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[goblolo]

The problem of this spell though is that it makes me a bit more daring than usual

Also you should rely less on that spell in deeper dungeon/branches. It's damage starts from 2d6 (usually you get 2d7-9 by the time you start using it) and is capped at 2d15 that is about twice a starting damage.
Since dungeon inhabitants will raise heir health quicker, this will render your battlesphere less effective (but still useful).

[Robsoie]

Thanks, i couldn't find what exact damage it was doing, still even if it's capped at 2d15 it's not bad at all (considering it's a support, not a primary damage source)

[Jack_Bread]

This is one of the best vaults I've ever seen so far:

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Those transparent walls were stone walls, but then they changed when I approached the altar.
"Ashenzari says, 'See what I see, mortal...'
You have a sudden vision of the Swamp and the Snake Pit!"
I'm almost considering worshipping him, but I like Sif Muna a little too much.

[tompliss]

I discovered a vault like this one, a few runs ago, while auto-exploring. It was really surprising, seeing Nagas and Aligators at D:5 or so
anyway, Ashenzari can be really fun, but I doubt he's really good for octopodes : You need half your jewellery slots to be cursed to get the minor bonus to spellcasting. And that means 5 slots, for octos :/
On the other hand, you can get the dodge+sneak bonus really easily, with the lack of some armor slots.
And the Vision ability is the best one to cast fire/ice storms, anyway, or to preview rune vaults (which I think is more important for spellcasters than for fighters).

He may be even beter for felids, but I don't remember how the "curse bonus" react to fransformations :/

[Moron]

Actually, I've got this idea that Ash could be quite good for octopodes - you only need to wear a hat to be fully bound in armour, and if you play as a Wz, you start with a hat.

The jewelry thing isn't bad either, as with 5 cursed rings you can be partially bound and still have 4 swappable slots including an amulet.

Unfortunately whenever I play OpWz I have difficulty surviving long enough for Ash's bonuses to start taking effect.

I would have thought Felid was a bad species for Ash, as you can never be bound in weapons, shield or armour so can at most be lightly bound or something similar.

[vogonpoet]

Yeah I've found OpWz of Ash to be ok... bind your hat and a crappy dagger and you're off. You do end up wearing some crap rings though Also, getting enough scrolls of curse jewellry can be a bit annoying. But Ash is so awesome.

[tompliss]

The Ash praying is improved for octo and felids, as their RC-corruption will give more "Curse Jewellery". I think you get them more than 80% with octos, and simply 100% with felids
So, as you can usually find 10 RC scroll by D:10, you should get enough jewellery cursed

[goblolo]

Hooray to me, I got my first rune ever (decaying)! With my DECj.
Now I am clearing Elven Halls. Got a book of geomancy and now thinking about how useful passwal is.
Does stasis blocks it?

[Robsoie]

Good job !
As my Deep Elf Conjurer is still alive and is now clearing Lair before going into a branch, i ran into the "Stone of Tremors", that's a new one to me, reading about it apparently if used it damage any monster that is near a wall in the level and may destroy some of the walls too, summoning 3 earth elemental to help me.

That sounds great, but unfortunately there's only 1 charge.

On the bot i read that you can refill it by gaining XP ?
Before i waste the charge , how much XP is required to get another one ? the bot does not mention it.

[goblolo]

Ok, I cleared Elven halls, the loot is not that cool, except for staff of wizardry. Now I can take off my ring of wizardry and free slot for some other artifact ring I may find soon.
Aso I got manual of staves. Does Staves skill improves stave enhancing bonuses?

UPD: one more question: Does robe of the archimagi gives me wizardry (that badly stacks with rings/staves) or another status?

Gonna go clear that Snake pit!

[Jack_Bread]

Twice now my characters were blessed with awesome weaponry and twice were they killed while wielding said weaponry.
I'm trying HEGl with long blades because I want to try using exotic 2-handed long blades. My first guy got a +2, +1 elven falchion of electricution, then RNG gave me a yak on D4. I wasn't sure if there was more, but I carefully pulled it to the stares and brought it to D3. I thought I could handle it, but it 3 shot me because I'm not a attentive as I should be when fighting these guys.
Then my next character finds a +11, +4 artifact spear that had dragon slaying, +3 Dex, and 'unknown' on D4. I didn't want to risk wielding it and I didn't have identify scrolls. Next level down, I get killed by an iguana I thought I could take. I really need to pay more attention when fighitng things.

[Robsoie]

Wow, my Lair:8 was a Death Yak hell.

I can't say thanks enough to the Battlesphere spell now that i can't try to get more XP beyond D:14 due to the rune lock, those huge amount of death yaks were really something i don't think my deep elf conjurer could have beaten without the damage helper from the battlesphere shots.

And it was really a big luck that Vehumet granted me Frozen Clouds a bit before i went down to Lair:8 , that spell has been immensely helpfull against those damned death yaks to lower their health for my combined battlesphere+mystic blast  .

unfortunately the learning is a pain at Ice -4 due to me having got magma bolt a lot earlier and having trained then Fire

[vogonpoet]

The Ash praying is improved for octo and felids, as their RC-corruption will give more "Curse Jewellery". I think you get them more than 80% with octos, and simply 100% with felids
So, as you can usually find 10 RC scroll by D:10, you should get enough jewellery cursed

Actually yes, now that you mention it, I now remember my frustration with my last Ashtopode - every bloody scroll I prayed over was Curse Jewellery, and I couldn't curse my weapon until deep Lair, when I found my first curse weapon scroll I had twice as many curse jewellery scrolls as actual pieces of jewellery. But thats Ash for you - whatever character you play, cursing stuff will sometimes be frustrating at first. Once you get going though, she is just awesome.

/Okie, Vehumet and Ash. The only gods I ever won with. Damn I suck. Gotta get me at least a Trog win at somepoint. Why do my HOBe die so often in comparison to my MiGl? Stupid Crawl.
//grumble grumble grrr


Edit: @Robsoie:
Freezing cloud is always worth it though Even my fire elementalists like to pick it up. Along with swiftness, its just awesome win.

[tompliss]

Aso I got manual of staves. Does Staves skill improves stave enhancing bonuses?

Nope. But if you use a staff sometimes, it may be good to train it a little, especially with a manual, and even more is you get some evocation skill too. It will let you get some "side" damage, for cases when you don't want to cast, or can't afford it...

Does robe of the archimagi gives me wizardry (that badly stacks with rings/staves) or another status?

A whole other status. The wizardry things make the spell easier to cast, without making them more powerfull. The Archmagi robe make the spells more powerfull, but doesn't make them easier to cast. And they stack.
The robe is a really great artefact, as long as you don't have your magic schools at high enough levels that you already get maximum spell power (you can see it on the "description" tab of your spell list, hitting "!" when on the list ('z' -> '?').

Then my next character finds a +11, +4 artifact spear that had dragon slaying, +3 Dex, and 'unknown' on D4.

The 'unknown' part is shown on your death screen when you didn't identify (or at least not all the effects) an item

Oh, and now, my personnal part of the post :
This is my current character :

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.14-a0-629-g748cab2 (webtiles) character file.

TomPliss the Severer (Lava Orc Fighter)            Turns: 23534, Time: 02:31:50

HP  95/112       AC 31     Str 21      XL: 13   Next: 78%
MP  20/21        EV  8     Int 11      God: Vehumet [*****.]
Gold 958         SH 10     Dex 10      Spells:  5 memorised,  0 levels left

Res.Fire  : + . .   See Invis. : .   P - +1,+2 orc war axe
Res.Cold  : + + .   Warding    : +   a - +1 orc chain mail
Life Prot.: + . .   Conserve   : .   I - -1 orc buckler
Res.Poison: +       Res.Corr.  : .   C - +0 wizard hat {MR+}
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   T - +0 cloak
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   V - +1 pair of dwarf gauntlets
Res.Mut.  : .       Stasis     : .   L - +2 pair of boots {Jump}
Res.Rott. : .       Flight     : .   D - amulet of warding
Saprovore : + . .                    b - ring "Voyleug" {rC++ Acc+6 Dam+7}
                                     g - ring of protection from magic

@: very resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: conserve scrolls, poison resistance, +10% hp, saprovore 1, AC +4
a: Renounce Religion, Evoke Jump Attack


You are on level 6 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Vehumet.
Vehumet is extremely pleased with you.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 3 branches of the dungeon, and seen 20 of its levels.
You have also visited: Ossuary.

You have collected 1105 gold pieces.
You have spent 147 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 P - a +1,+2 orcish war axe (weapon)
Missiles
 c - 2 javelins
 d - 3 poisoned javelins
 i - 10 exploding darts
 l - 21 tomahawks (quivered)
Armour
 a - a +1 orcish chain mail (worn)
 C - a +0 wizard hat of magic resistance (worn)
 I - a -1 orcish buckler (worn)
 L - a +2 pair of boots of jumping (worn)
 T - a +0 cloak (worn)
 V - a +1 pair of dwarven gauntlets (worn)
Magical devices
 e - a wand of lightning {zapped: 1}
 j - a wand of lightning
 s - a jewelled ivory wand
 y - a wand of enslavement {zapped: 1}
 B - a wand of digging
 H - a wand of fireball {recharged}
Comestibles
 h - a choko
 m - a chunk of elephant slug flesh
 r - 5 bread rations
 v - a meat ration
Scrolls
 n - 3 scrolls of remove curse
 p - 4 scrolls of teleportation
 t - 3 scrolls of blinking
 u - 3 scrolls of identify
 x - 2 scrolls of fog
 A - a scroll of amnesia
 O - 2 scrolls of immolation
Jewellery
 b - the ring "Voyleug" (right hand) {rC++ Acc+6 Dam+7}
   (You acquired it on level 9 of the Dungeon)   
   
   [ring of slaying]
   It affects your accuracy (+6).
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+7).
   It greatly protects you from cold.
 g - a ring of protection from magic (left hand)
 D - an amulet of warding (around neck)
 M - a +5 ring of intelligence
Potions
 f - a potion of mutation
 k - 4 potions of curing
 o - 2 potions of heal wounds
 q - a potion of speed
 N - 2 potions of might


   Skills:
 - Level 6.1 Fighting
 - Level 17.0 Axes
 - Level 14.0 Armour
 - Level 6.1 Shields
 + Level 3.4 Spellcasting
 - Level 8.0 Conjurations
 - Level 10.0 Fire Magic


You cannot memorise any spells.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Throw Flame           Conj/Fire      ###...       1%          2    ##.....
b - Conjure Flame         Conj/Fire      ###.....     2%          3    ####...
c - Fireball              Conj/Fire      ###.......   19%         5    ######.
d - Delayed Fireball      Conj/Fire      N/A          100%        7    #######
e - Bolt of Fire          Conj/Fire      ###.......   86%         6    #######


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (13/27)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (0/4) D:6
   Lair (6/8) D:13         Shoals (0/5) Lair:6        Snake (0/5) Lair:3
 Slime: Lair:6-8   

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Sif Muna
Vehumet
Xom
the Shining One

Shops:
D:6 *!

Portals:
Trove: D:12 (show abyssal rune of Zot)

Annotations:
D:13 exclusions: electric eel and 2 more exclusions, Urug
Lair:4 exclusion: oklob plant
Lair:6 exclusions: electric eel, 2 oklob plants and 1 more exclusion


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You have stony skin.
Your flesh is heat resistant.
Your flesh is vulnerable to cold.
Your heat harms attackers.
You bathe your surroundings in blazing heat.
You are too hot to use scrolls.
You are very good at protecting items from fire.
You can tolerate rotten meat.
You are partially covered in iridescent scales (AC +4).
Your system is resistant to poisons.
You are robust (+10% HP).


Message History

The spiny frog is almost dead.
The spiny frog stings you but does no damage.
You closely miss the spiny frog.
The spiny frog is severely wounded.
The spiny frog stings you.
You hit the spiny frog.
The spiny frog is almost dead.
The spiny frog stings you but does no damage.
You slash the spiny frog!
You kill the spiny frog!
Vehumet accepts your kill.
You feel your power returning.
No target in view!
Saving game... please wait.
Level annotation: exclusions: electric eel, 2 oklob plants and 1 more exclusion
Welcome back, TomPliss the Lava Orc Fighter.
Vehumet says: Let it end in hellfire!
Press ? for a list of commands and other information.
Unknown command.
Char dumped successfully.

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There are no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  Rupert (Lair:4)
  Gastronok (Lair:1)
  Harold (Lair:4)
  3 hydras
  A catoblepas (Lair:3)
  A centaur warrior (D:13)
  2 unseen horrors (D:13)
  4 hill giants
  A cyclops (D:12)
  An elephant (D:13)
  12 black mambas
  8 spiny frogs
  Psyche (D:8)
  A fire drake (Lair:4)
  5 komodo dragons
  The ghost of TomPliss the Chopper, an average LOFi (D:4)
  7 blink frogs
  3 slime creatures (D:13)
  A trapdoor spider zombie (D:11)
  A boulder beetle (D:11)
  A grizzly bear (Lair:4)
  3 basilisks
  6 trolls
  A water elemental (D:12)
  20 yaks
  7 ugly things (D:13)
  5 elephant slugs
  A shadow (D:13)
  2 sharks
  3 vampire mosquitoes (D:13)
  7 hippogriffs
  A manticore (D:8)
  A deep elf fighter (D:8)
  A necrophage (D:7)
  A naga (D:8)
  6 orc warriors
  2 black bears
  A human zombie (Ossuary)
  4 porcupines
  5 giant goldfish
  3 phantoms
  3 sky beasts
  4 ice beasts
  7 crocodiles
  2 ogres (D:8)
  A big kobold (D:12)
  Sigmund (D:5)
  Duvessa (D:8)
  11 centaurs
  15 giant frogs
  3 giant slugs
  A manticore zombie (D:12)
  5 agate snails
  A gnoll sergeant (D:8)
  10 water moccasins
  A manticore skeleton (D:11)
  21 killer bees
  A cyclops skeleton (D:13)
  6 electric eels
  10 wights
  A quasit (D:12)
  A goliath beetle (D:10)
  Dowan (D:8)
  7 crimson imps
  3 centaur zombies (Ossuary)
  A draconian (D:8)
  7 orc priests
  A giant frog zombie (D:12)
  5 jellies
  A big fish (Lair:1)
  7 iguanas
  10 worker ants
  A gnoll shaman (D:8)
  10 hounds
  14 orc wizards
  11 scorpions (Ossuary)
  An ogre zombie (D:5)
  14 sheep
  A big kobold skeleton (D:9)
  3 big kobold zombies (Ossuary)
  2 ogre skeletons
  9 gnolls
  4 mummies
  A worker ant zombie (D:6)
  29 adders
  41 green rats
  A steam dragon skeleton (D:8)
  3 giant centipedes
  3 giant mites
  6 worms
  4 scorpion zombies (Ossuary)
  2 adder skeletons
  An iguana skeleton (D:7)
  4 giant eyeballs
  5 giant geckos
  53 orcs
  A giant cockroach (D:1)
  A gnoll zombie (Ossuary)
  7 goblins
  21 hobgoblins
  36 jackals
  12 quokkas
  4 ball pythons
  15 bats
  3 giant newts
  3 goblin zombies (Ossuary)
  2 hobgoblin zombies
  25 kobolds
  2 kobold zombies (Ossuary)
  3 orc zombies (Ossuary)
  26 rats
  A rat skeleton (D:7)
  2 rat zombies (D:7)
  A fungus (D:13)
  2 plants (Lair:3)
676 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A vampire mosquito (D:13)
  A sheep (Lair:4)
  A jackal (Lair:4)
  2 fungi
  5 plants (D:13)
10 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 686 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1      | TomPliss, the Lava Orc Fighter, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 19/19 MP: 0/0
     2 | D:1      | Noticed an octopode
     4 | D:1      | Noticed a felid
     4 | D:1      | Noticed an elf
     6 | D:1      | Noticed a centaur
     6 | D:1      | Noticed a ghoul
     8 | D:1      | Noticed a troll
     8 | D:1      | Noticed a spriggan
    10 | D:1      | Noticed a tengu
    10 | D:1      | Noticed a draconian
    12 | D:1      | Noticed a dwarf
    12 | D:1      | Noticed an ogre
    14 | D:1      | Noticed a demigod
    14 | D:1      | Noticed a minotaur
    16 | D:1      | Noticed a demonspawn
    18 | D:1      | Noticed a human
    18 | D:1      | Noticed a merfolk
    20 | D:1      | Noticed a naga
    22 | D:1      | Noticed a vampire
   107 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 21/26 MP: 1/1
   441 | D:1      | Reached skill level 4 in Axes
   684 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 33/33 MP: 2/2
  1000 | D:2      | Reached skill level 5 in Axes
  1169 | D:2      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 39/39 MP: 3/3
  1708 | D:3      | Reached skill level 6 in Axes
  1813 | D:3      | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
  2282 | D:4      | Noticed TomPliss' ghost (average LOFi)
  2312 | D:4      | Killed TomPliss' ghost
  2312 | D:4      | Reached skill level 8 in Axes
  2312 | D:4      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 17/46 MP: 4/4
  2312 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 19/52 MP: 5/5
  3046 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  3091 | D:5      | Paralysed by a giant eyeball for 4 turns
  3170 | D:5      | Reached skill level 5 in Shields
  3170 | D:5      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 35/59 MP: 6/6
  3515 | D:5      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
  3641 | D:5      | Noticed Sigmund
  3682 | D:5      | Killed Sigmund
  4165 | D:6      | Reached skill level 5 in Armour
  4279 | D:6      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  4283 | Temple   | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
  4333 | Temple   | Became a worshipper of Vehumet
  4370 | D:6      | Found Gyelat's Distillery.
  4460 | D:6      | Bought a potion of strong poison for 26 gold pieces
  4460 | D:6      | Bought a potion of berserk rage for 39 gold pieces
  4757 | D:6      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 61/66 MP: 7/7
  4758 | D:6      | Found Ghaf's General Store.
  4778 | D:6      | Bought a scroll of blinking for 60 gold pieces
  4778 | D:6      | Bought a potion of curing for 22 gold pieces
  5099 | D:6      | Acquired Vehumet's first power
  5099 | D:6      | Offered knowledge of Shock by Vehumet.
  5449 | D:6      | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
  5558 | D:7      | Paralysed by a giant eyeball for 2 turns
  5579 | D:6      | Reached skill level 9 in Armour
  5701 | D:7      | Paralysed by a giant eyeball for 3 turns
  5716 | D:7      | Reached skill level 10 in Armour
  5716 | D:7      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 20/72 MP: 8/8
  5956 | D:7      | Offered knowledge of Throw Flame by Vehumet.
  5963 | D:7      | Found a sand-covered staircase.
  5970 | Ossuary  | Entered an ossuary
  5974 | Ossuary  | Learned a level 2 spell: Throw Flame
  5987 | Ossuary  | Reached skill level 11 in Armour
  6249 | Ossuary  | Offered knowledge of Throw Frost by Vehumet.
  6411 | D:7      | Reached skill level 10 in Axes
  6764 | D:7      | Acquired Vehumet's second power
  6980 | D:7      | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
  7173 | D:8      | Noticed Psyche
  7668 | D:8      | Offered knowledge of Conjure Flame by Vehumet.
  7695 | D:8      | Learned a level 3 spell: Conjure Flame
  7723 | D:8      | Reached XP level 10. HP: 79/79 MP: 9/9
  7740 | D:8      | Reached skill level 12 in Axes
  8104 | D:8      | Killed Psyche
  8263 | D:8      | Noticed Duvessa
  8299 | D:8      | Killed Duvessa
  8305 | D:8      | Noticed Dowan
  8326 | D:8      | Reached skill level 13 in Axes
  8335 | D:8      | Killed Dowan
  8589 | D:8      | Acquired Vehumet's third power
  8631 | D:8      | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha.
  8651 | D:8      | Offered knowledge of Iskenderun's Mystic Blast by Vehumet.
  9038 | D:9      | Paralysed by a giant eyeball for 2 turns
  9136 | D:9      | Identified a scroll of acquirement
  9137 | D:9      | Got a heavily runed jade ring
  9138 | D:9      | Identified the ring "Voyleug" {rC++ Acc+6 Dam+7} (You acquired it on level 9 of the Dungeon)
  9215 | D:8      | Paralysed by a potion of paralysis for 5 turns
  9368 | D:9      | Reached skill level 14 in Axes
  9639 | D:9      | Reached skill level 1 in Conjurations
  9639 | D:9      | Reached skill level 1 in Fire Magic
 10078 | D:10     | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
 10484 | D:11     | Noticed a hill giant
 10510 | D:11     | Offered knowledge of Fireball by Vehumet.
 10637 | D:11     | Reached XP level 11. HP: 58/84 MP: 10/10
 10676 | D:11     | Noticed a hill giant
 10687 | D:11     | Killed a hill giant
 10687 | D:11     | Reached skill level 5 in Fire Magic
 11107 | D:11     | Killed a hill giant
 11107 | D:11     | Reached skill level 5 in Conjurations
 12206 | D:12     | Upgraded the game from 0.14-a0-586-g2535b90 to 0.14-a0-629-g748cab2
 12212 | D:12     | Learned a level 5 spell: Fireball
 12420 | D:12     | Noticed a hill giant
 12437 | D:12     | Killed a hill giant
 12437 | D:12     | Reached skill level 15 in Axes
 12650 | D:12     | Found a portal to a secret trove of treasure.
 12940 | D:13     | Killed an unseen horror
 13199 | D:13     | Noticed a hill giant
 13209 | D:13     | Reached skill level 16 in Axes
 13222 | D:13     | Killed a hill giant
 13463 | D:13     | Found a staircase to the Lair.
 13623 | D:13     | Killed an unseen horror
 13623 | D:13     | Offered knowledge of Delayed Fireball by Vehumet.
 13623 | D:13     | Reached XP level 12. HP: 77/92 MP: 11/11
 13759 | D:13     | Reached skill level 1 in Spellcasting
 13768 | D:13     | Learned a level 7 spell: Delayed Fireball
 13939 | D:13     | Noticed a centaur warrior
 13953 | D:13     | Killed a centaur warrior
 14645 | D:13     | Reached skill level 17 in Axes
 14656 | D:13     | Noticed Urug
 14966 | D:13     | Paralysed by a giant eyeball for 4 turns
 15784 | Lair:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
 15865 | Lair:1   | Identified the Catalogue of Hexes
 15873 | Lair:1   | Noticed Gastronok
 15892 | Lair:1   | Killed Gastronok
 16097 | Lair:1   | Gained mutation: You are robust (+10% HP). [potion of mutation]
 16097 | Lair:1   | Gained mutation: You are partially covered in iridescent scales (AC +4). [potion of mutation]
 16097 | Lair:1   | Gained mutation: Your system is resistant to poisons. [potion of mutation]
 16289 | Lair:1   | Offered knowledge of Fulminant Prism by Vehumet.
 18787 | Lair:3   | Found a staircase to the Snake Pit.
 18921 | Lair:3   | Reached XP level 13. HP: 87/108 MP: 18/18
 19029 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
 20052 | Lair:4   | Noticed Rupert
 20075 | Lair:4   | Paralysed by Rupert for 2 turns
 20094 | Lair:4   | Killed Rupert
 20553 | Lair:4   | Noticed Harold
 20570 | Lair:4   | Killed Harold
 20988 | Lair:4   | Offered knowledge of Poison Arrow by Vehumet.
 22266 | Lair:6   | Found a staircase to the Shoals.
 22524 | Lair:6   | Reached skill level 10 in Fire Magic
 22594 | Lair:6   | Offered knowledge of Bolt of Fire by Vehumet.
 23135 | Lair:6   | Learned a level 6 spell: Bolt of Fire


Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Hand axe          |   153 |    55 |       |       |       ||   208
       War axe           |       |   127 |   524 |  1122 |   429 ||  2202
Throw: Dart              |     2 |       |       |       |       ||     2
       Tomahawk          |       |     1 |     4 |     4 |       ||     9
       Stone             |       |       |     2 |    10 |       ||    12
 Cast: Throw Flame       |       |       |       |    15 |    40 ||    55
       Conjure Flame     |       |       |       |     1 |    18 ||    19
 Abil: Evoke Jump Attack |       |       |       |     2 |       ||     2
Evoke: Wand              |       |     1 |     3 |     5 |     1 ||    10
  Use: Potion            |       |       |     7 |    10 |     4 ||    21
       Scroll            |       |       |     3 |    20 |     3 ||    26



I aiming to continue on the "armored hybrid, casting for ranged attack & support, slashing melee foes" path.
This means I may change armor for something a little bit eavier, but I don't want plate/GDA. And I want buckler/shield to keep the defence up in melee, counting on the spellcasting part to keep the damage-dealing high.

I "want" some more conjuration spells, but with less focus on fire (because of resists and immunities), but I may try to stay with vehumet for now to try & get FireStorm. About that part, I haven't played any character after level 15 with vehumet... Is he really usefull in late-game ? Do you think I should change God ? As I use many skills (fighting, axe, armor, shield, spellcasting, Conjuration, and Fire, maybe another element and/or charms/hexes later...), I think Ashenzari may be a good choice, or maybe TSO (if not going for poison but earth as secondary element, or simple pure conjurations) for an easier late-game ...

For my next actions :
I plan on Magic-Mapping Lair:8, to be sure to avoid any vault that may contain too many hydras (my axe is not flaming, so I killed the previous ones with conjure/throw flame only), then going to the Orc Mines, obviously. I had a lucky mutation (potion of mutat gave me rPois, +10%HP, AC+2... I loved it), so I may be able to go for the snake pit, especially since I have a TPcontrol ring stashed that may help in the deeper levels, against the vault snakes.
After that, I want to try getting the Abyss Rune, as I found a treasure trove requiring it. I think it may not be a really good idea now (but Orc+Snake may give me the lacking XP and stuff I need), but this trove is really tempting ...
Also, I got a "spare" scroll of acquirement. Should I use it soon (would say after Orc+snake), or wait until I unlocked the Trove ? What may be the most usefull (knowing that asking for a weapons may not give an axe, and even less so a one-handed, asking for armor may give a too-heavy-to-cast body armor, etc...) ? (even if it really depends on what I find in the Orc Mine's shops...)

Oh, last thing : I have fireball at a nearly good failure-rate (14% with my +5int ring on). Any idea how much more skills it will require to cast the Delayed one ?
Can I hope tobe able to cast FireStorm, in my chain mail, without needing 2 rings of wizardry and 27 skill-levels in armor, conju, and Fire magic ?

[skyspire]

Hi all, I'm playing again after a long hiatus of about a year or two. Doing it on webtiles (finally figured out how to access the char dump)  Here is the chardump link http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Skyspire/Skyspire.txt

I'm a level 16 Gargoyle Fighter with Okawaru.  I got lucky with one of the best randart weapons I've seen and so I went with it, even though Gargoyle's are not crazy about polearms.

So far so good, but now I'm at a bit of a crossroads.  I am trying to decide whether to get my casting good enough to caste Haste (slow process) or go pure melee from this point on.. maybe putting points into ranged.. I do have a couple of bow of flames stashed.

The reason i'm thinking of going magic is because I have 2 rings of wizardry and a staff of energy. Also, I've been putting some points into INT.  But, I lost time because i had to bring my pole arms skill up and I have wasted points now in Maces.  I suppose I can shield up in tough spots because of the shield of resistance and use one of the acceptable mace type weapons if the situation calls for it.  But really the randart speed-branded glaive I have is pretty awesome:

+9,+6 glaive of Terror {speed, +Blink rF++ rC+ Int-1}

Okawaru has given some pitiful god-gifts .. no decent randart armor yet, no dragon armor yet, no crystal plate. 

Thanks in advance.  Having a good time with this character.. Gargoyle is such a sweet class.

I'm tempted to go TSO and go for a multi-rune win, if Okawaru gets me some decent armor.  the best gear I've found has been on the floor.

Any suggestions ?  Develop melee-only?  or branch into magic enough to get haste?  I can cast blink and butterflies now, but that's about it.


UPDATE - a scroll of acquirement just gave me randart +10 crystal plate with N+ resistance and can be activated for Berserk.  It looks like I'll be ditching the idea of casting spells.. unless its possible to cast spells once my armor skill maxed.  I'm already at max N+ resistance, so TSO looks unnecessary too.