kraya
02-18-2010, 08:03 AM
Another Ranger. Dark Elf this time versus Grey Elf.
Berserked almost the entire game, and got Sword GM when I killed Fisty!
Per the DE Ranger started out as all my characters do - bandit village, blanket run in SMC and then
the puppy cave. He found a sling in the SMC and used it in the puppy cave to save the puppy. Did the druid run, but chickened out on the last level of the dungeon and went up the UD to the HMV.
I'd been playing this character quite casually - slings and dusl scimitars, full berserk mode - no tactics, so its a wonder he survived thus far.
No altars or vaults in the UD, but! found an AoLS. This is when I thought this guy may be a stayer.
Early CoC was not a problem, Thrundarr wanted a Rust Monster. Found 1 in the Big Room. Pacified it, sacced morgia, stoma and others to get a pre crown. And got frikking Thunderstroke.
Dwarven Halls were ok, one set side by side, one not too far apart. Saved Khellie and found a ring of ice.
Did Pyramid and Griffyard without incident, then went and finished Keethrax. Got to level 17 and did Darkforge - my usual strategy, take the Golems out 1 by 1. Found black and white dragon scale mails, no red. Decided to risk the ToEF anyway, with a ring of fire resistance and a cloak of invis.
ToEF - a fire giant king gave me some grief, but I found some lovely shining silver bracers :). Put them on, went to the top floor and messed with ACW with some sling bullets of darkness - and beat the crap out of it while it was staggering aimlessly around.
Only after I came out did I realize that I had had NO fireproof blankets, and I did not suffer any equipment damage! Ok, a few lame arrows and tiny quarrels, but thats it.
No wands of cold, so did the rift and found the Frost Bolt spell book, went to the ToTHK without incident. Sacced heavily in the altar on one of the cavernous levels.
Went down CoC - Red Dragon vault gave me Skullcrusher, Far Slayer and Crown of Leadership. Cat Lord took me from level 25 to 27, skipped the air temple because I didnt have lightning resistance, Meleed ASB, went to Mana Temple - Nuurgy tried his tricks, but an amulet of light and humanoid slaying ammo took him out easy enough.
Found a yellow crown, and another altar on the way up, sacced and got lightning immunity :). Air Temple was another bashfest, went down to D50. I hadnt found any potions of uselessness, so no artifacts there. Did one handle easily, and when I tried for the second the balors swarmed. I went to extremely corrupted, and read all my SoCRs to get to some 8 corruptions.
Then Fisty appeared - and he got me to 18 corruptions. Berserking Fisty is BAD BAD BAD. Went to D49. Used two RoDS to get more scrolls. Cleaned up, came back, shot Fisty closed the gate. I gained 8 levels in D50.
Then went back up, killed Barney and the Black Unicorn, got cleaned up and left.
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The first character where I didnt take Treasure Hunter, and look at what I found -
2 AoLSs
3 SoCRs
5 RoDS
30 artifacts
Berserked almost the entire game, and got Sword GM when I killed Fisty!
Per the DE Ranger started out as all my characters do - bandit village, blanket run in SMC and then
the puppy cave. He found a sling in the SMC and used it in the puppy cave to save the puppy. Did the druid run, but chickened out on the last level of the dungeon and went up the UD to the HMV.
I'd been playing this character quite casually - slings and dusl scimitars, full berserk mode - no tactics, so its a wonder he survived thus far.
No altars or vaults in the UD, but! found an AoLS. This is when I thought this guy may be a stayer.
Early CoC was not a problem, Thrundarr wanted a Rust Monster. Found 1 in the Big Room. Pacified it, sacced morgia, stoma and others to get a pre crown. And got frikking Thunderstroke.
Dwarven Halls were ok, one set side by side, one not too far apart. Saved Khellie and found a ring of ice.
Did Pyramid and Griffyard without incident, then went and finished Keethrax. Got to level 17 and did Darkforge - my usual strategy, take the Golems out 1 by 1. Found black and white dragon scale mails, no red. Decided to risk the ToEF anyway, with a ring of fire resistance and a cloak of invis.
ToEF - a fire giant king gave me some grief, but I found some lovely shining silver bracers :). Put them on, went to the top floor and messed with ACW with some sling bullets of darkness - and beat the crap out of it while it was staggering aimlessly around.
Only after I came out did I realize that I had had NO fireproof blankets, and I did not suffer any equipment damage! Ok, a few lame arrows and tiny quarrels, but thats it.
No wands of cold, so did the rift and found the Frost Bolt spell book, went to the ToTHK without incident. Sacced heavily in the altar on one of the cavernous levels.
Went down CoC - Red Dragon vault gave me Skullcrusher, Far Slayer and Crown of Leadership. Cat Lord took me from level 25 to 27, skipped the air temple because I didnt have lightning resistance, Meleed ASB, went to Mana Temple - Nuurgy tried his tricks, but an amulet of light and humanoid slaying ammo took him out easy enough.
Found a yellow crown, and another altar on the way up, sacced and got lightning immunity :). Air Temple was another bashfest, went down to D50. I hadnt found any potions of uselessness, so no artifacts there. Did one handle easily, and when I tried for the second the balors swarmed. I went to extremely corrupted, and read all my SoCRs to get to some 8 corruptions.
Then Fisty appeared - and he got me to 18 corruptions. Berserking Fisty is BAD BAD BAD. Went to D49. Used two RoDS to get more scrolls. Cleaned up, came back, shot Fisty closed the gate. I gained 8 levels in D50.
Then went back up, killed Barney and the Black Unicorn, got cleaned up and left.
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The first character where I didnt take Treasure Hunter, and look at what I found -
2 AoLSs
3 SoCRs
5 RoDS
30 artifacts