Tasonir's 0.23 tournament writeup

[tasonir]

So I have usually written postmortems for the tournaments, although I think I never got around to doing it last time. Here's .23, with "notable" characters only, in chronological order. In line morgues will only have the character sheet info, click the links for full morgues.

#1: Troll Hunter of Qazlal

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.23.0 (webtiles) character file.

Game seed: 14160812766977482031

1806331 Tasonir the Wrestler (level 27, 324/324 HPs)
             Began as a Troll Hunter on Feb 8, 2019.
             Was the Champion of Qazlal.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 3 runes on Feb 10, 2019!
             
             The game lasted 03:51:43 (64384 turns).

Tasonir the Wrestler (Troll Hunter)                Turns: 64384, Time: 03:51:44

Health: 324/324    AC: 39    Str: 31    XL:     27
Magic:  27/27      EV: 15    Int:  9    God:    Qazlal [******]
Gold:   5253       SH: 26    Dex: 15    Spells: 26/26 levels left

rFire    + . .     SeeInvis .     - Unarmed
rCold    + . .     Gourm    +   F - +2 shield {AC+3}
rNeg     + + .     Faith    .   B - +4 pearl dragon scales
rPois    +         Spirit   .   Q - +2 hat {Int+3}
rElec    +         Reflect  +   N - +2 cloak {MR+}
rCorr    +         Harm     .   (gloves unavailable)
MR       +++..                  (boots unavailable)
Stlth    ..........             n - amulet "Ofaseina" {Reflect +Fly rPois Slay+2 SH+2}
HPRegen  1.04/turn              i - ring of Summer {rF+ rN+ AC+4 Str+3 Int-5}
MPRegen  0.20/turn              y - ring of Apussoha {rCorr rC+ Int+4}

@: repel missiles
A: large, unfitting armour, claws 3, clumsy 1, dopey 1, fast metabolism 3,
gourmand, low mp 1, poison resistance, regeneration 1, robust 1, shaggy fur 1,
electricity resistance, tough skin 3, subdued magic 1
0: Orb of Zot
}: 3/15 runes: decaying, serpentine, silver
a: Upheaval, Elemental Force, Disaster Area, Renounce Religion, Evoke Flight


You escaped.
You worshipped Qazlal.
Qazlal was exalted by your worship.
You were not hungry.

You visited 11 branches of the dungeon, and saw 53 of its levels.

http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Tason ... 101714.txt

One of my favorite builds for a straight forward, easy game. Trolls handle everything physical, but don't have much in the way of an aoe/magic solution, so you just pick up Qaz for invocations that don't require any int or magic skill training. Plus, free resistances, including AC. Run went pretty smoothly, and as my first game in the tournament, I had a 100% win rate. This was also a streak of 2 for my overall scoring, with the win before the tournament, but not a streak for tournament points.

#2: VSGl of Cheibriados

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.23.0 (webtiles) character file.

Game seed: 13465947283616529832

240869 Tasonir the Brawler (level 19, -2/131 HPs)
             Began as a Vine Stalker Gladiator on Feb 12, 2019.
             Was the Champion of Cheibriados.
             Killed from afar by Asterion (17 damage)
             ... with an orb of electricity
             ... on level 1 of the Vaults on Feb 13, 2019.
             The game lasted 01:29:34 (25470 turns).

Tasonir the Brawler (Vine Stalker Gladiator)       Turns: 25470, Time: 01:29:35

Health: -2/131     AC: 26    Str: 34    XL:     19   Next: 34%
Magic:  0/32       EV: 27    Int: 27    God:    Cheibriados [******]
Gold:   488        SH: 13    Dex: 33    Spells: 21/34 levels left

rFire    . . .     SeeInvis .     - Unarmed
rCold    + . .     Gourm    .   I - +2 buckler
rNeg     + . .     Faith    .   (armour currently unavailable)
rPois    ∞         Spirit   +   b - +0 helmet
rElec    +         Reflect  +   x - +1 cloak {rPois}
rCorr    .         Harm     .   (gloves currently unavailable)
MR       ++...                  (boots currently unavailable)
Stlth    ++........             q - +4 amulet of reflection
HPRegen  1.11/turn              h - ring of wizardry
MPRegen  0.23/turn              r - ring of protection from cold

@: statue-form, marked, corroded, slowed, very slow
A: fangs 3, regeneration 2, magic shield, antimagic bite, no potion heal 3, rot
immunity
}: 2/15 runes: decaying, serpentine
a: End Transformation, Bend Time, Temporal Distortion, Slouch, Step From Time,
Renounce Religion


You were on level 1 of the Vaults.
You worshipped Cheibriados.
Cheibriados was exalted by your worship.
You were hungry.

You were a stone statue.

You visited 7 branches of the dungeon, and saw 33 of its levels.
You also visited: Bailey.


http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Tason ... 014052.txt

So I managed to get a VS going all the way to statue form immediately after the troll, only to completely tab into Asterion without even noticing he was in the middle of a large pack. I sort of almost managed to clear them out with some slouches, but you know, not enough. One of the downsides to vine stalkers of Cheibriados is guardian spirit has a way of draining your mana and making it hard to step from time when you're down to around 25% life. Of course the solution there is to not be at 25% life, but some of us just need to tab, man.

It should be noted I picked VSGl because my favorite banner is Politician 3: steal a high score for a combo previously won with at least 10M points. VSGl had already been 15 runed in ~95k turns, so any 15 rune win faster than that would get me the banner. My typical 15 rune win these days is around 60-70k, without too much diving. So I decided to just keep trying until I succeeded...

#3: VSGl of Cheibriados

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.23.0 (webtiles) character file.

Game seed: 4738838051402833972

1292888 Tasonir the Middleweight Champion (level 27, -3/206 HPs)
             Began as a Vine Stalker Gladiator on Feb 13, 2019.
             Was the Champion of Cheibriados.
             Killed by divine providence
             ... invoked by a mummy priest
              (11 damage)
             ... on level 3 of the Tomb of the Ancients.
             The game lasted 04:13:35 (53047 turns).

Tasonir the Middleweight Champion (VSGl)           Turns: 53047, Time: 04:13:36

Health: -3/206     AC: 33    Str: 38      XL:     27
Magic:  0/46       EV: 38    Int: 22 (28) God:    Cheibriados [******]
Gold:   3421       SH: 38    Dex: 32 (34) Spells: 48/72 levels left

rFire    + + .     SeeInvis .     - Unarmed
rCold    + + .     Gourm    .   Y - +8 large shield {rF+}
rNeg     + + .     Faith    .   (armour currently unavailable)
rPois    ∞         Spirit   +   H - +2 helmet "Sutakoh" {rC+ Int+3}
rElec    +         Reflect  .   Z - +2 cloak {+Inv}
rCorr    .         Harm     .   (gloves currently unavailable)
MR       ++++.                  (boots currently unavailable)
Stlth    +.........             C - amulet of Vitality {Regen+ HP+15}
HPRegen  2.64/turn              B - ring "Kuivvakie" {+Blink rPois rN+ MR+ Dex+2}
MPRegen  0.30/turn              P - ring "Ysousk" {rF+ rC+ Int-4 Stlth-}

@: statue-form, contaminated, regenerating, glowing, studying Necromancy,
lightly drained, very slow
A: fangs 3, hooves 1, blurry vision 1, frail 1, low mp 1, regeneration 2,
screaming 2, magic shield, antimagic bite, no potion heal 3, rot immunity,
subdued magic 2, sturdy frame 1
}: 14/15 runes: serpentine, barnacled, slimy, silver, iron, obsidian, icy, bone,
abyssal, demonic, glowing, magical, fiery, dark
a: End Transformation, Bend Time, Temporal Distortion, Slouch, Step From Time,
Renounce Religion, Evoke Blink, Evoke Invisibility


You were on level 3 of the Tomb of the Ancients.
You worshipped Cheibriados.
Cheibriados was exalted by your worship.
You were very hungry.

You were a stone statue.

You visited 17 branches of the dungeon, and saw 84 of its levels.
You visited Pandemonium 1 time, and saw 15 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 1 time.
You visited 1 bazaar.
You also visited: Bailey, Ice Cave and Desolation.

http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Tason ... 083037.txt

This is where it starts to get painful. I don't think the game ever generated a single potion of mutation; when I entered pan I found Mnoleg's floor in 13 turns. And then:

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 41374 | Pan      | Entered Pandemonium
 41387 | Pan      | Entered the realm of Mnoleg.
 41398 | Pan      | Gained mutation: You are frail. (-10% HP) [a neqoxec]
 41405 | Pan      | Gained mutation: Scrolls take you a little longer to read.
                  | [a neqoxec]

And the character was never the same again. Any mutations gained/lost through a potion of mutation would say [a potion of mutation] right? There's none in the notes. I never removed any of the mutations. I cleared Pan and Hell, but the main risk to a statue form VS is always tomb, and tomb:3 was just infested with more mummies than I could handle. If I didn't have blurry vision I think I'd have been fine, but ouch...

#4: VSGl of Cheibriados

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.23.0 (webtiles) character file.

Game seed: 14281812399864982403

436493 Tasonir the Black Belt (level 24, -66/166 HPs)
             Began as a Vine Stalker Gladiator on Feb 16, 2019.
             Was the Champion of Cheibriados.
             Killed by Shatter
             ... invoked by strangelove's ghost
              (111 damage)
             ... on level 3 of the Depths.
             The game lasted 01:45:39 (33414 turns).

Tasonir the Black Belt (Vine Stalker Gladiator)    Turns: 33414, Time: 01:45:39

Health: -66/166    AC: 35    Str: 33    XL:     24   Next: 2%
Magic:  0/42       EV: 34    Int: 34    God:    Cheibriados [******]
Gold:   1870       SH: 26    Dex: 34    Spells: 34/52 levels left

rFire    + . .     SeeInvis .     - Unarmed
rCold    + . .     Gourm    .   g - +5 shield {rC+ rF+}
rNeg     + . .     Faith    .   (armour currently unavailable)
rPois    ∞         Spirit   +   M - +2 helmet {Int+3}
rElec    +         Reflect  +   o - +2 cloak {rPois}
rCorr    .         Harm     .   (gloves currently unavailable)
MR       ++++.                  (boots currently unavailable)
Stlth    +++.......             H - +4 amulet of reflection
HPRegen  1.17/turn              J - +5 ring of evasion
MPRegen  0.28/turn              X - ring of protection from magic

@: statue-form, very slow
A: fangs 3, blurry vision 1, regeneration 2, magic shield, antimagic bite, no
potion heal 3, rot immunity
}: 2/15 runes: serpentine, barnacled
a: End Transformation, Bend Time, Temporal Distortion, Slouch, Step From Time,
Renounce Religion


You were on level 3 of the Depths.
You worshipped Cheibriados.
Cheibriados was exalted by your worship.
You were not hungry.

You were a stone statue.

You visited 7 branches of the dungeon, and saw 38 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 1 time.
You also visited: Ice Cave.


http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Tason ... 104741.txt
Let's just repeat that shatter on player ghosts is complete BS, and this really isn't my fault. Sure, you might say that it's a player's responsibility to XV all player ghosts, I say they shouldn't have to. Ghosts shouldn't have a spell that randomly deals over 100 damage (post AC) because I happen to be in statue form. Please fix. It's largely similar to drowning in deep water, and should be likewise removed.

#$: VSGl of Cheibriados

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.23.0 (webtiles) character file.

Game seed: 13044096589867592841

1267549 Tasonir the Middleweight Champion (level 27, -7/184 HPs)
             Began as a Vine Stalker Gladiator on Feb 17, 2019.
             Was the Champion of Cheibriados.
             Mangled by a death scarab (12 damage)
             ... on level 3 of the Tomb of the Ancients on Feb 18, 2019.
             The game lasted 04:28:14 (55887 turns).

Tasonir the Middleweight Champion (VSGl)           Turns: 55887, Time: 04:28:15

Health: -7/184     AC: 46    Str: 40      XL:     27
Magic:  0/50       EV: 26    Int: 37      God:    Cheibriados [******]
Gold:   4529       SH:  0    Dex: 38 (40) Spells: 28/70 levels left

rFire    + + .     SeeInvis .     - Unarmed
rCold    + . .     Gourm    .   l - +6 large shield "Udeetats" {Int+4}
rNeg     + + .     Faith    .   (armour currently unavailable)
rPois    ∞         Spirit   +   K - +2 helmet {Int+3}
rElec    +         Reflect  .   u - +2 cloak
rCorr    .         Harm     .   (gloves currently unavailable)
MR       +++..                  (boots currently unavailable)
Stlth    ++++......             e - amulet "Xiosaxt" {rC+ Regen+}
HPRegen  2.60/turn              w - ring "Hetar" {rF+ rN+ Dex+3}
MPRegen  0.32/turn              J - ring of Robustness {AC+8}

@: mighty, agile, statue-form, marked, very slightly contaminated, held,
regenerating (expiring), slowed, studying Armour, very slow
A: fangs 3, repulsion field 1, blurry vision 1, clumsy 1, fire resistance 1,
frail 1, mutation resistance 1, regeneration 2, magic shield, antimagic bite, no
potion heal 3, rot immunity
}: 14/15 runes: barnacled, slimy, silver, iron, obsidian, icy, bone, abyssal,
demonic, glowing, magical, fiery, dark, gossamer
a: End Transformation, Bend Time, Temporal Distortion, Slouch, Step From Time,
Renounce Religion


You were on level 3 of the Tomb of the Ancients.
You worshipped Cheibriados.
Cheibriados was exalted by your worship.
You were full.

You were a stone statue.

You visited 18 branches of the dungeon, and saw 83 of its levels.
You visited Pandemonium 1 time, and saw 22 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 1 time.
You visited 1 bazaar.
You also visited: Trove, Ice Cave and Wizlab.

http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Tason ... 030120.txt
So shattering aside, this character took off and was having a grand old time, right up until extended, when things started to look a little too similar to the previous 14 rune death: I mutated with blurry vision and frail. I got frail within 20 turns of entering Pan, although the blurry vision didn't come in until later. When I cleared Mnoleg's floor, I had -20% hp and blurry vision, and after quaffing all my potions of mutation, still had -10% and blurry vision. And then tomb 3 did basically the same thing, although with slightly different setup. Basically as soon as I entered tomb 3, a monster entered a dispersal trap, blinked me south, and then another dispersal trap triggered again and blinked me south as well. I'm not sure if it was all one turn or two, but the end result is I was right next to a solid rectangle of about 4x6 mummies, all asleep. I don't think I've ever managed to walk down to them while they were all still sleeping, so it was cool to see their initial spawn location. Of course I should have just read teleport at that point, but I had to try to get a few slouches off before I left, and probably stayed here far too long. I did survive long enough for a few teleports to kick in, and landed in "slightly better" areas, but they still had monsters, and after resetting a few times, I was eventually worn down somewhere on the south west side of tomb:3, not near the entrance. This one I'm almost entirely sure I could have survived if I didn't have blurry vision.

#6: VSGl of Cheibriados

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.23.0 (webtiles) character file.

Game seed: 794684933941202597

25776665 Tasonir the Middleweight Champion (level 27, 164/164 HPs)
             Began as a Vine Stalker Gladiator on Feb 18, 2019.
             Was the Champion of Cheibriados.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 15 runes on Feb 19, 2019!
             
             The game lasted 04:36:11 (58181 turns).

Tasonir the Middleweight Champion (VSGl)           Turns: 58181, Time: 04:36:12

Health: 164/164    AC: 24    Str: 39    XL:     27
Magic:  53/53      EV: 38    Int: 33    God:    Cheibriados [******]
Gold:   5888       SH: 33    Dex: 31    Spells: 16/76 levels left

rFire    + + .     SeeInvis +     - Unarmed
rCold    + + +     Gourm    .   S - +5 shield {AC+3}
rNeg     . . .     Faith    .   F - +2 robe {Archmagi}
rPois    .         Spirit   +   f - +2 hat {Int+3}
rElec    +         Reflect  +   E - +2 cloak {rC+}
rCorr    .         Harm     .   W - +4 pair of gloves of the Sacrificial Victim {+Blink +Fly Str+3}
MR       +++..                  X - +2 pair of boots
Stlth    +.........             q - +6 amulet of reflection
HPRegen  1.17/turn              l - ring "Zeuhi" {rF+ rC+ Str-2 SInv Stlth+}
MPRegen  0.33/turn              Q - +5 ring of protection

@: studying Axes, very slow
A: fangs 3, repulsion field 1, large bone plates 1, see invisible, clumsy 1,
cold resistance 1, deformed body, deterioration 1, fire resistance 1,
regeneration 2, electricity resistance, strong 1, magic shield, antimagic bite,
no potion heal 3, rot immunity, subdued magic 2
0: Orb of Zot
}: 15/15 runes: decaying, slimy, silver, golden, iron, obsidian, icy, bone,
abyssal, demonic, glowing, magical, fiery, dark, gossamer
a: Bend Time, Temporal Distortion, Slouch, Step From Time, Renounce Religion,
Evoke Blink, Evoke Flight


You escaped.
You worshipped Cheibriados.
Cheibriados was exalted by your worship.
You were not hungry.

You visited 18 branches of the dungeon, and saw 88 of its levels.
You visited Pandemonium 1 time, and saw 20 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 2 times.
You also visited: Trove, Gauntlet and Ice Cave.

http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Tason ... 082037.txt

"Call me a sinner, call me a saint" -- Just don't ever call me a quitter. Turns out Tomb is a lot easier without blurry vision and frail. Note that this character got -30% frail from Mnoleg's floor, but fortunately was able to remove all 3 stacks with only 4 potions of mutation (which was all I had). My final mutation set was mostly neutral, I'd say:

A: fangs 3, repulsion field 1, large bone plates 1, see invisible, clumsy 1,
cold resistance 1, deformed body, deterioration 1, fire resistance 1,
regeneration 2, electricity resistance, strong 1, magic shield, antimagic bite,
no potion heal 3, rot immunity, subdued magic 2

I mean subdued magic 2 sucks, and deterioration can hurt especially in areas which already drain your stats, but they're both managable and I have some bonuses like fire/cold resist, bone plates and repulsion field. Certainly better than frail and blurry vision. If only I had ever found a goddamned potion of mutation on that first 14/15 rune VS, I could have saved myself ~10 hours of deaths. After this win a fired up a centaur for an easy "fast" character who would be safe and streak, but we all know how much I hate being fast, and it died to a hornet's paralysis. So then...

#7: NaNE of Cheibriados

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.23.0-3-gf3c87f2 (webtiles) character file.

Game seed: 14077884031716632952

406798 Tasonir the Brawler (level 23, 0/218 HPs)
             Began as a Naga Necromancer on Feb 20, 2019.
             Was the Champion of Cheibriados.
             Killed from afar by a shadow dragon (34 damage)
             ... with a bolt of negative energy
             ... on level 3 of the Depths on Feb 22, 2019.
             The game lasted 02:52:43 (36693 turns).

Tasonir the Brawler (Naga Necromancer)             Turns: 36693, Time: 02:52:44

Health: 0/218      AC: 32    Str: 30    XL:     23   Next: 42%
Magic:  19/37      EV: 19    Int: 36    God:    Cheibriados [******]
Gold:   1555       SH:  5    Dex: 32    Spells: 27/42 levels left

rFire    + . .     SeeInvis +     - Unarmed
rCold    + + .     Gourm    .   (shield currently unavailable)
rNeg     . . .     Faith    .   G - +0 ice dragon scales
rPois    +         Spirit   .   K - +2 helmet {Int+3}
rElec    .         Reflect  +   C - +2 cloak {MR+}
rCorr    .         Harm     .   (gloves currently unavailable)
MR       +++..                  Y - +4 naga barding {rF+}
Stlth    +.........             L - +5 amulet of reflection
HPRegen  1.46/turn              F - +4 ring of evasion
MPRegen  0.25/turn              d - ring of Xeops {rF+ Dex+4}

@: blade hands, regenerating, very heavily drained, very slow
A: large, see invisible, deformed body, dopey 1, poison resistance, slowness 2,
slow metabolism 1, spit poison 1, constrict 1, AC +7
}: 2/15 runes: serpentine, barnacled
a: Spit Poison, End Transformation, Bend Time, Temporal Distortion, Slouch, Step
From Time, Renounce Religion


You were on level 3 of the Depths.
You worshipped Cheibriados.
Cheibriados was exalted by your worship.
You were very hungry.

You had blades for hands.

You visited 8 branches of the dungeon, and saw 39 of its levels.
You also visited: Ice Cave.



http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Tason ... 081126.txt

Got a naga necromancer off the ground after struggling for a fair amount of the early game, always feeling just slightly underpowered, but still able to make forward progress. Might have been a side effect of having played so many overpowered VS, but either way, I had a "won game" on my hands. I went with blade hands so I could still get my +9 scales AC and naga barding. I wasn't super thrilled with my body armor choices, not really having anything heavy enough with a resistance I liked. My barding was already rF, so I didn't want to wear the rF plate and have no cold resistance. Ended up using +0 ice dragon scales for a while instead. Would have loved CPA; there were gold dragon scales in a shop, but 1) they were 2800 coins, and 2) I was very low on enchant armor scrolls. Either way, what mostly did me in was the lack of rN and not taking a pack of vaults monsters which included a shadow dragon seriously enough. I had *plenty* of time to blink to nearby stairs and leave the floor, but in typical fashion, decided to roll the dice on killing the shadow dragon instead. I think I might be a bit too risky of a player these days, it's not like resetting the fight would have been that hard, really. I had 4 scrolls of blinking.

Final thoughts
Overall I'm somewhat disappointed with my results, but I primarily blame that on real life scheduling issues. Certainly the wasted time with the two 14 rune deaths in tomb where a major factor as well, but I think the horrible lack of mutation potions both times was at least somewhat out of my control. It'd have been possible to try to farm a zigg for them, but I don't think I should have to and I didn't really want to. While it would only add a couple thousand of turns, there isn't really a guarantee that it'd be significantly safer than tomb:3 if I got a bad floor with pan lords or mummies or whatever.

It did hurt a bit to not win that final naga which would have been both a 3rd win as well as an important 'naga' win, since I have a bit of a naga reputation, but ah well. Next tournament I'll try to play a bit more carefully (and therefore, end up with only 1 win)

I'm thinking maybe we need some sort of guaranteed potion of mutation system like there is a guarantee of a certain amount of food. While it's rare, that first 14/15 rune death literally had zero potions of mutation. This makes getting out of Mnoleg's floor in a decent state nearly impossible. Of course, you don't technically have to run extended, but you don't get a politician 3 banner without 15 runes. The previously certain potions of cure mutation (when those existed) in the holy pan Zin altar don't exist anymore, apparently because of the flavor mismatch of turning those into potions of mutation. Fine, I suppose, but we need somewhere to go in order to unmutate ourselves, I say....

[stickyfingers]

Not xving ghosts before freeing them is madness.

[Nebukadnezar]

When I look at your turncount *and* your complaining about low # of mut potions I have to say: there probably were mut potions but not on your way to a low turncount

[VeryAngryFelid]

If Tomb is so dangerous, maybe train Necromutation for it? It wouldn't take too much time with those Int 37 and
- Level 4.1 Necromancy
- Level 14.2 Transmutations
+ Level 20.1 Dodging
- Level 25.0 Shields
O Level 27 Unarmed Combat
- Level 22.0 Spellcasting

[Goratrix]

Yeah, the ghosts 'problem' was pretty much resolved by the ghost valuts, why would you even let out an uber-powerful ghost?

[tasonir]

The ghost thing is really more a complaint about Shatter/flying/statue form interactions, but that's been around for years and seems like it's going to continue to be that way. Generally speaking, the character was overpowered enough to not really fear any ghost, except when shatter suddenly does x6 damage* and shatter is a spell you so rarely see monsters with. I think it's only ghosts, Jorgrun, and maybe panlords? Not sure if panlords lost the ability to cast it or not, I think it was removed from them.

The thing about Necromutation and tomb is I'm not sure if it's really an improvement. It would be less AC and less damage, but more resistance to torment/rN. Generally though I think statue has enough defense both with the 50% torment resistance and rN+, but maybe the full immunity would be worth it. I should probably give it a shot. Plus, it fits in with the theme of "slow and steady"

*x6 damage is based off shatter doing x2 damage to statue form and 1/3 damage to flying.

When I look at your turncount *and* your complaining about low # of mut potions I have to say: there probably were mut potions but not on your way to a low turncount

While it's possible I dove past a few towards the end, really these runs explore floors 100% and aren't leaving ground uncovered. It was just bad luck. I'd like to see some floor get a guaranteed 2-3 mutation potions, maybe in depths?

[byrel]

Jorgrun doesn't shatter any more.