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[Dr Feelgood]

What do you think about my skills?  Most skill based buffs have gotten pretty incremental so its hard to tell what works at this point.

Edit (sorry for hyperactive posting): I have the silver rune of zot.  And... I'm alive.  Somehow.  I was not ready for that floor.  What a crazy fucking place.  I think that's enough Crawl for today.

Congrats! Your defenses are okay. I would upgrade to fire dragon armor for better AC and rF.

As for skills, raise shields to 10 and armor to 15. I'd probably raise fighting and throwing to 20, but I prefer ranged over melee. A troll with maxed unarmed is very fun though.

[Taffer]

So I'm addicted to this game. I'd tried it before briefly, but the bad pixel art drove me away. (I wish they'd use DawnLike instead.)

On a whim, I gave it another shot in ASCII, and I'm very glad I did. I have four assignments due in the next five days, and I can't stop playing. Damn you, DCSS! I honestly think that this is the most well designed roguelike I've played. I particularly enjoy reading through the devlogs and seeing cruft being removed, not just having new features shoehorned in.

If only OpenBSD's version wasn't stuck on 0.11. I had great fun with Sludge Elves and Evaporate for a few runs before I realized that I was stuck in 2011 and started SSHing to FreeBSD to play it.

[MrWillsauce]

Last night I was playing a demonspawn wanderer (well, I played several, but this is the only one who survived past the first floor). She was a born tank, starting with lots of skill in armor, despite the shitty demonspawn aptitudes, +2 scale mail, and two potions of lignification. She also had no weapons skills whatsoever. I invested my skill points heavily in armor for the whole game, even after I had chosen axes as my dedicated weapons skill. Also, my first mutation (and the only one I got that I can remember now) was powered by death, which I just love. Mostly because I like the pretty pink color, which I'm told is called fuchsia. But anyways, I worshiped Yred for the first time and discovered the wonders of obscene amounts of zombie meatshields. Or boneshields, in the case of the skeletons. I've played necromancers before, but goddamn that was an absurd amount of cover. I was able to clear the lair (not the branches yet) with relative ease using my zombie friends and my amulet of rage, finally reaching maximum piety and eagerly awaiting some bro-fane servitors, and finding a +10 pants-creaming plate armor of the Devil's Advocate near the end of the lair. When I had just about cleared all of the hydras on the lair's final floor and had amassed a huge horde of zombies around me, I decided to stop and read-ID some scrolls I had. That was a terrible mistake. The first one was immolation, which I didn't really pay any mind to and kept reading. The next was holy word. My whole legion of the undead exploded around me, taking me with them, filling the screen with fireball burst effects and clouds of fire. On the highscores list the kill was attributed to a zombie wolf.

[EnigmaticHat]

That's the most hilarious death.  You need that rF++ to use immolation.

Also I haven't gone back to my 3 rune game.  I'm not playing more until I've gotten sleep, and lately I haven't been getting sleep.

[miauw62]

That's incredibly hilarious. You should tell ##crawl so everyone can laugh themselves to death.

[frostshotgg]

That's the kind of death that gets your name permanently inscribed in the annals of learndb.

[EnigmaticHat]

You know, done on purpose that could probably be a legitimate strategy, assuming your god doesn't kill you for intentionally reading a scroll of holy word.

[Grek]

I've definitely run Yred/Inner Flame tactics before. Lots of fun, but ultimately not worth it.

[EnigmaticHat]

Yeah, might as well just inner flame the enemies and then use them as your bombs.

[Graven]

So I remembered I hadn't played Crawl in a while, and decided to download the latest trunk, see what changes I missed.

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.16-a0-3194-g9356553 (tiles) character file.

11949466 Gravenous the Conqueror (level 27, 199/199 HPs)
             Began as a Gargoyle Assassin on Dec 19, 2014.
             Was the Champion of the Shining One.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 15 runes on Dec 20, 2014!
             
             The game lasted 04:45:32 (136925 turns).

Gravenous the Conqueror (Gargoyle Assassin)       Turns: 136925, Time: 04:45:32

Health: 199/199    AC: 76    Str: 25      XL:     27
Magic:  45/45      EV: 28    Int: 12 (15) God:    the Shining One [******]
Gold:   8290       SH:  0    Dex: 19      Spells: 0 memorised, 26 levels left

rFire  + + +     SeeInvis .     o - +9 great mace (holy)
rCold  + + .     Clarity  .     B - +14 crystal plate armour
rNeg   + + +     SustAb   .     (no shield)
rPois  ?         Gourm    .     r - -2 hat of the Alchemist {rElec rPois rF+ rC+ rN+ MR+ rMut rCorr}
rElec  +         Spirit   .     V - +2 cloak {MR+}
rCorr  +         Warding  .     K - +2 pair of gloves {Dex+3}
rMut   +         Stasis   .     S - +2 pair of boots {run}
MR     +++++                    E - amulet of the Air {Inacc +Fly rElec EV+5 RMsl}
Stlth  ..........               T - ring of Abyoruah {rC+ Dex+3 Slay+5}
                                W - ring "Smot Zaostru" {rF++ rN+ MR+ Dex+2 Stlth+} (curse)

@: flying, glowing, repel missiles, quick, almost entirely resistant to hostile
enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: able to fly continuously, big wings, negative energy resistance 1,
electricity resistance, unbreathing, petrification resistance, rot immunity, AC
+20
a: Stop Flying, Divine Shield, Cleansing Flame, Summon Divine Warrior, Renounce
Religion
0: Orb of Zot
}: 15/15 runes: decaying, serpentine, slimy, silver, golden, iron, obsidian,
icy, bone, abyssal, demonic, glowing, magical, fiery, dark


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 97 of its levels.
You visited Pandemonium 2 times, and saw 25 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 4 times.
You visited 1 bazaar.
You also visited: Labyrinth and Ossuary.

You collected 15498 gold pieces.
You spent 7208 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 o - a +9 great mace of holy wrath (weapon)
 Q - a cursed +9 eveningstar of flaming
Armour
 b - the cursed +4 dragonskin cloak
   (You took it off Tiamat on level 4 of the Realm of Zot)   
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 k - the cursed +7 pearl dragon armour "Pramouf" {rN+ Str+5 Int+4}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Tomb of the Ancients)   
   
   It affects your strength (+5).
   It affects your intelligence (+4).
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 q - a +9 gold dragon armour
 r - the -2 hat of the Alchemist (worn) {rElec rPois rF+ rC+ rN+ MR+ rMut rCorr}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 3 of the Vaults)   
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It protects you from cold.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It protects you from poison.
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It protects you from acid and corrosion.
   It protects you from mutation.
 B - a +14 crystal plate armour (worn)
 K - a +2 pair of gloves of dexterity (worn)
 S - a +2 pair of boots of running (worn)
 V - a +2 cloak of magic resistance (worn)
Jewellery
 e - the ring "Wurch" {rC+ rN+ MR++ Str+3 Int-1}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Depths)   
   
   [ring of protection from cold]
   
   It affects your strength (+3).
   It affects your intelligence (-1).
   It protects you from cold.
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
 p - a cursed amulet of stasis
 w - a cursed ring of teleportation
 E - the amulet of the Air (around neck) {Inacc +Fly rElec EV+5 RMsl}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Depths)   
   
   [amulet of inaccuracy]
   
   It reduces the accuracy of all your attacks.
   It affects your evasion (+5).
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It lets you fly.
   It protects you from missiles.
 M - a cursed ring of see invisible
 T - the ring of Abyoruah (right hand) {rC+ Dex+3 Slay+5}
   (You found it on level 1 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   [ring of dexterity]
   
   It affects your dexterity (+3).
   It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
   (+5).
   It protects you from cold.
 W - the cursed ring "Smot Zaostru" (left hand) {rF++ rN+ MR+ Dex+2 Stlth+}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Crypt)   
   
   [ring of positive energy]
   
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
   It greatly protects you from fire.
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It makes you more stealthy.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
 X - the cursed ring of Pnaeseqi {MR++ MP+9 Slay+6 SInv Stlth++}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Tomb of the Ancients)   
   
   [ring of magical power]
   
   It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
   (+6).
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It affects your magic capacity (+9).
   It enhances your eyesight.
   It makes you much more stealthy.
   It has a curse placed upon it.
Magical devices
 m - a wand of teleportation (8)
 s - a wand of disintegration (3)
 P - a wand of hasting (6)
 U - a wand of digging (14)
Scrolls
 a - 5 scrolls of magic mapping
 d - 4 scrolls of fear
 l - 13 scrolls of fog
 v - 21 scrolls of identify
 y - 10 scrolls of teleportation
 H - 24 scrolls of remove curse
 N - 3 scrolls of recharging
 O - 3 scrolls of holy word
 R - 4 scrolls of silence
Potions
 h - 10 potions of resistance
 n - 13 potions of restore abilities
 t - 8 potions of cancellation
 C - 3 potions of haste
 D - a potion of curing
 I - a potion of cure mutation
Miscellaneous
 f - a fan of gales
 i - a phial of floods
 A - a fan of gales
 F - a fan of gales
 G - a fan of gales
 L - a fan of gales
 Y - a lamp of fire
 Z - a fan of gales
Comestibles
 c - 24 royal jellies
 g - 13 bread rations
 j - 2 meat rations
 u - 2 slices of pizza
 x - 9 beef jerkies
 z - 35 fruits


   Skills:
 O Level 27 Fighting
   Level 1,7 Short Blades
 O Level 27 Maces & Flails
 - Level 2,0 Throwing
 O Level 27 Armour
 O Level 27 Dodging
 + Level 13,4 Stealth
 O Level 27 Invocations
 O Level 27 Evocations


You had 26 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (1/1) D:6            Lair (8/8) D:9
  Swamp (5/5) Lair:6        Snake (5/5) Lair:6        Slime (6/6) Lair:7
    Orc (4/4) D:10            Elf (3/3) Orc:4        Vaults (5/5) D:13
  Crypt (3/3) Vaults:2       Tomb (3/3) Crypt:3      Depths (5/5) D:15
   Hell (1/1)                 Dis (7/7) Hell            Geh (7/7) Hell
    Coc (7/7) Hell            Tar (7/7) Hell            Zot (5/5) Depths:5

Altars:
Ashenzari
Dithmenos
Fedhas
Gozag
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Qazlal
Ru
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One
Beogh
Jiyva

Shops:
D:5 (   D:10 [(   D:12 (![?*   Orc:4 !([(   Vaults:1 (   Vaults:2 :   Vaults:3 [[**   Vaults:4 [

Portals:
Hell: Depths:1 Depths:2 Depths:3 Depths:4 Depths:5
Abyss: Depths:1 Depths:2 Depths:4
Pandemonium: Depths:1 Depths:3
Ziggurat: Depths:1

Annotations:
D:8 exclusion: 2 oklob saplings
Swamp:1 Kirke
Elf:2 runed door


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You are resistant to torment.
You are immune to poison.
You can fly continuously.
Your stone body is very resilient (AC +20).
Your wings are large and strong.
You resist negative energy.
You are resistant to electric shocks.
You can survive without breathing.
You are immune to petrification.
You are immune to rotting.

And god damn, does it appear I missed a ton of stuff. Despite the, honestly, indecent equipment I got, most of it quite early in the game, this was one of the most difficult wins I've had. I suspect it's mostly due to skipping spells entirely, but I've 15-runed a NaGl with a mace and shield and no spells, and it was heaven in comparison to this guy.

Assorted thoughts to follow:

1. The Alchemist's Hat is insane - {rElec rPois rF+ rC+ rN+ MR+ rMut rCorr}. I bought it from a Gozag Shop Vault for like 5k, and didn't regret a single coin of it

2. There are a lot of new enemies, especially in Tomb. This is a good thing - however the devs might want to throw one or two new enemies at mid-game, since it remains somewhat meh.

3. Extended's difficulty seems to have been buffed again:

- I nearly died (sub-20 HP) three times to Mnoleg of all things. I guess removing his tentacles for new branded melee attacks was not, in fact, a nerf, since I had to use almost all my consumables to not die

- I got a Holy Pan level with TSO, starting in view of 3 Daevas which basically wrecked my shit. I used up all my consumables here, barely survived until the teleport kicked in and scurried away like a disgraced rat

- I got Smited and Hellfired a lot. I mean A LOT. Not sure if it's objective or confirmation bias, but things were using their abilities a lot more. Reading through the change notes they do say a rework on monster spellcasting and ability use went in, but I haven't searched around to see what exactly this entails.

- A LOT OF GOD DAMN HELLFIRE.

- Shard Shrikes can go shrike themselves.

This reminds me I have a hybrid Naga caster of some sort sitting at 11 runes in one of the fifty trunk folders on my desktop. I might finish it soon.

[flame99]

So I just had Swamp, Spider, and Slime all spawn on the same floor,

Also, do ghosts seem way more common in Trunk to anyone else, or is it just me?

[EnigmaticHat]

I haven't gone back to my 3 rune game.  I'm not playing more until I've gotten sleep, and lately I haven't been getting sleep.

Finally came back to this.  Had a month, never really felt like I had both the time and mental to come back to DCSS.  I REALLY don't want this game to die, never won a big traditional RL before.

Clearing out most of the easy(ish) branches I should have done before Vaults:5.  Found the Trove in Depths:3... it asked me for 13 potions of cure health.  Even if I had a single one of those remaining, no way whatever is in there is worth such a huge sacrifice.  Not for an unarmed troll fighter who doesn't use half of her equipment slots.

In Depths:4 I found something interesting.  As far as I can tell, its the wizard prison of Azkaban.  A medium sized network of hallways with 2x2 cells, each blocked off by two iron bars.  In each cell is a powerful wizard, including an Ancient Lich and some powerful draconians.  A silent spectre in the center keeps them all from spellcasting, while soul eaters roam the halls, drawing from the life force of the wizards when they get into fights.

Pretty cool find.  I'm currently disintegrating the bars with a wand and getting some easy experience.

[flame99]

God dammit. Just lost my best character ever because when I used a wand of teleport on Spider: 5, it decided to put me right in the middle of the rune room. I would've used Ru's apocalypse to take everything in the room out, but unfortunately, they managed to fatally poison me and give me -Potion (I took sacrifice drink) before it was even my turn.
Morgue file, if anyone would care to look at it:

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.16-a0-3218-g9b393b2 (webtiles) character file.

202940 flameboy99 the Warrior (level 17, -3/153 HPs)
             Began as a Minotaur Fighter on Dec 20, 2014.
             Was the Champion of Ru.
             Succumbed to a ghost moth's poison
             ... on level 4 of the Spider Nest.
             The game lasted 02:54:02 (42798 turns).

flameboy99 the Warrior (Minotaur Fighter)          Turns: 42798, Time: 02:54:02

Health: -3/153     AC: 31    Str: 24      XL:     17   Next: 96%
Magic:  1/9        EV:  6    Int:  2 (4)  God:    Ru [******]
Gold:   4386       SH: 17    Dex: 11 (13) Spells: 0 memorised, 16 levels left

rFire  + . .     SeeInvis +     K - +5 demon whip "Spellbinder" {antimagic, MR+}
rCold  . . .     Clarity  +     C - +5 plate armour {rF+}
rNeg   . . .     SustAb   .     c - +5 shield
rPois  +         Gourm    .     (helmet restricted)
rElec  .         Spirit   .     p - +2 cloak {rPois}
rCorr  .         Warding  .     m - +2 pair of gloves {Dex+3}
rMut   .         Stasis   .     S - +2 pair of boots
MR     +++..                    g - amulet of clarity
Stlth  ..........               U - +4 ring of intelligence
                                Z - ring of Curiosity {rPois MR+ Int-3 Slay+4 SInv Stlth+}

@: lethally poisoned, exhausted, no potions, no scrolls, drained, extremely
resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely unstealthy
A: retaliatory headbutt, horns 2, clumsy 2, dopey 1, frail 1, high mp 1,
inability to drink while threatened, inability to read while threatened, no
stealth, hated by all, inability to train dodging, no conjurations magic, no
poison magic, no transmutations magic
a: Draw Out Power, Power Leap, Apocalypse, Renounce Religion
}: 1/15 runes: barnacled


You were on level 4 of the Spider Nest.
You worshipped Ru.
Ru was exalted by your worship.
You were not hungry.

You visited 6 branches of the dungeon, and saw 38 of its levels.
You also visited: Labyrinth, Sewer and Ice Cave.

You collected 4539 gold pieces.
You spent 153 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 K - the +5 demon whip "Spellbinder" (weapon) {antimagic, MR+}
   (You found it on level 5 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   It disrupts the flow of magical energy around spellcasters and certain
   magical creatures (including the wielder).
   
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
 Q - a +1 demon whip of venom
Missiles
 r - 6 poisoned tomahawks
 w - 12 javelins of penetration (quivered)
Armour
 c - a +5 shield (worn)
 m - a +2 pair of gloves of dexterity (worn)
 p - a +2 cloak of poison resistance (worn)
 C - a +5 plate armour of fire resistance (worn)
 S - a +2 pair of boots (worn)
Jewellery
 g - an amulet of clarity (around neck)
 k - an uncursed ring of flight
 s - an uncursed amulet of warding
 A - a +4 ring of protection
 B - an uncursed ring of ice
 P - an uncursed ring of see invisible
 U - a +4 ring of intelligence (right hand)
 Z - the ring of Curiosity (left hand) {rPois MR+ Int-3 Slay+4 SInv Stlth+}
   (You found it in an ice cave)   
   
   [ring of poison resistance]
   
   It affects your intelligence (-3).
   It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
   (+4).
   It protects you from poison.
   It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
   It enhances your eyesight.
   It makes you more stealthy.
Magical devices
 b - a wand of flame (28)
 u - a wand of draining (10)
 y - a wand of disintegration (13)
 G - a wand of teleportation (2)
 L - a wand of disintegration (12)
 O - a wand of fireball (2)
 R - a wand of fire (10)
 T - a wand of fireball (2)
Scrolls
 f - a scroll of silence
 j - 14 scrolls of remove curse
 n - 2 scrolls of magic mapping
 q - 10 scrolls of teleportation
 t - 3 scrolls of blinking
 v - 3 scrolls of identify
 z - a scroll of fog
 D - 6 scrolls of recharging
 M - 2 scrolls of fear
Potions
 a - 5 potions of curing
 e - 3 potions of might
 o - 2 potions of cancellation
 x - 7 potions of agility
 E - a potion of resistance
 F - 2 potions of haste
 I - 3 potions of heal wounds
 J - 3 potions of invisibility
 N - 2 potions of flight
Comestibles
 d - 19 bread rations
 h - 16 meat rations
 i - 9 beef jerkies
 l - 44 fruits
 H - 5 slices of pizza
 X - 14 royal jellies


   Skills:
 - Level 20.2(19.8) Fighting
 - Level 14.7(14.4) Maces & Flails
 - Level 18.0(17.6) Throwing
 + Level 12.7(12.4) Armour
 - Level 10.4(10.1) Shields
 - Level 10.2(9.9) Evocations


You had 16 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (1/1) D:6            Lair (8/8) D:9
 Shoals (5/5) Lair:3       Spider (5/5) Lair:3        Slime (0/6) Lair:8
    Orc (4/4) D:10            Elf (0/3) Orc:4        Depths (0/5) D:15
Vaults: D:13-14     

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Dithmenos
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Gozag
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Qazlal
Ru
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One
Beogh

Shops:
D:7 [   Orc:1 :   Orc:2 [   Orc:3 %   Orc:4 (:[*   Shoals:3 :

Annotations:
Abyss:1 Gastronok


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You reflexively headbutt those who attack you in melee.
You have a pair of horns on your head.
You are very clumsy. (Dex -4)
You are dopey. (Int -2)
You are frail (-10% HP).
You cannot drink potions while threatened.
You cannot read scrolls while threatened.
You cannot be stealthy.
You are hated by all.
You cannot train Dodging.
You cannot study or cast Conjurations magic.
You cannot study or cast Poison magic.
You cannot study or cast Transmutations magic.
You have an increased reservoir of magic (+10% MP).


Message History

Use which ability? (? or * to list)
Okay, then.
You cannot drink potions in your current state!
Evoke which item? (* to show all) (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Okay, then.
A trapdoor spider comes into view.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You feel very sick.
The trapdoor spider hisses angrily. You hear an angry hiss.
There is a stone staircase leading up here.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You feel very sick.
You climb upwards.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You feel very sick.
There is a stone staircase leading down here.
Unknown command.
Use which ability? (? or * to list)
You're too exhausted to draw out your power.
You die...

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There were no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  Norris (Spider:2)
  Arachne (Spider:3)
  Rupert (Lair:7)
  Agnes (Shoals:3)
  Roxanne (Spider:2)
  Ilsuiw (Shoals:5)
  An orc warlord (Orc:4)
  3 emperor scorpions
  7 merfolk javelineers (Shoals:5)
  Snorg (Lair:7)
  The ghost of heteroy the Grappler, a powerful OgWn of Gozag (D:10)
  6 merfolk impalers
  Josephine (D:10)
  A yaktaur captain (D:15)
  2 ice dragons (IceCv)
  Fannar (Lair:7)
  A fire dragon (Lair:8)
  12 hydras
  3 centaur warriors
  5 merfolk avatars
  4 death yaks (Lair:8)
  An ogre mage (D:14)
  3 satyrs
  4 merfolk aquamancers
  2 tengu warriors
  The ghost of Limulus the Basher, an experienced OgGl of Gozag (D:6)
  3 orc high priests (Orc:4)
  Nergalle (Lair:8)
  Erolcha (D:11)
  7 sea snakes
  3 unseen horrors
  8 harpies
  2 ice statues (IceCv)
  4 hill giants
  3 orc knights (Orc:4)
  A wolf spider zombie (D:13)
  A necromancer (D:13)
  3 cyclopes
  19 wolf spiders
  8 griffons
  8 fauns
  6 orc sorcerers
  13 manticores
  A worldbinder (Orc:4)
  9 orb spiders
  4 water nymphs
  3 red wasps
  6 black mambas
  20 ugly things (D:14)
  16 elephants
  Joseph (D:8)
  12 sirens
  2 centaur skeletons
  13 spiny frogs
  Psyche (D:8)
  3 gargoyles
  An efreet (D:15)
  2 yaktaurs
  3 demonic crawlers
  10 fire drakes
  6 komodo dragons
  A wandering mushroom (D:9)
  A blue devil (Orc:4)
  30 jumping spiders
  23 merfolk
  3 tengu conjurers (D:15)
  2 wind drakes (Shoals:5)
  2 trolls
  9 polar bears
  2 red devils
  3 two-headed ogres (D:14)
  9 ravens
  10 basilisks
  7 blink frogs
  15 snapping turtles
  2 boulder beetles
  A shadow (D:15)
  11 trapdoor spiders
  15 tarantellas
  4 deep elf magi
  17 yaks
  10 water elementals
  33 redbacks
  2 wraiths
  8 wyverns
  A vampire (D:15)
  A spriggan (D:7)
  A ynoxinul (Lair:7)
  3 hungry ghosts
  A centaur simulacrum (D:10)
  17 humans (D:13)
  21 hippogriffs
  Eustachio (D:7)
  Grum (Orc:2)
  A steam dragon (Lair:8)
  28 wolves
  8 wargs
  Edmund (Orc:1)
  Menkaure (D:7)
  4 vampire mosquitoes (D:14)
  11 porcupines
  3 hell hounds (Lair:8)
  10 water moccasins
  5 mottled dragons
  18 spiders
  3 swamp drakes
  A soldier ant (D:10)
  35 orc warriors
  3 orc zombies (Orc:4)
  3 sky beasts
  11 black bears (Lair:8)
  22 ice beasts
  A phantom (D:12)
  11 ogres
  2 big kobolds
  A boring beetle (Lair:2)
  17 crocodiles
  3 centaurs
  10 giant frogs
  A wyvern zombie (D:14)
  12 scorpions
  16 killer bees
  A water moccasin skeleton (D:9)
  5 electric eels
  13 wights
  2 centaur zombies
  7 crimson imps
  21 hounds
  3 goliath beetles
  A quasit (D:12)
  11 iguanas
  11 jellies
  Crazy Yiuf (D:3)
  28 orc priests
  4 giant frog skeletons
  7 hell rats (Lair:5)
  35 orc wizards
  7 worker ants
  4 sheep (Shoals:4)
  A hound zombie (D:10)
  A hound skeleton (D:10)
  A mummy (D:11)
  2 worker ant zombies (D:10)
  4 gnolls (D:3)
  82 river rats
  21 adders
  3 shadow imps
  3 giant mites
  5 worms
  4 adder skeletons
  12 giant geckos
  3 oozes (Sewer)
  189 orcs
  5 ball pythons
  A bat zombie (D:5)
  10 giant cockroaches
  16 goblins
  25 hobgoblins
  30 jackals
  8 quokkas
  20 bats
  4 giant newts
  2 giant spores (D:10)
  A jackal skeleton (D:8)
  25 kobolds
  A quokka skeleton (D:4)
  18 rats
  13 ballistomycetes
  2 fungi (D:9)
1452 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  2 eldritch tentacles (Orc:4)
  A minotaur (Lab)
  A catoblepas (Lair:3)
  A wolf spider (Spider:5)
  A cyclops (D:15)
  A spiny frog (Lair:8)
  A blink frog (Lair:4)
  A tarantella (Spider:5)
  2 yaks
  A spider (Spider:4)
  A killer bee (D:10)
  A giant frog zombie (D:6)
  A hound (D:10)
  An orc wizard (Orc:4)
  3 iguanas
  An adder (Lair:5)
  5 orcs
  3 giant spores
  200 eldritch tentacle segments (Orc:4)
  4 fungi
  7 plants
239 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 1691 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
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     0 | D:1      | flameboy99, the Minotaur Fighter, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 19/19 MP: 1/1
     3 | D:1      | Noticed an electric eel
     3 | D:1      | Noticed an electric eel
   112 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 23/26 MP: 1/1
   625 | D:2      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 9/31 MP: 2/2
   865 | D:2      | Reached skill level 4 in Maces & Flails
  1656 | D:2      | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
  1656 | D:2      | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
  1905 | D:3      | Reached skill level 5 in Maces & Flails
  1905 | D:3      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 25/35 MP: 2/2
  2129 | D:3      | Gained mutation: You possess an exceptional clarity of mind. [potion of beneficial mutation]
  2581 | D:3      | Reached skill level 6 in Maces & Flails
  2612 | D:3      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 31/41 MP: 2/2
  2700 | D:3      | Noticed Crazy Yiuf
  2709 | D:3      | Killed Crazy Yiuf
  3129 | D:4      | Reached skill level 7 in Maces & Flails
  3153 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 41/47 MP: 3/3
  3269 | D:4      | Noticed an orc warrior
  3287 | D:3      | Killed an orc warrior
  3287 | D:3      | Reached skill level 8 in Maces & Flails
  3507 | D:4      | Reached skill level 9 in Maces & Flails
  3603 | D:4      | Found an opulent altar of Gozag.
  3663 | D:4      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 53/53 MP: 3/3
  4234 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  4566 | D:5      | Reached skill level 10 in Maces & Flails
  4606 | D:5      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
  4719 | D:5      | Found a snail-covered altar of Cheibriados.
  4843 | D:6      | Found an iron altar of Okawaru.
  4847 | D:6      | Noticed Limulus' ghost (experienced OgGl)
  4871 | D:6      | Killed Limulus' ghost
  4871 | D:6      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 40/71 MP: 3/3
  4965 | D:6      | Found a glowing silver altar of Zin.
  4966 | D:6      | Noticed an angel
  4974 | D:6      | Found a shimmering altar of Xom.
  5180 | D:6      | Found a glowing drain.
  5197 | Sewer    | Entered a sewer
  5675 | D:6      | Reached skill level 10 in Fighting
  5680 | D:6      | Found a stormy altar of Qazlal.
  5681 | D:6      | Noticed a trapdoor spider
  5690 | D:6      | Killed a trapdoor spider
  5690 | D:6      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 65/81 MP: 4/4
  5779 | D:6      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  5788 | Temple   | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
  5801 | Temple   | Became a worshipper of Ru the Awakened
  5946 | D:7      | Reached skill level 5 in Armour
  6218 | D:7      | Found Churutoato's Antique Armour Shoppe.
  6236 | D:7      | Bought a pair of boots for 121 gold pieces
  6539 | D:7      | Noticed Menkaure
  6547 | D:7      | Killed Menkaure
  6581 | D:7      | Noticed Eustachio
  6587 | D:7      | Killed Eustachio
  6995 | D:8      | Gained mutation: You are hated by all. [Ru sacrifice]
  6995 | D:8      | Acquired Ru's first power
  7004 | D:8      | Noticed Psyche
  7018 | D:8      | Killed Psyche
  7021 | D:8      | Reached skill level 10 in Armour
  7258 | D:8      | Noticed Joseph
  7276 | D:8      | Killed Joseph
  7326 | D:8      | Reached XP level 10. HP: 70/89 MP: 4/4
  7483 | D:8      | Reached skill level 11 in Armour
  7811 | D:8      | Found a white marble altar of Elyvilon.
  7811 | D:8      | Found a sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh.
  7938 | D:8      | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
  8198 | D:9      | Reached skill level 5 in Evocations
  8200 | D:9      | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha.
  8307 | D:9      | Found a staircase to the Lair.
  8514 | D:9      | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
  8517 | D:9      | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet.
  8753 | Lair:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
  8817 | Lair:1   | Gained mutation: You cannot read scrolls while threatened. [Ru sacrifice]
  8817 | Lair:1   | Acquired Ru's second power
  9717 | Lair:2   | Found a labyrinth entrance.
  9730 | Lab      | Entered a labyrinth
 10073 | Lab      | Noticed a minotaur
 10088 | Lab      | HP: 4/93 [minotaur/rod of clouds (26)]
 10665 | Lab      | Killed a minotaur
 10665 | Lab      | Reached XP level 11. HP: 80/100 MP: 19/19
 10932 | Lair:2   | Gained mutation: You cannot be stealthy. [Ru sacrifice]
 10932 | Lair:2   | Acquired Ru's third power
 11017 | Lair:2   | Noticed a four-headed hydra
 11020 | Lair:2   | Noticed a five-headed hydra
 11026 | Lair:2   | Killed a four-headed hydra
 11049 | Lair:2   | Killed a five-headed hydra
 11049 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 10 in Evocations
 11294 | Lair:2   | Reached skill level 5 in Shields
 12427 | Lair:3   | Noticed a five-headed hydra
 12437 | Lair:3   | Killed a five-headed hydra
 12437 | Lair:3   | Reached skill level 10 in Shields
 12571 | Lair:3   | Found a hole to the Spider Nest.
 12814 | Lair:3   | Found a staircase to the Shoals.
 12943 | Lair:3   | Gained mutation: You are clumsy. (Dex -2) [Ru sacrifice]
 12972 | Lair:3   | Noticed a catoblepas
 13004 | Lair:3   | Killed a catoblepas
 13004 | Lair:3   | Reached XP level 12. HP: 42/108 MP: 22/22
 13899 | Lair:4   | Noticed a five-headed hydra
 13908 | Lair:4   | Killed a five-headed hydra
 14104 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 12 in Fighting
 14430 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 13 in Fighting
 15134 | Lair:4   | Noticed an eight-headed hydra
 15142 | Lair:4   | Killed an eight-headed hydra
 15143 | Lair:4   | Noticed a five-headed hydra
 15167 | Lair:4   | Killed a five-headed hydra
 15167 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 14 in Fighting
 15247 | Lair:4   | Reached skill level 15 in Fighting
 15723 | Lair:5   | Gained mutation: You cannot drink potions while threatened. [Ru sacrifice]
 15723 | Lair:5   | Acquired Ru's fourth power
 15777 | Lair:5   | Reached XP level 13. HP: 105/128 MP: 20/23
 15951 | Lair:5   | Reached skill level 16 in Fighting
 17155 | Lair:6   | Reached skill level 17 in Fighting
 17233 | Lair:6   | Gained mutation: You cannot study or cast Poison magic. [Ru sacrifice]
 17233 | Lair:6   | Gained mutation: You cannot study or cast Transmutations magic. [Ru sacrifice]
 17233 | Lair:6   | Gained mutation: You cannot study or cast Conjurations magic. [Ru sacrifice]
 17233 | Lair:6   | Acquired Ru's fifth power
 17504 | Lair:7   | Noticed Snorg
 17516 | Lair:7   | Killed Snorg
 17573 | Lair:7   | Noticed Fannar
 17596 | Lair:7   | Killed Fannar
 17977 | Lair:7   | Noticed Rupert
 17997 | Lair:7   | Killed Rupert
 17997 | Lair:7   | Reached skill level 18 in Fighting
 18466 | Lair:8   | Entered Level 8 of the Lair of Beasts
 18720 | Lair:8   | Noticed Nergalle
 18734 | Lair:8   | Killed Nergalle
 18887 | Lair:8   | Reached skill level 19 in Fighting
 18923 | Lair:8   | Found a staircase to the Slime Pits.
 19276 | Lair:8   | Found a radiant altar of Vehumet.
 19309 | Lair:8   | Gained mutation: You cannot train Dodging. [Ru sacrifice]
 19363 | Lair:8   | Reached XP level 14. HP: 136/146 MP: 8/24
 19931 | Lair:8   | Reached skill level 20 in Fighting
 20648 | D:10     | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
 20838 | D:10     | Noticed heteroy's ghost (powerful OgWn)
 20851 | D:10     | Killed heteroy's ghost
 20867 | D:10     | Gained mutation: You are very clumsy. (Dex -4) [Ru sacrifice]
 20996 | D:10     | Noticed Gastronok
 21008 | D:10     | Banished Gastronok
 21225 | D:10     | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
 21273 | D:10     | Lost mutation: You possess an exceptional clarity of mind. [potion of cure mutation]
 21568 | D:10     | Noticed Josephine
 21574 | D:10     | Killed Josephine
 22008 | Orc:1    | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
 22051 | Orc:1    | Gained mutation: You are dopey. (Int -2) [Ru sacrifice]
 22074 | Orc:1    | Found Jucoesk's Book Shoppe.
 22111 | Orc:1    | Noticed Edmund
 22121 | Orc:1    | Killed Edmund
 22572 | Orc:2    | Noticed Grum
 22580 | Orc:2    | Killed Grum
 22755 | Orc:2    | Found Ohowk's Armour Shop.
 23038 | Orc:3    | Gained mutation: You are frail (-10% HP). [Ru sacrifice]
 23244 | Orc:4    | Entered Level 4 of the Orcish Mines
 23273 | Orc:4    | Found a staircase to the Elven Halls.
 23362 | Orc:4    | Noticed an orc warlord
 23576 | Orc:4    | Killed an orc warlord
 23869 | Orc:4    | Paralysed by an orc sorcerer for 5 turns
 24614 | Orc:4    | Reached XP level 15. HP: 113/139 MP: 8/25
 24959 | Orc:4    | Found Leasm's General Store.
 24961 | Orc:4    | Found Jenolays' Book Shoppe.
 24962 | Orc:4    | Found Wuasas' Antique Armour Shoppe.
 24962 | Orc:4    | Found Amostren's Antique Weapon Emporium.
 24976 | Orc:4    | Bought a scroll of identify for 32 gold pieces
 25096 | Orc:3    | Found Fyntouc's Food Shop.
 25652 | D:11     | Noticed Erolcha
 25660 | D:11     | Killed Erolcha
 25951 | D:12     | Found a sacrificial altar of Ru.
 26052 | D:12     | Found an ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha.
 26483 | D:12     | Reached skill level 1 in Throwing
 27233 | D:13     | Reached skill level 5 in Throwing
 27363 | D:13     | Found a frozen archway.
 27367 | IceCv    | Entered an ice cave
 28107 | IceCv    | Got a fine granite ring
 28109 | IceCv    | Identified the ring of Curiosity {rPois MR+ Int-3 Slay+4 SInv Stlth+} (You found it in an ice cave)
 30399 | D:15     | Entered Level 15 of the Dungeon
 30418 | D:14     | Reached skill level 10 in Throwing
 31502 | D:15     | Reached XP level 16. HP: 146/146 MP: 8/25
 31660 | D:15     | Found a staircase to the Depths.
 31979 | Shoals:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Shoals
 32906 | Shoals:3 | Found Plat's Book Shop.
 33117 | Shoals:3 | Noticed Agnes
 33128 | Shoals:3 | Killed Agnes
 33851 | Shoals:4 | Found a shattered altar of Ashenzari.
 34979 | Shoals:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Shoals
 36038 | Shoals:5 | Noticed Ilsuiw
 36053 | Shoals:5 | Killed Ilsuiw
 36084 | Shoals:5 | Reached skill level 15 in Throwing
 37119 | Shoals:5 | Reached XP level 17. HP: 153/153 MP: 8/26
 37164 | Shoals:5 | Got a barnacled rune of Zot
 38604 | Spider:1 | Entered Level 1 of the Spider Nest
 39926 | Spider:2 | Noticed Norris
 39945 | Spider:2 | Killed Norris
 40030 | Spider:2 | Noticed Roxanne
 40047 | Spider:2 | Killed Roxanne
 41488 | Spider:3 | Noticed Arachne
 41503 | Spider:3 | Killed Arachne
 42173 | Spider:4 | Gained mutation: You have an increased reservoir of magic (+10% MP). [potion of beneficial mutation]
 42539 | Spider:4 | Found a roughly hewn altar of Beogh.
 42702 | Spider:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Spider Nest
 42796 | Spider:5 | HP: 6/153 [poisoned by a ghost moth]
 42797 | Spider:4 | HP: 1/153 [poisoned by a ghost moth]
 42798 | Spider:4 | Succumbed to a ghost moth's poison


Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-18 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Flail             |    95 |   137 |   324 |    24 |       |       ||   580
       Morningstar       |       |       |       |   703 |    62 |       ||   765
       Demon whip        |       |       |       |       |  2244 |  1383 ||  3627
Throw: Tomahawk          |       |       |       |       |     2 |     2 ||     4
       Javelin           |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
Invok: Sacrifice Love    |       |       |     1 |       |       |       ||     1
       Sacrifice Words   |       |       |       |     1 |       |       ||     1
       Draw Out Power    |       |       |       |     4 |       |     1 ||     5
       Sacrifice Purity  |       |       |       |     1 |     2 |       ||     3
       Sacrifice Stealth |       |       |       |     1 |       |       ||     1
       Power Leap        |       |       |       |     1 |     9 |     2 ||    12
       Sacrifice Drink   |       |       |       |     1 |       |       ||     1
       Sacrifice Arcana  |       |       |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
       Sacrifice Nimblen |       |       |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
       Apocalypse        |       |       |       |       |     3 |     1 ||     4
       Sacrifice Health  |       |       |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
 Abil: Stop Flying       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
       Evoke Flight      |       |       |       |       |       |     1 ||     1
Evoke: Wand              |       |       |     1 |       |       |     1 ||     2
  Use: Potion            |     6 |     3 |     3 |     7 |     4 |     1 ||    24
       Scroll            |     5 |     6 |     7 |    12 |    22 |    13 ||    65
 Stab: Distracted        |       |       |       |     1 |     8 |     7 ||    16
       Invisible         |       |       |       |     5 |    12 |    11 ||    28
       Fleeing           |       |       |       |       |     2 |       ||     2
       Confused          |       |       |       |       |     1 |     6 ||     7
       Paralysed         |       |       |       |       |    12 |    13 ||    25
  Eat: Chunk             |     3 |     6 |    12 |    23 |    50 |    31 ||   125
       Bread ration      |       |       |       |     1 |       |     1 ||     2
       Royal jelly       |       |       |       |       |     1 |       ||     1

As it turns out, I quite like worshipping Ru. Might try to forgo sacrifice words/drink on my next run, though.

[EnigmaticHat]

Its probably best to give those up on a spellcaster character.  Melee bruisers (except berserkers) want every bit of item based magic they can get.

In my own run, tried out a Ziggurat.  Told myself I'd leave at ten or whenever a floor gave me serious trouble, I'm not trying to be ambitious and my resistances are a bit shit.  The only way I can get up to even rN++ is by wearing a plain ring of negative resistance, I've got no way to get rN+++.  I've found two non-potion sources of rElec the entire game, a quarterstaff and a vampiric sword, neither of which I know how to fight with.  Went with the sword because its one handed.  So... yeah, not the best.

It was a lot of fun, I liked the gambling nature of it and apparently so did Nemelex Xobeh, as he gave me a deck every single floor I descended.  At one point he gave me a deck and then another deck two turns later.  Most of the loot was bad randart rings and items my character couldn't use, but there were a few gems.  A disk of storms, a manual of throwing, a +5 str +3 dex cloak, and multiple fans of gales.

The first floor was startling, with 3 mummies who started the fight by double tormenting me.  The rest of it was decently smooth, I started invoking invisibility every floor I descended and drawing out that floor's free deck one card at a time to start each fight.  I did get severely wounded by a single thrashing horror because I forgot I was wielding a rod, and later I met an entire floor of mummies and dealt with it by gratuitous evocation summoning.

The real kicker was that floor 9, one before I would quit, was holy themed.  This included some enemies most crawl players have probably never seen before, like an opham and two cherubs, and worst of all three each of daeva and normal angels.  The Opham ringed me in holy fire, to which I responded to by throwing a dozen rocks, invoking my disk (only to discover they're electricity resistant, grrr) and dealing four from multiple decks of war.  The grand total casualties of that was, ah, 0 angels and a shitton of summoned hogs.  Fortunately they weren't great at killing me either so I blinked toward the exit... only to get bounced around as one the cherubs had bolts of dispersion.  In the end I dropped some elementals for cover and ran out the portal, not even bothering to grab the fan of gales that was in the loot pile for fear of getting forceably blinked again or smited multiple times in one turn.  So yeah, it was a good time.

[Kaje]

Picked this up again yesterday and had a blast for an hour, but it left me wondering if IVAN is still a thing? I used to have crazy fun with that a while ago...