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[Dr.Feelgood]

Welcome back to Let's Play Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup!

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A gateway to Gehenna. You can feel the heat. Gehenna seems to be made out of nothing but flames, lava and hellfire.

Gehenna is the last hell left for us to conquer. It's the fiery version of hell if you couldn't tell.  Geh:7 is a fortress with a moat of lava. There are lots of molten gargoyles, lava creatures, and Fiends. I consider this place to be the hardest hell, due to the abundance of hellfire.



There are a lot of monsters guarding the entrance to the fortress. Unfortunately, non of the Hell knights were carrying anything useful.



I managed to make it inside the fortress and loot the towers.

A huge red glowing dragon, burning with hellfire.

Looks like the Serpent of Hell became a true unique. It will randomly appear in one of the branches of hell and have suitable abilities to match. Hellfire and flame breath in Gehenna, freezing cloud and cold breath in Cocytus, miasma and bolt of draining in Tartarus, and metal splinters and quicksilver breath in Dis.



Hellfire is really painful. I wish I encountered it in Cocytus.

One of the arch-demons who dwell in the depths of Hell, wreathed in fire.

Asmodeus is an arch-devil ruler of the Hells from AD&D. He was based upon Asmodai, one of the seven princes of Hell from the Book of Tobit. In 0.7, he was basically a palette swap of Dispater. In 0.8, he was changed to differentiate him from Dispater.

Asmodeus now has fire summon instead of greater demon, and he lost a couple of spells. He also has a permanent ring of flames. Asmodeus is one of the weaker hell lords, but he has a couple of Fiends as body guards.



I lured him away from the Fiends and managed to defeat him. I nearly died from a barrage of hellfire, so I had to use Revivification. I didn't lose much HP, but I really dislike having to use it. Anyway, I took his sceptre and headed for the rune.



Loot! 



Here's what I kept. Take Asmodeus' sceptre and Dispater's staff with you when you ascend. Those items are worth a lot of points. The sceptre can be evoked to cast various conjurations and summon hostile Fiends... Yeah, I'm never gonna use it.



I can cast Controlled Blink at "Very Good", so I got rid of Demonic Horde to learn it. I'll train translocations a few more levels to cast it reliably.



Now that we're done with the Hells I decided to enter Pandemonium. Pan is an infinite dungeon branch filled with demons and nothing else. Almost all Pan levels contain a vault containing a Pandemonium lord, loot (sometimes), and possibly a rune. There are four unique pan lords and the others are random.

It seems that we already have to fight a Pan lord, probably Mnoleg. Mnoleg's level in crawling with abominations, ugly things, and mutaters.



These portals lead to other places in pan. Actual exits are rare, so bring a weapon of distortion to banish yourself.



I found an unidentified ring of wizardry. I finally identified all the jewelry in the game, I think. 



Yep, it's Mnoleg.

A weirdly glowing figure, dancing through the twisted air of Pandemonium.

He was a wimp in 0.7. In 0.8, he got buffed. Mnoleg now has summon eyeballs instead of summon greater demon, blink range instead of invisibility, and he has two melee brands: blink (does he blink or does he cause you to blink away?) and mutating. He kept smiting and summon horrible things. I haven't fought the new and improved Mnoleg before, so this should be fun.



I managed to defeat him, but I got overwhelmed by his summons.



Rune #10!



Two unique pan lords in a row. I guess I'm lucky. This is Gloorx's level.



Lots of executioners, unseen horrors, and shadow demons are lurking here.



Gloorx Vloq

A shadowy figure clothed in profound darkness.

The last few times I fought Gloorx I kept getting overwhelmed by all the executioners in this area, so I'm going to kill them all before we fight.



I found the rune by accident. Welp. It's time to go! No point in fighting him now! Just kidding.  You guys demanded GLORY, so we'll kill every god or demon that gets in our way.  Besides, you can't return to a level in pan once you leave.



Xom, the god of chaos, decided to mess with me by putting his card in my deck. I drew it and he teleported me around a few times. 



He's not so tough without his executioner buddies. Only 2 more pan lords left (not including the random ones)!

[breadbocks]

Well, let's see if you HAVE missed anything. Give us a  \- screen. It shows what you've not ID'd yet.

[sonerohi]

Next up, refusing to ascend as we instead conquer all of the dungeon and make it our home.

[Mr.Person]

I have this image of a guy slicing Gloorx Vloq quite badly with his sword. Gloorx is badly hurt but still alive, so our hero kick Gloorx into a nearby pit and yells "This is Dungeon Crawl!".

[Virex]

"Chose your words well, Dik-Dik, for they may be your last as berserker"?

[Dr.Feelgood]

Welcome back to Let's Play Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup!

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We're back in Pan to get the last 3 runes. This area doesn't have either a rune or a demon lord. Anyway, we finally maxed out a skill.



This is Lom's domain. There are several wizards on his level and wizards may know banishment, so you'll want high MR for this place. If you get banished you can't return to this level.




Lom Lobon

An ancient and strangely serene demon. It regards you coldly from the huge glowing eye in the centre of its forehead.

Lom is the 2nd easiest unique pan lord, behind Mnoleg. He has some dangerous spells, such as ice storm (the most powerful ice spell in the game), conjure ball lightning (summons balls of lightning that explode on contact), major healing, and blink. Lom's main weakness is that he's the frailest demon lord. And he doesn't seem to use ice storm if you're next to him. In 0.8, Lom now has the anti-magic brand. Anti-magic reduces your MP.



The balls of lightning hurt more than I remembered. Still, Lom is dead. Time to claim our prize!



Rune #12



I had enough of pan for the moment, so I banished myself. Looks I still haven't ID'd everything. Clarity protects its user from confusion.



After dropping some stuff at my stash and messing around in the Abyss I returned to Pan to finish things up. This is our 1st random pan lord (the orange and black demon).

Powerful demons inhabiting the endless halls of Pandemonium, each is different, with its own set of strengths and weaknesses.

They range from near-harmless to "Oh crap!" dangerous.



This one is pretty easy. Sadly, there's no rune in his vault.



There we go! Hopefully, this one isn't a pushover. Dik-Dik needs a challenge!



That was disappointing. Luckily, the last pan rune is guarded by the most powerful monster in the game. 



This is Cerebov's level. It has a lot of balrugs, djinns, and... imps.



I found yet another unidentified item. Gourmand allows the user to eat chunks whenever they want, instead of only when hungry. It doesn't do anything for us, because dik-dik can already eat chunks whenever he wants.



We are adventurers. We must loot Cerebov's towers, especially before he finds out!



We looted most of his castle, so it's time to fight Cerebov.

A violent and wrathful demon, Cerebov appears as a giant human covered in shining golden armour and wielding a huge twisted sword.

Cerebov has the 2nd highest HP in the game (650), high AC, a fiery great sword that deals a lot of damage, and a bunch of powerful spells. He can cast fire storm (most powerful fire spell in the game), iron shot (powerful, but inaccurate non-elemental attack), haste, and summon greater demon. Fire Storm is the reason why he's so dangerous. It deals quite a bit of damage, even with full fire resistance, and he's not afraid to use it at close range.



Cerebov put up a good fight, but he's no match for Dik-Dik!



Now, there's only 1 rune left!

[Dr.Feelgood]

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The tomb is the last branch for us to conquer. It's full of mummies and sphinxes. I learned Silence just for this place.



This is a mummy priest. They can cast spells, like torment, smiting, summon demons, and summon undead.



Remember to wear an amulet of stasis around these monsters. This place isn't too hard if you take your time and only kill a few monsters at a time.



Silence makes dealing with spell casters so much easier. The monster in my field of silence is a greater mummy. Think of them as mummy priests that are twice as hard to kill...



I hate this place... I forgot to mention that this branch only has 3 levels, but finding the staircases is somewhat tricky.



There are a ton of traps on this levelin this entire branch. This place seems like it was created for maximum annoyance.



Yeah, we went downstairs, then upstairs to find another downstairs, which will lead to more staircases. On the bright side, we're halfway done!





Too bad silence doesn't help against death curses. I have to rest after every fight, due to torment.



60k experience is awesome. Yay for no limits!



We reached the last level. Don't be fooled by the screen shot. This place has tons of mummies. It took me awhile to kill a few dozen of these guys.



Ugh.



No wonder this place was so heavily guarded. Look at all this treasure waiting for us to take.



We finally got the last rune.



I <3 loot!



I created a portal to a bazaar and brought a ring. Well, that's it. We have killed a god, killed every demon lord that has crossed our path, conquered every branch, and gathered all 15 runes. There is only one challenge left for Dik-Dik...

Next stop: The Ziggurat! 

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.8.0-a1-189-g1b7fc9a character file.

dik-dik the Intangible (KoBe)        Turns: 264109, Time: 2, 15:34:49

HP 212/212 (219) AC 16     Str 25      Exp: 27/3553805 (26771)
MP  43/43        EV 39     Int 18      God: Nemelex Xobeh [******]
Gold 9424        SH  0     Dex 23 (24) Spells: 13 memorised,  1 level left

Res.Fire  : + + +   See Invis. : .    z - staff of wizardry
Res.Cold  : + + .   Warding    : . .  x - +2 elf robe {rC+ rF+} {!D}
Life Prot.: + . .   Conserve   : +    (no shield)
Res.Acid. : + . .   Res.Corr.  : +    C - +2 hat of the Alchemist {rElec rF+ rC+ MR,
Res.Poison: .       Clarity    : .    U - +2 cloak {rCorr, Cons} {!D}
Res.Elec. : +       Spirit.Shd : .    b - +2 pair of gloves of the Guilds {Dex+2 Int
Sust.Abil.: . .     Stasis     : .    o - +2 pair of boots {run} {!D}
Res.Mut.  : +       Ctrl.Telep.: .    g - amulet of resist mutation
Res.Rott. : .       Levitation : .    A - ring "Efraf" {rN+ Str+4 Int+3 Stlth++, !D}
Saprovore : + + .   Ctrl.Flight: .    (no ring)

@: brilliant, studying Stealth, quick, very resistant to hostile
enchantments, extremely stealthy
A: hooves 1, carnivore 3, fire resistance 1, saprovore 2, AC +1, Str
+1, Dex -1
a: Draw One, Peek at Two, Triple Draw, Mark Four, Stack Five,
Renounce Religion


You are on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Nemelex Xobeh.
Nemelex Xobeh is exalted by your worship.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 19 branches of the dungeon, and seen 114 of its levels.
You have visited Pandemonium 2 times, and seen 8 of its levels.
You have visited the Abyss 14 times.
You have visited 1 Labyrinth.
You have visited 8 bazaars.
You have visited 5 portal chambers: bailey, volcano, ice cave, bailey, trove.

You have collected 19801 gold pieces.
You have spent 10375 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 u - a +0,+0 dagger of distortion {Psyche}
 S - a +5,+8 Blessed Blade {god gift, !D}
 X - a +0,+5 sling of velocity {god gift, !D}
Missiles
 p - 51 steel +5 sling bullets {!D}
 y - 31 +2 darts of dispersal (quivered)
Armour
 b - the +2 pair of gloves of the Guilds (worn) {Dex+2 Int+4}
   (You found it in the Abyss)   
   
   
   It affects your intelligence (+4).
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
 o - a +2 pair of boots of running (worn) {!D}
 x - a +2 elven robe of resistance (worn) {!D}
 C - the +2 hat of the Alchemist (worn) {rElec rF+ rC+ MR, !D}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It protects you from cold.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
 U - a +2 cloak of preservation (worn) {!D}
Magical devices
 B - a wand of teleportation (7)
 D - a wand of teleportation (12)
 K - a wand of disintegration (2)
 Z - a wand of hasting (5) {!D}
Comestibles
 a - 7 meat rations
Scrolls
 d - a scroll of remove curse
 i - 7 scrolls of fog
 I - 2 scrolls of blinking
Jewellery
 c - an uncursed ring of sustenance
 e - the ring "Creomm" {Wiz rPois}
   (You found it on level 5 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   [ring of wizardry]
   
   It protects you from poison.
 g - an amulet of resist mutation (around neck)
 h - an uncursed ring of sustenance
 j - the ring "Bezafati" {SustAb +Inv, !D}
   (You found it on level 4 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   [ring of sustain abilities]
   
   It lets you turn invisible.
 m - the ring of Beogh's Brutal Revenge {Dex+2 Int+3 SInv}
   (You bought it in a shop in a bazaar)   
   
   [ring of see invisible]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
 v - an uncursed ring of teleport control {!D}
 A - the ring "Efraf" (right hand) {rN+ Str+4 Int+3 Stlth++, !D}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 1 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   [ring of life protection]
   
   It affects your strength (+4).
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It makes you much more stealthy.
 F - the ring of the Grey Skies {+Rage +Inv rElec rF+ Int+3 SInv, !D}
   (You found it on level 7 of Gehenna)   
   
   [ring of see invisible]
   
   It affects your intelligence (+3).
   It protects you from fire.
   It insulates you from electricity.
   It lets you turn invisible.
   It lets you go berserk.
 H - the amulet "Lehoymuad" {rCorr Str-4 SInv Stlth++}
   (You found it in Pandemonium)   
   
   [amulet of resist corrosion]
   
   It affects your strength (-4).
   It enhances your eyesight.
   It makes you much more stealthy.
 J - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
 M - an uncursed ring of regeneration {!D}
 O - an uncursed amulet of warding
 Q - an uncursed amulet of stasis
 R - an uncursed ring of teleportation {!D}
 T - the ring "Xenteror" {-TELE +Lev rF+ rC+ MR Acc+3}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Tomb of the Ancients)   
   
   [ring of protection from cold]
   
   It affects your accuracy (+3).
   It protects you from fire.
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
   It lets you levitate.
   It prevents most forms of teleportation.
Potions
 r - 2 potions of resistance
Books
 t - a book of Clouds   
   
   Spells                             Type                      Level
   Evaporate                          Fire/Transmutation           2
   Mephitic Cloud                     Conjuration/Poison/Air       3
   Conjure Flame                      Conjuration/Fire             3
   Poisonous Cloud                    Conjuration/Poison/Air       5
   Freezing Cloud                     Conjuration/Ice/Air          6
   *Tornado                           Air                          9
Magical staves
 f - a staff of energy {!D}
 s - a staff of air {!D}
 z - a staff of wizardry (weapon)
Miscellaneous
 l - a legendary deck of escape {the Tomb, left: 1} {tomb}
 n - an air elemental fan
 w - an ornate deck of escape {the Tomb, left: 3} {Tomb}
 L - a legendary deck of escape {the Tomb, left: 2} {tomb}


 You have 26771 experience left.

   Skills:
 + Level 25 Fighting
 - Level 13 Short Blades
 - Level 17 Long Blades
 - Level 3 Maces & Flails
 - Level 12 Staves
 - Level 17 Slings
 - Level 5 Throwing
 + Level 2 Armour
 * Level 27 Dodging
 - Level 10 Stealth
 - Level 9 Stabbing
 - Level 6 Shields
 - Level 10 Traps & Doors
 + Level 13 Unarmed Combat
 + Level 16 Spellcasting
 - Level 8 Conjurations
 - Level 14 Charms
 + Level 12 Summonings
 + Level 14 Necromancy
 + Level 14 Translocations
 + Level 2 Transmutations
 + Level 4 Ice Magic
 + Level 21 Air Magic
 - Level 2 Invocations
 - Level 14 Evocations


You have one spell level left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Success   Level  Hunger
a - Blink                 Tloc           N/A          Excellent   2    None
b - Phase Shift           Tloc           #######...   Excellent   5    Choko
c - Tornado               Air            ########..   Great       9    Ration
d - Swiftness             Air/Chrm       #######...   Perfect     2    None
e - Sublimation of Blood  Necr           #######...   Excellent   2    None
f - Flight                Air/Chrm       #######...   Excellent   4    None
g - Abjuration            Summ           #######...   Excellent   3    None
h - Haste                 Chrm           #######..    Excellent   6    Honeycomb
i - Berserker Rage        Chrm           N/A          Excellent   3    None
j - Controlled Blink      Tloc           N/A          Excellent   7    Ration
k - Borgnjor's Revivific  Necr           #######...   Excellent   7    Ration
l - Deflect Missiles      Air/Chrm       #######...   Excellent   6    Honeycomb
m - Apportation           Tloc           #######...   Perfect     1    None

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[Angel Of Death]

Have you got the Shoals rune?

[Dr.Feelgood]

Have you got the Shoals rune?

The Shoals didn't generate in my game. Instead, I got the Swamp and Snake Pit.

[breadbocks]

You DO know you can disarm traps, right? Makes dealing with them everywhere a bit more bearable when you know each one is giving you another way to victory dance T&D.

[Dr.Feelgood]

You DO know you can disarm traps, right? Makes dealing with them everywhere a bit more bearable when you know each one is giving you another way to victory dance T&D.

Yeah, I talked about disarming traps early on in the LP (update #9).  I already victory danced T&D to level 8 before I stopped. There's no point in disarming traps now, if I can just fly over them. I'm not that terrible of a player, despite my laziness.

[Virroken]

Go for all skills maxed / 10000 ziggurats finished.

[Mr.Person]

If you conquer the Zig, just call it quits and play a new character. You cheater.

By that I do mean go through and ascend, of course.

[Soadreqm]

Now get killed on D:5 to create an exciting ghost for next time. >:]

[Miggy]

Wow, and all along I thought the "Sure, I'll go win the game with 15 runes" was just a sarcastic remark about how hard crawl is. But there you go. Monster impressed I am.