Third Win! Human Barbarian Tahi III

[Roarke]

If you told me at the beginning of this month that I would finally beat ADOM, and then beat it twice more in the same month, I would have hit you. But today, I'd bow down and apologize, because I did just that.

Tahi III started out much like Tahis I and II, who you don't know because they died stupid, painful deaths that don't deserve a mention. His first stop was Lawenilothel, where I very carefully acquired pickpocketing without killing anyone. On my way out, I was attacked by orcs, which saved me the trouble of hunting one down for my first kill.

TD passed easily. I got healing and bridge building (which I would later actually have to use). I went into the puppy cave, and was late by about 17 hours. Whoops. But more importantly, I found morgia and pepper petals on PC:3, where I happily pumped To to about 25.

I then decided to educate myself in the written word... only to be hit by heavy rains outside. When my two-hander rusted, I made a dive through the UD, snagging the waterproof blanket on the way. I easily made it to the HMV, but there was nothing in the shop and I couldn't teleport for the scroll, so I left.

By the time I got to DT, I was level 12, but Thundarr was cool and asked me to kill a mimic. Unfortunately, Waldenbrook cleaned his shop that day and it didn't have one.

Things got really easy really fast after that. My identified items yielded a PoGA and two potions of toughness, for a start. A wand shop on D:2 gave me all the wands of door creation I needed to clear the Big Room. I've never scummed herbs until this character, and I'm suddenly realizing why I had so much trouble in the past. It's much easier to stroll through the game with 30 toughness at level 15. I got crowned with fire immunity (nice) and Skullcrusher.

The High King's area was incredibly annoying because I had to make 3 trips for logs. I will say no more about that. The Darkforge was easy with Skullcrusher, and the pools gave me permanent invisibility, death ray resistance and teleportitis without removing my teleport control. No wishes, but invisibility was probably worth more in the long run.

The Water Temple and Fire Temples both yielded easily, though there was one tense moment where the ACW dropped me to 1 health, and then after I beat it, my fireproof blanket gave out, costing me two SoCR's. I hit up the Library for more scrolls to prepare for the last dive. I believe 50 days had passed at that point.

I took out the Cat Lord in melee for the first time ever. That was cool.

The lower CoC were unmemorable through their lack of Greater Vaults, but the two Red Dragon Vaults kept me busy. The first one gave me Wyrmlance, which I used to murder the second (and later AKW's nemesis). That felt good. Tahi the First died against that guy.

The last Air and Earth Temples were as simple as usual for me. By then, with Tactics at 100 and 2 rings of slaying, most everything dropped with a few berserk hits. I took down every boss in melee, my ranged attacks having fallen behind in use long before.

This was probably the easiest Mana Temple I've had.The Mage stepped out to yell at me and I caved his skull in.
D:50 was pretty bad. All of those chaos freaks got very experienced towards the end. The balors gave me enough experience to hit 50, and I eventually killed everyone in melee, but a ghost lord took me to middle-aged in one hit. I'd have been pissed if I hadn't been saving a RoDS for that.

When I closed the gate, only about 65 days had passed. I was stunned. I think it has something to do with Barbarian's L12 class power that reduces movement cost to 750, because I spent plenty of time out there. Either way, I spent a week after that killing the Black Unicorn to get all of my corruption removed, the Assassin Prince to see what Needle+Sting was all about (holy wow it's amazing), and finding Blup's mom.

The second time I won, but this time especially, I really wish I could pit the new winner against my first winner. To the death.

[Roarke]

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Tahi III      St:41  Le:20  Wi:26  Dx:20  To:41  Ch: 8  Ap:14  Ma: 8  Pe:14 N-
DV/PV: 52/52     H:1134(1134)  P:126(126)    Exp: 50/25853849   DrCh  Sp: 132
Blessed Invisible
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                            Background Information
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Name: Tahi III            Race: male Human          Class: Barbarian
Eye color: brown          Hair color: blonde        Complexion: light
Height: 6'3"              Weight: 174 pounds        Scars: 6
Age: 27 (grown-up)
Star sign: Raven          Birthday: 2/Raven (day 2 of the year)

YOUR HISTORY:
        Your father was an accomplished hunter and warrior. You were
 well-respected and comparatively wealthy.
        As a child you were not accepted by the other children of your
 tribe. Your childhood was sad and lonely.
        During your youth you traveled to nearby tribes and traded with
 them. You met many strangers and learned a lot about the outside world.
        As a young adult you more and more separated from the more
 traditional members of your tribe. Your desire to see the outside world
 became overwhelming.
        At the age of 27 you left your tribe.


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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 3331 stones                Carrying capacity: 8175 stones

He: uncursed eternium cap [+0, +4]                                    [28s]
Ne: blessed rusty amulet of life saving                                [3s]
Bo: uncursed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [-1, +15]                  [240s]
Gi: uncursed eternium girdle [+0, +4]                                 [12s]
Cl: -
RH: blessed rune-covered club "Skullcrusher" (+12, 3d6+2) [-3, +0] {St+4}
LH: uncursed tower crystal shield (-2) [+14, +4]                     [260s]
RR: uncursed ring of slaying (+8 melee damage, +6 missile damage)      [1s]
LR: uncursed ring of slaying (+8 melee damage, +6 missile damage)      [1s]
Br: blessed rusty bracers of regeneration [+0, +0]                    [18s]
Ga: blessed rustproof gauntlets of strength (-1, +0) [-1, +1] {St+3}  [40s]
Bo: uncursed eternium boots [+0, +8]                                  [55s]
MW: uncursed heavy crossbow (+3, +6)                                 [140s]
Mi: bundle of 6 uncursed quarrels of humanoid slaying (+3, 2d6+3)     [24s]
Tl: heap of 31 blessed spenseweeds                                    [62s]


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                                    Stuff
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Total weight: 2327 stones   Carrying capacity: 8175 stones

Helmets ('[')
   uncursed helm of mental stability [+3, +1] {Le+1}                 [100s]
Armor ('[')
   uncursed ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8}                    [60s]
Girdles ('[')
   heap of 2 uncursed girdles of carrying [+0, +0]                    [30s]
   blessed girdle of carrying [+0, +0]                                [15s]
Boots ('[')
   uncursed boots of speed [+2, +0] (+8 spd)                          [20s]
   blessed boots of speed [+1, +0] (+8 spd)                           [20s]
Bracers (',')
   blessed bracers of speed [+0, +0] (+4 spd)                         [10s]
   uncursed rusty bracers of regeneration [+0, +0]                    [18s]
One-handed weapons ('(')
   uncursed phase dagger (+0, 1d4+3)                                   [5s]
   uncursed dagger of death (+2, 5d5+2)                               [10s]
   uncursed black rune-covered dagger "Needle" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1]     [10s]
   uncursed eternium scimitar of mayhem (+0, 4d8+15)                  [19s]
   uncursed masterwork eternium long sword (+6, 2d8+9)                [20s]
   uncursed black rune-covered dagger "Sting" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1]      [10s]
Two-handed weapons ('(')
   uncursed rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance" (+15, 4d8+10) [-2, +0]   [50s]
   blessed eternium two-handed sword of mayhem (+20, 8d5+24) [-1, +0] [50s]
Rings ('=')
   uncursed ring of speed [+0, +1] (+5 spd)                            [1s]
   blessed ring of the High Kings [+2, +3]                             [1s]
   uncursed ring of regeneration                                       [1s]
   uncursed ring of mental stability [+3, +1] {Le+1}                   [1s]
   uncursed ring of invisibility                                       [1s]
   blessed brass ring                                                  [1s]
   uncursed ring of cold resistance                                    [1s]
   uncursed ring of doom                                               [1s]
Wands ('\')
   uncursed wand of digging (3 charges)                                [3s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (8 charges)                          [3s]
   uncursed wand of lightning (0 charges)                              [4s]
   uncursed wand of lightning (0 charges)                              [4s]
   uncursed rusty wand of gold detection (6 charges)                   [6s]
   uncursed wand of wonder (2 charges)                                 [3s]
   uncursed wand of item detection (3 charges)                         [3s]
   uncursed wand of earthquakes (3 charges)                            [3s]
   uncursed wand of acid (0 charges)                                   [4s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (5 charges)                          [3s]
   uncursed wand of lightning (0 charges)                              [4s]
   uncursed wand of trap detection (5 charges)                         [3s]
   uncursed wand of trap detection (2 charges)                         [3s]
   blessed wand of teleportation (0 charges)                           [4s]
   uncursed wand of teleportation (0 charges)                          [4s]
   uncursed wand of destruction (3 charges)                            [3s]
   uncursed wand of death (0 charges)  This was fun.                [3s]
   uncursed wand of cold (0 charges)                                   [4s]
   blessed wand of cold (0 charges)                                    [4s]
   uncursed wand of cold (1 charge) // all found after High King          [4s]
Potions ('!')
   heap of 2 uncursed potions of balance                               [8s]
   uncursed potion of cure poison                                      [2s]
   heap of 2 uncursed potions of sickness                              [4s]
   heap of 4 potions of holy water                                    [16s]
   heap of 2 blessed potions of booze                                  [8s]
   uncursed potion of water                                            [4s]
   heap of 3 blessed potions of youth                                 [12s]

[Roarke]

Daggers & knives         6    +5    +2   +1   skilled              192
Clubs & hammers         13   +14   +10   +4   Mastery              5941
Pole arms                8    +8    +4   +8   excellent            355
Twohanded weapons        8    +7   +10   +3   excellent            446

Crossbows                6   +12    +9   +2   skilled              109
Shields                 12   +24              Mastery              3894


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                                   Skills
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  Athletics ................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Backstabbing .............100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Bridge building .......... 49    (fair)         [+2d4] (mr)
  Climbing .................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Courage ..................100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Disarm traps ............. 69    (good)         [+1d5]
  Dodge ....................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  First aid ................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Food preservation ........100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Haggling ................. 66    (good)         [+1d3]
  Healing ..................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Herbalism ................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Listening ................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Literacy .................100    (superb)       [+1]
  Pick pockets ............. 79    (great)        [+1]
  Smithing ................. 66    (good)         [+1d3]
  Stealth ..................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Survival .................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Swimming .................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Tactics ..................100    (superb)       [+1]
  Two weapon combat ........100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Woodcraft ................ 68    (good)         [+3d3]



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                              His further life:
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After he leaves the Drakalor Chain he is welcomed by his people with great
honors. They acknowledge his noble deeds, his valor, his cunning and his
great skills that helped to prevent the complete destruction of the world he
knows. He returns to his lands victorious and is hailed as a great leader.
Eventually he becomes king and rule your subjects with an iron fist for a
long and peaceful time, allowing his people to prosper and grow.

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              His achievements during his adventures:
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Tahi III, the human barbarian, saved the world with his brave efforts and
became a great ruler without even stopping to save himself. // It took all night
He scored 12856900 points and advanced to level 50.
He survived for 0 years, 73 days, 18 hours, 15 minutes and 21 seconds (79628
turns).
Tahi III visited 123 places.
His strength score was modified by +12 during his career.
His learning score was modified by +11 during his career.
His willpower score was modified by +9 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +5 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +21 during his career.
His charisma score was modified by -1 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by +2 during his career.
His mana score was modified by +4 during his career.
His perception score was modified by +1 during his career.
He was the champion of the arena.
He was the head of the thieves guild.
He made a little water dragon very happy.
He defeated the arch enemy of a mighty karmic wyrm.
He left the Drakalor Chain after completing his quest and became a great
leader and famous hero.
3927 monsters perished under his attacks.
The following 21 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
  the si
  the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
  the potion of literacy
  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"
  the elemental gauntlets
  the ring of the High Kings
  the crown of science
  the ancient mummy wrapping
  the ankh
  the rune-covered club "Skullcrusher"
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
  the black rune-covered dagger "Needle"
  the black rune-covered dagger "Sting"
  the staff of the archmagi
  the weird tome
  the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance"
He possessed the following intrinsics:
  He was fire resistant.
  He was poison resistant.
  He was cold resistant.
  He was acid resistant.
  He was lucky.
  Fate smiled upon him.
  He was sleep resistant.
  He was petrification resistant.
  He was able to teleport.
  He was able to control teleportation.
  He was invisible.
  He was stun resistant (enhanced through an item).
  He was resistant to death rays.
  He was shock resistant.
  He was immune to fire attacks.
  He was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through an item).
He had the following talents: Affinity with Clubs & Hammers, Aggressive,
Ambidextrous, Basher, Good Shot, Greased Lightning, Hardy, Immune to Pain,
Iron Skin, Long Stride, Mighty Strike, Natural Berserker, Powerful Strike,
Quick, Steel Skin, Tough Skin, Very Quick.
He had a final speed score of 132 (final base speed: 132).
He was a messiah of Istaria.
He asked for 2 divine interventions.
He was a holy champion of Balance.
He was slightly tainted by Chaos.

[Roarke]

The following monsters were vanquished:
     22 air demons
      5 air elementals
      4 air grues
     32 ancient blue dragons
      1 ancient blue wyrm
      1 Ancient Chaos Wyrm
      1 ancient karmic dragon
      4 ancient minotaurs
     26 ancient red dragons
      1 Ancient Stone Beast
      1 ancient white dragon
      4 animated armors
      1 ankheg
      8 annihilators
      1 annis hag
     29 assassins
      1 assassin prince
      9 balors
     12 bandits
      1 banshee
     11 barbarians
      5 barbarian leaders
      1 battle bunny
      5 berserkers
      4 berserker emperors
      1 berserker king
      6 berserker lords
      2 berserker princes
      6 big dogs
      2 black baby dragons
      3 black dragons
      7 black hurthlings
      1 black unicorn
      6 black wizards
     44 blink dogs
     15 blue baby dragons
     11 blue dragons
      1 bone golem
      1 brown bear
      2 brown worms
      8 bugbears
      2 bulettes
      1 bunny master
      4 carrion crawlers
      1 cat lord
      4 cave bears
     18 cave fishers
      4 cave lions
      8 cave lizards
      7 cave tigers
      8 cavemen
      1 Chaos Archmage
      6 chaos brothers
      4 chaos eyes
      8 chaos knights
      3 chaos lizards
     67 chaos mutants
      2 chaos plague bearers
      8 chaos rats
    156 chaos servants
      5 chaos sisters
      5 chaos spiders
      1 chaos viper
     32 chaos warriors
     28 chaos wizards
     22 claw bugs
      4 clay golems
      1 cobra
      2 cooshoos
     13 corpse fiends
      2 corruptors
      5 crystal statues
      8 cutpurses
      3 dark elven archers
     18 dark elven lords
      4 dark elven priestesses
     16 dark elven princesses
      4 dark elven warriors
      2 dark elven wizards
     11 dark orcs
      4 dark sages
      3 death oozes
     21 dire wolves
      5 displacer beasts
     16 dopplegangers
      5 doppleganger lords
      3 dwarves
     22 dwarven chaos knights
     17 earth elementals
      9 ettins
      3 eyes of destruction
      2 farmers
     21 fire beetles
     26 fire demons
      6 fire drakes
     28 fire elementals
      5 fire giants
      2 fire giant kings
      3 fire grues
     12 fire lizards
      2 fire vortices
      4 flesh golems
      6 floating eyes
      2 fomorian giants
      3 frost giants
      2 frost giant berserkers
      2 frost giant jarls
      5 gargoyles
     19 gelatinous cubes
     13 ghosts
      4 ghost bats
      3 ghost kings
     36 ghost lords
    104 ghuls
      2 giant ant queens
     37 giant ant warriors
     15 giant ant workers
     21 giant bats
      3 giant bee queens
     36 giant bee warriors
     35 giant bee workers
     17 giant centipedes
      6 giant frogs
     15 giant lizards
      1 giant raccoon
     68 giant rats
      1 giant slug
     33 giant spiders
      3 gibbering mouthers
     49 gnolls
      4 gnoll chieftains
     63 goblins
      2 goblin berserkers
      8 goblin chieftains
     39 goblin rockthrowers
     38 goblin slavemasters
      2 gorgons
      9 gray oozes
      4 great blue wyrms
      3 great red wyrms
      1 greater balor
      1 greater black unicorn
     79 greater chaos servants
      3 greater claw bugs
      2 greater daemons
      1 greater fire elemental
     23 greater mimics
     22 greater mummies
      2 greater water elementals
      4 green blobs
     13 green hags
      3 green slimes
      1 green worm
      4 gremlins
      2 griffons
      6 grizzly bears
     14 harpies
      7 hell hounds
     26 hill giants
      1 hill giant chieftain
      5 hill orcs
      8 hill orc sergeants
      7 hippogriffs
     20 hobgoblins
      2 hobgoblin chiefs
      2 hobgoblin leaders
      1 holy slayer
      4 homunculi
      9 huge bats
      1 hydra
     27 hyenas
      2 ice vortices
      5 imps
      1 iron golem
     25 jackals
      2 jackal demons
      6 jackalweres
      1 karmic dragon
      4 karmic lizards
     45 kobolds
     13 kobold chieftains
      4 kobold shamans
     40 large bats
      2 large dogs
     16 large gnolls
      1 large jackal
     24 large kobolds
     24 large orcs
      1 large rust monster
      4 large snakes
     46 large spiders
      6 least daemons
      1 lesser daemon
      5 leucrottas
      5 liches
      1 lich king
      7 lightning lizards
      1 living wall
     16 lizard men
     10 magebane eyes
      9 magedoom eyes
     32 master assassins
      1 master lich
     10 master mimics
      1 master necromancer
      1 Master Summoner
     10 master swordsmen
      1 master thief
      7 mimics
      1 mimic hivemind
      7 minotaurs
      1 minotaur lord
      1 minotaur mage
      2 muggers
     26 mummies
      1 mummy lord
      7 necromancers
      9 ochre jellies
     57 ogres
      1 ogre king
      5 ogre lords
      6 ogre magi
    133 orcs
     11 orc chieftains
     52 orc scorchers
      5 outlaws
      5 outlaw leaders
      6 owlbears
     51 pit vipers
      2 pixies
      4 pixie archers
      1 purple worm
      5 quasits
      2 quicklings
      1 quickling king
      1 quickling lord
      1 quickling queen
      4 rabid dogs
     12 raiders
     98 rats
      6 ratling archers
      1 ratling duelist
     12 ratling fencers
      3 ratling master thieves
     14 ratling thieves
      4 ratling warlords
      9 ratling warriors
      1 rattlesnake
     36 red baby dragons
     55 red dragons
    103 red worms
      5 revenants
      5 rust monsters
     58 shadows
      6 shadow centipedes
      1 shadow lord
      1 shadow troll
      3 shambling mounds
      2 skeletal kings
     10 skeletal warriors
    137 skeletons
      3 slow shadows
      1 Snake from Beyond
     35 spectres
      3 staring eyes
     37 steel golems
      3 steel horrors
      2 steel zombies
      6 stone giants
      8 stone golems
     26 stone grues
      2 stone oozes
      7 stone snakes
      4 swamp hydras
     15 swordsmen
     10 tarantulas
      1 titan
      3 trolls
      4 troll berserkers
      4 troll chiefs
      3 troll kings
      1 undead chaos dwarven berserker
     14 vampires
     49 vapor rats
      4 vipers
      1 wall beast
      8 water demons
      3 water elementals
     18 water grues
     39 water snakes
     20 wererats
      5 werewolves
      1 werewolf king
      3 werewolf lords
      4 white baby dragons
      1 white dragon
     32 white worms
     88 wights
      2 wild cats
     25 wolves
     69 wraiths
     93 writhing masses of primal chaos
      2 yellow oozes
    126 zombies

[Joe]

Wow.. You got some nice non-artifact weapons there too!

uncursed eternium scimitar of mayhem (+0, 4d8+15) [19s]
blessed eternium two-handed sword of mayhem (+20, 8d5+24) [-1, +0] [50s]

Did you compare Skullcrusher with the two-hander, assuming you didn't have to worry about hp/DV? I wonder if the two-hander isn't better...

[Roarke]

Did you compare Skullcrusher with the two-hander, assuming you didn't have to worry about hp/DV? I wonder if the two-hander isn't better...

I did compare them; the two-hander is blessed because it was cursed when I ID'd it, and I decided to bless/equip it. Skullcrusher had 4 levels of mastery on it, plus the Basher talents, strength bonus, and humanoid slaying. If I'd found this sword before Wyrmlance, I'd have used it as a dragon slayer, because dragons evidently don't have skulls. It is definitely a good weapon with comparable damage. It's just unlucky that I found it on D:50.

edit: If I had been more forward thinking, I'd have killed the Assassin Prince before going on the last dive. Needle+Sting had easily over 220 to-hit and 3d8+108 damage.
People really weren't exaggerating when they mentioned those two being crazy-powerful.