Choose Your Spells Challenge

[vogonpoet]

I too hope to kill a guts_roll soon Might take a while though - spare time bit of a premium right now

[Grey]

Okay, so decided to go with the traditional grey elven wizard. Started with Le 19 and To 7 - pretty normal. Went with spellbooks of Frost Bolt, Magic Missile, Acid Ball, Invis and Teleportation (as I said in the other thread). Only read the Frost Bolt and Invis to start with - saving the others till later. Starting Talents were Long Stride and Potent/Strong Aura (I'll be going for the bookcasting talents obviously).

Started out getting the Terinyo quests, then nipped to the bandit town where I stole a cloak of defense and studded leather armour. Stupidly realised that was a mistake when Yergius refused to teach me pickpocketing - oh well, don't need it anyway. Went to the SMC but couldn't find the blanket, so I stashed my books in the bandit town. At this point I notice that my screen size is oddly set at 30 rows... oh well, shouldn't make too much difference hopefully.

Went ID-scumming for a blinkie corpse, getting to level 7 in the process. St and To increased a few points in the mean time, and Le went up by 2 thanks to a comfy chairs room effects. Then decided to dive through the UD for a bit of fun. Forge UD3, trap room + ants UD4, grey altar UD5. Found I have a brutal adamantium mace and a whip of mayhem - nice. A bit of patience and I got a precrowning - Wyrmlance. Could be worse I guess. Will proceed shortly... Current status:

Magus         St:16  Le:21  Wi:15  Dx:17  To:10  Ch: 9  Ap:20  Ma:18  Pe:19 N+
DV/PV: 28/7    H: 48(53)      P: 127(127)    Exp: 12/44252      UD: 5 Sp: 91
Bloated Coward

[vogonpoet]

Took gut's save, wished for magic missile * 3, ice ball and teleport, read one magic missile once, got blanket, killed Kranach, got slain by stone block trap in UD.

Tried again just for fun (with same save, no adombot skillz) but this time wanted to go for 4 x magic missile, 1 teleport, using magic missile as only method for dealing damage. Not doing too badly, but with the crappy learning, I don't think 4 books is going to be enough to complete the game - I will need pretty high effectivity in magic missile in the mid-late game - like up in the 30-40s ideally, and I just don't seeing it happening, even if I now wait for ages, somehow kill oracle (dangerous with bolt spell only), steal crown of science (also tricky), bless my books, I suspect it just won't be enough... will see how it goes though.

First reading only got me 150 castings though, so not very hopeful... PC level 9 at moment.

[Sradac]

bah why is grey the only one having good luck with this challenge so far. no fair.

[Grey]

Cause I didn't go into the SMC at level 7, or rush off to the CoC with my starting equipment. Slow and careful wins the race :P

As a little update I've been to HMV and dived down to Dwarftown, avoiding unecessary fights. Got a few herbs in the Big Room, but could only stabilise a morgia/moss square. Dwarftown prices are hideous, so I'm relying on HMV for cash. Don't have the patience for extensive herb farming or another precrown, so might just get on with the game. To is still just 10 though, with its potential at the same level! Curse these grey elves! Will soon eat the oracle and nab the crown of science, and when I have enough holy water I'll give all the books their final read (after that book-casting all the way).

[gut]

Haven't your recent challenge PC's all died from game crashes or
insta-deaths? Khelly crashes, ingot woes, or perhaps the emperor
moloch will get another chance hit at the right moment. I don't
know how it's going to happen, but it's GOING to happen. Personally,
I'm betting on Fisty flying into a blind rage and criticalling himself
to death, and right after doing the same to you : )

[Soirana]

Okay, my poor High elven assassin was killed with exploding book of Darkness. Being born in month of Book did not helped a tiny bit.

[vogonpoet]

Thats a pretty fine death Soirana for a spellbook-related challenge. Well played

/seriously, I like it.

[gut]

It wasn't even acid ball, it was DARKNESS!
That's hilarious!

[Grey]

Well done Soirana, a true hero's death. Y'know you were right when you said playing a wizard would be too easy... but I think you went too far the other way :P