Can I post this pre-emptively?

[Conundrum]

This is just going too well... I know I have to fuck it up soon. I feel invincible...

Just entered the CoC after doing SMC for Waterproof Blanket, Yrrig's quest, Puppy Cave, and then going through the UD to HMV. Most of my good items were found in one of the many vaults I found on the way down there - unfortunately no altars in there

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Ratlol        St:20  Le:17  Wi:11  Dx:16  To:20  Ch: 8  Ap:12  Ma: 4  Pe:10 L
DV/PV: 47/15   H: 141(141)    P: 6(6)        Exp: 12/63797      D: 1  Sp: 93
Strained
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                            Character Information
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Ratlol    St:20  Le:17  Wi:11  Dx:16  To:20  Ch: 8  Ap:12  Ma: 4  Pe:10  L
DV/PV: 47/15   H: 141(141)   P: 6(6)   Exp: 12/63797   M: 11354

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                                Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Maces & flails           8    +6    +4   +2   excellent            509
Swords                   4    +3    +1   +1   skilled              99
Pole arms                4    +4    +1   +3   skilled              52

Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Bows                     1    +2    +1   +0   basic                10
Crossbows                4    +8    +6   +1   skilled              30

Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
Shields                  5   +10              skilled              81

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                                   Skills
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  Alertness ................ 30    (mediocre)     [+3d4]
  Archery .................. 48    (fair)         [+3d3]
  Athletics ................ 26    (mediocre)     [+4d5]
  Climbing ................. 30    (mediocre)     [+4d4]
  Dodge .................... 72    (great)        [+1d5]
  Find weakness ............ 77    (great)        [+1d5]
  First aid ................ 66    (good)         [+2d4]
  Food preservation ........ 68    (good)         [+1d3]
  Haggling ................. 20    (mediocre)     [+3d4]
  Healing .................. 67    (good)         [+2d4]
  Listening ................ 33    (fair)         [+3d3]
  Literacy ................. 28    (mediocre)     [+3d3]
  Metallurgy ............... 16    (mediocre)     [+3d5]
  Music .................... 11    (mediocre)     [+3d3]
  Stealth .................. 39    (fair)         [+2d4]
  Swimming ................. 59    (good)         [+1d5]
  Two weapon combat ........  6    (poor)         [+4d5]

[Conundrum]

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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 2784 stones                Carrying capacity: 2250 stones

Head          : bone helmet [+0, +1]                                  [40s]
Neck          : cursed glass amulet                                    [3s]
Body          : scale mail (-1, -2) [-2, +4]                         [400s]
Girdle        : adamantium girdle [+0, +3]                            [18s]
Cloak         : leather cloak (+0, +1) [+1, +0]                       [40s]
Right Hand    : adamantium flail (+0, 2d4+8)                         [108s]
Left Hand     : tower crystal shield (-2) [+13, +4]                  [260s]
Right Ring    : wooden ring                                            [1s]
Left Ring     : cursed iron ring                                       [1s]
Bracers       : -
Gauntlets     : black gauntlets                                       [10s]
Boots         : iron boots [+1, +1]                                  [120s]
Missile weapon: heavy crossbow (+3, +3)                              [140s]
Missiles      : bundle of 5 quarrels (+1, 2d6)                        [10s]
Tool          : pick axe                                              [75s]

//need some of this stuff identified/uncursed asap... need an altar for some Prayers of Uncursing maybe.

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                                    Stuff
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Total weight: 1558 stones   Carrying capacity: 2250 stones

Helmets ('[')
   metal cap [+0, +1]                                                 [50s]
Gauntlets ('[')
   white gauntlets                                                    [10s]
//im afraid to equip these cos I think they might be Gauntlets of Peace
Cloaks ('[')
   cloak of adornment [+0, +0] {Ap+4}                                 [40s]
Boots ('[')
   light boots [+1, +0]                                               [20s]
   light boots [+0, +0]                                               [20s]
Necklaces (''')
   shining necklace                                                    [2s]
   coral necklace                                                      [2s]
One-handed weapons ('(')
   hatchet                                                            [50s]
   white mithril broadsword (+0, 1d7+4)                               [64s]
   adamantium mace (+0, 1d6+6)                                        [72s]
   adamantium broadsword (+0, 1d7+7)                                  [57s]
   large adamantium hammer (-1, 1d10+8)                               [89s]
   adamantium dagger (+0, 1d4+5)                                       [7s]
//got enough weapons?
Missile weapons ('}')
   short bow (+1, +0)                                                 [20s]
   light crossbow of accuracy (+8, +0)                                [70s]
Missiles ('/')
   bundle of 18 arrows (+0, 1d6)                                      [36s]
   arrow (-2, 1d6)                                                     [2s]
   arrow (+3, 1d6)                                                     [2s]
   bundle of 2 arrows                                                  [4s]
   bundle of 10 quarrels                                              [20s]
   bundle of 8 arrows of construct slaying (+3, 1d6+3)                [16s]
   bundle of 7 arrows                                                 [14s]
   bundle of 8 arrows                                                 [16s]
   bundle of 15 quarrels                                              [30s]
   bundle of 7 arrows                                                 [14s]
   arrow                                                               [2s]
   bundle of 18 arrows                                                [36s]
   arrow                                                               [2s]
   arrow                                                               [2s]
   arrow                                                               [2s]
   arrow                                                               [2s]
   bundle of 4 arrows                                                  [8s]
   bundle of 9 quarrels                                               [18s]
   bundle of 5 quarrels                                               [10s]
   arrow                                                               [2s]
   bundle of 5 mithril quarrels (+1, 2d6+3)                           [10s]
Tools (']')
   blanket                                                            [10s]
   tinderbox                                                           [3s]
   round key                                                           [1s]
   fletchery set                                                      [70s]
   heap of 2 square keys                                               [2s]
   tiny key                                                            [1s]
   holy symbol                                                         [5s]
   blanket                                                            [10s]
Instruments ('{')
   flute                                                               [3s]
   harp                                                               [30s]
Rings ('=')
   ring of mental stability [+0, +1] {Le+2}                            [1s]
   electrum ring                                                       [1s]
Wands ('\')
   silver wand                                                         [3s]
   bronze wand                                                         [6s]
   glass wand                                                          [3s]
   wand of magic missiles (2 charges)                                  [3s]
   glass wand                                                          [3s]
   brass wand                                                          [4s]
   glass wand                                                          [3s]
   rusty ironwood wand                                                 [4s]
   glass wand                                                          [3s]
   wand of magic missiles                                              [3s]
   curved wand                                                         [3s]
   glass wand                                                          [3s]
   glass wand                                                          [3s]
Potions ('!')
   potion of insight                                                   [2s]
   heap of 3 potions of water                                         [12s]
   potion of water                                                     [4s]
//+ lots of unIDd
Scrolls ('?')
   heap of 4 scrolls of identify                                       [8s]
   scroll of darkness                                                  [2s]
   scroll of power                                                     [2s]
   unlabeled scroll                                                    [2s]
//+ lots of unIDd
Books ('"')
   huge manual                                                       [100s]
   shimmering tome                                                   [100s]
   tome                                                              [150s]
//dunno why i'm lugging these around... maybe they'll be useful later :s
Food ('%')
   bit of candy                                                        [2s]
   heap of 3 lumps of bee wax                                         [15s]
   lump of gelee royal                                                 [3s]
Valuables ('$')
   6860 gold pieces                                                   [68s]
Gems ('*')
   brown gem                                                           [1s]
   blue gem                                                            [1s]
   white gem                                                           [1s]
   blue gem                                                            [1s]
   red gem                                                             [1s]
   white gem                                                           [1s]
   green gem                                                           [1s]
   blue gem                                                            [1s]

[Sami]

About your white gauntlets:
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Those are either white leather gauntlets or white dragon-hide gauntlets.

Gauntlets of peace have always unidentified appearance of "gauntlets".
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[RndmNumGenerator]

Some advice:

That tome weighing 150s is NOT a spellbook. Unless you plan on reading it to gain corruption, just drop it. What class are you anyway? Aside from that, those White Gauntlets are not GoP, they have to be either white leather(worthless) or dragonhide(resist cold). That Ring of Mental Stability might be useful if you can bump your Le up to 18 in Dwarftown(Garth?) allotting you another skill increase per level.

Hope that helps.

[gut]

Drakeling fighter?

[Conundrum]

Drakeling fighter?

Yep.

Thanks for the advice ^_^ Hopefully I don't mess up.

[mike]

Nice. Some more tips:

If the white gauntlets give 2 PV, most likely they're dragonskin gauntlets.
The hatchet is safe to equip-ID (it's blessed).
Huge manual is of course bridgebuilding.
The potion of insight might give you some idea of what rings you're wearing.

[Silfir]

Drakeling fighters r0xx0r. Okay, they're fighters, but you won't get better fighters than drakeling. Read their skillset and weep

[Sadface]

I prefer human fighters, because then I can make "generic" and "bland" jokes about him/her. See: Jenerico, the male Human Fighter, who decided Friday the 13th was a good day to start an adventure (and die of starvation in the dwarven mystic's room).

[Conundrum]

Huh. I'm gonna stop playing for now. I think this is a bad time for me.

Although I'm still nowhere near being in danger of dying, that was just awful.

Found a pool - worst pool ever. Should've stopped drinking but I was convinced something good had to happen. Can't remember everything, but here's a quick rundown:

Lost Cursed.
Lost Lucky
Gained Cursed.
Lost See Invisible
Lost Petrification resistance
Gained Sleep Resistance (lol..)
Gained temporary invisibility (on the level before the Arena.. I wonder how long this is gonna last.. gotta keep descending till it goes away I suppose.)

While invisible, I attacked something that wasn't hostile without thinking (automatically hit Y at the prompt). That dropped me from LN to N+... losing all my hard-earned Piety with Ssssract by swapping me to Isssrecht. (or whatever their names are.) Then I found another white altar -_-

Now, I like being Lawful - I can sac almost anything. Question is - is my Piety now at the baseline -950 for swapping gods? I know if I sac something at a white altar then I'll get *WELCOME BELIEVER* and The ground shakes messages, indicating -950 piety. But I'm not sure if it's worth swapping back to Lawful before entering Dwarftown to generate a white altar or if i should just stick with neutral now.

I also equipped an auto-cursing ring - of the Fish? And I my cursed necklace seems to be a light source.
Other than that I generally just have a lot of crap. Is there any disadvantage to a melee character being Strained. ?

This character is kind of boring at the moment, and being invisible isn't helping. I could always just stand in the doorway of a vault or tension room and 1 or 2 shot things, but now I run into the midst of the vault and pick them off one by one. Ugh, tempted to just roll a few Wizards for fun.