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[RandomNumberGenerator]

Hmm... I need some advice. I'm playing a Dark Elf Reaver right now, and I just ran into my first bazaar ever on D:12. I entered and started looking around; there are some nice things like mottled dragon armour and even the Book of Annihilations. Unfortunately, I don't have enough money for those. What I do have enough money for is a A Crystal Ball of Seeing + Assorted scrolls & potions(Blink, Healing, etc., or forgoing those lesser scrolls for a single Enchant Weapon III) or an artifact ring "Shaolin" that gives +8 Evasion and a pear. The ring is very fancy indeed, but what does the ball of seeing do? I've never seen anything like it, and you know what they say "Knowledge = Power".

[Dr.Feelgood]

Water walking makes clearing the shoals a breeze. All those javelins make great gifts for my followers. I now have 4 warlords and 6 knights. I'm going to try to get the rest of my knights promoted before heading to Zot.

The ring is very fancy indeed, but what does the ball of seeing do? I've never seen anything like it, and you know what they say "Knowledge = Power".

Evocable magic mapping. Don't use it unless you have 10 or higher Evocation skill. Side effects include confusion, feeling stupid, and being drained of MP.

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.7.1-1-g7ce9b19 character file.

1417398 Demos the Severer (level 27, 234/234 HPs)
             Began as a Hill Orc Priest on Sept 13, 2010.
             Was the Champion of Beogh.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 3 runes (of 3 types) on Sept 16, 2010!
             
             The game lasted 10:32:21 (84539 turns).

Demos the Severer (Hill Orc Priest)      Turns: 84539, Time: 10:32:21

HP 234/234       AC 31     Str 29      Exp: 27/865307 (14573)
MP  31/31        EV 12     Int 10      God: Beogh [******]
Gold 4266        SH 47     Dex 13      Spells:  0 memorised, 28 levels left

Res.Fire  : + + +   See Invis. : +   c - Orb of Zot
Res.Cold  : + + .   Warding    : +   E - +2 gold dragon armour
Life Prot.: + + +   Conserve   : +   m - +3 dwarf large shield
Res.Poison: +       Res.Corr.  : +   Y - +2 helmet {SInv}
Res.Elec. : +       Clarity    : .   N - +2 cloak {rCorr, Cons}
Spirit.Shd: .       Stasis     : .   s - +2 pair of gauntlets {Dex+3}
Sust.Abil.: . .     Rnd.Telep. : .   y - -3 pair of boots of Idealism {rF+}
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   M - amulet of warding
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .   j - ring "Psydyot" {rElec rPois rN+ EV+4 Str+1
Saprovore : + . .   Ctrl.Flight: .   K - ring "Bruprem" {rF+ rC+ rN+ EV+5}

@: very slightly glowing, somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments,
extremely unstealthy
A: water walking, saprovore 1
a: Smiting, Recall Orcish Followers, Renounce Religion


You escaped.
You worshipped Beogh.
Beogh was exalted by your worship.
You were very full.

You visited 10 branches of the dungeon, and saw 70 of its levels.
You visited 2 bazaars.
You visited 3 portal chambers: sewer, bailey, wizlab.

You collected 8379 gold pieces.
You spent 4133 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 d - a +2 blowgun
 q - a +6,+6 broad axe of flaming
 C - the +6,+9 crossbow "Hellfire" {flame, rF++ rC- MR}
   (You took it off a yaktaur on level 8 of the Vaults)   
   It turns projectiles fired from it into bolts of flame.
   It greatly protects you from fire.
   It makes you vulnerable to cold.
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
 H - the +5,+2 hammer "Spider's Regret" {crush, rC- EV+5}
   (You found it on level 8 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   It inflicts extra damage upon your enemies.
   It affects your evasion (+5).
   It makes you vulnerable to cold.
 J - the +4,+3 sabre of Trog's Delight {slice, +Blink +Rage +Inv Str+4 SInv}
   (You found it on level 7 of the Dungeon)   
   It inflicts extra damage upon your enemies.
   It affects your strength (+4).
   It enhances your eyesight.
   It lets you turn invisible.
   It lets you blink.
   It lets you go berserk.
Missiles
 b - 4 curare-tipped +4 needles
 i - 2 curare-tipped +0 needles
Armour
 m - a +3 dwarven large shield (worn)
 s - a +2 pair of gauntlets of dexterity (worn)
 y - the cursed -3 pair of boots of Idealism (worn) {rF+}
   (You found it on level 21 of the Dungeon)   
   It protects you from fire.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 E - a +2 gold dragon armour (worn)
 N - a +2 cloak of preservation (worn)
 Y - a +2 helmet of see invisible (worn)
Comestibles
 u - 4 meat rations
 D - a royal jelly
Scrolls
 I - 9 scrolls of fog
 Q - 3 scrolls of blinking
Jewellery
 e - an uncursed amulet of resist mutation
 j - the ring "Psydyot" (right hand) {rElec rPois rN+ EV+4 Str+1}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 27 of the Dungeon)   
   [ring of evasion]
   It affects your evasion (+4).
   It affects your strength (+1).
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It protects you from poison.
   It protects you from negative energy.
 l - the ring "Ghuif" {+Inv MR}
   (You acquired it on level 2 of the Shoals)   
   [ring of protection from magic]
   It lets you turn invisible.
 K - the ring "Bruprem" (left hand) {rF+ rC+ rN+ EV+5}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   [ring of protection from fire]
   It affects your evasion (+5).
   It protects you from cold.
   It protects you from negative energy.
 L - the amulet "Lubbujibla" {Faith EV+3}
   (You found it on level 4 of the Snake Pit)   
   [amulet of faith]
   It affects your evasion (+3).
 M - an amulet of warding (around neck)
 O - the ring "Pseddeck" {EV+2 Int+1}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Vaults)   
   [ring of evasion]
   It affects your evasion (+2).
   It affects your intelligence (+1).
 P - the ring of Shaolin {EV+8}
   (You found it on level 8 of the Vaults)   
   [ring of evasion]
   It affects your evasion (+8).
 S - an uncursed ring of teleport control
 W - an uncursed ring of teleportation
Potions
 A - 13 potions of healing
 B - 2 potions of resistance
 X - a potion of cure mutation
Books
 h - An Early Guide to Spellcraft
   (You found it in Eringya's Formal Garden)   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Stone Arrow                        Conjuration/Earth            3
   Berserker Rage                     Enchantment                  3
   Confuse                            Enchantment                  3
   Poison Weapon                      Enchantment/Poison           3
   Vampiric Draining                  Necromancy                   3
   Spider Form                        Transmutation/Poison         3
   
 r - A Primer on the Arcane Arts
   (You found it in Eringya's Formal Garden)   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Throw Frost                        Conjuration/Ice              2
   Tukima's Vorpal Blade              Enchantment                  2
   Sublimation of Blood               Necromancy                   2
   Cure Poison                        Poison                       2
   Sticks to Snakes                   Transmutation/Summoning      2
   
 F - the Tome of Darkness
   (You found it in Eringya's Formal Garden)   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Animate Skeleton                   Necromancy                   1
   Pain                               Necromancy                   1
   Sublimation of Blood               Necromancy                   2
   Excruciating Wounds                Enchantment/Necromancy       5
   Cigotuvi's Degeneration            Transmutation/Necromancy     5
   
 G - the Incunabulum of Shifting Darkness
   (You found it on level 3 of the Snake Pit)   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Pain                               Necromancy                   1
   Evaporate                          Fire/Transmutation           2
   Twisted Resurrection               Necromancy                   5
   Simulacrum                         Ice/Necromancy               6
   Statue Form                        Transmutation/Earth          6
   
 V - a manual of Transmutations   
 Z - the Incunabulum of Enchanting Flight
   (You found it in Eringya's Formal Garden)   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Shock                              Conjuration/Air              1
   Swiftness                          Enchantment/Air              2
   Airstrike                          Air                          4
   Static Discharge                   Conjuration/Air              4
   Insulation                         Enchantment/Air              4
   Silence                            Enchantment/Air              5
   
Magical staves
 f - a -2 rod of demonology (10/10)
   (You found it on level 7 of the Lair of Beasts)
Orbs of Power
 c - the Orb of Zot (in hand)
Miscellaneous
 g - a barnacled rune of Zot
 w - a serpentine rune of Zot
 z - a silver rune of Zot
 U - a disc of storms


 You had 14573 experience left.

   Skills:
 + Level 18 Fighting
 - Level 19 Axes
 - Level 9 Throwing
 + Level 17 Armour
 - Level 3 Dodging
 - Level 1 Stealth
 - Level 4 Stabbing
 + Level 18 Shields
 + Level 9 Traps & Doors
 - Level 1 Spellcasting
 - Level 8 Invocations
 - Level 10 Evocations


You had 28 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.

The rest of the morgue file..

I entered Zot with 10 orcs and left with only 3. An electric golem killed 2 of my warlords instantly with one attack. The rest got killed in the ensuring battle when I forced my way into the Orb chamber. The ones who survived later died protecting me from various fiends on my way back up the dungeon.

[Robsoie]

Something i didn't knew, as the wiki does not mention it, while the bot does, but sadly understood after eating 7 chunks in a row while wearing an amulet of the gourmand and being very surprised despite not being hungry to start with that my character not reaching "full".

The amount of nutrition you get from meat depends on how long youve been wearing the amulet and slowly increases from 0 to full, resetting if you take off the amulet for even one turn. You will receive "satisfaction" type messages indicating how much nutrition you got.The full protection from contaminated meat also takes time to activate.

Very annoying when you have several interesting amulets and so often switch from one to another depending on the situation you are facing.

Oh and noticed that despite it is supposed to do it, the amulet of the gourmand does not protect me anymore from sickness when eating.
Is that something new to 0.7 ?

[beorn080]

Read the last part of your quoted section. Sickness protection takes time to ramp up too.

Congrats Dr. Feel.

[Mindmaker]

My mottled draconian level 10 transmuter found a bunch of yaks, bombarded them with potions and then started to chase the poisoned, confused and dying remainders down in spider form.
The last one turned around and killed me, before I could do anything.

That's not how it is supposed to work dammit!

[Robsoie]

So the sickness protection is reset too ?
Damn.

[Frumple]

Yeah, it is. The gourmand amulet's really, really useful, until you start running into situations where other amulets contribute to the short-term survival. Then it's not quite as useful.

What I'd like to know, though, is if the gourmand adjustment is based on passed turns or items ate. It'd be a lot easier to switch over to gourmand when the satiation hits full and loiter around a bit, then murder your way to a meal if it was simply turned based, I think. Sickness is a pain; even regen jewelery gets shut down, and stat loss is always an irritant...

[Robsoie]

According to the bot it's about the amount of time you wear it

[RandomNumberGenerator]

Found another artefact, a +3 cloak "Rocasof". Has rF+, Stlth++, and Curse. I'm guessing rF+ is Fire Resistance and Stlth++ is greatly improved stealth, but what does Curse do? It doesn't auto-curse, since I can put it on and take it off at will.

EDIT: Okay, now I'm in a labyrinth... I've found a zombie minotaur that was on an island in a sea of lava, which I killed with magic dart. Levitated over to it, picked up the loot that was lying around... and I'm not sure what to do now. Isn't the exit supposed to be near the minotaur? Or was the zombie minotaur just a decoy?

[Frumple]

Curse gives it a chance to re-curse on wearing, iirc. It's either that or randomly in a more general sense... but I'm 99.5% sure it's chance to curse on wearing. Probably the best cloak you'll find for a while, though, unless you've got other artifact cloaks.

Re: Minotaur -- every time I've noticed it, the escape hatch pops up right where the minotaur dies... I'd suggest checking the git stuff, m'self. Looks like one of the exit rooms that pops up with a minotaur zombie, there might be a live one still wandering around or something. Check the loot pile, then try looking around a titch more, I guess.

EDIT: Or rather, there's an exit with a minotaur zombie and a minivault with one. The minivault isn't the exit, so you might need to keep looking.

[Dr.Feelgood]

Sickness is a pain; even regen jewelery gets shut down, and stat loss is always an irritant...

Regeneration makes you recover from sickness faster.

Found another artefact, a +3 cloak "Rocasof". Has rF+, Stlth++, and Curse. I'm guessing rF+ is Fire Resistance and Stlth++ is greatly improved stealth, but what does Curse do? It doesn't auto-curse, since I can put it on and take it off at will.

EDIT: Okay, now I'm in a labyrinth... I've found a zombie minotaur that was on an island in a sea of lava, which I killed with magic dart. Levitated over to it, picked up the loot that was lying around... and I'm not sure what to do now. Isn't the exit supposed to be near the minotaur? Or was the zombie minotaur just a decoy?

Curse has a random chance of cursing your equipment. There's always a living minotaur guarding the exit.

[Deimos56]

Officially addicted to crawl.
Sadly haven't completed any runs, but I've died in the most interesting ways.

Edit: My Name is Ozymandius, King of Kings. Behold my works, ye mighty, and despair.

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1534 Ozymandius the Cutter (level 8, -1/57 HPs)
             Began as a Mummy Assassin on Sept 10, 2010.
             Was a Follower of Nemelex Xobeh.
             Slain by an orc warrior
             ... wielding a -1,+1 orcish short sword
              (8 damage)
             ... on Level 7 of the Dungeon.
             The game lasted 00:29:01 (5757 turns).

Ozymandius the Cutter (Mummy Assassin)      Turns: 5757, Time: 00:29:01

HP  -1/57        AC 10     Str 16      Exp: 8/1835 (259), need: 936
MP   7/7         EV  9     Int 10      God: Nemelex Xobeh [*.....]
Gold 250         SH  0     Dex 13      Spells:  0 memorised,  7 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : .   a - +2,+4 dagger (curse)
Res.Cold  : + . .   Warding    : .   n - +2 ring mail
Life Prot.: + + +   Conserve   : .   (no shield)
Res.Poison: +       Res.Corr.  : .   (no helmet)
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   d - +0 cloak
Spirit.Shd: .       Stasis     : .   h - +1 pair of gloves
Sust.Abil.: . .     Rnd.Telep. : .   p - +0 pair of orc boots
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   (no amulet)
Res.Rott. : +       Levitation : .   k - ring of protection from fire
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .   m - cursed ring of hunger

@: slightly resistant to hostile enchantments, unstealthy
A: in touch with death, cold resistance 1, life protection 3, poison
resistance, torment resistance
a: Draw One, Renounce Religion


You were on level 7 of the Dungeon.
You worshipped Nemelex Xobeh.
Nemelex Xobeh was most pleased with you.
You were not hungry.

You visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and saw 8 of its levels.

You collected 200 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a cursed +2,+4 dagger (weapon)
 b - a +0 blowgun
Missiles
 e - 10 poisoned +0 needles
 f - 3 curare-tipped +0 needles
Armour
 c - a +0 robe
 d - a +0 cloak (worn)
 h - a +1 pair of gloves (worn)
 n - a +2 ring mail (worn)
 p - a +0 pair of orcish boots (worn)
Magical devices
 g - a wand of paralysis (13)
Scrolls
 q - a scroll of random uselessness
Jewellery
 i - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 k - a ring of protection from fire (right hand)
 m - a cursed ring of hunger (left hand)
 r - an uncursed ring of ice {unknown}
Books
 j - a book of Spatial Translocations   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Apportation                        Translocation                1
   Portal Projectile                  Translocation                2
   Blink                              Translocation                2
   Recall                             Summoning/Translocation      3
   Teleport Other                     Translocation                4
   Control Teleport                   Enchantment/Translocation    4
   Teleport Self                      Translocation                5
   
 o - a book of Death   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Corpse Rot                         Necromancy                   2
   Lethal Infusion                    Enchantment/Necromancy       2
   Bone Shards                        Necromancy                   3
   Agony                              Necromancy                   5
   Bolt of Draining                   Conjuration/Necromancy       6
   
Miscellaneous
 l - a plain deck of escape {drawn: 4} {god gift}


 You had 259 experience left.

   Skills:
 + Level 4 Fighting
 + Level 4 Short Blades
 + Level 1 Throwing
 + Level 3 Armour
 + Level 3 Dodging
 + Level 2 Stealth
 + Level 2 Stabbing
 + Level 1 Unarmed Combat


You had 7 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (7/27)             Temple (1/1) D:5             Orc (0/4) D:7

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


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

Your flesh is vulnerable to fire.
Your flesh is cold resistant.
You are immune to negative energy.
Your system is resistant to poisons.
You are immune to unholy pain and torment.


Message History

Zapping: g - a wand of paralysis (14)
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f - orc
Aim: An orc, wielding a runed orcish short sword, and wearing an orcish ring mail
The orc suddenly stops moving! This wand has 13 charges left.
The orc warrior hits you with an orcish short sword!
You die...
Your body disappears without a glow.

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You could see an orc warrior and 4 orcs.

Vanquished Creatures
  Pikel (D:6)
  An ice beast (D:5)
  Menkaure (D:6)
  2 ogres
  A gila monster (D:5)
  Duvessa (D:6)
  A giant frog (D:6)
  The ghost of Jay the Poker, a weakling DSRe of Yredelemnul (D:3)
  A hound (D:4)
  2 hound skeletons (D:4)
  A giant ant (D:5)
  5 gnolls
  5 snakes
  3 giant geckos
  An ooze (D:1)
  3 giant cockroaches
  11 goblins
  13 hobgoblins
  9 jackals
  9 orcs
  3 quokkas
  13 giant bats
  7 giant newts
  2 hobgoblin zombies
  13 kobolds
  15 rats
  2 small snakes
  3 toadstools
130 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A slave (D:6)
  An iguana (D:6)
  An imp (D:6)
  2 gnolls (D:6)
  A giant cockroach (D:6)
  A hobgoblin (D:5)
  A jackal (D:5)
  A kobold (D:6)
  2 rats
  4 toadstools
15 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 145 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place   | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1     | Ozymandius, the Mummy Assassin, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1     | Reached XP level 1. HP: 13/13 MP: 0/0
   308 | D:1     | Reached XP level 2. HP: 12/18 MP: 1/1
   536 | D:1     | Reached skill 1 in Dodging
  1349 | D:2     | Reached XP level 3. HP: 18/25 MP: 2/2
  1974 | D:3     | Noticed Jay's ghost
  1985 | D:3     | Reached XP level 4. HP: 26/30 MP: 3/3
  2571 | D:3     | Defeated Jay's ghost
  2571 | D:3     | Reached XP level 5. HP: 35/37 MP: 4/4
  2882 | D:3     | Reached skill 3 in Short Blades
  2904 | D:3     | Reached skill 1 in Armour
  3410 | D:4     | Reached XP level 6. HP: 28/42 MP: 5/5
  3756 | D:4     | Reached skill 1 in Unarmed Combat
  3863 | D:5     | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  4105 | D:5     | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  4233 | Temple  | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
  4368 | Temple  | Became a worshipper of Nemelex Xobeh
  4419 | D:5     | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
  4583 | D:5     | Noticed a gila monster
  4603 | D:5     | Defeated a gila monster
  4879 | D:4     | Received a gift from Nemelex Xobeh
  5065 | D:6     | Reached XP level 7. HP: 29/50 MP: 6/6
  5086 | D:6     | Noticed Duvessa
  5086 | D:6     | Noticed Dowan
  5122 | D:6     | Acquired Nemelex Xobeh's first power
  5148 | D:6     | Reached skill 4 in Short Blades
  5207 | D:6     | Defeated Duvessa
  5277 | D:6     | Noticed Pikel
  5291 | D:6     | Defeated Pikel
  5291 | D:6     | Reached XP level 8. HP: 30/55 MP: 7/7
  5499 | D:6     | Noticed Menkaure
  5507 | D:6     | Defeated Menkaure
  5704 | D:7     | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
  5715 | D:7     | Noticed Ijyb
  5757 | D:7     | Slain by an orc warrior

My only regrets are that I didn't manage to succeed in learning any spells, impress my god, or find some plants for an early unarmed combat training session. Those would have helped a lot there towards the my end.
...And also that I didn't use the blowgun. I could stand to use more missile weapons.

[inaluct]

Isn't it Ozymandias?

Also, you dudes should totally try some ogres. They're pretty fun, once you get into playing them.

[RandomNumberGenerator]

Curse gives it a chance to re-curse on wearing, iirc. It's either that or randomly in a more general sense... but I'm 99.5% sure it's chance to curse on wearing. Probably the best cloak you'll find for a while, though, unless you've got other artifact cloaks.

Re: Minotaur -- every time I've noticed it, the escape hatch pops up right where the minotaur dies... I'd suggest checking the git stuff, m'self. Looks like one of the exit rooms that pops up with a minotaur zombie, there might be a live one still wandering around or something. Check the loot pile, then try looking around a titch more, I guess.

EDIT: Or rather, there's an exit with a minotaur zombie and a minivault with one. The minivault isn't the exit, so you might need to keep looking.

Okay, yeah. The zombie was just a minivault; I found the real minotaur deeper in. Oddly enough the zombie has better treasure(Well the minotaur had an artefact, but self-cursing platemail is not useful to a caster). The real one did indeed guard the escape hatch.

Now I'm tackling the hive. I don't have poison resistance, so I'm just spamming Mepitic Cloud everywhere. Works exceptionally well; I feel like one of those guys that sprays that medicated smoke into beehives to make the bees sleepy so that can safely collect the honey, except in this case it kills them instead of putting them to sleep; Vehumet demands no less.

[Deimos56]

Isn't it Ozymandias?

Most likely, yes.
I couldn't recall at the time.