What to wish for? - DE mindcrafter before pyramid

[Sety]

Just found ordinary ring in pyramid. No waterproof blanket and no cloak makes my life quite miserable. Thinking about gridles of giant strength or red dragon scale mail, but I'm not too familiar with mindcrafters. Maybe there are better options:

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You drop the ordinary ring.
You pick up the uncursed ordinary ring.
You hear the chime of a tiny bell.
You hear someone cursing shoplifters.
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                            Character Information
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Rilian    St:13  Le:15  Wi:27  Dx:19  To:16  Ch:10  Ap:19  Ma:27  Pe: 9  L
DV/PV: 39/15   H: 110(110)   P: 158(158)   Exp: 16/166094   M: 42380



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                                   Spells
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   Cure Critical Wounds:     7,  28pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Earthquake          :    11, 151pp     (Effectivity: +0)


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                                   Skills
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  Alertness ............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Climbing ............. 38    (fair)         [+1d5]
  Concentration ........100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Find weakness ........ 61    (good)         [+1]
  First aid ............ 62    (good)         [+1d3]
  Gemology ............. 28    (mediocre)     [+4d5]
  Haggling ............. 28    (mediocre)     [+4d5]
  Healing .............. 68    (good)         [+1d5]
  Herbalism ............ 48    (fair)         [+1d5]
  Listening ............ 75    (great)        [+3d3]
  Literacy ............. 76    (great)        [+3d3]
  Music ................ 35    (fair)         [+2d4]
  Pick pockets ......... 24    (mediocre)     [+2d4]
  Stealth .............. 62    (good)         [+1]


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                            Effects of Corruption
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Your blood turned to acid.


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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 1283 stones                Carrying capacity: 1300 stones

Head          : uncursed rusty diadem of beauty [+0, +0] {Ap+4}       [35s]
Neck          : uncursed rusty amulet of perseverance {Wi+3}           [3s]
Body          : mithril scale mail (-1, -2) [-1, +7]                 [320s]
Girdle        : uncursed leather girdle [+3, +0]                       [5s]
Cloak         : -
Right Hand    : mithril scimitar (+2, 1d8+3)                          [32s]
Left Hand     : cursed large adamantium shield (-1) [+9, +3]          [86s]
Right Ring    : blessed ring of damage                                 [1s]
Left Ring     : uncursed ring of cold resistance                       [1s]
Bracers       : -
Gauntlets     : gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3]                           [10s]
Boots         : uncursed boots of speed [+2, +0] (+8 spd)             [20s]
Missile Weapon: uncursed sling (+0, +1)                                [3s]
Missiles      : heap of 20 uncursed rocks (+0, 1d4)                  [100s]
Tool          : -


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                                    Stuff
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Total weight: 667 stones   Carrying capacity: 1300 stones

Gauntlets ('[')
   uncursed gloves [+0, +0]                                            [6s]
Girdles ('[')
   uncursed leather girdle                                             [5s]
Necklaces (''')
   uncursed rusty necklace of the eye                                  [3s]
   uncursed rusty amulet of free action                                [3s]
   uncursed leather amulet                                             [2s]
One-handed weapons ('(')
   cursed pick axe                                                    [75s]
Missile weapons ('}')
   uncursed short bow (+1, +1)                                        [20s]
   uncursed sling                                                      [3s]
Missiles ('/')
   bundle of 4 cursed delicate mithril sling bullets (+4, 2d5)        [12s]
   bundle of 8 uncursed quarrels                                      [32s]
Tools (']')
   uncursed round key                                                  [1s]
   uncursed broken rusty small key                                     [1s]
   uncursed broken square key                                          [1s]
   heap of 7 blessed lumps of clay                                    [35s]
   blessed square key                                                  [1s]
   uncursed holy symbol                                                [5s]
   uncursed climbing set                                             [180s]
Instruments ('{')
   uncursed flute                                                      [3s]
Rings ('=')
   uncursed ring of fire                                               [1s]
   heap of 2 uncursed rusty rings of stun resistance                   [2s]
   cursed rusty ring of stun resistance                                [1s]
   uncursed ring of stun resistance                                    [1s]
   uncursed wooden ring                                                [1s]
   uncursed golden ring                                                [1s]
   uncursed ordinary ring                                              [1s]
Wands ('\')
   uncursed wand of knocking (5 charges)                               [3s]
   uncursed wand of trap creation (1 charge)                           [3s]
   uncursed wand of monster creation (6 charges)                       [3s]
   uncursed wand of stunning (2 charges)                               [3s]
   uncursed rusty wand of monster creation (4 charges)                 [3s]
   uncursed wand of knocking (6 charges)                               [3s]
   cursed wand of webbing (12 charges)                                 [3s]
   blessed wand of ball lightning (5 charges)                          [4s]
   uncursed wand of stunning (0 charges)                               [3s]
   uncursed wand of trap detection (2 charges)                         [3s]
   uncursed wand of item detection (6 charges)                         [3s]
   uncursed rusty wand of trap detection (0 charges)                   [3s]
Potions ('!')
   heap of 6 potions of holy water                                    [24s]
   blessed potion of carrot juice                                      [4s]
   uncursed potion of poison                                           [4s]
   heap of 3 uncursed potions of booze                                [12s]
   blessed potion of poison                                            [4s]
   heap of 6 uncursed potions of cure poison                          [12s]
   uncursed potion of youth                                            [4s]
   cursed potion of booze                                              [4s]
   uncursed potion of extra healing                                    [2s]
Scrolls ('?')
   heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of uncursing                             [4s]
   uncursed scroll of protection                                       [2s]
   cursed scroll of uncursing                                          [2s]
   blessed scroll of increase melee damage                             [2s]
   uncursed scroll of great identify                                   [2s]
   uncursed scroll of satiation                                        [2s]
   cursed scroll of satiation                                          [2s]
   blessed scroll of satiation                                         [2s]
   uncursed scroll of identify                                         [2s]
Books ('"')
   blessed spellbook of Teleportation                                [100s]
Valuables ('$')
   3927 gold pieces                                                   [39s]
Gems ('*')
   cursed crystal of fire                                              [1s]
   blessed worthless piece of brown glass                              [1s]
   uncursed green turquoise                                            [1s]
   uncursed emerald                                                    [1s]
   uncursed green gem                                                  [1s]

edit: also black market has quicksilver bracers, but I havent snatched them yet.

[grobblewobble]

An ordinary ring is not always RoDS. It belongs to a group of 4 rings that can swap descriptions in every game. IIRC: DS, damage, slaying and fire. Now you already identified other rings as damage and fire, and slaying is a high Danger Level ring, so in this case it probably really is a wish.

I wouldn't wish for waterproof blankets (wish for multiple if you really want to). Instead, I would stairhop in the infinite dungeon for a blink dog unless you already have teleport control, then use the wand of item detection to grab the wand of teleportation from the level above the assassin guild and charge it with some booze, then grab the waterproof blanket from the smc using the wand of item detection + wand of teleportation.

The most obvious choice is to save Khelly. But since you are playing a dark elf with an atrocious toughness, one of the best wishes to increase your survival chances is probably Potions of Potential Toughness, so that you can raise it further with morgia roots. Unexciting as that may be.

[Sety]

I wouldn't wish for waterproof blankets (wish for multiple if you really want to). Instead, I would stairhop in the infinite dungeon for a blink dog unless you already have teleport control, then use the wand of item detection to grab the wand of teleportation from the level above the assassin guild and charge it with some booze, then grab the waterproof blanket from the smc using the wand of item detection + wand of teleportation.

I already have TC for being mindcrafter. Problem is monster randomly teleported to wand room and pick it up and I don't have monster detection. But yeah, it's a good idea to pick small cave blanket soon.

The most obvious choice is to save Khelly. But since you are playing a dark elf with an atrocious toughness, one of the best wishes to increase your survival chances is probably Potions of Potential Toughness, so that you can raise it further with morgia roots. Unexciting as that may be.

Idk about saving khelly. I have bad chance of reading his books, I already have book of teleport and corruption removal is more useful in later game. I still can get it from mystic and ice queen.

And about potions, well red dragon scale mail just seems more appealing ; P

[grobblewobble]

Rdsm is more shiny, but will help a lot less. Wishing for two potions of toughness gives you +8 toughness, that will massively increase your HP and also +2 PV.

You already have a 7 PV armor, so a RDSM gives you +6 PV (only 4 PV more by comparison). And =fire of course, but even in the toef having two sources of -fire and the intrinsic is almost as good as immunity.. and you will need the extra hp much harder, to survive energy blasts from the Wyrm.

[Sety]

Ok, I went with potions. So far it goes good. Thanks!

But if I lose, it is on you!