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[Zako]

I had an amazing mummy summoner that was killing everything in sight until he miscast summon scorpions and a hostile abomination 2-hit killed him.

Ouch. Owned much?

[Hawkfrost]

I had the amulet of Anuex (artifact), ring of ice, +3 gloves of Lesser Demons (artifact), +3,+2 spear of piercing, a +1, +3 dwarven dagger of protection, full dwarf plate armor, staff of summoning, and wands of confusion, digging, cold.
Final score of 729.
Level 7 dwarf fighter.

Stupid orc parties, always kill me.

[Neonivek]

I had the amulet of Anuex (artifact), ring of ice, +3 gloves of Lesser Demons (artifact), +3,+2 spear of piercing, a +1, +3 dwarven dagger of protection, full dwarf plate armor, staff of summoning, and wands of confusion, digging, cold.
Final score of 729.
Level 7 dwarf fighter.

Stupid orc parties, always kill me.

Don't worry... I loathe them too!

Though to admit the hardest enemy I ever fought was a Zombie Troll... I had to cast my charm spell on it a thousand times and forced it to clear out a dungeon on its own to finally get it to die.

[Hawkfrost]

I had the amulet of Anuex (artifact), ring of ice, +3 gloves of Lesser Demons (artifact), +3,+2 spear of piercing, a +1, +3 dwarven dagger of protection, full dwarf plate armor, staff of summoning, and wands of confusion, digging, cold.
Final score of 729.
Level 7 dwarf fighter.

Stupid orc parties, always kill me.

Don't worry... I loathe them too!

Though to admit the hardest enemy I ever fought was a Zombie Troll... I had to cast my charm spell on it a thousand times and forced it to clear out a dungeon on its own to finally get it to die.

Try an ice beast backed up by elementals and a party of ogres.

[Virroken]

A single ice dragon trumps all of those.

It takes spam casted fire spells without flinching, then it has enough to-hit modifier to get past 32EV, and it's somehow immune to evaporated confusion potions. There goes my invincible Spriggan transmuter/conjurer/assassin. 

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90745 Swiggy the Spry (level 15, -2/65 HPs)
             Began as a Spriggan Transmuter on Oct 19, 2008.
             Was a High Priest of Sif Muna.
             Killed from afar by an ice dragon (22 damage)
             ... with a blast of icy breath

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 i - a +1,+2 bow of flame
 j - a +0,+0 blowgun
 n - a +4,+3 bow
 A - the +6,+6 dagger "Opnisan" (weapon)
   (You found it on level 5 of the Dungeon)   
   It inflicts extra damage upon your enemies.
   It affects your intelligence (+2).
   It protects you from negative energy.
Missiles
 e - 9 +0 orcish arrows
 h - a curare-tipped +0 needle
 M - 46 poisoned +0 needles
Armour
 m - a +2 wizard hat (worn)
 t - the +3 robe of the Lost Ghosts (worn)
   (You found it on level 15 of the Dungeon)   
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
 D - a +2 cloak (worn)
Magical devices
 p - a wand of fireball (5)
 E - a wand of disintegration (4)
 I - a wand of draining (12)
Comestibles
 r - 5 bread rations
 R - a lychee
 V - an orange
 W - a choko
Scrolls
 a - 2 scrolls of detect curse
 l - a scroll of holy word
 q - a scroll of fog
 s - 15 scrolls of teleportation
 y - 3 scrolls of blinking
 B - 2 scrolls of magic mapping
Jewellery
 c - a +4 ring of dexterity (left hand)
 g - an uncursed ring of life protection
 C - an amulet of clarity (around neck)
 P - a +4 ring of evasion (right hand)
Potions
 b - 2 potions of might
 d - a potion of restore abilities
 f - 11 potions of poison
 k - 9 potions of water
 v - a potion of healing
 w - 2 potions of paralysis
 F - a potion of speed
 T - 5 potions of confusion


 You had 4 experience left.

   Skills:
 - Level 3 Fighting
 - Level 14 Short Blades
 + Level 10 Bows
 - Level 5 Darts
 + Level 8 Throwing
 + Level 15 Dodging
 + Level 11 Stealth
 + Level 12 Stabbing
 - Level 3 Traps & Doors
 + Level 6 Unarmed Combat
 + Level 10 Spellcasting
 - Level 2 Conjurations
 - Level 6 Necromancy
 - Level 12 Transmigration
 + Level 7 Fire Magic
 - Level 5 Evocations


You had 4 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power          Success   Level
a - Fulsome Distillation  Tmgr/Necr      ######         Excellent   1
b - Evaporate             Fire/Tmgr      ######....     Excellent   2
d - Dig                   Erth/Tmgr      #####.....     Great       4
e - Throw Flame           Fire/Conj      ####..         Excellent   2
f - Dispel Undead         Necr           #####...       Great       4
g - Repel Missiles        Air/Ench       ##........     Very Good   2
h - Confuse               Ench           ##........     Good        3
i - Fireball              Fire/Conj      ####......     Terrible    6
j - Mephitic Cloud        Pois/Air/Conj  ##........     Good        3
k - Conjure Flame         Fire/Conj      ####....       Excellent   3

[inaluct]

I want to play as a Spriggan, but I can't bring myself to; people say that they're easy.

And inaluct doesn't do easy.

[Hawkfrost]

Two words.

Steam Dragons.

Like, seriously, what the hell?
A dragon that spits steam?
Sounds like a fire dragon that drank too much water.
And on Dungeon Floor 5.

[Zako]

I remember those, tough things...

hardest thing I fought was probably a...

Steam dragon or a tidal wave of orcs.

I hate myself at times. Orcs I ask you!

[Kagus]

I would just like to vouch for the power of mummies...


So I started a mummy chaos knight of Lugonu, imagining this embalmed warrior clad in dark demon-armor being summoned forth again from the abyss in order to fight in the unformed one's name.

But first, I decided to wander around a bit in the abyss until I saw something dangerous.  Eventually I did, and that was when I zapped myself out.

I found myself in a layout that I'd never seen before, with lots of plants, deep water, and lava.  There was very little walkable terrain in the area.   In fact, I couldn't find a way out of my little starting area and over to the other side of all the lava and such, where the rest of the dungeon spread out.

So I wandered around for a bit and found a few scrolls.  One turned my +3,+1 mace into a +3,+1 mace, the second scroll cursed it, and the third was a blink spell.

I activated that spell just outside of a useful range.  I had no chance to save the spell and move myself to a better location.  Instead, I just blinked to a random spot.

Which happened to be a two-tile island in the middle of the lava.  Completely isolated from everything else.  To add insult to injury, I could now see a path to the other side that I could've used earlier.


Being a mummy, I was unable to simply starve to death in a dignified manner.  I had already used up all my potentially dangerous scrolls, and I couldn't quaff potions if I wanted to.  I soon realized that there was only one way off that island.

I renounced Lugonu.


Immediately, I'm back in the black pit.  I start blundering around aimlessly, dodging an abomination and a skeletal queen ant (skeletal ant?).  Randomly, I end up at a portal.  I step through.

Back in the dungeon.  Except this time, I knew where the path was.  I walk over, and begin trying to commit assisted suicide with some monster.


I rampaged blindly, paying absolutely no attention to what was happening, never using ranged weapons, never using spells, and with a cursed mace.  I reached level 4 before finally charging into combat with an orc and a worm when I had only 4 health points left.  After a few exchanged blows, the worm got a good bite in.  This was after I took on six orcs and a giant newt at one time.

A suicidal forsaken chaos knight made it to the #4 spot on my list of top-scoring adventurers.


Also, I recently started a Spriggan transmuter with the intent of giving him over to Nemelex Xobeh (evocation skill makes nice pals with card decks, apparently).  Screw enchanters, Spriggan transmuters are juggernauts.  Midget juggernauts.

I just wish I could find more porridge...

[LASD]

Steam Dragons.

Like, seriously, what the hell?

I always thought they were dragons that worked on steam. So I thought they were steampunk dragons. Although the fact that I have found steam dragon armor doesn't quite go along with the steampunk image.

Also I thought that steam dragons were hard until I ran into a mottled dragon and a storm dragon. Seriously, sticky flame is so unfair. That's why I like to play Deep Elf Fire Elementalists.

P.S. I had thought that Crawl doesn't have much to make stories from, but Kagus proved me wrong.

[Boksi]

IIRC, one draconian adult form can breathe steam, so I'd say that's what they are.

[Old-Man-Gator]

Just now made it to level 10 of the dungeon with a Hill Dwarf fighter(warrior whatever) named Akath. Hooray for generic names.

Centaurs are not your friends, particularly when they interrupt a scrap with a million orcs by shooting gas arrows into the fray.

[penguinofhonor]

I just got killed as a Spriggan Transmuter. They're fun, but I prefer slings to spells. I should have used my spells against that orc warrior that killed me, though. Evaporate sounds useful.

[Hawkfrost]

I just got killed as a Spriggan Transmuter. They're fun, but I prefer slings to spells. I should have used my spells against that orc warrior that killed me, though. Evaporate sounds useful.

Slings?
Pff.
I carry around magic daggers and axes for throwing.

[penguinofhonor]

But throwing is so weak. If I have an enchanted sling then I get a bonus for every measly rock I chuck at someone.

Edit: Halfling rangers.