Well, decided I'd get cute and take Tomb as my fifth rune, since I was still on TSO after getting my blessed quickblade:
5/15 runes: decaying, slimy, silver, golden, gossamer
Will update once I'm done with this guy. Also y'all are wrong about Acquirement, it's boring and I keep having to take the food because it throws garbage at me.
edit: Holy pan strong contender for most despised entity in existence right now:
F - the +7 large shield of Benevolence {rF++ rN+++ Dex-4 Slay-6}
edit: Ok, 15 runes. For this character I went Oka (to test gifts - posted my thoughts on this earlier) - TSO (to bless a Quickblade, and do Tomb right after) - Zin (to see how my boy Zin doing).
Spoiler - I started with a single pip of rN+, so my boy Zin didn't do too well overall. On top of that, I feel even with 27 Invocations Recite is just not powerful enough to consistently kill Fiends and Tzitzimitls. All you're left with is random pillars of salt where imps used to be, and a bunch of glowing Fiends tormenting your leafy ass.
I did get a Large Shield of rN+ in Pan, bringing me to rN++, which is acceptable if nor remarkable. If that shield was Slaying +6 rather than -6 it would be much more cash money but alas.
All in all: as previously said, this build doesn't actually work with other gods, so this was a weaker run than if I'd just stayed Usk all game. Time to swap gods and do a Zig!
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.25-a0-420-g1cc7eeb (tiles) character file.
Game seed: 7626856827521376516, levelgen mode: deterministic
Gravenous the Politician (Vine Stalker Fighter) Turns: 80316, Time: 02:49:06
Health: 171/171 AC: 48 Str: 39 XL: 27
Magic: 41/41 EV: 18 Int: 8 God: Zin [******]
Gold: 5331 SH: 30 Dex: 16 Spells: 26/26 levels left
rFire + . . SeeInvis + L - +9 quick blade (holy)
rCold + + + Gourm . G - +1 large shield {rN+}
rNeg + + . Faith . R - +12 gold dragon scales
rPois + Spirit + x - +0 helmet "Saeclek" {rElec rCorr Stlth-}
rElec + Reflect . T - +2 cloak {MR+}
rCorr + Harm . I - +2 pair of gloves {Str+3}
MR ++++. M - +1 pair of boots {Fly}
Stlth .......... Z - amulet "Zusazxop" {Inacc rC++ rN+ MR+ SInv}
HPRegen 1.18/turn l - +4 ring of slaying
MPRegen 0.27/turn o - ring "Jethry" {rC+ MR- Str+8 Dex-2 Slay+5}
@: flying, studying 2 skills
A: fangs 3, regeneration 2, magic shield, antimagic bite, no potion heal 3, rot
immunity
}: 15/15 runes: decaying, slimy, silver, golden, iron, obsidian, icy, bone,
abyssal, demonic, glowing, magical, fiery, dark, gossamer
a: Recite, Vitalisation, Imprison, Sanctuary, Donate Gold, Renounce Religion,
Stop Flying
You are in the Vestibule of Hell.
You worship Zin.
Zin is exalted by your worship.
You are not hungry.
You have visited 18 branches of the dungeon, and seen 90 of its levels.
You have visited Pandemonium 1 time, and seen 14 of its levels.
You have visited the Abyss 2 times.
You have visited 2 bazaars.
You have also visited: Trove, Ice Cave and Wizlab.
You have collected 13280 gold pieces.
You have spent 5371 gold pieces at shops.
You have donated 2578 gold pieces to Zin.
Inventory:
Hand Weapons
E - the +8 arc blade {discharge, rElec}
(Okawaru gifted it to you on level 5 of the Depths)
It insulates you from electricity.
L - a +9 quick blade of holy wrath (weapon)
Missiles
C - 3 throwing nets (quivered)
Armour
x - the +0 helmet "Saeclek" (worn) {rElec rCorr Stlth-}
(You found it on level 3 of the Crypt)
It insulates you from electricity.
It provides partial protection from all sources of acid and corrosion.
It makes you less stealthy.
F - the +7 large shield of Benevolence {rF++ rN+++ Dex-4 Slay-6}
(You took it off a daeva in Pandemonium)
It affects your dexterity (-4).
It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
(-6).
It greatly protects you from fire.
It renders you almost immune to negative energy.
G - a +1 large shield of positive energy (worn)
I - a +2 pair of gloves of strength (worn)
M - a +1 pair of boots of flying (worn)
Q - the +1 large shield "Ponwiugh" {rPois rC++ Str+8 Int-4}
(You took it off Mennas on level 3 of the Vaults)
It affects your strength (+8).
It affects your intelligence (-4).
It greatly protects you from cold.
It protects you from poison.
R - +12 gold dragon scales (worn)
T - a +2 cloak of magic resistance (worn)
X - a +0 pair of boots of running
Jewellery
b - an uncursed ring of protection from magic
l - a +4 ring of slaying (left hand)
o - the ring "Jethry" (right hand) {rC+ MR- Str+8 Dex-2 Slay+5}
(You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)
[ring of slaying]
It affects your strength (+8).
It affects your dexterity (-2).
It affects your accuracy and damage with ranged weapons and melee attacks
(+5).
It protects you from cold.
It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
u - the amulet of the Air {Inacc +Fly rElec EV+5 RMsl}
(You found it on level 11 of the Dungeon)
[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.
z - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
H - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
V - the amulet of Oclaciru {Spirit rElec rF+ Str+4 Dex-5}
(You found it in a treasure trove)
[amulet of guardian spirit]
It causes incoming damage to be split between your health and magic.
It affects your strength (+4).
It affects your dexterity (-5).
It protects you from fire.
It insulates you from electricity.
Z - the amulet "Zusazxop" (around neck) {Inacc rC++ rN+ MR+ SInv}
(You found it on level 2 of the Depths)
[amulet of inaccuracy]
It reduces the accuracy of all your attacks.
It greatly protects you from cold.
It protects you from negative energy.
It affects your resistance to hostile enchantments.
It lets you see invisible.
Wands
j - a wand of scattershot (13)
q - a wand of iceblast (49)
B - a wand of digging (33)
Scrolls
a - 4 scrolls of holy word
c - 15 scrolls of enchant weapon
d - 2 scrolls of silence
m - 23 scrolls of remove curse
n - 5 scrolls of magic mapping
r - 8 scrolls of fear
v - 52 scrolls of identify
y - 35 scrolls of teleportation
D - 12 scrolls of fog
O - 2 scrolls of brand weapon
P - 8 scrolls of blinking
W - 4 scrolls of enchant armour
Potions
e - a potion of invisibility
h - 5 potions of haste
i - 32 potions of curing
k - 6 potions of ambrosia
s - 6 potions of agility
t - 7 potions of berserk rage
w - 8 potions of cancellation
A - 15 potions of mutation
J - 5 potions of resistance
K - 10 potions of flight
N - a potion of might
S - 3 potions of magic
Books
p - a manual of Stealth
U - a manual of Evocations
Miscellaneous
Y - a figurine of a ziggurat
Comestibles
f - 95 rations
Skills:
- Level 26.0 Fighting
O Level 27 Short Blades
+ Level 20.9 Armour
* Level 16.3 Dodging
- Level 25.0 Shields
O Level 27 Invocations
- Level 6.6 Evocations
You have 26 spell levels left.
You don't know any spells.
Your spell library contains the following spells:
Spells Type Power Failure Level Hunger
Animate Skeleton Necr N/A 94% 1 ##.....
Apportation Tloc #..... 94% 1 ##.....
Beastly Appendage Tmut #..... 94% 1 ##.....
Corona Hex #...... 94% 1 ##.....
Foxfire Conj/Fire #... 94% 1 ##.....
Freeze Ice #... 94% 1 ##.....
Infusion Chrm #... 94% 1 ##.....
Magic Dart Conj #... 94% 1 ##.....
Pain Necr #... 94% 1 ##.....
Sandblast Erth #..... 94% 1 ##.....
Shock Conj/Air #... 94% 1 ##.....
Sting Tmut/Pois #... 94% 1 ##.....
Summon Butterflies Summ #....... 94% 1 ##.....
Summon Small Mammal Summ #... 94% 1 ##.....
Blink Tloc N/A 98% 2 ###....
Call Imp Summ #....... 98% 2 ###....
Corpse Rot Necr/Air N/A 98% 2 ###....
Ensorcelled Hibernation Hex/Ice #..... 98% 2 ###....
Poisonous Vapours Pois/Air #..... 98% 2 ###....
Searing Ray Conj #..... 98% 2 ###....
Shroud of Golubria Chrm/Tloc #..... 98% 2 ###....
Slow Hex #....... 98% 2 ###....
Song of Slaying Chrm #....... 98% 2 ###....
Sticks to Snakes Tmut #....... 98% 2 ###....
Sublimation of Blood Necr #......... 98% 2 ###....
Swiftness Chrm/Air #....... 98% 2 ###....
Call Canine Familiar Summ #....... 100% 3 ####...
Confusing Touch Hex #....... 100% 3 ####...
Conjure Flame Conj/Fire #....... 100% 3 ####...
Dazzling Flash Conj/Hex #..... 100% 3 ####...
Gell's Gravitas Tloc #......... 100% 3 ####...
Ignite Poison Fire/Tmut/Pois #....... 100% 3 ####...
Inner Flame Hex/Fire #....... 100% 3 ####...
Lesser Beckoning Tloc #......... 100% 3 ####...
Mephitic Cloud Conj/Pois/Air #....... 100% 3 ####...
Ozocubu's Armour Chrm/Ice #....... 100% 3 ####...
Portal Projectile Hex/Tloc #..... 100% 3 ####...
Recall Summ/Tloc N/A 100% 3 ####...
Spectral Weapon Hex/Chrm #....... 100% 3 ####...
Spider Form Tmut/Pois #......... 100% 3 ####...
Static Discharge Conj/Air #....... 100% 3 ####...
Stone Arrow Conj/Erth #..... 100% 3 ####...
Summon Guardian Golem Hex/Summ #....... 100% 3 ####...
Teleport Other Tloc #....... 100% 3 ####...
Tukima's Dance Hex #....... 100% 3 ####...
Vampiric Draining Necr #......... 100% 3 ####...
Airstrike Air #......... 100% 4 #####..
Animate Dead Necr N/A 100% 4 #####..
Cause Fear Hex #......... 100% 4 #####..
Dispel Undead Necr #....... 100% 4 #####..
Fulminant Prism Conj/Hex #......... 100% 4 #####..
Hailstorm Conj/Ice #....... 100% 4 #####..
Ice Form Ice/Tmut #....... 100% 4 #####..
Iskenderun's Mystic Bla Conj/Tloc #....... 100% 4 #####..
Leda's Liquefaction Hex/Erth #......... 100% 4 #####..
Olgreb's Toxic Radiance Pois #....... 100% 4 #####..
Passage of Golubria Tloc N/A 100% 4 #####..
Petrify Tmut/Erth #....... 100% 4 #####..
Sticky Flame Conj/Fire #....... 100% 4 #####..
Summon Ice Beast Ice/Summ #....... 100% 4 #####..
Summon Lightning Spire Summ/Air #....... 100% 4 #####..
Agony Necr #....... 100% 5 ######.
Alistair's Intoxication Tmut/Pois #....... 100% 5 ######.
Blade Hands Tmut #......... 100% 5 ######.
Bolt of Magma Conj/Fire/Erth #......... 100% 5 ######.
Borgnjor's Vile Clutch Necr/Erth #......... 100% 5 ######.
Excruciating Wounds Chrm/Necr #......... 100% 5 ######.
Fireball Conj/Fire #......... 100% 5 ######.
Irradiate Conj/Tmut #......... 100% 5 ######.
Iskenderun's Battlesphe Conj/Chrm #....... 100% 5 ######.
Lightning Bolt Conj/Air #......... 100% 5 ######.
Silence Hex/Air #......... 100% 5 ######.
Summon Demon Summ #......... 100% 5 ######.
Summon Mana Viper Hex/Summ #....... 100% 5 ######.
Yara's Violent Unravell Hex/Tmut #......... 100% 5 ######.
Conjure Ball Lightning Conj/Air #......... 100% 6 #######
Darkness Hex #......... 100% 6 #######
Death Channel Necr #......... 100% 6 #######
Deflect Missiles Chrm/Air #......... 100% 6 #######
Dispersal Tloc #......... 100% 6 #######
Eringya's Noxious Bog Tmut/Pois #......... 100% 6 #######
Freezing Cloud Conj/Ice/Air #......... 100% 6 #######
Hydra Form Tmut #......... 100% 6 #######
Invisibility Hex #....... 100% 6 #######
Iron Shot Conj/Erth #......... 100% 6 #######
Shadow Creatures Summ N/A 100% 6 #######
Simulacrum Ice/Necr #......... 100% 6 #######
Starburst Conj/Fire #......... 100% 6 #######
Statue Form Tmut/Erth #........ 100% 6 #######
Dragon Form Tmut #......... 100% 7 #######
Haunt Necr/Summ #......... 100% 7 #######
Malign Gateway Summ/Tloc #......... 100% 7 #######
Monstrous Menagerie Summ #......... 100% 7 #######
Orb of Destruction Conj #......... 100% 7 #######
Ring of Flames Chrm/Fire #......... 100% 7 #######
Spellforged Servitor Conj/Summ #......... 100% 7 #######
Summon Greater Demon Summ #......... 100% 7 #######
Summon Hydra Summ #......... 100% 7 #######
Borgnjor's Revivificati Necr #......... 100% 8 #######
Chain Lightning Conj/Air #......... 100% 8 #######
Controlled Blink Tloc N/A 100% 8 #######
Death's Door Chrm/Necr #......... 100% 8 #######
Discord Hex #......... 100% 8 #######
Disjunction Tloc #......... 100% 8 #######
Ignition Fire #......... 100% 8 #######
Infestation Necr #......... 100% 8 #######
Lehudib's Crystal Spear Conj/Erth #......... 100% 8 #######
Necromutation Tmut/Necr #......... 100% 8 #######
Summon Horrible Things Summ #......... 100% 8 #######
Dragon's Call Summ #......... 100% 9 #######
Fire Storm Conj/Fire #......... 100% 9 #######
Glaciate Conj/Ice #......... 100% 9 #######
Shatter Erth #......... 100% 9 #######
Tornado Air #......... 100% 9 #######
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (15/15) Temple (1/1) D:6 Lair (6/6) D:11
Swamp (4/4) Lair:3 Spider (4/4) Lair:2 Slime (5/5) Lair:6
Orc (2/2) D:10 Elf (3/3) Orc:2 Vaults (5/5) D:13
Crypt (3/3) Vaults:3 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
IceCv (visited) WizLab (visited)
Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Dithmenos
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Gozag
Hepliaklqana
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Qazlal
Ru
Sif Muna
Trog
Uskayaw
Vehumet
Wu Jian
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One
Beogh
Jiyva
Shops:
D:7 ( D:8 [ D:9 * D:13 (([ Orc:2 ([[: Elf:3 * Vaults:3 [
Depths:1 *
Portals:
Hell: Depths:1 Depths:2 Depths:3 Depths:4 Depths:5
Abyss: Depths:3 Depths:4
Pandemonium: Depths:1 Depths:3
Ziggurat: Depths:3
Annotations:
D:14 2 transporters, Gravenous's ghost, journeyman VSFi
Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations
You have razor-sharp teeth.
You heal very quickly.
When hurt, damage is shared between your health and your magic reserves.
Your bite disrupts and absorbs the magic of your enemies.
Potions cannot restore your health.
You are immune to rotting.
Message History
The iron dragon simulacrum vapourises!
Zin accepts your kill.
No target in view!
No target in view!
You suddenly feel all small and vulnerable.
You partially resist. You are encased in ice!
2 ice devils come into view.
You impale the ice devil!! The ice devil convulses!!!
You kill the ice devil!
The ice devil completely misses you.
You hit the ice devil. The ice devil convulses. You bite the ice devil!! You
drain its power. You feel invigorated.
The ice devil is heavily wounded.
The ice devil barely misses you.
You hit the ice devil. The ice devil convulses. You bite the ice devil!
You kill the ice devil!
No target in view!
The ice encasing you melts away.
There is a gateway to Hell here.
You fly up through the gate. Welcome back to the Vestibule of Hell!
There is a gateway to the freezing wastes of Cocytus here.
Edit: Dead on Z:21 to an demon floor lol. Honestly if you want the full Uskayaw Zig raiding experience you need Tornado/other good AoE spells, since Pain Link works with that and it is glorious.