CIP: NaAr, Nemelex UD: Again

Sunday, 11th May 2014, 01:04 by requerent

Hey, just posting my progress-- it's getting more interesting.

I 'tabbed' my way through the Elven Halls and found myself drained by a ridiculous amount-- I thought Experience Cards may solve that, so I top-decked ALL of my wonder decks. I gained like... 10 levels, or something, as a result and am now at 27. I had a decent randart scale mail, so I decided to put some of that in armor. I also found a stlth++ randart mace. I know it's low dmg, but it's good utility-- I think.

Mid Mortem: Decks of Wonder are really fricken strong with Nagas. Due to all the innates, the bad stuff that could happen just simply doesn't matter, and all the good stuff that could happen is obnoxiously good.

Code:: Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.14.0 (tiles) character file. Amadine the Evocator (Naga Artificer) Turns: 50719, Time: 05:44:50 HP 252/252 AC 22 Str 11 XL: 27 MP 43/43 EV 10 Int 23 God: Nemelex Xobeh [******] Gold 2559 SH 22 Dex 22 Spells: 0 memorised, 26 levels left rFire + + . SeeInvis + X - +0,+10 mace of the Thirteen Songs {elec, Int-1 Stlth++} rCold . . . Rnd*Rage + w - +6 scale mail "Ebren" {rF+ Acc+4} rNeg . . . Conserve . b - +3 shield "Gaqounge" {Int+3} rPois + rCorr . (helmet restricted) rElec . rRot . g - +0 cloak SustAb . . Spirit . Z - +1 pair of gloves {Dex+3} rMut . Warding . (no barding) Gourm + Stasis . e - amulet of the gourmand MR ++++. s - +5 ring of evasion x - ring of protection from magic @: sage [Evocations, Staves, Bows, Fighting, Stealth, Stealth, Shields, Evocations, Stealth, Evocations, Armour, Short Blades, Stealth, Stealth, Short Blades, Evocations, Fighting, Stealth], very heavily drained, very slow, incredibly resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely stealthy A: spit poison, constrict 1, horns 2, see invisible, berserk 1, breathe flames 1, deformed body, deterioration 1, fire resistance 1, poison resistance, regeneration 1, slowness 2, AC +9 a: Spit Poison, Draw One, Peek at Two, Triple Draw, Deal Four, Stack Five, Renounce Religion, Breathe Fire You are on level 1 of the Shoals. You worship Nemelex Xobeh. Nemelex Xobeh is exalted by your worship. You are full. You have visited 6 branches of the dungeon, and seen 32 of its levels. You have visited 1 bazaar. You have also visited: Labyrinth. You have collected 3580 gold pieces. You have spent 1021 gold pieces at shops. Inventory: Hand weapons h - the +9,+8 morningstar of Midnight {speed, *Rage +Blink SInv} (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar) Attacks with this weapon are significantly faster. It enhances your eyesight. It lets you blink. It may make you go berserk in combat. X - the +0,+10 mace of the Thirteen Songs (weapon) {elec, Int-1 Stlth++} (You took it off a deep elf annihilator on level 3 of the Elven Halls) Occasionally, upon striking a foe, it will discharge some electrical energy and cause terrible harm. It affects your intelligence (-1). It makes you much more stealthy. Armour b - the +3 shield "Gaqounge" (worn) {Int+3} (You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts) It affects your intelligence (+3). g - a +0 cloak (worn) w - the +6 scale mail "Ebren" (worn) {rF+ Acc+4} (You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Orcish Mines) It affects your accuracy with ranged weapons and melee attacks (+4). It protects you from fire. Z - a +1 pair of gloves of dexterity (worn) Comestibles i - 16 bread rations Scrolls A - 3 scrolls of remove curse G - 3 scrolls of blinking R - 3 scrolls of teleportation U - 3 scrolls of identify Jewellery e - an amulet of the gourmand (around neck) s - a +5 ring of evasion (right hand) x - a ring of protection from magic (left hand) O - an uncursed ring of protection from cold Q - an uncursed ring of protection from fire Potions d - 3 potions of heal wounds k - 4 potions of curing n - a potion of haste Miscellaneous c - a plain deck of escape {drawn: 1} y - an ornate deck of destruction {drawn: 2} z - an ornate deck of summonings {drawn: 1} D - an ornate deck of destruction {the Orb, drawn: 3} I - an ornate deck of summonings {drawn: 1} K - an ornate deck of destruction {drawn: 1} Rods E - a +9 rod of clouds (17/17) (You found it in a labyrinth) L - a +0 lightning rod (13/13) (You found it on level 4 of the Lair of Beasts) Skills: + Level 15.9(9.9) Fighting Level 1.7(0.0) Short Blades - Level 9.1(3.9) Maces & Flails Level 3.3(0.0) Staves Level 2.2(0.0) Bows Level 3.2(0.0) Crossbows - Level 9.8(4.5) Armour + Level 10.8(5.4) Dodging - Level 19.0(12.5) Stealth - Level 9.3(4.1) Shields * Level 23.5(16.5) Evocations You have 26 spell levels left. You don't know any spells. Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations Branches: Dungeon (15/15) Temple (1/1) D:6 Orc (4/4) D:11 Elf (3/3) Orc:3 Lair (8/8) D:11 Shoals (1/5) Lair:3 Spider (0/5) Lair:4 Slime (0/6) Lair:8 Vaults (0/5) D:14 Depths (0/5) D:15 Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations You cannot wear boots. You can spit poison. You can use your snake-like lower body to constrict enemies. Your serpentine skin is tough (AC +9). You have supernaturally acute eyesight. Armour fits poorly on your strangely shaped body. Your system is resistant to poisons. You cover ground very slowly. You have a pair of horns on your head. You tend to lose your temper in combat. You can breathe flames. Your body is slowly deteriorating. Your flesh is heat resistant. Your natural rate of healing is unusually fast.

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Sunday, 11th May 2014, 03:41 by Lyrick

You don't need to hide your dump behind spoilers~ And usually the only part people leave out is the game history.

Lair is quite easy, especially with poison resistance, spit poison, deck spam, and level 15. Don't get surrounded though.

M&F is a good weapon category in general. That morningstar is not a bad weapon for now, although it'd help to see what other options you've accumulated so far.

hand-axe is the weakest of axes. Anti-magic is a powerful brand, but with such a weak base weapon it was not really worth the investment! D: Plus, seeing as how you've found a good morningstar for now, you should just stick to training that (and stashed away the ?ofEW somewhere safe)

The morningstar is not end-game material, but don't worry about that, demon whips litter the lower bounds of the dungeon.

Since you're in a robe, dodging will give much better returns than AC. Higher dex helps your evasion out a fair bit, much more so with high dodging skill.

You can never have too much evocations! If you're playing Nemelex, at least. (I don't have much experience with the Trickster, but he's a very strong god; Triple Draw is a powerful offense with DoD, and Stack 5 helps you mill a deck of Wonders safely).

There is no such thing as "too much stealth" but if you aren't going to pick up a short blade and stab guys with it there's not much point to training it farther. 17 stealth is more than sufficient to avoid ordinary detection for the most part. (Thrashing an unaware foe will still give you a small bonus to damage anyway)

Weapon delay is reduced by 1 for every 2 levels in the weapon skill. If I have a cutlass (delay 12, min-delay 5) then I'll need 14 levels in short blades to get it to minimum delay. But there's no rush; train up your defences first.

Sunday, 11th May 2014, 05:32 by and into

The problem with that morningstar is the *Rage attribute, which makes you randomly berserk while engaged in melee. That might sound nice, but if it triggers at the wrong time it can kill you, as being berserk blocks all actions except attacking, moving, butchering, and eating. You can suppress *Rage through an amulet of stasis or the clarity attribute, or by just staying at very hungry or less as much as possible (though that is really annoying so I wouldn't do it, having fun is #1). But anyway if you do manage to suppress the *Rage, a +8 morningstar of speed is totally an endgame-worthy weapon.

Hand axes are terrible.

You haven't put so much into shields that you would be locked into one-handers yet. I'd probably not put any more into shields until you know for sure that your best weapon available at least for a good while is one-handed.

I'd get more weapon skill and dodging. But, assuming that *rage can't be worked around, I'd need to know what other weapons are available to advise you on your choice there.

Sunday, 11th May 2014, 05:32 by and into

Oh jesus you have two acquirement scrolls? Acquire a weapon. Problem solved. (Missed where you said that.)

Hoarding ?acquirement is bad. How often have you died with unused strategic scrolls? If the answer is, "More often than I've won," this should point to the flawed logic of hoarding scrolls of acquirement.

Sunday, 11th May 2014, 05:37 by requerent

and into wrote:Oh jesus you have two acquirement scrolls? Acquire a weapon. Problem solved. (Missed where you said that.)

Hoarding ?acquirement is bad. How often have you died with unused strategic scrolls? If the answer is, "More often than I've won," this should point to the flawed logic of hoarding scrolls of acquirement.

Lol-- this is my first game finding one (I'm good at RLs, but new to Crawl). Honestly though, I don't have a weapon skill- won't acquirement just give me something random, potentially useless?

Will armors/rods do me better? I've got 3 acquirements now.

Updated the OP to reflect current progress.

Sunday, 11th May 2014, 05:58 by and into

You have 8.5 M&F, so it will most likely give you a mace/flail category weapon, though this is not guaranteed. Even if it gives you a different weapon, you aren't so invested in M&F that you could not switch to whatever it is. Weapons from acquirement tend to be good, their quality is not influenced by your skills, just their category—long blade, short blade, etc.

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