Tartarus Sorceror
Posts: 1774
Joined: Tuesday, 23rd December 2014, 23:39
The Mundane Challenge
Rules:
Must start as human
Acceptable backgrounds: fighter, gladiator, monk, hunter, assassin.
May not memorize any spells
May not worship any god
May not use any potions, scrolls, magical staves, jewelry, or evocables. Polearms OK. Sack of spiders - maybe OK.
May not use any artifacts
May not use any weapon or armor that has an enchantment or brand on it.
* It's OK to momentarily equip an unidentified item that you didn't know has an enchantment on it, as long as you immediately drop it and don't use it for anything.
* This prohibits negative enchantments and special enchantments like "boots of running" or "plate mail of fire resistance."
* Venom branded weapons count as magical since the venom flows along the blade by itself when you wield it
No cursed items. If you equip a cursed item you fail the challenge because it's magic and there's no way to remove it. So it's best not to touch anything that's glowing.
No dragon armors
No troll leather armor
No magically branded ammo (silver, steel, and poisoned ammo are ok; flame, frost, returning, penetration, dispersal are not)
No eating purple chunks
* Getting mutated by monsters is unavoidable, but you must not do it on purpose
* If you do get mutated, you may not evoke any abilities you might have gained. For instance, no breathing flames, no evoking blink.
* Deliberately stepping in mutagenic fog for the purpose of getting mutated is also prohibited. This is about intent so you must judge for yourself.
Forbidden skills: all magic skills, invocations, evocations
No deliberately stepping on magical traps (includes teleport traps)
* Exception in zot5 if both lungs are blocked by magical traps. In that case you may step on them.
251 total wins Berder hyperborean + misc
83/108 recent wins (76%)
guides: safe tactics value of ac/ev/sh forum toxicity