First Ultra! ULE Drakeling Monk

[ObadiahtheSlim]

Started off in bandit town and killed a mugger first. Went to SMC and easily found the stairs, but not the blanket. Found a neutral altar in the UD so I precrowned twice after a long grind. Got Soaker (not bad for a level 10) and Hammerhead for the second (TO boast and some intrinsics were nice). A pool gave me petrification and stun resistance plus see invis. I don't push my luck and drink from any more pools Then found a 'AoLS at the bottom of the UD so I figured why not try for an ultra.

DD was pretty boring. Puppy cave was likewise uninteresting. Bookshop on D9 was diggable. Kick robbed up some books and decent amount of cash. Unfortunately too many artifacts at this point to be able to precrown a 3rd time. D10 gave me a herbs so didn't bother pacifying big room. D11 was dwarf town. Pretty trivial quest for my first kill, but can't recall what it was. Hit up the pyramid because I was level 16 by this point. Darkforge got me an eternium 2hand sword, but nothing with a good ego. Hit up graveyard and convert to C on the corpse drops. I hit up the gremlin cave for the last of the ratling fodder.

I equip the CoS and it doesn't take long to find a boar. First kill gets me my skull so I stash it in HMV. Feed the ratling Moonsickle, big punch, nonnak, phial, CoS, and torc. Then move up and clear the water temple. I head back down and turn in everything to the crone, but it seems I haven't found the wand yet. ID stair hop one after a while. Did find a pair of !PoGA.

I hit up ToEF and easily kill ACW (300 speed FTW!) Then I finish my topside adventures with the =RotHK and Stone Circle. Potions of Confusion make the Keriax a cinch.

Dive down to the casino and didn't really find anything interesting. Did find a scroll shop that gave me a scroll of education, but nothing else worthwhile. Casino had no good weapons or armor, but did have a few nice potions and some writing sets. I write up some scrolls of education and get Archery plus some crap skills like mining. On the level with the shortcut back to the surface I do find a greater giant vault. I find hammer of gods (meh) and Executor!

At this point I figure I should probably get ready to convert back to L before it gets too hard. I want courage first so I slaughter endless beggars and outlaws to get my 20 more muggers. With my kills done it's time to convert back to neutral. I turn in puppy quest and head to water dragon cave for another lawful quest finish. Then do the sheriff's quest and unicorn's quest. However I'm still C- so I guess it didn't really help much. Head to dwarf town and carefully convert back to N by sacrificing 10 gold at a time. I consider crowning, but I'm running a little low on ?SoRC so I hold off.

Penultimate dive into the dungeon gets me a few useful corruptions. Earth and Air temples fall. Air was a little dicy when I had a group of liches summoned. However thankfully my monk switch places ability lets me get in and out with 300hp to spare. Find a river running through a lesser vault of black dragons shortly before UC split, but it doesn't give me anything. UC was pretty uneventful. BDC is pretty easy as a monk. Don't have to worry about item destruction when you don't need your armor and are lightning immune. AKW's loot pile gives me a ring of weakness . I grab it and one of the twins and hit up mana temple. It is also pretty easy with the monk switch place power.

I return to the surface and I have a bit of a conundrum. I have the corruptions to enter quickling tree, but unholy aura is in the way. I guess I shoulda cured that when I got it, but the bonus was rather nice. I hit up Quickling tree and get my speed up to nearly 200. Then it dawns on my, I'm only level 40 and I need 5 more levels. I scum up my ST, but my only 4 potions of exchange don't cooperate. Took 2 to move my 99 ST, but it moved it to PE. The remaining 2 only shuffle around the rest of my stats. . Grind up my ST again and restore my Dex and Will.

After I get my 99 ST back, I hit up BugCav for level 41. Good archery skills and bolt spells makes it pretty trivial although they do shred up my elven chainmail. Then go pay Blup's mom another visit. She gives me my last 4 levels (thank you slow monster and speed of 90). Turns out she was standing on a writing set so I write up a pair of ?SoRC and a pair of educations. No luck with the educations.

Head to Master Assassin (dodge a mugger on the way) and get Filk quest and the other one of the twins. Find Filk easily on ID 21. Acid ball drops him (and my alignment). I figure time to crown myself and whip myself to shreds with a whip of slaughter I found randomly. Eventually I get L+ and head to a random altar I found on like D4. Convert it to lawful my first try by saccing 30,000 gold. Crowning nets me divine messenger (para resist FTW!). Then up to Dwarf Town to smith up my gear even more, but I forget to hit my stash for the wands of para.

Dive down the SC is pretty uneventful. The scrolls of magic mapping make finding the down stairs pretty easy. Emperor Moloch dies in 3 hits thanks to my Monk instakill power! Clear my last corruptions with the unicorn and then I get the trident and grab the rest of the trinity from my darkforge stash and head down to D50. D47 gives me a lesser red dragon vault, however no artifacts to be found and only 1 stat potion to be found. Too much item destruction from their breath attacks. I give myself a minor heart attack when I misplace the 2 pieces of the trinity. Fire rift woke up a ghost lord threat room and one of them nicked it. I eventually recover it after kicking down half the level.

!PoU gives me scorched spear *sigh*. I start clearing my way to the gate by digging into the north handle room and then kicking down a wall into the gate room. Fisty teleports next to me, but I teleport to the gate. Time to clear my 2 corruptions (no clue how fast that place will corrupt so might as well play it safe), equip the trinity and enter the gates. Drink all my boost potions and read magic mapping. Then I zap monster detection and teleport near Andy. Wand of fire clears all the j's he summons. A !PoCC to the face and he doesn't seem to rough. Stat draining and darkness is a bit of a pain. I switch to !AoLight from Ankh so I don't waste turns zapping light wands. I don't want to risk him teleporting away and me not seeing it. Had to clear corruptions once cause I got the slow down one. Andy is having a hard time hitting and his hits don't seem to do much damage so I risk Berserk and tear him apart. Victory is mine.

[ObadiahtheSlim]

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Cassie Muggs  St:93  Le:30  Wi:59  Dx:77  To:45  Ch:55  Ap:41  Ma:48  Pe:93 L+
DV/PV:101/69     H:990(1039)   P:8(837)      Exp: 50/26303395   ChAoS Sp: 263
Blessed Invisible Bloated Berserk
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                            Background Information
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Name: Cassie Muggs        Race: female Drakeling    Class: Monk
Eye color: blue           Hair color: bald          Complexion: light blue
Height: 5'1"              Weight: 127 pounds
Age: 56 (middle-aged, 32 years of unnatural aging added in)
Star sign: Candle         Birthday: 4/Candle (day 274 of the year)

YOUR HISTORY:
        Your parents belong to the nobility. They are rich, respected,
 wealthy and own more than they can count.
        In your childhood you were a credit to your family. Your people
 loved you and enjoyed your presence.
        As a youth you spent a lot of time in the wilds exploring woods and
 generally enjoying your freedom. You had a lot of fun and learned to value
 the treasures of nature.
        As a young adult you tried many occupations before finally deciding
 on one to pursue. This has left you with a very broad base of lore.
        You decided to become a Monk.


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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 18208 stones                Carrying capacity: 78952 stones

He: blessed helm of mental stability (+1, +1) [+2, +3] {Le+1}        [100s]
Ne: uncursed amulet of light                                           [3s]
Bo: blessed padded elven chain mail of resilience [+6, +10]           [10s]
Gi: blessed eternium girdle [+8, +8]                                  [12s]
Cl: cursed cloak of defense [+6, +0]                                  [20s]
RH: blessed Trident of the Red Rooster (+36, 6d12+18) [+12, +12] {Ma+24}
LH: -
RR: uncursed ring of slaying (+8 melee damage, +6 missile damage)      [1s]
LR: uncursed ring of the master cat [+0, +5] {Dx+16} (+16 spd)         [1s]
Br: blessed rustproof bracers of resistance [+6, +6]                  [10s]
Ga: uncursed brass knuckles [+6, +4]                                  [10s]
Bo: blessed boots of the divine messenger [+3, +3] {Dx+5}             [25s]
MW: -
Mi: -
Tl: uncursed dwarven pick axe "Hammerhead" (+2, 2d10+4) [+2, +2] {To+3}[90s]

[ObadiahtheSlim]

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                                Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Unarmed fighting         6    +3    +2   +2   skilled              256
Daggers & knives         3    +2    +1   +0   basic                1
Clubs & hammers          1    +1    +0   +0   basic                25
Maces & flails           1    +1    +0   +0   basic                25
Swords                   1    +1    +0   +0   basic                25
Axes                    10    +9    +7   +3   excellent            377
Whips                    2    +2    +1   +2   basic                37
Pole arms               11   +12    +7  +14   Mastery              1080
Twohanded weapons       11   +12   +16   +4   Mastery              1378
Staves                   1    +1    +0   +1   basic                25

Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Slings                   0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Bows                    10   +20   +15   +3   excellent            344
Crossbows                0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Thrown axes & hammers    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Thrown daggers           0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Thrown rocks & clubs     0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Thrown spears            0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Boomerangs & scurgari    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7

Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
Shields                  0    +0              unskilled            15


Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: +257 bonus to hit, 6d12+111 damage


Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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No missile weapons available.


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                                   Skills
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  Alertness .................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Appraising ................ 30    (mediocre)     [+1d3]
  Archery ...................100    (superb)       [+1] *Scrolls of Education FTW!*
  Athletics .................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Backstabbing ..............100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Climbing ..................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Concentration .............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Courage ...................100    (superb)       [+1]
  Detect item status ........ 66    (good)         [+1]
  Detect traps ..............100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Disarm traps .............. 91    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Dodge .....................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Find weakness .............100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  First aid .................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Food preservation .........100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Gardening ................. 93    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Haggling .................. 95    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Healing ...................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Herbalism .................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Listening .................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Literacy ..................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Mining ....................100    (superb)       [+1]
  Music .....................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Pick pockets ..............100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Smithing ..................100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Stealth ...................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Survival .................. 30    (mediocre)     [+2d4]
  Swimming ..................100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Tactics ...................100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Two weapon combat .........100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Ventriloquism ............. 97    (superb)       [+1d3]

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                                   Spells *kick robbed all these books!*
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   Acid Ball          :    27,  59pp     (Effectivity: +6)
   Acid Bolt          :   784,  14pp     (Effectivity: +6)
   Burning Hands      :   869,   8pp     (Effectivity: +3)
   Calm Monster       :   781,   8pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Cure Disease       :   701,   8pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Cure Light Wounds  :   983,   4pp     (Effectivity: +6)
   Cure Serious Wounds:   225,   9pp     (Effectivity: +5)
   Darkness           :  1724,   3pp     (Effectivity: +6)
   Disarm Trap        :     8,  19pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Farsight           :   111,  17pp     (Effectivity: +4)
   Fire Bolt          :  1621,  10pp     (Effectivity: +3)
   Fireball           :   657,  20pp     (Effectivity: +2)
   Frost Bolt         :  1077,  11pp     (Effectivity: +8)
   Ice Ball           :   570,  24pp     (Effectivity: +6)
   Identify           :   633,  75pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Improved Fireball  :   689,  30pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Invisibility       :   844,   8pp     (Effectivity: +10)
   Knock              :  1279,  12pp     (Effectivity: +2)
   Know Alignment     :   699,  10pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Light              :  1491,   1pp     (Effectivity: +11)
   Lightning Ball     :   353,  30pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Lightning Bolt     :   944,  12pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Magic Lock         :  1306,   8pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Magic Map          :   309,  40pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Magic Missile      :  1233,   8pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Remove Curse       :   287,  49pp     (Effectivity: +7)
   Revelation         :   146,  33pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Slow Monster       :   476,   7pp     (Effectivity: +2)
   Slow Poison        :   882,   6pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Strength of Atlas  :  1231,   8pp     (Effectivity: +13)
   Stun Ray           :   959,   8pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Summon Monsters    :   608,  30pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Teleportation      :  1634,  20pp     (Effectivity: +14)
   Web                :   670,  12pp     (Effectivity: +0)

[ObadiahtheSlim]

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                              Her further life:
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After slaying Andor Drakon and dispersing his malevolent energies the
pillars of Order appear before you. All the forces of Order seem to be
united behind them. You are lifted to the status of an Avatar of Order and
the tales of your deeds are spread all over Ancardia.

Your deeds are recounted at camp fires and interpreted by philosophers and
priests alike. The common man looks up to you and you slowly start to be
revered as a minor power of Order. After a few millennia have passed you are
raised to the position of a demi-god to guard and protect Ancardia from the
forces of Chaos and Balance forever.

Under your guidance Ancardia becomes an orderly and organized world without
striking changes. Peaceful order (and boredom?) spreads and the world enters
an era of peace and tranquility never again leaving it.


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              Her achievements during her adventures:
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Cassie Muggs, the drakish monk, transformed into an avatar of Order.
She scored 9915452 points and advanced to level 50.
She survived for 0 years, 241 days, 16 hours, 7 minutes and 26 seconds
(440344 turns).
72 companions were killed during her adventures.
Cassie Muggs visited 129 places.
Her strength score was modified by +74 during her career.
Her learning score was modified by +16 during her career.
Her willpower score was modified by +32 during her career.
Her dexterity score was modified by +39 during her career.
Her toughness score was modified by +21 during her career.
Her charisma score was modified by +45 during her career.
Her appearance score was modified by +31 during her career.
Her mana score was modified by +14 during her career.
Her perception score was modified by +80 during her career.
She was unnaturally aged by 32 years.
She was the champion of the arena.
She was a member of the thieves guild.
She defeated the arch enemy of a mighty karmic wyrm.
She adhered to the principles of the Cat Lord and thus rose to great fame.
She stopped the generation of nasty bugs.
She saved Khelavaster from certain death.
She ended her adventuring life in the palace of Andor Drakon.
7407 monsters perished under her attacks.
The following 32 artifacts were generated during her adventure:
  the si
  the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle" *ratling food*
  the ring of the master cat *music makes this easy to get*
  the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Water
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Air
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Fire
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Earth
  the lead-filled mace "Big Punch" *ratling food*
  the scorched spear *D49 potion of uselessness*
  the rune-covered trident
  the sword of Nonnak *ratling food*
  the elemental gauntlets
  the ring of the High Kings
  the phial of Caladriel *ratling food*
  the crown of science *ratling food*
  the ancient mummy wrapping
  the ankh
  the boots of the divine messenger *crown gift*
  the hammer of the gods *greater giant vault*
  the boots of great speed
  the Crown of Chaos
  the black torc *ratling food*
  the Medal of Chaos
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
  the black rune-covered dagger "Needle"
  the black rune-covered dagger "Sting"
  the jet-black battle axe "Executor" *greater giant vault*
  the dwarven pick axe "Hammerhead" *2nd precrown*
  the shining long spear "Soaker" *first precrown*
  the Trident of the Red Rooster
  the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance" *never saw it and I tried every halberd I found looking for nice egos /cry*
She possessed the following intrinsics:
  She was fire resistant (enhanced through an item).
  She was poison resistant.
  She was cold resistant (enhanced through an item).
  She was acid resistant.
  She was lucky.
  Fate smiled upon her (enhanced through an item).
  She was sleep resistant (gained through an item).
  She was petrification resistant.
  She was able to control teleportation (enhanced through an item).
  She was stun resistant (enhanced through an item).
  She was paralyzation resistant (gained through an item).
  She was resistant to death rays (gained through items).
  She was shock resistant (enhanced through an item).
  She was able to see invisible things (enhanced through items).
  She was immune to shock attacks (gained through an item).
  She was immune to fire attacks (gained through an item).
  She was immune to acidic attacks. *crown immunity*
  She was immune to ice attacks (gained through an item).
  She was able to breathe water (gained through an item).
  She was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through an item).
She had the following talents: Alert, Careful, Eagle Eye, Good Learner, Good
Shot, Greased Lightning, Hardy, Healthy, Iron Skin, Keen Shot, Lightning
Shot, Miser, Porter, Quick, Quick Shot, Steel Skin, Tough Skin, Treasure
Hunter, Very Quick.
She had a final speed score of 263 (final base speed: 198).
She was a messiah of Sssracht.
She asked for 9 divine interventions.
She was a holy champion of Order.

[anon123]

Congratulations on the win, and I enjoyed reading your post (wish I had that luck with book shops)... but are you sure there was a vault on D:49?

[ObadiahtheSlim]

Oops, meant to say D47 was the red dragon vault.

[DreadArchon]

I give myself a minor heart attack when I misplace the 2 pieces of the trinity. Fire rift woke up a ghost lord threat room and one of them nicked it. I eventually recover it after kicking down half the level.

Haha, this got some chuckles out of me.

[anon123]

Ghosts can pick up items? Where do they put them?