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[Ahra]

i didnt see him

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.8.1 character file.

149 Malleus the Skirmisher (level 4, -2/36 HPs)
             Began as a Hill Orc Fighter on July 1, 2011.
             Slain by Sigmund
             ... wielding a +2,+2 scythe of reaching
              (8 damage)
             ... on Level 3 of the Dungeon.
             The game lasted 00:09:17 (1967 turns).

Malleus the Skirmisher (Hill Orc Fighter)                                                                           Turns: 1967, Time: 00:09:17

HP  -2/36        AC  7     Str 20      Exp: 4/89 (0), need: 51
MP   2/2         EV  5     Int  5      God:
Gold 87          SH 17     Dex 10      Spells:  0 memorised,  3 levels left

Res.Fire  : x . .   See Invis. : .    o - +0,+1 orc mace
Res.Cold  : + . .   Warding    : . .  b - +0 orc scale mail
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .    c - +0 orc shield
Res.Acid. : . . .   Res.Corr.  : .    (no helmet)
Res.Poison: .       Clarity    : .    (no cloak)
Res.Elec. : .       Spirit.Shd : .    (no gloves)
Sust.Abil.: . .     Stasis     : .    n - +0 pair of orc boots
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .    (no amulet)
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .    (no ring)
Saprovore : + . .   Ctrl.Flight: .    i - ring of ice

@: slightly resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: saprovore 1
a: no special abilities


You were on level 3 of the Dungeon.
You were not hungry.

You visited 1 branch of the dungeon, and saw 3 of its levels.

You collected 67 gold pieces.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a +0,+0 orcish mace
 k - a +0,+0 elven dagger (quivered)
 o - a +0,+1 orcish mace (weapon)
 p - a +1,+0 spear
 s - a -1,+0 orcish hand axe
 t - a +0,+0 sabre
Armour
 b - a +0 orcish scale mail (worn)
 c - a +0 orcish shield (worn)
 f - a +0 pair of boots
 j - a +0 robe
 n - a +0 pair of orcish boots (worn)
 q - a +0 ring mail
Comestibles
 d - 2 meat rations
Scrolls
 e - 3 scrolls of detect curse
 g - 2 scrolls of remove curse
 h - 2 scrolls of identify
 l - 3 scrolls of recharging
 r - a scroll of enchant weapon II {unknown}
Jewellery
 i - a ring of ice (left hand)
Potions
 u - a potion of mutation {unknown}


 You had 0 experience left.

   Skills:
 + Level 3 Fighting
 + Level 3 Maces & Flails
 + Level 3 Armour
 + Level 2 Shields


You had 3 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (3/27)           

Altars:


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You can tolerate rotten meat.


Message History

The puff of flame hits you! The fire burns you terribly!
You hear some strange, mumbled words.
The puff of flame hits you! The fire burns you terribly!
Your scroll of enchant weapon I catches fire!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
It hits you!
You die...

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There were no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  A snake (D:2)
  A worm (D:2)
  A giant gecko (D:2)
  An ooze (D:1)
  7 giant cockroaches
  5 hobgoblins
  6 megabats
  3 giant newts
  5 goblins
  7 kobolds
  8 rats
  A small snake (D:1)
46 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  2 toadstools (D:1)
2 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 48 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
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     0 | D:1      | Malleus, the Hill Orc Fighter, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 16/16 MP: 0/0
   348 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 17/23 MP: 1/1
   832 | D:1      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 29/29 MP: 1/1
  1637 | D:2      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 36/36 MP: 2/2
  1952 | D:3      | Noticed Sigmund
  1967 | D:3      | Slain by Sigmund

[netbook]

Once I reached floor 7, i kept dying.
 

[ggeezz]

Well, that was a promising OcVM.  I was pretty lucky clearing the Swamp then Shoals down to level 5 considering I only had an AC of 1.  But unlucky not to find a ring of poison resistance.  I opened the door to a vault prepared for whatever was inside: Siren, Mermaids, Merfolk, and a Snapping Turtle.  No big deal with my spells ;-)  I cast Mephitic Cloud, then the Siren sucks me into it.

Why didn't I consider that possibility?

[Ahra]

huh dont fight ogres?

[Kay12]

Ogres hit hard, but are definitely beatable. Spellcasters might want to try mephitic cloud or simple nuking, while fighters that can survive a few hits can deal enough damage without any extra tricks.

[debvon]

corrected. >.<  for the love of the dungeon, Grinder, stop mass enchanting pain! i don't want to have to roll a mummy or undead to kill you, then have to face the ghost of said mummy or undead!

I don't think that undead characters leave ghosts when they die 

[Leafsnail]

Yeah, there's nothing particularly dangerous about ogres except that they occasionally hit pretty hard (ie hard enough to one hit a low levelled or frail character - and since if you die it's game over, you can't afford to take the risk).  I find spell casters can usually gun them down before they come into melee range though.

[Kay12]

Yeah, and if one wants to be sure, mephitic cloud works miracles.

[Robsoie]

Usually, at the level a fighter character (i don't count berzerker in it, they can kill everything, unique or Ogre in front of them when going berzerk at low level)  is the 1st time he meets an Ogre, it is able to kill your character in 1 or 2 hits, so either use a wand to attack it from afar, or go away.

After gaining a few more levels, you should be able to kill Ogre easily, but the few first Ogres you may meet, if you don't have ranged attack (wand/sling/bow/spells/etc..), better run to not ruin your character.

With time i learned that to have a character surviving in Crawl, you must not take a risk, because the randomness of Crawl will bite you half of the time when you do so leading to a character demise.
Only take a risk when there is no other choice or if the reward is highly worth the risk of losing the character.

[Ahra]

it was 3 tiles away, the first time i met one, i was pinned to the wall/in an corner. 3 hits. my hand in my face.

[Kay12]

Yeah, they hit hard, but are made of glass. It's a matter of killing them before they kill you, and this might be hard for a melee-only character.

[Kay12]

Pretty lame fate. Spend a long time grinding stats for an undead character, get interested in a certain aspect of monster generation, browse the code, after searching for a while, get the great idea that "hey, an IDE could help me find these!". Open the project with an IDE. IDE cleans and remakes WITHOUT asking for permission. A level 2 Hill orc crusader save replaces my glorious vampire!

EDIT: Vamp's back. And I'm backing up this save in 3 different locations, not for scumming but to avoid further IDE-induced mental blasts.

[freeformschooler]

I've spend some time playing fighter type characters. The most frustrating part of full-on melee classes is that at the outset you rely way too much on luck. Get a cursed weapon? For a mage, just invent to ways to troll with spells until you find the scroll. Get surrounded by 8 orc warriors, none of which any somewhat lucky regular fighter character could take. However, for a mage, just Spark or Meph or whatever you have away! You don't even have to touch tiles.

All sorts of situations like this. My normal approach: minmax my skills for both the moment and future, autoexplore and defeat everything, hit and run when too hard -- they're useless here. What am I supposed to do when stuck in a hallway in the early game between two enemies who I know I can't melee, who I don't have any spells to combat or weaken, and don't have the god superpowers to break through? I'm probably playing it wrong, but pure melee seems pretty tough.

[tomas1297]

 Mages have the most frustrating early game. Ice Mage? whoops, here come the Frozen Beasts! Don't have mephitic cloud yet? Gnoll feeding time! Etc., etc...

[freeformschooler]

Yeah, IEs and EEs certainly have the hardest. However, Air Elementalists have one of the easiest early games, due to certain races being optimized for them in general, and their first, overpowered spell you might see use of far into the midgame: Spark.