YASD: SpCj of Vehumet sniped after getting rune


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Lair Larrikin

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Joined: Tuesday, 3rd May 2016, 03:34

Post Tuesday, 3rd May 2016, 03:57

YASD: SpCj of Vehumet sniped after getting rune

I cleared through all but the last levels of the Swamp and moved on to the Snake Pits since I didn't think my character was ready to deal with all the Hydras on the last floor of the Swamp branch. The first floor of Snake was rather easy, but the second floor gave me problems since Vashnia just refused to die. Naturally, I skipped the floor and went on to the third level without too much difficulty besides Jorgrun ruining a few corners for me to hide in. The fourth level was a problem due to Louise and Norris making a mess of things; however, OoD made short work of them after I decided it was worth the hunger cost. A guardian serpant also blinked a number of annoying enemies around me, but Blink took care of that problem. I was eventually able to slay my way through all the other naga to get the Serpantine Rune. I went to the other vault-like structure hoping to find something useful like a Staff of Energy, but that was a dud. A little disheartened, I decided to go back up to reorganize my loot in preparation of what to do next whether it was to clear Swamp 5 to get its rune and maybe some other useful goodies or to clear the first few levels of Vaults to increase my skills. None of those plans came to fruition due to back-spawns forcing me to go to Snake 2 sooner than I wanted to, and Vashnia of course wasn't far from where I entered. Not having much options, I evoked my wand of Heal Wounds and got a teleport ready. That wasn't enough to escape death, though.

What I'm wondering is how could I have been able to avoid that death. Some tips for skilling would also be appreciated. I usually play my SpCj characters as Ashenzari worshippers, so having less experience to work with is a bit tough on me seeing as I just can't put a few points in my necessary spell schools and dump the rest in Spellcasting and Fighting.

Here's my char dump:
  Code:
 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.17.1-3-g152610e (console) character file.

234962 EnigmaticFellow the Sorcerer (level 18, -3/103 HPs)
             Began as a Spriggan Conjurer on May 1, 2016.
             Was the Champion of Vehumet.
             Shot with an arrow by Vashnia (12 damage)
             ... on level 2 of the Snake Pit on May 3, 2016.
             The game lasted 05:18:05 (73872 turns).

EnigmaticFellow the Sorcerer (Spriggan Conjurer)   Turns: 73872, Time: 05:18:05

Health: -3/103     AC: 15    Str:  8    XL:     18   Next: 89%
Magic:  6/45       EV: 21    Int: 26    God:    Vehumet [******]
Gold:   961        SH:  0    Dex: 18    Spells: 13 memorised, 10 levels left

rFire  + . .     SeeInvis +     s - +8 quarterstaff {flame, rPois Int+3}
rCold  . . .     Clarity  +     o - +3 mottled dragon armour
rNeg   . . .     SustAt   .     (shield currently unavailable)
rPois  +         Gourm    .     W - +2 hat
rElec  +         Spirit   .     D - +2 cloak
rCorr  .         Warding  .     (gloves unavailable)
rMut   .         Stasis   .     (boots unavailable)
MR     +++..                    C - amulet of clarity
Stlth  ++........               V - ring of wizardry
                                u - ring of protection from fire

@: lethally poisoned (-3 -> -4), about to teleport, delayed fireball, very
quick, extremely resistant to hostile enchantments, unstealthy
A: unfitting armour, rugged brown scales 1, see invisible, herbivore 3, speed 3,
electricity resistance, slow metabolism 2, strong 2
a: Renounce Religion, Release Delayed Fireball
}: 1/15 runes: serpentine


You were on level 2 of the Snake Pit.
You worshipped Vehumet.
Vehumet was exalted by your worship.
You were full.

You visited 6 branches of the dungeon, and saw 35 of its levels.
You visited 1 bazaar.
You also visited: Bailey.

You collected 3814 gold pieces.
You spent 2853 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand Weapons
 s - the +8 quarterstaff of Juastaur (weapon) {flame, rPois Int+3}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It has been specially enchanted to burn those struck by it, causing extra
   injury to most foes and up to half again as much damage against particularly
   susceptible opponents.
   
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It protects you from poison.
Armour
 e - the +1 cloak of Woiruom {rPois MR+}
   (You found it in a bailey)   
   
   It protects you from poison.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
 l - a +2 robe of magic resistance
 o - a +3 mottled dragon armour (worn)
 D - a +2 cloak (worn)
 W - a +2 hat (worn)
Magical Staves
 z - an uncursed staff of wizardry
Rods
 K - a +3 lightning rod (10/10)
   (You found it on level 6 of the Lair of Beasts)
Jewellery
 g - an uncursed ring of sustain attributes
 u - a ring of protection from fire (left hand)
 C - an amulet of clarity (around neck)
 L - a +2 ring of protection
 O - an uncursed ring of invisibility
 V - a ring of wizardry (right hand)
 Y - a +5 ring of strength
Wands
 b - a wand of confusion (19)
 w - a wand of polymorph (13)
 y - a wand of digging (12)
 A - a wand of disintegration (9)
 B - a wand of teleportation (5)
 G - a wand of paralysis (14)
 P - a wand of heal wounds (2)
 S - a wand of heal wounds (0)
 X - a wand of lightning (6)
Scrolls
 h - 5 scrolls of fear
 j - 3 scrolls of blinking
 m - 8 scrolls of remove curse
 n - 6 scrolls of magic mapping
 q - 9 scrolls of teleportation
 r - 3 scrolls of amnesia
 v - 4 scrolls of fog
 x - a scroll of silence
 I - 4 scrolls of holy word
 M - a scroll of summoning
 N - 8 scrolls of enchant weapon
 R - 3 scrolls of identify
 Z - a scroll of immolation
Potions
 a - 3 potions of flight
 c - 5 potions of cancellation
 d - 4 potions of resistance
 f - 5 potions of invisibility
 i - 5 potions of agility
 p - 5 potions of haste
 E - 7 potions of brilliance
 F - 10 potions of curing
 Q - a potion of cure mutation
Miscellaneous
 H - a fan of gales
 J - a box of beasts
Comestibles
 k - 50 fruits
 t - 7 bread rations


   Skills:
 + Level 13.2 Fighting
 - Level 7.3 Dodging
 - Level 3.0 Stealth
 - Level 22.0 Spellcasting
 * Level 14.5 Conjurations
 - Level 6.7 Charms
 - Level 11.0 Fire Magic
 - Level 2.9 Air Magic
 - Level 3.8 Poison Magic


You had 10 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 - Dazzling Spray        Conj/Hex       ######..     1%          3    None
d - Iskenderun's Mystic   Conj           #######.     1%          4    None
e - Iskenderun's Battles  Conj/Chrm      ######..     1%          5    None
f - Delayed Fireball      Conj/Fire      N/A          1%          7    ####...
g - Fireball              Conj/Fire      #######...   1%          5    None
h - Bolt of Cold          Conj/Ice       ######....   2%          6    None
i - Orb of Destruction    Conj           #######...   1%          7    ####...
j - Poison Arrow          Conj/Pois      ######....   1%          6    None
k - Freezing Cloud        Conj/Ice/Air   ######....   4%          6    None
l - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       ######       1%          2    None
m - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          1%          2    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (1/1) D:5            Lair (8/8) D:9
  Swamp (3/4) Lair:5        Snake (4/4) Lair:4        Slime (0/6) Lair:6
    Orc (4/4) D:11            Elf (0/3) Orc:3        Vaults (0/5) D:14
 Depths (0/5) D:15       

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Dithmenos
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Gozag
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Qazlal
Ru
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One
Jiyva

Shops:
D:4 (   D:9 }   D:12 [   D:15 :   Orc:4 }(?!!*(!

Portals:
Trove: D:15 (give wand of heal wounds (8))

Annotations:
D:9 exclusion: ice statue
Lair:2 exclusion: oklob plant
Snake:2 Vashnia


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You are tiny and cannot use many weapons and most armour.
You have supernaturally acute eyesight.
You are a herbivore.
You cover ground extremely quickly.
You need consume almost no food.
You are partially covered in rugged brown scales (AC +1, +3% HP).
You are resistant to electric shocks.
Your muscles are very strong. (Str +4)


Message History

The black mamba completely misses you. Vashnia shoots an arrow. The arrow hits you!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The arrow freezes you.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You see here an arrow.
The black mamba closely misses you.
You feel sick.
Evoke which item? (* to show all) (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Zapping: P - a wand of heal wounds (will waste charges)
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f - you
You feel much better.
Evoking this partially-identified wand wasted a few charges.
The black mamba bites you but does no damage.
Evoke which item? (* to show all) (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Zapping: B - a wand of teleportation (6)
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f - you
You feel strangely unstable. This wand has 5 charges left. The black mamba misses you. The black mamba misses you. Vashnia shoots an arrow. The arrow hits you!!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The arrow freezes you!
You die...

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You could see Vashnia and a black mamba.

Vanquished Creatures
  Norris (Snake:4)
  Jorgrun (Snake:3)
  2 thorn hunters
  Kirke (D:12)
  Roxanne (Swamp:3)
  Maud (D:11)
  12 greater nagas
  Aizul (Snake:3)
  Louise (Snake:4)
  A very ugly thing (Swamp:1)
  Azrael (Snake:1)
  The ghost of Midn8 the Carver, a journeyman GrFi of Cheibriados (Lair:5)
  6 vault guards
  12 hydras
  19 anacondas
  26 naga warriors
  2 ghost crabs
  9 alligators
  A centaur warrior (D:11)
  2 ogre magi
  5 orc high priests (Orc:4)
  2 death yaks (Lair:5)
  A tengu warrior (D:15)
  10 shock serpents
  4 spriggans
  26 naga sharpshooters
  A spriggan druid (Swamp:3)
  6 unseen horrors
  7 swamp dragons
  8 orc knights
  13 mana vipers
  A deep elf conjurer (D:15)
  7 hill giants
  2 hornets
  A harpy (shapeshifter) (D:15)
  A shambling mangrove (Swamp:2)
  11 naga ritualists
  A mana viper (shapeshifter) (D:14)
  2 oklob plants
  A wolf spider (D:14)
  2 ugly things
  2 wizards (D:15)
  A manticore (D:15)
  A griffon (D:13)
  An orc sorcerer (Orc:3)
  51 black mambas
  8 salamanders
  3 cyclopes
  3 elephants (Lair:5)
  19 spiny frogs
  4 gargoyles
  A torpor snail (Lair:7)
  11 komodo dragons
  25 naga magi
  10 guardian serpents
  A yaktaur (D:14)
  2 kobold demonologists (D:13)
  A freezing wraith (D:13)
  3 fire drakes
  3 tengu conjurers
  7 trolls
  3 polar bears
  Grinder (D:3)
  16 blink frogs
  18 slime creatures
  A trapdoor spider zombie (D:14)
  5 two-headed ogres
  4 giant leeches
  10 bog bodies
  A shadow (D:11)
  A deep elf fighter (D:9)
  2 wraiths
  8 deep elf magi
  A steam dragon (Lair:5)
  46 yaks
  7 basilisks
  4 fire elementals (Snake:1)
  8 wyverns
  2 mottled dragons
  3 hogs (D:12)
  22 vampire mosquitoes
  18 wolves
  12 hippogriffs
  A human (D:7)
  16 swamp worms
  21 insubstantial wisps
  88 nagas
  A warg (Orc:4)
  2 hell hounds (Snake:1)
  13 porcupines
  6 swamp drakes
  19 water moccasins
  A soldier ant (D:11)
  4 black bears
  18 ogres
  A sky beast (D:5)
  10 wasps
  A necrophage (D:12)
  14 crocodiles
  2 eyes of draining
  53 orc warriors
  5 centaurs
  3 big kobolds
  24 giant frogs
  14 wights
  2 scorpions
  12 killer bees
  4 electric eels
  9 crimson imps
  A giant frog zombie (D:13)
  3 centaur zombies
  An iron imp (Orc:4)
  A quasit (D:12)
  2 wasp zombies (D:8)
  10 jellies
  6 centaur skeletons
  40 orc priests
  3 hounds
  11 hell rats
  38 orc wizards
  13 iguanas
  A killer bee zombie (D:11)
  14 worker ants
  14 sheep
  2 hound zombies
  2 hound skeletons
  2 worker ant zombies
  5 adders
  76 river rats
  11 shadow imps
  A white imp (Orc:4)
  16 oozes
  3 worms
  5 giant geckos
  219 orcs
  4 giant cockroaches
  10 hobgoblins
  3 quokkas
  3 ball pythons
  24 bats
  4 giant newts
  12 goblins
  10 jackals
  A jackal skeleton (D:6)
  16 kobolds
  A quokka skeleton (D:5)
  19 rats
  A bush (D:7)
  A butterfly (D:6)
  3 fungi
  2 plants (Lair:5)
1521 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  An unseen horror (D:15)
  A spiny frog (Swamp:1)
  A human (D:12)
  3 vampire mosquitoes (D:15)
  A wasp (D:15)
  A centaur (D:12)
  An ogre (D:12)
  An orc (Orc:4)
  15 fungi
  13 plants
38 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 1559 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1      | EnigmaticFellow the Spriggan Conjurer began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 9/9 MP: 5/5
   610 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 13/13 MP: 0/7
   614 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Searing Ray
  1274 | D:1      | Reached skill level 4 in Spellcasting
  2133 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 16/16 MP: 6/9
  2388 | D:2      | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
  2488 | D:2      | Learned a level 3 spell: Dazzling Spray
  2600 | D:2      | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
  2630 | D:2      | Found a deep blue altar of Sif Muna.
  3065 | D:3      | Noticed Grinder
  3110 | D:3      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 9/21 MP: 2/12
  3465 | D:3      | Learned a level 4 spell: Iskenderun's Mystic Blast
  3600 | D:3      | Paralysed by Grinder for 5 turns
  3609 | D:3      | Paralysed by Grinder for 6 turns
  3620 | D:3      | Killed Grinder
  3620 | D:3      | Reached skill level 7 in Spellcasting
  3620 | D:3      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 21/24 MP: 2/16
  3620 | D:3      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 24/28 MP: 2/17
  3628 | D:3      | Learned a level 5 spell: Iskenderun's Battlesphere
  4230 | D:3      | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
  4443 | D:3      | Reached skill level 1 in Charms
  4960 | D:4      | Reached skill level 8 in Spellcasting
  5721 | D:4      | Found a basalt altar of Yredelemnul.
  5770 | D:4      | Found an opulent altar of Gozag.
  5883 | D:4      | Found Pampi's Antique Weapon Boutique.
  5886 | D:4      | Bought a smoking quarterstaff for 216 gold pieces
  5886 | D:4      | Identified the +8 quarterstaff of Juastaur {flame, rPois Int+3} (You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Dungeon)
  6180 | D:4      | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
  6309 | D:4      | Reached skill level 5 in Charms
  6309 | D:4      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 32/32 MP: 13/19
  6561 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  6606 | D:5      | Found a stormy altar of Qazlal.
  6878 | D:5      | Learned a level 7 spell: Delayed Fireball
  6884 | D:5      | Learned a level 5 spell: Fireball
  6975 | D:5      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  6984 | Temple   | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
  7051 | Temple   | Became a worshipper of Vehumet
  7621 | D:6      | Found an opulent altar of Gozag.
  7706 | D:6      | Reached skill level 9 in Spellcasting
  7918 | D:6      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 36/36 MP: 16/22
  8070 | D:6      | Reached * piety under Vehumet
  8070 | D:6      | Offered knowledge of Sandblast by Vehumet.
  8579 | D:6      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
  8978 | D:7      | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
  9441 | D:7      | Reached skill level 10 in Spellcasting
  9521 | D:7      | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
  9524 | D:7      | Found a shadowy altar of Dithmenos.
  9527 | D:7      | Found a snail-covered altar of Cheibriados.
  9530 | D:7      | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha.
  9904 | D:7      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 29/39 MP: 4/24
 11267 | D:8      | Offered knowledge of Shock by Vehumet.
 11389 | D:8      | Reached ** piety under Vehumet
 11707 | D:8      | Reached skill level 1 in Fire Magic
 11932 | D:9      | Found Luecoish's Gadget Shoppe.
 12087 | D:9      | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
 12422 | D:9      | Noticed an ice statue
 12718 | D:9      | Offered knowledge of Stone Arrow by Vehumet.
 12833 | D:9      | Reached *** piety under Vehumet
 12858 | D:9      | Reached XP level 10. HP: 11/44 MP: 21/25
 13288 | D:9      | Offered knowledge of Static Discharge by Vehumet.
 13410 | D:9      | Found a staircase to the Lair.
 13717 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Fire Magic
 13774 | Lair:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
 14022 | Lair:1   | Noticed a seven-headed hydra
 14038 | Lair:1   | Killed a seven-headed hydra
 14643 | Lair:1   | Reached **** piety under Vehumet
 15654 | Lair:2   | Noticed a black mamba
 15659 | Lair:2   | Killed a black mamba
 15659 | Lair:2   | Reached XP level 11. HP: 47/47 MP: 11/26
 15787 | Lair:2   | Offered knowledge of Lee's Rapid Deconstruction by Vehumet.
 16012 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 11 in Spellcasting
 16437 | Lair:2   | Noticed a six-headed hydra
 16454 | Lair:2   | Killed a six-headed hydra
 16454 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 12 in Spellcasting
 16951 | Lair:2   | Noticed a black mamba
 16958 | Lair:2   | Killed a black mamba
 17086 | Lair:2   | Noticed an oklob plant
 17757 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 13 in Spellcasting
 19653 | Lair:4   | Found a staircase to the Snake Pit.
 19676 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
 20282 | Lair:4   | Reached ***** piety under Vehumet
 20284 | Lair:4   | Offered knowledge of Bolt of Cold by Vehumet.
 20430 | Lair:4   | Learned a level 6 spell: Bolt of Cold
 20569 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 10 in Fire Magic
 20569 | Lair:4   | Reached XP level 12. HP: 51/51 MP: 22/30
 20812 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 1 in Fighting
 22205 | Lair:5   | Learned a level 7 spell: Orb of Destruction
 22434 | Lair:5   | Noticed Midn8's ghost (journeyman GrFi)
 22722 | D:10     | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
 23643 | D:11     | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
 23814 | D:11     | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
 24372 | D:11     | Noticed Maud
 24438 | D:11     | Killed Maud
 24801 | D:11     | Reached skill level 14 in Spellcasting
 25008 | D:11     | Noticed a centaur warrior
 25013 | D:11     | Killed a centaur warrior
 25666 | D:11     | Reached XP level 13. HP: 67/67 MP: 24/32
 26461 | D:12     | Found Fotauc's Antique Armour Boutique.
 26472 | D:12     | Bought an embroidered robe for 20 gold pieces
 26627 | D:12     | Noticed Kirke
 26761 | D:12     | Killed Kirke
 26771 | D:12     | Offered knowledge of Poisonous Cloud by Vehumet.
 26780 | D:12     | Learned a level 6 spell: Poisonous Cloud
 27565 | D:12     | Reached skill level 15 in Spellcasting
 29156 | D:13     | Reached skill level 16 in Spellcasting
 31924 | D:14     | Found a gate to the Vaults.
 32226 | D:14     | Reached XP level 14. HP: 74/74 MP: 23/35
 32426 | D:14     | Reached skill level 17 in Spellcasting
 32787 | D:15     | Entered Level 15 of the Dungeon
 32916 | D:15     | Gained mutation: Your magical capacity is low (-10% MP). [potion of mutation]
 32916 | D:15     | Lost mutation: Your magical capacity is low (-10% MP). [potion of mutation]
 32916 | D:15     | Gained mutation: Your muscles are strong. (Str +2) [potion of mutation]
 32917 | D:15     | Lost mutation: Your muscles are strong. (Str +2) [potion of mutation]
 32917 | D:15     | Gained mutation: Your muscles are strong. (Str +2) [potion of mutation]
 32917 | D:15     | Gained mutation: You are partially covered in rugged brown scales (AC +1, +3% HP). [potion of mutation]
 34846 | D:15     | Found a portal to a secret trove of treasure.
 34960 | D:15     | Found Emimejal's Book Emporium.
 34975 | D:15     | Reached skill level 10 in Conjurations
 35076 | D:15     | Found a staircase to the Depths.
 35118 | D:15     | Offered knowledge of Lightning Bolt by Vehumet.
 36284 | Lair:5   | Killed Midn8's ghost
 37139 | Lair:5   | Found a staircase to the Swamp.
 37360 | Lair:5   | Reached skill level 18 in Spellcasting
 38721 | Lair:6   | Offered knowledge of Freezing Cloud by Vehumet.
 38730 | Lair:6   | Learned a level 6 spell: Freezing Cloud
 38731 | Lair:6   | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
 38732 | Lair:6   | Found a viscous altar of Jiyva.
 39736 | Lair:7   | Reached XP level 15. HP: 80/80 MP: 11/38
 40574 | Lair:8   | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts
 40821 | Lair:8   | Gained mutation: Your muscles are very strong. (Str +4) [potion of beneficial mutation]
 42347 | Orc:1    | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
 42453 | Orc:1    | Offered knowledge of Conjure Ball Lightning by Vehumet.
 42735 | Orc:1    | Reached ****** piety under Vehumet
 43142 | Orc:1    | You fall through a shaft!
 43359 | Orc:2    | Offered knowledge of Ozocubu's Refrigeration by Vehumet.
 43450 | Orc:2    | Found a flagged portal.
 43459 | Bailey   | Entered a bailey
 44045 | Bailey   | Got a brightly glowing cloak
 44056 | Bailey   | Identified the +1 cloak of Woiruom {rPois MR+} (You found it in a bailey)
 44315 | Orc:2    | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
 45016 | Orc:3    | Found a staircase to the Elven Halls.
 45238 | Orc:3    | Reached skill level 10 in Fighting
 45449 | Orc:4    | Entered Level 4 of the Orcish Mines
 45456 | Orc:4    | Found a gateway to a bazaar.
 45469 | Bazaar   | Entered a bazaar
 45470 | Bazaar   | Found Goudam's Distillery.
 45470 | Bazaar   | Found Tuuscheat's Gadget Emporium.
 45471 | Bazaar   | Found Qumait's Distillery.
 45490 | Bazaar   | Found Lovof's Assorted Antiques.
 45498 | Bazaar   | Bought a scroll labeled MAIQALATOTT for 32 gold pieces
 45498 | Bazaar   | Bought 3 scrolls of identify for 192 gold pieces
 45511 | Bazaar   | Bought a potion of curing for 51 gold pieces
 45522 | Bazaar   | Bought a potion of curing for 30 gold pieces
 45522 | Bazaar   | Bought a potion of magic for 80 gold pieces
 45522 | Bazaar   | Bought a potion of curing for 30 gold pieces
 45522 | Bazaar   | Bought a potion of curing for 30 gold pieces
 45862 | Orc:4    | Offered knowledge of Poison Arrow by Vehumet.
 45870 | Orc:4    | Learned a level 6 spell: Poison Arrow
 45899 | Orc:4    | Found Tysenepp's Distillery.
 45911 | Orc:4    | Found Xoleol's Weapon Boutique.
 45914 | Orc:4    | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 70 gold pieces
 45914 | Orc:4    | Bought a potion of magic for 112 gold pieces
 45919 | Orc:4    | Found Ziuxzal's Gadget Boutique.
 46036 | Orc:4    | Reached skill level 1 in Poison Magic
 46627 | Orc:4    | Found Kogenoq's Magic Scroll Shoppe.
 46638 | Orc:4    | Bought a scroll of teleportation for 45 gold pieces
 46638 | Orc:4    | Bought a scroll of teleportation for 45 gold pieces
 47439 | Orc:4    | Offered knowledge of Lehudib's Crystal Spear by Vehumet.
 47439 | Orc:4    | Offered knowledge of Fire Storm by Vehumet.
 47439 | Orc:4    | Offered knowledge of Chain Lightning by Vehumet.
 47744 | Orc:4    | Reached skill level 19 in Spellcasting
 47847 | Orc:4    | Learned a level 2 spell: Repel Missiles
 47850 | Orc:4    | Learned a level 2 spell: Blink
 47990 | Orc:4    | Found Egoteb's General Store.
 47990 | Orc:4    | Found Yplonifo's Distillery.
 47991 | Orc:4    | Found Feb Tiuti's Distillery.
 47991 | Orc:4    | Found Waoket's Antique Weapon Shoppe.
 48002 | Orc:4    | Bought an uncursed ring of wizardry for 360 gold pieces
 48002 | Orc:4    | Bought a bread ration for 60 gold pieces
 48008 | Orc:4    | Bought a potion of curing for 42 gold pieces
 48008 | Orc:4    | Bought a potion of beneficial mutation for 490 gold pieces
 48008 | Orc:4    | Gained mutation: You are resistant to electric shocks. [potion of beneficial mutation]
 48012 | Orc:4    | Bought a potion of brilliance for 64 gold pieces
 48012 | Orc:4    | Bought 2 potions of brilliance for 128 gold pieces
 48012 | Orc:4    | Bought a potion of resistance for 160 gold pieces
 48085 | Orc:4    | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 70 gold pieces
 48085 | Orc:4    | Bought a potion of curing for 42 gold pieces
 48085 | Orc:4    | Bought a potion of haste for 140 gold pieces
 48085 | Orc:4    | Bought a potion of invisibility for 112 gold pieces
 48085 | Orc:4    | Bought a potion of invisibility for 112 gold pieces
 48167 | Orc:4    | Bought a potion of haste for 120 gold pieces
 48809 | Swamp:1  | Entered Level 1 of the Swamp
 49496 | Swamp:1  | Noticed a thorn hunter
 49501 | Swamp:1  | Killed a thorn hunter
 50836 | Swamp:2  | Noticed a thorn hunter
 51014 | Swamp:2  | Reached skill level 20 in Spellcasting
 51040 | Swamp:2  | Reached XP level 16. HP: 87/87 MP: 5/41
 51454 | Swamp:2  | Killed a thorn hunter
 53128 | Swamp:3  | Reached skill level 21 in Spellcasting
 54609 | Swamp:3  | Noticed Roxanne
 54845 | Swamp:3  | Killed Roxanne
 54848 | Swamp:3  | Identified Roxanne's Grimoire of Transformation (You took it off Roxanne on level 3 of the Swamp)
 55863 | Snake:1  | Entered Level 1 of the Snake Pit
 55873 | Snake:1  | Reached skill level 22 in Spellcasting
 55875 | Snake:1  | Noticed Azrael
 55877 | Snake:1  | Killed Azrael
 56379 | Snake:1  | Reached skill level 1 in Air Magic
 57221 | Snake:2  | Noticed Vashnia
 58779 | Snake:1  | Reached XP level 17. HP: 92/92 MP: 18/44
 62802 | Snake:3  | Noticed Jorgrun
 62862 | Snake:3  | Killed Jorgrun
 63664 | Snake:4  | Entered Level 4 of the Snake Pit
 64082 | Snake:4  | Noticed Aizul
 64084 | Snake:4  | Noticed Louise
 64518 | Snake:4  | Noticed Norris
 65000 | Snake:3  | Killed Aizul
 66761 | Snake:4  | Killed Louise
 67213 | Snake:4  | Reached XP level 18. HP: 100/100 MP: 32/45
 68892 | Snake:4  | HP: 4/100 [greater naga/orb of energy (27)]
 69278 | Snake:4  | Killed Norris
 70970 | Snake:4  | Got a serpentine rune of Zot
 73872 | Snake:2  | Shot with an arrow by Vashnia


Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-18 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Unarmed           |    10 |       |       |       |       |       ||    10
       Short sword       |    11 |     8 |       |       |       |       ||    19
       Quarterstaff      |       |       |    75 |    39 |   273 |    99 ||   486
 Cast: Magic Dart        |    87 |    57 |    97 |   198 |   414 |    96 ||   949
       Searing Ray       |     6 |    19 |    85 |   213 |    85 |       ||   408
       Iskenderun's Myst |       |       |       |    76 |   535 |   747 ||  1358
       Iskenderun's Batt |       |       |       |    16 |   136 |   199 ||   351
       Delayed Fireball  |       |       |       |     1 |       |     2 ||     3
       Fireball          |       |       |       |       |    68 |    82 ||   150
       Orb of Destructio |       |       |       |       |     4 |    13 ||    17
       Freezing Cloud    |       |       |       |       |     1 |    23 ||    24
       Repel Missiles    |       |       |       |       |     1 |     1 ||     2
       Poison Arrow      |       |       |       |       |       |    38 ||    38
       Bolt of Cold      |       |       |       |       |       |    14 ||    14
       Blink             |       |       |       |       |       |    10 ||    10
 Abil: Release Delayed F |       |       |       |       |       |     2 ||     2
Evoke: Wand              |       |       |       |       |     7 |     4 ||    11
       Fan of gales      |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
  Use: Scroll            |     6 |     4 |    12 |    10 |    16 |     3 ||    51
       Potion            |       |       |     3 |     2 |     6 |     8 ||    19
 Stab: Sleeping          |     2 |       |       |     1 |     4 |       ||     7
       Distracted        |       |       |     1 |       |       |       ||     1
  Eat: Pizza             |       |     1 |     1 |     4 |     4 |       ||    10
       Bread ration      |       |     1 |       |       |     3 |     5 ||     9
       Royal jelly       |       |       |       |     3 |       |       ||     3


And here's the link to my ttyrec which has my character's death:
http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Enigm ... :44.ttyrec

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Post Tuesday, 3rd May 2016, 04:05

Re: YASD: SpCj of Vehumet sniped after getting rune

One thing I think is a mistake is that you have way too much fighting: much of the experience you spent on defenses should have gone into dodging, and maybe enough armor too to get a point of AC.

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Post Tuesday, 3rd May 2016, 04:12

Re: YASD: SpCj of Vehumet sniped after getting rune

I think your Fighting is good. Dodging could've been higher, yes, much higher.

You also have scrolls of blinking in your inventory, one of those could've saved you. One of the things that is hard for a newer player is to properly judge the danger. When you're in such position, the delayed escape (teleport) isn't good enough. Blinking is.

You were also using an unidentified wand of heal wounds while having 3 ID scrolls, wasting valuable charges with each zap. That's hardly ideal!

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Post Tuesday, 3rd May 2016, 04:18

Re: YASD: SpCj of Vehumet sniped after getting rune

Sar wrote:I think your Fighting is good. Dodging could've been higher, yes, much higher.

I don't mean to dispute (or support) that that much fighting might have been worth getting instead of some other things -- just that Dodging should not have been one of the things sacrificed.

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Post Tuesday, 3rd May 2016, 04:22

Re: YASD: SpCj of Vehumet sniped after getting rune

I'd say Spellcasting should've been, I hope you agree with me here?

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Post Tuesday, 3rd May 2016, 04:41

Re: YASD: SpCj of Vehumet sniped after getting rune

I normally give my Spriggans at least 27 EV. Sacrificing a point in Conjuration and Fire respectively could have helped in that. I also thought I would be using level six spells more often, so I trained it until they were hungerless. Poisen Arrow wasn't all that useful in Snake, but Freezing Cloud did help in softening up some enemies.

Now that I think about it, I probably could have zapped a wand of digging on the eastern wall and blinked there to get out of Vashnia's LoS. Such is hindsight.

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Re: YASD: SpCj of Vehumet sniped after getting rune

I think he trained all that spellcasting to get freezing cloud to hungerless.
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Post Tuesday, 3rd May 2016, 04:49

Re: YASD: SpCj of Vehumet sniped after getting rune

EnigmaticFellow wrote:I normally give my Spriggans at least 27 EV. Sacrificing a point in Conjuration and Fire respectively could have helped in that. I also thought I would be using level six spells more often, so I trained it until they were hungerless. Poisen Arrow wasn't all that useful in Snake, but Freezing Cloud did help in softening up some enemies.

Now that I think about it, I probably could have zapped a wand of digging on the eastern wall and blinked there to get out of Vashnia's LoS. Such is hindsight.

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Damnit, Ninja'd.
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Post Tuesday, 3rd May 2016, 04:56

Re: YASD: SpCj of Vehumet sniped after getting rune

Tiktacy wrote:
EnigmaticFellow wrote:I normally give my Spriggans at least 27 EV. Sacrificing a point in Conjuration and Fire respectively could have helped in that. I also thought I would be using level six spells more often, so I trained it until they were hungerless. Poisen Arrow wasn't all that useful in Snake, but Freezing Cloud did help in softening up some enemies.

Now that I think about it, I probably could have zapped a wand of digging on the eastern wall and blinked there to get out of Vashnia's LoS. Such is hindsight.

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Damnit, Ninja'd.

Don't worry. It happens to me all the time in other forums. Putting too much points in my offensive spell schools really hampered on dodging. I tend to like having at least 100 HP when getting my first rune as a Spriggan so I can run away from spike damage rather than use consumables to do it. Naga Warp Snipers are really annoying when it comes to that. Even more so than Guardian Serpants.

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Post Tuesday, 3rd May 2016, 05:04

Re: YASD: SpCj of Vehumet sniped after getting rune

The point is, you don't really need your level 6 spells to be completely hungerless when you have so much food.

Also PArrow should be fine in Snake, it pierces one level of rPois pretty well.

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Post Tuesday, 3rd May 2016, 05:09

Re: YASD: SpCj of Vehumet sniped after getting rune

Sar wrote:The point is, you don't really need your level 6 spells to be completely hungerless when you have so much food.

Also PArrow should be fine in Snake, it pierces one level of rPois pretty well.

True enough. How many pips of hunger would you want level six spells to have if you were playing that character?

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Post Tuesday, 3rd May 2016, 05:19

Re: YASD: SpCj of Vehumet sniped after getting rune

That's a hard question to answer! I'd probably cast spells and if I feel like I'm getting hungry too fast, train more Spellcasting?

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Post Tuesday, 3rd May 2016, 05:39

Re: YASD: SpCj of Vehumet sniped after getting rune

I suppose I can do that when there's no shortage of edible food as long as I can keep level five spells hungerless. I use Battlesphere too often for me to do otherwise.

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Post Tuesday, 3rd May 2016, 06:21

Re: YASD: SpCj of Vehumet sniped after getting rune

Killhole (dig diagonal, take a few steps in the dig on the 90° diagonal, take one step in that direction, so that monster has to done adjacent to be in LOS) is the safest way to deal with Vashnia and her band. They are nasty.

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Post Tuesday, 3rd May 2016, 06:44

Re: YASD: SpCj of Vehumet sniped after getting rune

For any low-AC high EV characters Vashnia and co are probably the most deadly threat in the game right now. They are higher on my do not engage list than Mara etc. Just leave the floor alone.

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