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[DJ]

Wait, isn't magic school just as effective for staves as evocations? If I go for Evo instead of Air will I raise Air fast enough to get Tornado by the time I need it? And yeah, I'd like to get some Stealth and Fighting, but I'm not sure if I can afford the XP, the entire Orc just gave me enough for 4-5 levels of Staves, and there were a couple of Orc Knights there which I think are worth a decent amount. I'm just really worried that if I stop pushing my primary magic schools I'll get into a situation where my spells are inadequate for the threats I'm facing. How far can my current spell selection take me anyway?

Also, I'm not quite sure I want to stick with light armour. I've found a decent randart +2 scale mail (rPois, rC+, MR++, Dex+2). Not sure if it's worth training armor for.  The resistances are nice, but so is the regen from troll armor.

[Rex_Nex]

I've always loved raising evocations, given I've found something like a lamp of fire. They are just so powerful (and more importantly, free to use!).

Thats a cool scale mail, but by this point I'd be having the same doubts - +2 scale is not much AC at XL17. Of course, you're using a +2 TLA so I guess it's not much different. You really should be on the lookout for something better, though - +regen is good, but something like a mottled dragon armour will be better when enchanted up - 4 base AC is kinda bad. The fact your AC and resists are kinda lacking is going to put you in some painful situations later on.

[DJ]

NVM, died in swamp

[Dr Feelgood]

Wait, isn't magic school just as effective for staves as evocations?

Maxing out the magic school is not enough to apply the extra damage on every hit.

18 Air + 14 Evo is better than 27 Air + 3 Evo. Both give max chance, but maxing out a magic school isn't necessary for 9th level spells.

Going from 20 to 27 in a skill requires more exp than going from 1 to 20. And 14-15 evocations is useful for all characters. Evocation items, like the crystal ball of energy (needs at least 14 to be reliable) or phial of floods, are very powerful. Raising evocations also increases your staff's damage.

[Elephant Parade]

You can actually get banished in Swamp if a spriggan spawns with a distortion weapon. It's really rare, but it can happen.

[Graven]

Yeah Spriggans really messed up my whole "Wow I Friggin Love Swamp" Lair branch mantra. Those, and Thorn Hunters. I keep forgetting how dangerous they are ["Lol non-Oklob plants!!!] and being amazed at how much damage one hit can do. Checking it in the Wiki, it's 3d18 which is definitely not insignificant.

In other news, after miserably failing in the Crawl Tourney, I decided to prove to myself that I'm not that bad of a player.

Started a NaWz because I've only won Wall-Of-Bricks melee Nagas, and decided to go with Ash again, since he seemed nice when I tried in the tourney.

First two rings I find - Wizardry and Magic Power. Soon after - Potion of experience.

I did Lair up to 3, but couldn't go further because Imps and Conjure Flame aren't that good at dealing with Hydras.

After a few botched attempts to clear the Dungeon a Teleport lands me right in range of an Orange Crystal Statue... which has an un-IDd book two  tiles away. Read tele, and pray to god I can sneak up and get the book... BOOM! Book of Power.

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.16-a0-254-g9bdfca2 (tiles) character file.

Gravenous the Earth Mage (Naga Wizard)             Turns: 41044, Time: 01:31:14

HP 147/147       AC 13     Str 11      XL: 16   Next: 28%
MP  34/34        EV 17     Int 23      God: Ashenzari [****..]
Gold 1553        SH  3     Dex 13      Spells:  9 memorised, 10 levels left

rFire  + . .     SeeInvis +     v - +2 whip (elec)
rCold  + + .     Clarity  +     D - +0 robe {rC+ rF+} (curse)
rNeg   + . .     rCorr    .     g - +0 buckler
rPois  +         rRot     .     b - +1 hat (curse)
rElec  .         Spirit   .     F - +0 cloak (curse)
SustAb .         Warding  +     S - +0 pair of gloves
rMut   .         Stasis   .     (no barding)
Gourm  .                        X - brooch of Shielding {Ward rN+ AC+4 EV+4}
MR     +++..                    p - cursed ring of wizardry
                                J - cursed ring of Beogh's Pride {rC+ MR+ Dex+2}

@: repel missiles, very slow, extremely resistant to hostile enchantments, quite
stealthy
A: spit poison, constrict 1, stinger 1, see invisible, deformed body, poison
resistance, slowness 2, AC +5
a: Spit Poison, Scrying, Renounce Religion


You are on level 11 of the Dungeon.
You worship Ashenzari.
Ashenzari is greatly pleased with you.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 4 branches of the dungeon, and seen 26 of its levels.
You have visited 1 bazaar.
You have also visited: Bailey and Ice Cave.

You have collected 2806 gold pieces.
You have spent 1253 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 s - an uncursed lajatang of electrocution
 v - a +2 whip of electrocution (weapon)
 B - the +5 trident "Tuim" {pierce, +Rage rF+ MR+}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   
   It inflicts extra damage upon your enemies.
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It lets you go berserk.
Armour
 b - a cursed +1 hat (worn)
 g - a +0 buckler (worn)
 D - a cursed +0 robe of resistance (worn)
 F - a cursed +0 cloak (worn)
 S - a +0 pair of gloves (worn)
Magical devices
 j - a wand of lightning {zapped: 3}
 m - a wand of hasting {zapped: 1}
 n - a wand of teleportation {zapped: 2}
 o - a wand of disintegration {zapped: 1}
 y - a wand of teleportation {zapped: 2}
 N - a wand of fire {zapped: 1}
 O - a wand of digging {zapped: 5}
 Q - a wand of cold {zapped: 3}
Comestibles
 d - 13 bread rations
 h - 5 beef jerkies
 w - 11 royal jellies
 z - 15 fruits
 P - 2 slices of pizza
 V - a rotting chunk of blink frog flesh
Scrolls
 f - 3 scrolls of amnesia
 i - 5 scrolls of curse armour
 k - 2 scrolls of recharging
 C - 6 scrolls of curse weapon
 E - 2 scrolls of enchant armour
 G - a scroll of fog
 L - 2 scrolls of remove curse
 M - 10 scrolls of identify
 Y - 2 scrolls of fear
Jewellery
 c - the ring "Jitic" {AC+3 Dex+4 Int+2}
   (You found it on level 7 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   [ring of protection]
   
   It affects your AC (+3).
   It affects your intelligence (+2).
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
 p - a cursed ring of wizardry (right hand)
 t - an uncursed amulet of resist corrosion
 u - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 J - the cursed ring of Beogh's Pride (left hand) {rC+ MR+ Dex+2}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   
   [ring of protection from cold]
   
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
   It protects you from cold.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 X - the brooch of Shielding (around neck) {Ward rN+ AC+4 EV+4}
   (You took it off an orc warrior in a bailey)   
   
   [amulet of warding]
   
   It may prevent the melee attacks of summoned creatures.
   It affects your AC (+4).
   It affects your evasion (+4).
   It protects you from negative energy.
Potions
 a - a potion of porridge
 q - 2 potions of cancellation
 r - 4 potions of agility
 x - a potion of brilliance
 A - 2 potions of restore abilities
 H - 3 potions of resistance
 U - 6 potions of curing
 Z - a potion of experience
Books
 R - a book of Power   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Fulminant Prism                    Conjuration/Hexes            4
   *Iskenderun's Mystic Blast         Conjuration                  4
   Venom Bolt                         Conjuration/Poison           5
   Bolt of Magma                      Conjuration/Fire/Earth       5
   *Iron Shot                         Conjuration/Earth            6
   Orb of Destruction                 Conjuration                  7
 T - a leatherbound book {highlevel}   
   This book is beyond your current level of understanding.
Magical staves
 W - an uncursed staff of energy
Miscellaneous
 l - a phial of floods
 I - a fan of gales
 K - a sack of spiders


   Skills:
 - Level 10,4 Fighting
 - Level 7,0(9,3) Dodging
 - Level 8,1(10,4) Stealth
 - Level 10,6 Spellcasting
 - Level 10,3(12,4) Conjurations
 - Level 8,3(10,6) Charms
 - Level 1,0(2,3) Summonings
 - Level 6,0(8,3) Translocations
 - Level 3,8(5,9) Air Magic
 * Level 16,1(18,0) Earth Magic


You have 10 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Magic Dart            Conj           ####         1%          1    None
b - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          1%          2    None
c - Iskenderun's Mystic   Conj           ######..     1%          4    #......
d - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       ######       1%          2    None
e - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  #####...     1%          3    None
f - Conjure Flame         Conj/Fire      #####...     1%          3    None
g - Call Imp              Summ           ###.....     1%          2    None
h - Iron Shot             Conj/Erth      ######....   1%          6    ######.
i - Regeneration          Chrm/Necr      #####.....   1%          3    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (13/15)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:11
    Elf (0/3) Orc:4          Lair (8/8) D:9           Swamp (0/5) Lair:3
 Spider (0/5) Lair:4        Slime (0/6) Lair:8     
Vaults: D:13-14     

Altars:
Ashenzari
Dithmenos
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Qazlal
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:3 *   D:7 (

Annotations:
D:6 Blork the orc
D:8 exclusion: 2 oklob saplings
D:12 exclusion: orange crystal statue
Orc:4 Saint Roka


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You cannot wear boots.
You can spit poison.
You can use your snake-like lower body to constrict enemies.
Your serpentine skin is tough (AC +5).
You have supernaturally acute eyesight.
Armour fits poorly on your strangely shaped body.
Your system is resistant to poisons.
You cover ground very slowly.
Your tail ends in a poisonous barb.

I have another potion of exp, but I'm sort of waiting on it. So far my strategy is to melee everything short of Hydras and Death Yaks, which go down to 2-3 Iron Shots with my staff of Energy.

If you're wondering where I'm going with my skills, it's supposed to be a Shatter-Nado Melee Naga.

Haven't found either Shatter or Tornado, but hey, how hard could it be?

edit : After getting my Earth skill to ~20, I finally found! ... Tornado.

[vogonpoet]

Gah, I got 3 levels of maces and flails, but now I just found a staff of earth, and a spell book with Shatter. Hmm.

[Dr Feelgood]

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BWOOM! You release an incredible blast of power in all directions!
The vault guard is paralyzed by your wave of power!
The vault guard silenced by your wave of power!
You kill the vault guard!
The vault guard is slowed by your wave of power!
You kill the vault guard! x4
The vault guard is paralyzed by your wave of power!
The vault guard is slowed by your wave of power!
You kill the vault guard!
The vault guard is paralyzed by your wave of power!
You kill the vault guard!
The vault guard silenced by your wave of power!
The vault guard is paralyzed by your wave of power!
The vault guard is slowed by your wave of power! x2
The yaktaur silenced by your wave of power!
You kill the yaktaur!
The vault guard is slowed by your wave of power!
The vault guard silenced by your wave of power!
The yaktaur silenced by your wave of power!
You kill the yaktaur!
The yaktaur captain is slowed by your wave of power!
You destroy the freezing wraith!
You feel drained.
You hear a shout! You hear a roar!
You hear a shout! x4
You hear a roar! x3
You hear a shout! x11
You hear a roar!
You hear a shout! x6
I underestimated Cataclysm. It's more like Shatter on steroids. Too bad I can't use it more than once per fight.

Anyway, I was wondering why my tomahawks kept missing during the tournament. Well, now my tomahawks rarely miss and sometimes kill vault guards and cyclopes in 1 hit. And thanks to no inventory weight I'm currently carrying 50 boulderslarge rocks.

[Rex_Nex]

Quick question, is there a drawback (other than increased damage from the very rare airstrike caster) to permaflying with Tengu, or is it just like a passive movement speed/ev buff?

[lemon10]

Quick question, is there a drawback (other than increased damage from the very rare airstrike caster) to permaflying with Tengu, or is it just like a passive movement speed/ev buff?

No cost at all besides airstrikes.  It is important to note that those treants in swamp can end your flight unexpectedly, which can actually be fairly dangerous if done in bad terrain.

[Rex_Nex]

Thanks!

[Graven]

You might want to fiddle with your .init file to force a "more" message when you see a titan or Air mage, though, because airstrike hurts.

edit : OK, here's my latest State of Being.

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.16-a0-254-g9bdfca2 (tiles) character file.

Gravenous the Anemomancer (Naga Wizard)            Turns: 87635, Time: 03:36:44

HP 231/231       AC 16     Str 14      XL: 23   Next:  8%
MP  38/38        EV 19     Int 26      God: Ashenzari [*****.]
Gold 2147        SH  7     Dex 13      Spells: 11 memorised,  2 levels left

rFire  + . .     SeeInvis +     W - staff of energy
rCold  + + .     Clarity  +     D - +0 robe {rC+ rF+} (curse)
rNeg   + . .     rCorr    .     F - +2 buckler
rPois  +         rRot     .     b - +1 hat (curse)
rElec  .         Spirit   .     O - +1 cloak {MR+} (curse)
SustAb .         Warding  +     S - +0 pair of gloves {Str+3} (curse)
rMut   .         Stasis   .     (no barding)
Gourm  .                        X - brooch of Shielding {Ward rN+ AC+4 EV+4}
MR     ++++.                    p - cursed ring of wizardry
                                J - cursed ring of Beogh's Pride {rC+ MR+ Dex+2}

@: very slow, incredibly resistant to hostile enchantments, quite stealthy
A: spit poison, constrict 1, see invisible, deformed body, poison resistance,
robust 1, slowness 2, AC +7
a: Spit Poison, Scrying, Transfer Knowledge, Renounce Religion
}: 2/15 runes: decaying, gossamer


You are on level 11 of the Dungeon.
You worship Ashenzari.
Ashenzari is extremely pleased with you.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 8 branches of the dungeon, and seen 45 of its levels.
You have visited 2 bazaars.
You have also visited: Bailey and Ice Cave.

You have collected 5901 gold pieces.
You have spent 3754 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Armour
 b - a cursed +1 hat (worn)
 s - the -4 pair of gloves of the Turtle {+Fly MR+ Slay+5}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
   (+5).
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It lets you fly.
 D - a cursed +0 robe of resistance (worn)
 F - a +2 buckler (worn)
 O - a cursed +1 cloak of magic resistance (worn)
 S - a cursed +0 pair of gloves of strength (worn)
Magical devices
 g - a wand of cold (3)
 m - a wand of hasting (3)
 o - a wand of disintegration (8)
 y - a wand of teleportation (5)
 Q - a wand of heal wounds (6)
Comestibles
 d - 6 bread rations
 h - 9 beef jerkies
 n - 9 meat rations
 w - 10 royal jellies
 z - 28 fruits
Scrolls
 e - a scroll of blinking
 f - 6 scrolls of amnesia
 i - 3 scrolls of curse armour
 j - a scroll of fear
 k - 2 scrolls of holy word
 u - 2 scrolls of recharging
 E - 7 scrolls of enchant armour
 G - 2 scrolls of fog
 L - 7 scrolls of remove curse
 M - 26 scrolls of identify
Jewellery
 p - a cursed ring of wizardry (right hand)
 t - an uncursed amulet of resist corrosion
 x - the ring of Vyxaesh {rC++ Str+4 Int+3}
   (You took it off a deep elf master archer on level 3 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   [ring of strength]
   
   It affects your strength (+4).
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It greatly protects you from cold.
 J - the cursed ring of Beogh's Pride (left hand) {rC+ MR+ Dex+2}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   
   [ring of protection from cold]
   
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
   It protects you from cold.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 P - the ring "Shouzew" {Wiz Int+1}
   (You took it off a deep elf sorcerer on level 3 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   [ring of wizardry]
   
   It improves your spell success rate.
   It affects your intelligence (+1).
 T - an uncursed amulet of resist mutation
 X - the brooch of Shielding (around neck) {Ward rN+ AC+4 EV+4}
   (You took it off an orc warrior in a bailey)   
   
   [amulet of warding]
   
   It may prevent the melee attacks of summoned creatures.
   It affects your AC (+4).
   It affects your evasion (+4).
   It protects you from negative energy.
Potions
 a - 2 potions of porridge
 c - 3 potions of haste
 q - 3 potions of cancellation
 r - 4 potions of agility
 v - a potion of heal wounds
 A - 3 potions of restore abilities
 H - 2 potions of resistance
 U - 14 potions of curing
 Z - a potion of magic
Books
 R - a book of Power   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Fulminant Prism                    Conjuration/Hexes            4
   *Iskenderun's Mystic Blast         Conjuration                  4
   Venom Bolt                         Conjuration/Poison           5
   Bolt of Magma                      Conjuration/Fire/Earth       5
   *Iron Shot                         Conjuration/Earth            6
   Orb of Destruction                 Conjuration                  7
 V - a Necronomicon {highlevel}   
   This book is beyond your current level of understanding.
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Haunt                              Necromancy/Summoning         7
   Borgnjor's Revivification          Necromancy                   8
   Death's Door                       Charms/Necromancy            8
   Necromutation                      Transmutation/Necromancy     8
Magical staves
 B - an uncursed staff of earth
 W - an uncursed staff of energy (weapon)
Miscellaneous
 l - a phial of floods
 C - a phial of floods
 I - a fan of gales
 K - a sack of spiders
 N - a lamp of fire
 Y - a lamp of fire


   Skills:
 - Level 13,2 Fighting
 - Level 8,5(11,1) Dodging
 - Level 8,1(10,7) Stealth
 - Level 4,1 Shields
 - Level 10,6 Spellcasting
 - Level 10,3(12,7) Conjurations
 - Level 8,3(11,0) Charms
 - Level 1,0(2,5) Summonings
 - Level 6,0(8,7) Translocations
 * Level 23,6(25,3) Air Magic
 - Level 13,3(15,6) Earth Magic
 - Level 11,9(14,3) Evocations


You have 2 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Magic Dart            Conj           ####         1%          1    None
b - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          1%          2    None
c - Iskenderun's Mystic   Conj           ######..     1%          4    None
d - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       ######       0%          2    None
e - Mephitic Cloud        Conj/Pois/Air  ######..     1%          3    None
f - Conjure Flame         Conj/Fire      #####...     1%          3    None
g - Call Imp              Summ           ####....     1%          2    None
h - Iron Shot             Conj/Erth      ######....   1%          6    None
i - Regeneration          Chrm/Necr      #####.....   1%          3    None
j - Tornado               Air            #######...   6%          9    None
k - Haste                 Chrm           ######..     4%          6    None


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (1/1) D:6             Orc (4/4) D:11
    Elf (3/3) Orc:4          Lair (8/8) D:9           Swamp (5/5) Lair:3
 Spider (5/5) Lair:4        Slime (0/6) Lair:8       Vaults (4/5) D:14
 Depths (0/5) D:15       
 Crypt: Vaults:2-3 

Altars:
Ashenzari
Dithmenos
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Qazlal
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:3 *   D:7 (   Orc:4 (*[:   Elf:1 *   Vaults:1 ?   Vaults:2 ?%=

Portals:
Trove: Elf:2 (give +5 demon trident)

Annotations:
D:6 Blork the orc
D:8 exclusion: 2 oklob saplings
Vaults:3 exclusion: door
Vaults:4 Wiglaf


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You cannot wear boots.
You can spit poison.
You can use your snake-like lower body to constrict enemies.
Your serpentine skin is tough (AC +7).
You have supernaturally acute eyesight.
Armour fits poorly on your strangely shaped body.
Your system is resistant to poisons.
You cover ground very slowly.
You are robust (+10% HP).

Thanks to Ash, I have Tornado, ~16 Earth skill. I have a staff of Earth and a Staff of Air.

I also have a -4 Gloves of MR and +5 slaying, and the following rings:

{rC++ Str+4 Int+3}
{rC+ MR+ Dex+2}
{Wiz Int+1}

My current gloves are normal Of Strength.

My question is, how do I combine these, and which staff do I use as my main weapon. Do I even use a staff? I have a lvl 9 spell already, even if it's a bit meh for Zot, so I want to get my melee going before picking up Shatter and/or another level 9 spell.

Also I have access to various Dragon hides, can I get my cast going with a Fire Dragon, or should I just shrug it off and get a Swamp one?

[vogonpoet]

Gaa, my Staff of Earth weilding DDEE took a vampiric lajatang off of Agnes in Swamp. That feels like basically the best weapon I could hope for, if I wanted to go melee. I was hoping to mainly go with spells though, and now I don't know what to do. I haven't found any Earth spells, apart from Shatter. I don't have brilliant defenses to feel comfy in melee. Swapping between my SoE and the lajatang makes me very hungry.

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.16-a0-747-geaeaf20 (console) character file.

vogonpoet the Champion of Chaos (DDEE)             Turns: 49375, Time: 07:03:30

HP 116/159       AC 27     Str 16      XL: 17   Next: 31%
MP  43/43        EV 10     Int 23      God: Makhleb [******]
Gold 1201        SH  0     Dex 13      Spells: 11 memorised,  2 levels left

rFire  . . .     SeeInvis +     l - +4 lajatang (vamp)
rCold  + . .     Clarity  .     O - +2 ring mail "Weonecs" {rPois rC+ SInv}
rNeg   + + .     rCorr    .     (no shield)
rPois  +         rRot     .     r - +2 helmet
rElec  .         Spirit   .     h - +2 cloak {MR+}
SustAb .         Warding  +     n - +2 pair of gloves
rMut   .         Stasis   .     C - +1 pair of boots of Dim Light {Str+4 Slay+4}
Gourm  .                        A - amulet of warding
MR     +++..                    X - ring of magical power
                                R - +5 ring of protection

@: non-regenerating, repel missiles, extremely resistant to hostile
enchantments, very unstealthy
A: damage resistance, recharge devices, negative energy resistance 1, sense
surroundings 2, slow healing 3
a: Device Recharging, Minor Destruction, Lesser Servant of Makhleb, Major
Destruction, Greater Servant of Makhleb, Renounce Religion
}: 1/15 runes: decaying


You are on level 3 of the Swamp.
You worship Makhleb.
Makhleb is exalted by your worship.
You are hungry.

You have visited 6 branches of the dungeon, and seen 34 of its levels.
You have also visited: Labyrinth, Sewer and Ice Cave.

You have collected 3755 gold pieces.
You have spent 2554 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 j - the +6 blowgun of Autumn {evade, rElec SInv}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 2 of the Orcish Mines)   
   
   It affects your evasion (+5 to EV).
   
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It enhances your eyesight.
 l - a +4 vampiric lajatang (weapon)
Missiles
 b - 430 stones
 i - 24 curare-tipped needles
 J - 5 javelins of penetration (quivered)
Armour
 h - a +2 cloak of magic resistance (worn)
 m - the +0 buckler of Untruth {Dex+4 Int+3}
   (You acquired it on level 13 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
 n - a +2 pair of gloves (worn)
 r - a +2 helmet (worn)
 C - the +1 pair of boots of Dim Light (worn) {Str+4 Slay+4}
   (You acquired it on level 5 of the Swamp)   
   
   It affects your strength (+4).
   It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
   (+4).
 N - the +3 ring mail of Devotion {rF+ Dex-3}
   (You found it on level 9 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It affects your dexterity (-3).
   It protects you from fire.
 O - the +2 ring mail "Weonecs" (worn) {rPois rC+ SInv}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   It protects you from cold.
   It protects you from poison.
   It enhances your eyesight.
Magical devices
 a - a wand of heal wounds (6)
 e - a wand of cold {zapped: 3}
 w - a wand of frost {zapped: 1}
 H - a wand of enslavement
 I - a wand of slowing
 P - a wand of invisibility {zapped: 1}
 T - a wand of teleportation {zapped: 1}
 W - a wand of fire {zapped: 9}
Comestibles
 o - 7 meat rations
 B - a bread ration
 V - 9 fruits
Scrolls
 p - 5 scrolls of remove curse
 q - 5 scrolls of fog
 s - a scroll of enchant armour
 u - a scroll of holy word
 z - 11 scrolls of teleportation
 E - a scroll of immolation
 F - 11 scrolls of identify
 K - 2 scrolls of fear
 M - a scroll of summoning
 Q - 2 scrolls of blinking
 U - a scroll of recharging
Jewellery
 g - an uncursed ring of stealth
 k - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 A - an amulet of warding (around neck)
 R - a +5 ring of protection (left hand)
 X - a ring of magical power (right hand)
 Z - an uncursed ring of flight
Potions
 c - 4 potions of might
 f - 3 potions of agility
 v - 4 potions of brilliance
 x - 7 potions of curing
 D - a potion of magic
 G - 8 potions of heal wounds
 L - a potion of invisibility
 S - a potion of cancellation
Magical staves
 t - an uncursed staff of earth
Miscellaneous
 d - a crystal ball of energy
 y - a stone of tremors
Rods
 Y - a +0 lightning rod (10/10)
   (You found it on level 11 of the Dungeon)


   Skills:
 - Level 12.0 Fighting
 - Level 2.8(6.1) Maces & Flails
 + Level 7.8(8.0) Staves
 - Level 10.4 Armour
 - Level 2.1 Dodging
 - Level 2.4 Stealth
 - Level 2.1 Shields
 - Level 10.0 Spellcasting
 - Level 6.1 Conjurations
 - Level 13.0 Charms
 - Level 4.4 Necromancy
 - Level 1.4 Transmutations
 - Level 6.4 Fire Magic
 - Level 13.4 Earth Magic
 - Level 15.0 Invocations
 - Level 4.1 Evocations


You have 2 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Sublimation of Blood  Necr           ####......   1%          2    None
b - Stoneskin             Trmt/Erth      #####...     1%          2    None
c - Stone Arrow           Conj/Erth      ######       1%          3    None
d - Lee's Rapid Deconstr  Erth           ######....   1%          5    ###....
e - Petrify               Trmt/Erth      #####...     3%          4    #......
f - Conjure Flame         Conj/Fire      #####...     1%          3    None
g - Sticky Flame          Conj/Fire      #####...     6%          4    #......
h - Haste                 Chrm           ######..     4%          6    ######.
i - Sandblast             Erth           ######       1%          1    None
r - Repel Missiles        Chrm/Air       #####.       1%          2    None
s - Swiftness             Chrm/Air       #####...     1%          2    None


On the plus side, I just aquired slaying boots, I have I think 6 recharging scrolls, haste online, and books of spatial translocations and dreams, so I could continue to get by with the attack spells I have, get my laj to min delay, get shroud and blink online, train some dodging, then get phase shift online, by which time, if I survive, I should be badass. Does that sound like a plan?

[Retropunch]

Gaa, my Staff of Earth weilding DDEE took a vampiric lajatang off of Agnes in Swamp. That feels like basically the best weapon I could hope for, if I wanted to go melee. I was hoping to mainly go with spells though, and now I don't know what to do. I haven't found any Earth spells, apart from Shatter. I don't have brilliant defenses to feel comfy in melee. Swapping between my SoE and the lajatang makes me very hungry.

On the plus side, I just aquired slaying boots, I have I think 6 recharging scrolls, haste online, and books of spatial translocations and dreams, so I could continue to get by with the attack spells I have, get my laj to min delay, get shroud and blink online, train some dodging, then get phase shift online, by which time, if I survive, I should be badass. Does that sound like a plan?

I haven't found any Earth spells, apart from Shatter - that's the best earth spell. You don't need anything other than that, LRD and Stone arrow, although Crystal spear is awesome once you finally get it.

The thing is that you don't need to necessarily need to choose one or the other. You can go in with haste+stoneskin,  use shatter which will weaken everything, and then mop up with your awesome laj. Definitely get blink online, and phase shift once you get time, but you should be ready to take on most things with shatter+laj.

Definitely aim for Crystal spear eventually if you want to do more than 3 runes though.

[flame99]

I've got to ask if Wizard Labs are still actually in the game. I've never actually seen any in the game, and most of the articles on them are extremely out of date.