Dwarven Archer

[DreadArchon]

This character's early game was rough and annoying. No shops, nothing handy in the guaranteed shops, no good ego gear, rivers all over the place, and I foolishly wrenched the only charge out of the guaranteed Wand of Teleportation when I retrieved the Scrolls from the HMV.

My first corruption was Corrupted Tissue, which made me hesitant to get in any fights at all--all hits potentially draining Dex is not cool for an Archer, and I did lose several points of Dex this way. I also didn't want to go into corrupting areas without finding more Chaos Resistance because I didn't want a nasty corruption like that getting buried. I ended up making an automated Gremlin Bomb in D:8, almost more for amusement than any expectation of usefulness. I mined out the whole level, but I couldn't smith because I needed Kherab's anvil and I didn't want to get my Dex ravaged by golems in Darkforge. I did have teleportation control and I was precrowned with Preserver ( ), but I had no way to teleport.

At least the pyramid was easy, and at least I got crowned with Lightning. Of course, I also got Thunderstroke.

I resolved to beat the RNG, so I dug out an audiobook and spent quite a few real-life hours stairhopping. I had terrible luck on Potions of Exchange and teleportation items (while jumping between level 6 and level 7), and when I did get a Wand of Teleportation I determined that Darkforge was full of junk (at which point I did a ton more stairhopping). At least I was rich.

I eventually worked up a lot of Potion of Gain Attributes and nice spellbooks (but still only a couple of Potion of Exchange), so I decided to smith for a while then take out the Bug Temple. I collected loot from my Gremlin Bomb and found--

A Ring of Djinni Summoning.

I saved Khelly, cleared out the CoC down to the wall of fire, did my smithing, cleared the Bugs, got the Ring of the High Kings, got the fire orb, and dipped a stack of Rings of Acid Resistance in a Potion of Exchange with no expectation of success. After three dips I had 19 Rings of Djinni Summoning.

Needless to say, I was getting tired of this character and I felt drunk on power. I decided to knock out the Blup quest real quick just in case I wanted the Trident later. The cave had my first pair of Seven League Boots and yet another Ring of Djinni Summoning. Uh... OK...

I marched to D:50 spraying arrows. Virtually nothing slowed me down, and after I found lesser vaults with Bracers of War and Nature's Companion precisely nothing slowed me down. Indeed, a tension room full of Greater Molochs ensured that I had the final two (scary as hell!) Archer powers in short order, and there were two more Rings of Djinni Summoning plus a Wand of Wishing. There was so much slaying ammo for sale in the Casino that I never bothered to dig anywhere on D:50, I just walked in shooting and everything promptly died.

[DreadArchon]

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Dwarfigun     St:44  Le:56  Wi:46  Dx:64  To:41  Ch:30  Ap:37  Ma:46  Pe:52 L+
DV/PV:118/66     H:821(821)    P:826(826)    Exp: 50/25774609   DrCh  Sp: 190
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                            Background Information
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Name: Dwarfigun           Race: female Dwarf        Class: Archer
Height: 3'8"              Weight: 138 pounds        Scars: 2
Age: 89 (grown-up, 27 years of unnatural aging added in)
Star sign: Book           Birthday: 3/Book (day 33 of the year)

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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 33045 stones                Carrying capacity: 59475 stones

He: rustproof crown of lightning [+10, +7] (+5 spd)
Ne: sapphire amulet (named) [+4, +4] {Wi+7}
Bo: fine leather armor (named) (+2, +0) [+2, +8] (+15 spd)
Gi: girdle of carrying [+5, +3]
Cl: cloak of protection [+4, +3]
RH: dwarven rune axe (named) (+3, 3d6+6) [+4, +4] {To+3}
LH: dwarven shield (named) (+2) [+9, +6]
RR: ring of slaying (+9 melee damage, +6 missile damage)
LR: ring of the High Kings [+2, +3]
Br: bracers of war [+8, +4] {Dx+8}
Ga: rustproof gauntlets of strength (-1, +0) [+7, +6] {St+3}
Bo: seven league boots [+4, +6]
MW: long bow of accuracy (+8, +5) 
Mi: bundle of 55 arrows (+0, 1d6)
Tl: pick axe (+0, 1d6+1)


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                                    Stuff
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Total weight: 32355 stones   Carrying capacity: 59475 stones

Boots ('[')
   eternium boots [+7, +5]
One-handed weapons ('(')
   hatchet (+9, 1d6+1) [+3, +0]
   orcish spear of mayhem (+2, 3d8+8) [+1, +0]
   knife of endurance (+9, 1d3+6) {To+4} 
Two-handed weapons ('(')
   rune-covered trident (+6, 3d12+6) [+4, +4] {Dx+12}
   hammer of the gods (+1, 7d6+8) [-6, +0]
Missile weapons ('}')
   heavy crossbow of accuracy (+11, +4)
Missiles ('/')
   obsidian quarrel "Thunderstroke" (+8, 20d4+8)
   (I had a lot of ammo remaining.)
Tools (']')
   heap of 2 fletchery sets (5)			I never needed Fletchery.
   heap of 4 fletchery sets (6)
   heap of 2 fletchery sets (7)
   heap of 2 fletchery sets (8)
   greater mummy figurine of wondrous power
   mimic hivemind statue			Petrified as a trophy.
   lightning vortex statue			How is this even possible?
   great blue wyrm statue of "Sektoridikes"	Just testing--it worked! >:-)
   dark elven princess statue			Petrified as a trophy.
Rings ('=')
   heap of 4 blessed brass rings
   heap of 20 rings of djinni summoning		4 of these were random drops!
   ring of elemental mastery [+0, +0]
   ring of slaying (+7 melee damage, +6 missile damage)
Wands ('\')
   wand of paralyzation (6 charges)
   wand of wishing (0 charges)			Random drop on D:50. Started empty.
Potions ('!')
   heap of 5 potions of cure corruption
Scrolls ('?')
   heap of 5 scrolls of chaos resistance
Books ('"')
   blessed spellbook of Strength of Atlas
   blessed spellbook of Teleportation
Valuables ('$')
   881600 gold pieces

[DreadArchon]

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                                Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Unarmed fighting         4    +3    +1   +1   skilled              56
Daggers & knives         4    +3    +1   +0   skilled              104
Axes                    12   +12   +10   +3   Mastery              3085
Pole arms               10   +10    +6  +12   excellent            434


Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Bows                    13   +26   +19   +4   Mastery              773
Crossbows               12   +24   +18   +4   Mastery              2013


Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
Shields                  9   +18              excellent            1155


Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: Î+137Æ bonus to hit, Î3d6+57Æ damage


Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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Ammunition: Î55Æ, base range: Î80Æ, Î+178Æ bonus to hit, Î1d6+80Æ damage




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                                   Skills
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  Alertness ................100
  Archery ..................100
  Athletics ................ 91    Wished before final dive.
  Backstabbing .............100
  Bridge building .......... 93
  Climbing .................100
  Concentration ............100
  Courage ..................100
  Detect traps .............100
  Disarm traps ............. 53    Potion of education.
  Dodge ....................100
  First aid ................100
  Fletchery ................100
  Haggling .................100
  Healing ..................100
  Listening ................100
  Literacy .................100
  Metallurgy ...............100
  Mining ...................100
  Smithing .................100
  Stealth ..................100
  Swimming .................100
  Tactics ..................100
  Two weapon combat ........ 50
  Ventriloquism ............ 23    Potion of education.


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                                   Spells
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   Bless               :   337   (E: +1)
   Burning Hands       :   712   (E: +3)
   Calm Monster        :   348   (E: +3)
   Create Item         :   829   (E: +1)
   Cure Critical Wounds:    50   (E: +0)
   Cure Light Wounds   :  1360   (E: +1)
   Darkness            :  1420   (E: +1)
   Farsight            :   974   (E: +4)
   Fire Bolt           :   793   (E: +11)
   Fireball            :    10   (E: +0)	Wand of Wonder.
   Identify            :  1072   (E: +1)
   Improved Fireball   :     1   (E: +0)	Wand of Wonder.
   Invisibility        :   755   (E: +3)
   Knock               :   666   (E: +1)
   Light               :   257   (E: +4)
   Lightning Bolt      :   608   (E: +6)
   Magic Missile       :  1418   (E: +14)
   Petrification       :   683   (E: +1)
   Remove Curse        :  1769   (E: +2)
   Slow Monster        :   929   (E: +5)
   Slow Poison         :   432   (E: +0)
   Strength of Atlas   :   751   (E: +1)
   Teleportation       :   394   (E: +3)




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                              Her further life:
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After she leaves the Drakalor Chain she is welcomed by her people with great
honors. They acknowledge her noble deeds, her valor, her cunning and her
great skills that helped to prevent the complete destruction of the world
she knows. She is crowned to be the queen of all dwarves and lives a long
and prosperous life full of love, happiness and pleasure.

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              Her achievements during her adventures:
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Dwarfigun, the dwarven archer, saved the world with her brave efforts and
became a great ruler while saving herself 51 times.
She scored 13496232 points and advanced to level 50.
She survived for 1 year, 33 days, 19 hours, 33 minutes and 42 seconds
(328252 turns).
Dwarfigun visited 118 places.
Her strength score was modified by +25 during her career.
Her learning score was modified by +41 during her career.
Her willpower score was modified by +24 during her career.
Her dexterity score was modified by +41 during her career.
Her toughness score was modified by +19 during her career.
Her charisma score was modified by +20 during her career.
Her appearance score was modified by +25 during her career.
Her mana score was modified by +35 during her career.
Her perception score was modified by +37 during her career.
She was unnaturally aged by 27 years.
She was the champion of the arena.
She was the head of the thieves guild.
She defeated the arch enemy of a mighty karmic wyrm.
She stopped the generation of nasty bugs.
She saved Khelavaster from certain death.
She left the Drakalor Chain after completing her quest and became a great
leader and famous heroine.
10718 monsters perished under her attacks.
The following 26 artifacts were generated during her adventure:
  the si
  the dwarven rune axe "Rolf's Companion"		Used it for style.
  the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
  the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
  the dwarven shield "Rolf's Saviour"			Used it for style.
  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 obsidian quarrel "Thunderstroke"			Crowning "gift."
  the lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
  the rune-covered trident
  the sword of Nonnak
  the elemental gauntlets
  the ring of the High Kings
  the phial of Caladriel
  the crown of science
  the ancient mummy wrapping
  the ankh
  the hammer of the gods				D:49.
  the bracers of war					Normal vault around D:20.
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
  the black rune-covered dagger "Needle"		Forgot to get Sting too.
  the fine leather armor "Nature's Companion"		Normal vault around D:20.
  the sapphire amulet "Preserver"			Precrowning.
  the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance"			Casino.
She possessed the following intrinsics:
  She was fire resistant (enhanced through items).
  She was poison resistant (enhanced through items).
  She was cold resistant (enhanced through items).
  She was acid resistant.
  She was lucky (enhanced through items).
  Fate smiled upon her.
  She was able to control teleportation.
  She was stun resistant (gained through an item).
  She was paralyzation resistant (gained through an item).
  She was resistant to death rays (gained through an item).
  She was shock resistant (enhanced through an item).
  She was immune to shock attacks.				Crowning.
  She was immune to fire attacks (gained through an item).
  She was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through an item).
She had the following talents: Affinity with Bows, Affinity with Crossbows,
Affinity with Slings, Alert, Careful, Defensive Fighter, Dodger, Eagle Eye,
Good Shot, Greased Lightning, Keen Shot, Lightning Shot, Missile Weapon
Master, Quick, Quick Shot, Shield Specialist, Very Quick.
She had a final speed score of 190 (final base speed: 170).
She was a messiah of Morodwyn.
She asked for 5 divine interventions.			Mostly for PP.
She was a holy champion of Order.

The following monsters were vanquished:
    1 acid vortex			Only one I saw this game!
    1 ancient black dragon
   18 ancient blue dragons
    1 ancient blue wyrm
    1 ancient karmic dragon
   32 ancient red dragons		Two lesser vaults.
    6 animated trees
    9 balors
   26 blink dogs
    1 cat lord				I killed about 40 cats.
   38 chaos wizards
    1 dwarven artificer
    1 fire giant			Only one? Yet so many frost giants...
   69 frost giants			Two lesser vaults, plus a tension room.
   92 frost giant berserkers
    3 frost giant jarls
    6 great blue wyrms			I also petrified one as a trophy.
    2 great red wyrms
    1 great water dragon
    1 greater balor
    1 greater black unicorn
  140 greater claw bugs			Tasted good.
   14 greater molochs			Tension room on D:47. Wonderful XP.
  994 gremlins				And my auto-Gremlin-bomb killed even more!
   99 hill giants			So many tension rooms. Ugh.
   21 hill giant chieftains
   94 jackals
   12 jackalweres
  179 killer bugs			Tasted good.
    2 mimic hiveminds			Kept one as a trophy.
    1 oracle				Tasted good.
    2 skeletal kings			One was camping the stairs on DH:2. OUCH.
  107 stone giants			I did a lot of mining.
   75 writhing masses of primal chaos

[stellian]

64 Dx. Holy mother of god. Kudos on not giving up after such an uneventful early game.

What's a gremlin bomb?

[anon123]

What's a gremlin bomb?

A way of acquiring tons of items, exploiting the fact gremlins drop them and multiply when they come into contact with water.

http://ancardia.wikia.com/wiki/Gremlin_bomb