Zot Zealot
Posts: 1004
Joined: Thursday, 16th August 2018, 21:19
CIP: stabby FoEE, using Checkpoints, going to Pan
1) every time I enter a new branch for the first time (temple and timed portals included) I copy the save file as a checkpoint. Whenever I die I revert to the last checkpoint.
2) At all times I put 50% of XP into shortblades and stealth.
So basically I'm save-scumming.
I've now made it to Zot:4, and am fairly confident I could pick up the orb and run out. I'm going to go for extended however.
So far I'm enjoying the game a lot, because:
1) there are more near-death experiences. (because of my horribly unbalanced skilling)
2) I try to stab a lot, and it doesn't matter so much if stabbing gets me killed once a game. (I sometimes get killed when I walk/passwall up to a group of monsters and they wake up, it has happened once so far)
3) There are interesting strategic decisions of when to use my checkpoints. For example, when Lair was getting too dangerous I decided to use the Temple checkpoint.
4) I can try extended. And if I die, I'll be able to try extended again.
5) I can play whilst tired.
6) If I play badly, I die quickly.
Some of my highlights:
1) stabbing TRJ
2) I picked up Makhleb because his was the 1st altar I found in the dungeon, and I've been using Sublimation of Blood (SoB) to turn his health-from-kills into mp-from-kills
3) entering Vaults:5 by shafting myself. Definitely the best way for a Formicide . Also, all the walls in V:5 were made from crystal, which was hilarious.
4) ranged characters kill themselves when I stand in front of them, because of reflect missile . I'll often take my time to cast SoB a few times, knowing that the stone giants and jaktaurs are more likely to kill themselves than me.
I'm now trying to think of a way to make my character viable for the late-game. I'm still stuck training short-blades until it reaches level 27 On the plus side, the cross-training will be almost enough to get great swords down to mindelay . I've left Crypt open in case I want to switch god.
Here's my character dump:
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Health: 220/220 AC: 13 Str: 18 (19) XL: 27
Magic: 39/39 EV: 13 Int: 28 God: Makhleb [******]
Gold: 5219 SH: 33 Dex: 11 Spells: 1/51 levels left
rFire . . . SeeInvis + J - staff of wizardry
rCold + + + Gourm . f - +8 large shield {AC+3}
rNeg . . . Faith . T - +2 robe {Archmagi}
rPois . Spirit . (helmet unavailable)
rElec . Reflect + I - +1 cloak
rCorr . Harm . y - +2 pair of gloves
MR ++++. L - +0 pair of boots
Stlth +++++++++. D - +5 amulet of reflection
HPRegen 0.46/turn l - ring of the Mage {Wiz MR++ Int+3}
MPRegen 0.26/turn q - ring "Tepnirho" {Wiz rF- rC+++ Str+3}
@: no status effects
A: permanent stasis, dig shafts and tunnels, four strong arms, antennae 3,
hooves 1, fire resistance 1, evolution 2
}: 5/15 runes: decaying, serpentine, slimy, silver, abyssal
a: Dig, Shaft Self, Minor Destruction, Lesser Servant of Makhleb, Major
Destruction, Greater Servant of Makhleb, Renounce Religion
You are on level 4 of the Realm of Zot.
You worship Makhleb.
Makhleb is exalted by your worship.
You are not hungry.
You have visited 11 branches of the dungeon, and seen 54 of its levels.
You have visited the Abyss 1 time.
You have visited 2 bazaars.
You have also visited: Labyrinth, Bailey, Wizlab and Desolation.
You have collected 7795 gold pieces.
You have spent 2576 gold pieces at shops.
Inventory:
Hand Weapons
b - a +1 quick blade of pain
N - a +3 great sword of holy wrath
Missiles
p - 25 arrows
s - 543 stones (quivered)
Armour
f - a +8 large shield of protection (worn)
y - a +2 pair of gloves (worn)
z - a scarf of resistance
I - a +1 cloak (worn)
L - a +0 pair of boots (worn)
S - a scarf of cloud immunity
T - a +2 robe of the Archmagi (worn)
Magical Staves
a - an uncursed staff of earth
w - an uncursed staff of energy
J - an uncursed staff of wizardry (weapon)
Jewellery
k - the ring "Texkil" {rF- rN++ Int+4 Slay+4 Stlth+}
(You found it in the Desolation of Salt)
[ring of intelligence]
It affects your intelligence (+4).
It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
(+4).
It makes you vulnerable to fire.
It greatly protects you from negative energy.
It makes you more stealthy.
l - the ring of the Mage (left hand) {Wiz MR++ Int+3}
(You took it off a vault guard on level 5 of the Vaults)
[ring of wizardry]
It improves your spell success rate.
It affects your intelligence (+3).
It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
q - the ring "Tepnirho" (right hand) {Wiz rF- rC+++ Str+3}
(You found it in a wizard's laboratory)
[ring of wizardry]
It improves your spell success rate.
It affects your strength (+3).
It makes you vulnerable to fire.
It renders you almost immune to cold.
D - a +5 amulet of reflection (around neck)
P - a ring "Hacoqodgh" {rElec rF+ Int+3}
(You found it on level 5 of the Vaults)
[ring of protection from fire]
It affects your intelligence (+3).
It protects you from fire.
It insulates you from electricity.
V - a +5 ring of protection
Wands
g - a wand of digging (55)
m - a wand of paralysis (29)
t - a wand of scattershot (6)
v - a wand of iceblast (8)
E - a wand of clouds (4)
H - a wand of acid (7)
U - a wand of flame (35)
Scrolls
h - 10 scrolls of fog
j - 34 scrolls of remove curse
x - 5 scrolls of magic mapping
K - 2 scrolls of enchant armour
O - 25 scrolls of identify
Q - 7 scrolls of summoning
R - 5 scrolls of fear
Potions
c - 15 potions of mutation
r - 3 potions of resistance
u - 6 potions of cancellation
A - 18 potions of curing
B - 12 potions of heal wounds
C - 6 potions of brilliance
F - 3 potions of flight
M - 5 potions of magic
W - 9 potions of might
Y - 2 potions of invisibility
Miscellaneous
e - a fan of gales
i - a lightning rod (4/4)
n - a phial of floods
o - 4 sacks of spiders
G - 6 boxes of beasts
X - 3 phantom mirrors
Comestibles
d - 37 rations
Skills:
- Level 18.9 Fighting
* Level 25.8 Short Blades
- Level 2.0 Armour
- Level 4.3 Dodging
O Level 27 Stealth
- Level 16.2 Shields
- Level 12.6 Spellcasting
- Level 7.9 Conjurations
- Level 14.0 Necromancy
- Level 6.5 Translocations
- Level 9.9 Transmutations
* Level 21.0 Earth Magic
- Level 6.1 Invocations
- Level 5.4 Evocations
You have one spell level left.
You know the following spells:
Your Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger
b - Passwall Tmut/Erth ######## 0% 2 None
c - Petrify Tmut/Erth ######## 1% 4 None
e - Lee's Rapid Deconstr Erth ########.. 0% 5 ##.....
f - Iron Shot Conj/Erth #######... 1% 6 ####...
g - Borgnjor's Vile Clut Necr/Erth ########.. 1% 5 ##.....
h - Sublimation of Blood Necr #######... 0% 2 None
i - Regeneration Chrm/Necr ######.... 1% 3 None
j - Irradiate Conj/Tmut #######... 1% 5 ##.....
k - Passage of Golubria Tloc N/A 1% 4 None
l - Agony Necr #######. 1% 5 ##.....
s - Shatter Erth ########.. 11% 9 #######
Your spell library contains the following spells:
Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger
Animate Skeleton Necr N/A 0% 1 None
Sandblast Erth ###### 0% 1 None
Confusing Touch Hex ####.. 1% 1 None
Corona Hex ####... 1% 1 None
Flame Tongue Conj/Fire ##### 1% 1 None
Shock Conj/Air #### 1% 1 None
Sting Conj/Pois #### 1% 1 None
Corpse Rot Necr N/A 0% 2 None
Stone Arrow Conj/Erth ###### 0% 3 None
Ensorcelled Hibernation Hex/Ice ####.. 1% 2 None
Poisonous Vapours Pois/Air ####.. 1% 2 None
Shroud of Golubria Chrm/Tloc ######.... 1% 2 None
Slow Hex ####.... 1% 2 None
Throw Flame Conj/Fire ###### 1% 2 None
Confuse Hex ####.... 1% 3 None
Conjure Flame Conj/Fire ######.. 1% 3 None
Dazzling Spray Conj/Hex ###### 1% 3 None
Gell's Gravitas Tloc ######.... 1% 3 None
Ignite Poison Fire/Tmut/Pois ######.. 1% 3 None
Inner Flame Hex/Fire ####.... 1% 3 None
Lesser Beckoning Tloc ######.... 1% 3 None
Mephitic Cloud Conj/Pois/Air #####... 1% 3 None
Portal Projectile Hex/Tloc ###### 1% 3 None
Recall Summ/Tloc N/A 1% 3 None
Static Discharge Conj/Air ######.. 1% 3 None
Teleport Other Tloc ######.. 1% 3 None
Tukima's Dance Hex ####.... 1% 3 None
Vampiric Draining Necr #######... 1% 3 None
Animate Dead Necr N/A 1% 4 None
Ice Form Ice/Tmut ######.. 1% 4 None
Iskenderun's Mystic Bla Conj #######. 1% 4 None
Leda's Liquefaction Hex/Erth #######... 1% 4 None
Sticky Flame Conj/Fire ######.. 1% 4 None
Throw Icicle Conj/Ice ######.. 1% 4 None
Bolt of Magma Conj/Fire/Erth #######... 1% 5 ##.....
Excruciating Wounds Chrm/Necr ######.... 1% 5 ##.....
Hydra Form Tmut #######... 1% 6 ####...
Statue Form Tmut/Erth ########. 1% 6 ####...
Yara's Violent Unravell Hex/Tmut ######.... 2% 5 ##.....
Fireball Conj/Fire ######.... 3% 5 ##.....
Iskenderun's Battlesphe Conj/Chrm ######.. 3% 5 ##.....
Venom Bolt Conj/Pois ######.... 3% 5 ##.....
Summon Forest Summ/Tloc ######.... 4% 5 ##.....
Simulacrum Ice/Necr ######.... 5% 6 ####...
Cause Fear Hex ####...... 6% 4 None
Olgreb's Toxic Radiance Pois ####.... 6% 4 None
Summon Ice Beast Ice/Summ ####.... 6% 4 None
Dragon Form Tmut #######... 9% 7 ######.
Aura of Abjuration Summ ####...... 17% 5 ##.....
Metabolic Englaciation Hex/Ice ####...... 17% 5 ##.....
Silence Hex/Air ####...... 17% 5 ##.....
Summon Demon Summ ####...... 17% 5 ##.....
Summon Mana Viper Hex/Summ ####.... 17% 5 ##.....
Bolt of Cold Conj/Ice ######.... 17% 6 ####...
Bolt of Fire Conj/Fire ######.... 17% 6 ####...
Orb of Destruction Conj #######... 19% 7 ######.
Freezing Cloud Conj/Ice/Air #####..... 28% 6 ####...
Deflect Missiles Chrm/Air ####...... 61% 6 ####...
Shadow Creatures Summ N/A 61% 6 ####...
Spellforged Servitor Conj/Summ ######.... 63% 7 ######.
Ring of Flames Chrm/Fire ####...... 98% 7 ######.
Summon Hydra Summ ####...... 98% 7 ######.
Discord Hex ####...... 100% 8 #######
Ignition Fire ####...... 100% 8 #######
Dragon's Call Summ ####...... 100% 9 #######
Blink Tloc Unusable N/A 2 N/A
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (15/15) Temple (1/1) D:6 Lair (6/6) D:9
Swamp (4/4) Lair:3 Snake (4/4) Lair:2 Slime (5/5) Lair:6
Orc (2/2) D:12 Elf (3/3) Orc:2 Vaults (5/5) D:14
Crypt (0/3) Vaults:3 Depths (5/5) D:15 Zot (4/5) Depths:5
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Skill XL: | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 |
---------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----
Short Blades | 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 25 | 25.8
Stealth | 3 4 5 7 9 10 12 13 14 15 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | 27.0
Fighting | 1 3 5 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 18 | 18.9
Earth Magic | 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 21 | 21.0
Transmutations | 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | 9.9
Spellcasting | 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 | 12.6
Shields | 1 3 4 8 9 10 12 14 15 16 | 16.2
Armour | 2 | 2.0
Dodging | 2 4 | 4.3
Conjurations | 1 3 5 7 | 7.9
Necromancy | 3 6 7 8 9 14 | 14.0
Invocations | 4 6 | 6.1
Evocations | 3 5 | 5.4
Translocations | 2 4 6 | 6.5
Action | 1- 3 | 4- 6 | 7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-18 | 19-21 | 22-24 | 25-27 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Short sword | 56 | 74 | 167 | 30 | 21 | | | | || 348
Dagger | | 69 | 49 | 153 | 272 | 13 | 30 | | 3 || 589
Rapier | | | 155 | 295 | 322 | 680 | 830 | 503 | 1325 || 4110
Halberd | | | | 83 | | | | | || 83
Unarmed | | | | | 10 | | | | || 10
Staff | | | | | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 || 21
Quick blade | | | | | | | | | 705 || 705
Throw: Stone | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 3 | 1 || 18
Tomahawk | | | | 2 | | | | | || 2
Cast: Sandblast | 23 | 44 | 67 | 74 | 24 | 5 | 1 | | || 238
Passwall | 7 | 6 | 12 | 49 | 67 | 77 | 47 | 8 | 66 || 339
Petrify | | 1 | 26 | 105 | 318 | 348 | 249 | 283 | 580 || 1910
Lee's Rapid Decon | | | | | 24 | 27 | 14 | 46 | 196 || 307
Stone Arrow | | | | | 11 | 22 | 48 | 49 | 46 || 176
Iron Shot | | | | | 1 | 26 | 36 | 21 | 130 || 214
Borgnjor's Vile C | | | | | | 2 | 99 | 149 | 81 || 331
Sublimation of Bl | | | | | | | 40 | 107 | 245 || 392
Regeneration | | | | | | | | 20 | 40 || 60
Irradiate | | | | | | | | 5 | 7 || 12
Passage of Golubr | | | | | | | | 4 | 40 || 44
Shatter | | | | | | | | | 4 || 4
Invok: Minor Destruction | | | 12 | 10 | | | | | || 22
Lesser Servant of | | | | | | | 3 | 1 | || 4
Abil: Dig | | | | | 2 | 4 | | | || 6
Evoke Flight | | | | | | | 9 | 10 | || 19
Shaft Self | | | | | | | | | 1 || 1
Evoke: Wand | | | | 9 | | 4 | 2 | 2 | || 17
Phial of floods | | | | | | | | 1 | || 1
Fan of gales | | | | | | | | | 2 || 2
Use: Scroll | | 2 | | 25 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 24 || 73
Potion | | 1 | 2 | 6 | | | 5 | | 8 || 22
Stab: Sleeping | 6 | 12 | 11 | 48 | 50 | 50 | 91 | 45 | 101 || 414
Distracted | 1 | | | | 1 | 4 | 1 | | 6 || 13
Petrified | | | 26 | 111 | 189 | 212 | 121 | 120 | 197 || 976
Petrifying | | | | 12 | 39 | 71 | 69 | 52 | 199 || 442
Invisible | | | | 3 | 4 | | | | 1 || 8
Paralysed | | | | | | 2 | | | || 2
Eat: Chunk | 3 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 63 | 30 | 49 | 68 | 105 || 388
Ration | | | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 20 || 56
Armor: Robe | 17 | 4 | 14 | | | | 100 | 48 | 196 || 379
Leather armour | | 23 | 61 | 109 | 108 | 119 | 4 | | || 424
Scale mail | | | 12 | | | | | | || 12
Skin | | | 5 | 17 | 9 | | 11 | | || 42
Fire dragon scale | | | | | | | 6 | | || 6
Plate armour | | | | | | | | | 16 || 16
Dodge: Dodged | 39 | 90 | 190 | 263 | 181 | 181 | 171 | 105 | 272 || 1492
Block: Buckler | | 6 | 31 | 100 | 219 | 13 | | | || 369
Reflection | | | | 5 | 17 | 42 | 32 | 74 | 118 || 288
Shield | | | | | | 364 | 197 | | || 561
Large shield | | | | | | | 356 | 566 | 1690 || 2612