The Weakest Link: Trial of the Dark Orc Tribe

[Silfir]

"Mewling infants! Your weakness disgusts me!"

The endless torment of the wailing souls in this wicked netherworld seems to undergo a brief pause. It already seems like an eternity that your lives were ripped from your souls back in the arenas you fought in, but you recognize the Arena Grandmaster's right hand instantly. Does he seek to multiply your agony even further with whatever dreadful ploy he has cooked up?

Silfir raises his whip, and it seems as if the wailing souls around you themselves have now bundled together to form solid ground. Though you are translucent, you suddenly feel like having actual bodies again, even if only temporarily so - and your joy is immediately ended by the fact that it is unimaginable for this monster to grant you relief from your pains for any other goal than to make its return even more devastating.

"You have provided not nearly enough amusement to the Lord! Fight once more! But this time, you shall have ample opportunity to prove your worth or fail in an instant. Only one of you will be granted temporary relief from the pain of the netherworld. He who completes the Trial of the Dark Orc Tribe shall be revived to fight in the Arena of Acid once more!"

The Rules of the Trial, in a nutshell:

- Only dead players or those in the Abyss, regardless of the league they played in, may participate.
- Only the players that have not yet faced this particular situation during the League of Acid may participate. This excludes evariste as the one who has caused this Trial, and coppro, Al-Khwarizmi and tapi should they die later on in the League of Acid.
- Also excluded are players that have already qualified for the Semifinals.
- The first one to complete the Trial successfully will be revived and will take the place of evariste in the playing order of the League of Acid. He will then compete for qualification to the Semifinals as a normal league member would!
- The Trial is only open for as long as the winners of the League of Acid - the two players that will qualify for the Semifinals - are not yet decided. Once they are, the Trial closes, and remains a challenge for the sake of Honour.
- You may undergo the Trial once, and only once!



The Trial of the Dark Orc Tribe

evariste of the League of Acid has encountered a threat room of dark orcs on ID:11. The orcs now block the way to the downstairs, and will likely have to be taken out. As you will be quick to notice, there is also a tension room of as of yet unknown content which might have to be dealt with as well. Oh, and you're out of food and sorely lack sources of ammunition, and each of the - at least more than 21 remaining - dark orcs has very much the potential to deplete your precious few HP to nothing. No, you do not have Healing - did you have to ask?

Good luck - you're going to need it!

[Silfir]

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Dark orcs are likely to hang about anywhere on the level, excluding the room
you're in... Keep in mind that most of the walls have been thoroughly checked
for secret doors. If it were that easy players wouldn't have died so much!

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Evariste      St:22  Le:14  Wi:17  Dx:16  To:20  Ch:10  Ap:11  Ma:19  Pe:15 N=
DV/PV: 37/6    H: 41(125)     P: 62(62)      Exp: 11/20257      I10   M: 10000
Coward

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                                Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Clubs & hammers          5    +3    +2   +1   skilled              49


Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Thrown daggers           1    +2    +1   +0   basic                11
Thrown rocks & clubs     4    +8    +6   +1   skilled              32
Boomerangs & scurgari    4    +8    +6   +1   skilled              4

Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
Shields                  2    +4              basic                7


Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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?Right hand: ?+4? bonus to hit, ?1d10+3? damage


Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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?Ammunition: ?1?, base range: ?6?, ?+8? bonus to hit, ?2d4+6? damage




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                                   Spells
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   Magic Lock:    19,  14pp     (Effectivity: +2)


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                                   Skills
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  Appraising ........... 42    (fair)         [+3d4]
  Athletics ............ 93    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Climbing ............. 23    (mediocre)     [+3d5]
  Concentration ........ 66    (good)         [+3d4]
  Detect traps ......... 13    (mediocre)     [+3d5]
  Find weakness ........ 66    (good)         [+1d5]
  First aid ............ 27    (mediocre)     [+3d5]
  Gemology ............. 13    (mediocre)     [+3d4]
  Haggling ............. 38    (fair)         [+4d5]
  Listening ............ 40    (fair)         [+1d5]
  Literacy ............. 38    (fair)         [+2d4]
  Metallurgy ........... 45    (fair)         [+4d5]
  Mining ...............  7    (poor)         [+4d4]
  Pick pockets ......... 42    (fair)         [+1d3]
  Smithing ............. 64    (good)         [+3d5]
  Ventriloquism ........ 51    (good)         [+1d5]




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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 1862 stones                Carrying capacity: 2700 stones

Head          : -
Neck          : amulet of perseverance {Wi+5}                          [3s]
Body          : leather apron (-1, -1) [+0, +1]                       [75s]
Girdle        : -
Cloak         : cursed multi-colored cloak {mediocre}                 [20s]
Right Hand    : large hammer (-1, 1d10+2)                            [120s]
Left Hand     : wooden shield [+3, +1]                                [80s]
Right Ring    : -
Left Ring     : wooden ring                                            [1s]
Bracers       : -
Gauntlets     : -
Boots         : gnomish boots (+1, +0) [+2, +0]                       [10s]
Missile weapon: -
Missiles      : boomerang (+0, 2d4+1)                                 [20s]
Tool          : -


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                                    Stuff
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Total weight: 1533 stones   Carrying capacity: 2700 stones

Cloaks ('[')
   hooded cloak {good}                                                [40s]
Boots ('[')
   light boots {fair}                                                 [20s]
Necklaces (''')
   brass amulet                                                        [3s]
   amulet of perseverance {Wi+3}                                       [3s]
One-handed weapons ('(')
   crude knife {good}                                                 [10s]
   crude knife {fair}                                                 [10s]
   crude knife {good}                                                 [10s]
   short sword                                                        [30s]
   battle axe                                                         [70s]
   crude spear {good}                                                 [75s]
   sickle                                                             [55s]
Missile weapons ('}')
   short bow (-2, +0)                                                 [20s]
Missiles ('*')
   rock (+0, 1d4)                                                      [5s]
   rock (+0, 1d4-3)                                                    [5s]
   rock (+3, 1d4)                                                      [5s]
   quarrel {fair}                                                      [2s]
   arrow (+0, 1d6+1)                                                   [2s]
   drakish scurgar (+2, 1d8+2)                                        [10s]
   rock (+0, 1d4+2)                                                    [5s]
Tools (']')
   heap of 2 torches                                                  [20s]
   torch {fair}                                                       [10s]
   box with flint and steel (37)                                       [5s]
   tinderbox                                                           [3s]
   anvil                                                            [1000s]
   heap of 2 bandages                                                  [4s]
   square key {fair}                                                   [1s]
Rings ('=')
   nograin ring                                                        [1s]
Wands ('\')
   wand of door creation (2 charges)                                   [3s]
   bone wand {mediocre}                                                [3s]
   wand of door creation                                               [3s]
Books ('"')
   spellbook of Magic Lock                                           [100s]


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                               Killed Monsters
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326 monsters perished under his attacks.

The following monsters were vanquished:

      9 dark orcs

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                                Achievements
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He survived for 0 years, 4 days, 17 hours, 51 minutes and 38 seconds (10000
turns).
Evariste visited 3 places.
His strength score was modified by +2 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +3 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +2 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by +1 during his career.
His perception score was modified by +1 during his career.

[Grey]

Please minimise "advice" in this thread too, at least whilst there is still a chance of getting into the Acid league. No flgs or hidden details in your death report either.

(PS. Was in the middle of making a "Trial of D'orcs" thread myself :P )

[Grey]

Silfir also forgot to mention: YOU MAY ONLY TRY ONCE!

[JellySlayer]

Just for clarification, is this challenge only available for players who are currently dead, or can players who die in other leagues at a later time (but before the acid league is resolved) also give this a try?

[Grey]

Those who die in the future may also try, but not till they're dead.

[deepshock]

Dark Orc Trip Report

10000- begin
10156- One dark orc down
10374- Another dead dark orc
10463- Another dead dark orc
10587- This guy got one-shot, and I caught the boomerang afterwards.
10821- Dead. Too many came for me and too many thrown weapons missed their targets, including the 'rang, which didn't return that time.

[gut]

I think this challenge is much more possible than
last year's 'trial of rust', but still REALLY hard.

[Soirana]

how far you made, gut?

[F50]

Lots of boomeranging and hack-and-back, but Hungry! status caused me to pursue faster tactics which, of course, failed. No food was gathered from the orcs in the making of this attempt. I lost my boomerang once and had to lead three (another mistake) orcs around the level. I tried to lock them in, but unforunately, Dark orcs can also shatter doors. It seems that even if one were to be able to run the gantlet of orcs without killing them all, you would still end up sandwiched between a dark orc and the tension room. Furthermore, if the tension room door is an exploding rune...