entry_generic, st_stairs_11, grunt_megastairs_3
Lair:2: nicolae_spider_entry_non_spiders, enter_volcano_1, grunt_megastairs_1
Sewer: sewer_frog_island_02
Volcano: volcano_lake
Skill XL: | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
---------------+----------------------------------+-----
Long Blades | 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 | 13.2
Fighting | 3 5 7 9 | 9.1
Stealth | 2 | 2.8
Armour | 4 6 7 | 7.0
Evocations | 3 | 3.2
Dodging | 4 | 4.5
Invocations | 5 7 | 7.4
Throwing | | 1.7
Action | 1- 3 | 4- 6 | 7- 9 | 10-12 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Long sword | 81 | 255 | 588 | 295 || 1219
Scimitar | | | | 61 || 61
Fire: Arbalest | | | 18 | 1 || 19
Blowgun | | | 7 | 12 || 19
Throw: Throwing net | 3 | 1 | | 1 || 5
Javelin | | | | 40 || 40
Invok: Bend Time | | | | 4 || 4
Temporal Distorti | | | | 1 || 1
Abil: Hop | | 2 | 4 | 2 || 8
Evoke: Wand | | 4 | 4 | 9 || 17
Use: Potion | 3 | | 7 | 7 || 17
Scroll | | 7 | 7 | 12 || 26
Stab: Held in net/web | 1 | 2 | | || 3
Sleeping | | 9 | 1 | 8 || 18
Eat: Chunk | 1 | 9 | 22 | 5 || 37
Pizza | | 1 | | || 1
Royal jelly | | | 1 | 2 || 3
Armor: Leather armour | 19 | 68 | 34 | || 121
Scale mail | | | 25 | || 25
Ring mail | | | 196 | 168 || 364
Dodge: Dodged | 53 | 172 | 298 | 261 || 784
Rpst.: Long sword | 18 | 55 | 97 | 55 || 225
Scimitar | | | | 9 || 9