Random Character Ultra: Gnome Necromancer

[GCar]

My first random character ultra, a female gnome necromancer born in the month of cup. Starting stats: St10, Le24, Wi14, De13, To16, Ch8, Ap8, Ma23, Pe15.

Wishes: AoLS, Archery, Scrolls of danger, Scrolls of education

Starting talent : Alert - Long Stride - Miser

Learned talents : Treasure Hunter - Quick - Very Quick - Good Shot - Greased Lightning - Keen Shot - Quick Shot - Careful - Defensive Fighter - Shield Specialist - Shield Expert - Shield Master - Lightning Shot - Eagle Eye - Sixth Sense - Far Shot

Levels for 100 skills: Literacy (6) - Necromancy (7) - Concentration (7) - Healing (14) - Stealth (17) - Herbalism (23) - Food Preservation (26) - Tactics (30) - Find Weakness (33) - Climbing (37) - Archery (41) - Gemology (43)

That character was levelling ridiculously fast. I as level 50 before even getting Needle. AoLS was a pain to get and required losing time in the ID killing stuff until I got a RoDS. Got lucky greater vaults (Giants in Frost Giant Cave and a karmic one early on in D34 which gave me the combo Sun's Messenger + True Aim). Early game was long with a Small Cave raised ghul helping a lot, but stopped using necromancy quite quick after that (except for training mana of course). Mana Battery + necromancy mana training really gives monstruous amount of PP (I had over 1200 at the end).

Here's how I did it (I keep track of where I went or I forget, I tend to drag games for weeks, I'm not playing so often, Lx is level after that step):
-In Terenyo, took healing and puppy quest, trained strength in food store lured Terenyo villager in the wilderness and killed her.
-Cleared Unassuming Cave, found neutral altar (L6).
-Cleared Puppy Cave until PC1, found lawful altar.
-In Terenyo, trained strength.
-Spawned Small Cave, found down stairs close to entrance, raised a ghul (L7).
-In Lawenilothehl, joined thief guild, ID good items with sell price, took chaotic healing quest.
-In Village Dungeon, killed Jharod (L8).
-In Terenyo, trained strength.
-In lawenilothehl, learned healing, found a scourge.
-Whiped to lawful.
-Precrowned lawful with Executor (L9).
-In Terenyo, learned swimming, trained strength.
-Cleared Village Dungeon (L10).
-Cleared Puppy Cave (L11).
-In Terenyo, trained strength and gave dog corpse, took kill Hoztenplotz quest.
-Switched neutral.
-Killed Hoztenplotz, learned Detect Traps, trained climbing (L12).
-Switched lawful.
-Stair hopping in Infinite Dungeon I3-4 for blink dog corpse (L12).
-In Terenyo took amulet of order and trained strength.
-Crossed Unremarkable Cave (L13).
-Went in Cavern of Chaos, stabilized moss of mareilon and morgia roots, arrived in Dwarftown (L14).
-In dwarftown, took dwarven axe, quest to kill stone statue and portal quest, ID scroll of identify from store and ID all items, trained with Garth.
-Cleared Pyramid (L15).
-Got wand of teleportation from Dusty Dungeon.
-Cleared Dwarven Graveyard and grave robbed (L16).
-In Cavern of Chaos, fought in big room to find stone statue, took second quest, trained perception with Garth, crossed animated forest, found Scythe, got death ray resistance from a pool, headed back after D16, took third quest, trained with Garth, cleared ogre cave, took fourth quest, trained with Garth, got Rolf's Saviour reward, learned tactics, trained with Garth ans left (L19).
-In Tomb of the High Kings, got the ring (L20).
-In Gremlin Cave, got Phial, dropped useless stuff.
-In Ice Queen Domain took her first quest.
-In Gremlin Cave, took back stuff.
-In Frost Giant Cave, got a giant greater vault, cleared it getting Scorched Spear, Whirlwind, True Aim, killed Jarl, dropped useless stuff before leaving (L31).
-In Ice Queen Domain, finished second quest.
-Took back stuff in Frost giant cave.
-In Darkforge, started drinking pools, became doomed.
-In Dwarftown, uncursed, trained strength, learning and perception.
-In Darkforge, finished drinking pools, not getting a wish, ended with stun and sleep resistance and see invisible, dipped stack of 8 rings in potion of exchange, still no wish.
-In Cavern of Chaos, on D2 made pation of raw chaos with Scythe and dipped uselss DL3+ necklaces, no AoLS.
-In Infinite Dungeon, cleared ID24 and 25 until finding a ring of djinni summoning (for AoLS) and left, finding seven league boots on the way back (L32).
-In Cavern of Chaos, trained with Garth, saved Khelavaster, grave digged in graveyard, took water orb, killed Banshee.
-In Darkforge, got crown of science.
-In Cavern of Chaos, finished last dwarf quest, killed dwarves to get chaotic, fed the ratling (Crown, Sickle, Phial, Punch, Spear and Nonnak) and left (L33).
-In High Mountain Village, took Gaab'Baay's first quest.
-In Lawenilothehl, trained climbing to 4d5.
-Switched back to lawful.
-Found Blup's Mom.
-In Puppy Cave, made live sacrifices, Crowned lawful with Preserver.
-Gave Gaab'Baay a skull and a potion.
-Dropped useless stuff in Cavern of Chaos.
-In tower of eternal flames, got orb of fire (L35).
-In Cavern of Chaos, got a wish in casino for archery and no artefact worth buying, opened surface shortcut, got a karmic greater vault on D34, cleared it getting Sun's Messenger, Staff of the Archmagi, wand of wishing (for scrolls of danger), got orb of air, found another wand of wishing (for scrolls of education), got orb of earth, finished D47 (L44)
-In Unreal Cave, got Needle and mana orb (L50).
-Got Medal of Chaos from Gaab'Baay.
-Got Filk Quest, killed Filk and told the Mad Minstrel.
-In Scintillating Cave, found crumpled scroll.
-In Ancient Stone Cricle, killed Keriax and got Crown of Chaos.
-Dumped useless stuff in Forst Giant Cave.
-Went to library to get the weird tome from the librarian.
-Traded the weird tome for scrolls with the Mad Mistrel.
-In Water Dragon Cave, healed a pet to get back to L+ (had lost it from the farmer corpse).
-Took Yrruir's quest. Killed Riurry. Cleared all corruptions.
-Back in Cavern of Chaos, got Perion's plate mail in D49, cleared D50 and then kill Andor with blessed slaying ammo.

[wopp3]

Nice work, this post really helps me with my first real try in getting Ultra with the list and order of things you did. I'm already struggling though since getting AoLS(wish) took me forever and I haven't even found a single pair of 7LB.

And congrats on random Ultra !

[GCar]

I've been generally lucky in this game. Although AoLS took forever I never was in a situation where I almost died and although I killed Keriax on day 90 only because of the time finding AoLS and 7LB (I didn't felt I was strong enough at day 60), i had 8 scrolls and 1 potions left to remove corruptions after killing Riurry so no problem there.