I'm trying DJ's suggestion first, just for the heck of things.
I've made it to experience level 2, having found an uncursed mace early on. It's easy to kill things when you can bash their skulls in.
Managed to memorise Evaporation and Sticks to Snakes, so that's good.
...And I was retarded and tried to put on armor while under attack...
*Facepalm*
Let's try this again.
Edit: Here's the morgue/character file:
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.7.2 character file.
61 Durn the Insei (level 2, -3/16 HPs)
Began as a Sludge Elf Transmuter on Mar 11, 2011.
Slain by an orc
... wielding a -1,+2 orcish dagger
(5 damage)
... on Level 2 of the Dungeon.
The game lasted 00:07:05 (1913 turns).
Durn the Insei (Sludge Elf Transmuter) Turns: 1913, Time: 00:07:06
HP -3/16 AC 0 Str 10 Exp: 2/29 (0), need: 6
MP 3/3 EV 13 Int 14 God:
Gold 41 SH 0 Dex 14 Spells: 2 memorised, 1 level left
Res.Fire : . . . See Invis. : . h - +2,+0 mace
Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . (no armour)
Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . (no shield)
Res.Poison: . Res.Corr. : . (no helmet)
Res.Elec. : . Clarity : . (no cloak)
Spirit.Shd: . Stasis : . (no gloves)
Sust.Abil.: . . Rnd.Telep. : . (no boots)
Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . (no amulet)
Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . (no ring)
Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: . (no ring)
@: not resistant to hostile enchantments, unstealthy
A: no striking features
a: no special abilities
You were on level 2 of the Dungeon.
You were not hungry.
You visited 1 branch of the dungeon, and saw 2 of its levels.
You collected 21 gold pieces.
Inventory:
Hand weapons
f - a +0,+0 club
g - a +0,+0 knife
h - a +2,+0 mace (weapon)
l - a +0,+0 club
p - a +1,+0 dagger (quivered)
q - a +0,+0 short sword
r - a +0,+0 club
Missiles
b - 12 +0 elven arrows
Armour
c - a +0 elven robe
m - a +0 splint mail
t - a +0 scale mail
v - a +0 cloak
Scrolls
a - a scroll of teleportation {unknown}
j - 2 scrolls of remove curse {unknown}
o - 2 scrolls of detect curse {unknown}
s - 2 scrolls of identify {unknown}
Jewellery
k - an uncursed ring of poison resistance {unknown}
Potions
e - a potion of confusion
i - a potion of might {unknown}
n - a potion of brilliance {unknown}
u - a potion of healing {unknown}
Books
d - a book of Changes
Spells Type Level
Fulsome Distillation Transmutation/Necromancy 1
*Sticks to Snakes Transmutation/Summoning 2
*Evaporate Fire/Transmutation 2
Spider Form Transmutation/Poison 3
Ice Form Ice/Transmutation 4
Dig Transmutation/Earth 4
Blade Hands Transmutation 5
You had 0 experience left.
Skills:
+ Level 1 Fighting
+ Level 3 Dodging
+ Level 3 Unarmed Combat
+ Level 2 Spellcasting
+ Level 3 Transmutations
You had one spell level left.
You knew the following spells:
Your Spells Type Power Success Level
a - Evaporate Fire/Trmt ##........ Good 2
b - Sticks to Snakes Summ/Trmt ##........ Good 2
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (2/27)
Altars:
Message History
The orc hits you with a runed orcish dagger.
You continue putting on your splint mail.
The orc hits you with a runed orcish dagger.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You continue putting on your splint mail.
The orc hits you with a runed orcish dagger.
You die...
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You could see an orc and a giant bat.
Vanquished Creatures
A giant cockroach (D:1)
5 goblins
2 hobgoblins
3 kobolds
2 quokkas (D:2)
4 giant bats
A giant newt (D:1)
18 creatures vanquished.
Notes
Turn | Place | Note
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0 | D:1 | Durn, the Sludge Elf Transmuter, began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 12/12 MP: 1/1
724 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 12/16 MP: 2/3
807 | D:1 | Learned a level 2 spell: Evaporate
810 | D:1 | Learned a level 2 spell: Sticks to Snakes
1913 | D:2 | Slain by an orc