YASD: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Mesmerization


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Post Sunday, 28th February 2016, 18:25

YASD: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Mesmerization

I can see why people call VM a difficult background! This is my first one and I’ve had several close calls. Picking up a shortbow from a centaur, who himself almost killed me, was the key that got me through the bottleneck of the first rPois monsters.

RNG has been kind that the spellbooks I’ve found synergize with one another. I’m confident that Ice ought to be my second school of magic. I have both Ozo’s and Condensation Shield, and I also have Bolt of Cold, both Freezing and Poisonous Cloud, and Simulacrum. Both Poison and Cold leave me poorly prepared for undead—is Makhleb good enough, or ought I get Dispel Undead on my way to Simulacrum? The skill 0 shortbow and arbalest have been sufficient thus far for the undead I’ve faced, including a pack of wights, but that won’t last forever.

It looks like I have Mana Shield and Foul Stench for my two Tier II mutations, and I don’t know my Tier III yet. I’m not sure what to do with these, in particular I’ve never had Spirit Shield on a caster before and it worries me since I don’t have any channeling.

I think Bolt of Cold ought to be next, even before Condensation Shield. I can use the XP in Orc:1-3 to get me ready for rPois foes in Lair. Is there any advantage to Poisonous Cloud, now that I have access to Freezing Cloud too and am training Ice? I have 6 levels free so I can learn any one of these.

As for melee I probably will go Long Blades, aiming for the great sword I’m carrying with the scimitar along the way. The +2 short sword of speed is from D:1. I don’t think I’ll train a weapon further until I get all of Bolt of Cold, Condenstation Shield, and a Cloud up and running though. Dispel Undead and Simulacrum would be after getting melee online.

Let me know please if I ought to be doing anything differently.

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.17.1 (tiles) character file.

MainiacJoe the Demolition Demonspawn (DsVM)        Turns: 13780, Time: 01:26:39

Health: 73/73      AC:  6    Str:  9    XL:     10   Next: 33%
Magic:  16/16      EV: 15    Int: 19    God:    Makhleb [****..]
Gold:   103        SH:  0    Dex: 14    Spells: 4 memorised, 6 levels left

rFire  + . .     SeeInvis .     d - +1 arbalest (flame)
rCold  . . .     Clarity  .     h - +0 robe
rNeg   . . .     SustAt   .     (shield currently unavailable)
rPois  +         Gourm    .     (helmet restricted)
rElec  .         Spirit   +     (no cloak)
rCorr  .         Warding  .     D - +2 pair of gloves
rMut   .         Stasis   .     (no boots)
MR     .....                    (no amulet)
Stlth  ++........               x - ring of poison resistance
                                s - ring of protection from fire

@: not resistant to hostile enchantments, unstealthy
A: horns 1, molten scales 1, foul stench 1, magic shield, rot immunity
a: Minor Destruction, Lesser Servant of Makhleb, Major Destruction, Renounce
Religion


You are on level 9 of the Dungeon.
You worship Makhleb.
Makhleb is greatly pleased with you.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 1 branch of the dungeon, and seen 9 of its levels.

You have collected 409 gold pieces.
You have spent 306 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand Weapons
 a - a +2 short sword of speed
 b - a +0 shortbow of freezing
 c - a +0 shortbow
 d - a +1 arbalest of flaming (weapon)
 e - a +1 dagger of draining
 J - a +0 whip of electrocution
 S - a +3 great sword
 T - a +2 scimitar
Missiles
 f - 44 poisoned needles
 n - 383 stones
 p - 102 sling bullets
 t - 7 tomahawks
 C - 116 arrows
 M - 52 bolts (quivered)
Armour
 h - a +0 robe (worn)
 q - a +0 buckler
 y - a +0 leather armour
 D - a +2 pair of gloves (worn)
Magical Staves
 O - an uncursed staff of air
Jewellery
 s - a ring of protection from fire (left hand)
 x - a ring of poison resistance (right hand)
 I - a ring of protection from fire
Wands
 r - a wand of fire {zapped: 7}
 v - a wand of paralysis (11)
 A - a wand of enslavement (8)
 P - a wand of paralysis
Scrolls
 j - a scroll of recharging
 m - 3 scrolls of magic mapping
 o - a scroll of enchant armour
 H - a scroll of immolation
 K - 7 scrolls of remove curse
 Q - a scroll of identify
Potions
 u - a potion of agility
 w - a potion of mutation
 F - 3 potions of flight
Books
 k - a book of Clouds   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Mephitic Cloud               Conjuration/Poison/Air        3
    b - Conjure Flame                Conjuration/Fire              3
    c - Poisonous Cloud              Conjuration/Poison/Air        6
    d - Freezing Cloud               Conjuration/Ice/Air           6
    e - Ring of Flames               Charms/Fire                   7
 z - the Compendium of Doomed Snow
   (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Pain                         Necromancy                    1
    b - Throw Frost                  Conjuration/Ice               2
    c - Summon Ice Beast             Ice/Summoning                 4
    d - Dispel Undead                Necromancy                    5
    e - Simulacrum                   Ice/Necromancy                6
 B - a Young Poisoner's Handbook   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Sting                        Conjuration/Poison            1
    b - Cure Poison                  Poison                        2
    c - Mephitic Cloud               Conjuration/Poison/Air        3
    d - Olgreb's Toxic Radiance      Poison                        4
    e - Venom Bolt                   Conjuration/Poison            5
 R - the Disquisition on the Snowflakes
   (You found it on level 8 of the Dungeon)   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Ensorcelled Hibernation      Hexes/Ice                     2
    b - Ozocubu's Armour             Charms/Ice                    3
    c - Summon Ice Beast             Ice/Summoning                 4
    d - Condensation Shield          Ice                           4
    e - Bolt of Cold                 Conjuration/Ice               6
Comestibles
 g - 2 meat rations
 i - 2 beef jerkies
 E - 5 bread rations
 G - 4 fruits
 L - 8 slices of pizza


   Skills:
 + Level 4.5 Fighting
 - Level 4.0 Short Blades
 + Level 5.6 Dodging
 - Level 1.7 Stealth
 - Level 3.4 Spellcasting
 - Level 5.3 Conjurations
 - Level 3.2 Charms
 - Level 3.3 Ice Magic
 - Level 4.3 Air Magic
 - Level 4.8 Poison Magic
 + Level 8.5 Invocations
 - Level 3.0 Evocations


You have 6 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Sting                 Conj/Pois      ###.         1%          1    None
b - Cure Poison           Pois           ###.......   3%          2    ##.....
c - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  ###.....     8%          3    ###....
d - Ozocubu's Armour      Chrm/Ice       ###.....     12%         3    ###....


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (9/15)             Temple (0/1) D:7            Lair (0/8) D:8
   Orc: D:9-12     

Altars:
Fedhas
Gozag
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Yredelemnul
The Shining One

Shops:
D:4 }   D:5 (   D:7 (   D:8 (

Annotations:
D:4 exclusion: downstairs
D:7 Joseph


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You have a pair of small horns on your head.
You are partially covered in molten scales (AC +1).
You may emit foul miasma when damaged in melee.
When hurt, damage is shared between your health and your magic reserves.
You are immune to rotting.


Message History

Wield which item (- for none, * to show all)? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Okay, then.
Wear which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
You start removing your armour.
You continue taking off your +0 leather armour. x4
You finish taking off your +0 leather armour.
You start putting on your armour. You continue putting on your +0 robe.
You continue putting on your +0 robe. x4
You finish putting on your +0 robe.
Saving game... please wait.
Welcome back, MainiacJoe the Demonspawn Venom Mage.
Blood and souls for Makhleb!
Press ? for a list of commands and other information.
Okay, then.
Saving game... please wait.
Welcome back, MainiacJoe the Demonspawn Venom Mage.
Blood and souls for Makhleb!
Press ? for a list of commands and other information.
Okay, then.
Saving game... please wait.

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There are no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  A cyclops (D:9)
  The ghost of MainiacJoe2 the Skirmisher, a novice DsAK of Lugonu (D:5)
  A wyvern (D:9)
  2 hippogriffs (D:8)
  A deep elf fighter (D:8)
  2 water moccasins
  An orc warrior (D:8)
  An ice beast (D:9)
  A sky beast (D:9)
  A necrophage (D:6)
  2 phantoms
  5 giant frogs
  4 ogres
  5 centaurs
  A wasp (D:9)
  A gnoll sergeant (D:8)
  A big kobold (D:6)
  A killer bee (D:8)
  A scorpion (D:8)
  A wyvern skeleton (D:8)
  A water moccasin zombie (D:8)
  A quasit (D:5)
  5 wights (D:8)
  7 crimson imps
  2 giant frog zombies (D:5)
  10 orc wizards
  A giant frog skeleton (D:6)
  4 jellies
  2 hounds
  5 orc priests
  A centaur skeleton (D:8)
  2 iguanas
  2 worker ants
  Natasha (thrice) (D:4)
  2 gnoll shamans (D:8)
  A hound zombie (D:9)
  2 worker ant zombies
  9 adders
  15 gnolls
  4 shadow imps
  An ooze (D:4)
  An adder zombie (D:8)
  An adder skeleton (D:1)
  6 giant geckos
  32 orcs
  9 bats
  8 goblins
  13 hobgoblins
  18 jackals
  4 quokkas
  2 ball pythons
  8 giant cockroaches
  6 giant newts
  9 kobolds
  A quokka skeleton (D:5)
  A quokka zombie (D:5)
  6 rats
  A spectral orc (D:9)
240 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A hound (D:8)
1 creature vanquished.

Grand Total: 241 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
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     0 | D:1      | MainiacJoe the Demonspawn Venom Mage began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 13/13 MP: 3/3
   158 | D:1      | Reached skill level 1 in Conjurations
   486 | D:1      | Gained mutation: You are immune to rotting. [demonic ancestry]
   486 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 19/19 MP: 1/5
   552 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Cure Poison
  1493 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 24/24 MP: 2/6
  1504 | D:2      | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud
  2224 | D:3      | Found an opulent altar of Gozag.
  2226 | D:3      | Reached skill level 1 in Air Magic
  2714 | D:3      | Gained mutation: When hurt, damage is shared between your health and your magic reserves. [demonic ancestry]
  2714 | D:3      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 17/30 MP: 2/7
  3208 | D:3      | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
  3519 | D:4      | Noticed an ogre
  3845 | D:4      | Found Meto's Gadget Shop.
  3881 | D:4      | Bought a wand of paralysis (6) for 80 gold pieces
  3893 | D:4      | Got a transparent chain mail
  3904 | D:4      | Identified the cursed +1 chain mail "Tuubruneqo" {rN+ Stlth+} (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)
  4021 | D:4      | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
  4028 | D:4      | Noticed Natasha
  4044 | D:4      | Killed Natasha
  4120 | D:4      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 28/35 MP: 3/8
  4224 | D:4      | Noticed an ogre
  4611 | D:4      | Killed an ogre
  4664 | D:4      | Identified the Compendium of Doomed Snow (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)
  4919 | D:4      | Gained mutation: You are partially covered in molten scales (AC +1). [demonic ancestry]
  4919 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 38/41 MP: 9/9
  5553 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  5558 | D:5      | Noticed a water moccasin
  5588 | D:5      | Killed a water moccasin
  5611 | D:5      | Noticed MainiacJoe2's ghost (novice DsAK)
  5999 | D:5      | HP: 1/41 [centaur/arrow (5)]
  6437 | D:5      | Killed MainiacJoe2's ghost
  6437 | D:5      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 26/52 MP: 6/12
  6613 | D:4      | Bought a wand of enslavement (8) for 100 gold pieces
  6963 | D:5      | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
  7209 | D:4      | Noticed Natasha
  7216 | D:4      | Killed Natasha
  7284 | D:5      | Found Fuschoja's Antique Weapon Shop.
  7356 | D:5      | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
  7585 | D:5      | Gained mutation: You have a pair of small horns on your head. [demonic ancestry]
  7585 | D:5      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 51/60 MP: 10/13
  7882 | D:5      | Became a worshipper of Makhleb the Destroyer
  7965 | D:6      | Reached skill level 1 in Invocations
  8852 | D:6      | Reached * piety under Makhleb
  9164 | D:7      | Reached skill level 5 in Invocations
  9414 | D:7      | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
  9519 | D:7      | Gained mutation: You may emit foul miasma when damaged in melee. [demonic ancestry]
  9519 | D:7      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 66/66 MP: 14/14
  9540 | D:7      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  9564 | D:7      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
  9725 | D:7      | Noticed Joseph
 10014 | D:7      | Found Otops's Antique Weapon Shoppe.
 10017 | D:7      | Bought a runed arbalest for 126 gold pieces
 10062 | D:4      | Noticed Natasha
 10070 | D:4      | Killed Natasha
 10446 | D:4      | Killed an ogre
 10534 | D:8      | Reached skill level 6 in Invocations
 10539 | D:8      | Reached ** piety under Makhleb
 10684 | D:8      | Found Awig's Antique Weapon Shop.
 10686 | D:8      | Identified the Disquisition on the Snowflakes
 10959 | D:8      | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
 10959 | D:8      | Reached skill level 7 in Invocations
 11029 | D:8      | Reached *** piety under Makhleb
 11408 | D:8      | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
 11733 | D:8      | Learned a level 3 spell: Ozocubu's Armour
 11812 | D:9      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
 11868 | D:9      | Reached skill level 1 in Charms
 11868 | D:9      | Reached skill level 1 in Ice Magic
 12021 | D:9      | Reached skill level 8 in Invocations
 12072 | D:9      | Noticed a cyclops
 12120 | D:9      | Killed a cyclops
 12120 | D:9      | Reached XP level 10. HP: 73/73 MP: 4/16
 12324 | D:8      | Reached **** piety under Makhleb
 12448 | D:8      | Found a staircase to the Lair.
 13621 | D:9      | Found a basalt altar of Yredelemnul.


Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Short sword       |    53 |   175 |   494 |    55 ||   777
       Dagger            |       |       |     2 |    26 ||    28
 Fire: Shortbow          |       |       |   229 |    30 ||   259
       Arbalest          |       |       |     2 |    19 ||    21
Throw: Tomahawk          |       |     1 |     6 |     6 ||    13
 Cast: Sting             |    82 |    40 |    39 |     2 ||   163
       Cure Poison       |     1 |       |       |       ||     1
       Mephitic Cloud    |       |     5 |    40 |    13 ||    58
       Ozocubu's Armour  |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
Evoke: Wand              |       |     8 |       |       ||     8
  Use: Scroll            |     5 |     6 |     9 |       ||    20
       Potion            |       |       |       |     2 ||     2
 Stab: Confused          |       |     4 |    10 |     3 ||    17
       Paralysed         |       |     5 |       |       ||     5
       Sleeping          |       |     2 |       |     1 ||     3
  Eat: Chunk             |     7 |    10 |    12 |     1 ||    30
       Pizza             |       |     1 |       |       ||     1
       Bread ration      |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
       Meat ration       |       |       |     1 |     2 ||     3
Last edited by MainiacJoe on Saturday, 12th March 2016, 19:44, edited 4 times in total.
Won (52). Remaining (15): 5 species: Ba, Fe, Mu, Na, Op; 5 Backgrounds: AM, Wr, Su, AE, Ar; 5 gods: Jiyv, newNem, WJC, newSif, newFedh

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Post Sunday, 28th February 2016, 20:56

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Transitioning to Ice

Freezing cloud is better than poison cloud generally. Poison Cloud + ignite poison is good, but freezing cloud is 3 less spell levels.

I would not go for bolt of cold currently, nor freezing cloud. You have a bolt via makleb (and 8 invocations which you are currently training, which is good).

Your stealth is exceptionally bad.

I would plan on Makleb to get me through lair threats, get my defensive bases up, and aim for bolt of cold to come online between lair 8 and D15. Fcloud comes online in the first s branch, then the game is easy.

I specifically think the great sword is a mistake on this character. Demonspawn + Expensive Magical Caster attack + expensive 2h weapon exp = Bad defenses in s branches, which are typically difficult for DS. I would want my character to build towards a 1h weapon + buckler and intend to transition into a magical staff at some point.

Edit: It may be prudent to train Long Blades up to 6 or 8. Having some kind of functional melee attack (esp in lair) is nice. The +3 greatsword may be the best of your available options, in which case it is your best option, and if it so happens that you end up with a +9 greatsword of flaming because of some lucky scroll RNG, ok, then that works. But that wouldn't be my plan for this character at this time.

Edit 2: Why are you wearing a +0 robe? A +0 leather or a +0 ring mail is better.

Edit 3: 2 wands of paralysis and rPois really takes alot of the teeth out of lair. You can get evo up to ~5 and walk through the place.

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Post Monday, 29th February 2016, 00:02

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Transitioning to Ice

I'd probably train m&f for the whip of elec which will do good damage for less investment than the great sword.

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Post Monday, 29th February 2016, 00:51

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Transitioning to Ice

Thanks for the input.

Re body armor: The +0 leather gave -1 EV and +1 AC vs the robe, which I consider a wash, with slightly lower spell success. I have Ozo's so AC isn't something I'm that concerned about right now. Good point re Stealth, though. And in general, you remind me that I am still thinking about "moar killdudes!" when they are sufficient for where I am. I should be working on defenses instead. Maybe I should try on a ring mail and see what it does.

I'll not be working on melee for a while yet. I'm carrying the great sword and the scimitar since 1) the great sword is the best weapon I've found thus far and 2) the scimitar is a mid-skill weapon in the same school and also good. If I were to go for the electric melee, I suspect the staff of air is a better bet than the whip in the long run, since I'll be training Evocations for the wands and the elemental evokables I have in a shop (disc, phial, and stone) and Air for the Cloud spell (and already for Mephitic). But the whip is better now (equal chance of electric shock at current Air and Evocables skill levels, but greater electric damage) and it might be better than any of the swords at their current skill levels. I ought to wizmode that.
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Post Monday, 29th February 2016, 01:50

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Transitioning to Ice

Mana shield isn't so bad once you get the second fact and you get MP regen. Though I suppose that's less unique now there's a n amulet and a fixedart that both do the same thing.

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Post Saturday, 5th March 2016, 22:32

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Making Progress

I've finished L:8 and O:3. Still don't know what my Tier III mutation is!

Good finds were a demon blade of flaming in a Volcano, and a +9 arbalest of velocity in a shop for $256!

I'm not quite sure what to do next. The staff and ring of wizardry open things up quite a bit. I have Spider and Shoals so I can continue with Poison magic for a bit longer before switching to Ice.

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.17.1 (tiles) character file.

MainiacJoe the Champion of Chaos (DsVM)            Turns: 39697, Time: 04:43:54

Health: 105/105    AC: 21    Str:  9    XL:     14   Next: 57%
Magic:  24/24      EV: 17    Int: 20    God:    Makhleb [******]
Gold:   1072       SH:  0    Dex: 20    Spells: 7 memorised, 8 levels left

rFire  . . .     SeeInvis .     a - +5 demon blade (flame)
rCold  . . .     Clarity  .     B - +3 leather armour {MR+}
rNeg   . . .     SustAt   .     (no shield)
rPois  +         Gourm    .     (helmet restricted)
rElec  .         Spirit   +     (no cloak)
rCorr  .         Warding  .     D - +2 pair of gloves
rMut   .         Stasis   .     f - +1 pair of boots
MR     ++...                    (no amulet)
Stlth  +++.......               x - ring of poison resistance
                                y - +5 ring of dexterity

@: icy armour (expiring), very resistant to hostile enchantments, fairly
stealthy
A: hooves 1, horns 1, molten scales 2, foul stench 2, magic shield, magic
regeneration, rot immunity
a: Minor Destruction, Lesser Servant of Makhleb, Major Destruction, Greater
Servant of Makhleb, Renounce Religion


You are on level 8 of the Dungeon.
You worship Makhleb.
Makhleb is exalted by your worship.
You are near starving.

You have visited 3 branches of the dungeon, and seen 22 of its levels.
You have also visited: Ice Cave and Volcano.

You have collected 1984 gold pieces.
You have spent 912 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand Weapons
 a - a +5 demon blade of flaming (weapon)
 b - the +9 arbalest of Watchfulness {velocity, rC+ MR+ MP+9}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 5 of the Dungeon)   
   
   Any bolt fired from it inflicts extra damage.
   
   It protects you from cold.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It affects your magic capacity (+9).
 c - a +5 dagger of speed {Nergalle}
 n - a +0 dagger of electrocution
Missiles
 o - 7 javelins (quivered)
 H - 9 silver bolts
 J - 6 curare-tipped needles
 K - 71 poisoned needles
 M - 42 bolts
 O - 8 needles of frenzy
 U - 5 needles of sleeping
Armour
 f - a +1 pair of boots (worn)
 p - a +2 leather armour of fire resistance
 B - a +3 leather armour of magic resistance (worn)
 D - a +2 pair of gloves (worn)
 S - the +2 robe "Urigustu" {rElec rC++}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   It greatly protects you from cold.
   It insulates you from electricity.
 V - a +0 buckler
 X - a +3 ring mail of fire resistance
Magical Staves
 Q - an uncursed staff of wizardry
Jewellery
 m - an uncursed ring of wizardry
 s - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 x - a ring of poison resistance (right hand)
 y - a +5 ring of dexterity (left hand)
 R - the ring of Vehumet's Envy {+/*Tele Str+5 Dex+4}
   (You found it on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   [ring of teleportation]
   
   It may teleport you next to monsters, and can be evoked to randomly
   teleport.
   It affects your strength (+5).
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
 Y - an uncursed ring of positive energy
 Z - a +2 ring of evasion
Wands
 r - a wand of teleportation (4)
 v - a wand of paralysis (9)
 A - a wand of enslavement (8)
 W - a wand of fireball
Scrolls
 h - 2 scrolls of teleportation
 j - 2 scrolls of recharging
 u - 2 scrolls of enchant armour
 z - 5 scrolls of amnesia
Potions
 F - 3 potions of flight
 G - 3 potions of heal wounds
 I - 2 potions of resistance
 N - 4 potions of invisibility
Books
 d - the Compendium of Doomed Snow
   (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Pain                         Necromancy                    1
    b - Throw Frost                  Conjuration/Ice               2
    c - Summon Ice Beast             Ice/Summoning                 4
    d - Dispel Undead                Necromancy                    5
    e - Simulacrum                   Ice/Necromancy                6
 e - the Disquisition on the Snowflakes
   (You found it on level 8 of the Dungeon)   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Ensorcelled Hibernation      Hexes/Ice                     2
    b - Ozocubu's Armour             Charms/Ice                    3
    c - Summon Ice Beast             Ice/Summoning                 4
    d - Condensation Shield          Ice                           4
    e - Bolt of Cold                 Conjuration/Ice               6
 g - a Young Poisoner's Handbook   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Sting                        Conjuration/Poison            1
    b - Cure Poison                  Poison                        2
    c - Mephitic Cloud               Conjuration/Poison/Air        3
    d - Olgreb's Toxic Radiance      Poison                        4
    e - Venom Bolt                   Conjuration/Poison            5
 i - a book of the Warp   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Recall                       Summoning/Translocation       3
    b - Gell's Gravitas              Hexes/Translocation           3
    c - Force Lance                  Conjuration/Translocation     4
    d - Phase Shift                  Translocation                 5
    e - Warp Weapon                  Charms/Translocation          5
    f - Summon Forest                Summoning/Translocation       5
 k - a book of Clouds   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Mephitic Cloud               Conjuration/Poison/Air        3
    b - Conjure Flame                Conjuration/Fire              3
    c - Poisonous Cloud              Conjuration/Poison/Air        6
    d - Freezing Cloud               Conjuration/Ice/Air           6
    e - Ring of Flames               Charms/Fire                   7
 q - a book of Minor Magic   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Magic Dart                   Conjuration                   1
    b - Blink                        Translocation                 2
    c - Call Imp                     Summoning                     2
    d - Repel Missiles               Charms/Air                    2
    e - Slow                         Hexes                         2
    f - Conjure Flame                Conjuration/Fire              3
    g - Mephitic Cloud               Conjuration/Poison/Air        3
 t - a book of Alchemy   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Sublimation of Blood         Necromancy                    2
    b - Ignite Poison                Fire/Transmutation/Poison     3
    c - Alistair's Intoxication      Transmutation/Poison          4
    d - Condensation Shield          Ice                           4
    e - Petrify                      Transmutation/Earth           4
    f - Irradiate                    Conjuration/Transmutation     5
Miscellaneous
 l - a disc of storms
 w - an ornate deck of cards
 C - an ornate deck of cards
Comestibles
 E - 7 bread rations
 L - 12 slices of pizza
 P - 3 fruits
 T - a meat ration


   Skills:
 + Level 8.2 Fighting
 - Level 6.0(7.1) Short Blades
 * Level 5.7(7.0) Long Blades
 - Level 2.1 Armour
 + Level 7.7 Dodging
 - Level 6.1 Stealth
 - Level 6.7 Spellcasting
 + Level 8.5 Conjurations
 - Level 4.2 Charms
 - Level 3.4 Translocations
 - Level 4.3 Ice Magic
 - Level 5.1 Air Magic
 + Level 8.3 Poison Magic
 - Level 14.1 Invocations
 - Level 6.1 Evocations


You have 8 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Sting                 Conj/Pois      ####         1%          1    None
b - Cure Poison           Pois           #####.....   1%          2    None
c - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  #####...     1%          3    #......
d - Ozocubu's Armour      Chrm/Ice       ###.....     10%         3    #......
e - Venom Bolt            Conj/Pois      #####.....   12%         5    #####..
f - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          6%          2    None
g - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       ####..       3%          2    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (11/15)            Temple (0/1) D:7            Lair (8/8) D:8
 Shoals (0/4) Lair:6       Spider (0/4) Lair:4        Slime (0/6) Lair:8
    Orc (3/4) D:11       
   Elf: Orc:3-4     

Altars:
Fedhas
Gozag
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Yredelemnul
The Shining One
Jiyva

Shops:
D:4 }   D:5 (   D:7 (   D:8 (   Orc:2 !

Annotations:
D:4 exclusion: downstairs
D:10 Maud
Lair:3 exclusion: door
Lair:4 oklob vault, exclusions: hydra and 3 oklob plants
Lair:6 exclusion: downstairs


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You have a pair of small horns on your head.
You are mostly covered in molten scales (AC +3, EV -1).
You frequently emit foul miasma when damaged in melee.
When hurt, damage is shared between your health and your magic reserves.
You regenerate magic rapidly.
You are immune to rotting.
You have large cloven feet.


Message History

Things that are here:
an enchanted short sword; a robe
Unknown command.
Things that are here:
a war axe of chopping; a robe
Items here: !!!!! %%% (((((((( ))))))))) ////////// ==== ????? [[[ | }}
n - a +0 dagger of electrocution; z - 5 scrolls of amnesia (gained 1)
u - 2 scrolls of enchant armour; w - an ornate deck of cards; C - an ornate deck of cards
J - 6 curare-tipped needles; U - 5 needles of sleeping; O - 8 needles of frenzy
K - 71 poisoned needles
Your icy armour starts to melt.
Okay, then.
Wield which item (- for none, * to show all)? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Your +5 demon blade of flaming stops flaming.
Q - an uncursed staff of wizardry (weapon)
Okay, then.
It bursts into flame!
a - a +5 demon blade of flaming (weapon)
Okay, then.
Saving game... please wait.

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There are no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  3 dire elephants (Lair:8)
  4 hydras
  A centaur warrior (D:10)
  A catoblepas (Lair:8)
  An anaconda (Lair:8)
  4 death yaks
  An orc high priest (Orc:2)
  Urug (D:10)
  Sonja (Lair:1)
  Nergalle (D:8)
  A sea snake (Lair:6)
  A lindwurm (Lair:2)
  2 hill giants
  A cyclops (D:9)
  A necromancer (D:10)
  An orc knight (Orc:3)
  A griffon (Lair:6)
  An orc sorcerer (Orc:3)
  2 oklob plants (Lair:4)
  6 elephants (Lair:8)
  3 black mambas
  The ghost of MainiacJoe2 the Skirmisher, a novice DsAK of Lugonu (D:5)
  14 spiny frogs
  A kobold demonologist (D:11)
  12 komodo dragons
  2 fire drakes
  3 trolls
  2 two-headed ogres
  A polar bear (Lair:5)
  14 blink frogs
  2 shadows (D:11)
  A vampire (Volcano)
  3 trapdoor spiders (Lair:4)
  A wraith (D:10)
  3 basilisks
  2 deep elf magi
  4 wyverns
  29 yaks
  10 hippogriffs
  Grum (Lair:1)
  6 wargs (Orc:2)
  A deep elf fighter (D:8)
  17 wolves
  A hungry ghost (D:10)
  A mottled dragon (D:10)
  16 water moccasins
  16 orc warriors
  14 porcupines
  6 ice beasts
  6 sky beasts
  A necrophage (D:6)
  2 phantoms
  15 crocodiles
  25 giant frogs
  9 ogres
  12 centaurs
  2 wasps
  A gnoll sergeant (D:8)
  4 big kobolds
  2 killer bees
  2 scorpions (D:8)
  A wyvern skeleton (D:8)
  A water moccasin zombie (D:8)
  5 quasits
  9 wights (D:8)
  5 electric eels
  A centaur zombie (D:10)
  9 crimson imps
  2 giant frog zombies (D:5)
  32 orc wizards
  A giant frog skeleton (D:6)
  5 jellies
  4 hounds
  19 orc priests
  2 centaur skeletons
  9 iguanas
  5 worker ants
  Natasha (thrice) (D:4)
  2 gnoll shamans (D:8)
  7 hell rats
  32 sheep
  A hound zombie (D:9)
  3 mummies (Volcano)
  2 worker ant zombies
  12 adders
  15 gnolls
  101 river rats
  4 shadow imps
  7 white imps (Lair:4)
  An ooze (D:4)
  An adder zombie (D:8)
  An adder skeleton (D:1)
  8 giant geckos
  125 orcs
  9 bats
  8 goblins
  13 hobgoblins
  18 jackals
  4 quokkas
  2 ball pythons
  8 giant cockroaches
  6 giant newts
  14 kobolds
  A quokka skeleton (D:5)
  A quokka zombie (D:5)
  13 rats
  A spectral orc (D:9)
  3 fungi
  6 plants
845 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  A dire elephant (Lair:8)
  A death yak (Lair:6)
  3 elephants (Lair:8)
  Joseph (D:7)
  A spiny frog (Lair:8)
  2 flying skulls (Volcano)
  A basilisk (Lair:2)
  A hippogriff (Lair:8)
  A crocodile (Lair:6)
  5 white imps (Lair:4)
17 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A hound (D:8)
  29 fungi
  25 plants
55 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 917 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1      | MainiacJoe the Demonspawn Venom Mage began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 13/13 MP: 3/3
   158 | D:1      | Reached skill level 1 in Conjurations
   486 | D:1      | Gained mutation: You are immune to rotting. [demonic ancestry]
   486 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 19/19 MP: 1/5
   552 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Cure Poison
  1493 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 24/24 MP: 2/6
  1504 | D:2      | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud
  2224 | D:3      | Found an opulent altar of Gozag.
  2226 | D:3      | Reached skill level 1 in Air Magic
  2714 | D:3      | Gained mutation: When hurt, damage is shared between your health and your magic reserves. [demonic ancestry]
  2714 | D:3      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 17/30 MP: 2/7
  3208 | D:3      | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
  3519 | D:4      | Noticed an ogre
  3845 | D:4      | Found Meto's Gadget Shop.
  3881 | D:4      | Bought a wand of paralysis (6) for 80 gold pieces
  3893 | D:4      | Got a transparent chain mail
  3904 | D:4      | Identified the cursed +1 chain mail "Tuubruneqo" {rN+ Stlth+} (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)
  4021 | D:4      | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
  4028 | D:4      | Noticed Natasha
  4044 | D:4      | Killed Natasha
  4120 | D:4      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 28/35 MP: 3/8
  4224 | D:4      | Noticed an ogre
  4611 | D:4      | Killed an ogre
  4664 | D:4      | Identified the Compendium of Doomed Snow (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)
  4919 | D:4      | Gained mutation: You are partially covered in molten scales (AC +1). [demonic ancestry]
  4919 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 38/41 MP: 9/9
  5553 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  5558 | D:5      | Noticed a water moccasin
  5588 | D:5      | Killed a water moccasin
  5611 | D:5      | Noticed MainiacJoe2's ghost (novice DsAK)
  5999 | D:5      | HP: 1/41 [centaur/arrow (5)]
  6437 | D:5      | Killed MainiacJoe2's ghost
  6437 | D:5      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 26/52 MP: 6/12
  6613 | D:4      | Bought a wand of enslavement (8) for 100 gold pieces
  6963 | D:5      | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
  7209 | D:4      | Noticed Natasha
  7216 | D:4      | Killed Natasha
  7284 | D:5      | Found Fuschoja's Antique Weapon Shop.
  7356 | D:5      | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
  7585 | D:5      | Gained mutation: You have a pair of small horns on your head. [demonic ancestry]
  7585 | D:5      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 51/60 MP: 10/13
  7882 | D:5      | Became a worshipper of Makhleb the Destroyer
  7965 | D:6      | Reached skill level 1 in Invocations
  8852 | D:6      | Reached * piety under Makhleb
  9164 | D:7      | Reached skill level 5 in Invocations
  9414 | D:7      | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
  9519 | D:7      | Gained mutation: You may emit foul miasma when damaged in melee. [demonic ancestry]
  9519 | D:7      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 66/66 MP: 14/14
  9540 | D:7      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  9564 | D:7      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
  9725 | D:7      | Noticed Joseph
 10014 | D:7      | Found Otops's Antique Weapon Shoppe.
 10017 | D:7      | Bought a runed arbalest for 126 gold pieces
 10062 | D:4      | Noticed Natasha
 10070 | D:4      | Killed Natasha
 10446 | D:4      | Killed an ogre
 10534 | D:8      | Reached skill level 6 in Invocations
 10539 | D:8      | Reached ** piety under Makhleb
 10684 | D:8      | Found Awig's Antique Weapon Shop.
 10686 | D:8      | Identified the Disquisition on the Snowflakes
 10959 | D:8      | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
 10959 | D:8      | Reached skill level 7 in Invocations
 11029 | D:8      | Reached *** piety under Makhleb
 11408 | D:8      | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
 11733 | D:8      | Learned a level 3 spell: Ozocubu's Armour
 11812 | D:9      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
 11868 | D:9      | Reached skill level 1 in Charms
 11868 | D:9      | Reached skill level 1 in Ice Magic
 12021 | D:9      | Reached skill level 8 in Invocations
 12072 | D:9      | Noticed a cyclops
 12120 | D:9      | Killed a cyclops
 12120 | D:9      | Reached XP level 10. HP: 73/73 MP: 4/16
 12324 | D:8      | Reached **** piety under Makhleb
 12448 | D:8      | Found a staircase to the Lair.
 13621 | D:9      | Found a basalt altar of Yredelemnul.
 13799 | D:10     | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
 14199 | D:10     | Noticed Maud
 14612 | D:10     | Reached skill level 9 in Invocations
 15100 | D:10     | Noticed Urug
 15379 | Lair:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
 15385 | Lair:1   | Noticed Nergalle
 15400 | D:8      | Killed Nergalle
 15400 | D:8      | Reached skill level 10 in Invocations
 15619 | Lair:1   | Reached ***** piety under Makhleb
 15692 | Lair:1   | Gained mutation: You are mostly covered in molten scales (AC +3, EV -1). [demonic ancestry]
 15692 | Lair:1   | Reached XP level 11. HP: 78/78 MP: 11/18
 15785 | Lair:1   | Noticed Grum
 15801 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 5 in Evocations
 15819 | Lair:1   | Killed Grum
 16031 | Lair:1   | Noticed Sonja
 16053 | Lair:1   | Killed Sonja
 16053 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 11 in Invocations
 16110 | Lair:1   | Learned a level 2 spell: Throw Frost
 16705 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 5 in Stealth
 16908 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 5 in Short Blades
 17351 | Lair:2   | Found a dark tunnel.
 17351 | Lair:2   | Noticed a lindwurm
 17361 | Lair:2   | Killed a lindwurm
 17511 | Volcano  | Entered a volcano
 17863 | Volcano  | Gained mutation: You have large cloven feet. [potion of beneficial mutation]
 18838 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 5 in Poison Magic
 19146 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 1 in Long Blades
 19952 | Lair:2   | You fall through a shaft for 2 floors!
 20049 | Lair:4   | Found a frozen archway.
 20069 | Lair:4   | Reached ****** piety under Makhleb
 20247 | IceCv    | Entered an ice cave
 20578 | Lair:3   | Gained mutation: You regenerate magic rapidly. [demonic ancestry]
 20578 | Lair:3   | Reached XP level 12. HP: 78/84 MP: 6/20
 20882 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 5 in Air Magic
 21204 | Lair:3   | Learned a level 2 spell: Blink
 21207 | Lair:3   | Learned a level 2 spell: Repel Missiles
 21469 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 12 in Invocations
 21813 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
 21872 | Lair:3   | Got a fabulously ornate robe
 21883 | Lair:3   | Identified the +2 robe "Urigustu" {rElec rC++} (You found it on level 3 of the Lair of Beasts)
 22272 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 1 in Translocations
 22475 | Lair:4   | Found a hole to the Spider Nest.
 22489 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 1 in Armour
 22561 | Lair:4   | Noticed a four-headed hydra
 26099 | Lair:5   | Noticed a six-headed hydra
 26112 | Lair:5   | Killed a six-headed hydra
 26112 | Lair:5   | Reached skill level 13 in Invocations
 26219 | Lair:6   | Found a staircase to the Shoals.
 26531 | D:8      | Learned a level 5 spell: Venom Bolt
 26834 | D:10     | Killed Urug
 27154 | D:10     | Noticed a necromancer
 27173 | D:10     | Killed a necromancer
 27173 | D:10     | Reached XP level 13. HP: 94/94 MP: 19/22
 27384 | D:10     | Noticed a centaur warrior
 27394 | D:10     | Killed a centaur warrior
 29176 | D:11     | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
 29435 | Orc:1    | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
 29832 | Orc:2    | Found Rydiryn's Distillery.
 30246 | D:7      | Killed Joseph
 30571 | Orc:2    | Bought 2 potions of heal wounds for 140 gold pieces
 30571 | Orc:2    | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 70 gold pieces
 30571 | Orc:2    | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 70 gold pieces
 30571 | Orc:2    | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 70 gold pieces
 30629 | Orc:1    | Reached skill level 14 in Invocations
 32060 | D:5      | Bought a bone arbalest for 256 gold pieces
 32060 | D:5      | Identified the +9 arbalest of Watchfulness {velocity, rC+ MR+ MP+9} (You bought it in a shop on level 5 of the Dungeon)
 32947 | Orc:3    | Paralysed by an orc sorcerer for 6 turns
 35292 | Lair:7   | You fall through a shaft!
 35292 | Lair:8   | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts
 35483 | Lair:7   | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
 35603 | Lair:7   | Gained mutation: You frequently emit foul miasma when damaged in melee. [demonic ancestry]
 35603 | Lair:7   | Reached XP level 14. HP: 81/103 MP: 17/24
 36528 | Lair:8   | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
 36560 | Lair:8   | Found a viscous altar of Jiyva.
 37490 | Lair:8   | Reached skill level 5 in Long Blades
 39429 | Lair:8   | Got a pitted silver ring
 39434 | Lair:8   | Identified the ring of Vehumet's Envy {+/*Tele Str+5 Dex+4} (You found it on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts)


Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Short sword       |    53 |   175 |   494 |   129 |       ||   851
       Dagger            |       |       |     2 |   408 |   179 ||   589
       Demon blade       |       |       |       |   545 |   863 ||  1408
 Fire: Shortbow          |       |       |   229 |   143 |       ||   372
       Arbalest          |       |       |     2 |   216 |   166 ||   384
Throw: Tomahawk          |       |     1 |     6 |    16 |       ||    23
       Stone             |       |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
       Javelin           |       |       |       |       |     8 ||     8
 Cast: Sting             |    82 |    40 |    39 |    11 |     2 ||   174
       Cure Poison       |     1 |       |       |     2 |     1 ||     4
       Mephitic Cloud    |       |     5 |    40 |    64 |    56 ||   165
       Ozocubu's Armour  |       |       |       |    15 |    29 ||    44
       Throw Frost       |       |       |       |     2 |       ||     2
       Repel Missiles    |       |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
       Blink             |       |       |       |       |    11 ||    11
       Venom Bolt        |       |       |       |       |     3 ||     3
Invok: Minor Destruction |       |       |       |   121 |    12 ||   133
       Lesser Servant of |       |       |       |     5 |     8 ||    13
       Major Destruction |       |       |       |    12 |    14 ||    26
       Greater Servant o |       |       |       |       |     4 ||     4
Evoke: Wand              |       |     8 |       |     9 |     4 ||    21
  Use: Scroll            |     5 |     6 |     9 |    17 |     7 ||    44
       Potion            |       |       |       |     3 |     8 ||    11
 Stab: Confused          |       |     4 |    10 |    33 |    37 ||    84
       Paralysed         |       |     5 |       |     3 |     1 ||     9
       Sleeping          |       |     2 |       |     5 |     4 ||    11
       Distracted        |       |       |       |     1 |     1 ||     2
  Eat: Chunk             |     7 |    10 |    12 |    30 |    34 ||    93
       Pizza             |       |     1 |       |     1 |       ||     2
       Bread ration      |       |       |     1 |     3 |     2 ||     6
       Meat ration       |       |       |     1 |     4 |     1 ||     6
       Fruit             |       |       |       |     3 |       ||     3

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Post Sunday, 6th March 2016, 22:45

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Making Progress

After thinking on this for a day, I think I ought to memorize Ignite Poison and Sublimation of Blood, wielding the staff of wizardry and using spells or invocations as my killdudes instead of melee. I will still carry the arbalest as a resist stick against orc sorcerers etc. but still use spells first even then. The staff gets me overwhelmed the hump and let's me use my damaging spells to earn the XP to cast them normally.
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Post Sunday, 6th March 2016, 23:22

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Making Progress

This looks like a very good character. I'd go for Fcloud pcloud* now. Double wizardry makes it available early. It can clear sbranches, and you can use the rest of sbranch exp to get longblades to 14 and your physical bases up.

Edit: As you say, you have enough tools to get you through individual encounters.

Edit 2: If you are getting Ignite poison, get pcloud instead of fcloud.

Edit 3: At some point in time before the end of vaults, the most efficent use of XP is going to be phase shift. That is to say, putting enough xp into spellcasting and translocations for castable 8 EV is going to be much more useful than putting xp into armor, dodging, or fighting for your suitability.

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Post Monday, 7th March 2016, 01:37

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Making Progress

My impression of Phase Shift has been that it doesn't last long enough to be worth training up Translocations just for it. But apparently that's wrong.

Another question: the arbalest, is it a trap, or is it my endgame irresistible damage? I have bolt and crowd control found, but not irresistible damage.
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Post Monday, 7th March 2016, 02:32

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Making Progress

If other transloc spells are available, phase shift is good. Otherwise, I'd probably do something else.
I'm not sure about the arbalest, never used them before. I guess look at how much xp you need to sink into it. If it's tons, it's probably a trap. Otherwise, since you don't have any good earth or pure conj spells...
XP is precious until Vaults, where you can branch out without too much worry.

Edit: you're conjurations and other spell skills look really low to me. if you're in the S branches and you aren't feeling much pressure killing things, this means you can probably branch out now if you want to, since you already have the tools to survive without leaning on conjurations.

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Post Monday, 7th March 2016, 03:03

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Making Progress

Not in the S-branches yet. Lair:8 is done. Orc:4 and D:15 are next, probably in that order.
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Post Monday, 7th March 2016, 03:57

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Making Progress

Phase shift is worth the 5 skill levels as a standalone on light/medium armor chars [see sidebar]. Tloc is never really standalone. Blink and apportion should nearly always be learned, and blink specifically is one spell you -do not want to fail-. Luckily, there is phase shift.

Some people use passage of golubria to great effect, and I respect that, but am not one of them.

Conjurations on this character is specifically less desirable than normal due to demonspawn invocations apts coupled with makleb. He gives you a part bolt part direct damage spell that isn't a long term plan but certainly helps you roll through lair so xp can go elsewhere.

[sidebar] Phase shift was the first spell removed in trunk for a reason. It was removed during the charms reform because it was a no-brainer. Casters can get it online for a trivial amount of xp due to their light armor and spellcasting. Mid armor characters hit the first EV stepdown at 30 EV derived from dex, and phase suddenly becomes much more attractive. Simply being aware that at some point the spell is the most useful XP expenditure for a meaningful boost to your defense (rather than defensive stats properly) creates non-interesting decisions in the game.

My gut tells me this moment happens for this character before the end of vaults.[end sidebar]
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Post Monday, 7th March 2016, 04:25

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Making Progress

edgefigaro, your third paragraph is incomplete, and now I'm really curious why conjurations are less desirable than normal for this character. Is it Makhleb and the +3 Invo?
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Post Monday, 7th March 2016, 05:08

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Making Progress

Yeah. That is exactly right.

Edit: I forgot to mention stealth and mentioned all sorts of other skills. Don't forget it. It is important. It's even better if you find p arrow, but parrow is amazing regardless..

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Post Monday, 7th March 2016, 15:38

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Making Progress

I've had trouble with Greater Destruction. It is not reliably a bolt spell, and I've learned not to use ti too close to me because I lack rElec for Orb of electrocution and I usually am not wearing rF for fireball. But I've certainly thrown five Lesser Destructions at a single oncoming opponent several times.
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Post Monday, 7th March 2016, 17:36

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Making Progress

edgefigaro's advice sounds right. You can ditch conjurations and go invo/weapon if you want.

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Post Monday, 7th March 2016, 18:43

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Making Progress

I've highlighted relevant portions of your action table. Notes: You are using the demon blade and arbalest a lot. Spending XP on the arbalest would be a mistake, but it has been functional in lair. I would plan to move away from using it. Crossbows are slow, and a character has more control over the battlefield with quicker actions. Also, at some point, you can pick up a buckler and enhancer staff, which is clearly better.

The use of lesser destruction is a perfect example of why conjurations is less desirable for this character specifically in lair. More xp in conjurations doesn't really deepen/expand your kit your character approaches lair and progresses into it.

However, as previously mentioned, invocations is a short term plan. Relying on Makleb in such a way is not as reliable once your character gets into say, depths or elf. You have already mentioned some of the problems with Greater Destruction. Conjurations will expand your kit once pcloud becomes a justifiable use of xp. You move away from great power that is less than reliable and towards stability.

However, note that evaluating invocations vs conjurations hasn't mentioned the two more powerful skills from makleb, lesser and greater demon. Lesser demon specifically is great to use as you are meleeing things in lair with a demon blade (1408 times already!). I believe you are over using your demon blade and under using lesser demon. It is really good in lair, and especially good to create psuedo 1 on 1 engagements (fights where only one monster can be hitting you at any given turn) in lair's open fields. It allows you to hit things with your sword while playing defensively. They also do acceptable damage at this point in the game.

Greater demon is an amazing ability, but you need to remember 2 things. (1), if possible, cast standing on an up staircase. If it is hostile, retreat and reset. (2) If 1 is not an option, have 2 TP scrolls and a blink scroll. Be ready to read a tp scroll immediately. Be aware that a hostile executioner may pop out and haste itself immediately. Be ready to tele away, and also be ready to tele/blink again if the first teleport takes you all of 2 spaces.

Makleb invocations will never be useless as the game progresses. He specifically gets one last power spike late game when you get aura of abjuration. Abjuration is great versus a variety of dangerous monsters, but is especially nice when it allows you to cast Summon Greater Demon more freely.

Finally, Pcloud and summoning demons work great together.

Action | 1- 3 | 4- 6 | 7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Short sword | 53 | 175 | 494 | 129 | || 851
Dagger | | | 2 | 408 | 179 || 589
Demon blade | | | | 545 | 863 || 1408
Fire: Shortbow | | | 229 | 143 | || 372
Arbalest | | | 2 | 216 | 166 || 384
Throw: Tomahawk | | 1 | 6 | 16 | || 23
Stone | | | | 1 | || 1
Javelin | | | | | 8 || 8
Cast: Sting | 82 | 40 | 39 | 11 | 2 || 174
Cure Poison | 1 | | | 2 | 1 || 4
Mephitic Cloud | | 5 | 40 | 64 | 56 || 165
Ozocubu's Armour | | | | 15 | 29 || 44
Throw Frost | | | | 2 | || 2
Repel Missiles | | | | 1 | || 1
Blink | | | | | 11 || 11
Venom Bolt | | | | | 3 || 3
Invok: Minor Destruction | | | | 121 | 12 || 133
Lesser Servant of | | | | 5 | 8 || 13
Major Destruction | | | | 12 | 14 || 26
Greater Servant o | | | | | 4 || 4
Evoke: Wand | | 8 | | 9 | 4 || 21

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Post Monday, 7th March 2016, 19:54

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Making Progress

Thank you so much for the detailed assistance and the time invested in it. I'm in the middle of Orc:4 now and I'll use the demon summoning more in the end vault.

I came to the same conclusion about the arbalest, that it's for it time to go. I'm keeping it as a resist stick for orc sorcerers, but wizmode shows that it already does only half the damage that the demon blade does on generic monsters. Of course, it does it at range. I killed an orc sorcerer with it, for instance, before it even got in range of Mephitic (having run to an upstair upon waking it up.

Double wizardry still doesn't give me PCloud, so I got Ignite Poison for Mephitic. I have the O:4 vault with the tiny little rooms and corridors, so this combo is great for turning hallways into blast furnaces. And I'll want IP anyway in the long run for PCloud.
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Post Monday, 7th March 2016, 21:55

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Making Progress

Done with Orc:4 and D:15. Spider is next. PCloud is almost online with double wizardry. You were right about Summon Minor Demon, it is great. And I also realized that about half of my demon blade strikes are confusion stabs after Mephitic, and I'm just not bothering to switch to the +5 dagger.

Orc:4 shops had both /HW and /Haste! I have all three yellow wands. Also a sweet leather armor dropped that added rElec and Regen+ to MR+ for the cost of 1 AC vs. ego leather I'd been using.

STILL don't know what my Tier III mutation is!

It will be a few days before I get a chance to play again.

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.17.1 (tiles) character file.

MainiacJoe the Champion of Chaos (DsVM)            Turns: 51224, Time: 06:49:50

Health: 112/112    AC: 13    Str:  9      XL:     15   Next: 89%
Magic:  25/25      EV: 17    Int: 19 (21) God:    Makhleb [******]
Gold:   258        SH:  0    Dex: 20      Spells: 9 memorised, 1 level left

rFire  . . .     SeeInvis .     b - staff of wizardry {!a}
rCold  . . .     Clarity  .     P - +2 leather armour of the Evening {rElec MR+ Regen+}
rNeg   . . .     SustAt   .     (no shield)
rPois  +         Gourm    .     (helmet restricted)
rElec  +         Spirit   +     (no cloak)
rCorr  .         Warding  .     D - +2 pair of gloves
rMut   .         Stasis   .     f - +1 pair of boots
MR     ++...                    (no amulet)
Stlth  ++++......               m - ring of wizardry
                                y - +5 ring of dexterity

@: very resistant to hostile enchantments, stealthy
A: hooves 1, horns 1, molten scales 2, foul stench 2, poison resistance, magic
shield, magic regeneration, rot immunity
a: Minor Destruction, Lesser Servant of Makhleb, Major Destruction, Greater
Servant of Makhleb, Renounce Religion


You are on level 8 of the Dungeon.
You worship Makhleb.
Makhleb is exalted by your worship.
You are hungry.

You have visited 3 branches of the dungeon, and seen 27 of its levels.
You have also visited: Ice Cave and Volcano.

You have collected 2444 gold pieces.
You have spent 2186 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand Weapons
 a - a +5 demon blade of flaming
 c - a +5 dagger of speed {Nergalle}
 d - a +0 blowgun
 e - the +9 arbalest of Watchfulness {velocity, rC+ MR+ MP+9}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 5 of the Dungeon)   
   
   Any bolt fired from it inflicts extra damage.
   
   It protects you from cold.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It affects your magic capacity (+9).
Missiles
 o - 7 javelins (quivered)
 J - 6 curare-tipped needles
 K - 83 poisoned needles
 S - 2 needles of paralysis
Armour
 f - a +1 pair of boots (worn)
 B - a +3 leather armour of magic resistance
 D - a +2 pair of gloves (worn)
 M - a +0 hat
 P - the +2 leather armour of the Evening (worn) {rElec MR+ Regen+}
   (You found it on level 12 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It increases your rate of regeneration.
Magical Staves
 b - an uncursed staff of wizardry (weapon) {!a}
Jewellery
 m - a ring of wizardry (right hand)
 s - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 x - an uncursed ring of poison resistance
 y - a +5 ring of dexterity (left hand)
 Y - an uncursed ring of positive energy
 Z - a +2 ring of evasion
Wands
 g - a wand of disintegration (12)
 n - a wand of polymorph (15)
 r - a wand of teleportation (3)
 u - a wand of heal wounds (3)
 v - a wand of paralysis (9)
 z - a wand of draining (6)
 A - a wand of enslavement (6)
 H - a wand of fireball (1)
 O - a wand of hasting (2)
 V - a wand of lightning (10)
 W - a wand of fireball (4)
Scrolls
 h - 4 scrolls of teleportation
 j - 2 scrolls of recharging
 p - 14 scrolls of remove curse
 C - a scroll labeled COTUORPH MUISTE
 R - a scroll of magic mapping
 T - 4 scrolls of amnesia
Potions
 i - 4 potions of curing
 l - 2 potions of agility
 q - 3 potions of might
 w - 2 potions of haste
 F - 3 potions of flight
 G - 4 potions of heal wounds
 I - 2 potions of resistance
 N - 4 potions of invisibility
 Q - a potion of cancellation
 U - a potion of magic
Books
 k - a book of Clouds   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Mephitic Cloud               Conjuration/Poison/Air        3
    b - Conjure Flame                Conjuration/Fire              3
    c - Poisonous Cloud              Conjuration/Poison/Air        6
    d - Freezing Cloud               Conjuration/Ice/Air           6
    e - Ring of Flames               Charms/Fire                   7
 t - a book of Alchemy   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Sublimation of Blood         Necromancy                    2
    b - Ignite Poison                Fire/Transmutation/Poison     3
    c - Alistair's Intoxication      Transmutation/Poison          4
    d - Condensation Shield          Ice                           4
    e - Petrify                      Transmutation/Earth           4
    f - Irradiate                    Conjuration/Transmutation     5
Comestibles
 E - 7 bread rations
 L - 12 slices of pizza
 X - 6 fruits


   Skills:
 - Level 8.6 Fighting
 - Level 6.0(7.2) Short Blades
 - Level 6.0(7.1) Long Blades
 - Level 2.1 Armour
 - Level 8.2 Dodging
 - Level 6.7 Stealth
 + Level 7.2 Spellcasting
 + Level 10.4 Conjurations
 - Level 4.2 Charms
 - Level 3.4 Translocations
 - Level 4.3 Ice Magic
 + Level 9.2 Air Magic
 + Level 10.3 Poison Magic
 - Level 14.1 Invocations
 - Level 6.1 Evocations


You have one spell level left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Sting                 Conj/Pois      ####         1%          1    None
b - Cure Poison           Pois           #####.....   1%          2    None
c - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  #####...     1%          3    #......
d - Ozocubu's Armour      Chrm/Ice       ###.....     2%          3    #......
e - Venom Bolt            Conj/Pois      #####.....   1%          5    #####..
f - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          1%          2    None
g - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       ####..       1%          2    None
h - Ignite Poison         Fire/Trmt/Pois ###.....     3%          3    #......
i - Poisonous Cloud       Conj/Pois/Air  #####.....   11%         6    ######.


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (0/1) D:7            Lair (8/8) D:8
 Shoals (0/4) Lair:6       Spider (0/4) Lair:4        Slime (0/6) Lair:8
    Orc (4/4) D:11            Elf (0/3) Orc:4        Vaults (0/5) D:14
 Depths (0/5) D:15       

Altars:
Fedhas
Gozag
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Yredelemnul
The Shining One
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:4 }   D:5 (   D:7 (   D:8 (   Orc:2 !   Orc:4 [}?[

Annotations:
D:4 exclusion: downstairs
D:11 exclusion: 2 downstairs
Lair:3 exclusion: door
Lair:4 oklob vault, exclusions: hydra and 3 oklob plants
Lair:6 exclusion: downstairs
Orc:3 exclusion: downstairs


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You have a pair of small horns on your head.
You are mostly covered in molten scales (AC +3, EV -1).
You frequently emit foul miasma when damaged in melee.
When hurt, damage is shared between your health and your magic reserves.
You regenerate magic rapidly.
You are immune to rotting.
You have large cloven feet.
Your system is resistant to poisons.


Message History

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Saving game... please wait.
Welcome back, MainiacJoe the Demonspawn Venom Mage.
Blood and souls for Makhleb!
Press ? for a list of commands and other information.
Put on which piece of jewellery? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
You're wearing all the rings you can. Remove which one?
(? for menu, Esc to cancel)
< or y - a +5 ring of dexterity; > or s - a ring of protection from fire
You remove your ring of protection from fire.
m - a ring of wizardry (right hand)
Okay, then.
Your +5 demon blade of flaming stops flaming.
b - an uncursed staff of wizardry (weapon) {!a}
Okay, then.
Saving game... please wait.
Welcome back, MainiacJoe the Demonspawn Venom Mage.
Blood and souls for Makhleb!
Press ? for a list of commands and other information.
Saving game... please wait.

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There are no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  Maud (D:15)
  An orc warlord (Orc:4)
  3 dire elephants (Lair:8)
  4 vault guards
  6 hydras
  3 centaur warriors
  A catoblepas (Lair:8)
  An anaconda (Lair:8)
  4 death yaks
  3 orc high priests
  Urug (D:10)
  Sonja (Lair:1)
  Nergalle (D:8)
  3 skeletal warriors (D:13)
  A sea snake (Lair:6)
  A lindwurm (Lair:2)
  A giant orange brain (D:15)
  6 hill giants
  3 unseen horrors
  7 ugly things
  6 cyclopes
  A necromancer (D:10)
  5 orc knights
  A wolf spider zombie (D:14)
  3 griffons
  6 orc sorcerers
  2 oklob plants (Lair:4)
  6 elephants (Lair:8)
  3 black mambas
  The ghost of MainiacJoe2 the Skirmisher, a novice DsAK of Lugonu (D:5)
  A gargoyle (D:13)
  14 spiny frogs
  A kobold demonologist (D:11)
  12 komodo dragons
  2 fire drakes
  2 jumping spiders (D:15)
  2 freezing wraiths
  8 trolls
  5 two-headed ogres
  3 polar bears
  A queen bee (shapeshifter) (D:15)
  14 blink frogs
  6 slime creatures
  3 shadows
  A vampire (Volcano)
  2 redbacks (D:15)
  A spriggan (shapeshifter) (D:15)
  2 water elementals
  5 trapdoor spiders
  A wraith (D:10)
  4 basilisks
  3 deep elf magi
  5 wyverns
  A fire bat (shapeshifter) (D:15)
  33 yaks
  12 hippogriffs
  Grum (Lair:1)
  10 wargs
  A hippogriff (shapeshifter) (D:15)
  A deep elf fighter (D:8)
  17 wolves
  3 hungry ghosts
  3 centaur simulacra (D:14)
  2 mottled dragons
  A soldier ant (D:15)
  16 water moccasins
  40 orc warriors
  14 porcupines
  A hornet simulacrum (D:14)
  8 ice beasts
  4 boggarts (D:15)
  7 sky beasts
  A necrophage (D:6)
  3 phantoms
  A black bear (D:12)
  An eye of draining (D:15)
  16 crocodiles
  29 giant frogs
  17 ogres
  14 centaurs
  2 wasps
  A gnoll sergeant (D:8)
  4 big kobolds
  13 killer bees
  2 scorpions (D:8)
  A wyvern skeleton (D:8)
  A water moccasin zombie (D:8)
  6 quasits
  19 wights
  8 electric eels
  A centaur zombie (D:10)
  13 crimson imps
  3 giant frog zombies
  41 orc wizards
  A giant frog skeleton (D:6)
  7 jellies
  4 hounds
  29 orc priests
  4 centaur skeletons
  10 iguanas
  10 worker ants
  Natasha (thrice) (D:4)
  2 gnoll shamans (D:8)
  A wyvern simulacrum (D:14)
  7 hell rats
  35 sheep
  2 hound zombies
  3 mummies (Volcano)
  2 worker ant zombies
  14 adders
  15 gnolls
  101 river rats
  5 shadow imps
  9 white imps
  An ufetubus (D:14)
  An ooze (D:4)
  An adder zombie (D:8)
  An adder skeleton (D:1)
  8 giant geckos
  222 orcs
  9 bats
  8 goblins
  13 hobgoblins
  18 jackals
  4 quokkas
  2 ball pythons
  8 giant cockroaches
  6 giant newts
  14 kobolds
  A quokka skeleton (D:5)
  A quokka zombie (D:5)
  13 rats
  A spectral orc (D:9)
  3 fungi
  6 plants
1161 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  A dire elephant (Lair:8)
  A salamander stormcaller (D:15)
  Erolcha (D:13)
  A death yak (Lair:6)
  3 orc high priests (Orc:4)
  An ugly thing (D:15)
  3 elephants (Lair:8)
  A cyclops (D:13)
  Joseph (D:7)
  A spiny frog (Lair:8)
  2 gargoyles (D:14)
  An efreet (D:15)
  A troll (D:13)
  A two-headed ogre (Orc:4)
  4 slime creatures
  2 flying skulls (Volcano)
  A basilisk (Lair:2)
  A hippogriff (Lair:8)
  A warg (Orc:4)
  12 orc warriors
  A necrophage (D:14)
  A crocodile (Lair:6)
  A giant frog (D:13)
  A killer bee (D:14)
  2 orc wizards
  A giant frog skeleton (D:13)
  12 orc priests (Orc:4)
  A shadow imp (D:14)
  5 white imps (Lair:4)
  19 orcs
84 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A hound (D:8)
  29 fungi
  25 plants
55 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 1300 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
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     0 | D:1      | MainiacJoe the Demonspawn Venom Mage began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 13/13 MP: 3/3
   158 | D:1      | Reached skill level 1 in Conjurations
   486 | D:1      | Gained mutation: You are immune to rotting. [demonic ancestry]
   486 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 19/19 MP: 1/5
   552 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Cure Poison
  1493 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 24/24 MP: 2/6
  1504 | D:2      | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud
  2224 | D:3      | Found an opulent altar of Gozag.
  2226 | D:3      | Reached skill level 1 in Air Magic
  2714 | D:3      | Gained mutation: When hurt, damage is shared between your health and your magic reserves. [demonic ancestry]
  2714 | D:3      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 17/30 MP: 2/7
  3208 | D:3      | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
  3519 | D:4      | Noticed an ogre
  3845 | D:4      | Found Meto's Gadget Shop.
  3881 | D:4      | Bought a wand of paralysis (6) for 80 gold pieces
  3893 | D:4      | Got a transparent chain mail
  3904 | D:4      | Identified the cursed +1 chain mail "Tuubruneqo" {rN+ Stlth+} (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)
  4021 | D:4      | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
  4028 | D:4      | Noticed Natasha
  4044 | D:4      | Killed Natasha
  4120 | D:4      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 28/35 MP: 3/8
  4224 | D:4      | Noticed an ogre
  4611 | D:4      | Killed an ogre
  4664 | D:4      | Identified the Compendium of Doomed Snow (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)
  4919 | D:4      | Gained mutation: You are partially covered in molten scales (AC +1). [demonic ancestry]
  4919 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 38/41 MP: 9/9
  5553 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  5558 | D:5      | Noticed a water moccasin
  5588 | D:5      | Killed a water moccasin
  5611 | D:5      | Noticed MainiacJoe2's ghost (novice DsAK)
  5999 | D:5      | HP: 1/41 [centaur/arrow (5)]
  6437 | D:5      | Killed MainiacJoe2's ghost
  6437 | D:5      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 26/52 MP: 6/12
  6613 | D:4      | Bought a wand of enslavement (8) for 100 gold pieces
  6963 | D:5      | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
  7209 | D:4      | Noticed Natasha
  7216 | D:4      | Killed Natasha
  7284 | D:5      | Found Fuschoja's Antique Weapon Shop.
  7356 | D:5      | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
  7585 | D:5      | Gained mutation: You have a pair of small horns on your head. [demonic ancestry]
  7585 | D:5      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 51/60 MP: 10/13
  7882 | D:5      | Became a worshipper of Makhleb the Destroyer
  7965 | D:6      | Reached skill level 1 in Invocations
  8852 | D:6      | Reached * piety under Makhleb
  9164 | D:7      | Reached skill level 5 in Invocations
  9414 | D:7      | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
  9519 | D:7      | Gained mutation: You may emit foul miasma when damaged in melee. [demonic ancestry]
  9519 | D:7      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 66/66 MP: 14/14
  9540 | D:7      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  9564 | D:7      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
  9725 | D:7      | Noticed Joseph
 10014 | D:7      | Found Otops's Antique Weapon Shoppe.
 10017 | D:7      | Bought a runed arbalest for 126 gold pieces
 10062 | D:4      | Noticed Natasha
 10070 | D:4      | Killed Natasha
 10446 | D:4      | Killed an ogre
 10534 | D:8      | Reached skill level 6 in Invocations
 10539 | D:8      | Reached ** piety under Makhleb
 10684 | D:8      | Found Awig's Antique Weapon Shop.
 10686 | D:8      | Identified the Disquisition on the Snowflakes
 10959 | D:8      | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
 10959 | D:8      | Reached skill level 7 in Invocations
 11029 | D:8      | Reached *** piety under Makhleb
 11408 | D:8      | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
 11733 | D:8      | Learned a level 3 spell: Ozocubu's Armour
 11812 | D:9      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
 11868 | D:9      | Reached skill level 1 in Charms
 11868 | D:9      | Reached skill level 1 in Ice Magic
 12021 | D:9      | Reached skill level 8 in Invocations
 12072 | D:9      | Noticed a cyclops
 12120 | D:9      | Killed a cyclops
 12120 | D:9      | Reached XP level 10. HP: 73/73 MP: 4/16
 12324 | D:8      | Reached **** piety under Makhleb
 12448 | D:8      | Found a staircase to the Lair.
 13621 | D:9      | Found a basalt altar of Yredelemnul.
 13799 | D:10     | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
 14199 | D:10     | Noticed Maud
 14612 | D:10     | Reached skill level 9 in Invocations
 15100 | D:10     | Noticed Urug
 15379 | Lair:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
 15385 | Lair:1   | Noticed Nergalle
 15400 | D:8      | Killed Nergalle
 15400 | D:8      | Reached skill level 10 in Invocations
 15619 | Lair:1   | Reached ***** piety under Makhleb
 15692 | Lair:1   | Gained mutation: You are mostly covered in molten scales (AC +3, EV -1). [demonic ancestry]
 15692 | Lair:1   | Reached XP level 11. HP: 78/78 MP: 11/18
 15785 | Lair:1   | Noticed Grum
 15801 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 5 in Evocations
 15819 | Lair:1   | Killed Grum
 16031 | Lair:1   | Noticed Sonja
 16053 | Lair:1   | Killed Sonja
 16053 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 11 in Invocations
 16110 | Lair:1   | Learned a level 2 spell: Throw Frost
 16705 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 5 in Stealth
 16908 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 5 in Short Blades
 17351 | Lair:2   | Found a dark tunnel.
 17351 | Lair:2   | Noticed a lindwurm
 17361 | Lair:2   | Killed a lindwurm
 17511 | Volcano  | Entered a volcano
 17863 | Volcano  | Gained mutation: You have large cloven feet. [potion of beneficial mutation]
 18838 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 5 in Poison Magic
 19146 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 1 in Long Blades
 19952 | Lair:2   | You fall through a shaft for 2 floors!
 20049 | Lair:4   | Found a frozen archway.
 20069 | Lair:4   | Reached ****** piety under Makhleb
 20247 | IceCv    | Entered an ice cave
 20578 | Lair:3   | Gained mutation: You regenerate magic rapidly. [demonic ancestry]
 20578 | Lair:3   | Reached XP level 12. HP: 78/84 MP: 6/20
 20882 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 5 in Air Magic
 21204 | Lair:3   | Learned a level 2 spell: Blink
 21207 | Lair:3   | Learned a level 2 spell: Repel Missiles
 21469 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 12 in Invocations
 21813 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
 21872 | Lair:3   | Got a fabulously ornate robe
 21883 | Lair:3   | Identified the +2 robe "Urigustu" {rElec rC++} (You found it on level 3 of the Lair of Beasts)
 22272 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 1 in Translocations
 22475 | Lair:4   | Found a hole to the Spider Nest.
 22489 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 1 in Armour
 22561 | Lair:4   | Noticed a four-headed hydra
 26099 | Lair:5   | Noticed a six-headed hydra
 26112 | Lair:5   | Killed a six-headed hydra
 26112 | Lair:5   | Reached skill level 13 in Invocations
 26219 | Lair:6   | Found a staircase to the Shoals.
 26531 | D:8      | Learned a level 5 spell: Venom Bolt
 26834 | D:10     | Killed Urug
 27154 | D:10     | Noticed a necromancer
 27173 | D:10     | Killed a necromancer
 27173 | D:10     | Reached XP level 13. HP: 94/94 MP: 19/22
 27384 | D:10     | Noticed a centaur warrior
 27394 | D:10     | Killed a centaur warrior
 29176 | D:11     | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
 29435 | Orc:1    | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
 29832 | Orc:2    | Found Rydiryn's Distillery.
 30246 | D:7      | Killed Joseph
 30571 | Orc:2    | Bought 2 potions of heal wounds for 140 gold pieces
 30571 | Orc:2    | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 70 gold pieces
 30571 | Orc:2    | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 70 gold pieces
 30571 | Orc:2    | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 70 gold pieces
 30629 | Orc:1    | Reached skill level 14 in Invocations
 32060 | D:5      | Bought a bone arbalest for 256 gold pieces
 32060 | D:5      | Identified the +9 arbalest of Watchfulness {velocity, rC+ MR+ MP+9} (You bought it in a shop on level 5 of the Dungeon)
 32947 | Orc:3    | Paralysed by an orc sorcerer for 6 turns
 35292 | Lair:7   | You fall through a shaft!
 35292 | Lair:8   | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts
 35483 | Lair:7   | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
 35603 | Lair:7   | Gained mutation: You frequently emit foul miasma when damaged in melee. [demonic ancestry]
 35603 | Lair:7   | Reached XP level 14. HP: 81/103 MP: 17/24
 36528 | Lair:8   | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
 36560 | Lair:8   | Found a viscous altar of Jiyva.
 37490 | Lair:8   | Reached skill level 5 in Long Blades
 39429 | Lair:8   | Got a pitted silver ring
 39434 | Lair:8   | Identified the ring of Vehumet's Envy {+/*Tele Str+5 Dex+4} (You found it on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts)
 39918 | Orc:4    | Entered Level 4 of the Orcish Mines
 41698 | Orc:4    | Found Nisewun's Magic Scroll Boutique.
 41712 | Orc:4    | Found Efollief's Antique Armour Shop.
 41779 | Orc:4    | Bought a scroll of identify for 26 gold pieces
 41853 | Orc:4    | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
 42302 | Orc:4    | Learned a level 3 spell: Ignite Poison
 42644 | Orc:4    | Found a staircase to the Elven Halls.
 42782 | Orc:4    | Noticed an orc warlord
 42794 | Orc:4    | Killed an orc warlord
 42910 | Orc:4    | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
 43533 | Orc:4    | Reached XP level 15. HP: 112/112 MP: 25/25
 43564 | Orc:4    | Found Suakanao's Gadget Boutique.
 43611 | Orc:4    | Found Tasos's Armour Shop.
 43665 | Orc:4    | Bought a wand of heal wounds (3) for 672 gold pieces
 43665 | Orc:4    | Bought a wand of hasting (2) for 576 gold pieces
 44409 | D:8      | Learned a level 6 spell: Poisonous Cloud
 44973 | D:12     | Got a heavily runed leather armour
 45009 | D:12     | Identified the +2 leather armour of the Evening {rElec MR+ Regen+} (You found it on level 12 of the Dungeon)
 45508 | D:12     | Gained mutation: Your system is resistant to poisons. [potion of beneficial mutation]
 47051 | D:13     | Noticed Erolcha
 47067 | D:13     | Killed Erolcha
 47999 | D:14     | Found a gate to the Vaults.
 49416 | D:15     | Entered Level 15 of the Dungeon
 49731 | D:15     | Killed Maud
 49731 | D:15     | Reached skill level 10 in Conjurations
 49918 | D:15     | Reached skill level 10 in Poison Magic
 50984 | D:15     | Found a staircase to the Depths.


Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Short sword       |    53 |   175 |   494 |   129 |       ||   851
       Dagger            |       |       |     2 |   408 |   195 ||   605
       Demon blade       |       |       |       |   545 |  1630 ||  2175
 Fire: Shortbow          |       |       |   229 |   143 |       ||   372
       Arbalest          |       |       |     2 |   216 |   200 ||   418
Throw: Tomahawk          |       |     1 |     6 |    16 |       ||    23
       Stone             |       |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
       Javelin           |       |       |       |       |    15 ||    15
 Cast: Sting             |    82 |    40 |    39 |    11 |     5 ||   177
       Cure Poison       |     1 |       |       |     2 |     1 ||     4
       Mephitic Cloud    |       |     5 |    40 |    64 |   198 ||   307
       Ozocubu's Armour  |       |       |       |    15 |    67 ||    82
       Throw Frost       |       |       |       |     2 |       ||     2
       Repel Missiles    |       |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
       Venom Bolt        |       |       |       |       |    29 ||    29
       Blink             |       |       |       |       |    14 ||    14
       Ignite Poison     |       |       |       |       |    38 ||    38
Invok: Minor Destruction |       |       |       |   121 |   112 ||   233
       Lesser Servant of |       |       |       |     5 |    39 ||    44
       Major Destruction |       |       |       |    12 |    24 ||    36
       Greater Servant o |       |       |       |       |     4 ||     4
Evoke: Wand              |       |     8 |       |     9 |    10 ||    27
  Use: Scroll            |     5 |     6 |     9 |    17 |    14 ||    51
       Potion            |       |       |       |     3 |    11 ||    14
 Stab: Confused          |       |     4 |    10 |    33 |    72 ||   119
       Paralysed         |       |     5 |       |     3 |     1 ||     9
       Sleeping          |       |     2 |       |     5 |    11 ||    18
       Distracted        |       |       |       |     1 |     5 ||     6
  Eat: Chunk             |     7 |    10 |    12 |    30 |    69 ||   128
       Pizza             |       |     1 |       |     1 |     1 ||     3
       Bread ration      |       |       |     1 |     3 |     3 ||     7
       Meat ration       |       |       |     1 |     4 |     4 ||     9
       Fruit             |       |       |       |     3 |       ||     3

Won (52). Remaining (15): 5 species: Ba, Fe, Mu, Na, Op; 5 Backgrounds: AM, Wr, Su, AE, Ar; 5 gods: Jiyv, newNem, WJC, newSif, newFedh

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Post Tuesday, 8th March 2016, 20:59

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Making Progress

Looks good. Don't get cocky, especially in sbranches. Your character has the tools he needs to win any given fight, but he is frail. He is probably frailer than you imagine. Demonspawn take a long time to get fully kitted, xp comes in more slowly than other races, and their racial HP malus all add up. Spider is specifically notorious for eating Low AC casters.

My goals for sbranch xp would be 1) stealth, longblades, dodge to ~14, Armor to the next point of AC, shields to 4 if you ever find a buckler. (2) Pcloud castable without wiz is a minor gain for your character but a major quality of life improvement.

The only spell I would learn at the moment is PArrow if i found it. I wouldn't bother with any other magical spells for now.

I would do elf before vaults on this char. Pcloud + ignite melts elf.

Minor Points:
Mapping the dagger to "w" is a nice thing. Sword is a, staff is b, and you can swap those easilly enough, having the third weapon on w saves a half a thought.

Use those two scrolls of recharging on the haste and heal wounds wand. Great Pickups. Play in spider like you have lots of haste (2 haste pots + wand + recharging). As said before, you are frail, do not underestimate sbranch threats. Using haste liberally is a way of not underestimating threats.

Use up those bolt/hex wands. They should blow up the Spider Vault. You will find more, and wands aren't going to get more valuable.

4 Invis pots will serve nicely vs ghost moths.

If you make it to vaults, put up a dump before you go into it please.

Good Luck! I'm enjoying following this character.

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Post Tuesday, 8th March 2016, 21:32

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Making Progress

And I in turn am enjoying your advice and attention to my character.

I have been chased out of Spider when I thought I was ready for it several times, so I have a healthy amount of respect for it. Still, I'm going to do it first because poison reasons, and also because the other one is Shoals.

I had pretty much the same skill goals in mind as the ones you recommended, except that I had not intended to train Stealth to 14. With the rElec on my randart leather and having found a disc of storms, I do have a reason to boost evocations. I also have two elemental evokers, phial and stone, waiting for me in a shop.

I do have a buckler, and I've been holding off on it because I'm using the arbalest as a MR resist stick. But I didn't use it much for damage in Orc:4 and I see that it's dispensable. I'm hoping that an earth book spawns, or perhaps Power for IMB or OoD. As soon as another pip of wearable MR comes along, I'm ditching the arbalest and getting a buckler. Still no cloak or gloves have spawned, and just the one hat.

I planned to get Phase Shift before Shoals, but that was all. The thing I feel is missing from my kit is irresistible damage.

I like the "ww" trick for a third weapon slot.

I don't use haste nearly enough. How do you decide when a situation merits it vs when it's a waste?
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Post Wednesday, 9th March 2016, 01:42

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Making Progress

I've found that if you can blast things at range, Shoals is a lot less dangerous than it would be for a melee-type character. So if you find Spider too hard, you could try dropping in there and taking a look around.

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Post Wednesday, 9th March 2016, 07:07

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Making Progress

Drop the arbalest at the gates of elven halls and pick of a buckler. Get shields to 4 immediately. Shield in hand is worth more than an MR swap, unless you are in elf (even then, I would never carry a 2h swap for the third pip of MR anyway). MR is useless in Spider. In Shoals fear/mesmerize really aren't that dangerous. You will resist most of it with MR++ anyway.

On haste: Rune Vaults are certainly a good use of haste charges. Terminate the nest with extreme prejudice. Also, sometimes there is a battle at the door to the zone, and it is generally really irritating to stairdance if you get pushed back. After that, just remember that your character is an uncommonly frail species and your physical stats are low, so proceed with caution.

There is not a ton of xp in sbranches, especially compared to vaults. Don't have a grand design to get a new piece of your kit up and running, unless it is named Long Blades. Besides, Longblades to 14 is a major upgrade at this point. Your bases have been neglected. Fighting is Life. Dodge is Life. Stealth is safety. They are really low so the xp can go a long way.

It isn't quite time for phase shift just yet, nor evocations. It will be soon. Stealth is more important.

Edit: You do have irresistible damage. Demons. *Demon Blade of Flaming to 14.* 5 Charges of fireball, 10 charges of lightning bolt, 6 charges of bolt of draining. If it can't be poisoned, you can ignite poison and burn things up in flame clouds. Greater destruction. All of these things together are more than sufficient to kill anything that is generally resistant (demonic crawler, emperor scorpion, ghost moth). To be honest, all of these things together can roll vaults 1-4 unless mennas shows up and 3 shots you with a eudemon blade scimitar of holy wrath.

Your kit is rather large at the moment, more than sufficient to take on the challenges of the day.

IMB is largely outdated (pcloud + ignite) and a waste of 4 spell slots.

It is a bad plan to get both evocations and go deeper into conjurations at this time. It is a bad plan to get iron shot at this time. It isn't a bad plan to do these things over the life of the character, but to pursue any of these at this moment are further neglecting your physical bases.

Let me remind you how many times you have used the sword at this point in time. Let me remind you that your defenses have not improved at all since you got to lair (EV is 17 in both cases, AC was 21 with ozo's expriring, 13 now). Enemies will hit harder now. Enemies will notice you more easily now.

Specifically, with regard to IMB, Book of Earth Spells, OOD, and related: Go through s branches and wait and see what the dungeon has to offer. Look at your character's options at the entrance to vaults and make a decision then. It is much easier to get a level 7 spell up in vaults. It is much easier to set up for a lvl 8/9 spell in vaults. It is much easier to expand your kit in vaults. Right now you are making uninformed decisions about what you want to spend vaults XP on (you haven't seen what loot will drop in sbranches). It is creeping into your decision making on the comparatively smaller XP you gain in sbranches. Have more modest goals with sbranch xp. Be patient, build a sturdy character, and you won't have to worry about being frail when it is actually time to choose the next major acquisition for your kit.

You can have anything you want with this character, but you have to be patient.

Edit2: Take dex on the 18 and 21 level ups.

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Post Saturday, 12th March 2016, 03:16

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Spider:4 Next

edgefigaro: I've finished Spider 1-3. N:2 had Jogrun, Asterion and Arachne. I learned from these what "Mephitic is loud" really means. I didn't ever have two at the same time, but each followed on the heels of the previous. Jogrun I woke up fighting spiders, then Asterion showed up after I killed Jogrun. I had to run and come back for him, I killed him with PCloud and lesser demons. Arachne cost me a lot of piety (I'm just barely 6*) because I lost track of her after one of her blinks and my demon horde timed out before I found her again. Also, Major Destruction Orb of Electrocution turned a nexoteq against me, that wasn't fun. So I killed her with PCloud + Ignite and a wand after I tracked her down again. I like her staff of poison, I'm one-shotting anything less than a wolf spider with Venom Bolt.

I concur with your advice about defenses. The only thing I did differently is that I forgot Repel Missles to make room for Conjure Flame for Spider since I've found that so little there avoids it. So I'm afraid I've been doing more of Conjure Flame - Ozo's - demon blade than you'd probably prefer, but I've also almost never lost more than 20% HP doing it. Then, after 100% Shields got my buckler online, I got up to 7.5 in Spellcasting to get RMsl back and put the rest into Stealth until it caught up with Dodging and Fighting, and then went to the skill allocation I have in the dump.

I'm curious what you think about Summon Greater Servant. Ought I at some point train Invocations a bit more? It's current 14% hostile seems a but risky, though I do know Blink and have evokable teleport.

Just noticed I forget to put the Dex+5 ring back on after wear-IDing a ring!

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.17.1 (tiles) character file.

MainiacJoe the Champion of Chaos (DsVM)            Turns: 56008, Time: 07:55:40

Health: 120/120    AC: 17    Str:  9    XL:     16   Next: 56%
Magic:  27/27      EV: 16    Int: 22    God:    Makhleb [******]
Gold:   516        SH:  5    Dex: 15    Spells: 10 memorised, 0 levels left

rFire  . . .     SeeInvis .     a - staff of poison {Arachne !a}
rCold  . . .     Clarity  .     P - +2 leather armour of the Evening {rElec MR+ Regen+}
rNeg   . . .     SustAt   .     x - +0 buckler
rPois  +         Gourm    .     (helmet restricted)
rElec  +         Spirit   +     k - +2 cloak
rCorr  .         Warding  .     D - +2 pair of gloves
rMut   .         Stasis   .     f - +2 pair of boots
MR     ++...                    (no amulet)
Stlth  ++++......               m - ring of wizardry
                                (no ring)

@: repel missiles, very resistant to hostile enchantments, stealthy
A: hooves 1, horns 1, molten scales 2, foul stench 2, poison resistance, magic
shield, magic regeneration, rot immunity
a: Minor Destruction, Lesser Servant of Makhleb, Major Destruction, Greater
Servant of Makhleb, Renounce Religion


You are on level 3 of the Spider Nest.
You worship Makhleb.
Makhleb is exalted by your worship.
You are near starving.

You have visited 4 branches of the dungeon, and seen 30 of its levels.
You have also visited: Ice Cave and Volcano.

You have collected 2702 gold pieces.
You have spent 2186 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand Weapons
 b - a +6 demon blade of flaming
 c - a +5 dagger of speed {Nergalle}
Missiles
 o - 10 javelins (quivered)
Armour
 f - a +2 pair of boots (worn)
 k - a +2 cloak (worn)
 x - a +0 buckler (worn)
 D - a +2 pair of gloves (worn)
 P - the +2 leather armour of the Evening (worn) {rElec MR+ Regen+}
   (You found it on level 12 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It increases your rate of regeneration.
Magical Staves
 a - an uncursed staff of poison (weapon) {Arachne !a}
 w - an uncursed staff of wizardry {!a}
Jewellery
 m - a ring of wizardry (right hand)
 s - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 y - a +5 ring of dexterity
 T - a ring of positive energy
 Y - an uncursed ring of positive energy
 Z - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
Wands
 g - a wand of disintegration (12)
 n - a wand of polymorph (15)
 r - a wand of teleportation (3)
 u - a wand of heal wounds (3)
 v - a wand of paralysis (9)
 z - a wand of draining (5)
 A - a wand of enslavement (6)
 O - a wand of hasting (2)
 V - a wand of lightning (10)
 W - a wand of fireball (4)
Scrolls
 h - 4 scrolls of teleportation
 j - 3 scrolls of recharging
 p - 14 scrolls of remove curse
 B - a scroll of identify
 C - a scroll of summoning
 J - a scroll of enchant armour
 R - a scroll of magic mapping
Potions
 i - 4 potions of curing
 l - 2 potions of agility
 q - 3 potions of might
 F - 4 potions of flight
 G - 4 potions of heal wounds
 I - 2 potions of resistance
 M - a potion of brilliance
 N - 4 potions of invisibility
 Q - 4 potions of cancellation
 S - a potion of haste
 U - a potion of magic
Books
 e - a book of Minor Magic   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Magic Dart                   Conjuration                   1
    b - Blink                        Translocation                 2
    c - Call Imp                     Summoning                     2
    d - Repel Missiles               Charms/Air                    2
    e - Slow                         Hexes                         2
    f - Conjure Flame                Conjuration/Fire              3
    g - Mephitic Cloud               Conjuration/Poison/Air        3
 H - a book of Fire   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Ignite Poison                Fire/Transmutation/Poison     3
    b - Fireball                     Conjuration/Fire              5
    c - Bolt of Fire                 Conjuration/Fire              6
    d - Delayed Fireball             Conjuration/Fire              7
    e - Ring of Flames               Charms/Fire                   7
 K - a book of Callings   
   
    Spells                             Type                      Level
    a - Summon Small Mammal          Summoning                     1
    b - Call Imp                     Summoning                     2
    c - Call Canine Familiar         Summoning                     3
    d - Summon Guardian Golem        Hexes/Summoning               3
    e - Summon Lightning Spire       Summoning/Air                 4
    f - Summon Ice Beast             Ice/Summoning                 4
Miscellaneous
 t - a disc of storms
Comestibles
 d - a meat ration
 E - 7 bread rations
 L - 11 slices of pizza
 X - 8 fruits


   Skills:
 + Level 9.0 Fighting
 - Level 6.0(7.2) Short Blades
 - Level 6.0(7.1) Long Blades
 + Level 2.7 Armour
 * Level 9.1 Dodging
 * Level 9.5 Stealth
 - Level 4.0 Shields
 - Level 7.5 Spellcasting
 - Level 10.4 Conjurations
 - Level 4.2 Charms
 - Level 3.4 Translocations
 - Level 4.3 Ice Magic
 - Level 9.2 Air Magic
 - Level 10.3 Poison Magic
 - Level 14.1 Invocations
 - Level 6.1 Evocations


You cannot memorise any spells.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Sting                 Conj/Pois      ####         1%          1    None
b - Cure Poison           Pois           ######....   1%          2    None
c - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  ######..     1%          3    None
d - Ozocubu's Armour      Chrm/Ice       ####....     3%          3    None
e - Venom Bolt            Conj/Pois      ######....   1%          5    #####..
f - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          1%          2    None
g - Conjure Flame         Conj/Fire      ####....     1%          3    None
h - Ignite Poison         Fire/Trmt/Pois #####...     4%          3    None
i - Poisonous Cloud       Conj/Pois/Air  ######....   12%         6    ######.
j - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       #####.       1%          2    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (0/1) D:7            Lair (8/8) D:8
 Shoals (0/4) Lair:6       Spider (3/4) Lair:4        Slime (0/6) Lair:8
    Orc (4/4) D:11            Elf (0/3) Orc:4        Vaults (0/5) D:14
 Depths (0/5) D:15       

Altars:
Fedhas
Gozag
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Yredelemnul
The Shining One
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:4 }   D:5 (   D:7 (   D:8 (   Orc:2 !   Orc:4 [}?[

Annotations:
D:4 exclusion: downstairs
D:11 exclusion: 2 downstairs
Lair:3 exclusion: door
Lair:4 oklob vault, exclusions: hydra and 3 oklob plants
Lair:6 exclusion: downstairs
Spider:1 exclusion: 2 downstairs
Orc:3 exclusion: downstairs


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You have a pair of small horns on your head.
You are mostly covered in molten scales (AC +3, EV -1).
You frequently emit foul miasma when damaged in melee.
When hurt, damage is shared between your health and your magic reserves.
You regenerate magic rapidly.
You are immune to rotting.
You have large cloven feet.
Your system is resistant to poisons.


Message History

You struggle to detach yourself from the web.
You struggle to detach yourself from the web.
You struggle to detach yourself from the web.
You struggle to detach yourself from the web.
You disentangle yourself.
You found a web!
You are caught in the web!
There is a web here.
You disentangle yourself.
You pick your way through the web.
There is a web here.
You found a web!
You are caught in the web!
There is a web here.
You struggle to detach yourself from the web.
You disentangle yourself.
Done exploring.
Done exploring.
Okay, then.
Saving game... please wait.

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There are no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  Arachne (Spider:2)
  Jorgrun (Spider:2)
  Asterion (Spider:2)
  Maud (D:15)
  An orc warlord (Orc:4)
  3 dire elephants (Lair:8)
  4 vault guards
  6 hydras
  3 centaur warriors
  A catoblepas (Lair:8)
  An anaconda (Lair:8)
  4 death yaks
  3 orc high priests
  Urug (D:10)
  Sonja (Lair:1)
  Nergalle (D:8)
  3 skeletal warriors (D:13)
  A sea snake (Lair:6)
  A lindwurm (Lair:2)
  A giant orange brain (D:15)
  6 hill giants
  7 orb spiders
  3 unseen horrors
  7 ugly things
  17 wolf spiders
  6 cyclopes
  A necromancer (D:10)
  5 orc knights
  A wolf spider zombie (D:14)
  3 griffons
  6 orc sorcerers
  3 moths of wrath
  2 oklob plants (Lair:4)
  6 elephants (Lair:8)
  3 black mambas
  The ghost of MainiacJoe2 the Skirmisher, a novice DsAK of Lugonu (D:5)
  2 torpor snails (Spider:1)
  A gargoyle (D:13)
  14 spiny frogs
  9 demonic crawlers
  A kobold demonologist (D:11)
  12 komodo dragons
  2 fire drakes
  17 jumping spiders
  2 freezing wraiths
  8 trolls
  5 two-headed ogres
  3 polar bears
  A queen bee (shapeshifter) (D:15)
  14 blink frogs
  6 slime creatures
  3 shadows
  A vampire (Volcano)
  21 redbacks
  A spriggan (shapeshifter) (D:15)
  2 water elementals
  15 trapdoor spiders
  A wraith (D:10)
  4 basilisks
  3 deep elf magi
  5 wyverns
  12 tarantellas
  A fire bat (shapeshifter) (D:15)
  33 yaks
  12 hippogriffs
  Grum (Lair:1)
  10 wargs
  A hippogriff (shapeshifter) (D:15)
  A deep elf fighter (D:8)
  17 wolves
  3 hungry ghosts
  3 centaur simulacra (D:14)
  2 mottled dragons
  A soldier ant (D:15)
  16 water moccasins
  40 orc warriors
  5 spiders
  14 porcupines
  A hornet simulacrum (D:14)
  8 ice beasts
  4 boggarts (D:15)
  7 sky beasts
  A necrophage (D:6)
  3 phantoms
  A black bear (D:12)
  An eye of draining (D:15)
  17 crocodiles
  29 giant frogs
  17 ogres
  14 centaurs
  3 wasps
  A gnoll sergeant (D:8)
  4 big kobolds
  13 killer bees
  2 scorpions (D:8)
  A wyvern skeleton (D:8)
  A water moccasin zombie (D:8)
  6 quasits
  19 wights
  8 electric eels
  A centaur zombie (D:10)
  13 crimson imps
  3 giant frog zombies
  41 orc wizards
  A giant frog skeleton (D:6)
  7 jellies
  4 hounds
  29 orc priests
  4 centaur skeletons
  10 iguanas
  10 worker ants
  Natasha (thrice) (D:4)
  2 gnoll shamans (D:8)
  A wyvern simulacrum (D:14)
  7 hell rats
  35 sheep
  2 hound zombies
  3 mummies (Volcano)
  2 worker ant zombies
  14 adders
  15 gnolls
  101 river rats
  5 shadow imps
  9 white imps
  An ufetubus (D:14)
  An ooze (D:4)
  An adder zombie (D:8)
  An adder skeleton (D:1)
  8 giant geckos
  222 orcs
  9 bats
  8 goblins
  13 hobgoblins
  18 jackals
  4 quokkas
  2 ball pythons
  8 giant cockroaches
  6 giant newts
  14 kobolds
  A quokka skeleton (D:5)
  A quokka zombie (D:5)
  13 rats
  A spectral orc (D:9)
  3 fungi
  6 plants
1265 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  A dire elephant (Lair:8)
  A salamander stormcaller (D:15)
  Erolcha (D:13)
  A death yak (Lair:6)
  3 orc high priests (Orc:4)
  An ugly thing (D:15)
  3 elephants (Lair:8)
  A cyclops (D:13)
  Joseph (D:7)
  A spiny frog (Lair:8)
  2 gargoyles (D:14)
  An efreet (D:15)
  A troll (D:13)
  A two-headed ogre (Orc:4)
  4 slime creatures
  2 flying skulls (Volcano)
  2 redbacks
  A basilisk (Lair:2)
  A hippogriff (Lair:8)
  A warg (Orc:4)
  12 orc warriors
  A necrophage (D:14)
  A crocodile (Lair:6)
  A giant frog (D:13)
  A killer bee (D:14)
  2 orc wizards
  A giant frog skeleton (D:13)
  12 orc priests (Orc:4)
  A shadow imp (D:14)
  5 white imps (Lair:4)
  19 orcs
86 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A trapdoor spider (Spider:1)
  A hound (D:8)
  29 fungi
  25 plants
56 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 1407 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
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     0 | D:1      | MainiacJoe the Demonspawn Venom Mage began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 13/13 MP: 3/3
   158 | D:1      | Reached skill level 1 in Conjurations
   486 | D:1      | Gained mutation: You are immune to rotting. [demonic ancestry]
   486 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 19/19 MP: 1/5
   552 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Cure Poison
  1493 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 24/24 MP: 2/6
  1504 | D:2      | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud
  2224 | D:3      | Found an opulent altar of Gozag.
  2226 | D:3      | Reached skill level 1 in Air Magic
  2714 | D:3      | Gained mutation: When hurt, damage is shared between your health and your magic reserves. [demonic ancestry]
  2714 | D:3      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 17/30 MP: 2/7
  3208 | D:3      | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
  3519 | D:4      | Noticed an ogre
  3845 | D:4      | Found Meto's Gadget Shop.
  3881 | D:4      | Bought a wand of paralysis (6) for 80 gold pieces
  3893 | D:4      | Got a transparent chain mail
  3904 | D:4      | Identified the cursed +1 chain mail "Tuubruneqo" {rN+ Stlth+} (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)
  4021 | D:4      | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
  4028 | D:4      | Noticed Natasha
  4044 | D:4      | Killed Natasha
  4120 | D:4      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 28/35 MP: 3/8
  4224 | D:4      | Noticed an ogre
  4611 | D:4      | Killed an ogre
  4664 | D:4      | Identified the Compendium of Doomed Snow (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)
  4919 | D:4      | Gained mutation: You are partially covered in molten scales (AC +1). [demonic ancestry]
  4919 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 38/41 MP: 9/9
  5553 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  5558 | D:5      | Noticed a water moccasin
  5588 | D:5      | Killed a water moccasin
  5611 | D:5      | Noticed MainiacJoe2's ghost (novice DsAK)
  5999 | D:5      | HP: 1/41 [centaur/arrow (5)]
  6437 | D:5      | Killed MainiacJoe2's ghost
  6437 | D:5      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 26/52 MP: 6/12
  6613 | D:4      | Bought a wand of enslavement (8) for 100 gold pieces
  6963 | D:5      | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
  7209 | D:4      | Noticed Natasha
  7216 | D:4      | Killed Natasha
  7284 | D:5      | Found Fuschoja's Antique Weapon Shop.
  7356 | D:5      | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
  7585 | D:5      | Gained mutation: You have a pair of small horns on your head. [demonic ancestry]
  7585 | D:5      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 51/60 MP: 10/13
  7882 | D:5      | Became a worshipper of Makhleb the Destroyer
  7965 | D:6      | Reached skill level 1 in Invocations
  8852 | D:6      | Reached * piety under Makhleb
  9164 | D:7      | Reached skill level 5 in Invocations
  9414 | D:7      | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
  9519 | D:7      | Gained mutation: You may emit foul miasma when damaged in melee. [demonic ancestry]
  9519 | D:7      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 66/66 MP: 14/14
  9540 | D:7      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  9564 | D:7      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
  9725 | D:7      | Noticed Joseph
 10014 | D:7      | Found Otops's Antique Weapon Shoppe.
 10017 | D:7      | Bought a runed arbalest for 126 gold pieces
 10062 | D:4      | Noticed Natasha
 10070 | D:4      | Killed Natasha
 10446 | D:4      | Killed an ogre
 10534 | D:8      | Reached skill level 6 in Invocations
 10539 | D:8      | Reached ** piety under Makhleb
 10684 | D:8      | Found Awig's Antique Weapon Shop.
 10686 | D:8      | Identified the Disquisition on the Snowflakes
 10959 | D:8      | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
 10959 | D:8      | Reached skill level 7 in Invocations
 11029 | D:8      | Reached *** piety under Makhleb
 11408 | D:8      | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
 11733 | D:8      | Learned a level 3 spell: Ozocubu's Armour
 11812 | D:9      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
 11868 | D:9      | Reached skill level 1 in Charms
 11868 | D:9      | Reached skill level 1 in Ice Magic
 12021 | D:9      | Reached skill level 8 in Invocations
 12072 | D:9      | Noticed a cyclops
 12120 | D:9      | Killed a cyclops
 12120 | D:9      | Reached XP level 10. HP: 73/73 MP: 4/16
 12324 | D:8      | Reached **** piety under Makhleb
 12448 | D:8      | Found a staircase to the Lair.
 13621 | D:9      | Found a basalt altar of Yredelemnul.
 13799 | D:10     | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
 14199 | D:10     | Noticed Maud
 14612 | D:10     | Reached skill level 9 in Invocations
 15100 | D:10     | Noticed Urug
 15379 | Lair:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
 15385 | Lair:1   | Noticed Nergalle
 15400 | D:8      | Killed Nergalle
 15400 | D:8      | Reached skill level 10 in Invocations
 15619 | Lair:1   | Reached ***** piety under Makhleb
 15692 | Lair:1   | Gained mutation: You are mostly covered in molten scales (AC +3, EV -1). [demonic ancestry]
 15692 | Lair:1   | Reached XP level 11. HP: 78/78 MP: 11/18
 15785 | Lair:1   | Noticed Grum
 15801 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 5 in Evocations
 15819 | Lair:1   | Killed Grum
 16031 | Lair:1   | Noticed Sonja
 16053 | Lair:1   | Killed Sonja
 16053 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 11 in Invocations
 16110 | Lair:1   | Learned a level 2 spell: Throw Frost
 16705 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 5 in Stealth
 16908 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 5 in Short Blades
 17351 | Lair:2   | Found a dark tunnel.
 17351 | Lair:2   | Noticed a lindwurm
 17361 | Lair:2   | Killed a lindwurm
 17511 | Volcano  | Entered a volcano
 17863 | Volcano  | Gained mutation: You have large cloven feet. [potion of beneficial mutation]
 18838 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 5 in Poison Magic
 19146 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 1 in Long Blades
 19952 | Lair:2   | You fall through a shaft for 2 floors!
 20049 | Lair:4   | Found a frozen archway.
 20069 | Lair:4   | Reached ****** piety under Makhleb
 20247 | IceCv    | Entered an ice cave
 20578 | Lair:3   | Gained mutation: You regenerate magic rapidly. [demonic ancestry]
 20578 | Lair:3   | Reached XP level 12. HP: 78/84 MP: 6/20
 20882 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 5 in Air Magic
 21204 | Lair:3   | Learned a level 2 spell: Blink
 21207 | Lair:3   | Learned a level 2 spell: Repel Missiles
 21469 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 12 in Invocations
 21813 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
 21872 | Lair:3   | Got a fabulously ornate robe
 21883 | Lair:3   | Identified the +2 robe "Urigustu" {rElec rC++} (You found it on level 3 of the Lair of Beasts)
 22272 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 1 in Translocations
 22475 | Lair:4   | Found a hole to the Spider Nest.
 22489 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 1 in Armour
 22561 | Lair:4   | Noticed a four-headed hydra
 26099 | Lair:5   | Noticed a six-headed hydra
 26112 | Lair:5   | Killed a six-headed hydra
 26112 | Lair:5   | Reached skill level 13 in Invocations
 26219 | Lair:6   | Found a staircase to the Shoals.
 26531 | D:8      | Learned a level 5 spell: Venom Bolt
 26834 | D:10     | Killed Urug
 27154 | D:10     | Noticed a necromancer
 27173 | D:10     | Killed a necromancer
 27173 | D:10     | Reached XP level 13. HP: 94/94 MP: 19/22
 27384 | D:10     | Noticed a centaur warrior
 27394 | D:10     | Killed a centaur warrior
 29176 | D:11     | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
 29435 | Orc:1    | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
 29832 | Orc:2    | Found Rydiryn's Distillery.
 30246 | D:7      | Killed Joseph
 30571 | Orc:2    | Bought 2 potions of heal wounds for 140 gold pieces
 30571 | Orc:2    | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 70 gold pieces
 30571 | Orc:2    | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 70 gold pieces
 30571 | Orc:2    | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 70 gold pieces
 30629 | Orc:1    | Reached skill level 14 in Invocations
 32060 | D:5      | Bought a bone arbalest for 256 gold pieces
 32060 | D:5      | Identified the +9 arbalest of Watchfulness {velocity, rC+ MR+ MP+9} (You bought it in a shop on level 5 of the Dungeon)
 32947 | Orc:3    | Paralysed by an orc sorcerer for 6 turns
 35292 | Lair:7   | You fall through a shaft!
 35292 | Lair:8   | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts
 35483 | Lair:7   | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
 35603 | Lair:7   | Gained mutation: You frequently emit foul miasma when damaged in melee. [demonic ancestry]
 35603 | Lair:7   | Reached XP level 14. HP: 81/103 MP: 17/24
 36528 | Lair:8   | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
 36560 | Lair:8   | Found a viscous altar of Jiyva.
 37490 | Lair:8   | Reached skill level 5 in Long Blades
 39429 | Lair:8   | Got a pitted silver ring
 39434 | Lair:8   | Identified the ring of Vehumet's Envy {+/*Tele Str+5 Dex+4} (You found it on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts)
 39918 | Orc:4    | Entered Level 4 of the Orcish Mines
 41698 | Orc:4    | Found Nisewun's Magic Scroll Boutique.
 41712 | Orc:4    | Found Efollief's Antique Armour Shop.
 41779 | Orc:4    | Bought a scroll of identify for 26 gold pieces
 41853 | Orc:4    | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
 42302 | Orc:4    | Learned a level 3 spell: Ignite Poison
 42644 | Orc:4    | Found a staircase to the Elven Halls.
 42782 | Orc:4    | Noticed an orc warlord
 42794 | Orc:4    | Killed an orc warlord
 42910 | Orc:4    | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
 43533 | Orc:4    | Reached XP level 15. HP: 112/112 MP: 25/25
 43564 | Orc:4    | Found Suakanao's Gadget Boutique.
 43611 | Orc:4    | Found Tasos's Armour Shop.
 43665 | Orc:4    | Bought a wand of heal wounds (3) for 672 gold pieces
 43665 | Orc:4    | Bought a wand of hasting (2) for 576 gold pieces
 44409 | D:8      | Learned a level 6 spell: Poisonous Cloud
 44973 | D:12     | Got a heavily runed leather armour
 45009 | D:12     | Identified the +2 leather armour of the Evening {rElec MR+ Regen+} (You found it on level 12 of the Dungeon)
 45508 | D:12     | Gained mutation: Your system is resistant to poisons. [potion of beneficial mutation]
 47051 | D:13     | Noticed Erolcha
 47067 | D:13     | Killed Erolcha
 47999 | D:14     | Found a gate to the Vaults.
 49416 | D:15     | Entered Level 15 of the Dungeon
 49731 | D:15     | Killed Maud
 49731 | D:15     | Reached skill level 10 in Conjurations
 49918 | D:15     | Reached skill level 10 in Poison Magic
 50984 | D:15     | Found a staircase to the Depths.
 51245 | D:8      | Learned a level 3 spell: Conjure Flame
 51378 | Spider:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Spider Nest
 51456 | Spider:1 | Reached skill level 1 in Shields
 51674 | Spider:1 | Reached XP level 16. HP: 118/118 MP: 18/26
 53088 | Spider:2 | Noticed Jorgrun
 53110 | Spider:2 | Killed Jorgrun
 53182 | Spider:2 | Noticed Asterion
 53279 | Spider:1 | Learned a level 2 spell: Repel Missiles
 53405 | Spider:2 | Killed Asterion
 53504 | Spider:2 | Noticed Arachne
 54347 | Spider:2 | Killed Arachne


Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-18 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Short sword       |    53 |   175 |   494 |   129 |       |       ||   851
       Dagger            |       |       |     2 |   408 |   208 |    32 ||   650
       Demon blade       |       |       |       |   545 |  1686 |   160 ||  2391
       Staff             |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
 Fire: Shortbow          |       |       |   229 |   143 |       |       ||   372
       Arbalest          |       |       |     2 |   216 |   200 |       ||   418
Throw: Tomahawk          |       |     1 |     6 |    16 |       |       ||    23
       Stone             |       |       |       |     1 |       |       ||     1
       Javelin           |       |       |       |       |    16 |     6 ||    22
 Cast: Sting             |    82 |    40 |    39 |    11 |    10 |     4 ||   186
       Cure Poison       |     1 |       |       |     2 |     1 |     2 ||     6
       Mephitic Cloud    |       |     5 |    40 |    64 |   210 |    23 ||   342
       Ozocubu's Armour  |       |       |       |    15 |    71 |    22 ||   108
       Throw Frost       |       |       |       |     2 |       |       ||     2
       Repel Missiles    |       |       |       |     1 |     1 |     1 ||     3
       Venom Bolt        |       |       |       |       |    32 |    22 ||    54
       Blink             |       |       |       |       |    14 |     1 ||    15
       Ignite Poison     |       |       |       |       |    38 |     2 ||    40
       Conjure Flame     |       |       |       |       |     3 |    28 ||    31
       Poisonous Cloud   |       |       |       |       |       |     6 ||     6
Invok: Minor Destruction |       |       |       |   121 |   112 |       ||   233
       Lesser Servant of |       |       |       |     5 |    41 |    11 ||    57
       Major Destruction |       |       |       |    12 |    24 |     4 ||    40
       Greater Servant o |       |       |       |       |     4 |       ||     4
Evoke: Wand              |       |     8 |       |     9 |    10 |     1 ||    28
  Use: Scroll            |     5 |     6 |     9 |    17 |    15 |     5 ||    57
       Potion            |       |       |       |     3 |    11 |     2 ||    16
 Stab: Confused          |       |     4 |    10 |    33 |    78 |    12 ||   137
       Paralysed         |       |     5 |       |     3 |     1 |       ||     9
       Sleeping          |       |     2 |       |     5 |    11 |       ||    18
       Distracted        |       |       |       |     1 |     6 |     2 ||     9
  Eat: Chunk             |     7 |    10 |    12 |    30 |    72 |    10 ||   141
       Pizza             |       |     1 |       |     1 |     1 |     1 ||     4
       Bread ration      |       |       |     1 |     3 |     3 |       ||     7
       Meat ration       |       |       |     1 |     4 |     4 |     2 ||    11
       Fruit             |       |       |       |     3 |       |       ||     3

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Post Saturday, 12th March 2016, 10:07

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Spider:4 Next

Long blades to 14 is your first priority ATM.
MainiacJoe wrote: So I'm afraid I've been doing more of Conjure Flame - Ozo's - demon blade than you'd probably prefer.

I think using a demon blade is a fine choice, I just think it should be at 14 if you are using it this much.

Fill up those haste/heal wounds wands, you found another recharging. That fight where uniques kept pouring out? That would have been a good time to haste.

Unlike Mephitic Cloud (spell noise 15), Poison cloud is quiet (spell noise 2). Pcloud will obsolete meph cloud eventually, but atm, pcloud + ignite is really expensive (9MP!)

Summon Greater Demon: The main thing that makes summon demon safer is not being afraid of whatever hostile demon pops. That happens as your character grows stronger rather than invocation rank. A few value points after s branches wouldn't be wasted though. I use it a lot. It has killed me before (usually in lair).

Piety: Makh will appreciate clearing out the spider vault.

You aren't using pcloud enough (only 6 times, you got it working for sbranches for a reason). It works best if you cast it two or three times. cast it close to you and things will not run through it. Then cast it ontop of the enemies that are stacked up against the clouds and the enemies will charge though the poison. Pcloud + Ignite is more of a novelty for resistant things.

You can also stand in your pcloud. Rpois yo. Try spamming it by staircases when you descend to Spider 4 to get a feel for it safely.

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Post Saturday, 12th March 2016, 12:04

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Spider:4 Next

edgefigaro wrote:Long blades to 14 is your first priority ATM.
MainiacJoe wrote: So I'm afraid I've been doing more of Conjure Flame - Ozo's - demon blade than you'd probably prefer.

I think using a demon blade is a fine choice, I just think it should be at 14 if you are using it this much.

Wow, this makes so much sense now that you say it, why didn't I see that myself?

Fill up those haste/heal wounds wands, you found another recharging. That fight where uniques kept pouring out? That would have been a good time to haste.

I did haste for Asterion and for Arachne, but I used potions instead of the wand to move towards freeing up an inventory slot.

Summon Greater Demon: The main thing that makes summon demon safer is not being afraid of whatever hostile demon pops. That happens as your character grows stronger rather than invocation rank. A few value points after s branches wouldn't be wasted though. I use it a lot. It has killed me before (usually in lair).

This makes sense, too.

Unlike Mephitic Cloud (spell noise 15), Poison cloud is quiet (spell noise 2). Pcloud will obsolete meph cloud eventually, but atm, pcloud + ignite is really expensive (9MP!)

You aren't using pcloud enough (only 6 times, you got it working for sbranches for a reason). It works best if you cast it two or three times. cast it close to you and things will not run through it. Then cast it ontop of the enemies that are stacked up against the clouds and the enemies will charge though the poison. Pcloud + Ignite is more of a novelty for resistant things.

You can also stand in your pcloud. Rpois yo. Try spamming it by staircases when you descend to Spider 4 to get a feel for it safely.

I confess to my shame that I've been worried about spell hunger with it. I know better.


Vaults:1-4, Shoals:1-4 or Elf:1-2 after Spider:4?
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Post Saturday, 12th March 2016, 14:45

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Spider:4 Next

I would do Shoals after Spider. Use the potions of invisibility on Shoals:4.
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Post Saturday, 12th March 2016, 15:32

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Spider:4 Next

I can certainly see the benefit of using !Invis on Shoals:4. However, I don't really have a solution for ghost moths right now. No SInv has spawned all game except for a scale mail in a shop I can't afford right now, and it would tank my spell success anyway. Only Ynoxinuls of my Lesser Demons can SInv, and while all of my Greater Demons can I'm feeling like that's too risky right now. Only one ?Fog has spawned, its still in a shop that a piety-sucking distance away. So Conjure Flame and PCloud+Ignite feel like my best bet against them, and I need Inv to keep MP for that. Unless you can suggest a better plan for ghost moths, I'm expecting that if any !Inv that make it through Spider:4 it's a bonus, not a plan.
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Post Saturday, 12th March 2016, 16:51

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Spider:4 Next

I am utterly helpless against ghost moths. I led two of them up to Spider:3 by different stairs on two separate occasions, and the first ganged up on me with the second and they came very close to stinging me to death, plus my attributes are all shot. The potion of invisibility was a waste, I have few enough MP that by the time I quaff it, it's mostly gone anyway. Looks like I'm going to have to try Shoals first, until I can get SInv somehow. I'm going to set this character aside until i can get some advice on the ghost moths.
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Post Saturday, 12th March 2016, 16:56

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Spider:4 Next

I would use greater servants against ghost moths.
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Post Saturday, 12th March 2016, 16:59

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Spider:4 Next

If you can't do spider 4, go to shoals. More generally, if you ever are having too much trouble with one sbranch, go to the other. It will be easier (probably trivial) when you return. It really isn't even important to come back right away and clear out spider 4 after picking up the barnacled rune.

Repel Missiles takes some of the teeth out of shoals. You are a venom mage and everything significant is vulnerable to poison. That should be plenty.

On elf: If you can do vaults after shoals, do vaults. If you can't, do elf 1 and 2.

On Vaults: if mennas shows up, -skip the floor-.

On Ghost Moths: If they are too much trouble, go to shoals. A floor of xp in spider 4 and whatever spawns on the floor isn't worth that much difficulty.

Shoals should be easier on food than spider is. Eat those pizzas. The food situation will get better. Soon it will be time to train spellcasting significantly more, and spell hunger will be less of a concern. Til then, well, that is what permafood is for.

Food being eaten strategically is what food is for. That is why this resource exists. Again, remember that you aren't monstrously powerful atm, but will be getting stronger soon. Use consumable resources in the meantime.
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Eat: Chunk | 7 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 72 | 10 || 141
Pizza | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 || 4
Bread ration | | | 1 | 3 | 3 | || 7
Meat ration | | | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 || 11
Fruit | | | | 3 | | || 3

You spread your permafood eating around. This is a mistake. Eat all your pizza first. Then eat the least plentiful ration type. You want as much nutrition to be concentrated in one ration in your inventory for inventory space management, and your permafood eating choices should favor hoarding your most plentiful ration and eating everything else.

I'm not a big fan of saving fruit for a 1 turn nutrition bonus, I prefer to play at engorged in zot and mock death cobs. Other players disagree and keep fruit around. Death cobs hunger attack is removed in trunk.

Did you turn off jerky/jelly pickup?

Edit: Greater Servants should demolish ghost moths. As long as you can use greater servant in a controlled area (i.e. a fully cleared spider 3 floor can tele away, or alone at the upstairs of spider 4 can retreat upstairs) it is rather safe. The place greater demons becomes problematic is if you use it as an emergency button. It can make a bad situation significantly worse.
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Post Saturday, 12th March 2016, 17:03

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Flummoxed by Ghost Moths

Okay, I guess that is the resource I haven't tried yet. And if they come up hostile? I'm looking at 9% hostility, that's better than it was before I started N:4 so must have indeed built up some piety.
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Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Spider:4 Next

edgefigaro wrote:If you can't do spider 4, go to shoals. More generally, if you ever are having too much trouble with one sbranch, go to the other. It will be easier (probably trivial) when you return. It really isn't even important to come back right away and clear out spider 4 after picking up the barnacled rune.

This. Ghost moths can be really rough in Spider. I normally do Spider 1-3 and then go to another branch for a bit. Come back when you get sInv or you're just stronger.

Shoals isn't as bad for a caster as it is for a melee focused build. You can take out all the dangerous hexing monsters at range. If you're struggling with ghost moths, A1-3 is certainly easier than N4.

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Post Saturday, 12th March 2016, 17:14

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Flummoxed by Ghost Moths

Greater servants are great when used strategically and have a way to disengage. It is when you use them as a panic button that things go sour. They are so strong, you WANT to use them as a panic button.

Great game design IMO.

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Post Saturday, 12th March 2016, 17:17

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Flummoxed by Ghost Moths

I quit worrying about spell hunger after posting earlier this morning, and yes, PCloud works wonders for crowd control. I typically carry one ration type and one quick food (for hungry ghosts and if spell hunger gets me too low in the middle of a fight). I inevitably end up picking up other types of food, and when I get back to my stash I dump it all and pick up the largest stack of each type. This is why sometimes I'm eating fruit and sometimes pizza, sometime bread and sometimes meat. So I have a 16 fruits and 9 jerkies at my stash, and the rest of the food in the game is in my inventory. Zero royal jellies have spawned thus far in the game.
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Post Saturday, 12th March 2016, 19:44

Re: CIP: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Flummoxed by Ghost Moths

Well, YASD. It was mesmerization, and I handled it wrong. At the beginning, it was just me and the avatar by herself. I spawned two demons and then a sea snake approached from the other direction. I put her in a PCloud and then let the demons address her while I Venom Bolted the snake. She mesmerized me during the fight with the snake, during which it got in a good hit on me, and then I realized that one of my demons was gone and the other hurting. In retrospect, this was the avatar's posse showing up, still out of my LOS but in range of my demons. I ought to have begun teleport right then, but for some reason I thought I had to kill the mesmerizer before I could get away. I was breaking the cardinal rule of continuing a fight with too few MP. I didn't start TP until after the avatar died to the Sticky. Alas at least one of the javileneers had silver javelins, and by then I was too far behind the damage curve for healing to keep up until TP kicked in. RMsl had been active going into the fight but got broken sometimes during the last stages when I was trying to heal myself.

I appreciate the interest everyone has had in my character, especially edgefigaro. While I knew I wasn't an expert player I thought I was progressing pretty well, but I clearly have a lot yet to learn about how to build a character and especially how to know what the character needs at given points in the game. As for the mesmerization death, well, I learned from it, and would welcome your tips for the next time I face that attack but for once I'm not busting myself up too much about it.

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.17.1 (tiles) character file.

163097 MainiacJoe the Champion of Chaos (level 17, -3/125 HPs)
             Began as a Demonspawn Venom Mage on Feb 28, 2016.
             Was the Champion of Makhleb.
             Hit by a silver javelin thrown by a merfolk javelineer (10 damage)
             ... on level 2 of the Shoals on Mar 12, 2016.
             The game lasted 09:11:05 (60911 turns).

MainiacJoe the Champion of Chaos (DsVM)            Turns: 60911, Time: 09:11:06

Health: -3/125     AC: 24    Str:  4 (9)  XL:     17   Next: 23%
Magic:  0/28       EV: 17    Int: 22      God:    Makhleb [******]
Gold:   662        SH:  7    Dex: 19 (20) Spells: 10 memorised, 1 level left

rFire  . . .     SeeInvis .     w - +6 demon blade (flame)
rCold  . . .     Clarity  .     P - +2 leather armour of the Evening {rElec MR+ Regen+}
rNeg   . . .     SustAt   .     x - +1 buckler
rPois  +         Gourm    .     (helmet restricted)
rElec  +         Spirit   +     k - +2 cloak
rCorr  .         Warding  .     D - +2 pair of gloves
rMut   .         Stasis   .     f - +2 pair of boots
MR     ++...                    (no amulet)
Stlth  ++++......               m - ring of wizardry
                                y - +5 ring of dexterity

@: icy armour (expiring), about to teleport, very resistant to hostile
enchantments, stealthy
A: hooves 1, horns 2, molten scales 2, foul stench 2, poison resistance, magic
shield, magic regeneration, rot immunity
a: Minor Destruction, Lesser Servant of Makhleb, Major Destruction, Greater
Servant of Makhleb, Renounce Religion


You were on level 2 of the Shoals.
You worshipped Makhleb.
Makhleb was exalted by your worship.
You were near starving.

You visited 5 branches of the dungeon, and saw 33 of its levels.
You also visited: Ice Cave and Volcano.

You collected 2848 gold pieces.
You spent 2186 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand Weapons
 w - a +6 demon blade of flaming (weapon)
Missiles
 o - 12 javelins (quivered)
 J - 3 throwing nets
 R - 2 curare-tipped needles
 T - 10 poisoned needles
Armour
 f - a +2 pair of boots (worn)
 k - a +2 cloak (worn)
 x - a +1 buckler (worn)
 D - a +2 pair of gloves (worn)
 P - the +2 leather armour of the Evening (worn) {rElec MR+ Regen+}
   (You found it on level 12 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It increases your rate of regeneration.
Magical Staves
 a - an uncursed staff of poison {Arachne !a}
 b - an uncursed staff of wizardry {!a}
Jewellery
 m - a ring of wizardry (right hand)
 s - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 y - a +5 ring of dexterity (left hand)
 Y - an uncursed ring of positive energy
 Z - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
Wands
 g - a wand of disintegration (12)
 n - a wand of polymorph (15)
 r - a wand of teleportation (2)
 u - a wand of heal wounds (3)
 v - a wand of paralysis (8)
 z - a wand of draining (3)
 A - a wand of enslavement (5)
 B - a wand of digging (10)
 L - a wand of cold (5)
 O - a wand of hasting (1)
 V - a wand of lightning (10)
 W - a wand of fireball (3)
Scrolls
 c - a scroll of fear
 h - 2 scrolls of teleportation
 j - 3 scrolls of recharging
 p - 16 scrolls of remove curse
 C - a scroll of summoning
 H - a scroll of identify
Potions
 e - 2 potions of haste
 i - 2 potions of curing
 l - 2 potions of agility
 q - 4 potions of might
 F - 4 potions of flight
 G - a potion of heal wounds
 I - 2 potions of resistance
 M - a potion of brilliance
 N - 3 potions of invisibility
 Q - 4 potions of cancellation
 U - 2 potions of magic
Miscellaneous
 t - a disc of storms
Comestibles
 d - 16 fruits
 E - 5 bread rations
 K - a slice of pizza
 S - 7 chunks of flesh


   Skills:
 - Level 9.0 Fighting
   Level 6.0(9.2) Short Blades
 + Level 10.7(11.3) Long Blades
 - Level 2.8 Armour
 - Level 9.1 Dodging
 - Level 9.5 Stealth
 - Level 4.0 Shields
 - Level 7.5 Spellcasting
 - Level 10.4 Conjurations
 - Level 4.2 Charms
 - Level 3.4 Translocations
 - Level 4.3 Ice Magic
 - Level 9.2 Air Magic
 - Level 10.3 Poison Magic
 - Level 14.1 Invocations
 - Level 6.1 Evocations


You had one spell level left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Sting                 Conj/Pois      ####         1%          1    None
b - Cure Poison           Pois           ######....   1%          2    None
c - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  ######..     1%          3    None
d - Ozocubu's Armour      Chrm/Ice       ####....     4%          3    None
e - Venom Bolt            Conj/Pois      ######....   3%          5    #####..
f - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          2%          2    None
g - Conjure Flame         Conj/Fire      ####....     2%          3    None
h - Ignite Poison         Fire/Trmt/Pois ###.....     4%          3    None
i - Poisonous Cloud       Conj/Pois/Air  ######....   16%         6    ######.
j - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       #####.       1%          2    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (0/1) D:7            Lair (8/8) D:8
 Shoals (2/4) Lair:6       Spider (4/4) Lair:4        Slime (0/6) Lair:8
    Orc (4/4) D:11            Elf (0/3) Orc:4        Vaults (0/5) D:14
 Depths (0/5) D:15       

Altars:
Fedhas
Gozag
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Yredelemnul
The Shining One
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:4 }   D:5 (   D:7 (   D:8 (   Orc:2 !   Orc:4 [}?[

Annotations:
D:4 exclusion: downstairs
D:11 exclusion: 2 downstairs
Lair:3 exclusion: door
Lair:4 oklob vault, exclusions: hydra and 3 oklob plants
Lair:6 exclusion: downstairs
Shoals:1 exclusion: tentacle segment
Spider:1 exclusion: 2 downstairs
Spider:3 ghost moths, 5 exclusions
Spider:4 exclusions: upstairs and 1 more exclusion
Orc:3 exclusion: downstairs


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You have a pair of horns on your head.
You are mostly covered in molten scales (AC +3, EV -1).
You frequently emit foul miasma when damaged in melee.
When hurt, damage is shared between your health and your magic reserves.
You regenerate magic rapidly.
You are immune to rotting.
You have large cloven feet.
Your system is resistant to poisons.


Message History

The merfolk throws a tomahawk.
The tomahawk hits you but does no damage.
The sea snake bites you but does no damage.
The merfolk javelineer throws a silver javelin.
The silver javelin hits you! The silver sears you! The merfolk is engulfed in poison gas. The merfolk looks even sicker. The merfolk throws a tomahawk. The tomahawk hits you!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The merfolk throws a tomahawk. The tomahawk hits you!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You block the sea snake's attack.
The merfolk hits you from afar with a trident.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
Things that are here:
2 tomahawks; a silver javelin
Drink which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
You feel much better.
The merfolk javelineer throws a silver javelin.
The silver javelin hits you!!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The silver sears you!
You die...

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You could see a merfolk javelineer, a sea snake and 3 merfolk.

Vanquished Creatures
  Arachne (Spider:2)
  Jorgrun (Spider:2)
  Asterion (Spider:2)
  Maud (D:15)
  Louise (Shoals:2)
  An emperor scorpion (Spider:4)
  An orc warlord (Orc:4)
  3 dire elephants (Lair:8)
  2 merfolk impalers (Shoals:1)
  4 vault guards
  6 hydras
  3 centaur warriors
  A catoblepas (Lair:8)
  An anaconda (Lair:8)
  4 death yaks
  3 orc high priests
  Urug (D:10)
  Sonja (Lair:1)
  Nergalle (D:8)
  3 skeletal warriors (D:13)
  4 sea snakes
  A lindwurm (Lair:2)
  A giant orange brain (D:15)
  6 hill giants
  12 orb spiders
  3 unseen horrors
  7 ugly things
  24 wolf spiders
  6 cyclopes
  A necromancer (D:10)
  5 orc knights
  A wolf spider zombie (D:14)
  3 harpies (Shoals:1)
  7 griffons
  4 hornets (Spider:4)
  4 manticores
  2 water nymphs (Shoals:1)
  6 orc sorcerers
  4 moths of wrath
  4 fauns (Shoals:1)
  2 oklob plants (Lair:4)
  6 elephants (Lair:8)
  3 black mambas
  A siren (Shoals:1)
  The ghost of MainiacJoe2 the Skirmisher, a novice DsAK of Lugonu (D:5)
  2 torpor snails (Spider:1)
  A gargoyle (D:13)
  14 spiny frogs
  16 demonic crawlers
  A kobold demonologist (D:11)
  12 komodo dragons
  2 fire drakes
  24 jumping spiders
  2 freezing wraiths
  5 merfolk
  8 trolls
  5 two-headed ogres
  3 polar bears
  A boulder beetle (Lair:6)
  A queen bee (shapeshifter) (D:15)
  14 blink frogs
  6 slime creatures
  3 shadows
  A vampire (Volcano)
  31 redbacks
  A spriggan (shapeshifter) (D:15)
  4 water elementals
  3 snapping turtles (Shoals:1)
  21 trapdoor spiders
  A wraith (D:10)
  4 basilisks
  3 deep elf magi
  5 wyverns
  25 tarantellas
  A fire bat (shapeshifter) (D:15)
  33 yaks
  12 hippogriffs
  Grum (Lair:1)
  10 wargs
  A hippogriff (shapeshifter) (D:15)
  A deep elf fighter (D:8)
  17 wolves
  3 hungry ghosts
  3 centaur simulacra (D:14)
  2 mottled dragons
  A soldier ant (D:15)
  16 water moccasins
  40 orc warriors
  13 spiders
  16 porcupines
  A hornet simulacrum (D:14)
  8 ice beasts
  4 boggarts (D:15)
  7 sky beasts
  A necrophage (D:6)
  3 phantoms
  A black bear (D:12)
  An eye of draining (D:15)
  17 crocodiles
  29 giant frogs
  17 ogres
  15 centaurs
  7 wasps
  A gnoll sergeant (D:8)
  4 big kobolds
  13 killer bees
  2 scorpions (D:8)
  A wyvern skeleton (D:8)
  A water moccasin zombie (D:8)
  6 quasits
  19 wights
  8 electric eels
  A centaur zombie (D:10)
  13 crimson imps
  3 giant frog zombies
  41 orc wizards
  A giant frog skeleton (D:6)
  7 jellies
  4 hounds
  29 orc priests
  4 centaur skeletons
  10 iguanas
  10 worker ants
  Natasha (thrice) (D:4)
  2 gnoll shamans (D:8)
  A wyvern simulacrum (D:14)
  7 hell rats
  36 sheep
  2 hound zombies
  3 mummies (Volcano)
  2 worker ant zombies
  14 adders
  15 gnolls
  101 river rats
  5 shadow imps
  9 white imps
  An ufetubus (D:14)
  An ooze (D:4)
  An adder zombie (D:8)
  An adder skeleton (D:1)
  8 giant geckos
  222 orcs
  9 bats
  8 goblins
  13 hobgoblins
  18 jackals
  4 quokkas
  2 ball pythons
  9 giant cockroaches
  6 giant newts
  14 kobolds
  A quokka skeleton (D:5)
  A quokka zombie (D:5)
  13 rats
  A spectral orc (D:9)
  3 fungi
  8 plants
1380 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  A dire elephant (Lair:8)
  A salamander stormcaller (D:15)
  Erolcha (D:13)
  A merfolk avatar (Shoals:2)
  A death yak (Lair:6)
  3 orc high priests (Orc:4)
  An ugly thing (D:15)
  2 orb spiders (Spider:4)
  3 elephants (Lair:8)
  2 cyclopes
  Joseph (D:7)
  A spiny frog (Lair:8)
  2 gargoyles (D:14)
  An efreet (D:15)
  2 merfolk (Shoals:1)
  A troll (D:13)
  A two-headed ogre (Orc:4)
  4 slime creatures
  2 flying skulls (Volcano)
  2 redbacks
  A tarantella (Spider:4)
  A basilisk (Lair:2)
  2 hippogriffs
  A warg (Orc:4)
  A wasp (Spider:4)
  12 orc warriors
  A necrophage (D:14)
  A crocodile (Lair:6)
  A giant frog (D:13)
  A killer bee (D:14)
  2 orc wizards
  A giant frog skeleton (D:13)
  12 orc priests (Orc:4)
  2 sheep (Shoals:1)
  A shadow imp (D:14)
  5 white imps (Lair:4)
  19 orcs
97 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A trapdoor spider (Spider:1)
  A hound (D:8)
  29 fungi
  31 plants
  5 tentacles (Shoals:1)
  303 tentacle segments (Shoals:1)
370 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 1847 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
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     0 | D:1      | MainiacJoe the Demonspawn Venom Mage began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 13/13 MP: 3/3
   158 | D:1      | Reached skill level 1 in Conjurations
   486 | D:1      | Gained mutation: You are immune to rotting. [demonic ancestry]
   486 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 19/19 MP: 1/5
   552 | D:1      | Learned a level 2 spell: Cure Poison
  1493 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 24/24 MP: 2/6
  1504 | D:2      | Learned a level 3 spell: Mephitic Cloud
  2224 | D:3      | Found an opulent altar of Gozag.
  2226 | D:3      | Reached skill level 1 in Air Magic
  2714 | D:3      | Gained mutation: When hurt, damage is shared between your health and your magic reserves. [demonic ancestry]
  2714 | D:3      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 17/30 MP: 2/7
  3208 | D:3      | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
  3519 | D:4      | Noticed an ogre
  3845 | D:4      | Found Meto's Gadget Shop.
  3881 | D:4      | Bought a wand of paralysis (6) for 80 gold pieces
  3893 | D:4      | Got a transparent chain mail
  3904 | D:4      | Identified the cursed +1 chain mail "Tuubruneqo" {rN+ Stlth+} (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)
  4021 | D:4      | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
  4028 | D:4      | Noticed Natasha
  4044 | D:4      | Killed Natasha
  4120 | D:4      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 28/35 MP: 3/8
  4224 | D:4      | Noticed an ogre
  4611 | D:4      | Killed an ogre
  4664 | D:4      | Identified the Compendium of Doomed Snow (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)
  4919 | D:4      | Gained mutation: You are partially covered in molten scales (AC +1). [demonic ancestry]
  4919 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 38/41 MP: 9/9
  5553 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  5558 | D:5      | Noticed a water moccasin
  5588 | D:5      | Killed a water moccasin
  5611 | D:5      | Noticed MainiacJoe2's ghost (novice DsAK)
  5999 | D:5      | HP: 1/41 [centaur/arrow (5)]
  6437 | D:5      | Killed MainiacJoe2's ghost
  6437 | D:5      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 26/52 MP: 6/12
  6613 | D:4      | Bought a wand of enslavement (8) for 100 gold pieces
  6963 | D:5      | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
  7209 | D:4      | Noticed Natasha
  7216 | D:4      | Killed Natasha
  7284 | D:5      | Found Fuschoja's Antique Weapon Shop.
  7356 | D:5      | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
  7585 | D:5      | Gained mutation: You have a pair of small horns on your head. [demonic ancestry]
  7585 | D:5      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 51/60 MP: 10/13
  7882 | D:5      | Became a worshipper of Makhleb the Destroyer
  7965 | D:6      | Reached skill level 1 in Invocations
  8852 | D:6      | Reached * piety under Makhleb
  9164 | D:7      | Reached skill level 5 in Invocations
  9414 | D:7      | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
  9519 | D:7      | Gained mutation: You may emit foul miasma when damaged in melee. [demonic ancestry]
  9519 | D:7      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 66/66 MP: 14/14
  9540 | D:7      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  9564 | D:7      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
  9725 | D:7      | Noticed Joseph
 10014 | D:7      | Found Otops's Antique Weapon Shoppe.
 10017 | D:7      | Bought a runed arbalest for 126 gold pieces
 10062 | D:4      | Noticed Natasha
 10070 | D:4      | Killed Natasha
 10446 | D:4      | Killed an ogre
 10534 | D:8      | Reached skill level 6 in Invocations
 10539 | D:8      | Reached ** piety under Makhleb
 10684 | D:8      | Found Awig's Antique Weapon Shop.
 10686 | D:8      | Identified the Disquisition on the Snowflakes
 10959 | D:8      | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
 10959 | D:8      | Reached skill level 7 in Invocations
 11029 | D:8      | Reached *** piety under Makhleb
 11408 | D:8      | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
 11733 | D:8      | Learned a level 3 spell: Ozocubu's Armour
 11812 | D:9      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
 11868 | D:9      | Reached skill level 1 in Charms
 11868 | D:9      | Reached skill level 1 in Ice Magic
 12021 | D:9      | Reached skill level 8 in Invocations
 12072 | D:9      | Noticed a cyclops
 12120 | D:9      | Killed a cyclops
 12120 | D:9      | Reached XP level 10. HP: 73/73 MP: 4/16
 12324 | D:8      | Reached **** piety under Makhleb
 12448 | D:8      | Found a staircase to the Lair.
 13621 | D:9      | Found a basalt altar of Yredelemnul.
 13799 | D:10     | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
 14199 | D:10     | Noticed Maud
 14612 | D:10     | Reached skill level 9 in Invocations
 15100 | D:10     | Noticed Urug
 15379 | Lair:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
 15385 | Lair:1   | Noticed Nergalle
 15400 | D:8      | Killed Nergalle
 15400 | D:8      | Reached skill level 10 in Invocations
 15619 | Lair:1   | Reached ***** piety under Makhleb
 15692 | Lair:1   | Gained mutation: You are mostly covered in molten scales (AC +3, EV -1). [demonic ancestry]
 15692 | Lair:1   | Reached XP level 11. HP: 78/78 MP: 11/18
 15785 | Lair:1   | Noticed Grum
 15801 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 5 in Evocations
 15819 | Lair:1   | Killed Grum
 16031 | Lair:1   | Noticed Sonja
 16053 | Lair:1   | Killed Sonja
 16053 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 11 in Invocations
 16110 | Lair:1   | Learned a level 2 spell: Throw Frost
 16705 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 5 in Stealth
 16908 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 5 in Short Blades
 17351 | Lair:2   | Found a dark tunnel.
 17351 | Lair:2   | Noticed a lindwurm
 17361 | Lair:2   | Killed a lindwurm
 17511 | Volcano  | Entered a volcano
 17863 | Volcano  | Gained mutation: You have large cloven feet. [potion of beneficial mutation]
 18838 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 5 in Poison Magic
 19146 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 1 in Long Blades
 19952 | Lair:2   | You fall through a shaft for 2 floors!
 20049 | Lair:4   | Found a frozen archway.
 20069 | Lair:4   | Reached ****** piety under Makhleb
 20247 | IceCv    | Entered an ice cave
 20578 | Lair:3   | Gained mutation: You regenerate magic rapidly. [demonic ancestry]
 20578 | Lair:3   | Reached XP level 12. HP: 78/84 MP: 6/20
 20882 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 5 in Air Magic
 21204 | Lair:3   | Learned a level 2 spell: Blink
 21207 | Lair:3   | Learned a level 2 spell: Repel Missiles
 21469 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 12 in Invocations
 21813 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
 21872 | Lair:3   | Got a fabulously ornate robe
 21883 | Lair:3   | Identified the +2 robe "Urigustu" {rElec rC++} (You found it on level 3 of the Lair of Beasts)
 22272 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 1 in Translocations
 22475 | Lair:4   | Found a hole to the Spider Nest.
 22489 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 1 in Armour
 22561 | Lair:4   | Noticed a four-headed hydra
 26099 | Lair:5   | Noticed a six-headed hydra
 26112 | Lair:5   | Killed a six-headed hydra
 26112 | Lair:5   | Reached skill level 13 in Invocations
 26219 | Lair:6   | Found a staircase to the Shoals.
 26531 | D:8      | Learned a level 5 spell: Venom Bolt
 26834 | D:10     | Killed Urug
 27154 | D:10     | Noticed a necromancer
 27173 | D:10     | Killed a necromancer
 27173 | D:10     | Reached XP level 13. HP: 94/94 MP: 19/22
 27384 | D:10     | Noticed a centaur warrior
 27394 | D:10     | Killed a centaur warrior
 29176 | D:11     | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
 29435 | Orc:1    | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
 29832 | Orc:2    | Found Rydiryn's Distillery.
 30246 | D:7      | Killed Joseph
 30571 | Orc:2    | Bought 2 potions of heal wounds for 140 gold pieces
 30571 | Orc:2    | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 70 gold pieces
 30571 | Orc:2    | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 70 gold pieces
 30571 | Orc:2    | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 70 gold pieces
 30629 | Orc:1    | Reached skill level 14 in Invocations
 32060 | D:5      | Bought a bone arbalest for 256 gold pieces
 32060 | D:5      | Identified the +9 arbalest of Watchfulness {velocity, rC+ MR+ MP+9} (You bought it in a shop on level 5 of the Dungeon)
 32947 | Orc:3    | Paralysed by an orc sorcerer for 6 turns
 35292 | Lair:7   | You fall through a shaft!
 35292 | Lair:8   | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts
 35483 | Lair:7   | Reached skill level 5 in Spellcasting
 35603 | Lair:7   | Gained mutation: You frequently emit foul miasma when damaged in melee. [demonic ancestry]
 35603 | Lair:7   | Reached XP level 14. HP: 81/103 MP: 17/24
 36528 | Lair:8   | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
 36560 | Lair:8   | Found a viscous altar of Jiyva.
 37490 | Lair:8   | Reached skill level 5 in Long Blades
 39429 | Lair:8   | Got a pitted silver ring
 39434 | Lair:8   | Identified the ring of Vehumet's Envy {+/*Tele Str+5 Dex+4} (You found it on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts)
 39918 | Orc:4    | Entered Level 4 of the Orcish Mines
 41698 | Orc:4    | Found Nisewun's Magic Scroll Boutique.
 41712 | Orc:4    | Found Efollief's Antique Armour Shop.
 41779 | Orc:4    | Bought a scroll of identify for 26 gold pieces
 41853 | Orc:4    | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
 42302 | Orc:4    | Learned a level 3 spell: Ignite Poison
 42644 | Orc:4    | Found a staircase to the Elven Halls.
 42782 | Orc:4    | Noticed an orc warlord
 42794 | Orc:4    | Killed an orc warlord
 42910 | Orc:4    | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
 43533 | Orc:4    | Reached XP level 15. HP: 112/112 MP: 25/25
 43564 | Orc:4    | Found Suakanao's Gadget Boutique.
 43611 | Orc:4    | Found Tasos's Armour Shop.
 43665 | Orc:4    | Bought a wand of heal wounds (3) for 672 gold pieces
 43665 | Orc:4    | Bought a wand of hasting (2) for 576 gold pieces
 44409 | D:8      | Learned a level 6 spell: Poisonous Cloud
 44973 | D:12     | Got a heavily runed leather armour
 45009 | D:12     | Identified the +2 leather armour of the Evening {rElec MR+ Regen+} (You found it on level 12 of the Dungeon)
 45508 | D:12     | Gained mutation: Your system is resistant to poisons. [potion of beneficial mutation]
 47051 | D:13     | Noticed Erolcha
 47067 | D:13     | Killed Erolcha
 47999 | D:14     | Found a gate to the Vaults.
 49416 | D:15     | Entered Level 15 of the Dungeon
 49731 | D:15     | Killed Maud
 49731 | D:15     | Reached skill level 10 in Conjurations
 49918 | D:15     | Reached skill level 10 in Poison Magic
 50984 | D:15     | Found a staircase to the Depths.
 51245 | D:8      | Learned a level 3 spell: Conjure Flame
 51378 | Spider:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Spider Nest
 51456 | Spider:1 | Reached skill level 1 in Shields
 51674 | Spider:1 | Reached XP level 16. HP: 118/118 MP: 18/26
 53088 | Spider:2 | Noticed Jorgrun
 53110 | Spider:2 | Killed Jorgrun
 53182 | Spider:2 | Noticed Asterion
 53279 | Spider:1 | Learned a level 2 spell: Repel Missiles
 53405 | Spider:2 | Killed Asterion
 53504 | Spider:2 | Noticed Arachne
 54347 | Spider:2 | Killed Arachne
 56046 | Spider:4 | Entered Level 4 of the Spider Nest
 59169 | Shoals:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Shoals
 59577 | Shoals:1 | Gained mutation: You have a pair of horns on your head. [demonic ancestry]
 59577 | Shoals:1 | Reached XP level 17. HP: 125/125 MP: 16/28
 60286 | Shoals:1 | Reached skill level 10 in Long Blades
 60871 | Shoals:2 | Noticed Louise
 60881 | Shoals:2 | Killed Louise
 60911 | Shoals:2 | Hit by a silver javelin thrown by a merfolk javelineer


Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-18 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Short sword       |    53 |   175 |   494 |   129 |       |       ||   851
       Dagger            |       |       |     2 |   408 |   208 |    32 ||   650
       Demon blade       |       |       |       |   545 |  1686 |   411 ||  2642
       Staff             |       |       |       |       |       |     5 ||     5
 Fire: Shortbow          |       |       |   229 |   143 |       |       ||   372
       Arbalest          |       |       |     2 |   216 |   200 |       ||   418
Throw: Tomahawk          |       |     1 |     6 |    16 |       |       ||    23
       Stone             |       |       |       |     1 |       |       ||     1
       Javelin           |       |       |       |       |    16 |    17 ||    33
 Cast: Sting             |    82 |    40 |    39 |    11 |    10 |    37 ||   219
       Cure Poison       |     1 |       |       |     2 |     1 |     6 ||    10
       Mephitic Cloud    |       |     5 |    40 |    64 |   210 |    27 ||   346
       Ozocubu's Armour  |       |       |       |    15 |    71 |    37 ||   123
       Throw Frost       |       |       |       |     2 |       |       ||     2
       Repel Missiles    |       |       |       |     1 |     1 |     1 ||     3
       Venom Bolt        |       |       |       |       |    32 |    96 ||   128
       Blink             |       |       |       |       |    14 |    12 ||    26
       Ignite Poison     |       |       |       |       |    38 |     6 ||    44
       Conjure Flame     |       |       |       |       |     3 |    42 ||    45
       Poisonous Cloud   |       |       |       |       |       |    25 ||    25
Invok: Minor Destruction |       |       |       |   121 |   112 |       ||   233
       Lesser Servant of |       |       |       |     5 |    41 |    18 ||    64
       Major Destruction |       |       |       |    12 |    24 |     4 ||    40
       Greater Servant o |       |       |       |       |     4 |       ||     4
Evoke: Wand              |       |     8 |       |     9 |    10 |     8 ||    35
  Use: Scroll            |     5 |     6 |     9 |    17 |    15 |    13 ||    65
       Potion            |       |       |       |     3 |    11 |    11 ||    25
 Stab: Confused          |       |     4 |    10 |    33 |    78 |    13 ||   138
       Paralysed         |       |     5 |       |     3 |     1 |     2 ||    11
       Sleeping          |       |     2 |       |     5 |    11 |       ||    18
       Distracted        |       |       |       |     1 |     6 |     2 ||     9
  Eat: Chunk             |     7 |    10 |    12 |    30 |    72 |    27 ||   158
       Pizza             |       |     1 |       |     1 |     1 |     2 ||     5
       Bread ration      |       |       |     1 |     3 |     3 |     3 ||    10
       Meat ration       |       |       |     1 |     4 |     4 |     4 ||    13
       Fruit             |       |       |       |     3 |       |     2 ||     5

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Post Saturday, 12th March 2016, 20:55

Re: YASD: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Mesmerization

kill the mesmerizer first, run towards the stairs as soon as it appears (if not at full mp), read ?tele are all viable options.
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Post Saturday, 12th March 2016, 21:35

Re: YASD: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Mesmerization

You had a wand of lightning. Its noise breaks mesmerization. I always bring scrolls of noise to Shoals just for this purpose (usually I never use them but anyway). A scroll of fog can also be used to break LOS and thus end mesmerization (but you didn't have any).
DCSS: 97:...MfCj}SpNeBaEEGrFE{HaAKTrCK}DsFESpHu{FoArNaBe}
FeEE{HOIEMiAE}GrGlHuWrGnWrNaAKBaFi{MiDeMfDe}{DrAKTrAMGhEnGnWz}
{PaBeDjFi}OgAKPaCAGnCjOgCKMfAEAtCKSpCjDEEE{HOSu
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Post Saturday, 12th March 2016, 21:44

Re: YASD: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Mesmerization

Well I didn't know that about noise! Thank you! Yeah I'm kinda bummed, but I got beat by a mechanic I hadn't encountered very much. Do avatars always have bands? Because when I started this fight, it was just her and I'd crept into Venom Bolt range.
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Post Saturday, 12th March 2016, 21:52

Re: YASD: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Mesmerization

If you see a dangerous merfolk appear, assume it has a band. They do wander alone as well, but better safe than sorry.
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Post Saturday, 12th March 2016, 21:54

Re: YASD: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Mesmerization

In addition to noise, also silence breaks mesmerization. But I try to save scrolls of silence for dangerous spellcasters.

Avatars don't always come in bands, but Shoals is very open area and thus noise travels far and attracts other enemies...
DCSS: 97:...MfCj}SpNeBaEEGrFE{HaAKTrCK}DsFESpHu{FoArNaBe}
FeEE{HOIEMiAE}GrGlHuWrGnWrNaAKBaFi{MiDeMfDe}{DrAKTrAMGhEnGnWz}
{PaBeDjFi}OgAKPaCAGnCjOgCKMfAEAtCKSpCjDEEE{HOSu
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Post Thursday, 17th March 2016, 16:31

Re: YASD: DsVM^Makh 0.17: Mesmerization

On character building.

This character specific.
Mahkleb is really strong. You can hug him through a large chunk of the game on any character. 14 in invo and you can clear everything before sbranches with little help from the rest of your kit.

You didn't know how strong he was when you started this character. As a result, you didn't know how strong your character was.

Similar, venom mage background. It isn't a bad start. It wrecks orc (otr, you never learned it.) Venom bolt is a good spell!

More generally:
Knowing how powerful your character is for the current zone is the foundation of accurate threat assessment. It is also a pillar of character building.
Another important pillar is "how much XP is in this zone?" Zones are not created equal. Lair has a lot of xp. Orc, D15, sbranches are not comparable in the amount of growth that happens for a character. Vaults is the next area after lair where you will get a major jump in xp.

What does this mean? It means you can get a lvl 6 spell up in lair. You can eat all the xp in lair orc d15 to get a tri school spell up (like this game), but your defenses suffer.

The first major boon of XP is lair, and [most] characters will get some core aspect of their character completed in lair. Where lair has lots of XP, orc has significantly less, but it does have gold. As you get to the end of lair and look towards Orc and D 15, set up for sbranches. In this case, you got the major addition to your kit up (poison cloud) and then want to spend the rest of your XP on honest, defensive stats. You are preparing to make further decisions for where to take your character, where to use vaults XP. You want to be free to branch out in vaults, especially as a caster.

Also generally, gods are really strong. Their power curves vary. Some gods you can lean on heavilly and directly (trog, fedhas, makh, yred) to get you through the game. Others have powerful abilities but aren't directly useful in a similar way (sif muna, vehu, dim, gozag, ash.)

Sorry about the delay in posting this. My life has been crazy with work, travel and problems at home.

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