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[G-Flex]

Teleportis is probably the worst mutation possible.

Unless you have teleport control!


But yeah, the thing that kills me more than than most other things is that I simply forget what I have available. I've died from powerful creatures with four scrolls of goddamn Blinking in my backpack, for instance. So whenever you're in a jam, just examine your inventory, spells, and abilities. Make sure you aren't missing anything, and GTFO if you find something that'll help you do so.

[Robsoie]

That's a big problem of mine too, always after a monster kills or zap one of my character, i suddenly remember i had something that could have allowed me to escape.
I blame old age

I got one of my longest run ever, though my character "only" reached level 10, it was certainly the most intense.

It was a vampire necromancer.
I don't think any of my characters have been so near death but escaped and managed to get back into shape as much time as this one.
There's so many battles in which i saw this character death that i was always surprised to have him surviving, very often it was at 2 or 3 health points.
I think learning Regeneration from the necromancy book was actually what allowed this character to go that far.
How many time being sick and poisonned was going to kill him, just to have the vampire being saved by casting many regeneration spell (as each of them have a small turn duration), often being near to be out of magic point, until the poison worn off.

And out of that extremely usefull Regeneration spell, what got him that far is the fact he found many wands, only one of those wands was of an unknown usage (i saw it was a wand of digging in the morgue log).
Without those wands, there is no way i could have beaten some packs of monsters and the most resistant named guys with my necromancer.

But in the same time i don't remember being under assault from that many named enemies, usually i meet 2 or 3 of them, but during this run that"s 7 or 8 of them that crossed my path (and one that manage to kill my character in the end, she was blinking like crazy while hammering my vampire necromancer with a holy weapon).

On top of that, one of my former character ghost was around too, an ex wizard that was not bad at all, there i was lucky that when i found him when i had a few strong zombies helping me. He zapped many of them to oblivion and badly wounded my vampire before he was took out.

I found plenty of stores, rare that i find that much, unfortunately there was very gold i found during that run (you can only love the random numbers, this time i find nearly no gold is the time i find lots of shops) the most interesting items were out of reach.
While my previous run got a simple level 5 character very rich, but there was no store to be found.

anyways, here is the log

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.6.0 character file.

5802 Necrotikus the Reanimator (level 10, 0/60 HPs)
             Began as a Vampire Necromancer on Apr 2, 2010.
             Was a Believer of Yredelemnul.
             Slain by Sonja
             ... wielding a +0,+3 orcish hammer of holy wrath
              (1 damage)
             ... on Level 11 of the Dungeon on Apr 3, 2010.
             The game lasted 01:13:55 (11654 turns).

Necrotikus the Reanimator (Vampire Necromancer) Turns: 11654, Time: 01:13:55

HP   0/60        AC  7     Str  7      Exp: 10/7840 (0), need: 3799
MP  21/21        EV 18     Int 20      God: Yredelemnul [**....]
Gold 314         SH  0     Dex 14      Spells:  5 memorised,  6 levels left

Res.Fire  : + . .   See Invis. : +   d - +1 dagger
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : .   f - +1 robe
Life Prot.: + + .   Conserve   : .   (no shield)
Res.Poison: +       Res.Corr.  : +   u - +2 helmet of the Four Stars {EV+2 Dam+4}
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   (no cloak)
Spirit.Shd: .                        h - +0 pair of gauntlets
Sust.Abil.: .       Rnd.Telep. : .   (no boots)
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   q - amulet of resist corrosion
Res.Rott. : +       Levitation : .   m - ring of fire
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .   i - +0,+4 ring of slaying

@: regenerating slowly, somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, quite
stealthy
A: see invisible, sharp teeth 3
a: Bat Form, Bottle Blood, Animate Remains, Recall Undead Slaves, Renounce
Religion


You were on level 11 of the Dungeon.
You worshipped Yredelemnul.
Yredelemnul was most pleased with you.
You were thirsty.

You visited 1 branch of the dungeon, and saw 11 of its levels.

You collected 294 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 d - a +1,+1 dagger (weapon)
Missiles
 o - 6 curare-tipped +4 needles
Armour
 a - a +0 robe
 f - a +1 robe (worn)
 h - a +0 pair of gauntlets (worn)
 u - the +2 helmet of the Four Stars (worn) {EV+2 Dam+4}
   (You found it on level 11 of the Dungeon)   
   It affects your evasion (+2).
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+4).
Magical devices
 k - a wand of digging (1)
 r - a wand of cold (0)
Scrolls
 c - a scroll of blinking
 e - 5 scrolls of remove curse
 g - 4 scrolls of detect curse
 j - a scroll of identify
 l - 4 scrolls of teleportation
 p - a scroll of fog
Jewellery
 i - a +0,+4 ring of slaying (left hand)
 m - a ring of fire (right hand)
 q - an amulet of resist corrosion (around neck)
Potions
 n - a potion of blood
 v - a potion of agility
Books
 b - a book of Necromancy   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   *Pain                              Necromancy                   1
   *Animate Skeleton                  Necromancy                   1
   Vampiric Draining                  Necromancy                   3
   *Regeneration                      Enchantment/Necromancy       3
   *Dispel Undead                     Necromancy                   4
   *Animate Dead                      Necromancy                   4
   
 t - a book of Hinderance   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Confusing Touch                    Enchantment                  1
   Slow                               Enchantment                  3
   Confuse                            Enchantment                  3
   Petrify                            Enchantment/Earth            4
   


 You had 0 experience left.

   Skills:
 + Level 1 Fighting
 + Level 4 Short Blades
 + Level 7 Dodging
 + Level 6 Stealth
 + Level 1 Stabbing
 + Level 1 Unarmed Combat
 + Level 5 Spellcasting
 + Level 1 Enchantments
 + Level 13 Necromancy
 + Level 2 Evocations


You had 6 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power          Success   Level
a - Pain                  Necr           #####          Excellent   1
b - Animate Skeleton      Necr           N/A            Excellent   1
c - Regeneration          Ench/Necr      #####.....     Excellent   3
d - Animate Dead          Necr           N/A            Excellent   4
e - Dispel Undead         Necr           #######..      Excellent   4


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (11/27)               Orc (0/4) D:6         
Temple: D:4-7         Lair: D:8-13        Hive: D:11-16     

Altars:
Yredelemnul

Shops:
D:7: =/!/!


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You heal slowly.
You can bottle blood from corpses.
You have supernaturally acute eyesight.
You have razor-sharp teeth.




Right-click to toggle between mutations and properties depending on your
hunger status.


Message History

Sonja gestures wildly while chanting.
Sonja blinks!
Sonja hits you but does no damage.
Sonja hits you with an uncursed orcish hammer of holy wrath.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You convulse.
You die...

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You could see Sonja and a snake.

Vanquished Creatures
  Harold (D:10)
  Joseph (D:9)
  A troll (D:9)
  Prince Ribbit (D:9)
  A giant toad (D:10)
  2 hippogriffs
  A necrophage (D:8)
  The ghost of Falgaris the Ruinous, an average HEWz of Sif Muna (D:6)
  3 ogres
  An orc warrior (D:9)
  A black bear (D:4)
  A yellow wasp (D:11)
  3 ice beasts
  3 phantoms
  Menkaure (D:5)
  2 gila monsters
  Duvessa (D:5)
  A yellow wasp zombie (D:8)
  A big kobold (D:10)
  A giant frog (D:8)
  2 water moccasins (D:7)
  A wight (D:7)
  3 centaurs
  An imp (D:6)
  Dowan (D:5)
  An orc priest (D:6)
  2 giant beetles
  3 hounds
  A hound zombie (D:9)
  6 giant ants
  3 iguanas
  2 orc wizards (D:11)
  A jelly (D:9)
  Ijyb (D:5)
  A gnoll (D:8)
  2 snake zombies
  5 snakes
  5 giant mosquitos (D:5)
  A worm (D:11)
  A giant mite (D:4)
  A giant bat zombie (D:7)
  3 giant geckos
  An ooze (D:2)
  13 giant bats
  8 hobgoblins
  8 jackals
  17 kobolds
  20 orcs
  A quokka (D:4)
  A small snake (D:1)
  5 giant cockroaches
  2 giant newts (D:3)
  14 goblins
  14 rats
  2 ballistomycetes (D:9)
  2 toadstools (D:11)
183 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  A yak (D:10)
  2 orc warriors
  An ice beast (D:7)
  A crocodile (D:10)
  A hound (D:8)
  6 imps
  2 orc priests (D:11)
  A snake (D:2)
  A giant gecko (D:9)
  A giant bat (D:6)
  2 hobgoblins (D:6)
  A jackal (D:6)
  5 orcs
  A giant newt (D:6)
  A kobold (D:8)
  A ballistomycete (D:9)
28 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A small abomination (D:9)
  A hippogriff zombie (D:11)
  A yellow wasp zombie (D:11)
  A giant frog zombie (D:8)
  An imp (D:9)
  2 giant ant zombies (D:9)
  A worm zombie (D:11)
  A snake skeleton (D:8)
  A giant gecko skeleton (D:9)
  A giant mosquito zombie (D:5)
  2 giant newts
  A giant newt skeleton (D:7)
  2 giant spores (D:9)
  3 goblin skeletons
  2 jackal zombies (D:6)
  4 kobold zombies
  6 orc zombies
  A ballistomycete (D:9)
  4 plants (D:10)
36 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 247 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place   | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1     | Necrotikus, the Vampire Necromancer, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1     | Reached XP level 1. HP: 9/9 MP: 4/4
     2 | D:1     | Learned a level 1 spell: Animate Skeleton
   678 | D:1     | Reached XP level 2. HP: 3/14 MP: 4/5
  1067 | D:2     | Reached XP level 3. HP: 14/20 MP: 2/6
  1204 | D:2     | Reached skill 5 in Necromancy
  1665 | D:3     | Reached XP level 4. HP: 16/25 MP: 5/8
  2371 | D:4     | Reached skill 6 in Necromancy
  2396 | D:4     | HP: 1/25 [poison]
  2405 | D:4     | Learned a level 3 spell: Regeneration
  2477 | D:4     | HP: 1/25 [poison]
  2901 | D:4     | Reached XP level 5. HP: 24/31 MP: 10/10
  3082 | D:5     | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  3123 | D:5     | Reached skill 1 in Short Blades
  3143 | D:5     | Noticed Dowan
  3179 | D:5     | Noticed Menkaure
  3194 | D:5     | Reached XP level 6. HP: 13/36 MP: 6/12
  3204 | D:5     | Reached skill 7 in Necromancy
  3421 | D:5     | Found a basalt altar of Yredelemnul.
  3432 | D:5     | Became a worshipper of Yredelemnul the Dark
  3533 | D:5     | Learned a level 4 spell: Animate Dead
  3537 | D:5     | Noticed Ijyb
  3550 | D:5     | Defeated Ijyb
  3551 | D:5     | Noticed Duvessa
  3558 | D:5     | Defeated Duvessa
  3606 | D:5     | Defeated Dowan
  3944 | D:5     | Reached skill 8 in Necromancy
  4177 | D:5     | Reached XP level 7. HP: 42/42 MP: 13/13
  4378 | D:5     | Reached skill 1 in Enchantments
  4547 | D:5     | Defeated Menkaure
  4824 | D:5     | Reached skill 5 in Dodging
  4998 | D:6     | Noticed Falgaris' ghost
  5179 | D:6     | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
  5241 | D:6     | Acquired Yredelemnul's first power
  5319 | D:6     | Reached skill 9 in Necromancy
  5407 | D:6     | Defeated Falgaris' ghost
  5641 | D:7     | Found Plog's Distillery.
  5714 | D:7     | Reached XP level 8. HP: 16/47 MP: 8/17
  5941 | D:7     | Reached skill 5 in Stealth
  6042 | D:7     | Learned a level 4 spell: Dispel Undead
  6522 | D:7     | Found Dydwu's Magical Wand Shoppe.
  6543 | D:7     | Found Jyant's Jewellery Shoppe.
  6550 | D:7     | Reached skill 1 in Stabbing
  6817 | D:7     | Reached skill 10 in Necromancy
  6919 | D:7     | Found Keanedda's Magical Wand Boutique.
  6958 | D:7     | Found Brics' Distillery.
  7348 | D:8     | Reached XP level 9. HP: 14/53 MP: 3/18
  7717 | D:8     | Reached skill 11 in Necromancy
  8241 | D:9     | Noticed Blork the orc
  8259 | D:9     | Acquired Yredelemnul's second power
  8306 | D:9     | Noticed Joseph
  8328 | D:9     | Noticed Prince Ribbit
  8340 | D:9     | Defeated Prince Ribbit
  8821 | D:9     | Defeated Joseph
  8909 | D:9     | Reached skill 1 in Evocations
  8984 | D:9     | Reached skill 12 in Necromancy
  9412 | D:9     | Reached skill 1 in Fighting
  9489 | D:10    | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
  9966 | D:10    | Noticed Harold
  9980 | D:10    | Defeated Harold
  9980 | D:10    | Reached XP level 10. HP: 11/60 MP: 13/20
 10821 | D:11    | Got a faintly glowing helmet
 10822 | D:11    | Identified the +2 helmet of the Four Stars (You found it on level 11 of the Dungeon)
 10959 | D:11    | Reached skill 13 in Necromancy
 11341 | D:11    | Reached skill 5 in Spellcasting
 11351 | D:11    | Noticed Sonja
 11355 | D:11    | HP: 1/60 [orc priest/divine providence (11)]
 11653 | D:11    | HP: 3/60 [Sonja/uncursed orcish hammer of holy wrath (1)]
 11654 | D:11    | HP: 1/60 [Sonja/uncursed orcish hammer of holy wrath (2)]
 11654 | D:11    | Slain by Sonja
And surprisingly no Sigmund.

[Kagus]

Ouch, 1 point of damage...   That's just adding insult to, well, death.

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

Finding a bow of reaping = awesome
Forgetting that your dagger is "of distortion" = abyss = death

[quinnr]

I still love transmuters.

EAT STEAM!

What style has the best chance of spells succeding on transmuter?

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

Concentrate on transmuting skill until its at a decent level and wear stuff like robes if you can help it to decrease spell failure. The best robe is the elven which does better then any other barring racial preference(of course this means elves have it even better).

[beorn080]

Well, it depends. If your undead, focus on the offensive spells like evaporate. If your not undead, Blade Hands. From what I've read on the wiki, Blade Hands can be one of the most powerful attacks in the game. Just, watch out for hydras. You can't put a flame brand on your hands.

[Akigagak]

If you had enchantment spells, could you enchant your blade-hands with fire?

[Mr.Person]

If you had enchantment spells, could you enchant your blade-hands with fire?

Nope, you're better off using Bat-form to run away if you meet a hydra. Come back when you've learned Shatter, the best spell in the game. Don't believe me? Fire up wizard mode. One cast will do a ton of irresistible, undodgable damage to every enemy in LoS. It's enough that three castings will kill Pand Lords, pretty much guaranteed.

[Nikinyo]

Well... it could be more prudent to just blast hydras with wands or ranged weapons.

Anyway, I'm playing as a Draconian Wanderer and I just encountered a hippogriff upon entering Dungeon:4. Quite out of its depth. I managed to hack it to bits by quaffing a potion of might, but that was quite luck-dependent fight. 

[Akigagak]

I  have just come to the realization that I might have made slightly too many Deep Elf Wizard-conjurers. It's not rare for me to meet to ghosts of at one or two per game, which results in hilarious Spammal/Canine fights.
Also, 5 bats at level 7 summoning can easily take an ogre. Once you hit Level 5 Summoning, you can get a decent army out in about 4 rounds, then add dog support endlessly.

[Mr.Person]

I  have just come to the realization that I might have made slightly too many Deep Elf Wizard-conjurers. It's not rare for me to meet to ghosts of at one or two per game, which results in hilarious Spammal/Canine fights.
Also, 5 bats at level 7 summoning can easily take an ogre. Once you hit Level 5 Summoning, you can get a decent army out in about 4 rounds, then add dog support endlessly.

You can pussy out like me by going into your "Saves" folder and deleting any files named "bones".

[debvon]

You can pussy out like me by going into your "Saves" folder and deleting any files named "bones".

I do this sometimes.. and I sort of feel bad about it, but not really. I mean most of the time running into a ghost means skipping the level, it's completely ridiculous. Specially when the ghost is of a lower level character than you and it STILL ravages you with a single hit.

Maybe I'm just doing something wrong.

[Akigagak]

Maybe all of the ghosts skills level up once or twice. Summoners definitely spam more mammals. I had DeepElf, who died at Summoning 4, but when I met the git later, he was summoning two at a time.

[beorn080]

I'm not sure what it is, but I do know that ghosts are far stronger then the player that died. They don't have spell failure, and I think they cast any spell they know at the monster power level, even if they are level one.