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[Man of Paper]

What is a GSC?

[frostshotgg]

Giant Spiked Club

[Niveras]

They should add a trueart GGCSSC: a giant giant-cave-spider spiked club. Probably something like -8 +8 and chance to fear when you swing.

[Tommy2U]

I found Trog to be better than Oki for ogres as far as god gifts go. You don't get so many useless gifts (some darts if you get Throwing to 8 or higher) and you're swimming in randart giant (spiked) clubs, some of which are actually useful.

[DemonOfWrath]

Well, just tried crawl again for the first time in around 6 months, and goddamn it. Rolled a Draconian Hunter by random (which was good, something I was used to), didn't die early on, got green (even better!), then on Lair 5 (or 6), Rupert.

Screw Rupert. In the time I'd stopped he'd been given the ability to confuse you by bloody shouting, if a berserking (the AI berserk which has no negative side-effects btw) dude with a great sword wasn't bad enough. Since I hadn't yet found a teleport scroll I had absolutely no chance at all.

I guess I now remember why I hadn't played crawl in 6 months.

[Graven]

Yeah Trog is better than Okawaru, but I keep rolling with the idea of doing extended. And abandoning Trog on an Ogre, without the chance to train spellcasting beforehand, does not sound like a good time to me. Trog is a seriously mad dude.

And Demon, I'm pretty sure Rupert always had the ability to confuse, it's just the shouting that's new. Or I might be completely wrong, of course, but I'm pretty sure I never felt confident fighting Rupert without MR.

[Antioch]

Partly because I was incredibly tired from all the Pan, partly because Torment can go fuck itself. Really bummed out, I could've escaped twenty times over, but I had been in similar situations quite often and never had a problem, so I stood and fought when I really should've bailed out. It was a fight against a fiend and a Hell sentinel, I got tormented several times in a row. Had 1 hp left at a point, no wand of healing, no potion of heal wounds, drunk a normal heal potion and then the Hell sentinel hellfired me.

Also I'm never, ever doing melee extended with anything other than a holy Exec axe, good god.

or a blessed +9,+9 triple sword?

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.12.1 (tiles) character file.

10355308 CPTANT the Conqueror (level 27, 263/263 (276) HPs)
             Began as a Hill Orc Gladiator on June 14, 2013.
             Was the Champion of the Shining One.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 15 runes on June 17, 2013!
             
             The game lasted 09:30:02 (163448 turns).

CPTANT the Conqueror (Hill Orc Gladiator)         Turns: 163448, Time: 09:30:02

HP 263/263 (276) AC 46     Str 33      XL: 27
MP  50/50        EV 19     Int 15      God: the Shining One [******]
Gold 14218       SH  0     Dex 14 (15) Spells:  4 memorised, 50 levels left

Res.Fire  : + + +   See Invis. : .   G - +9 Blessed Blade
Res.Cold  : + . .   Warding    : .   X - +6 gold dragon armour
Life Prot.: + + +   Conserve   : +   (no shield)
Res.Poison: +       Res.Corr.  : +   o - +1 helmet of Kliufyo {Dex+4 Int+4 Curse}
Res.Elec. : +       Clarity    : .   f - +2 cloak {rCorr, Cons}
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   c - +2 pair of gauntlets {Str+3}
Res.Mut.  : +       Stasis     : .   K - +0 pair of boots of Curiosity {+Blink rEle
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: x   U - amulet of Ryimag {rMut rF++ Dam+4}
Saprovore : + . .   Flight     : .   k - ring of teleport control
                                     w - ring of regeneration

@: very slightly contaminated, hasted, glowing, very quick, quite resistant to
hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: +10% mp, saprovore 1
a: Divine Shield, Cleansing Flame, Summon Divine Warrior, Renounce Religion,
Evoke Blink
}: 15/15 runes: decaying, slimy, silver, golden, iron, obsidian, icy, bone,
abyssal, demonic, glowing, magical, fiery, dark, gossamer


You escaped.
You worshipped the Shining One.
the Shining One was exalted by your worship.
You were not hungry.

You visited 18 branches of the dungeon, and saw 107 of its levels.
You visited Pandemonium 3 times, and saw 29 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 10 times.
You visited 1 bazaar.
You also visited: Trove, Sewer and Ice Cave.

You collected 18139 gold pieces.
You spent 3941 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 G - a +9,+9 Blessed Blade (weapon)
 Q - the +5,+10 great sword of Subjectivity {speed, rElec rF+ rN+}
   (You found it on level 5 of the Vaults)   
   
   Attacks with this weapon take half as long, but cause slightly less damage.
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It protects you from negative energy.
Missiles
 L - 7 javelins (quivered)
Armour
 c - a +2 pair of gauntlets of strength (worn)
 f - a +2 cloak of preservation (worn)
 g - a +1 pair of boots of flying
 o - the +1 helmet of Kliufyo (worn) {Dex+4 Int+4 Curse}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   It affects your intelligence (+4).
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
   It may recurse itself.
 K - the +0 pair of boots of Curiosity (worn) {+Blink rElec rF++ Str-1 Int+3 Acc+4}
   (You acquired it on level 16 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It affects your strength (-1).
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It affects your accuracy (+4).
   It greatly protects you from fire.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It lets you blink.
 X - a +6 gold dragon armour (worn)
Magical devices
 a - a wand of fireball (4)
 d - a wand of enslavement (9)
 e - a wand of digging (6)
 h - a wand of teleportation (5)
 l - a wand of heal wounds (6)
 z - a wand of heal wounds (5)
 N - a wand of teleportation (6)
 O - a wand of disintegration (10)
 Z - a wand of digging (15)
Comestibles
 r - 9 bread rations
Scrolls
 b - a scroll of recharging
 j - a scroll of remove curse
 x - 2 scrolls of magic mapping
 y - a scroll of fog
 I - 4 scrolls of fear
 P - a scroll of summoning
Jewellery
 i - an uncursed amulet of the gourmand
 k - a ring of teleport control (right hand)
 m - a +3 ring of intelligence
 q - the ring of Suspected Treachery {rElec rC+ MR Stlth++}
   (You took it off a balrug in Pandemonium)   
   
   [ring of protection from magic]
   It protects you from cold.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It makes you much more stealthy.
 w - a ring of regeneration (left hand)
 A - an uncursed ring of sustenance
 C - the ring of Pnea {Str+4 Dex+4 Acc+5}
   (You found it in Pandemonium)   
   
   [ring of dexterity]
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
   It affects your strength (+4).
   It affects your accuracy (+5).
 E - an uncursed amulet of clarity
 H - the ring of the Skies Above {rC+ MR Stlth++}
   (You found it on level 4 of the Abyss)   
   
   [ring of protection from magic]
   It protects you from cold.
   It makes you much more stealthy.
 J - an uncursed amulet of stasis
 M - the cursed ring of Sunlight {+Inv rC+}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Tomb of the Ancients)   
   
   [ring of invisibility]
   It protects you from cold.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 U - the amulet of Ryimag (around neck) {rMut rF++ Dam+4}
   (You found it on level 6 of the Pits of Slime)   
   
   [amulet of resist mutation]
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+4).
   It greatly protects you from fire.
Potions
 p - 3 potions of restore abilities
 s - a potion of brilliance
 v - 7 potions of might
 B - 5 potions of speed
 D - 3 potions of magic
 S - 4 potions of resistance
 V - 11 potions of curing
Orbs of Power
 n - the Orb of Zot


   Skills:
 O Level 27 Fighting
 O Level 27 Long Blades
 - Level 2,0 Throwing
 O Level 27 Armour
 O Level 27 Dodging
 - Level 0,7 Shields
 - Level 11,2 Traps
 - Level 2,3 Unarmed Combat
 - Level 20,8 Spellcasting
 - Level 23,2 Charms
 * Level 22,9 Translocations
 O Level 27 Invocations
 - Level 16,2 Evocations


You had 50 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       #######...   1%          2    None
b - Controlled Blink      Tloc           N/A          4%          7    ######.
c - Haste                 Chrm           #######..    1%          6    #####..
d - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          0%          2    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (27/27)            Temple (1/1) D:5             Orc (4/4) D:6
    Elf (3/3) Orc:4          Lair (8/8) D:13          Swamp (5/5) Lair:5
 Spider (5/5) Lair:4        Slime (6/6) Lair:8       Vaults (5/5) D:19
  Blade (1/1) Vaults:4      Crypt (5/5) Vaults:3       Tomb (3/3) Crypt:2
    Dis (7/7) Hell            Geh (7/7) Hell            Coc (7/7) Hell
    Tar (7/7) Hell            Zot (5/5) D:27       

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
the Shining One
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:5: [  D:9: (  D:13: ?  D:14: !  D:15: *  D:17: !**?  D:26: (  Orc:1: +  Orc:4: *?=[(  Elf:1: %  Vaults:2: %/*

Portals:
Hell: D:21 D:22* D:23 D:24 D:25 D:26 D:27
Abyss: D:21 D:22 D:24 D:25
Pandemonium: D:24 D:27

Annotations
D:9 exclusion: upstairs
D:23 exclusion: downstairs
Elf:2 exclusion: downstairs
Spider:4 exclusion: Roxanne, Roxanne
Vaults:1 exclusion: downstairs


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You can tolerate rotten meat.
You have an increased reservoir of magic (+10% MP).


Message History

(D) Dungeon        (T) Temple         (O) Orcish Mines   (E) Elven Halls   
(L) Lair           (S) Swamp          (N) Spider Nest    (M) Slime Pits     
(V) Vaults         (B) Hall of Blades (C) Crypt          (W) Tomb           
(U) Hell           (I) Dis            (G) Gehenna        (X) Cocytus       
(Y) Tartarus       (Z) Zot           
Where to? (* - list waypoints, Enter - D:2, ? - help)
There is an open door here.
You found a dart trap!
There is an open door here.
There is a stone staircase leading up here.
You climb upwards.
You sense a powerful magical force warping space.
There is a stone staircase leading down here.
There is a stone staircase leading up here.
You climb upwards.
You sense a powerful magical force warping space.
There is a stone staircase leading down here.
There is an open door here.
There is a staircase leading out of the dungeon here.
You have escaped!

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˜......##########.###.##### #.#.#.
?......#      #..<..#.....# #.#.#.
?......##########.#######.# #.....
?......#..'.............'.# #.#.#.
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?...........##.#####.###..# #.#.#.
..........>.'.........+..## #.#.#.
.......###.######.######.#  #.#.#.
.......# #.#.....@.....#.#  #.#.#.
......## #.######.######.####.#.#.
......#  #......#.#......)..(.#.##
......#  #.####.#.#.#########(#.#
......#  #.#  #.#+#.#########.#.#
......#  #.#  #...............#.#
......#  #.#  ####.##########.#.##
......#  #.#     #.#........#.#...
......#  #.#     #.#.#######...###
......#  #.#     #.#.....##.....##
......#  #.#     #.#######.8.^.8.#


There were no monsters in sight!


Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-18 | 19-21 | 22-24 | 25-27 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Falchion          |   188 |   209 |     4 |       |       |       |       |       |       ||   401
       Long sword        |       |       |   513 |  1606 |  1194 |   654 |       |       |       ||  3967
       Unarmed           |       |       |       |     3 |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     4
       Triple sword      |       |       |       |    54 |       |  1169 |  2109 |  1414 |  1726 ||  6472
       Scimitar          |       |       |       |    12 |    29 |    42 |    44 |     2 |       ||   129
       Blessed triple sw |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |  7387 ||  7387
       Great sword       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |  2808 ||  2808
 Fire: Crossbow          |       |     5 |     6 |    14 |       |       |       |       |       ||    25
       Blowgun           |       |       |       |       |       |     8 |    20 |       |       ||    28
Throw: Stone             |     1 |       |       |     4 |       |       |       |       |       ||     5
       Throwing net      |       |     3 |     1 |     5 |       |     4 |       |       |       ||    13
       Javelin           |       |       |       |       |       |     9 |    14 |       |    24 ||    47
 Cast: Haste             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    21 ||    21
       Blink             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
Invok: Heroism           |       |       |       |     3 |     2 |     5 |       |       |       ||    10
       Finesse           |       |       |       |       |       |     9 |     5 |       |       ||    14
       Cleansing Flame   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |   141 ||   142
       Summon Divine War |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    72 ||    72
       Divine Shield     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
 Abil: Evoke Flight      |       |       |       |       |     2 |     1 |     1 |     1 |     3 ||     8
       Stop Flying       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |     1 |       |     1 ||     3
       Evoke Blink       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    13 ||    13
Evoke: Wand              |     1 |     4 |     7 |    12 |    22 |    12 |     8 |    13 |    30 ||   109
       Miscellaneous     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
  Use: Scroll            |     8 |     1 |     1 |    30 |     7 |    13 |    19 |    14 |    74 ||   167
       Potion            |       |       |     7 |     9 |     6 |    11 |     9 |     9 |    38 ||    89
 Stab: Sleeping          |       |     1 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       ||     1
       Distracted        |       |       |     1 |       |       |       |       |       |     9 ||    10
       Held in net/web   |       |       |       |     2 |       |       |       |       |       ||     2
       Paralysed         |       |       |       |       |     3 |       |       |       |       ||     3
       Petrifying        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
       Fleeing           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     3 ||     3





[Man of Paper]

Every time someone wins, a small part of me dies.

[Graven]

Partly because I was incredibly tired from all the Pan, partly because Torment can go fuck itself. Really bummed out, I could've escaped twenty times over, but I had been in similar situations quite often and never had a problem, so I stood and fought when I really should've bailed out. It was a fight against a fiend and a Hell sentinel, I got tormented several times in a row. Had 1 hp left at a point, no wand of healing, no potion of heal wounds, drunk a normal heal potion and then the Hell sentinel hellfired me.

Also I'm never, ever doing melee extended with anything other than a holy Exec axe, good god.

or a blessed +9,+9 triple sword?

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.12.1 (tiles) character file.

10355308 CPTANT the Conqueror (level 27, 263/263 (276) HPs)
             Began as a Hill Orc Gladiator on June 14, 2013.
             Was the Champion of the Shining One.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 15 runes on June 17, 2013!
             
             The game lasted 09:30:02 (163448 turns).

CPTANT the Conqueror (Hill Orc Gladiator)         Turns: 163448, Time: 09:30:02

HP 263/263 (276) AC 46     Str 33      XL: 27
MP  50/50        EV 19     Int 15      God: the Shining One [******]
Gold 14218       SH  0     Dex 14 (15) Spells:  4 memorised, 50 levels left

Res.Fire  : + + +   See Invis. : .   G - +9 Blessed Blade
Res.Cold  : + . .   Warding    : .   X - +6 gold dragon armour
Life Prot.: + + +   Conserve   : +   (no shield)
Res.Poison: +       Res.Corr.  : +   o - +1 helmet of Kliufyo {Dex+4 Int+4 Curse}
Res.Elec. : +       Clarity    : .   f - +2 cloak {rCorr, Cons}
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   c - +2 pair of gauntlets {Str+3}
Res.Mut.  : +       Stasis     : .   K - +0 pair of boots of Curiosity {+Blink rEle
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: x   U - amulet of Ryimag {rMut rF++ Dam+4}
Saprovore : + . .   Flight     : .   k - ring of teleport control
                                     w - ring of regeneration

@: very slightly contaminated, hasted, glowing, very quick, quite resistant to
hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: +10% mp, saprovore 1
a: Divine Shield, Cleansing Flame, Summon Divine Warrior, Renounce Religion,
Evoke Blink
}: 15/15 runes: decaying, slimy, silver, golden, iron, obsidian, icy, bone,
abyssal, demonic, glowing, magical, fiery, dark, gossamer


You escaped.
You worshipped the Shining One.
the Shining One was exalted by your worship.
You were not hungry.

You visited 18 branches of the dungeon, and saw 107 of its levels.
You visited Pandemonium 3 times, and saw 29 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 10 times.
You visited 1 bazaar.
You also visited: Trove, Sewer and Ice Cave.

You collected 18139 gold pieces.
You spent 3941 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 G - a +9,+9 Blessed Blade (weapon)
 Q - the +5,+10 great sword of Subjectivity {speed, rElec rF+ rN+}
   (You found it on level 5 of the Vaults)   
   
   Attacks with this weapon take half as long, but cause slightly less damage.
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It protects you from negative energy.
Missiles
 L - 7 javelins (quivered)
Armour
 c - a +2 pair of gauntlets of strength (worn)
 f - a +2 cloak of preservation (worn)
 g - a +1 pair of boots of flying
 o - the +1 helmet of Kliufyo (worn) {Dex+4 Int+4 Curse}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   It affects your intelligence (+4).
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
   It may recurse itself.
 K - the +0 pair of boots of Curiosity (worn) {+Blink rElec rF++ Str-1 Int+3 Acc+4}
   (You acquired it on level 16 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It affects your strength (-1).
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It affects your accuracy (+4).
   It greatly protects you from fire.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It lets you blink.
 X - a +6 gold dragon armour (worn)
Magical devices
 a - a wand of fireball (4)
 d - a wand of enslavement (9)
 e - a wand of digging (6)
 h - a wand of teleportation (5)
 l - a wand of heal wounds (6)
 z - a wand of heal wounds (5)
 N - a wand of teleportation (6)
 O - a wand of disintegration (10)
 Z - a wand of digging (15)
Comestibles
 r - 9 bread rations
Scrolls
 b - a scroll of recharging
 j - a scroll of remove curse
 x - 2 scrolls of magic mapping
 y - a scroll of fog
 I - 4 scrolls of fear
 P - a scroll of summoning
Jewellery
 i - an uncursed amulet of the gourmand
 k - a ring of teleport control (right hand)
 m - a +3 ring of intelligence
 q - the ring of Suspected Treachery {rElec rC+ MR Stlth++}
   (You took it off a balrug in Pandemonium)   
   
   [ring of protection from magic]
   It protects you from cold.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It makes you much more stealthy.
 w - a ring of regeneration (left hand)
 A - an uncursed ring of sustenance
 C - the ring of Pnea {Str+4 Dex+4 Acc+5}
   (You found it in Pandemonium)   
   
   [ring of dexterity]
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
   It affects your strength (+4).
   It affects your accuracy (+5).
 E - an uncursed amulet of clarity
 H - the ring of the Skies Above {rC+ MR Stlth++}
   (You found it on level 4 of the Abyss)   
   
   [ring of protection from magic]
   It protects you from cold.
   It makes you much more stealthy.
 J - an uncursed amulet of stasis
 M - the cursed ring of Sunlight {+Inv rC+}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Tomb of the Ancients)   
   
   [ring of invisibility]
   It protects you from cold.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 U - the amulet of Ryimag (around neck) {rMut rF++ Dam+4}
   (You found it on level 6 of the Pits of Slime)   
   
   [amulet of resist mutation]
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+4).
   It greatly protects you from fire.
Potions
 p - 3 potions of restore abilities
 s - a potion of brilliance
 v - 7 potions of might
 B - 5 potions of speed
 D - 3 potions of magic
 S - 4 potions of resistance
 V - 11 potions of curing
Orbs of Power
 n - the Orb of Zot


   Skills:
 O Level 27 Fighting
 O Level 27 Long Blades
 - Level 2,0 Throwing
 O Level 27 Armour
 O Level 27 Dodging
 - Level 0,7 Shields
 - Level 11,2 Traps
 - Level 2,3 Unarmed Combat
 - Level 20,8 Spellcasting
 - Level 23,2 Charms
 * Level 22,9 Translocations
 O Level 27 Invocations
 - Level 16,2 Evocations


You had 50 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       #######...   1%          2    None
b - Controlled Blink      Tloc           N/A          4%          7    ######.
c - Haste                 Chrm           #######..    1%          6    #####..
d - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          0%          2    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (27/27)            Temple (1/1) D:5             Orc (4/4) D:6
    Elf (3/3) Orc:4          Lair (8/8) D:13          Swamp (5/5) Lair:5
 Spider (5/5) Lair:4        Slime (6/6) Lair:8       Vaults (5/5) D:19
  Blade (1/1) Vaults:4      Crypt (5/5) Vaults:3       Tomb (3/3) Crypt:2
    Dis (7/7) Hell            Geh (7/7) Hell            Coc (7/7) Hell
    Tar (7/7) Hell            Zot (5/5) D:27       

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
the Shining One
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:5: [  D:9: (  D:13: ?  D:14: !  D:15: *  D:17: !**?  D:26: (  Orc:1: +  Orc:4: *?=[(  Elf:1: %  Vaults:2: %/*

Portals:
Hell: D:21 D:22* D:23 D:24 D:25 D:26 D:27
Abyss: D:21 D:22 D:24 D:25
Pandemonium: D:24 D:27

Annotations
D:9 exclusion: upstairs
D:23 exclusion: downstairs
Elf:2 exclusion: downstairs
Spider:4 exclusion: Roxanne, Roxanne
Vaults:1 exclusion: downstairs


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You can tolerate rotten meat.
You have an increased reservoir of magic (+10% MP).


Message History

(D) Dungeon        (T) Temple         (O) Orcish Mines   (E) Elven Halls   
(L) Lair           (S) Swamp          (N) Spider Nest    (M) Slime Pits     
(V) Vaults         (B) Hall of Blades (C) Crypt          (W) Tomb           
(U) Hell           (I) Dis            (G) Gehenna        (X) Cocytus       
(Y) Tartarus       (Z) Zot           
Where to? (* - list waypoints, Enter - D:2, ? - help)
There is an open door here.
You found a dart trap!
There is an open door here.
There is a stone staircase leading up here.
You climb upwards.
You sense a powerful magical force warping space.
There is a stone staircase leading down here.
There is a stone staircase leading up here.
You climb upwards.
You sense a powerful magical force warping space.
There is a stone staircase leading down here.
There is an open door here.
There is a staircase leading out of the dungeon here.
You have escaped!

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There were no monsters in sight!


Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-18 | 19-21 | 22-24 | 25-27 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Falchion          |   188 |   209 |     4 |       |       |       |       |       |       ||   401
       Long sword        |       |       |   513 |  1606 |  1194 |   654 |       |       |       ||  3967
       Unarmed           |       |       |       |     3 |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     4
       Triple sword      |       |       |       |    54 |       |  1169 |  2109 |  1414 |  1726 ||  6472
       Scimitar          |       |       |       |    12 |    29 |    42 |    44 |     2 |       ||   129
       Blessed triple sw |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |  7387 ||  7387
       Great sword       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |  2808 ||  2808
 Fire: Crossbow          |       |     5 |     6 |    14 |       |       |       |       |       ||    25
       Blowgun           |       |       |       |       |       |     8 |    20 |       |       ||    28
Throw: Stone             |     1 |       |       |     4 |       |       |       |       |       ||     5
       Throwing net      |       |     3 |     1 |     5 |       |     4 |       |       |       ||    13
       Javelin           |       |       |       |       |       |     9 |    14 |       |    24 ||    47
 Cast: Haste             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    21 ||    21
       Blink             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
Invok: Heroism           |       |       |       |     3 |     2 |     5 |       |       |       ||    10
       Finesse           |       |       |       |       |       |     9 |     5 |       |       ||    14
       Cleansing Flame   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |   141 ||   142
       Summon Divine War |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    72 ||    72
       Divine Shield     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
 Abil: Evoke Flight      |       |       |       |       |     2 |     1 |     1 |     1 |     3 ||     8
       Stop Flying       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |     1 |       |     1 ||     3
       Evoke Blink       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    13 ||    13
Evoke: Wand              |     1 |     4 |     7 |    12 |    22 |    12 |     8 |    13 |    30 ||   109
       Miscellaneous     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
  Use: Scroll            |     8 |     1 |     1 |    30 |     7 |    13 |    19 |    14 |    74 ||   167
       Potion            |       |       |     7 |     9 |     6 |    11 |     9 |     9 |    38 ||    89
 Stab: Sleeping          |       |     1 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       ||     1
       Distracted        |       |       |     1 |       |       |       |       |       |     9 ||    10
       Held in net/web   |       |       |       |     2 |       |       |       |       |       ||     2
       Paralysed         |       |       |       |       |     3 |       |       |       |       ||     3
       Petrifying        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
       Fleeing           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     3 ||     3





You know what screw you Antioch, you could've at least had the sense to not roll an orc to further humiliate me 

Also damn, casting in a GDA? And some pretty intense gear, too. Sweet win!

You'll see, soon! Just a week to pass my last exam and you'll see! You'll ALL see!

[Datgum]

Every time someone has an extended victory in less time than it takes me to win with three runes, a small part of me cries.

FYP

[Man of Paper]

So, uh, first time playing Arcane Marksman (XL:9 DS with only two mutations so far: elongated toenails and protection from fire, but I got a +2 Cloak of Preservation off of Yiuf anyway).  Never realized how much power and mob control you have. A couple inner flames, one or two well placed shots, and bam. Hallway's blocked off, gibs everywhere, and I'm free to take pot shots through the fire (and flames). I'm enjoying this run so far. Finishing up D:8, going to go a few more floors and see if I can't get a crossbow from Oka before I try my hand at Orc.

[Roundabout Lout]

Haven't played this in a while, but I'm quickly becoming addicted again.

Only problem is that the tiles version of 12.2 is unbearable to play for me. The sprite for my character shows as a blank white mess, and turn by turn the game performance is terrible. Pushing 'o' for autoexplore can take a full minute when not seeing items or enemies.

I'm no stranger to playing roguelikes in ASCII, but the tiles version is too lovely not to use. Any ideas how to fix this? My KoAs would appreciate it.

[MaximumZero]

Haven't played this in a while, but I'm quickly becoming addicted again.

Only problem is that the tiles version of 12.2 is unbearable to play for me. The sprite for my character shows as a blank white mess, and turn by turn the game performance is terrible. Pushing 'o' for autoexplore can take a full minute when not seeing items or enemies.

I'm no stranger to playing roguelikes in ASCII, but the tiles version is too lovely not to use. Any ideas how to fix this? My KoAs would appreciate it.

I...have had none of those problems. Re-download? Maybe something got corrupted somewhere?

[thegoatgod_pan]

rant incoming: I realized I bitterly hate an aspect of Crawl, which surprised me because I am a mild sort.

I hate food.

Why is it there?

In nethack, food was an interesting minigame, it was scarse, you could starve (I did at least three times in my memory), and better yet, when you ate enemies, occasionally you would get an intrinsic. As you got better, you zero'd in on monsters that were good eating (floating eyes for telepathy, giants for strength, dragons for surviving dragons). You even had interesting situations when you would desperately try to eat (or better yet, can) one fresh corpse before it rotted while getting swarmed.

It also limited spellcasting which was otherwise completely overpowered and easy.  It also prevented camping a layer indefinitely for spawns.

Now, DCSS.  Food does nothing and adds no intrinsics.

 It is so plentiful that I end up dumping piles of fruit and rations into my stash.  Edible monsters are everywhere. Starving only happens when harpies attack before you are ready. Of course, then you inevitably starve because apparently a hardened adventurer needs to eat a full steak every 20 minutes.

Food does little to prevent camping, because, as i mentioned, it is plentiful. On the other hand, there are functions in place to prevent camping, since layers will spawn out-of-depth monsters when you hang out too long.

Food apparently manages and restricts spellcasting. Spellcasting is thus managed and restricted by A. mana, B. Food C. Intelligence and D. Spellcast failure rate. It is so nerfed compared to Nethack, most people seem to use 2-3 spells: namely Haste, mephitic cloud, (fire/poison/frost) cloud. Every other interesting spell is not viable because A. you won't ever succeed in casting it. B. if you do, you will be out of mana C. you'll be starving. again.

Conversely, melee is "managed and restricted" by hitting tab a lot. and sometimes drinking a potion.

Why does spellcasting need the added restriction of hunger when it is already nerfed by mana and other factors that make it hard for newer players?

Why does it need food, the least nerfy or nerfs, which basically means that casting interesting spells is not just mana draining and difficult but also makes you hungry. Which means you have to eat something. Which is all it means.

Why the hell does crawl need a repeptitive "minigame" consisting of periodically consuming an item in your inventory to delay the next time you need to consume an item in your inventory?

Does anyone enjoy any aspect of food, or find it enriches their game? 

[frostshotgg]

That's a really pointlessly simplified version of both spellcasting and meleeing. If you're going to make stupid strawmen, then you aren't going to get any proper explanations about food.