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Joined: Saturday, 2nd July 2011, 14:45

Post Tuesday, 3rd April 2012, 13:44

CIP->YASD (MiFi 16: quaff-ID !mutation isn't always bad)

Hi!

Haven't been playing Crawl for a while, but hearing 0.10 is out, picked it up again, and after playing countless wizards, conjurers and whatever elementalists decided give melee a try.

You know, I always tried to avoid quaff-ID'ing potions because of some bad experience with !mutation, or even worse, quaffing the only !cure mutation in the whole game on D:2. Current game was no exception at first, but there aren't many ?identify - they are almost a rarity - so I had a lot of unidentified potions lying around in L:2 (of course, I knew curing and healing). Getting tired of that, I decided to quaff-ID the largest stacks. I mean, that stack of 5 found before Lair can't be mutation, right?

"You feel extremely strange. You can translocate small distances at will. You cover ground slowly. You can spit poison."

Daaaaamn...
I woudn't care about some small inconvenience like Str-1, but getting slowness on a melee is bad. So in frustration I drank all 5, hoping for slowness to go away. It didn't. So I start to drink every other potion out there and...

"It has a very clean taste. You feel an ache in your throat. You feel quick. You feel clever. You feel stronger."

leaving me with
  Code:
@: very poisoned, somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely
unstealthy
A: retaliatory headbutt, hooves 1, horns 2, blink 1, AC +4, Str +1, Dex -2
a: Blink, Heroism, Finesse, Renounce Religion


This is probably the first time random mutations gave me something useful with no crippling downsides, and I'm happy because of it. I also feel extremely dumb about forgetting that shop in Orc:4 and not wearing the thing before quaff-ID'ing, so I should probably immediately go and buy and wear that thing
  Code:
Shops:
D:5: (([+(  D:6: (  D:9: /  D:11: (  Orc:3: [  Orc:4: =(*[

Annotations
Orc:4 rMut amulet


Full character dump (nothing really interesting there):
  Code:
 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.10.1 character file.

Lulz the Impaler (Minotaur Fighter)                Turns: 39331, Time: 05:00:34

HP 136/147       AC 32     Str 24      XL: 16   Next: 36%
MP  20/22        EV 15     Int  5      God: Okawaru [*****.]
Gold 2013        SH  0     Dex 13      Spells:  0 memorised, 15 levels left

Res.Fire  : + . .   See Invis. : .    a - +5,+0 bardiche (venom) {god gift}
Res.Cold  : + . .   Warding    : . .  V - +2 orc plate armour
Life Prot.: + . .   Conserve   : +    (no shield)
Res.Acid. : + . .   Res.Corr.  : +    e - +0 wizard hat {god gift}
Res.Poison: .       Clarity    : .    o - +2 cloak {rCorr, Cons}
Res.Elec. : .       Spirit.Shd : .    J - +1 pair of gauntlets
Sust.Abil.: . .     Stasis     : .    s - +0 pair of boots
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .    c - amulet of the gourmand
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .    E - +5 ring of evasion
Gourmand  : +       Ctrl.Flight: .    M - ring "Nounyz" {rF+ rC+ rN+}

@: very poisoned, somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely
unstealthy
A: retaliatory headbutt, hooves 1, horns 2, blink 1, AC +4, Str +1, Dex -2
a: Blink, Heroism, Finesse, Renounce Religion


You are on level 2 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Okawaru.
Okawaru is exalted by your worship.
You are full.

You have visited 4 branches of the dungeon, and seen 31 of its levels.
You have visited 2 portal chambers: sewer, volcano.

You have collected 3393 gold pieces.
You have spent 1400 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a +5,+0 bardiche of venom (weapon) {god gift}
 b - an uncursed runed sling
 A - a +1,+2 orcish trident of flaming
Missiles
 p - 64 stones (quivered)
 w - 72 runed sling bullets
Armour
 e - a +0 wizard hat (worn) {god gift}
 o - a +2 cloak of preservation (worn)
 s - a +0 pair of boots (worn)
 J - a +1 pair of gauntlets (worn)
 N - the +0 cloak of the Eternal Void {+Inv rPois}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 3 of the Orcish Mines)   
   
   It protects you from poison.
   It lets you turn invisible.
 V - a +2 orcish plate armour (worn)
Magical devices
 j - a wand of fire {zapped: 3}
 m - an encrusted brass wand
 r - a wand of fireball
 t - a wand of slowing
 y - a wand of draining {zapped: 4}
 B - a wand of fireball {zapped: 5}
 D - a wand of slowing {zapped: 4}
 G - a wand of paralysis {zapped: 2}
 L - a wand of cold {zapped: 5}
 O - a wand of hasting {zapped: 2}
 R - a wand of disintegration {zapped: 2}
 X - a wand of lightning {zapped: 3}
Comestibles
 k - an apricot
 n - a snozzcumber
 q - a rambutan
 x - 2 pears
 z - 4 chokos
 H - 9 apples
Scrolls
 h - 4 scrolls of detect curse
 C - a scroll of teleportation
 I - a scroll of enchant armour
 K - 2 scrolls of fog
Jewellery
 c - an amulet of the gourmand (around neck)
 E - a +5 ring of evasion (right hand)
 M - the ring "Nounyz" (left hand) {rF+ rC+ rN+}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Orcish Mines)   
   
   [ring of life protection]
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It protects you from cold.
 P - an uncursed ring of see invisible
Potions
 d - a potion of resistance
 f - a smoky silvery potion
 i - a potion of gain intelligence
 u - 2 potions of levitation
 v - 3 potions of agility
 Q - 3 potions of heal wounds
 S - 3 potions of curing
 T - 2 potions of cure mutation
 U - 2 potions of invisibility
 W - 3 potions of might
 Y - 2 potions of porridge
 Z - 3 potions of speed


   Skills:
 - Level 16.6 Fighting
 + Level 20.1 Polearms
 - Level 17.4 Armour
 - Level 14.5 Dodging
 - Level 3.6 Shields
 - Level 5.1 Traps & Doors
 - Level 8.1 Invocations


You have 15 spell levels left.
You don't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (18/27)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:10
    Elf (0/5) Orc:4          Lair (8/8) D:9           Swamp (0/5) Lair:2
 Shoals (0/5) Lair:4        Slime (0/6) Lair:7     
 Vault: D:14-19     

Altars:
Ashenzari
Elyvilon
Kikubaaqudgha
Okawaru
Trog
Xom
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:5: (([+(  D:6: (  D:9: /  D:11: (  Orc:3: [  Orc:4: =(*[

Annotations
D:5 shop:bardiche
Orc:4 rMut amulet


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You reflexively headbutt those who attack you in melee.
You have a pair of horns on your head.
You have large cloven feet.
You are partially covered in rough black scales (AC +4, Dex -1).
You can translocate small distances at will.
Your muscles are strong, but stiff (Str +1, Dex -1).


Message History

You feel sick.
Drink which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Okay, then.
You feel sick.
Items here: ////////
a wand of hasting; a wand of random effects; a wand of cold {zapped: 2}; a wand of random effects; a wand of slowing
a wand of fire; a wand of paralysis; a wand of cold
You feel very sick.
Items here: !!! %%%% )) ======= ?????????? [[[[
Drop what? (_ for help) (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Okay, then.
T - 3 slimy blue potions; f - a smoky silvery potion
You feel very sick.
Drink which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
It has a very clean taste.
You feel an ache in your throat. You feel quick. You feel clever. You feel stronger.
It was a potion of cure mutation.
You feel very sick.
Drop what? (_ for help) (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Okay, then.

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There are no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  Rupert (D:15)
  Aizul (D:15)
  An orc warlord (Orc:4)
  Maud (D:14)
  A stone giant (Orc:4)
  Azrael (D:16)
  Erica (Orc:2)
  Harold (D:11)
  Josephine (D:15)
  6 hydras
  Nessos (D:13)
  A spriggan druid (Lair:8)
  4 death yaks (Lair:7)
  4 orc high priests (Orc:4)
  Nergalle (D:15)
  3 centaur warriors
  5 skeletal warriors
  2 unseen horrors
  A human (shapeshifter) (D:13)
  4 orc knights
  9 hill giants
  Joseph (D:10)
  Urug (D:10)
  2 hydra zombies
  4 orc sorcerers
  3 cyclopes
  2 griffons
  A hydra skeleton (D:15)
  2 trapdoor spiders (D:15)
  Maurice (D:12)
  2 dragon zombies
  A red wasp zombie (D:15)
  2 wolf spiders
  4 black mambas
  A feature mimic (D:13)
  12 elephants
  A hill giant zombie (D:12)
  17 slime creatures
  8 spiny frogs
  27 ugly things
  A rock troll (D:16)
  A hill giant skeleton (D:15)
  8 komodo dragons
  A queen bee (D:13)
  4 trolls
  Sonja (D:11)
  7 spriggans (Lair:8)
  3 two-headed ogres
  A rock troll zombie (D:17)
  8 blink frogs
  2 ravens (Lair:4)
  8 grizzly bears
  A giant firefly (Lair:8)
  3 basilisks
  2 hairy devils
  57 yaks
  3 wyverns
  A wraith (D:14)
  2 fire elementals (D:16)
  2 steam dragons
  10 hippogriffs
  Grum (D:10)
  4 fire drakes
  A hungry ghost (D:16)
  3 soldier ants
  14 war dogs
  11 vampire mosquitoes
  A cyclops zombie (D:15)
  3 hell hounds (D:16)
  2 manticores
  3 mottled dragons
  46 orc warriors
  13 black bears (Lair:8)
  6 giant goldfish
  3 sky beasts
  A phantom (D:10)
  2 ice beasts
  12 ogres
  2 boring beetles (Lair:8)
  25 centaurs
  8 crocodiles
  A rotting devil (Orc:4)
  28 wolves
  6 big kobolds
  7 giant slugs
  16 giant frogs
  A brain worm (D:14)
  3 wargs
  2 gnoll sergeants
  7 agate snails
  13 water moccasins
  A basilisk skeleton (D:14)
  An eye of draining (D:13)
  A killer bee zombie (D:11)
  35 killer bees
  2 big kobold zombies
  5 jellyfish (Lair:6)
  A boulder beetle (Lair:6)
  4 goliath beetles
  6 big fish
  11 electric eels
  15 crimson imps
  18 wights
  6 hounds
  2 quasits
  2 big kobold skeletons
  37 orc priests
  A draconian (shapeshifter) (D:17)
  8 iguanas
  2 shadows
  2 hound skeletons
  9 scorpions
  A worker ant (D:4)
  6 porcupines
  37 orc wizards
  A sheep (shapeshifter) (D:13)
  12 sheep
  Jessica (D:2)
  6 jellies
  A goliath beetle zombie (D:14)
  15 adders
  78 green rats
  2 giant centipedes
  23 gnolls
  An iguana skeleton (D:9)
  An adder zombie (D:8)
  A giant centipede zombie (D:12)
  4 giant mites
  An adder skeleton (D:6)
  11 worms
  8 ufetubi (Orc:4)
  A bat zombie (D:5)
  2 giant eyeballs
  5 giant geckos
  2 oozes
  208 orcs
  29 bats
  11 giant cockroaches
  24 goblins
  3 grey rats
  22 hobgoblins
  25 jackals
  10 quokkas
  10 giant newts
  A giant spore (D:10)
  A hobgoblin skeleton (D:6)
  48 kobolds
  An orc skeleton (D:10)
  A quokka skeleton (D:4)
  31 rats
  A rat skeleton (D:4)
  5 spectral orcs (D:15)
  2 fungi
  2 plants
  7 toadstools
1344 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  A kobold (D:7)
  A rat (D:7)
2 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  An electric eel (Lair:6)
  2 green rats
  A giant newt (D:16)
  A kobold (D:12)
  A rat (D:4)
  2 fungi
  A plant (Lair:5)
  7 toadstools
16 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 1362 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1      | Lulz, the Minotaur Fighter, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 19/19 MP: 0/0
   192 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 26/26 MP: 0/0
   312 | D:1      | Reached skill level 4 in Armour
   663 | D:1      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 33/33 MP: 1/1
   940 | D:2      | Noticed Jessica
   944 | D:2      | Killed Jessica
  1026 | D:2      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
  1032 | D:2      | Became a worshipper of Warmaster Okawaru
  1069 | D:2      | Reached skill level 5 in Polearms
  1090 | D:2      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 40/40 MP: 1/1
  2101 | D:3      | Reached skill level 6 in Polearms
  2243 | D:3      | Found a glowing drain.
  2248 | D:3      | Acquired Okawaru's first power
  2248 | D:3      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 46/46 MP: 1/1
  2261 | sewer    | Entered the sewers
  2356 | sewer    | Reached skill level 7 in Polearms
  2356 | sewer    | Reached XP level 6. HP: 44/53 MP: 2/2
  2419 | sewer    | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
  3029 | D:4      | Reached skill level 8 in Polearms
  3236 | D:4      | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
  3792 | D:4      | Reached skill level 9 in Polearms
  3798 | D:4      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 26/59 MP: 2/2
  3991 | D:4      | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
  4086 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  4107 | D:5      | Found Cranky's Antique Weapon Shop.
  4178 | D:5      | Found Breewead's Antique Weapon Boutique.
  4216 | D:5      | Found Giuzauch's Armour Shop.
  4359 | D:5      | Reached skill level 10 in Polearms
  4390 | D:5      | Found Ghei's Book Shop.
  4478 | D:5      | Found Wathaaq's Antique Weapon Emporium.
  4808 | D:6      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  4943 | D:5      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 59/67 MP: 2/2
  5307 | D:6      | Found Qisk's Weapon Emporium.
  5523 | Temple   | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
  5539 | D:6      | Reached skill level 11 in Polearms
  5647 | D:6      | Paralysed by you for 6 turns
  6023 | D:7      | Reached skill level 12 in Polearms
  6654 | D:8      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 56/72 MP: 3/3
  6985 | D:8      | Reached skill level 13 in Polearms
  7190 | D:8      | Acquired Okawaru's second power
  7933 | D:9      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
  8033 | D:9      | Reached skill level 14 in Polearms
  8048 | D:9      | Noticed an agate snail
  8082 | D:9      | Killed an agate snail
  8084 | D:9      | Found a staircase to the Lair.
  8146 | D:9      | Found Xail's Magical Wand Emporium.
  8627 | Lair:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
  8856 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 15 in Polearms
  8884 | Lair:1   | Reached XP level 10. HP: 57/80 MP: 3/3
  9331 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 16 in Polearms
  9902 | Lair:1   | Got a slimy cloak
  9905 | Lair:1   | Identified the +1 cloak of the Iron Devil (You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts)
 10009 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 17 in Polearms
 10040 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 1 in Dodging
 10070 | Lair:1   | Reached skill level 1 in Traps & Doors
 10429 | Lair:2   | Received a gift from Okawaru
 10649 | Lair:2   | Found a staircase to the Swamp.
 10931 | Lair:3   | Reached XP level 11. HP: 81/85 MP: 3/3
 11052 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
 11165 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 5 in Traps & Doors
 11814 | Lair:4   | Received a gift from Okawaru
 11815 | Lair:4   | Got a jewelled splint mail {god gift}
 12019 | Lair:3   | Identified the -4 splint mail of the Komodo Dragon {god gift} (Okawaru gifted it to you on level 4 of the Lair of Beasts)
 12145 | Lair:4   | Found a staircase to the Shoals.
 12466 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 10 in Dodging
 13538 | Lair:5   | Reached skill level 5 in Armour
 14278 | Lair:5   | Reached XP level 12. HP: 89/93 MP: 4/4
 14905 | Lair:6   | Received a gift from Okawaru
 15088 | Lair:7   | Reached skill level 10 in Armour
 15668 | Lair:6   | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
 16639 | Lair:6   | Reached skill level 1 in Invocations
 17012 | Lair:7   | Reached skill level 5 in Invocations
 17699 | Lair:7   | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
 17699 | Lair:7   | Found a viscous altar of Jiyva.
 17700 | Lair:7   | Reached XP level 13. HP: 107/107 MP: 19/19
 18385 | Lair:8   | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts
 18500 | Lair:7   | Reached skill level 10 in Fighting
 18759 | Lair:8   | Received a gift from Okawaru
 19809 | D:10     | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
 19928 | D:10     | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
 20187 | D:10     | Noticed Joseph
 20196 | D:10     | Killed Joseph
 20251 | D:10     | Noticed an orc knight
 20308 | D:9      | Killed an orc knight
 20976 | D:10     | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
 20977 | D:10     | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
 21114 | D:10     | Noticed Urug
 21130 | D:10     | Killed Urug
 21399 | D:10     | Received a gift from Okawaru
 21737 | D:10     | Noticed Grum
 21744 | D:10     | Killed Grum
 21849 | D:11     | Noticed Harold
 21858 | D:11     | Killed Harold
 22215 | D:11     | Found Klickutah's Weapon Shoppe.
 22825 | D:11     | Noticed Sonja
 22841 | D:11     | Killed Sonja
 22936 | D:11     | Reached skill level 18 in Polearms
 24003 | D:12     | Reached skill level 19 in Polearms
 24003 | D:12     | Reached XP level 14. HP: 73/125 MP: 14/20
 24922 | D:12     | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha.
 24980 | D:12     | Paralysed by a giant eyeball for 3 turns
 25010 | D:13     | Noticed Maurice
 25073 | D:13     | Noticed Nessos
 25582 | Lair:8   | Reached skill level 20 in Polearms
 25989 | Lair:8   | Received a gift from Okawaru
 26322 | Orc:1    | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
 27034 | Orc:2    | Noticed Erica
 27045 | Orc:2    | Killed Erica
 27045 | Orc:2    | Reached skill level 15 in Fighting
 27190 | Orc:2    | Found a dark tunnel.
 27215 | Volcano  | Entered a volcano
 28144 | Orc:4    | Entered Level 4 of the Orcish Mines
 28151 | Orc:4    | Noticed a stone giant
 28152 | Orc:4    | Received a gift from Okawaru
 28170 | Orc:4    | Killed a stone giant
 28403 | Orc:3    | Found Nuunury's Armour Emporium.
 29233 | Orc:4    | Found a staircase to the Elven Halls.
 29618 | Orc:4    | Noticed an orc high priest
 29623 | Orc:4    | Killed an orc high priest
 29976 | Orc:4    | Noticed an orc high priest
 30035 | Orc:4    | Killed an orc high priest
 30035 | Orc:4    | Received a gift from Okawaru
 30175 | Orc:4    | Noticed an orc warlord
 30191 | Orc:4    | Killed an orc warlord
 30814 | Orc:4    | Noticed an orc high priest
 30824 | Orc:4    | Killed an orc high priest
 31021 | Orc:4    | Noticed an orc high priest
 31031 | Orc:4    | Killed an orc high priest
 31147 | Orc:4    | Found Mave's Antique Armour Boutique.
 31148 | Orc:4    | Found Brezan's Antique Weapon Boutique.
 31149 | Orc:4    | Found Mofuosk's Jewellery Shop.
 31149 | Orc:4    | Found Edumpupi's General Store.
 31155 | Orc:4    | Bought a potion of degeneration for 30 gold pieces
 31155 | Orc:4    | Bought a potion of agility for 37 gold pieces
 31155 | Orc:4    | Bought 2 potions of porridge for 30 gold pieces
 31159 | Orc:4    | Bought an uncursed amulet of inaccuracy for 28 gold pieces
 31171 | Orc:4    | Bought a pair of smoking gloves for 142 gold pieces
 31176 | Orc:4    | Identified the +0 pair of gloves of Trial and Error (You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Orcish Mines)
 31189 | Orc:4    | Bought the ring "Nounyz" {rF+ rC+ rN+} for 770 gold pieces
 31298 | Orc:4    | Noticed a gnoll sergeant
 31304 | Orc:4    | Killed a gnoll sergeant
 31336 | Orc:3    | Bought the +0 cloak of the Eternal Void {+Inv rPois} for 363 gold pieces
 31597 | D:13     | Killed Nessos
 31597 | D:13     | Reached XP level 15. HP: 52/137 MP: 16/21
 31899 | D:13     | Received a gift from Okawaru
 31951 | D:12     | Killed Maurice
 31962 | D:12     | Reached skill level 15 in Armour
 31975 | D:12     | Identified a +2 cloak of preservation (You took it off Maurice on level 12 of the Dungeon)
 32618 | D:14     | Entered Level 14 of the Dungeon
 33218 | D:14     | Noticed Maud
 33231 | D:14     | Killed Maud
 33314 | D:14     | Received a gift from Okawaru
 34100 | D:15     | Entered Level 15 of the Dungeon
 34323 | D:15     | Noticed Rupert
 34340 | D:15     | Killed Rupert
 34461 | D:15     | Noticed Aizul
 35144 | D:15     | Noticed Nergalle
 35151 | D:15     | Killed Nergalle
 35239 | D:15     | Killed Aizul
 35356 | D:15     | Noticed Josephine
 35375 | D:15     | Killed Josephine
 36457 | D:16     | Noticed a fire elemental
 36487 | D:16     | Noticed Azrael
 36500 | D:16     | Killed a fire elemental
 36513 | D:16     | Noticed a fire elemental
 36517 | D:16     | Killed Azrael
 36517 | D:16     | Reached XP level 16. HP: 125/147 MP: 19/22
 36521 | D:16     | Killed a fire elemental
 37106 | D:16     | Received a gift from Okawaru
 38714 | D:17     | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
 39318 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: You can translocate small distances at will.
 39318 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: You cover ground slowly.
 39318 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: You can spit poison.
 39319 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: You have large cloven feet.
 39319 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: You are weak (Str -1).
 39320 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: Your muscles are strong, but stiff (Str +1, Dex -1).
 39321 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: You are partially covered in rough black scales (AC +4, Dex -1).
 39321 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: Your magical capacity is low (-10% MP).
 39322 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: You are dopey (Int -1).
 39322 | Lair:2   | Lost mutation: Your magical capacity is low (-10% MP).
 39330 | Lair:2   | Lost mutation: You can spit poison.
 39330 | Lair:2   | Lost mutation: You cover ground slowly.
 39330 | Lair:2   | Lost mutation: You are dopey (Int -1).
 39330 | Lair:2   | Lost mutation: You are weak (Str -1).


I haven't enchanted my bardiche yet because I'm hoping to get a better brand than poison (from Oka or Hall of Blades).
Should probably get polearms to 26, fighting to 20's, then traps to ~10 and armour/dodging to whatever.

And note to self: don't go into Elf:5 without Firestorm or at least Freezing Cloud or whatever ranged nuke, like, ever again!


Edit:

15 minutes later.
In V:3, received an Orb of destruction to the face from Boris, and got banished to Abyss from Zot trap on the next turn, where Hellion finishes me right off. Looks like the game just says: "You got blink, AC and extra kick, but they won't save you lololololz!"

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Post Tuesday, 3rd April 2012, 18:10

Re: CIP->YASD (MiFi 16: quaff-ID !mutation isn't always bad)

On a semi related story, I was once hit with heavy glow, paniced for a minute, then went walking around until I had a violent release of wild magic...and gained rF+. The rest of the glow went away ;) Of course, like your character, that character died soon afterwards!

Honestly though I think mutation roulette is quite possible to win, you just generally want to prepare a bit more than randomly quaffing one :)
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Post Tuesday, 3rd April 2012, 20:20

Re: CIP->YASD (MiFi 16: quaff-ID !mutation isn't always bad)

Thanks for sharing! I thought glow always forces bad mutations, turns out it's not.

Roulette is nice with like 50 potions from Distillation, the most important thing is knowing when to stop. ;)
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Post Tuesday, 3rd April 2012, 21:50

Re: CIP->YASD (MiFi 16: quaff-ID !mutation isn't always bad)

Looks like the game just says: "You got blink, AC and extra kick, but they won't save you lololololz!"

and that's why it's generally silly to quaff mut. Good mutations are much less helpful than bad mutations are dangerous. Also, hooves are a pain because they restrict boots.

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Post Tuesday, 3rd April 2012, 22:33

Re: CIP->YASD (MiFi 16: quaff-ID !mutation isn't always bad)

Hydralisk wrote:Thanks for sharing! I thought glow always forces bad mutations, turns out it's not.


Mutations from glow have a 1 in 10 chance of being a random mutation instead of a random mutation. I once had a wizard with glow end up with the random mutation of +1 intelligence, which was actually my first experience with glow induced mutations.

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Post Thursday, 5th April 2012, 08:30

Re: CIP->YASD (MiFi 16: quaff-ID !mutation isn't always bad)

mindlar wrote:
Mutations from glow have a 1 in 10 chance of being a random mutation instead of a random mutation.



I assume you mean a 1 in 10 chance of being random instead of being bad ;)

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