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Slime Squisher

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Post Wednesday, 20th November 2013, 12:53

CiP: YAS DECj of Vehumet.

I'll post the adventures of my DEs Conjurers here.

First one is dead!

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17949 Ololoev the Arsonist (level 12, -14/62 HPs)
             Began as a Deep Elf Conjurer on Nov 19, 2013.
             Was a High Priest of Vehumet.
             Demolished by a hill giant
             ... wielding a +1,+2 great mace
              (26 damage)
             ... on Level 12 of the Dungeon on Nov 21, 2013.
             The game lasted 02:03:23 (16015 turns).

Ololoev the Arsonist (Deep Elf Conjurer)           Turns: 16015, Time: 02:03:23

HP -14/62        AC  8     Str  9      XL: 12   Next: 19%
MP  23/34        EV 14     Int 27      God: Vehumet [*****.]
Gold 472         SH  8     Dex 15      Spells: 11 memorised,  2 levels left

Res.Fire  : + . .   See Invis. : .   p - staff of wizardry
Res.Cold  : + . .   Warding    : .   v - +2 robe {rF+}
Life Prot.: + . .   Conserve   : .   o - +0 buckler
Res.Poison: .       Res.Corr.  : .   y - +1 helmet
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   (no cloak)
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   (no gloves)
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   e - +1 pair of boots
Res.Rott. : .       Flight     : .   (no amulet)
Saprovore : . . .                    d - ring of positive energy
                                     q - ring of protection from cold

@: brilliant, very slightly contaminated, somewhat resistant to hostile
enchantments, fairly stealthy
A: no striking features
a: Renounce Religion


You were on level 12 of the Dungeon.
You worshipped Vehumet.
Vehumet was extremely pleased with you.
You were not hungry.

You visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and saw 13 of its levels.

You collected 608 gold pieces.
You spent 136 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Armour
 a - a +3 leather armour of cold resistance
 e - a +1 pair of boots (worn)
 o - a +0 buckler (worn)
 s - a +2 robe of magic resistance
 v - a +2 robe of fire resistance (worn)
 y - a +1 helmet (worn)
Comestibles
 b - 10 bread rations
 t - a pear
 w - 2 meat rations
Scrolls
 i - a scroll of curse jewellery {unknown}
 j - a scroll of remove curse
 r - a scroll of enchant armour
 u - 2 scrolls of amnesia
Jewellery
 d - a ring of positive energy (right hand)
 g - an uncursed ring of magical power {unknown}
 q - a ring of protection from cold (left hand)
Potions
 f - a potion of heal wounds {unknown}
 h - 2 potions of flight
 k - a potion of brilliance
 m - 3 potions of curing
 z - 6 potions of restore abilities
 C - a potion of cure mutation {unknown}
Books
 c - a book of Conjurations   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   *Magic Dart                        Conjuration                  1
   *Searing Ray                       Conjuration                  2
   Dazzling Spray                     Conjuration/Hexes            3
   *Iskenderun's Mystic Blast         Conjuration                  4
   *Iskenderun's Battlesphere         Conjuration/Charms           4
   *Fulminant Prism                   Conjuration/Hexes            5
 n - a book of Flames   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Flame Tongue                       Conjuration/Fire             1
   Throw Flame                        Conjuration/Fire             2
   *Conjure Flame                     Conjuration/Fire             3
   *Inner Flame                       Hexes/Fire                   3
   Sticky Flame                       Conjuration/Fire             4
   *Fireball                          Conjuration/Fire             5
Magical staves
 p - an uncursed staff of wizardry (weapon)


   Skills:
 + Level 3.2 Fighting
 + Level 5.2 Dodging
 - Level 2.4 Stealth
 - Level 1.0 Shields
 + Level 13.1 Spellcasting
 - Level 9.0 Conjurations
 - Level 5.0 Hexes
 - Level 7.0 Charms
 - Level 13.2 Fire Magic
 - Level 4.0 Air Magic


You had 2 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Magic Dart            Conj           ####         1%          1    None
b - Searing Ray           Conj           ######       1%          2    None
c - Iskenderun's Battles  Conj/Chrm      ######..     1%          4    None
d - Iskenderun's Mystic   Conj           ######..     1%          4    None
e - Conjure Flame         Conj/Fire      #######.     1%          3    None
f - Inner Flame           Hex/Fire       ######..     1%          3    None
g - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       ######....   1%          2    None
h - Regeneration          Chrm/Necr      ######....   1%          3    None
i - Fireball              Conj/Fire      #######...   1%          5    None
j - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  ######..     1%          3    None
k - Fulminant Prism       Conj/Hex       ######....   1%          5    None


2nd attempt - dead!:
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155408 Ololoev the Eclecticist (level 17, -4/94 HPs)
             Began as a Deep Elf Conjurer on Nov 23, 2013.
             Was the Champion of Vehumet.
             Slain by Wiglaf
             ... wielding a +4,+2 dwarven battleaxe of distortion
              (51 damage)
             ... on Level 4 of the Swamp on Nov 25, 2013.
             The game lasted 05:22:44 (36200 turns).

Ololoev the Eclecticist (Deep Elf Conjurer)        Turns: 36200, Time: 05:22:44

HP  -4/94        AC 13     Str  9      XL: 17   Next:  4%
MP   2/50        EV 17     Int 27      God: Vehumet [******]
Gold 1971        SH  9     Dex 15      Spells: 14 memorised,  7 levels left

rFire  . . .     SeeInvis .     f - staff of cold
rCold  + . .     Clarity  +     N - +2 leather armour {rN+}
rNeg   + . .     Conserve .     y - +1 buckler
rPois  +         rCorr    .     C - +2 helmet {Int+3}
rElec  .         rRot     .     n - +2 cloak
SustAb . .       Spirit   .     e - +0 pair of gauntlets
rMut   .         Warding  .     L - +0 pair of boots
Saprov . . .     Stasis   .     o - amulet of clarity
                                A - ring of magical power
                                u - ring of poison resistance

@: flying, delayed fireball, quite resistant to hostile enchantments, fairly
stealthy
A: no striking features
a: Renounce Religion, Release Delayed Fireball


You were on level 4 of the Swamp.
You worshipped Vehumet.
Vehumet was exalted by your worship.
You were not hungry.

You visited 5 branches of the dungeon, and saw 30 of its levels.
You also visited: Labyrinth and Ice Cave.

You collected 1971 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Armour
 e - a +0 pair of gauntlets (worn)
 n - a +2 cloak (worn)
 y - a +1 buckler (worn)
 C - a +2 helmet of intelligence (worn)
 L - a +0 pair of boots (worn)
 N - a +2 leather armour of positive energy (worn)
Magical devices
 l - a wand of digging (3)
 r - a wand of teleportation (6)
 V - a wand of digging (10)
Comestibles
 b - 2 meat rations
 j - a sausage
 v - a royal jelly
 w - a bread ration
 E - 3 chunks of swamp worm flesh
 O - 4 cheeses
Scrolls
 c - a scroll of summoning
 h - 3 scrolls of fear
 i - 5 scrolls of recharging
 p - a scroll of enchant weapon I
 q - 7 scrolls of remove curse
 s - 2 scrolls of fog
 D - 2 scrolls of brand weapon
 F - a scroll of teleportation
 J - 2 scrolls of magic mapping
Jewellery
 a - an uncursed ring of positive energy {unknown}
 o - an amulet of clarity (around neck)
 t - an uncursed ring of sustenance
 u - a ring of poison resistance (left hand)
 x - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 A - a ring of magical power (right hand)
Potions
 k - 2 potions of resistance
 m - a potion of heal wounds
 z - a potion of brilliance
 B - 6 potions of curing
 I - a potion of restore abilities
 P - 4 potions of porridge
Books
 d - a Grand Grimoire {highlevel}   
   This book is beyond your current level of understanding.
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Demonic Horde                      Summoning                    6
   Mass Abjuration                    Summoning                    6
   Haunt                              Necromancy/Summoning         7
   Summon Greater Demon               Summoning                    7
   Malign Gateway                     Summoning/Translocation      7
   Summon Horrible Things             Summoning                    8
Magical staves
 f - an uncursed staff of cold (weapon)
 g - an uncursed staff of earth


   Skills:
 + Level 8.0 Fighting
 - Level 11.2 Dodging
 - Level 2.4 Stealth
 - Level 1.0 Shields
 + Level 20.2 Spellcasting
 - Level 18.0 Conjurations
 - Level 7.0 Charms
 + Level 6.7 Necromancy
 - Level 10.0 Ice Magic
 - Level 5.1 Air Magic


You had 7 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Magic Dart            Conj           ####         0%          1    None
b - Searing Ray           Conj           ######       0%          2    None
c - Iskenderun's Battles  Conj/Chrm      #######.     1%          4    None
d - Iskenderun's Mystic   Conj           #######.     0%          4    None
e - Fulminant Prism       Conj/Hex       ######....   1%          5    None
f - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  ######..     1%          3    None
g - Regeneration          Chrm/Necr      ######....   1%          3    None
h - Animate Dead          Necr           N/A          1%          4    None
i - Apportation           Tloc           ####......   2%          1    None
j - Flight                Chrm/Air       ######....   1%          3    None
k - Freezing Cloud        Conj/Ice/Air   #######...   1%          6    #......
l - Sublimation of Blood  Necr           ######....   1%          2    None
m - Delayed Fireball      Conj/Fire      N/A          17%         7    ####...
n - Control Teleport      Chrm/Tloc      #####.....   6%          4    None


3rd DECj:
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Ololoev the Sorcerer (Deep Elf Conjurer)           Turns: 29018, Time: 04:54:50

HP  96/96        AC 11     Str 11      XL: 16   Next: 19%
MP  28/56        EV 21     Int 26      God: Vehumet [******]
Gold 1160        SH 12     Dex 15      Spells: 11 memorised, 17 levels left

rFire  . . .     SeeInvis .     Z - staff of power
rCold  + . .     Clarity  .     s - +2 robe {rC+}
rNeg   . . .     Conserve +     d - +2 buckler
rPois  .         rCorr    .     t - +0 crested helmet
rElec  .         rRot     .     D - +0 cloak
SustAb . .       Spirit   .     G - +2 pair of gauntlets
rMut   .         Warding  .     f - +0 pair of boots
Saprov . . .     Stasis   .     T - amulet of conservation
                                k - ring of sustenance
                                y - +3 ring of evasion

@: delayed fireball, quick, quite resistant to hostile enchantments, unstealthy
A: icy blue scales 1, berserk 1, clever 1, robust 1, spit poison 1, strong 1
a: Spit Poison, Renounce Religion, Release Delayed Fireball


You are on level 13 of the Dungeon.
You worship Vehumet.
Vehumet is exalted by your worship.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 5 branches of the dungeon, and seen 29 of its levels.
You have also visited: Sewer and Ice Cave.

You have collected 3041 gold pieces.
You have spent 1881 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Armour
 d - a +2 buckler (worn)
 f - a +0 pair of boots (worn)
 s - a +2 robe of cold resistance (worn)
 t - a +0 crested helmet (worn)
 D - a +0 cloak (worn)
 G - a +2 pair of gauntlets (worn)
Magical devices
 w - a wand of digging {zapped: 5}
 B - a wand of teleportation {zapped: 1}
 H - a wand of disintegration {zapped: 1}
Comestibles
 a - 2 sausages
 h - a snozzcumber
 m - an apple
 q - 2 bread rations
 z - a meat ration
 A - a pear
Scrolls
 b - a scroll of enchant armour
 c - a scroll labeled CHEUR RAAST
 e - a scroll of identify
 i - 2 scrolls of teleportation
 l - 4 scrolls of remove curse
 o - 3 scrolls of fog
 C - 2 scrolls of recharging
 E - 3 scrolls of blinking
 M - 4 scrolls of magic mapping
Jewellery
 k - a ring of sustenance (right hand)
 y - a +3 ring of evasion (left hand)
 R - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 T - an amulet of conservation (around neck)
Potions
 g - a bubbling yellow potion
 j - 5 potions of curing
 n - a potion of speed
 p - 2 potions of restore abilities
 r - a viscous red potion
 u - 5 potions of heal wounds
 v - a potion of magic
 x - 3 potions of brilliance
 Y - a potion of porridge
Magical staves
 L - an uncursed staff of poison
 Z - an uncursed staff of power (weapon)
Miscellaneous
 N - a stone of tremors


   Skills:
 - Level 7.0 Fighting
 - Level 10.1 Dodging
 - Level 2.4 Stealth
 - Level 3.2 Shields
 + Level 21.7 Spellcasting
 + Level 13.2 Conjurations
 + Level 10.0 Charms
 + Level 15.2 Fire Magic
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Post Wednesday, 20th November 2013, 12:58

Re: CiP: DECj of Vehumet.

First post, so welcome in the Tavern !
You may want to train some Dodging to improbe your defenses...

I'm not sure that Air/Hexes/Charms were already useful, but as DE have good apts it's not wasted
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Post Thursday, 21st November 2013, 05:17

Re: CiP: DECj of Vehumet.

mopl wrote:First post, so welcome in the Tavern !
You may want to train some Dodging to improbe your defenses...

I'm not sure that Air/Hexes/Charms were already useful, but as DE have good apts it's not wasted


Charms is very useful - it is haste, swiftness repel/deflect missiles, battlesphere. I train it early mainly because of battlesphere.
Hexes is rather free and provide me with fulminant prism that is quite good for early game and it is for dealing with oklobs.
Air is for mephitic cloud, later it will be an extra spellpower for repel/deflect and swiftness.

Ok, this try is over now. I got smashed by the cyclope's club. I got 2 of 3 upstairs on D12 and went to D11 to check for the third. It got me to the arrow-shaped vault with dragon, 2 orc knights, 2 cyclopes, ogre and other minoor stuff:

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After descending I got my health down from 62 to 10. I would not survive going up so I decided to try other options.
Generally this try was very insuccessfull in terms of escape options. Vampire on D8, no healing potions (1 unknown, but won't save me anyway), only 1 tele scroll and 2 blinking. Also 1 scroll of fear. I burned blink when I met Harold in my rC gear with zero fire resistance, tele went for vault where I suddenly got storm dragon and cyclope, fear was for bunch of centaurs with 2 bows of flaming (again in my rC gear).

I looked through all my spells, scrolls and potions 3 times and decided that there might be some loot in the other end of the arrow. So I read blink scroll to get from the crowd to the thin corridor. But I got a manticore on my way. There was no way to kill her fast so I lost my last hope and read scroll of fog. And got smashed with a 26-damage hit.

I'm gonna hold this topic up and post my further adventures with other DECjs of Vehumet.
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Post Monday, 25th November 2013, 05:39

Re: YAS DECj of Vehumet.

Ok, I got my 2nd DECjup and running.
But things are not that smouth. Vehumet hates me, I think it is because of my 3-4 attempts on MuNe.
I decided to branch into Ice now because I got freezing cloud. I got 10 in Ice, 6 in Air. But my final gift contains: LCS, Shatter and Chain Lightning!
It is sad, but I wasted bolt of cold gift. It came too much early and I was somewhere about D13 and didn't know where to branch. If I got it now, I will be happy!
And what the hell, this game generated almost no books! I have to run with delayed fireball, IMB, freezing cloud and raise undead. Works well now, but as I descend into swamps, I feel lack of killing power. If i run into Mara on S:5 (and I think I will), It will be impassable. So I think I will skip it until later.
After S:4 I think I'll go do Orc in hope I will get book shop. If no, my next try will be Elf. It is quite safe until final vault and I could get useful books before it to be able to clear it.

Char dump is in the OP post.

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Post Monday, 25th November 2013, 09:49

Re: YAS DECj of Vehumet.

With those high skills in spellcasting and conjuration, it auto-ID the book of annihilations, right ?
Are you training necro in case of Necronomicon ?

would there be any use ?ID it and focus on getting it online ?
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Post Monday, 25th November 2013, 11:15

Re: YAS DECj of Vehumet.

tompliss wrote:With those high skills in spellcasting and conjuration, it auto-ID the book of annihilations, right ?
Are you training necro in case of Necronomicon ?
would there be any use ?ID it and focus on getting it online ?

Yep, I think it is Necronomicon/ I got some skill in Necro because I choosed Ice magic. Now I have a nice buff to Sublimation of Blood, have 1% fail for Animate Dead and I plan on having Simulacrum for tough fights.
I have 2 questions:
1. Do I really need Necromutation?
2. Is Deaths Door a good escape option for a caster-blaster? Bot says that it is 16-25 turns of invulnerability, so If I have pretty castable Ice storm and some source of regaining mana (sublimation), it would end up in free 10+ Ice storms upon my foes. Sounds cool, but is it true?

EDIT: It could also be the Grand Grimoire, so I may end up with Mass Abj. only. That is not that bad.

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Post Monday, 25th November 2013, 14:48

Re: YAS DECj of Vehumet.

Necromutation is never "really needed", DDoor is a better spell, and yes, it's very good, although it will be hard to get enough chunks for 10 storms (you can't sublimate your HP while with DDoor) in late game without Kiku.
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Post Tuesday, 26th November 2013, 06:28

Re: YAS DECj of Vehumet.

Ok, my 2nd conjurer is dead. Wiglaf killed him with a battleaxe. Frankly speaking, I was a bit bored with this char because of lack of firepower. I should do Orc and Elf 1-2, and I may find good books there (or a shop), but I decided to clear S1-4 first. Wiglaf must be dead and I tried to kill it with my poor IMB and freezing cloud. That was not enough.

So I decided that my next DECj will be fire mage. And I found a book of wizardry with fireball! This time I think I should hit 15 in Fire and have 0 in earth/air/ice before final gift to be sure that Vehumet will give me firestorm. And I didn't played a MuNe! Haste from the book is good too! Used it while descending 4 times. Helped me to demolish 2 packs of yaks in Lair:2 - they showed up from the 2 directions when I descended.

I started as usual - Spellcasting to 5-6, then Conj to 5-7, but the common course was interrupted by the message of rusting drainage on D3. I was lack of firepower and the only way to deal with sewers was to learn battlesphere and turn charms on! With +4 apt I got Charms: 3 to the point where I found sewer entrance. It was something like 18% failure on battlesphere, but since i can cast it before battle it is enough.
I got S-like sewers with lots of scrolls and potions and that was quite good! I had 9 ?ID on D7 or D8.
D9 welcomed me with 5 shops: crappy weapons, food, ?s, crappy jewellery (bought nothing for IDing because of lack of money) and !s. I bought about 2/3 of !shop to ID it and got 3 ?ID from ?shop that let me identify most potions I had to that point.
D9 was plenty with features. Besides of 5 shops there were altar, lair and orc. I do Lair first. Now on Lair:3, found a snake pit (hurray! I hate spider!).

Got a highlevel book. Conj 10 showed that it is not Annihilator. Fck! In my last game it was Grand Grimore. I hope for Necronomicon this time.

EDIT:
1 more question about spells.
I plan on getting Dig spell, sooner or later. My Spellcasting and Int will be enough to cast it, even with 0 in Earth. But I am thinking about the way to deal with stronger walls than rock ones. Now I can learn LRD. IIRC it is earth/conj, so it is much more preferable to earth-only shatter since with 27Spelcasting and 20Conj, 30 in int and a staff of earth I will have ~100 spellpower that will let me demolish metal walls.
Is there really any place in the game where I should have something above common Dig, except for Cerebrov vaults (where I won't go anyway!!!) and some rare dungeon vaults with crystal walls and a sword on the tele trap.

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Post Tuesday, 26th November 2013, 08:32

Re: YAS DECj of Vehumet.

Lrd is earth not earth/conj. Vehumet does however boost it

Dig from a wand is fine. You can get more if you want. You could also just train earth and kill stuff with lrd and lcs/iron shot depending on what you get gifted. Staff of earth is an excellent melee weapon as well

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Post Tuesday, 26th November 2013, 08:46

Re: YAS DECj of Vehumet.

One-Eyed Jack wrote:Staff of earth is an excellent melee weapon as well
Well, its damage is reduced by AC. Is the reduction calcultaed separately from base damage (as rod of striking) or not ?
Overall, I think the staff of earth is worse than staff or fire, as you don't get any resist from it :/
And yeah, LRD is only Earth magic, so you'll have a hard time to get it online... But if you already have conjur + fire and can find a book (or be gifted) with Bolt of magma, it might be worth it, to have a AoE not-fire spell.

PS: about that, LRD makes more nosie than Fireball, with the explosion is bigger than the basic 3x3
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Post Tuesday, 26th November 2013, 09:53

Re: YAS DECj of Vehumet.

One-Eyed Jack wrote:Lrd is earth not earth/conj.

Damn that IP block! I cannot access wiki from my work subnet because it was blacklisted somewhere and bots doesn't give enough info.
Anyway, I will take LRD only for the purpose of tearing down stronger walls. With staff of earth and, say, 30Int and 27Spellcasting I should have only 6Earth to get it strong enough to demolish metal walls. Anyway I may train it sometimes to get +3AC from stoneskin.
But I still don't see the purpose of it.
In long term I may like to train Earth for physical damage against rF opponents. But I will do it only if I find a book with some endgame earth spells. Then LRD will be there. So I decide I'll skip this Veh gift.

And I will never fight with staves while I can cast. Magic dart + Battlesphere makes good work with popcorn mobs.

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Post Tuesday, 26th November 2013, 14:43

Re: YAS DECj of Vehumet.

You can use ?\ to see abilities/spell/gods/etc descriptions in game.

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Post Tuesday, 26th November 2013, 21:04

Re: YAS DECj of Vehumet.

Iron Shot is good too, even against non-rF opponents.

If you have 10+ Fire and 10+ Earth (and no Ice/Air), I think you are extremely likely (but not guaranteed) to get Fire Storm / Shatter / Crystal Spear as your final Vehumet gifts.
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Post Wednesday, 27th November 2013, 06:04

Re: YAS DECj of Vehumet.

Hurkyl wrote:If you have 10+ Fire and 10+ Earth (and no Ice/Air), I think you are extremely likely (but not guaranteed) to get Fire Storm / Shatter / Crystal Spear as your final Vehumet gifts.

Isn't there a chance that one of this spell will be changed to, say, Chain Lightning? I don't want a Fire Storm to be this spell. So I'd better stick with FIre Magic only until the gift.

Now my webtiles process got hung, so I'll write a short report.
I managed to make only 2 levels of lair, but this was not boring. My stupidness brought me to 6 hp when fighting black mamba. Vehumet pleased me with delayed fireball. And I found 3 books. One was very stupid, I don't remember the title. The second was book of air, where I learned swiftness and repel missiles from, and the last is the Book of Warp!
I think I will learn cTele and Phase shift. Controlled Blink sounds cool, but I have to train Translocations first. Disjunction sounds cool to, I think I will give it a try later. If I survive long enough.

I did 1 floor more. There was an Ice Cave where I found Book of Clouds. That is quite cool because I can use ring of flames to boost my fire spells if necessary. And it is good to use before descending into unseen level. Now I have battlesphere with me, haste on me. If it is be peppered with ring of flames I'll feel safe enough.
Magic mapping showed that there are swamp entrance.
Fire skill is really close to 15 now. I'm gonna train fighting/dodge soon! Hooray for survivability!

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Ololoev the Arsonist (Deep Elf Conjurer)           Turns: 15781, Time: 02:02:09

HP  63/63        AC  9     Str  9      XL: 13   Next:  7%
MP  32/36        EV 15     Int 22      God: Vehumet [*****.]
Gold 584         SH 12     Dex 15      Spells: 10 memorised,  8 levels left

rFire  . . .     SeeInvis .     L - staff of poison
rCold  + . .     Clarity  .     s - +2 robe {rC+}
rNeg   + . .     Conserve .     d - +2 buckler
rPois  +         rCorr    .     (no helmet)
rElec  .         rRot     .     r - +0 elf cloak
SustAb . .       Spirit   .     G - +2 pair of gauntlets
rMut   .         Warding  +     f - +0 pair of boots
Saprov . . .     Stasis   .     i - amulet of warding
                                k - cursed ring of sustenance
                                y - +3 ring of evasion

@: delayed fireball, somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, stealthy
A: no striking features
a: Renounce Religion, Release Delayed Fireball


You are on level 5 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Vehumet.
Vehumet is extremely pleased with you.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 3 branches of the dungeon, and seen 15 of its levels.
You have also visited: Sewer and Ice Cave.

You have collected 943 gold pieces.
You have spent 359 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Armour
 d - a +2 buckler (worn)
 f - a +0 pair of boots (worn)
 h - a runed robe
 r - a +0 elven cloak (worn)
 s - a +2 robe of cold resistance (worn)
 G - a +2 pair of gauntlets (worn)
Magical devices
 w - a wand of digging {zapped: 1}
 H - a wand of disintegration {zapped: 1}
 Q - a wand of digging {zapped: 1}
Comestibles
 a - 2 sausages
 b - a meat ration
 J - 3 bread rations
Scrolls
 l - 4 scrolls of remove curse
 m - 3 scrolls of fear
 o - 4 scrolls of fog
 q - 4 scrolls of teleportation
 C - 2 scrolls of recharging
 E - a scroll of blinking
 O - 3 scrolls of amnesia
Jewellery
 i - an amulet of warding (around neck)
 k - a cursed ring of sustenance (right hand)
 y - a +3 ring of evasion (left hand)
 D - an uncursed glowing cabochon ring {tried, was cursed}
 P - an uncursed tubular pearl ring {tried}
Potions
 g - a bubbling yellow potion
 j - 5 potions of curing
 n - a sedimented green potion
 p - a potion of restore abilities
 u - 4 potions of heal wounds
 v - a potion of magic
 x - 3 potions of brilliance
 z - 2 potions of beneficial mutation
 A - a silvery potion
 B - an orange potion
 N - 2 potions of mutation
Books
 c - a book of Conjurations   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   *Magic Dart                        Conjuration                  1
   *Searing Ray                       Conjuration                  2
   Dazzling Spray                     Conjuration/Hexes            3
   *Iskenderun's Mystic Blast         Conjuration                  4
   *Iskenderun's Battlesphere         Conjuration/Charms           4
   Fulminant Prism                    Conjuration/Hexes            5
 e - a book of Clouds   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   *Mephitic Cloud                    Conjuration/Poison/Air       3
   Conjure Flame                      Conjuration/Fire             3
   Poisonous Cloud                    Conjuration/Poison/Air       6
   Freezing Cloud                     Conjuration/Ice/Air          6
   Ring of Flames                     Charms/Fire                  7
 t - a book of the Warp   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Recall                             Summoning/Translocation      3
   Control Teleport                   Charms/Translocation         4
   Phase Shift                        Translocation                5
   Warp Weapon                        Charms/Translocation         5
   Dispersal                          Translocation                6
   Controlled Blink                   Translocation                7
   Disjunction                        Translocation                8
 F - a book of Dreams   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Ensorcelled Hibernation            Hexes/Ice                    2
   Flight                             Charms/Air                   3
   Phase Shift                        Translocation                5
   Shadow Creatures                   Summoning                    5
   Mass Confusion                     Hexes                        6
   Darkness                           Hexes                        7
Magical staves
 L - an uncursed staff of poison (weapon)


   Skills:
 - Level 2.4 Dodging
 - Level 2.4 Stealth
 - Level 3.2 Shields
 - Level 13.5 Spellcasting
 - Level 13.0 Conjurations
 - Level 9.2 Charms
 + Level 14.6 Fire Magic


You have 8 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Magic Dart            Conj           ####         1%          1    None
b - Searing Ray           Conj           ######       1%          2    None
c - Iskenderun's Battles  Conj/Chrm      ######..     1%          4    None
d - Iskenderun's Mystic   Conj           ######..     1%          4    None
e - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  ######..     1%          3    None
f - Fireball              Conj/Fire      ######....   1%          5    ##.....
g - Haste                 Chrm           ######..     17%         6    #####..
h - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       #####.....   1%          2    None
i - Swiftness             Chrm/Air       #####.....   1%          2    None
j - Delayed Fireball      Conj/Fire      N/A          4%          7    ######.

Turn   | Place    | Note
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     0 | D:1      | Ololoev, the Deep Elf Conjurer, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 10/10 MP: 4/4
   295 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 13/15 MP: 5/7
   466 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Searing Ray
  1041 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 19/19 MP: 4/11
  1227 | D:2      | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha.
  1227 | D:2      | Noticed a human
  1232 | D:2      | Killed a human
  1525 | D:2      | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
  1849 | D:2      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 24/24 MP: 4/15
  1968 | D:3      | Found a glowing drain.
  2085 | D:3      | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
  2228 | Sewer    | Entered a sewer
  2239 | Sewer    | Learned a level 4 spell: Iskenderun's Battlesphere
  2279 | Sewer    | Reached XP level 5. HP: 28/28 MP: 9/18
  2289 | Sewer    | Reached skill level 1 in Charms
  2972 | Sewer    | Noticed a giant frog
  2973 | Sewer    | Noticed a giant frog
  2977 | Sewer    | Reached skill level 5 in Charms
  2977 | Sewer    | Reached XP level 6. HP: 19/32 MP: 4/20
  2979 | Sewer    | Killed a giant frog
  2979 | Sewer    | Reached skill level 6 in Charms
  2982 | Sewer    | Killed a giant frog
  3313 | D:3      | Reached skill level 7 in Charms
  3541 | D:3      | Noticed Grinder
  3547 | D:3      | Killed Grinder
  3547 | D:3      | Reached skill level 9 in Charms
  3547 | D:3      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 36/36 MP: 14/22
  3839 | D:3      | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
  4331 | D:4      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  4340 | Temple   | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
  4377 | Temple   | Became a worshipper of Vehumet
  4933 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  5062 | D:5      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 34/41 MP: 20/25
  5290 | D:5      | Acquired Vehumet's first power
  5290 | D:5      | Offered knowledge of Sting by Vehumet.
  5702 | D:6      | Identified the Volume of Creative Dislocation (You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)
  5890 | D:6      | Learned a level 4 spell: Iskenderun's Mystic Blast
  6433 | D:7      | Reached skill level 1 in Shields
  6527 | D:7      | Offered knowledge of Throw Frost by Vehumet.
  6624 | D:7      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 42/45 MP: 15/28
  7287 | D:8      | Reached skill level 10 in Conjurations
  7442 | D:8      | Offered knowledge of Stone Arrow by Vehumet.
  7759 | D:8      | Reached skill level 10 in Spellcasting
  8284 | D:9      | Acquired Vehumet's second power
  8291 | D:9      | Reached XP level 10. HP: 50/50 MP: 21/30
  8294 | D:9      | Reached skill level 11 in Conjurations
  8412 | D:9      | Found Freibub's Food Shoppe.
  8482 | D:9      | Found a staircase to the Lair.
  8490 | D:9      | Found Nats' Magic Scroll Boutique.
  8498 | D:9      | Bought a scroll of magic mapping for 42 gold pieces
  8498 | D:9      | Bought a scroll of identify for 24 gold pieces
  8498 | D:9      | Bought a scroll of amnesia for 66 gold pieces
  8498 | D:9      | Bought a scroll of identify for 24 gold pieces
  8498 | D:9      | Bought a scroll of identify for 24 gold pieces
  8537 | Lair:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
  8600 | D:9      | Offered knowledge of Airstrike by Vehumet.
  8891 | D:9      | Noticed a seven-headed hydra
  8896 | D:9      | Killed a seven-headed hydra
  8896 | D:9      | Reached skill level 12 in Spellcasting
  8924 | D:9      | Noticed a hill giant
  9074 | D:9      | Killed a hill giant
  9213 | D:9      | Acquired Vehumet's third power
  9255 | D:9      | Found Bocuiwo's Jewellery Emporium.
  9281 | D:9      | Found a snail-covered altar of Cheibriados.
  9573 | D:9      | Found Roirier's Distillery.
  9581 | D:9      | Found Piesmeve's Antique Weapon Boutique.
  9583 | D:9      | Offered knowledge of Mephitic Cloud by Vehumet.
  9588 | D:9      | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud
  9588 | D:9      | Bought a potion of agility for 37 gold pieces
  9588 | D:9      | Bought a potion of poison for 15 gold pieces
  9588 | D:9      | Bought a potion of restore abilities for 45 gold pieces
  9588 | D:9      | Bought a potion of brilliance for 37 gold pieces
  9588 | D:9      | Bought a potion of mutation for 45 gold pieces
  9649 | D:9      | Noticed Edmund
  9652 | D:9      | Killed Edmund
  9654 | D:9      | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
  9727 | D:9      | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
 10054 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 13 in Spellcasting
 10054 | Lair:1   | Reached XP level 11. HP: 54/54 MP: 31/33
 10124 | Lair:1   | Noticed a black mamba
 10129 | Lair:1   | Killed a black mamba
 10603 | Lair:1   | Learned a level 5 spell: Fireball
 10610 | Lair:1   | Learned a level 6 spell: Haste
 10852 | Lair:2   | Offered knowledge of Lee's Rapid Deconstruction by Vehumet.
 11057 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 1 in Fire Magic
 11487 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 5 in Fire Magic
 11862 | Lair:2   | Noticed a four-headed hydra
 11868 | Lair:2   | Killed a four-headed hydra
 12475 | Lair:3   | Found a staircase to the Snake Pit.
 12522 | Lair:3   | Upgraded the game from 0.14-a0-1076-gee4852e to 0.14-a0-1097-gc7db7fc
 12847 | Lair:3   | Noticed an eight-headed hydra
 12848 | Lair:3   | Noticed Fannar
 12852 | Lair:3   | Killed an eight-headed hydra
 12852 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 10 in Fire Magic
 12852 | Lair:3   | Reached XP level 12. HP: 59/59 MP: 20/34
 12854 | Lair:3   | Killed Fannar
 13519 | Lair:4   | Learned a level 2 spell: Repel Missiles
 13522 | Lair:4   | Learned a level 2 spell: Swiftness
 13558 | Lair:4   | Offered knowledge of Delayed Fireball by Vehumet.
 13567 | Lair:4   | Learned a level 7 spell: Delayed Fireball
 13732 | Lair:4   | Noticed Erica
 13754 | Lair:4   | Killed Erica
 13997 | Lair:4   | Noticed motorbit's ghost (powerful DECj)
 14003 | Lair:4   | Killed motorbit's ghost
 14416 | Lair:5   | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
 14459 | Lair:5   | Found a frozen archway.
 14522 | IceCv    | Entered an ice cave
 14947 | IceCv    | Reached skill level 14 in Fire Magic
 15129 | IceCv    | Reached XP level 13. HP: 29/63 MP: 15/36
 15132 | IceCv    | Noticed wojtek's ghost (powerful DrTm)
 15142 | IceCv    | Killed wojtek's ghost

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Post Wednesday, 27th November 2013, 09:31

Re: YAS DECj of Vehumet.

ololoev wrote:
Hurkyl wrote:If you have 10+ Fire and 10+ Earth (and no Ice/Air), I think you are extremely likely (but not guaranteed) to get Fire Storm / Shatter / Crystal Spear as your final Vehumet gifts.

Isn't there a chance that one of this spell will be changed to, say, Chain Lightning? I don't want a Fire Storm to be this spell. So I'd better stick with FIre Magic only until the gift.

Yes. And training Earth magic makes it incredibly unlikely that will happen! If the wiki description is at all accurate, it works like this:

With 0 Earth skill, your three gifts are drawn from a lottery where Fire Storm has 19 tickets, Ice Storm has 1 ticket, and Tornado/Chain Lightning/Shatter/Crystal Spear all have 10 tickets each.

With 10 Earth skill, your three gifts are drawn from a lottery where Fire Storm/Shatter/Crystal Spear have 19 tickets each, and Ice Storm/Tornado/Chain Lightning have 1 ticket each.
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Post Wednesday, 27th November 2013, 11:02

Re: CiP: YAS DECj of Vehumet.

Vehumet gave me bolt of fire. So I have a decent damaging spell now.
But that is not the point of this post.
I IDed a potion of Cure Mutation. And I decided to quaff a potion of mutation.
First potion gave me -10%MP, then removed this and granted me with Icy Blue Scales 1 (+1AC).
"Okay" I thought. Then quaffed the second potion of mutation.
It gave me spit poison, Int +2 and berserkitis.
I thought +1 AC and Int +2 is quite ok for gambling and I drank my 2 potions of beneficial mutation.
Got HP +10% and Str +2.
Not that good (I expected to have some resistances or clarity), but HP +10%, Int +2 and AC +1 still make sense. Also Str +2 will greatly help with carrying weight capacity.

Lair: 8 granted me with staff of power. Now I have 53 MP that is cool. I decided to do Orc now and was surprized with the Elf entrance in Orc: 3. I thought it can be generated on Orc: 4 only.
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Post Thursday, 28th November 2013, 06:10

Re: CiP: YAS DECj of Vehumet.

Orc is clear, so does the Elf 1-2.
I cleared half of the Elf 3, but decided to put it off until later. Blademasters are hard for me now.
Vehumet gave me LCS, Shatter and Fire Storm. That is great!

Now I'm looking for the source of rPois (other than staff of poison, because I like that staff of power!) to do swamp. Snake will go next. I hope D12-15 will provide it.

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Ololoev the Sorcerer (Deep Elf Conjurer)           Turns: 29018, Time: 04:54:50

HP  96/96        AC 11     Str 11      XL: 16   Next: 19%
MP  28/56        EV 21     Int 26      God: Vehumet [******]
Gold 1160        SH 12     Dex 15      Spells: 11 memorised, 17 levels left

rFire  . . .     SeeInvis .     Z - staff of power
rCold  + . .     Clarity  .     s - +2 robe {rC+}
rNeg   . . .     Conserve +     d - +2 buckler
rPois  .         rCorr    .     t - +0 crested helmet
rElec  .         rRot     .     D - +0 cloak
SustAb . .       Spirit   .     G - +2 pair of gauntlets
rMut   .         Warding  .     f - +0 pair of boots
Saprov . . .     Stasis   .     T - amulet of conservation
                                k - ring of sustenance
                                y - +3 ring of evasion

@: delayed fireball, quick, quite resistant to hostile enchantments, unstealthy
A: icy blue scales 1, berserk 1, clever 1, robust 1, spit poison 1, strong 1
a: Spit Poison, Renounce Religion, Release Delayed Fireball


You are on level 13 of the Dungeon.
You worship Vehumet.
Vehumet is exalted by your worship.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 5 branches of the dungeon, and seen 29 of its levels.
You have also visited: Sewer and Ice Cave.

You have collected 3041 gold pieces.
You have spent 1881 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Armour
 d - a +2 buckler (worn)
 f - a +0 pair of boots (worn)
 s - a +2 robe of cold resistance (worn)
 t - a +0 crested helmet (worn)
 D - a +0 cloak (worn)
 G - a +2 pair of gauntlets (worn)
Magical devices
 w - a wand of digging {zapped: 5}
 B - a wand of teleportation {zapped: 1}
 H - a wand of disintegration {zapped: 1}
Comestibles
 a - 2 sausages
 h - a snozzcumber
 m - an apple
 q - 2 bread rations
 z - a meat ration
 A - a pear
Scrolls
 b - a scroll of enchant armour
 c - a scroll labeled CHEUR RAAST
 e - a scroll of identify
 i - 2 scrolls of teleportation
 l - 4 scrolls of remove curse
 o - 3 scrolls of fog
 C - 2 scrolls of recharging
 E - 3 scrolls of blinking
 M - 4 scrolls of magic mapping
Jewellery
 k - a ring of sustenance (right hand)
 y - a +3 ring of evasion (left hand)
 R - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 T - an amulet of conservation (around neck)
Potions
 g - a bubbling yellow potion
 j - 5 potions of curing
 n - a potion of speed
 p - 2 potions of restore abilities
 r - a viscous red potion
 u - 5 potions of heal wounds
 v - a potion of magic
 x - 3 potions of brilliance
 Y - a potion of porridge
Magical staves
 L - an uncursed staff of poison
 Z - an uncursed staff of power (weapon)
Miscellaneous
 N - a stone of tremors


   Skills:
 - Level 7.0 Fighting
 - Level 10.1 Dodging
 - Level 2.4 Stealth
 - Level 3.2 Shields
 + Level 21.7 Spellcasting
 + Level 13.4 Conjurations
 - Level 10.0 Charms
 + Level 1.9 Necromancy
 + Level 15.3 Fire Magic


You have 17 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Magic Dart            Conj           ####         0%          1    None
b - Orb of Destruction    Conj           #######...   1%          7    ####...
c - Iskenderun's Battles  Conj/Chrm      ######..     1%          4    None
d - Iskenderun's Mystic   Conj           #######.     1%          4    None
e - Sublimation of Blood  Necr           #####.....   1%          2    None
f - Fireball              Conj/Fire      #######...   1%          5    None
g - Haste                 Chrm           ######..     4%          6    None
h - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       ######....   1%          2    None
i - Swiftness             Chrm/Air       ######....   1%          2    None
j - Delayed Fireball      Conj/Fire      N/A          1%          7    ####...
k - Bolt of Fire          Conj/Fire      #######...   1%          6    None

forgot the spells, lol.
Last edited by ololoev on Thursday, 28th November 2013, 11:06, edited 1 time in total.

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Post Thursday, 28th November 2013, 10:53

Re: CiP: YAS DECj of Vehumet.

Just a few remarks (better players maybe will have different...):

I can't see your spells from the dump but I think you did over train spell casting a bit. I would rather focus on fire\conjuration or get more charms for haste if available.
The mutations you gained give very minor bonuses with the big malus of berserkitis, but as long as you never melee anything is ok, on most chars I would quaff a cure mut potion.
Ring of sustenance is useless, even more so with your super hi spellcasting, replace it when you find something better.
Mana points over 50 are reduced so the staff of power will be not so useful soon. If you go swamp you can just swap the poison staff when you see a swamp drake/dragon.
Your equipment needs upgrading but if the RNG doesn't cooperate you can't do much about it.

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Post Thursday, 28th November 2013, 11:22

Re: CiP: YAS DECj of Vehumet.

Konedar, thank you for the tips!
Istarted to trin spellcasting in order to learn some more spells. When IOOD was gifted by Vehumet I had no free spell slots for it. Unlearning some junk helped a bit, but I want a bit more spell slots for Ring of Flames and Fire Storm that will come soon (I hope).
Also I got less hunger rate on spells and I think I will turn it off at 22. I'm gonna get Necro to 5 or 6 for Animate Dead and then focus on fire+conj because I need them badly.
Even if animate dead become useless in lat, I have 2 highlevel books and 1 of them tends to be Necronomicon. So that Necro skill won't be waste.
You are right about mutations - they are quite useless for now, not more than a little pleasant thing. But I will stick with them until I find more potions of remove mutations.
Equipment is bad and rng continue laughing at me. I played a bit more and got +2 boots of jumping. At least I have 2 more AC :(.
I think I can do Elf 3 a bit later with animate dead support. Hope there will be some good gear. With my current one esistances are awful.

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Post Thursday, 28th November 2013, 12:17

Re: CiP: YAS DECj of Vehumet.

Personally I wouldn't bother to learn ring of flames as I always end up not using it, but you will have the skills for it anyway so you might as well try it and see how it works for you, just don't go in melee/reach range of anything that could have freezing brand or it will get you killed.

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