Decided I was ready to head for Zot.
A spriggan defender was waiting at the stairs. I had swiftness and shroud precasted so I ran up, blinked away, and tried to kill it.
The spriggan berserker and spriggan defender followed me and they both dodged my magma bolts, and my crystal spear got blocked, so I blinked away again and spammed my strongest evocables. A berserked death yaks & elephant appeared so I blinked a third time, the summons were six tiles away fighting my summons. I knew I'd need my last haste potion for later, and I was more than half health; so I channeled my mana, knocked back the spriggan defender with a fan of gales, and decided I was safe to cast a max range crystal spear instead of reading a teleport and spamming heal potions. What I should've done was read two scrolls of summoning. But I figured if my crystal spear got blocked I could just blink again without risking my health. A scroll of fear would place my targets too far away, so I used my best single-target damage spell.
You feel a surge of power! You miscast Lehudib's Crystal Spear.
Sif Muna protects you from the effects of your miscast!
The death yak is engulfed in blazing flames.
The death yak rages.
The spriggan defender blocks your larval batweird beast's attack. x2
The spriggan defender barely misses your larval batweird beast.
The elephant is engulfed in blazing flames.
The death yak gores you!!!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The spriggan berserker hits you with a flail.
You die...
-1/184 Health
https://crawl.jorgrun.rocks/morgue/fakerfangirl/morgue-fakerfangirl-20170531-173037.txtIs dexterity the only thing that raises bolt accuracy?
I'm tilted. Spent all of depths:1 and vaults:1-4 training earth magic just so I could cast lehudib's spear. Oh and of course spriggan defender also gets high magic resist and base speed.
Wait. Berserk cuts action time by one third. Gore does 30 damage. I had 93 hp and several tiles between me and the death yak. Seriously?
Should I have spammed scroll of summoning? Like, I already used lamp of fire, box of beasts, and fan of gales. Is scroll of summoning better? I feel like phantom mirror or potion of brilliance + firestorm would've been overkill (that's how I killed royal jelly).
Anyways. -1hp
Heh. Just like the last run: -1hp
Everytime I die it's some ridiculous set of dicerolls. So death yaks can twoshot an 184hp 15 AC XL 24 now.
I would've used a throwing net but the EV was too high.
Literally lost eight dicerolls in a row.
2708533 PeteStorm the Apostle (level 27, 256/256 HPs)
Began as a Hill Orc Monk on May 31, 2017.
Was a High Priest of Beogh.
Escaped with the Orb
... and 5 runes!
Grats.
Burning out. At least I killed Mara.