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Cosplaying Veteran's Journey: Challenge 8-5
Cosplaying Veteran’s Journey: Part 8-5-1
Randomly selected a Spriggan as my race. I have a tense moment where I fall down a shaft on D:2 and fall two floors. Things go from bad to worse when I meet Menkaure on that floor in my search for the upstairs. I use two scrolls of teleportation to evade Menkaure and find the stairs to D:3, where I meet Ijyb AND Jessica. Needless to say, I retreat like hell and quickly find and ascend the staircase to D:2. After clearing D:2, I go back to D:3 and kill Ijyb, and then Jessica, thanks to the use of the Call Imp spell. I also find an altar of Sif Muna and begin my worship towards that god. D:4 had a randart +1 hunting sling “Inulypnu” {speed, rF+, rN+}, which was decent, but not worth training. I face Menkaure again, who dies to a swarm of imps. I also find Crazy Yiuf and kill him with imp summons. D:5 had an entrance to the sewers, where I find an randart +1 scimitar of Nyacson {drain, +Blink rN+ Dex-4 SInv}, which was a borderline okay weapon, but still not worth breaking my pure mage strategy. On D:6, I run into Edmund, who goes down to an imp crowd and two zaps from an iceblast wand. D:7 had Duvessa and Dowan, both of who I dispatch with repeated call imp casts. D:8 had Joseph, who went down to imps and a wand of acid, Maurice who evaded my imp crowd several times by casting teleport before dying and leaving behind a cloak of magic resistance that I enchant up, and a Young Poisoner’s Handbook that I read. I learn Olgreb’s Toxic Radiance to get an edge in future battles. D:10 had Urug, who died to a curare dart, Olgreb’s Toxic Radiance, a crowd of imps, and a Mephitic Cloud. D:11 had an unseen horror that did a number on me and forced me to quaff a potion of heal wounds to survive. The level also had Sonja, who eventually dies to venom bolts. Before I kill Sonja, however, I kill a skeleton horde using my wands of iceblast, acid, and even random effects. I also find a treasure trove that is asking for a +7 demon blade before I can enter. I also get Sif Muna’s Handbook of Captivating Combat Magic and learn the Throw Icicle spell to provide more variety. I then clear the level and conclude the part, although I leave a vault containing an orcish high priest, several kobold demonologists, and several orc priests untouched.
The next step, as always, is to clear the Lair and D:12.
So my skill training is a bit of a mess right now, as I was rather unlucky in the spellbook department since I only found two spellbooks throughout the course of this run so far. I also did not train any weapons, since this was supposedly a character that required a pure caster strategy. So the main question I have for you guys is this: What skills should I train for?
Branching from the main question, I think I learned all of the spells that might be useful right now. Magic Dart was pretty damn useless, and I feel that Venom Bolt and Throw Icicle will hopefully provide enough of an offensive for the next levels.
Is there even a piece of body armor that would be desirable to switch to for this character? Or should I stick with robes for the entire game? On that note, the goal regarding weapons is to find a decent staff to enhance my spellcasting and that I should forget about training for any artefact weapons I come across right?
Below is my current character’s status. Any answers to the above questions or tips to overcome any weaknesses would be welcome.
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.24-b1 (webtiles) character file.
wizard44 the Prestidigitator (Spriggan Wizard) Turns: 21081, Time: 03:36:01
Health: 58/58 AC: 6 Str: 4 XL: 11 Next: 62%
Magic: 22/22 EV: 23 Int: 21 God: Sif Muna [****..]
Gold: 558 SH: 0 Dex: 16 Spells: 1/24 levels left
rFire + . . SeeInvis + u - +1 hunting sling "Inulypnu" {speed, rF+ rN+}
rCold . . . Gourm . (shield restricted)
rNeg + . . Faith . a - +0 robe
rPois . Spirit . b - +1 hat
rElec . Reflect . F - +2 cloak {MR+}
rCorr . Harm . (gloves unavailable)
MR ++... (boots unavailable)
Stlth ++++...... (no amulet)
HPRegen 0.19/turn r - ring of stealth
MPRegen 0.18/turn (no ring)
@: very quick
A: very small, unfitting armour, see invisible, herbivore, speed 3, slow
metabolism 2
a: Channel Magic, Forget Spell, Divine Exegesis, Renounce Religion
You are on level 11 of the Dungeon.
You worship Sif Muna.
Sif Muna is greatly pleased with you.
You are not hungry.
You have visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and seen 12 of its levels.
You have also visited: Sewer.
You have collected 558 gold pieces.
Inventory:
Hand Weapons
u - the +1 hunting sling "Inulypnu" (weapon) {speed, rF+ rN+}
(You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)
Attacks with this weapon are significantly faster.
It protects you from fire.
It protects you from negative energy.
x - the +1 scimitar of Nyacson {drain, +Blink rN+ Dex-4 SInv}
(You found it in a sewer)
A truly terrible weapon, it drains the life of those it strikes.
It affects your dexterity (-4).
It protects you from negative energy.
It lets you see invisible.
It lets you blink.
Missiles
e - 20 sling bullets (quivered)
f - 8 curare-tipped darts
Armour
a - a +0 robe (worn)
b - a +1 hat (worn)
F - a +2 cloak of magic resistance (worn)
Magical Staves
i - an uncursed staff of earth
Jewellery
r - a ring of stealth (left hand)
Wands
n - a wand of digging (11)
t - a wand of polymorph (3)
y - a wand of iceblast (2)
Scrolls
h - 4 scrolls of remove curse
k - a scroll of amnesia
p - 3 scrolls of teleportation
s - a scroll of blinking
z - a scroll of identify
E - 4 scrolls of enchant weapon
Potions
c - 2 potions of mutation
g - 5 potions of heal wounds
j - 9 potions of curing
m - 3 potions of agility
o - a potion of invisibility
q - a potion of magic
w - a potion of brilliance
A - a potion of lignification
B - 2 potions of ambrosia
C - 2 potions of haste
D - a potion of resistance
Miscellaneous
v - a phantom mirror
Comestibles
d - 21 rations
Skills:
+ Level 7.3 Fighting
+ Level 7.9 Dodging
- Level 5.0 Stealth
+ Level 7.0 Spellcasting
+ Level 6.8 Conjurations
- Level 3.0 Summonings
- Level 3.0 Translocations
+ Level 0.1 Ice Magic
- Level 7.5 Poison Magic
+ Level 10.5 Evocations
You have one spell level left.
You know the following spells:
Your Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger
a - Throw Icicle Conj/Ice ###..... 22% 4 ###....
b - Call Imp Summ ###..... 3% 2 None
c - Blink Tloc N/A 3% 2 None
d - Conjure Flame Conj/Fire ###..... 6% 3 #......
e - Mephitic Cloud Conj/Pois/Air ####.... 3% 3 #......
f - Olgreb's Toxic Radia Pois #####... 3% 4 ###....
g - Venom Bolt Conj/Pois #####..... 13% 5 #####..
Your spell library contains the following spells:
Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger
Magic Dart Conj #### 1% 1 None
Sting Conj/Pois #### 1% 1 None
Poisonous Vapours Pois/Air ###... 2% 2 None
Slow Hex #....... 13% 2 None
Inner Flame Hex/Fire #....... 26% 3 #......
Summon Mana Viper Hex/Summ ##...... 78% 5 #####..
Metabolic Englaciation Hex/Ice #......... 94% 5 #####..
Darkness Hex #......... 100% 6 ######.
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (11/15) Temple (1/1) D:4 Lair (0/6) D:8
Orc (0/2) D:11 Sewer (visited)
Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Dithmenos
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Gozag
Hepliaklqana
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Qazlal
Ru
Sif Muna
Trog
Uskayaw
Vehumet
Wu Jian
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One
Portals:
Trove: D:11 (give +7 demon blade)
Annotations:
D:11 2 transporters
Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations
You are very small and have problems with some larger weapons.
You are too small for most types of armour.
You have supernaturally acute eyesight. (SInv)
You are a herbivore.
You cover ground extremely quickly.
You need to consume almost no food.
Message History
The kobold demonologist shouts! You hear a shout!
There is an open door here.
Partly explored, unvisited transporter.
Press: ? - help, . - travel, g - get item
You can't see that place.
[Stash: a wand of acid (8)]
[the floor.]
The orc high priest says, "Oblivion to the unbeliever."
Press: ? - help, v - describe, . - travel, g - get item
11 gold pieces.
The floor.
Unknown command.
You see here a hand axe.
The kobold demonologist shouts!
You see here a +0 dagger.
Press: ? - help, v - describe, . - travel
Here: an orc high priest, wielding a +0 scimitar (fire blocked by a translucent
stone wall)
The floor.
Char dumped successfully.
Save game and exit?
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You can see an orc high priest, 3 kobold demonologists and an orc priest.
Vanquished Creatures
2 two-headed ogres
Sonja (D:11)
An unseen horror (D:10)
3 ugly things (D:11)
Joseph (D:8)
Maurice (D:8)
3 trolls
2 hippogriffs
A human (D:9)
A wyvern (D:11)
A vampire (D:10)
3 hogs (D:9)
A basilisk (D:8)
7 yaks
3 vampire mosquitoes (D:10)
Edmund (D:6)
Duvessa (D:7)
An orc warrior (D:9)
A black bear (D:9)
3 phantoms
An ogre (D:5)
A centaur (D:5)
A scorpion (D:9)
A troll zombie (D:11)
2 killer bees (D:9)
3 wights
3 howler monkeys (D:9)
3 crimson imps
A quasit (D:6)
2 bullfrog zombies (D:11)
A bullfrog skeleton (D:9)
3 orc priests
A gnoll shaman (D:10)
2 hounds
8 jellies
Ijyb (D:2)
5 orc wizards
2 worker ants
5 ogre zombies (D:11)
A worker ant zombie (D:11)
9 adders
6 gnolls
2 shadow imps
An adder skeleton (D:2)
2 worms
2 dart slugs (D:1)
3 leopard geckos
15 orcs
6 giant cockroaches
6 goblins
7 hobgoblins
2 quokkas
4 ball pythons (Sewer)
4 bats
9 frilled lizards
2 goblin skeletons (D:11)
3 goblin zombies (D:11)
A hobgoblin skeleton (D:11)
3 hobgoblin zombies (D:11)
8 kobolds
An orc skeleton (D:11)
6 orc zombies (D:11)
A quokka skeleton (D:9)
5 rats
193 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
A two-headed ogre (D:11)
Urug (D:10)
A centaur skeleton (D:11)
A hippogriff (D:8)
A shadow (D:10)
3 yaks
A hungry ghost (D:10)
A two-headed ogre zombie (D:11)
Menkaure (D:4)
2 orc warriors
2 ice beasts (D:8)
2 sky beasts
3 ogres
A phantom (D:8)
A centaur (D:9)
A crocodile (D:8)
2 big kobolds
2 bullfrogs
2 scorpions
Dowan (D:7)
A water moccasin skeleton (D:5)
3 killer bees (D:9)
3 wights
An electric eel (D:10)
3 howler monkeys
2 crimson imps
2 hounds
2 quasits
2 bullfrog skeletons
Crazy Yiuf (D:4)
2 orc priests
3 orc wizards
Jessica (D:3)
A killer bee zombie (D:5)
An ogre zombie (D:11)
2 hound zombies
8 gnolls
4 adders
An adder zombie (D:5)
A worm (D:2)
3 leopard geckos
17 orcs
2 ball pythons (Sewer)
2 bats
3 giant cockroaches
A goblin (D:2)
2 hobgoblins (D:2)
2 jackals (D:4)
3 quokkas
A frilled lizard (Sewer)
2 goblin zombies (D:11)
2 hobgoblin zombies (D:11)
A jackal skeleton (D:5)
3 kobolds
2 orc skeletons (D:11)
3 orc zombies (D:11)
A quokka zombie (D:7)
4 rats
128 creatures vanquished.
Grand Total: 321 creatures vanquished
Notes
Turn | Place | Note
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0 | D:1 | wizard44 the Spriggan Wizard began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 9/9 MP: 6/6
273 | D:1 | Reached skill level 1 in Conjurations
273 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 13/13 MP: 0/8
342 | D:1 | Learned a level 2 spell: Call Imp
345 | D:1 | Learned a level 2 spell: Blink
858 | D:1 | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
1424 | D:2 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 12/17 MP: 0/9
1429 | D:2 | Learned a level 3 spell: Conjure Flame
1613 | D:2 | Reached skill level 1 in Summonings
2195 | D:2 | You fall into a shaft and drop 2 floors!
2219 | D:4 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 21/21 MP: 2/11
2347 | D:4 | Noticed Menkaure
2495 | D:3 | Noticed Ijyb
2496 | D:3 | Noticed Jessica
2716 | D:2 | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud
2947 | D:2 | Killed Ijyb
2947 | D:2 | Reached skill level 1 in Fighting
3244 | D:2 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 25/25 MP: 3/12
3633 | D:3 | Noticed an ogre
3643 | D:3 | Killed an ogre
3656 | D:3 | Killed Jessica
3960 | D:3 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 30/30 MP: 7/14
3985 | D:3 | Found a sacrificial altar of Ru.
4198 | D:3 | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
4199 | D:3 | Found a shimmering blue altar of Sif Muna.
4204 | D:3 | Became a worshipper of Sif Muna the Loreminder
4227 | D:3 | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
4653 | D:4 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
4775 | D:4 | Got a slimy hunting sling
4776 | D:4 | Identified the cursed +1 hunting sling "Inulypnu" {speed,
| rF+ rN+} (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)
4856 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
5196 | D:4 | Killed Menkaure
5196 | D:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
5562 | D:4 | Found a runed translucent door.
5563 | D:4 | Noticed Crazy Yiuf
5645 | D:4 | Killed Crazy Yiuf
5645 | D:4 | Reached skill level 5 in Stealth
5903 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
6038 | D:5 | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
6040 | D:5 | Found an opulent altar of Gozag.
6055 | D:5 | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha.
6056 | D:5 | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
6056 | D:5 | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
6056 | D:5 | Found a shadowy altar of Dithmenos.
6168 | D:5 | Found a glowing drain.
6173 | Sewer | Entered a sewer
6491 | Sewer | Reached * piety under Sif Muna
6701 | Sewer | Got a transparent scimitar
6708 | Sewer | Identified the +1 scimitar of Nyacson {drain, +Blink rN+
| Dex-4 SInv} (You found it in a sewer)
6823 | D:5 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 34/34 MP: 10/15
7264 | D:5 | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
8583 | D:6 | Noticed Edmund
8668 | D:6 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 39/39 MP: 12/17
9117 | D:6 | Killed Edmund
9298 | D:6 | Reached ** piety under Sif Muna
9608 | D:7 | Noticed Duvessa
9616 | D:7 | Noticed Dowan
9649 | D:7 | Killed Dowan
9666 | D:7 | Killed Duvessa
11720 | D:8 | Found a staircase to the Lair.
11720 | D:8 | Noticed a hippogriff
11750 | D:8 | Killed a hippogriff
11750 | D:8 | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
11750 | D:8 | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
11790 | D:8 | Reached skill level 2 in Evocations
11790 | D:8 | Reached XP level 9. HP: 45/45 MP: 10/20
11809 | D:8 | Noticed Joseph
11843 | D:8 | Noticed Maurice
12099 | D:8 | Killed Joseph
12099 | D:8 | Reached skill level 3 in Evocations
12929 | D:8 | Learned a level 4 spell: Olgreb's Toxic Radiance
13245 | D:8 | Killed Maurice
13245 | D:8 | Reached skill level 1 in Poison Magic
13353 | D:9 | Reached skill level 4 in Evocations
13616 | D:9 | Reached *** piety under Sif Muna
13780 | D:9 | Reached skill level 5 in Evocations
14260 | D:9 | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
14385 | D:9 | Reached skill level 6 in Evocations
14385 | D:9 | Reached XP level 10. HP: 51/51 MP: 3/21
14984 | D:9 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
15026 | D:9 | Killed a two-headed ogre
15026 | D:9 | Reached skill level 7 in Evocations
15205 | D:9 | Reached skill level 5 in Poison Magic
15706 | D:10 | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
16144 | D:10 | Reached **** piety under Sif Muna
16306 | D:10 | Noticed Urug
16313 | D:10 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
16381 | D:10 | Killed a two-headed ogre
16381 | D:10 | Reached skill level 8 in Evocations
16733 | D:10 | Killed Urug
17222 | D:11 | Found a transporter.
17222 | D:11 | Noticed an unseen horror
17267 | D:10 | Killed an unseen horror
17267 | D:10 | Reached skill level 9 in Evocations
17448 | D:11 | Noticed a green ugly thing
17490 | D:11 | Noticed Sonja
17490 | D:11 | Noticed a two-headed ogre
17497 | D:10 | Reached XP level 11. HP: 46/58 MP: 15/22
17626 | D:11 | Found a transporter.
17849 | D:11 | Found a portal to a secret trove of treasure.
17945 | D:11 | Noticed a brown ugly thing
17965 | D:11 | Killed a brown ugly thing
18052 | D:11 | Noticed a red ugly thing
18293 | D:11 | Noticed an orc high priest
18298 | D:11 | Killed a green ugly thing
18301 | D:11 | Killed a red ugly thing
18305 | D:11 | Reached skill level 10 in Evocations
18885 | D:10 | Learned a level 5 spell: Venom Bolt
19294 | D:11 | Killed Sonja
19937 | D:11 | Reached ***** piety under Sif Muna
20010 | D:11 | Killed a two-headed ogre
20380 | D:11 | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
20388 | D:11 | Identified Sif Muna's Handbook of Captivating Combat Magic
| (Sif Muna gifted it to you on level 11 of the Dungeon)
20388 | D:11 | Received a gift from Sif Muna
20396 | D:11 | Learned a level 4 spell: Throw Icicle
20834 | D:11 | Found a shimmering blue altar of Sif Muna.
Skill XL: | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
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Conjurations | 1 2 3 5 6 | 6.8
Summonings | 1 2 3 | 3.0
Translocations | 2 3 | 3.0
Fighting | 1 2 3 5 6 7 | 7.3
Stealth | 4 5 | 5.0
Dodging | 4 5 7 | 7.9
Spellcasting | 5 7 | 7.0
Evocations | 2 6 9 10 | 10.5
Poison Magic | 3 6 7 | 7.5
Ice Magic | | 0.1
Action | 1- 3 | 4- 6 | 7- 9 | 10-12 || total
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Melee: Short sword | 10 | | | || 10
Unarmed | 2 | | | || 2
Dagger | | 27 | | || 27
Flail | | 9 | | || 9
Scimitar | | | 3 | 46 || 49
Fire: Hunting sling | | 22 | 73 | 183 || 278
Throw: Boomerang | 6 | 41 | | || 47
Dart | | 3 | 3 | 3 || 9
Cast: Magic Dart | 82 | 83 | 165 | 56 || 386
Call Imp | 25 | 88 | 227 | 139 || 479
Blink | 4 | | 4 | 19 || 27
Mephitic Cloud | | 3 | 8 | 5 || 16
Conjure Flame | | | 4 | 9 || 13
Olgreb's Toxic Ra | | | 1 | 18 || 19
Venom Bolt | | | | 5 || 5
Throw Icicle | | | | 1 || 1
Evoke: Wand | | | 26 | 51 || 77
Use: Scroll | | 17 | 8 | 6 || 31
Potion | | | | 3 || 3
Stab: Confused | | | | 1 || 1
Eat: Ration | | 2 | 3 | 5 || 10
Armor: Robe | 3 | 6 | 7 | 34 || 50
Dodge: Dodged | 21 | 57 | 65 | 247 || 390
Rpst.: Scimitar | | | 2 | 24 || 26