CIP: BaTm^Chei - Shaft troubles

[Roy]

Fell through a shaft 6 -> 8 next to a manticore, a hippogriff, and a bear. Ouch. I teleported to safety and got lucky with an unidentified scroll of magic mapping, so I'm pretty close to escaping at least this level.

But now there's a centaur and a one or more electric eels standing between me and the only set of stairs. I feel like a good player would be able to handle this but I'm not a good player. Since I'm not yet next to death, there's a decent number of options. Any tips?

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.20.0-15-g7f486f2 (webtiles) character file.

Roy the Ruffian (Barachi Transmuter)                Turns: 7460, Time: 01:07:06

Health: 35/60      AC:  4    Str: 21    XL:     8   Next: 9%
Magic:  20/20      EV: 15    Int: 20    God:    Cheibriados [***...]
Gold:   252        SH:  0    Dex: 20    Spells: 5/11 levels left

rFire    . . .     SeeInvis .     - Unarmed
rCold    . . .     Gourm    .   (no shield)
rNeg     . . .     Faith    .   q - +1 robe of Namobomm {MR+}
rPois    .         Spirit   .   y - +0 helmet
rElec    .         Reflect  .   l - scarf {repulsion}
rCorr    .         Harm     .   (no gloves)
MR       +....                  (no boots)
Stlth    ++........             (no amulet)
Regen    0.2/turn               B - ring of magical power
MPRegen  0.2/turn               (no ring)

@: repel missiles, very slow
A: +LOS, swims, slowness 1, strong legs 1
a: Hop, Bend Time, Temporal Distortion, Renounce Religion


You are on level 8 of the Dungeon.
You worship Cheibriados.
Cheibriados is most pleased with you.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and seen 8 of its levels.

You have collected 252 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand Weapons
 w - a +0 hunting sling
Missiles
 a - 144 arrows
 e - 90 stones (quivered)
 f - 3 silver tomahawks
 n - 9 tomahawks
 r - 16 poisoned needles
 x - 58 sling bullets
Armour
 l - a scarf of repulsion (worn)
 q - the +1 robe of Namobomm (worn) {MR+}
   (You found it on level 5 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
 y - a +0 helmet (worn)
Jewellery
 B - a ring of magical power (left hand)
Wands
 j - a wand of random effects (?/48)
Scrolls
 g - 4 scrolls of remove curse
 i - a scroll of identify
 k - 7 scrolls of teleportation
 p - 3 scrolls labeled DADDIOGESA
 t - a scroll labeled OTECWEJULO
 v - a scroll labeled YGI FUESEASAHU
 z - a scroll labeled KOROV DUEHUYTZ
Potions
 h - 2 potions of magic
 u - 2 potions of flight
 A - 2 potions of brilliance
Books
 c - a book of Changes   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Beastly Appendage            Transmutation                 1
    b - Sticks to Snakes             Transmutation                 2
    c - Spider Form                  Transmutation/Poison          3
    d - Ice Form                     Ice/Transmutation             4
    e - Blade Hands                  Transmutation                 5
Comestibles
 b - a chunk of flesh
 d - 3 bread rations
 m - 2 royal jellies
 o - a meat ration


   Skills:
 - Level 3.8 Fighting
 - Level 4.2 Dodging
 - Level 6.9 Unarmed Combat
 - Level 2.1 Spellcasting
 - Level 5.0 Transmutations
 - Level 1.8 Poison Magic
 + Level 1.8 Invocations


You have 5 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Beastly Appendage     Tmut           ###...       1%          1    #......
b - Spider Form           Tmut/Pois      ###.......   12%         3    ###....
s - Sticks to Snakes      Tmut           ###.....     3%          2    ##.....


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (6/15)             Temple (1/1) D:5         

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Hepliaklqana
Nemelex Xobeh
Ru
Sif Muna
The Shining One

Annotations:
D:3 Sigmund
D:6 Grinder
D:8 Psyche


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

Shadows flee at your approach. (+LOS)
You can swim through water.
You cover ground slowly.
You can hop short distances.


Message History

The centaur shoots an arrow. The arrow completely misses you.
You hear a splash.
The centaur shoots an arrow. The arrow is repelled.
You hear a splash.
The centaur shoots an arrow. The arrow hits you.
You see here an arrow.
The centaur shoots an arrow. The arrow misses you. The centaur shoots an arrow.
The arrow is repelled. The centaur shoots an arrow.
The arrow completely misses you.
You hear a splash.
The centaur shoots an arrow. The arrow closely misses you.
You hear a splash.
The centaur shoots an arrow. The arrow hits you!
You see here an arrow.
The centaur shoots an arrow. The arrow closely misses you.
The centaur shoots an arrow. The arrow is repelled.
The centaur shoots an arrow. The arrow is repelled.
The centaur shoots an arrow. The arrow hits you but does no damage.
You see here an arrow.
Char dumped successfully.

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You can see a centaur and an electric eel (wandering).

Vanquished Creatures
  A black bear (D:8)
  A phantom (D:4)
  An ogre (D:5)
  A centaur (D:5)
  A scorpion (D:5)
  A howler monkey (D:5)
  2 jellies (D:5)
  2 iguanas (D:5)
  Jessica (D:2)
  Ijyb (D:3)
  3 worker ants
  Robin (D:3)
  7 adders
  A gnoll (D:4)
  2 shadow imps (D:5)
  2 oozes
  An adder zombie (D:5)
  An adder skeleton (D:4)
  2 worms
  A dart slug (D:1)
  5 leopard geckos
  3 orcs
  3 ball pythons
  10 bats
  7 giant cockroaches
  20 goblins
  8 hobgoblins
  14 jackals
  11 kobolds
  3 quokkas
  4 frilled lizards
  A leopard gecko skeleton (D:5)
  7 rats
129 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  A scorpion (D:4)
  An orc wizard (D:4)
  An adder skeleton (D:4)
  3 orcs (D:4)
  A jackal (D:5)
  A ball python skeleton (D:5)
8 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 137 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
-------+----------+-------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1      | Roy the Barachi Transmuter began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 15/15 MP: 3/3
   198 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 21/21 MP: 5/5
   220 | D:1      | Reached skill level 4 in Unarmed Combat
   439 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Sticks to Snakes
   821 | D:1      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 26/26 MP: 4/6
   871 | D:1      | Learned a level 3 spell: Spider Form
  1515 | D:2      | Found a deep blue altar of Sif Muna.
  1646 | D:2      | Reached skill level 5 in Unarmed Combat
  1848 | D:2      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 32/32 MP: 7/7
  2040 | D:3      | Noticed Ijyb
  2091 | D:3      | Noticed Jessica
  2109 | D:2      | Killed Jessica
  2131 | D:2      | HP: 8/32 [jackal (2)]
  2654 | D:3      | Found a hazy altar of Hepliaklqana.
  2855 | D:3      | Killed Ijyb
  2855 | D:3      | Reached skill level 1 in Poison Magic
  2855 | D:3      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 31/37 MP: 5/8
  2870 | D:3      | Found a snail-covered altar of Cheibriados.
  2894 | D:3      | Became a worshipper of Cheibriados the Contemplative
  3049 | D:3      | Noticed Robin
  3065 | D:3      | Killed Robin
  3245 | D:3      | Reached skill level 3 in Transmutations
  3371 | D:3      | Reached * piety under Cheibriados
  3480 | D:3      | Noticed Sigmund
  3642 | D:4      | Noticed a phantom
  3762 | D:4      | Noticed a two-headed ogre
  3808 | D:4      | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
  3830 | D:4      | Found a sacrificial altar of Ru.
  3965 | D:4      | Reached skill level 4 in Transmutations
  3965 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 39/43 MP: 9/9
  4030 | D:4      | HP: 10/43 [phantom (3)]
  4049 | D:4      | Killed a phantom
  4049 | D:4      | Reached skill level 5 in Transmutations
  4680 | D:4      | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
  4885 | D:4      | Reached ** piety under Cheibriados
  5024 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  5033 | D:5      | Reached skill level 2 in Fighting
  5033 | D:5      | Reached skill level 6 in Unarmed Combat
  5033 | D:5      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 40/50 MP: 10/10
  5105 | D:5      | Reached skill level 3 in Dodging
  5316 | D:5      | HP: 6/50 [iguana (9)]
  5329 | D:5      | HP: 12/75 [jackal (1)]
  5341 | D:5      | HP: 9/75 [iguana (6)]
  5920 | D:5      | Got a warped robe
  5976 | D:5      | Identified the +1 robe of Namobomm {MR+} (You found it on level 5 of the Dungeon)
  6089 | D:5      | Reached skill level 3 in Fighting
  6224 | D:5      | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
  6282 | D:5      | Reached skill level 4 in Dodging
  6469 | D:5      | Reached *** piety under Cheibriados
  6857 | D:5      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  6891 | Temple   | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
  7029 | D:6      | Noticed Grinder
  7077 | D:6      | You fall through a shaft for 2 floors!
  7077 | D:8      | Noticed a manticore
  7077 | D:8      | Noticed a hippogriff
  7298 | D:8      | Reached skill level 1 in Invocations
  7298 | D:8      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 41/60 MP: 11/11
  7414 | D:8      | Noticed a troll
  7437 | D:8      | Noticed Psyche

Skill      XL: |  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 |
---------------+----------------------+-----
Unarmed Combat |     4  5        6    |  6.9
Poison Magic   |           1          |  1.8
Transmutations |              4  5    |  5.0
Fighting       |                 2  3 |  3.8
Dodging        |                    4 |  4.2
Invocations    |                    1 |  1.8
Spellcasting   |                      |  2.1

Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Unarmed           |   104 |   255 |    91 ||   450
       Kick              |     2 |     4 |     4 ||    10
       Punch             |     2 |     3 |     1 ||     6
       Headbutt          |       |     3 |       ||     3
 Fire: Hunting sling     |       |       |     2 ||     2
Throw: Stone             |    52 |    51 |    31 ||   134
       Tomahawk          |     3 |       |       ||     3
 Cast: Beastly Appendage |     4 |     7 |     3 ||    14
       Sticks to Snakes  |       |     9 |    15 ||    24
       Spider Form       |       |       |     3 ||     3
 Abil: Hop               |       |     6 |     2 ||     8
  Use: Scroll            |       |     4 |     2 ||     6
       Potion            |       |     2 |     1 ||     3
 Stab: Sleeping          |       |     3 |       ||     3
  Eat: Chunk             |     4 |     9 |     1 ||    14
       Meat ration       |       |       |     1 ||     1
       Fruit             |       |       |     1 ||     1
Armor: Robe              |    17 |    46 |    24 ||    87
       Ring mail         |    16 |    44 |       ||    60
       Skin              |       |       |     2 ||     2
Dodge: Dodged            |    56 |   163 |    85 ||   304
       Deflected         |       |     8 |     6 ||    14



[emikaela]

i don't see a 100% safe option, but i think i'd settle for hopping west, which gets you away from the eel but forces a fight with the centaur. then temporal distortion to get it into melee, and beat it up with the aid of a snake or two. if you know there are other monsters in that area this becomes a much worse idea, and it's probably better to hop straight northeast to try to get away (remember you can swim while the centaur has to take a detour). if nothing else works, zapping random effects as a last ditch effort could either save you or kill you.

[VeryAngryFelid]

Read unknown scrolls earlier next time, dying with a stack of blinking, fear or acquirement would be very weird

[Roy]

Psyche is to the west, and there are electric eels all over place. Ultimately I need to get to the stairs to the NE, so I'm going to have to get past those eels at some point. I'm just not sure how.

[emikaela]

ouch. well, you can try to go northeast and loop around to avoid the eel on the current screen, it can't follow you over the bridge. you're probably likely to die while walking away but there's a chance. if there are more eels that way i guess random effects or reading scrolls blindly are your outs.

[Roy]

Thanks for the advice, but it looks like I was dead no matter what. There were just too many eels. This floor layout seems impossible if you get shafted, at least if you're not a great player.

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[glyphic]

I feel like downstairs was an option not considered. Step from time if you get too much trouble on the Boo there. Close the door so the centail has to close the gap. Rando wand would probably taken care of 1 eel or killed you via noise or haste.