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Not even close.

391 (73.4%)

Almost . . . but didn't

26 (4.9%)

Maybe managed halfway

51 (9.6%)

Total Members Voted: 530

[ToonyMan]

Took a break for a bit, then went back on.  I found a floating eye and took my bow out to kill it.  No corpse.   

That wasn't very great detail, I'll do that next time.

[ToonyMan]

With a picture!



I need more (less?) AC!!!  Other than that I'm doing ok.


Anyway, how do I identify all these wands I have?

[Cthulhu]

I always zap wands down a long hallway.

[JoshuaFH]

I always zap wands at monsters. The very worst thing that can happen is that the wand is polymorph, and they turn into something much worse than they were.

[ToonyMan]

i - a wand of magic missile
m - a wand of cold
q - a wand of striking


Time to open some statues I guess.

[JoshuaFH]

Wow, I have the exact same three wands.

[ToonyMan]

Wow, I have the exact same three wands.

Down to the inventory letter?

[JoshuaFH]

Oh, I'm the best Nethack player ever! I eat a vampire bat, forgetting that they're poisonous and lose 2 strength, then attack an acid blob, forgetting that they'll rust my blade. then I zap a wand at myself thinking that it's turn invisible, when in fact it's slow monster, AND in order to destroy a statue of a werewolf (that I had turned to stone with a cockatrice corpse moments earlier) I adjusted my wand of striking to the z key, and just held it down to try to get the last charge out of it, then get fricking scorched to death by a DAMN pyrolisk that I conveniently forgot to kill earlier.

I'm never trying Sokoban without a hard gem ever again.

[ToonyMan]

I lived longer than Sir Josh!  Woo!  Although I'm only like 2000 turns in.  I'll play more tommorow because I'm about done with today.

[BloodBeard]

I always like to keep a notepad file of EVERYTHING important/could be important. It helps out alot, especially if you screw up and get your brain sucked out.

Here's what I had for my most recent ascension, a 5 conduct Monk (note: could contain spoilers for deeper levels):

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

<<==========CHARACTER==========>>

Lasted Prayed: 13701

Perm Intrinsics:
Speed
Sleep resistance
See invisible
Poison
Stealth
Warning
Searching
Fire
Cold
Shock
Teleport control

<<==========DISCOVERIES/ITEMS==========>>

<<Scrolls>>

FOUND:
blank paper (unlabeled)
magic mapping (ELBIB YLOH)
identify (VELOX NEB)
enchant weapon (LEP GEX VEN ZEA)
scare monster (JUYED AWK YACC)
light (ZELGO MER)
earth (VENZAR BORGAVVE)
enchant armor (ANDOVA BEGARIN)
remove curse (VERR YED HORRE)
genocide (XIXAXA XOXAXA XUXAXA)
food detection (GARVEN DEH)
confuse monster (FOOBIE BLETCH)
fire (THARR)
create monster (HACKEM MUCHE)
destroy armor (PRATYAVAYAH)
gold detection (ELAM EBOW)
taming (KERNOD WEL)
teleportation (YUM YUM)
stinking cloud (NR 9)
charging (DAIYEN FOOELS)

MISSING:
[200$]
amnesia
[300$]
punishment

<<Potions>>

FOUND:
healing (brown)
gain level (dark)
extra healing (murky)
sleeping (golden)
speed (yellow)
blindness (black)
paralysis (effervescent)
confusion (swirly)
object detection (bubbly)
levitation (smoky)
monster detection (magenta)
fruit juice (orange)
full healing (ruby)
restore ability (brilliant blue)
booze (white)
gain energy (purple-red)
invisibility (fizzy)

MISSING:
[50$]
see invisible
sickness
[100$]
hallucination
[200$]
enlightenment
polymorph
[250$]
acid
oil
[300$]
gain ability
   
<<Spellbooks>>

FOUND:
blank paper (plain)
healing (bronze): since 21117
fireball (tan)
remove curse (wrinkled): since 6170
detect monsters (vellum): since 10505
slow monster (dark blue): since 17315
invisibility (leather)
sleep (light blue): since 17301
detect unseen (light brown): since 17309
drain life (plaid): since 17313

MISSING:
[100$]
force bolt
detect monsters
light
sleep
protection
jumping
knock
[200$]
drain life
magic missile
cure blindness
detect food
confuse monster
create monster
wizard lock
[300$]
cure sickness
extra healing
stone to flesh
clairvoyance
detect unseen
identify
cause fear
charm monster
remove curse
haste self
[400$]
cone of cold
restore ability
detect treasure
levitation
[500$]
magic mapping
dig
[600$]
create familiar
turn undead
teleport away
polymorph
[700$]
finger of death
cancellation

<<Rings>>

FOUND:
regeneration (tiger eye)
searching (jade)
poison resistance (silver)
hunger (granite)
protection from shape changers (steel)
warning (opal)
aggravate monster (brass)
teleport control (wire)
invisibility (iron)
fire resistance (emerald)
slow digestion (ivory)
free action (engagement)
adornment (black onyx)
sustain ability (moonstone)
shock resistance (shiny)
polymorph control (twisted)
gain strength (agate)
teleportation (sapphire)

   
MISSING:
[100$]
protection
stealth
[150%]
cold resistance
gain constitution
gain strength
increase accuracy
increase damage
see invisible
[200$]
levitation
[300$]
conflict
polymorph
   
<<Wands>>

FOUND:
magic missile (uranium)
digging (long)
create monster (marble)
slow monster (ebony)
striking (steel)
make invisible (short)
secret door detection (glass)
opening (platinum)
cold (copper)
sleep (jeweled)
wishing (runed)
fire (hexagonal)
probing (zinc)
light (forked)
teleportation (oak)
lightning (balsa)
death (curved)
polymorph (pine)
speed monster (spiked)
enlightenment (silver)

MISSING:
[100$]
nothing
[150$]
locking
probing
undead turning
[200$]
cancellation

<<Amulets>>

FOUND:
reflection (square)
life saving (octagonal)

MISSING:
change
ESP
magical breathing
restful sleep
strangulation
unchanging
versus poison
   
<<==========DUNGEON=LEVELS==========>>

1: Fountain

2: Fountain, Mine stair (right), Scroll store

3: Scroll store

4: Fountain, General store

5:

6:

7: Sink

8: Oracle

9: Sokoban stair (left), Fountain

10: Fountain

11:

12:

13: Fountain(3)

14: Poly Trap

15: Quest Portal, Fountain

16: Rogue

17: Lawful altar, Sink

18:

19:

20: Neutral temple

21:

22: Sink

23: Medusa's Lake

24:

25: Castle

<<==========GEHENNOM=LEVELS==========>>

26: Valley of the Dead

27: Asmodeus' Lair, Clear

28: Clear, Poly trap (upper left)

29: Jubilex's Swamp

30: Clear

31: Baalzebub's Lair, Clear

32: Clear

33: Clear

34: Level tele trap (bottom right corner), Clear

35: Vlad's stair(left), Clear

36: Clear

37: Orcus town, Clear

38: Rodney's Tower(top), Clear

39: Rodney's Tower(mid), Clear

40: Rodney's Tower(bot), Clear

41: Fake Portal, Clear

42: Real Portal, Clear

43: Clear

44: Bottom Level, VS Marked

[ToonyMan]

Oh, I don't need one of those doohickys!

*watches self get brain sucked out.

[JoshuaFH]

My new, less retarded Samurai is doing fine. I hate to find out that smoky potions are things that enemies will drink as well.

From very deliberate, persistent coaxing, I've managed to get my pet to kill some watchmen, and scored myself some good armor (including a +4 small shield), and I've managed to get up to -11 AC. Also, through sheer luck, I found an amulet of reflection. I ID'd it through the "Bounce a magic missile off a wall, and see if it bounces off of you" trick.

On dungeon level 6 though, I was really lucky to survive a freak encounter with a black dragon. I didn't have the amulet then, so I had to fight it to the death, as stepping away from it might trigger a disintegrating blast, which would end me outright. Fortunately for me, I won.

Once I get a hold of a hard gem, I'll do Sokoban.

But yeah, you'll need more AC Toon. 4 AC is what  Samurai start with.

[Cthulhu]

Why do you need a hard gem for Sokoban?

[JoshuaFH]

Overpreparedness, mainly. To make handling the gaggles of monsters all that easier.

[Cthulhu]

For some reason Nethack has been lagging really badly for me lately.  So badly that I don't want to play it.