First Victory - L50 Gnome Bard

[lamanor]

I've been playing Adom on/off for about 12 years. About 10 years ago I got to D50 with a dwarf monk and didn't know what to do so I jumped into the portal
Anyways, so this is my first real victory.
I was quite happy with my artifacts and I think they contributed to my victory.
I found Executioner in Dark Forge in the weapons room
Cloak of Oman was my crowning gift.
Protector dropped from a greater red dragon vault
Bracers of war were also a random drop.
Apparently I also found "Preserver" , Ring of Immunity and "Hammerhead" but I never saw them?
Also what helped me was getting Ice Ball as a random spell when I hit a certain level (about L22 I think?) So dual weilding sheilds and spamming ice ball I managed to kill the Elder Wyrm in ToEF. I reckon this was the hardest part of the game.
The other chaos orb levels were not too difficult because I had heaps of slaying ammo such as quarrels of humanoid slaying and arrows of demon slaying etc.
I did not bother with the blue dragon level because I had everything I needed for victory. I found a Red dragon greater vault at about D40ish. I was only L35 when I went in. L43 after I cleared all the red dragons. The named Ancient Red dragon in the center put me up about 3 levels when I killed it.
I found an Amulet of life saving after talking to Khelevaster. Lucky I did because on D50 I decided to clear the room. killed all the balors including greater balor with not too much difficulty. Had heaps of demon slaying ammo + Executioner which is also a demon slayer. after I had closed the portal and just clearing the chaos servants I became a bit blase. Suddenly noticed my HP went to full (about 737). checked my inventory and sure enough my AoLS had been used. Thank Goodness I had it on!

Interesteing to note my Seven League boots and waterproof blanket were destroyed in the small cave very early on. I never saw another drop the whole game which was very annoying. Had 6 fireproof blankets and not one waterproof!. Still completed the game just before day 90 despite losing the 7LB.

Completed the White unicorn quest and cleansed myself just before exiting

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Background Information
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Name: Blumpkins Race: male Gnome Class: Bard
Eye color: green Hair color: white Complexion: light
Height: 3'4" Weight: 119 pounds Scars: 2
Age: 424 (middle-aged, 315 years of unnatural aging added in)
Star sign: Raven Birthday: 25/Raven (day 25 of the year)

YOUR HISTORY:
Your parents were poor people. They loved you and cared for you,
although you had to hunger more than once.
As a child your parents cared a lot for you. Despite all
circumstances you enjoyed a happy and fine childhood.
In your youth you enjoyed competition against others to the
fullest. You were a very active kid.
As a young adult you were a credit to your family. Your parents
supported your plans and were very understanding. They tried to help you
along your way with all means at their disposal.
You decided to become a Bard.