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[monk12]

Dammit Crawl, make up your mind what you want this MiBe to be!

Started with an axe? Here, have a +1/+1 mace of Crushing! Still not sure? Have a Large Shield, +2/+1 Flail of Holy Wrath and ten steel sling bullets to boot!

Feel good? Invested some points into that combo? Hey look an orc with a +2/+2 Battleaxe of Freezing! Trolololol

It's a good thing they crosstrain, but if I find a good morning/eveningstar that makes me want to switch back again...

[Tegga21]

Got my first rune of the tourney, paranoid about tackling snake pit as a formcid and no heal wand

[Elephant Parade]

I'll join the team in a minute.

[monk12]

Hm. Oklob Plant outside of the entrance to Lair. I can sneak into melee in two steps, so I can PROBABLY berserk it to death before anything terrible happens, but maybe this is a good excuse to try the Lord of Darkness banner first...

Also Hey Covenant, you in with the Champions? I don't see you on the clan page.

[Graven]

Lair branch runes down, clearing the Vaults now. First branded Great Mace is Holy Wrath, so I don't even have to switch to TSO to get one. I'm using a dire flail of protection, wondering whether to just slap all my scrolls into the Holy Wrath one and go with it. It won't help until extended, but I've enough to get it to at least +6, and I've a ring of slaying.

Maybe I'll keep the protection one. I only have 45 AC or something, after all

CLAN is a bit better today, I guess the great influx of players at day 1 surprised the poor thing.

But now it is time for Witches Abroad and Sir Terry Pratchett.

edit : Eurgh. Just slapped an Ench W III on the Great Mace, and Donald drops a branded Eveningstar.

I've won with both, but I tend to prefer 1h + shield, since actually there's a lot of stuff in extended that can be blocked - Bolt spells from Fiends, Crystal Spears, Iron Bolts etc. It's a 2 base damage difference - 17 for GM, 15 for Eveningstar. Really torn here. There are a lot of randart bucklers and the like, and I could feasibly go for even a Large Shield, I also have a +4 ring of slaying...

God I hate choices.

[tompliss]

I don't know whether going for large shield is a really good idea, when there is nothing preventing you from putting some XP (the 15->25 shield one) in earth magic and other schools, to improve your suvivability with buffs and other things...
But, as usual, it realyl depends on what is lying around, especialyl in term of shield of resistance and randarts
But yeah, if the eveningstar is good, there is nothing preventing you from going buckler + 1-handed

[Graven]

So far, so good:

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.14.0-6-g1bc2dff (webtiles) character file.

Gravenous the Slayer (Gargoyle Gladiator)          Turns: 63183, Time: 04:20:55

HP 173/173       AC 62     Str 28      XL: 25   Next: 20%
MP  41/41        EV  6     Int 12      God: Zin [******]
Gold 3210        SH  0     Dex 15      Spells:  3 memorised, 23 levels left

rFire  + . .     SeeInvis .     D - +8 great mace (holy)
rCold  + + .     Clarity  .     s - +10 gold dragon armour
rNeg   + . .     Conserve .     (no shield)
rPois  +         rCorr    .     c - +0 helmet
rElec  +         rRot     +     q - +1 cloak {rPois}
SustAb . .       Spirit   .     H - +1 pair of gloves {Dex+3}
rMut   +         Warding  .     i - +1 pair of boots {Stlth+}
Saprov . . .     Stasis   .     Y - amulet "Broceuduow" {rMut +Fly MR+ Dex+2}
MR     +....                    x - +6,+4 ring of slaying
                                M - ring of protection from cold

@: flying, somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: able to fly continuously, large and strong wings, life protection 1,
electricity resistance, unbreathing, petrification resistance, AC +19
a: Stop Flying, Recite, Vitalisation, Imprison, Sanctuary, Cure All Mutations,
Renounce Religion
}: 2/15 runes: serpentine, barnacled


You are on level 5 of the Depths.
You worship Zin.
Zin is exalted by your worship.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 9 branches of the dungeon, and seen 50 of its levels.
You have visited the Abyss 2 times.
You have also visited: Ossuary and Wizlab.

You have collected 6515 gold pieces.
You have spent 3027 gold pieces at shops.
You have donated 278 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 D - a +8,+8 great mace of holy wrath (weapon)
 O - the +5,+5 mace of Brilliance {holy, rN+ AC+5 Int+5 SInv Stlth-}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   It has been blessed by the Shining One to cause great damage to the undead
   and demons.
   
   It affects your AC (+5).
   It affects your intelligence (+5).
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It enhances your eyesight.
   It makes you less stealthy.
 S - a +2,+2 eveningstar of protection
 T - the +8,+8 bow of Krishna "Sharnga" {speed, Dex+3 SInv}
   (You found it on level 15 of the Dungeon)   
   
   Attacks with this weapon are significantly faster.
   
   It affects your dexterity (+3).
   It enhances your eyesight.
Armour
 c - a +0 helmet (worn)
 i - a +1 pair of boots of stealth (worn)
 q - a +1 cloak of poison resistance (worn)
 s - a +10 gold dragon armour (worn)
 H - a +1 pair of gloves of dexterity (worn)
Magical devices
 e - a wand of digging {zapped: 1}
 k - a wand of cold {zapped: 1}
 t - a wand of fire
 y - a wand of invisibility {zapped: 1}
 N - a wand of disintegration (6)
 P - a wand of lightning
 Q - a wand of lightning {zapped: 3}
Comestibles
 r - 2 pears
 u - 3 chokos
 v - 13 strawberries
 I - 3 bread rations
 K - 4 royal jellies
 L - 4 meat rations
 R - 2 apples
Scrolls
 f - a scroll of teleportation
 g - 2 scrolls of remove curse
 l - a scroll of magic mapping
 G - a scroll of recharging
 X - a scroll of blinking
Jewellery
 j - the ring of Siettum {Ice Int+5}
   (You found it on level 2 of the Depths)   
   
   [ring of ice]
   It affects your intelligence (+5).
 x - a +6,+4 ring of slaying (right hand)
 A - an uncursed amulet of resist corrosion
 C - a cursed ring of teleportation
 J - a ring of protection from fire
 M - a ring of protection from cold (left hand)
 V - an uncursed amulet of stasis
 Y - the amulet "Broceuduow" (around neck) {rMut +Fly MR+ Dex+2}
   (You took it off a deep elf master archer on level 3 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   [amulet of resist mutation]
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It lets you fly.
 Z - an uncursed ring of see invisible
Potions
 a - a potion of haste
 d - 2 potions of resistance
 h - 2 potions of brilliance
 n - 5 potions of curing
 p - 4 potions of might
 z - a potion of porridge
 E - a potion of restore abilities
Miscellaneous
 w - a lamp of fire
 F - a phial of floods


   Skills:
 - Level 22.0 Fighting
 - Level 20.0 Maces & Flails
 - Level 2.0 Throwing
 - Level 20.0 Armour
 - Level 2.4 Dodging
 - Level 2.2 Spellcasting
 + Level 12.4 Charms
 - Level 20.0 Invocations
 - Level 13.0 Evocations


You have 23 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       ###...       80%         2    ###....
b - Apportation           Tloc           #.........   100%        1    ##.....
c - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          100%        2    ###....


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:12
    Elf (3/3) Orc:4          Lair (8/8) D:11         Shoals (5/5) Lair:4
  Snake (5/5) Lair:5        Slime (0/6) Lair:8       Vaults (4/5) D:13
  Blade (0/1) Vaults:3      Crypt (0/5) Vaults:2        Zot (0/5) Depths:5
 Depths (5/5) D:15       

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:5 [   D:12 *   D:14 }   D:15 ([*:   Orc:4 **%%   Shoals:4 }   Vaults:1 *[
Vaults:2 ?

Portals:
Hell: Depths:1 Depths:2 Depths:3 Depths:4 Depths:5
Abyss: Depths:3 Depths:4 Depths:5
Pandemonium: Depths:1 Depths:3
Ziggurat: Depths:4
Trove: Elf:1 (give wand of hasting (8))

Annotations:
D:2 exclusion: oklob plant
Lair:8 exclusion: 2 doors


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You are resistant to torment.
You are immune to poison.
You are immune to rotting.
You can fly continuously.
Your stone body is very resilient (AC +19).
Your wings are large and strong.
You resist negative energy.
You are resistant to electric shocks.
You can survive without breathing.
You are immune to petrification.

I might just grab the Abyssal rune next, run through the crypt, get V:5, Slime and then clear Zot.

Btw I can't believe someone won with Zin already :[ Last tourney I was the second person to win a Zinnite like 4 days before the end of the tourney. What kind of a fiend wins a Zinnite in the first two days !?!

[Un67]

Welp, found the Dragon King armor on a FoAK. Cleared Lair relatively easily (Banish is super useful) and on track to disto-brand a great mace. All in all, it's going pretty well.

[tompliss]

Well, it's a GrFi, so it's not really a surprise
Gargoyles are usually "easy" enough to be able to win without much help from their god, so they're one of the best for a early Zin run, as you appear to have thought, too.

[Dr Feelgood]

I'm still on my 1st character. I heard that gargoyles got nerfed, but they're still very easy. My GrEE is doing well, though I wished I picked Kiku instead of Vehumet. Vehumet is boring.

[Graven]

Gargoyles are wonderful. I love Gargoyles. I am, however, starting to feel a bit guilty winning Gargoyles, because they're basically built for 15-rune runs. Only their low HP can cause a mishap - hellfire and surprisingly smiting become much greater threats. Smoke demons can and will ruin your shit.

My own run is going along predictably well, Evocations saved me from a few certain deaths, random chance saved me from another one [I was quite low in HP, no escapes apart from Zin's sanctuary, Pan lord turned out to have distortion branded melee which teleported me in the other end of the level]

Extended is so god damn boring, though. My god. This is why I like to get a 15-rune gargoyle out of the way at the start, so I don't have to put up with this bullshit with less powerful combos.

I also haven't found the vanilla Pan rune, but there is a limit to the amount of time I can spend there. Now to go visit Tomb, and finally the hells. Because the hells are the worst thing ever. Tomb at least has a static layout and a finite amount of enemies.

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.14.0-7-g2801ba0 (webtiles) character file.

Gravenous the Conqueror (Gargoyle Gladiator)      Turns: 104539, Time: 06:52:59

HP 199/199       AC 72     Str 31      XL: 27
MP  43/43        EV  8     Int 13      God: Zin [******]
Gold 6494        SH  0     Dex 12      Spells:  4 memorised, 39 levels left

rFire  + . .     SeeInvis .     D - +8,+9 great mace (holy)
rCold  + + .     Clarity  .     s - +12 gold dragon armour
rNeg   + . .     Conserve .     (no shield)
rPois  +         rCorr    .     k - +2 hat {MR+}
rElec  +         rRot     +     g - +2 cloak {rPois}
SustAb . .       Spirit   .     b - +2 pair of gloves {Str+3}
rMut   +         Warding  .     m - +0 pair of boots {Stlth+}
Saprov . . .     Stasis   .     Y - amulet "Broceuduow" {rMut +Fly MR+ Dex+2}
MR     ++++.                    x - +6,+4 ring of slaying
                                M - ring of protection from cold

@: flying, incredibly resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: able to fly continuously, large and strong wings, life protection 1,
electricity resistance, unbreathing, petrification resistance, AC +20
a: Stop Flying, Recite, Vitalisation, Imprison, Sanctuary, Cure All Mutations,
Renounce Religion
}: 9/15 runes: serpentine, barnacled, slimy, silver, abyssal, glowing, magical,
fiery, dark


You are on level 3 of the Depths.
You worship Zin.
Zin is exalted by your worship.
You are full.

You have visited 13 branches of the dungeon, and seen 67 of its levels.
You have visited Pandemonium 1 time, and seen 23 of its levels.
You have visited the Abyss 3 times.
You have also visited: Trove, Ossuary and Wizlab.

You have collected 11660 gold pieces.
You have spent 4714 gold pieces at shops.
You have donated 452 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 D - a +8,+9 great mace of holy wrath (weapon)
 T - the +8,+8 bow of Krishna "Sharnga" {speed, Dex+3 SInv}
   (You found it on level 15 of the Dungeon)   
   
   Attacks with this weapon are significantly faster.
   
   It affects your dexterity (+3).
   It enhances your eyesight.
Armour
 b - a +2 pair of gloves of strength (worn)
 g - a +2 cloak of poison resistance (worn)
 k - a +2 hat of magic resistance (worn)
 m - a +0 pair of boots of stealth (worn)
 s - a +12 gold dragon armour (worn)
Magical devices
 e - a wand of digging (5)
 q - a wand of cold {zapped: 2}
 r - a wand of slowing {zapped: 1}
 t - a wand of fire (7)
 C - a wand of digging (9)
 G - a wand of fire {zapped: 4}
 N - a wand of disintegration (5)
 V - a wand of lightning
 X - a wand of cold (6)
Comestibles
 z - a choko
 B - 13 bread rations
 K - 3 royal jellies
 L - 12 meat rations
 R - 8 apples
 S - a pear
 U - a snozzcumber
Scrolls
 H - a scroll of identify
Jewellery
 a - the ring of the Queen {+Blink rElec Acc+6 SInv}
   (You took it off a deep elf high priest on level 4 of the Vaults)   
   
   [ring of see invisible]
   It affects your accuracy with ranged weapons and melee attacks (+6).
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It lets you blink.
 c - an uncursed ring of positive energy
 f - an uncursed amulet of warding
 x - a +6,+4 ring of slaying (right hand)
 A - an uncursed amulet of resist corrosion
 J - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 M - a ring of protection from cold (left hand)
 O - a ring of regeneration
 P - the ring of Satyriasis {+Fly rPois rC+ Acc+4}
   (You found it in Pandemonium)   
   
   [ring of flight]
   It affects your accuracy with ranged weapons and melee attacks (+4).
   It protects you from cold.
   It protects you from poison.
 Y - the amulet "Broceuduow" (around neck) {rMut +Fly MR+ Dex+2}
   (You took it off a deep elf master archer on level 3 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   [amulet of resist mutation]
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It lets you fly.
 Z - an uncursed ring of see invisible
Potions
 d - a potion of resistance
 h - a potion of brilliance
 n - 4 potions of curing
 E - 3 potions of heal wounds
 W - 2 potions of haste
Books
 i - a book of Dreams   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Ensorcelled Hibernation            Hexes/Ice                    2
   Flight                             Charms/Air                   3
   Phase Shift                        Translocation                5
   Shadow Creatures                   Summoning                    5
   Mass Confusion                     Hexes                        6
   Darkness                           Hexes                        7
 j - a book of Wizardry   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Summon Elemental                   Summoning                    4
   Agony                              Necromancy                   5
   Force Lance                        Conjuration                  5
   *Haste                             Charms                       6
   Invisibility                       Hexes                        6
   Spellforged Servitor               Conjuration/Summoning        7
 p - the Handbook of Confrontation and Ignition
   (You found it in Pandemonium)   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Fireball                           Conjuration/Fire             5
   Delayed Fireball                   Conjuration/Fire             7
Miscellaneous
 l - a lamp of fire
 o - a fan of gales
 u - a phial of floods
 v - the horn of Geryon
 w - a lamp of fire
 y - a phial of floods
 F - a phial of floods
 Q - a phial of floods
Rods
 I - a crooked smoking rod
   (You found it in Pandemonium)


   Skills:
 O Level 27 Fighting
 - Level 20.0 Maces & Flails
 - Level 2.0 Throwing
 O Level 27 Armour
 - Level 2.4 Dodging
 - Level 12.2 Spellcasting
 - Level 23.0 Charms
 - Level 12.0 Translocations
 + Level 23.8 Invocations
 - Level 13.4 Evocations


You have 39 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       #####.       1%          2    None
b - Apportation           Tloc           #####.....   1%          1    None
c - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          1%          2    None
d - Haste                 Chrm           ######..     1%          6    ######.


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:12
    Elf (3/3) Orc:4          Lair (8/8) D:11         Shoals (5/5) Lair:4
  Snake (5/5) Lair:5        Slime (6/6) Lair:8       Vaults (5/5) D:13
  Blade (0/1) Vaults:3      Crypt (5/5) Vaults:2       Tomb (0/3) Crypt:3
   Hell (1/1)                 Dis (0/7) Hell            Geh (0/7) Hell
    Coc (0/7) Hell            Tar (0/7) Hell            Zot (4/5) Depths:5
 Depths (5/5) D:15       

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:5 [   D:12 *   D:14 }   D:15 ([*:   Orc:4 **%%   Shoals:4 }   Vaults:1 *[
Vaults:2 ?   Vaults:5 %%%==?

Portals:
Hell: Depths:1 Depths:2 Depths:3 Depths:4 Depths:5
Abyss: Depths:3 Depths:4 Depths:5
Pandemonium: Depths:1 Depths:3
Ziggurat: Depths:4

Annotations:
D:2 exclusion: oklob plant
Lair:8 exclusion: 2 doors
Crypt:2 Mennas


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You are resistant to torment.
You are immune to poison.
You are immune to rotting.
You can fly continuously.
Your stone body is very resilient (AC +20).
Your wings are large and strong.
You resist negative energy.
You are resistant to electric shocks.
You can survive without breathing.
You are immune to petrification.


Message History

You kill the Ice Fiend!
No target in view!
Your pack is full.
You see here a shimmering marble ring.
You can't carry that many items.
Drop what? (_ for help) (? for menu, Esc to quit)
You drop a wand of lightning (8).
P - a shimmering marble ring
Read which item? (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Identify which item? (\ to view known items) (? for menu, Esc to quit)
As you read the scroll of identify, it crumbles to dust.
P - the ring of Satyriasis {+Fly rPois rC+ Acc+4}
There is a gate leading out of Pandemonium here.
You pass through the gate.
Welcome back to the Depths!
There is a one-way gate leading to the halls of Pandemonium here.
Unknown command.
You start resting.
You start resting.
HP restored.
Edit : ALSO Someone on the SA forums said that the Species/Class/God scores are from when you start the character, not from when you end it. Is that correct? Because that would be god daymn.

[Xgamer4]

Splatted one of my best runs by teleporting (shadowstepping) my way into the middle of a Polyphemus' horde and getting petrified, because I'd never seen him before. -_-;;

Started a new run (still Vine Stalker Assassin) and I found the +7, +5 Spear of Ambiguity (Pierce, +Rage, Int+1). Guess my assassin is using spears!

[Un67]

Just got my first rune for the tournament! I had my doubts about my disto-great mace at first, but I'm starting to like it more. The extra damage effect is great when you get it, and the teleporting away can be really useful for breaking up huge fights. The "instakill" from banishment is, of course, pretty great. I've taken out quite a few uniques that way already.

[Graven]

Distortion is great for casters, and pretty decent on big stompy weapons, provided you are fine with occassionally flinging enemy casters and archers across the room to gob more goo at your precious face.

I assume a Distortion axe is going to be quite hilarious, but I haven't yet tried it.

edit : I won! And I'm in the top scores! Wooo! And I have the current second fastest realtime 15-rune win!

So uh... where're the morgues hosted again?

[Un67]

Just finished Vault:1-4. Much harder than I remember it being when I got this far in the past, all thanks to ironbrand convokers. My character can tank stone giants and dragons reasonably well, but if I get surrounded by them it's another issue entirely, given that I don't have any way to teleport (besides Bend Space, which has definitely saved me once this run). The worst thing is when ironbrand convokers chain-summon more ironbrand convokers. Ugh. Still, I eventually figured out the correct tactic: always retreat towards the up stairs, and when in doubt, stairscum. Besides that, though, my character is coming along pretty well.

Think the plan for the rest of the game is Snake:5 -> Depths -> Blades/Elf/Crypt? (not sure about how these are) -> Vault:5 -> Zot. It's been a long time since I've gotten this far, though, and any advice is welcome.