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[dwarfguy2]

is it just me, or is one of the first possible devels remarkably like tetris?

[Leafsnail]

Man, that was the most epic minitomb ever.  You start in a room with a glass wall between you and a tonne of treasure.  You can head left, but you are apparently blocked.  However, you can search for secret doors to take you all the way around a big loop, until you get to the treasure (there are tonnes of traps and zombies in the way, and a couple of mummies too).  How did I know where the secret door was every time?  Passive mapping.  Thanks so much.  And it says my passive mapping ability just got better.

[dwarfguy2]

a tomb with a hidden treasure room may be cool, but can't compete with playing tetris inside a metroid.

[Robsoie]

You have to be at "Full", "Very Full", or "Satiated" hunger status to wield a vampiric weapon. Then, it takes away a large amount of nutrition upon wielding, but only that one time. After that, it no longer makes you hungrier faster like how it did in 0.5.2, where it caused you to burn nutrition over time by holding it in your hands.

Thanks for the precision, i was very unsure to what Full was refering to.

I had an interesting run, using a classic human fighter again, as i met some nice items early and i was overall pleased by the progress of this warrior that i thought could very well go deeper in the dungeon.

In the 2nd floor i managed to find an altar of Okawaru that my character decided to worship, as the goal was to gain some close battle help.
As it was early, my warrior then managed to kill and make enough corpses sacrifice to earn "Might" from the pleased Okawaru rather quickly, leading his strength to reach 22 when the power is used.

So all was good and all, until sadly in the 5th floor i opened a door to a room that walls were very different from the rest of the dungeon (and so that intrigued me).
Behind that door was so a very small room, with an altar.

An altar to The Shining One.
Until there, no real problem.

But in the room there was someone, an Angel.
Noticing i was only level 5 despite my good equipment for this level, there was no way my character could hope to defeat the Angel, as apparently he was going directly for me.
The thing was faster than me and i had no teleporting tool this time.

As the stair was way too far, i had to run into the unexplored area, hoping to find a lucky stair or hatch.
Unfortunately as one learn quickly, in Crawl when you need luck, you will not have any
The Angel then whip-ed my character to death without a problem.

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.6.0 character file.

266 Sancty the Cutter (level 5, -5/36 HPs)
             Began as a Human Fighter on Mar 30, 2010.
             Was a Follower of Okawaru.
             Slain by an Angel
             ... wielding a +1,+3 whip of holy wrath
              (6 damage)
             ... on Level 5 of the Dungeon.
             The game lasted 00:22:36 (2639 turns).

Sancty the Cutter (Human Fighter)                Turns: 2639, Time: 00:22:36

HP  -5/36        AC 12     Str 17      Exp: 5/249 (32), need: 21
MP   4/4         EV  6     Int  8      God: Okawaru [*.....]
Gold 92          SH 17     Dex 18      Spells:  0 memorised,  4 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : .   a - +0,+1 short sword
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : .   b - +0 scale mail
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .   c - +0 shield
Res.Poison: .       Res.Corr.  : .   (no helmet)
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   (no cloak)
Spirit.Shd: .                        (no gloves)
Sust.Abil.: .       Rnd.Telep. : .   j - +2 pair of boots
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   (no amulet)
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .   f - +5 ring of dexterity
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .   e - +3 ring of protection

@: somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: magic resistance 1, -10% hp, AC +1
a: Might, Renounce Religion


You were on level 5 of the Dungeon.
You worshipped Okawaru.
Okawaru was most pleased with you.
You were not hungry.

You visited 1 branch of the dungeon, and saw 5 of its levels.

You collected 72 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a +0,+1 short sword (weapon)
Armour
 b - a +0 scale mail (worn)
 c - a +0 shield (worn)
 j - a +2 pair of boots (worn)
Comestibles
 d - a bread ration
 i - 3 meat rations
Scrolls
 g - a scroll of remove curse
Jewellery
 e - a +3 ring of protection (left hand)
 f - a +5 ring of dexterity (right hand)


 You had 32 experience left.

   Skills:
 + Level 3 Fighting
 + Level 4 Short Blades
 - Level 3 Armour
 + Level 1 Dodging
 - Level 2 Shields


You had 4 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (5/27)           
Temple: D:4-7       

Altars:
Fedhas
Okawaru
The Shining One


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You are resistant to magic.
You are frail (-10% HP).
You are partially covered in white scales (AC +1).


Message History

The Angel hits you with a glowing whip.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The gnoll shouts!
The Angel hits you with a glowing whip.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The Angel hits you with a glowing whip.
You die...

      .
   .....
  ...#.#
 g.....##    .
........    ...
........ . ....
.......##......
.......##......#
.......@........
......A##......#
.......##.##.##
.......##.##.###
................
..............##
................
......####'####.
......##7...7##.


You could see an Angel and a gnoll.

Vanquished Creatures
  2 giant ants
  An orc wizard (D:3)
  2 gnolls (D:3)
  2 snakes (D:3)
  A worm (D:3)
  An ooze (D:3)
  8 giant bats
  4 giant cockroaches
  9 goblins
  8 hobgoblins
  A jackal (D:4)
  2 orcs
  3 giant newts
  8 kobolds
  8 rats
  A toadstool (D:3)
61 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A giant newt (D:3)
1 creature vanquished.

Grand Total: 62 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place   | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1     | Sancty, the Human Fighter, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1     | Reached XP level 1. HP: 15/15 MP: 0/0
   120 | D:1     | Gained mutation: You are partially covered in white scales (AC +1).
   120 | D:1     | Gained mutation: You are resistant to magic.
   120 | D:1     | Gained mutation: You are frail (-10% HP).
   446 | D:1     | Reached XP level 2. HP: 18/18 MP: 1/1
   571 | D:2     | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
   583 | D:2     | Became a worshipper of Warmaster Okawaru
  1152 | D:3     | Reached XP level 3. HP: 24/24 MP: 2/2
  1315 | D:3     | Acquired Okawaru's first power
  1469 | D:3     | Reached XP level 4. HP: 27/29 MP: 3/3
  1613 | D:4     | Noticed Menkaure
  1981 | D:3     | Reached XP level 5. HP: 12/36 MP: 4/4
  2222 | D:3     | Reached skill 1 in Dodging
  2252 | D:3     | Reached skill 4 in Short Blades
  2435 | D:5     | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  2629 | D:5     | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
  2634 | D:5     | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
  2639 | D:5     | HP: 1/36 [Angel/glowing whip (6)]
  2639 | D:5     | Slain by an Angel


I read the Angel entry on the wiki after that.
And saw :

Angels are very rare, if you see one you're either in the Abyss, or you're facing a mini-vault in which the angel is harmlessly tucked away. If you happen to dig it out, it will attack you unless you worship a good god, even then it might attack you if you block its path!

Wow, not only i met one at the 5th floor of the dungeon, being myself only level 5, but it is supposed to be very rare.
Definitively the random number wanted to kill my character, there's no other way

[debvon]

Angels, heheheh.. good times. I remember digging one out way back when and getting slaughtered.  I just wanted to pray at the altar!!

Kind of strange how they're hostile.

[dwarfguy2]

just had my best run ever. i was killed by an ogre and a hostile summoned hellwing.

[Robsoie]

Tried for the 1st time a Beogh Orc priest, only met 2 orcs willing to follow me early (and they died due to an Ogre), all the other have been extremely hostile.

But out of that very bad luck in getting followers, that Orc managed to reach level 10, only to fall after running away from a seven headed hydra (just noticed how hugely powerfull that thing is ) that was friend with a wyvern.

The Orc managed to reach a stair and escape the hydra, but the wyvern managed to follow him.

Already badly wounded and because i didn't thought about trying to use one of my teleportation scrolls, that stupid mistake lead the poor promising orc into a yet another stupid death.

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.6.0 character file.

3697 Burgh the Cleaver (level 10, -1/79 HPs)
             Began as a Hill Orc Priest on Mar 31, 2010.
             Was a Follower of Beogh.
             Slain by a wyvern (16 damage)
             ... on Level 10 of the Dungeon.
             The game lasted 00:52:14 (8248 turns).

Burgh the Cleaver (Hill Orc Priest)              Turns: 8248, Time: 00:52:14

HP  -1/79        AC 13     Str 18      Exp: 10/4728 (1498), need: 3032
MP  18/18        EV  8     Int 12      God: Beogh [*.....]
Gold 388         SH  0     Dex 12      Spells:  0 memorised,  9 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : .   i - +0 orc battleaxe
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : .   t - +1 orc banded mail
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .   (no shield)
Res.Poison: .       Res.Corr.  : .   (no helmet)
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   (no cloak)
Spirit.Shd: .                        (no gloves)
Sust.Abil.: .       Rnd.Telep. : .   (no boots)
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   (no amulet)
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .   k - +4 ring of protection
Saprovore : + . .   Ctrl.Flight: .   e - +3 ring of dexterity

@: slightly resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: saprovore 1
a: Renounce Religion


You were on level 10 of the Dungeon.
You worshipped Beogh.
Beogh was most pleased with you.
You were not hungry.

You visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and saw 12 of its levels.

You collected 368 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a +0,+0 orcish hand axe (quivered)
 i - a +0,+0 orcish battleaxe (weapon)
 l - a +3,+5 orcish hand axe
Armour
 b - a +0 orcish robe
 t - a +1 orcish banded mail (worn)
Magical devices
 f - a wand of paralysis (3)
 h - a wand of disintegration (0)
 p - a wand of frost (7)
 q - a wand of confusion (7)
Comestibles
 r - a pear
 v - 2 meat rations
Scrolls
 d - 3 scrolls of teleportation
 o - a scroll of fog
 s - a scroll of magic mapping
 x - a scroll of recharging
Jewellery
 e - a +3 ring of dexterity (left hand)
 k - a +4 ring of protection (right hand)
 n - an uncursed amulet of rage
 u - an uncursed ring of sustenance
 w - an uncursed amulet of inaccuracy
Potions
 j - 7 potions of healing
Books
 g - a book of Wizardry   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Selective Amnesia                  Enchantment                  4
   Summon Elemental                   Summoning                    4
   Teleport Self                      Translocation                5
   Fireball                           Conjuration/Fire             6
   Haste                              Enchantment                  6
   


 You had 1498 experience left.

   Skills:
 + Level 6 Fighting
 + Level 10 Axes
 - Level 2 Armour
 - Level 4 Dodging
 - Level 1 Stealth
 - Level 7 Invocations
 + Level 2 Evocations


You had 9 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (11/27)            Temple (1/1) D:4             Orc (0/4) D:9
  Lair: D:8-13        Hive: D:11-16     

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


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You can tolerate rotten meat.


Message History

Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f/p - wyvern
Aim: A wyvern (moderately wounded)
The wyvern suddenly stops moving!
Your Evocations skill increases to level 2!
The wyvern misses you.
The wyvern bites you!
You die...

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...####.....
......#...#.#
......#...+...
......#...#.#
..>.........##
######.......###
   #.'.........#
   #.#.@.....###
####'#..D......#
...............#
..........I....#
...............#
####+#.......###
......##....#...
......##....#...
......##....#...


You could see an ice beast and a wyvern.

Vanquished Creatures
  A hill giant (D:10)
  A giant toad (D:10)
  2 ice beasts
  2 ogres
  5 orc warriors
  A big kobold (D:10)
  A gila monster (D:10)
  2 giant frog zombies
  3 giant frogs
  A giant beetle (D:10)
  A shadow (D:5)
  5 imps
  2 orc priests
  5 hounds
  3 giant ants
  An iguana (D:5)
  5 orc wizards
  A scorpion (D:10)
  A giant ant zombie (D:10)
  3 jellies
  9 snakes
  A giant centipede (D:9)
  2 worms (D:5)
  2 giant eyeballs
  3 giant geckos
  20 giant bats
  5 giant cockroaches
  17 hobgoblins
  2 jackals (D:5)
  13 kobolds
  17 orcs
  5 quokkas
  2 small snakes
  5 giant newts
  11 goblins
  9 rats
  3 ballistomycetes (D:10)
  3 toadstools
175 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  A giant eyeball (D:7)
  A quokka (D:7)
2 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A troll (D:10)
  An orc priest (D:7)
  A goblin (D:4)
  4 orcs
  A giant spore (D:10)
  A plant (D:6)
  A toadstool (D:10)
10 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 187 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place   | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1     | Burgh, the Hill Orc Priest, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1     | Reached XP level 1. HP: 13/13 MP: 1/1
    91 | D:1     | Reached XP level 2. HP: 10/19 MP: 2/3
   116 | D:1     | Acquired Beogh's second power
   415 | D:1     | Reached skill 1 in Dodging
   757 | D:2     | Reached XP level 3. HP: 24/26 MP: 4/4
  1379 | D:3     | Reached XP level 4. HP: 25/33 MP: 2/6
  1560 | D:4     | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  1607 | Temple  | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
  1833 | D:4     | Reached XP level 5. HP: 21/40 MP: 4/8
  2115 | D:4     | Reached skill 5 in Axes
  2253 | D:4     | Acquired Beogh's third power
  2362 | D:5     | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  2633 | D:5     | Reached XP level 6. HP: 41/46 MP: 9/9
  2647 | D:5     | Reached skill 6 in Axes
  3253 | D:6     | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
  3296 | D:7     | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
  3330 | D:6     | Reached XP level 7. HP: 52/54 MP: 10/10
  3417 | D:6     | Reached skill 7 in Axes
  4233 | D:7     | Reached XP level 8. HP: 61/61 MP: 13/14
  4458 | D:8     | Reached skill 1 in Armour
  5309 | D:8     | Reached skill 1 in Stealth
  5409 | D:8     | Reached skill 8 in Axes
  5654 | D:9     | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
  5888 | D:9     | Reached skill 5 in Fighting
  6009 | D:9     | HP: 2/63 [ice beast (17)]
  6415 | D:9     | Reached XP level 9. HP: 66/70 MP: 16/16
  6434 | D:10    | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
  6809 | D:10    | Reached skill 9 in Axes
  7259 | D:10    | Reached XP level 10. HP: 19/77 MP: 17/18
  7261 | D:10    | Reached skill 1 in Evocations
  7596 | D:10    | Reached skill 10 in Axes
  8212 | D:10    | Noticed Joseph
  8213 | D:10    | Beogh protects you from harm!
  8248 | D:10    | Slain by a wyvern


[Mr.Person]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

So what's going to kill me? Take your bets! Will it be the regular lich that was also in this vault? Will it be Saint Roka? Will it be something in Elf? Will it be something in the Hall of Blades? Will I kill myself via a spell miscast?

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

Just made a new best by a couple K. Did not really want to be that far down in the dungeon but I was driven down by a Summoner who had more dogs then me.

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.6.0-1-g974540d character file.

5825 Akhier the Summoner (level 10, -6/61 HPs)
             Began as a Red Draconian Wizard on Mar 31, 2010.
             Was a Believer of Vehumet.
             Killed from afar by a fire drake (16 damage)
             ... with a blast of flame
            
             ... on Level 12 of the Dungeon.
             The game lasted 01:20:13 (13164 turns).

Akhier the Summoner (Red Draconian Wizard)         Turns: 13164, Time: 01:20:13

HP  -6/61        AC  6     Str 11      Exp: 10/7001 (35), need: 3862
MP   1/23        EV 12     Int 18      God: Vehumet [**....]
Gold 925         SH  0     Dex 10      Spells:  3 memorised, 13 levels left

Res.Fire  : x . .   See Invis. : +   a - staff of summoning
Res.Cold  : + . .   Warding    : .   Q - +1 robe (curse)
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .   (shield restricted)
Res.Poison: .       Res.Corr.  : .   i - +0 wizard hat
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   (no cloak)
Spirit.Shd: .                        (gloves unavailable)
Sust.Abil.: .       Rnd.Telep. : .   (boots unavailable)
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   J - amulet of stasis
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .   T - ring of ice
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: +   z - ring of protection from magic

@: quite resistant to hostile enchantments, unstealthy
A: breathe fire, unfitting armour, see invisible
a: Breathe Fire, Renounce Religion


You were on level 12 of the Dungeon.
You worshipped Vehumet.
Vehumet was most pleased with you.
You were not hungry.

You visited 3 branches of the dungeon, and saw 15 of its levels.
You visited 1 portal chamber: sewer.

You collected 905 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 b - a +0,+1 dwarven dagger of speed
 A - a +2,+1 orcish hand axe of chopping (quivered)
Armour
 i - a +0 wizard hat (worn)
 y - a +0 steam dragon armour
 Q - a cursed +1 robe (worn)
Magical devices
 d - a wand of lightning (3)
 g - a wand of frost (5)
 h - a wand of lightning (5)
 j - a wand of lightning (3)
 k - a wand of draining (0)
 v - a wand of slowing (7)
 B - a wand of magic darts (8)
 D - a wand of confusion (0)
 F - a wand of healing (0)
 L - a wand of fireball (7)
 R - a wand of draining (2)
Comestibles
 l - a slice of pizza
 m - 2 chunks of orc flesh
 x - 5 meat rations
 K - a honeycomb
Scrolls
 o - 4 scrolls of teleportation
 r - a scroll of remove curse
 s - 2 scrolls of fear
 t - a scroll of fog
 w - a scroll of enchant weapon II
Jewellery
 u - an uncursed amulet of faith
 z - a ring of protection from magic (left hand)
 G - an uncursed ring of sustenance
 J - an amulet of stasis (around neck)
 T - a ring of ice (right hand)
Potions
 e - 2 potions of restore abilities
 f - a potion of speed
 n - 4 potions of healing
 p - a potion of brilliance
 q - 2 potions of levitation
Books
 c - a book of Minor Magic [summ]  
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Magic Dart                         Conjuration                  1
   *Summon Small Mammals              Summoning                    1
   Blink                              Translocation                2
   Repel Missiles                     Enchantment/Air              2
   Slow                               Enchantment                  3
   *Call Canine Familiar              Summoning                    3
   Mephitic Cloud                     Conjuration/Poison/Air       3
  
 C - a book of Wizardry  
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Selective Amnesia                  Enchantment                  4
   *Summon Elemental                  Summoning                    4
   Teleport Self                      Translocation                5
   Fireball                           Conjuration/Fire             6
   Haste                              Enchantment                  6
  
 H - a Necronomicon  
   This book is beyond your current level of understanding.
 M - a book of Wizardry  
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Selective Amnesia                  Enchantment                  4
   *Summon Elemental                  Summoning                    4
   Teleport Self                      Translocation                5
   Fireball                           Conjuration/Fire             6
   Haste                              Enchantment                  6
  
 Z - a book of Hinderance  
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Confusing Touch                    Enchantment                  1
   Slow                               Enchantment                  3
   Confuse                            Enchantment                  3
   Petrify                            Enchantment/Earth            4
  
Magical staves
 a - a staff of summoning (weapon)


 You had 35 experience left.

   Skills:
 - Level 2 Dodging
 - Level 2 Stealth
 + Level 6 Spellcasting
 + Level 13 Summonings
 - Level 1 Translocations


You had 13 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power          Success   Level
a - Summon Small Mammals  Summ           #####          Excellent   1
b - Call Canine Familiar  Summ           #######...     Excellent   3
c - Summon Elemental      Summ           #######...     Excellent   4


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (12/27)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (2/4) D:11
  Lair: D:8-13        Hive: D:11-16    

Altars:
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
The Shining One
Trog
Vehumet
Xom

Shops:
D:10: [

Portals:
Ziggurat: D:3 (3260 gp)


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You can breathe fire.
Your body does not fit into most forms of armour.
Your scales are hard (AC +3).
You have supernaturally acute eyesight.


Message History

Gang up on whom?
Press: ? - help, Dir - move target cursor, f - fire drake
Aim: A fire drake (lightly wounded)
Attack!
The fire drake breathes fire at you.
The blast of flame hits you! The fire burns you terribly!
You die...

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You could see a fire drake, a killer bee, a friendly war dog, a friendly wolf, friendly 2 hounds and a friendly jackal.

Vanquished Creatures
  Erolcha (D:8)
  A yak (D:9)
  A big kobold (Port)
  A green rat (Port)
  2 giant geckos
  4 giant cockroaches
  A goblin (D:2)
  A grey rat (Port)
  2 hobgoblins
  5 kobolds
  2 giant bats
  2 giant newts (D:2)
  A quokka (D:2)
  2 rats
  7 toadstools
33 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  Erica (Orc:1)
  Joseph (D:7)
  A hill giant (D:10)
  2 cyclopes (D:11)
  A troll (Orc:2)
  A wyvern (D:11)
  2 yaks (D:9)
  A giant toad (D:10)
  A wraith (D:10)
  2 war dogs (D:7)
  A giant blowfly zombie (D:7)
  A fire drake (D:12)
  2 necrophages
  5 orc warriors
  8 ogres
  An ice beast (D:5)
  Menkaure (D:7)
  2 phantoms
  5 centaurs
  15 big kobolds (D:6)
  3 giant frogs
  A giant frog zombie (D:9)
  2 earth elementals (D:10)
  A water moccasin (D:10)
  An electric eel (D:8)
  9 killer bees
  A giant beetle (D:10)
  A killer bee zombie (D:12)
  2 big kobold zombies
  2 imps
  A shadow (D:7)
  A hound zombie (D:6)
  10 hounds
  3 iguanas
  6 orc priests
  11 orc wizards
  2 scorpions
  7 giant ants
  Ijyb (D:7)
  8 gnolls
  10 snakes
  A green rat (D:3)
  6 worms
  A giant mite (D:6)
  A giant eyeball (D:6)
  3 giant geckos
  13 giant bats
  6 giant cockroaches
  10 goblins
  12 hobgoblins
  4 jackals
  33 kobolds
  36 orcs
  3 quokkas
  3 giant newts
  A hobgoblin zombie (D:7)
  12 rats
  2 small snakes
  2 toadstools
286 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  6 wolves
  22 war dogs
  A warg (D:7)
  39 hounds
  30 grey rats
  An orc (D:10)
  28 quokkas
  42 giant bats
  A goblin (D:1)
  52 jackals
  37 rats
  27 toadstools
286 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 605 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place   | Note
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     0 | D:1     | Akhier, the Draconian Wizard, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1     | Reached XP level 1. HP: 9/9 MP: 5/5
   211 | D:1     | Reached skill 2 in Summonings
   682 | D:1     | Reached XP level 2. HP: 12/14 MP: 5/7
   704 | D:1     | Reached skill 3 in Summonings
  1944 | D:2     | Found a snail-covered altar of Cheibriados.
  2065 | D:2     | Reached XP level 3. HP: 21/21 MP: 4/9
  2478 | D:3     | Found a gateway to a ziggurat.
  2506 | D:3     | Reached skill 4 in Summonings
  2886 | D:3     | Found a glowing drain.
  2927 | sewer   | Entered the sewers
  2952 | sewer   | Reached XP level 4. HP: 16/26 MP: 1/11
  3122 | sewer   | Reached XP level 5. HP: 14/32 MP: 1/12
  3133 | sewer   | Reached skill 5 in Summonings
  3314 | sewer   | Reached skill 6 in Summonings
  3512 | sewer   | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
  4368 | D:4     | Reached skill 7 in Summonings
  4455 | D:4     | Learned a level 3 spell: Call Canine Familiar
  4551 | D:4     | Reached XP level 6. HP: 38/38 MP: 2/14
  4748 | D:4     | Reached skill 4 in Spellcasting
  5141 | D:5     | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  5213 | D:5     | Reached skill 8 in Summonings
  6270 | D:6     | Your scales start taking on a fiery red colour.
  6270 | D:6     | Reached XP level 7. HP: 37/44 MP: 3/18
  6320 | D:6     | Reached skill 9 in Summonings
  6552 | D:7     | Noticed Joseph
  6881 | D:6     | Noticed a big kobold
  6890 | D:6     | Noticed a big kobold
  6890 | D:6     | Defeated a big kobold
  6891 | D:6     | Noticed a big kobold
  6895 | D:6     | Defeated a big kobold
  6898 | D:6     | Noticed a big kobold
  6901 | D:6     | Defeated a big kobold
  6902 | D:6     | Noticed a big kobold
  6905 | D:6     | Noticed a big kobold
  6915 | D:6     | Defeated a big kobold
  6930 | D:6     | Defeated a big kobold
  6931 | D:6     | Noticed a big kobold
  6935 | D:6     | Defeated a big kobold
  6939 | D:6     | Noticed a big kobold
  6941 | D:6     | Defeated a big kobold
  6948 | D:6     | Defeated a big kobold
  6961 | D:6     | Noticed a big kobold
  7010 | D:6     | Reached skill 2 in Dodging
  7034 | D:6     | Defeated a big kobold
  7075 | D:6     | Noticed a big kobold
  7086 | D:6     | Defeated a big kobold
  7115 | D:6     | Noticed a big kobold
  7119 | D:6     | Reached skill 5 in Spellcasting
  7120 | D:6     | Defeated a big kobold
  7120 | D:6     | Reached XP level 8. HP: 45/49 MP: 1/20
  7130 | D:6     | Noticed a big kobold
  7131 | D:6     | Reached skill 10 in Summonings
  7132 | D:6     | Noticed a big kobold
  7135 | D:6     | Noticed a big kobold
  7138 | D:6     | Defeated a big kobold
  7139 | D:6     | Defeated a big kobold
  7147 | D:6     | Defeated a big kobold
  7155 | D:6     | Noticed a big kobold
  7158 | D:6     | Defeated a big kobold
  7317 | D:7     | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
  7657 | D:6     | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  7677 | Temple  | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
  7773 | Temple  | Became a worshipper of Vehumet
  8168 | D:7     | Defeated Joseph
  8268 | D:7     | Reached skill 11 in Summonings
  8856 | D:7     | Acquired Vehumet's first power
  8936 | D:7     | Noticed Ijyb
  8944 | D:7     | Defeated Ijyb
  8976 | D:7     | Noticed Menkaure
  8984 | D:7     | Defeated Menkaure
  8984 | D:7     | Reached XP level 9. HP: 56/56 MP: 4/21
  9729 | D:8     | Noticed Erolcha
  9731 | D:8     | Reached XP level 8. HP: 52/52 MP: 19/20
  9789 | D:8     | Defeated Erolcha
  9789 | D:8     | Reached XP level 9. HP: 24/56 MP: 3/21
  9852 | D:8     | Reached skill 2 in Stealth
  9950 | D:8     | Reached skill 6 in Spellcasting
  9953 | D:8     | Reached skill 12 in Summonings
 10490 | D:10    | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
 10551 | D:9     | Noticed rupert's ghost
 11057 | D:10    | Found Kliaw's Armour Boutique.
 11080 | D:10    | Gained mutation: Your muscles are flexible (Dex +1), but weak (Str -1).
 11080 | D:10    | Gained mutation: You can spit poison.
 11080 | D:10    | Gained mutation: Your flesh is heat resistant.
 11081 | D:10    | Lost mutation: You can spit poison.
 11081 | D:10    | Lost mutation: Your muscles are flexible (Dex +1), but weak (Str -1).
 11081 | D:10    | Lost mutation: Your flesh is heat resistant.
 11122 | D:10    | Gained mutation: You have supernaturally acute eyesight.
 11427 | D:10    | Reached skill 13 in Summonings
 11902 | D:10    | Learned a level 4 spell: Summon Elemental
 11904 | D:10    | Noticed an earth elemental
 11913 | D:10    | Defeated an earth elemental
 12005 | D:10    | Noticed an earth elemental
 12040 | D:10    | Defeated an earth elemental
 12232 | D:11    | Reached XP level 10. HP: 51/61 MP: 3/23
 12237 | D:11    | Acquired Vehumet's second power
 12241 | D:11    | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
 12545 | Orc:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
 12672 | Orc:1   | Noticed Erica
 12683 | Orc:1   | Defeated Erica
 13164 | D:12    | Killed from afar by a fire drake
Edit: just looked through my equipment and noticed I had the wrong ring on. I thought I had sustenance on but instead I had ice which is not good for fighting fire type creatures at all.

[Grendus]

So after losing my death knight to the orc mines (got through the first level, but got swarmed on the second) I created a vampire chaos knight. Now that I've leveled, I can't figure out how to turn into a bat. I know I have to be satiated or hungry to use it, but the help file says to use the 'a' key. All I can cast from there though is inflict pain from Makhleb.

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

The thread has mostly devolved into here is how my promising character's have died(stupidly) lets all be passive-aggressive about it and complain. I read about when the tournament was happening, when will there be another?

[LASD]

The thread has mostly devolved into here is how my promising character's have died(stupidly) lets all be passive-aggressive about it and complain. I read about when the tournament was happening, when will there be another?

It's in August every year. Only four months away and I promised I'd win before that so I could do it in the tournament! Eeep. What I've managed this far is losing my touch completely and dying at few hundred points repeatedly.

But oh yeah, regarding the tournament, I mentioned it (amongst other cool things I have been able to take part in through the forums) to Toady in my donation e-mail some months ago and the short exchange went like this, which was fun to hear:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

> as well as captaining the great Bay12Dwarfs Dungeon Crawl Team to a
> 5th place finish in the Dungeon Crawl tournament in August.
> (http://crawl.akrasiac.org/tourney09/overview.html)

Ooo, you guys got the most high scores too. I used to be able to get
a few runes in that game, but I suck at the new one for some reason.

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

That's cool, I did not know that Toady played Crawl. Hope I can get a win in myself by August. My only problem is my Obsession with summoning magic which oddly works better with wizards than actual summoners.

[G-Flex]

Works better than summoners? How so? I'm curious. Maybe it's because wizards are more likely to have high Spellcasting (less food) and more backup spells?


I've been trying to play as a deep elf wizard, which seems like a great combination in general. I swear, though, that I would die like crazy if it weren't for Mephitic Cloud. Seriously, that winds up being my main spell against anything that isn't undead/poison-resistant.

Conjure Flames is great as a defensive spell, too. I like to screw around by casting Conjure Flames on either side of a monster in a narrow passage, then either crush him with other spells, or confuse him with Mephitic Cloud and watch him wander into a raging fire.

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

Its because a wizard gets 5 starting mana instead of the 3 with summoner so early game its easier to swarm with spammals and makes it so that death from jackals and other groups is harder. Yes you may only have the spammels and the canines but early game both of those are about all you need and the canine summon spell actually works better then imps because red imps blink and thus they might decide to not be between you and the thing that wants to kill you. the starting book for a summoner is

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  The Book of Callings
Spells                         Type                            Level
a - Summon Small Mammals Summoning                 1
b - Sticks to Snakes         Transmutation/Summoning 2
c - Call Imp                 Summoning                  3
d - Summon Elemental         Summoning                 4
e - Summon Scorpions            Summoning/Poison         4
f - Summon Ice Beast         Summoning/Ice                 4 And if you choose summoning for a wizard you start with this

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  The Book of Minor Magic [summ]
Spells                         Type            Level
a - Magic Dart                 Conjuration 1
b - Summon Small Mammals Summoning       1
c - Blink                 Translocation 2
d - Repel Missiles       Enchantment/Air 2
e - Slow                 Enchantment 3
f - Call Canine Familiar Summoning 3
g - Mephitic Cloud         Conj/Poison/Air 3
Edit: also I don't learn any other spell beside the summoning ones. This is because mephitic cloud has 3 skills to it and none of them are summoning so that will really spread you out. Its better to specialize early on and at ~ level 8 summoning skill spammals summons 2 creatures and the canine almost never summons hostile at that point.