Second Victory, Mist Elf Duelist

[Arbot]

Second win in about 10 years of playing ADOM, some highlights:

Started in UD since I had the candle birth sign it was fairly unremarkable other than a couple vaults without any great loot. I was almost level 12 out of the UD. Next went into the PC and then the DD.Choose the wand and book from the druid quest since To was already maxed and I didn't feel like farming herbs. Brought the Druid corpse back for a PoCR and found 2 more in the upper levels of CoC on my way to dwarftown. First quest was for a Skeleton Warrior which was a pain, I hung around in the big room for a while hoping for one but didn't have any luck (but I did find the eternium broadsword I used until I got crowned). Decided to do the Dwarven Graveyard and the Pyramid both were pretty easy. Didn't bother grabbing the Sword of don't think I even had a method to dig the grave at that point anyway. Decided to grab the ring of the high king since the skeleton warrior is now guaranteed in the bottom level. Strangely the room in the middle was generated without a door (or else it got smashed). After killing the skeleton king I used frost bolt to cross and grab the ring which was basically the only spell casting I did other than using light and darkness a few times. After returning to dwarf town to turn in the quest I did the other 4 remaining quests mostly without issue (karmic dragon generated on DH2 on my way back to dwarf town was the only issue but I was quick enough to run away.)

Left big punch, my gold and a few other items in the ogre caves to save myself some weight on the dive down to the flame barrier. With my scroll of familiar summoning in hand I went back to DH 2 and summoned my new pet, a Greater Air Elemental. I allowed him to dispatch the karmic dragon but left him on DH2 so that he wouldn't steal exp and/or accidentally kill me. On the way down I ran into a couple vaults but little else, my first corruption was teleportitis but I had tele control so it was very nice. The CoC graveyard was pretty easy, let Khel die, found some useful corpses in the banshee level and the water temple wasn't a problem. On my way back up to ToEF I used the 50 si in my inventory and the gold I had saved up to become a champion of balence. Got crowned with Executor and Lightning immunity. I decided I was going to use my sword in the tower since I had experience with it (level 11 at this point) and no experience with axes. Once I walk into the tower I notice i'm taking damage which I wasn't expecting. Apparently the ring of ice doesn't give fire res. I decide to go do darkforge instead (and train my axe) and after clearing the second level (had a close call due to a critical hit) I found a Red Dragon Scale Mail!! I proceed to the tower with my shiny new armor and clear it with little issue. For the ACW I threw a PoCC at him and then killed him in one hit with my axe, I had no idea that the potion did that much damage. I killed the remaining fire demons for some exp and went back to the CoC. At this point I basically dove all the way down to the bottom doing each of the temples as they came. Found nothing important in the casino. Tunneled to the bottom part of the bunny level and killed bugs quickly. When I got to the cat level (having killed many cats) I was worried about the cat lord, I wasn't sure if I'd be able to handle him in melee safely. Fortunately when I found him I hit him with a wand of Paralysis and killed him before he recovered.

When I reached the Air temple I had an unfortunate accident... I dropped 90% of my gear on the level before without realizing I had the living battery corruption (no clue when I got it), so after zapping all my wands of their charges I only had enough potions of booze for my wand of digging and monster detection so most of my wands were useless at that point. Otherwise the air temple was pretty easy nothing too dangerous was summoned to I just waded through and cut him down. When I got to the earth temple I used the stairs to thin out the elementals and grues and I was able to kill the ASB pretty easily and relatively quickly considering his health. I found 2 greater vaults of greater undead, the first I cleared the outer ring and the other I didn't mess with at all. I encountered the only 2 boss monsters of the game in the UL a berserker lord (one shot him) and a flesh golem (2 shot). The mana temple was a bit of a pain, I had no way to detect the traps so I just walked through all of them chugging a few potions after killing alot of minions Nuurag finally came out, it took a little while but I was able to kill him before he cast and death rays, and only lost a few stat points. On D50 I walked through and killed everything, it took a while but the balors weren't much of a threat and fisty went down pretty easily after boosting my speed to over 200 which was probably excessive considering my melee attacks only took 330 EP due to a corruption. I started trying to clear out the first undead vault on my way back up but gave up when the entire half of the map was full of random monsters. I met an emperor lich on my way up which was kind of scary but I was able to get to him and kill him before he was able to do anything nasty. After I reached the surface I did the unicorn quest and then left with 0 corruption.

Duelists are pretty powerful, even early on my melee attack was very good and I barely used missiles or magic throughout the game

Compared to my first victory I did it in about a third of the time (about 150000 turns vs 65000) and this time I never even backed up the save file. On my first victory I was paranoid about crashes but nothing ever happened and I was never tempted to scum

[Arbot]

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Arb           St:29  Le:30  Wi:17  Dx:43  To:29  Ch:20  Ap:32  Ma:25  Pe:28 N=
DV/PV: 76/42   H: 443(443)    P: 246(246)    Exp: 48/19592837   DrCh  Sp: 139
Blessed Bloated
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                            Background Information
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Name: Arb                 Race: male Mist Elf       Class: Duelist
Eye color: pearly         Hair color: white         Complexion: white
Height: 6'11"             Weight: 70 pounds
Age: 8539 (grown-up, 105 years of unnatural aging added in)
Star sign: Candle         Birthday: 16/Candle (day 286 of the year)

YOUR HISTORY:
        You remember rising from the Mists... so long ago. Your brethren
 welcomed your into your physical existence and cared for you until you
 managed to cope on your own. Thus decades passed.
        As a young child you were taught by the elders of your race. They
 showed to you the whole breadth of creation and opened your mind to
 encompass whatever your life goal would become. Thus centuries passed.
        You spent your youth honing your skills and preparing for the
 ultimate quest that would change you forever: the trip to the mists of
 Destiny. Thus millennia passed and empires rose and fell.
        As a young adult your community prepared you for the final step
 towards adolescence: Your Destiny Quest in the Mists of Time. In the full
 knowledge that this quest will change you forever you finally entered the
 Mists that birthed you and emerged changed... as decreed by the Dreamers
 from Beyond.
        You decided to become a Duelist.


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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 1739 stones                Carrying capacity: 6025 stones

He: uncursed eternium cap (+1, +1) [+0, +7]                           [28s]
Ne: blessed ankh                                                       [3s]
Bo: blessed red dragon scale mail (-1, -4) [+1, +13]                 [220s]
Gi: uncursed girdle of carrying [+0, +0]                              [15s]
Cl: -
RH: blessed jet-black battle axe (named) (+2, 5d6+6) [-4, +1] {St+3} (+3 spd)
LH: -
RR: blessed ring of slaying (+8 melee damage, +6 missile damage)       [1s]
LR: blessed ring of the High Kings [+2, +3]                            [1s]
Br: uncursed bracers of protection [+0, +2]                           [10s]
Ga: uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+2, +1]                        [15s]
Bo: blessed boots of speed [+4, +2] (+8 spd)                          [20s]
MW: -
Mi: -
Tl: -


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                                    Stuff
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Total weight: 1336 stones   Carrying capacity: 6025 stones

Armor ('[')
   uncursed elven chain mail [+3, +7]                                 [10s]
   uncursed ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8}                    [60s]
   uncursed blue dragon scale mail (-1, -4) [-1, +10]                [200s]
   uncursed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [+0, +13]                   [240s]
Gauntlets ('[')
   uncursed fencing gloves [+1, +1]                                    [6s]
   uncursed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3]                     [10s]
   uncursed gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +1]                               [10s]
Cloaks ('[')
   uncursed cloak of invisibility (-1, +0) [+3, +0]                   [30s]
Necklaces (''')
   uncursed amulet of protection from constructs                       [3s]
   uncursed amulet of death ray resistance                             [7s]
   uncursed black torc [+4, +2] (+10 spd)                              [3s]
   heap of 3 uncursed amulets of free action                           [9s]
   uncursed amulet of protection +4                                    [3s]
   blessed amulet of balance                                           [3s]
   heap of 2 uncursed amulets of perseverance {Wi+3}                   [6s]
   uncursed amulet of light                                            [3s]
One-handed weapons ('(')
   uncursed eternium sabre (+2, 2d6+10)                               [20s]
   blessed eternium broadsword (+0, 2d7+9)                            [38s]
   uncursed scorched spear (+2, 3d8+1) [+2, +0]                       [50s]
   uncursed hand axe (+0, 1d6+2)                                      [50s]
   cursed short sword (+0, 1d6+1)                                     [30s]
Two-handed weapons ('(')
   uncursed eternium halberd (+14, 4d7+8) [-2, +0]                    [50s]
Missiles ('/')
   uncursed mithril arrow (+0, 1d6+3)                                  [2s]
   bundle of 3 uncursed arrows of giant slaying (+3, 1d10+2)           [6s]
   bundle of 33 uncursed arrows (+0, 1d6)                             [66s]
Tools (']')
   heap of 3 uncursed fireproof blankets                              [30s]
   heap of 2 uncursed tiny keys                                        [2s]
   blessed holy symbol                                                 [5s]
   blessed magical writing set (5)                                     [5s]
   uncursed waterproof blanket                                        [10s]
   uncursed round key                                                  [1s]
   heap of 4 blessed bandages                                          [8s]
   blessed fireproof blanket                                          [10s]
   uncursed hexagonal key                                              [1s]
Rings ('=')
   blessed ring of damage                                              [1s]
   heap of 2 blessed rings of fire resistance                          [2s]
   heap of 2 uncursed rings of fire resistance                         [2s]
   blessed ring of stun resistance                                     [1s]
   heap of 2 blessed rings of ice                                      [2s]
   uncursed ring of stun resistance                                    [1s]
   blessed ring of regeneration                                        [1s]
   heap of 4 uncursed rings of the clear mind                          [4s]
   heap of 2 uncursed rings of invisibility                            [2s]
   uncursed ring of cold resistance                                    [1s]
   uncursed ring of speed [+0, +1] (+5 spd)                            [1s]
   uncursed ring of the fish                                           [1s]
   uncursed ring of see invisible                                      [1s]
   uncursed ring of protection +1                                      [1s]
   uncursed ring of teleport control                                   [1s]
   uncursed ring of searching                                          [1s]
   uncursed ring of minor elemental mastery [+0, +0]                   [1s]
   uncursed ring of acid resistance                                    [1s]
   uncursed ring of mental stability [+2, +1] {Le+1}                   [1s]
Wands ('\')
   uncursed wand of lightning (0 charges)                              [4s]
   uncursed wand of knocking (0 charges)                               [3s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (0 charges)                          [3s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (0 charges)                          [3s]
   uncursed wand of webbing (0 charges)                                [3s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (0 charges)                          [3s]
   uncursed wand of item detection (1 charge)                          [3s]
   uncursed wand of fire (0 charges)                                   [4s]
   uncursed wand of paralyzation (0 charges)                           [3s]
   uncursed wand of knocking (0 charges)                               [3s]
   uncursed wand of fireballs (0 charges)                              [3s]
   blessed wand of fireballs (0 charges)                               [3s]
   uncursed wand of digging (0 charges)                                [3s]
   uncursed wand of trap creation (0 charges)                          [3s]
   uncursed wand of digging (0 charges)                                [3s]
   blessed wand of knocking (0 charges)                                [3s]
   blessed wand of door creation (0 charges)                           [3s]
   uncursed wand of earthquakes (0 charges)                            [3s]
   uncursed wand of stunning (0 charges)                               [3s]
   uncursed wand of teleportation (0 charges)                          [4s]
   uncursed wand of fire (4 charges)                                   [4s]
   uncursed wand of acid (4 charges)                                   [4s]
   blessed wand of acid (2 charges)                                    [4s]
   cursed wand of cold (2 charges)                                     [4s]
Potions ('!')
   uncursed berzio potion                                              [2s]
   heap of 5 uncursed potions of cure poison                          [10s]
   heap of 3 uncursed potions of ultra healing                         [6s]
   heap of 2 uncursed oils of rust removal                             [4s]
   heap of 4 uncursed potions of healing                              [16s]
   uncursed potion of boost dexterity                                  [2s]
   uncursed potion of visibility                                       [4s]
   heap of 5 uncursed potions of carrot juice                         [20s]
   heap of 5 blessed potions of extra healing                         [10s]
   heap of 2 uncursed potions of extra healing                         [4s]
   heap of 2 blessed potions of insight                                [4s]
   heap of 2 uncursed potions of uselessness                           [4s]
   heap of 2 uncursed potions of boost perception                      [4s]
   heap of 2 uncursed potions of boost learning                        [4s]
   heap of 2 uncursed potions of boost strength                        [4s]
   heap of 3 uncursed potions of blindness                             [6s]
   heap of 2 uncursed potions of exchange                              [8s]
   uncursed potion of confusion                                        [2s]
   uncursed potion of boost appearance                                 [2s]
   heap of 12 potions of holy water                                   [48s]
   uncursed potion of poison                                           [4s]
   uncursed potion of water                                            [4s]
   uncursed potion of boost speed                                      [2s]
Scrolls ('?')
   heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of uncursing                             [4s]
   heap of 7 blessed scrolls of uncursing                             [14s]
   heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of satiation                             [4s]
   blessed scroll of identify                                          [2s]
   blessed scroll of item detection                                    [2s]
   heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of magic mapping                         [4s]
   heap of 2 uncursed blank scrolls                                    [4s]
   heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of increase melee accuracy               [4s]
   uncursed scroll of item destruction                                 [2s]
   uncursed scroll of peace                                            [2s]
   uncursed scroll of light                                            [2s]
   heap of 4 uncursed scrolls of identify                              [8s]
   uncursed scroll of vermin control                                   [2s]
   uncursed scroll of luck                                             [2s]
Food ('%')
   heap of 3 uncursed cooked lizards                                   [9s]
Gems ('*')
   uncursed topaz                                                      [1s]
   uncursed worthless piece of blue glass                              [1s]
   uncursed crystal of health                                          [1s]
   uncursed crystal of power                                           [1s]
   uncursed amber                                                      [1s]

[Arbot]

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                                Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Unarmed fighting         1    +1    +0   +0   basic                61
Daggers & knives         7    +6    +3   +1   skilled              356
Clubs & hammers          7    +5    +3   +2   skilled              356
Maces & flails           7    +5    +3   +2   skilled              356
Swords                  15   +18   +12   +6   Grand Mastery
Axes                    15   +18   +16   +4   Grand Mastery
Whips                   15   +24   +19  +15   Grand Mastery
Pole arms                1    +1    +0   +0   basic                61
Twohanded weapons        1    +1    +1   +0   basic                61
Staves                   1    +1    +0   +1   basic                61

Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Slings                   0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            75
Bows                     0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            33
Crossbows                0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            75
Thrown axes & hammers    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            75
Thrown daggers           0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            75
Thrown rocks & clubs     0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            75
Thrown spears            0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            75
Boomerangs & scurgari    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            75

Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
Shields                  0    +0              unskilled            36


Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: +145 bonus to hit, 5d6+59 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)       [+1d5]
  Athletics ................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Backstabbing .............100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Climbing ................. 92    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Concentration ............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Courage ..................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Dodge ....................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Find weakness ............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  First aid ................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Haggling ................. 63    (good)         [+1]
  Healing ..................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Law ......................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Listening ................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Literacy .................100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Necromancy ............... 41    (fair)         [+1]
  Stealth ..................100    (superb)       [+3d4]
  Tactics ..................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Two weapon combat ........ 77    (great)        [+1]


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                                   Spells
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   Cure Light Wounds:     8,   9pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Darkness         :   137,   4pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Death Ray        :     7, 193pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Disarm Trap      :    13,  18pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Fire Bolt        :     4,  19pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Fireball         :    13,  37pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Frost Bolt       :     9,  22pp     (Effectivity: +3)
   Improved Fireball:     2,  59pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Light            :    42,   4pp     (Effectivity: +3)
   Magic Lock       :   247,   8pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Slow Monster     :    36,  11pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Slow Poison      :    96,   6pp     (Effectivity: +0)




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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 rules his 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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Arb, the mist elven duelist, saved the world with his brave efforts and
became a great ruler while saving himself 7 times.
He scored 24994540 points and advanced to level 48.
He survived for 0 years, 52 days, 17 hours, 36 minutes and 51 seconds (64821
turns).
Arb visited 107 places.
His strength score was modified by +14 during his career.
His learning score was modified by +8 during his career.
His willpower score was modified by +7 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +11 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +21 during his career.
His charisma score was modified by +10 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by +5 during his career.
His mana score was modified by +5 during his career.
His perception score was modified by +7 during his career.
He was unnaturally aged by 105 years.
He was the champion of the arena.
He left the Drakalor Chain after completing his quest and became a great
leader and famous hero.
5334 monsters perished under his attacks.
The following 24 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
  the si
  the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
  the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
  the Aylas Holy Scarf
  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 scorched spear
  the gauntlets of eternal peace "Shezestriakis"
  the elemental gauntlets
  the ring of the High Kings
  the crown of science
  the ancient mummy wrapping
  the ankh
  the black torc
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
  the fine leather armor "Nature's Companion"
  the jet-black battle axe "Executor"
  the ring of immunity
  the medium obsidian shield "Protector"
  the crown of leadership
  the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance"
He possessed the following intrinsics:
  He was fire resistant (also through an item).
  He was poison resistant (gained through an item).
  He was cold resistant (gained through an item).
  He was lucky (also through an item).
  Fate smiled upon him (also through an item).
  He was cursed (gained through an item).
  He was sleep resistant (gained through an item).
  He was able to control teleportation.
  He was stun resistant (gained through an item).
  He was shock resistant (gained through items).
  He was immune to shock attacks.
  He was immune to fire attacks (gained through an item).
  He was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through an item).
He had the following talents: Affinity with Axes, Alert, Careful, Defensive
Fighter, Dodger, Greased Lightning, Hardy, Healthy, Iron Skin, Long Stride,
Miser, Quick, Scout, Stealthy, Steel Skin, Tough, Tough Skin, Treasure
Hunter, Very Quick.
He had a final speed score of 139 (final base speed: 138).
He was a messiah of Balance.
He asked for 3 divine interventions.
He was a holy champion of Balance.

[Alucard]

Congrats!

The Skeletal King often opens or smashes that door. Did you know it's trapped? But the king usually sets it off.

[Mobius]

wait, girdle of carrying was not blessed?
wacky, you've got style.

[Arbot]

The blessed one I had was destroyed and I wasn't having weight problems at that point but I didn't have any other girdles with me

[Carter]

So with 200 speed and 300 movement cost you were getting like 6 attacks to 1? lol

[Arbot]

I thought about using berserk for a couple turns and then changing to defensive when he was about to attack but attacking that fast it wouldn't have mattered.

[biomateria]

I'm having a lot of trouble getting a Mist Elf past level 6. If you don't mind, what was your early game 'build order'? In what order did you hit each location?
Every promising ME I get seems consigned to death by explody door, and I just have no clue what I can do to combat it. I have to go through doors, dangnabbit!

[SirTheta]

It's really not hard, just requires a little luck. (much less hard after p7). For instance, my first ME Wiz is already past DT and has only encountered one exploding door. (perhaps you are trying to explore every level fully? dunno..didn't have too much problem on my ME Beastfighter, either...) According to first post, order was UD > PC > DD, though.