The Weakest Link: League of Earth

[Oliphaunt]

First, note that herbs won't regrow in the ID. Still, harvesting a single patch of herbs could be useful and makes Gardening / Herbalism better than Haggling and Climbing. Not sure that Listening is completely useless -- detecting distant winds early might be beneficial.

Further, let's try to descend only one dungeon level per round from now on, and try to rebuild piety a bit. We can slowly build the character this way, and it seems there's going to be a bit of inter-league competition.

PeanutGod, the spot wasn't all *that* tight. Good call casting Darkness.

[Molach]

They won't regrow, no. But I would kill (NPCs) for a nice bunch of morgia now. We have, in my opinion, played pretty carefully, and have just had little luck in Eq and spellbook finds. I mean, we had 3 books on ID:2 and we only have 4 now. After spending 1000 turns on every level.

Anyway, Gaia makes do with what she has. We get knocked down...but we get up again....you're never gonna keep us down...

Ohhh, very tempting, with this FEMALE character, to say "We get knocked up....but we get down again."

[JSuvanto]

I suck.

10000	Getting to know the character
10020	ugly clothes, left behind
10032	blessed box of flint and steel (15)
10067	notice a squeaking sound
10123	killed a giant rat
10185	killed kobold shaman, no corpse :(
10197	step on alarm trap
10230	kill cave lizard
10266	crystal statue, lure him over the alarm trap, kills kobold
10381	pray to prevent death by starving, am nuisance, ground rumbles
10450	shield level 3
10564	escape with darkness, descend, start praying with holy symbol
10888	no longer feel uncomfortable
11012	back to full health
11038	find another holy symbol
11041	room with down staircase, has sticky floor
11068	fighting dark elven warrior, crossbows to level 1, am poisoned
11091	slow poison level 5
11152	dark elven warrior dead, start slowing poison and praying
11208	no longer poisoned, slow poison level 7, continue praying
11815	back to full health, aura of room devoid of life
11902	kill large jackal, fight dark orc, die

Gaia          St:16  Le:15  Wi:22  Dx:16  To:16  Ch:14  Ap:11  Ma:12  Pe:13 L
DV/PV: 42/3    H: -3(84)      P: 68(68)      Exp: 10/14685      I10   M: 11903
Burdened Bleeding Coward

Gaia, the hurthling priest, was killed by a dark orc.
She scored 9284 points and advanced to level 10.
She survived for 0 years, 6 days, 1 hour, 19 minutes and 51 seconds (11903
turns).
Gaia visited 2 places.
Her strength score was modified by +7 during her career.
Her perception score was modified by +1 during her career.
She ended her adventuring life on level 10 of some ancient caves.
187 monsters perished under her attacks.
She had the following talents: Alert, Hardy, Long Stride, Porter, Tough
Skin.
She had a final speed score of 96 (final base speed: 101).
She was not particularly religious.
She asked for 4 divine interventions.

[Nezur]

10000	Game restored. Examining inventory, skills, spells... the usual.
10006	Put the studded leather armour on because of our low PV. Starting to [U]se holy symbol.
10087	Still praying. I notice a slurping sound. 
10092	Ided the 12 blessed quarrels by using one. Continuing to pray.
10097	Still praying. Squaking sound...
10175	Still praying. Suddenly a blink dog appears from nowhere! I named it Rodney though it was non-hostile.
10189	I thought about killing some BDs with Darkness but Rodney teleported away.
~10330	Praying. I don't feel uncomfortable any longer.
10407	Hungry. I ate a Silver Dog corpse. No longer Strained. Lots of squaking, ripping and slurping sounds 
	this far. I suppose the monsters are fighting against themselves. The webs are also a good thing.
10914	Still praying. I'm hoping to reach the "You feel comfortable" status.
11010	I decided to drop some stuff to get rid of the Burdened status while I'm praying.
11564	I got hungry at some point and ate the cursed iron ration. Yes!!! I feel comfortable. 
	Now a few extra prayers.
11578	I quit praying. I hope I won't find a dark elven priest.
11605	I dropped some stuff at the downstairs so that the burdened status won't bother while I'm exploring.
11641	Ided the ugly clothes. They were slightly better than the clothes. I ate our silver wolf corpse.
11741	I ate a tarantula corpse. Poison resistance. I trained Crossbows to level 1.
11876	I killed a few more spiders with Darkness. I found the boxes of flint and steel (15).
11947	I trained Crossbows a bit more. We need only 3 points more to get to the skill level 2.
12000	I pickup up our stuff at the stairs. Descended and saved but forgot to take the log file so I had to
	reload. 

A lot of the level where I started was not explored due to the praying. I also forgot that there was the Blink Dog.

[Nezur]

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Gaia          St:16  Le:15  Wi:22  Dx:16  To:16  Ch:14  Ap:11  Ma:12  Pe:13 L
DV/PV: 34/6    H: 84(84)      P: 68(68)      Exp: 10/14568      I10   M: 12000
Burdened Coward
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                            Character Information
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Gaia    St:16  Le:15  Wi:22  Dx:16  To:16  Ch:14  Ap:11  Ma:12  Pe:13  L
DV/PV: 34/6   H: 84(84)   P: 68(68)   Exp: 10/14568   M: 12000



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                            Background Information
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Name: Gaia                Race: female Hurthling    Class: Priest
Eye color: light blue     Hair color: brown         Complexion: light
Height: 88 cm             Weight: 28 kilos
Age: 39 (grown-up)
Star sign: Tree           Birthday: 1/Tree (day 331 of the year)

YOUR HISTORY:
        Your parents are travelling adventurers. Both are competent,
 talented and doing very well.
        In your childhood you were a credit to your family. Your people
 loved you and enjoyed your presence.
        As a kid you often watched the adult adventurers preparing for new
 exciting journeys. They sparked your imagination.
        Your young adulthood was characterized by hard and long work. You
 had decided to study under a renowned master. To your great disappointment
 you had to find out, that he was a hard, unjust and tyrannic man,
 embittered by his old age. Your apprentice years were quite terrible.
        You decided to become a Priest.


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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                10
Daggers & knives         0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            22
Clubs & hammers          0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            22
Maces & flails           3    +2    +1   +0   basic                78
Swords                   0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            22
Axes                     0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            22
Whips                    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            22
Pole arms                3    +3    +1   +2   basic                35
Twohanded weapons        0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            22
Staves                   0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            22

Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Slings                   0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Bows                     0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            10
Crossbows                1    +2    +1   +0   basic                3
Thrown axes & hammers    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            10
Thrown daggers           0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            10
Thrown rocks & clubs     6   +12    +9   +2   skilled              109
Thrown spears            0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            10
Boomerangs & scurgari    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            10

Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
Shields                  2    +4              basic                19


Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: +3 bonus to hit, 1d8+0 damage


Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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Ammunition: 17, base range: 6, +6 bonus to hit, 2d6-1 damage




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                                   Spells
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   Cure Disease:   268,   8pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Darkness    :   408,   4pp     (Effectivity: +3)
   Disarm Trap :   419,  10pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Slow Poison :   411,   6pp     (Effectivity: +4)


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                                   Skills
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  Archery ................... 39    (fair)         [+1d5]
  Climbing .................. 41    (fair)         [+2d4]
  Concentration .............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Cooking ................... 62    (good)         [+1] (ma)
  Detect item status ........100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  First aid ................. 79    (great)        [+3d4]
  Food preservation ......... 81    (great)        [+2d4]
  Gardening ................. 25    (mediocre)     [+3d3]
  Haggling .................. 31    (fair)         [+4d5]
  Healing ...................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Herbalism ................. 55    (good)         [+3d5]
  Listening ................. 36    (fair)         [+3d3]
  Literacy .................. 97    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Music ..................... 20    (mediocre)     [+4d4]
  Stealth ................... 50    (fair)         [+1]




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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 1572 stones                Carrying capacity: 1815 stones

Head          : uncursed horned helmet [+1, +1]                      [100s]
Neck          : -
Body          : uncursed studded leather armor (-1, +0) [-1, +3]     [250s]
Girdle        : -
Cloak         : uncursed hooded cloak [+1, +0]                        [40s]
Right Hand    : uncursed orcish spear (+1, 1d8+2)                     [75s]
Left Hand     : uncursed wooden shield [+3, +1]                       [80s]
Right Ring    : -
Left Ring     : -
Bracers       : -
Gauntlets     : -
Boots         : -
Missile weapon: uncursed light crossbow (+2, +0)                      [70s]
Missiles      : bundle of 17 uncursed quarrels (+1, 2d6)              [34s]
Tool          : uncursed holy symbol                                   [5s]

[Nezur]

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                                    Stuff
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Total weight: 918 stones   Carrying capacity: 1815 stones

Helmets ('[')
   uncursed hat [+1, +0]                                               [4s]
Armor ('[')
   uncursed robe [+0, +1]                                             [60s]
   uncursed clothes [+2, +0]                                          [40s]
   uncursed ugly clothes (+1, +1) [+2, +0] {Ap-1}                     [50s]
***I wear-id even worthless looking items. :P
Shields ('[')
   uncursed small shield (+2) [+2, +0]                                [50s]
One-handed weapons ('(')
   uncursed mace (+0, 1d6+1)                                         [100s]
   uncursed orcish knife (+0, 1d3+2)                                  [10s]
   uncursed crude knife                                               [10s]
Missile weapons ('}')
   heap of 2 uncursed slings                                           [6s]
   cursed sling                                                        [3s]
Missiles ('/')
   arrow                                                               [2s]
   uncursed rock (+3, 1d4)                                             [5s]
   cursed rock (+0, 1d4)                                               [5s]
   uncursed rock (+1, 1d4)                                             [5s]
   arrow                                                               [2s]
   cursed arrow                                                        [2s]
   uncursed quarrel                                                    [2s]
   bundle of 4 uncursed quarrels                                       [8s]
   uncursed quarrel                                                    [2s]
   uncursed quarrel                                                    [2s]
   uncursed rusty quarrel                                              [2s]
   uncursed quarrel                                                    [2s]
   uncursed quarrel                                                    [2s]
   bundle of 11 blessed quarrels (+3, 2d6+1)                          [22s]
   bundle of 4 uncursed arrows                                         [8s]
Tools (']')
   heap of 2 uncursed torches                                         [20s]
   heap of 2 blessed boxes with flint and steel (15)                  [10s]
   uncursed tinderbox (15)                                             [3s]
   uncursed cooking set                                              [100s]
   cursed tiny key                                                     [1s]
Instruments ('{')
   uncursed harp                                                      [30s]
Wands ('\')
   uncursed bone wand <--APPARENTLY A WAND OF DIGGING                 [3s]
Potions ('!')
   heap of 2 uncursed potions of water                                 [8s]
   uncursed rusty potion                                               [4s]
   blessed black potion                                                [2s]
Scrolls ('?')
   uncursed scroll of gold detection                                   [2s]
   cursed scroll labeled "Carpe Diem"                                  [2s]
Books ('"')
   uncursed spellbook of Slow Poison                                 [100s]
Food ('%')
   uncursed cooked silver wolf corpse                                [114s]
   uncursed cooked large bat corpse                                   [57s]
   uncursed cooked giant rat corpse                                   [57s]
Valuables ('$')
   100 gold pieces                                                     [1s]


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                               Killed Monsters
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188 monsters perished under her attacks.

The following monsters were vanquished:
      2 bandits
      1 berserker
      3 bugbears
      3 cave fishers
      3 claw bugs
      1 cobra
      2 corpse fiends
      1 dark sage
      2 displacer beasts
      2 dopplegangers
      6 fire beetles
      1 gelatinous cube
      1 ghul
      5 giant bats
      2 giant centipedes
      7 giant rats
      1 gnoll
      1 gnoll chieftain
      8 goblins
      2 goblin chieftains
     10 goblin rockthrowers
      4 goblin slavemasters
      1 griffon
      4 hell hounds
      1 hippogriff
      2 hobgoblins
      1 imp
      1 karmic lizard
      7 kobolds
      3 kobold chieftains
      1 kobold shaman
      6 large bats
      2 large gnolls
      6 large kobolds
      1 large orc
      3 large spiders
      1 least daemon
      3 ogres
      7 orcs
      3 orc scorchers
      1 outlaw leader
      6 pit vipers
      1 pixie
      1 pixie archer
      5 rabid dogs
      3 raiders
      2 rats
      1 ratling archer
      1 ratling fencer
      3 ratling thieves
      1 ratling warrior
      1 rattlesnake
      3 rust monsters
     20 silver wolves
      2 skeletons
      1 swordsman
      5 tarantulas
      2 white worms
      1 wight
      3 wolves
      4 zombies



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                                Achievements
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She survived for 0 years, 6 days, 2 hours, 6 minutes and 30 seconds (12000
turns).
Gaia visited 3 places.
Her strength score was modified by +7 during her career.
Her perception score was modified by +1 during her career.

[Grey]

I messaged Smite 5 days ago about his turn - still no response. He hasn't been on the forums since he requested to join the game over 6 days ago. I'll give him another 24 hours from this post - Molach, please take over if he doesn't show up by then.

[Molach]

Yeap. Holding till monday evening

...which is now, I deem.
I:10
Prayed a little. Went from pray to comfortable very soon. Okay. Started exploring. Killed some mobs, found 2 spellbooks. They were, sadly, both of "divine key". Shields went to level 3, and polearms to level 4 and crossbow to level 2. Wielded the orcish knife - "of the sun". Well mabye not too useful. Stayed on the level a long time, killed random popping mobs. Zap-ided our wands, magic missile and digging. Got hurt (and corrupted some) by a chaos plauge bearer, so I prayed a lot while waiting for hp to grow. Started hearing popping sounds, and gained some exp and skill marks by fighting green slimes. They somehow killed our studded leather armor, but I had a leather armor [0,+2] in reserve. Got to level 11, took 2x music and 2x food preservation. Cure disease again saved me a few times, twice from green slime sickness, once from the chaos plague pearer. Went down to I:11 at 13752 turns, when my hps were full.

I:11
Oh no! Were doomed! An odd-perception room. Oh my. Luckily the room was empty. Next room has downstairs. Woo. I explore onwards. Kill a dark orc, mostly using the crossbow. Kill a fire beetle in melee, it corpsifies, and I feel very hot when eating it. I see a ratling warlord halfway through the level, and retreat. Meet a rust monster on the way back, kill it in the dark. I reach the downstairs at 13990, pray a bit, but decide to go downstairs to escape the ratling warlord at 13998 turns. Go down, pray once, next prayer please. Or player.

When I write "pray" I mean using holy symbol, to gain piety. I did not use any god-prayers.

[Molach]

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Gaia          St:16  Le:15  Wi:22  Dx:16  To:16  Ch:14  Ap:11  Ma:12  Pe:13 L
DV/PV: 18/5    H: 89(89)      P: 72(72)      Exp: 11/22168      I12   M: 14000

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                            Character Information
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gaia    St:16  Le:15  Wi:22  Dx:16  To:16  Ch:14  Ap:11  Ma:12  Pe:13  L
DV/PV: 18/5   H: 89(89)   P: 72(72)   Exp: 11/22168   M: 14000


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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                10
Maces & flails           3    +2    +1   +0   basic                78
Pole arms                4    +4    +1   +3   skilled              36

Crossbows                2    +4    +3   +0   basic                24
Thrown rocks & clubs     6   +12    +9   +2   skilled              109

Shields                  3    +6              basic                97


Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: +25 bonus to hit, 1d8+7 damage


Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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Ammunition: 15, base range: 6, +21 bonus to hit, 2d6+7 damage




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                                   Spells
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   Cure Disease:   252,   8pp     (Effectivity: +2)
   Darkness    :   404,   4pp     (Effectivity: +3)
   Disarm Trap :   414,  10pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Divine Key  :   385,  12pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Slow Poison :   604,   6pp     (Effectivity: +4)


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                                   Skills
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  Archery ................... 40    (fair)         [+1d3]
  Climbing .................. 41    (fair)         [+2d4]
  Concentration .............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Cooking ................... 63    (good)         [+1] (ma)
  Detect item status ........100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  First aid ................. 79    (great)        [+3d4]
  Food preservation ......... 95    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Gardening ................. 25    (mediocre)     [+3d3]
  Haggling .................. 31    (fair)         [+4d5]
  Healing ...................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Herbalism ................. 55    (good)         [+3d5]
  Listening ................. 36    (fair)         [+3d3]
  Literacy .................. 97    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Music ..................... 42    (fair)         [+3d4]
  Stealth ................... 50    (fair)         [+1]




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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 1233 stones                Carrying capacity: 1815 stones

Head          : uncursed horned helmet [+1, +1]                      [100s]
Neck          : -
Body          : uncursed leather armor [+0, +2]                      [150s]
Girdle        : -
Cloak         : uncursed hooded cloak [+1, +0]                        [40s]
Right Hand    : uncursed orcish spear (+1, 1d8+2)                     [75s]
Left Hand     : uncursed wooden shield [+3, +1]                       [80s]
Right Ring    : -
Left Ring     : -
Bracers       : -
Gauntlets     : -
Boots         : -
Missile weapon: uncursed light crossbow (+2, +0)                      [70s]
Missiles      : bundle of 15 uncursed quarrels (+1, 2d6)              [30s]
Tool          : uncursed holy symbol                                   [5s]


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                                    Stuff
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Total weight: 683 stones   Carrying capacity: 1815 stones

Helmets ('[')
   uncursed hat [+1, +0]                                               [4s]
One-handed weapons ('(')
   uncursed mace (+0, 1d6+1)                                         [100s]
   uncursed orcish knife of the sun (+3, 1d3+2)                       [10s]
Missile weapons ('}')
   heap of 2 uncursed slings                                           [6s]
Missiles ('/')
   arrow                                                               [2s]
   uncursed rock (+3, 1d4)                                             [5s]
   cursed rock (+0, 1d4)                                               [5s]
   uncursed rock (+1, 1d4)                                             [5s]
   arrow                                                               [2s]
   cursed arrow                                                        [2s]
   uncursed quarrel                                                    [2s]
   bundle of 4 uncursed quarrels                                       [8s]
   uncursed quarrel                                                    [2s]
   uncursed quarrel                                                    [2s]
   uncursed rusty quarrel                                              [2s]
   uncursed quarrel                                                    [2s]
   uncursed quarrel                                                    [2s]
   bundle of 11 blessed quarrels (+3, 2d6+1)                          [22s]
   bundle of 4 uncursed arrows                                         [8s]
Tools (']')
   heap of 2 uncursed torches                                         [20s]
   heap of 2 blessed boxes with flint and steel (15)                  [10s]
   uncursed tinderbox (15)                                             [3s]
   uncursed cooking set                                              [100s]
   cursed tiny key                                                     [1s]
Instruments ('{')
   uncursed harp                                                      [30s]
Wands ('\')
   uncursed wand of digging (1 charge)                                 [3s]
   uncursed wand of magic missiles (4 charges)                         [3s]
Potions ('!')
   heap of 2 uncursed potions of water                                 [8s]
   uncursed rusty potion                                               [4s]
   blessed black potion                                                [2s]
Scrolls ('?')
   uncursed scroll of gold detection                                   [2s]
   cursed scroll labeled "Carpe Diem"                                  [2s]
   uncursed scroll labeled "HITME"                                     [2s]
Food ('%')
   uncursed cooked silver wolf corpse                                [114s]
   uncursed cooked large bat corpse                                   [57s]
   uncursed cooked giant rat corpse                                   [57s]
   heap of 8 uncursed bones                                           [32s]
   heap of 3 blessed bones                                            [12s]
   blessed loaf of hurthling bread                                    [30s]


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                               Killed Monsters
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270 monsters perished under her attacks.

The following monsters were vanquished:

      1 chaos plague bearer


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                                Achievements
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She survived for 0 years, 6 days, 21 hours, 15 minutes and 48 seconds (14000
turns).
Gaia visited 3 places.
Her strength score was modified by +7 during her career.
Her perception score was modified by +1 during her career.

[Nezur]

Good job! It's probably a good idea to try to explore levels fully for spellbooks and better equipment. Right now I think our primary objectives are finding a tome of an offensive spell and upping our PV. We definitely must take the speed increasing talents at some point since our Dex is over 15.