Hairy trip through early game

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If I recorded/streamed this would have been awesome but writing will have to do.

With all the assassins I've played I haven't used that much dagger so inspired by the other thread I rolled one up.

Sweet, high elf with pretty ok stats and sword star sign.
smc no issues, ud 1-2 np I cleaned out a lesser undead vault and feel great, go helm of mental stability.

Somewhere on 3-4 I get a mixed tension room that I open by chance, oh my.
Doppleganger lord confuse me and quickling behind begin treating me like a punching bag.
I get a small break maybe thanks to helmet.

Since I had 2 initial talents I already have long stride and run from dopple ganger lord and quickling!

Test a 4s wand and wand of wonder shoots a frost bolt, but they dont die.
I realise I carry to much crap, drop my heavy stuff and run, barely making it to stairs before my enemies, out of prayers low on hps.

Into the frying pan, elven warrior downstairs, get around him and get boxed in by a berserker from the right.

Ok I'm dead (I think), lets drink all potions and test all wands.
Wasting a few stat potions and wait a min, wand of trap creation.
Berserker gets blinded and I run away with single digit hps.

Potion of exchange messed up my strength and perception but I gained toughness and willpower, a fair trade.

Run past another undead vault on my way out, on ud8 I almost immediately step on a teleport trap and end up at the upstairs.
Safe in hmw with 10 hps ... yeah right, before reaching the shop a stone comes flying, thankfully I'm in coward mode and despite the now less than impressive perception I quickly find the 2 secrets (while rocks fly over my head) and escape. (don't know if it was stone giant or stone giant lord but either would have killed me)

I even had to run from a barbarian pack in the wilderness on my way back to Terinyo.

I've never had that many close calls in the early game AND survived.
(I guess I could have waited in wilderness between ud and hmw to heal up but ....)

The luck then really kicked in when I first got blink dog in vd5 so I could grind telecontrol after healing quest
and got 2!!! really good shops in pc , (dwarf) potion shop in pc1 and (gnome) scroll shop in pc2 ... and an L altar on pc2.

I would not be surprised if pc 6 hands me a mixed vault.