YAVP: Doomed Archer

[JellySlayer]

The second instalment of my doomed PC series comes as a doomed archer. Archers were the class that I got my first win with, and I remembered them being a lot of fun, but I haven't played one in ages. And wow, archers are amazing. Early game was surprisingly easy despite being doomed (well, compared to the barbarian and my numerous attempts with a ranger); killed Kranach and crime lord early on, used barbarians + archer arrow dodge power to stock up like crazy with arrows when I got low. Did puppy cave, killed dark druid then headed to CoC. Found Hammerhead in a random lesser vault, found early bookshop and lots of herbs, cleared Pyramid and Darkforge easily. Added crown of science for double dooming. A lot of the problems I've had with other doomed PCs were non-issues: equipment destruction wasn't nearly so bad, I never even bothered with paralysis resistance (didn't find free action until Casino anyway), and stat drains were never really a problem. Presumably this is just a manifestation of the unbelieveable imbalance between melee characters and shooters/casters.

Cleared my way down to wall of flames and killed the snake. DH had a (greater? don't remember) titan room that I was meaning to go back and visit but never got around to. With water orb in hand, I headed to ToEF. Cleared it by teleporting quickly through low levels, opening the temple and pummelling the Wyrm with arrows. I had about 10 extra bows courtesy of some barbarians, so whenever one would burn away, I'd just load another. Casino yielded robes of resistance and a motherload of slaying ammo, and a whip of the snake, which I used for the better part of the endgame. Cat lord fell easily to webs and humanoid slayers. Two greater undead vaults in the lower levels, one also had a surge of power in it, which I managed to grab off of a named chaos servant (crown of leadership), but I left the rest. Air temple was a bit of a pain since there was a huge tension room of ancient black dragons outside of it (managed to ignore most of them), and I couldn't use my bows, so I was stuck killing things with Hammerhead and my spell reptoire, which was pretty extensive by this point. Summoner went down to repeated iceballs. Earth temple dropped to construct slayers. Mana temple fell to machine-gun arrows, and humanoid slayers for the archmage. Got cleansed, then dug through D:50, but then went on to kill all of the balors. With blessed slayers, they were no match for me--even Fisty fell in 3 hits.

Score seems pretty low for a closer with as much experience as I have. Not sure why. Low piety maybe.



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DoomArcher St:26 Le:23 Wi:31 Dx:54 To:44 Ch:34 Ap:22 Ma:32 Pe:24 N+
DV/PV: 55/52 H: 796(796) P: 487(487) Exp: 50/28900047 DrCh LE: 952
Invisible Bloated
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Background Information
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Name: DoomArcher Race: female Gray Elf Class: Archer
Eye color: amber Hair color: silver Complexion: pale
Height: 6'1" Weight: 119 pounds Scars: 1
Age: 393 (grown-up, 90 years of unnatural aging added in)
Star sign: Candle Birthday: 9/Candle (day 279 of the year)

YOUR HISTORY:
Your parents belong to the lower class. They were honest
hard-working people, who did everything to enable you to live a
comfortable and fine life. They were not very successful.
In your childhood you were fascinated by your environment and the
everchanging wonders of the world. You were a very curious and adventurous
child.
As a kid you often watched the adult adventurers preparing for new
exciting journeys. They sparked your imagination.
As a young adult you tried many occupations before finally deciding
on one to pursue. This has left you with a very broad base of lore.
You decided to become an Archer.


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Inventory
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Total weight: 3617 stones Carrying capacity: 39242 stones

He: uncursed crown of leadership [+2, +7] {Ch+18} [65s]
Ne: uncursed ankh [3s]
Bo: uncursed robes of resistance (-4, -4) [+3, +12] {To+5} [60s]
Gi: uncursed adamantium girdle [+0, +3] [18s]
Cl: blessed hooded cloak (+1, +1) [+1, +0] [40s]
RH: blessed rune-covered trident (+6, 3d12+6) [+4, +4] {Dx+12} [80s]
LH: -
RR: blessed ring of the High Kings [+2, +3] [1s]
LR: uncursed ring of invisibility [1s]
Br: blessed rusty bracers of regeneration [+0, +0] [18s]
Ga: blessed gauntlets of strength (-1, +0) [+0, +4] {St+3} [40s]
Bo: uncursed adamantium boots [+0, +3] [89s]
MW: blessed short bow of accuracy (+6, +0) [20s]
Mi: bundle of 24 uncursed arrows (+0, 1d6) [48s]
Tl: blessed dwarven pick axe "Hammerhead" (+2, 2d10+4) [+2, +2] {To+3}[90s]

[JellySlayer]

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Stuff
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Total weight: 3044 stones Carrying capacity: 39242 stones

Helmets ('[')
uncursed crown of science [+4, +8] {Le+9} [65s]
Armor ('[')
uncursed ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8} [60s]
One-handed weapons ('(')
blessed rustproof dagger of death (-1, 5d5+2) [10s]
blessed sword of Nonnak (+2, 4d3+2) [+2, +2] {Wi+5} [80s]
blessed knife of endurance (+6, 1d3+6) {To+7} [8s]
blessed whip of the snake (-2, 5d2+7) {Dx+7} (+7 spd) [15s]
Missile weapons ('}')
uncursed short bow (+3, +0) [20s]
heap of 3 uncursed short bows (+1, +0) [60s]
blessed light crossbow (+4, +0) [70s]
uncursed short bow of accuracy (+6, +0) [20s]
uncursed light crossbow of accuracy (+11, +0) [70s]

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Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon Lvl Hit Dam DV Level Required marks
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Daggers & knives 11 +12 +7 +3 Mastery 2922 (dagger of death mostly)
Maces & flails 6 +4 +2 +1 skilled 275 (something in earlygame...)
Axes 7 +5 +4 +1 skilled 96 (Hammerhead mostly)
Whips 8 +10 +5 +8 excellent 212 (snake)
Pole arms 6 +6 +2 +5 skilled 151 (trident mostly)

Missile weapon Lvl Hit Dam Ra Level Required marks
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Bows 13 +26 +19 +4 Mastery 3853 (thought I'd have a chance for GM)
Crossbows 9 +18 +13 +3 excellent 397

Shields Lvl DV Level Required marks
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Shields 8 +16 excellent 326

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Spells
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Fire Bolt : 321, 10pp (Effectivity: +4)
Frost Bolt : 396, 12pp (Effectivity: +4)
Ice Ball : 332, 25pp (Effectivity: +2)
Knock : 916, 12pp (Effectivity: +1)
Light : 1345, 1pp (Effectivity: +11)
Lightning Bolt : 608, 11pp (Effectivity: +6)
Magic Map : 167, 40pp (Effectivity: +3)
Magic Missile : 203, 8pp (Effectivity: +1)
Mystic Shovel : 433, 100pp (Effectivity: +1)
Strength of Atlas : 206, 10pp (Effectivity: +0)
Teleportation : 119, 21pp (Effectivity: +8)
Web : 791, 12pp (Effectivity: +1)


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Effects of Corruption
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You have grown horns (+3 melee damage, Ap: -4).


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Her further life:
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After she leaves the Drakalor Chain she is welcomed by her people with great
honors. They acknowledge her noble deeds, her valor, her cunning and her
great skills that helped to prevent the complete destruction of the world
she knows. She returns to her lands victorious and is hailed as a great
leader. Eventually she becomes queen and rule your subjects with an iron
fist for a long and peaceful time, allowing her people to prosper and grow.

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Her achievements during her adventures:
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DoomArcher, the gray elven archer, saved the world with her brave efforts
and became a great ruler while saving herself 6 times.
She scored 9071260 points and advanced to level 50.
She survived for 0 years, 104 days, 9 hours, 10 minutes and 44 seconds
(99899 turns).
DoomArcher visited 100 places.
Her strength score was modified by +10 during her career.
Her learning score was modified by +7 during her career.
Her willpower score was modified by +20 during her career.
Her dexterity score was modified by +20 during her career.
Her toughness score was modified by +30 during her career.
Her charisma score was modified by +8 during her career.
Her appearance score was modified by +7 during her career.
Her mana score was modified by +10 during her career.
Her perception score was modified by +5 during her career.
She was unnaturally aged by 90 years.
She was the champion of the arena.
She was a member of the thieves guild.
She made a little water dragon very happy.
She left the Drakalor Chain after completing her quest and became a great
leader and famous heroine.
4202 monsters perished under her attacks.
The following 26 artifacts were generated during her adventure:
the si
the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Water
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Air
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Fire
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Earth
the lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
the scorched spear (uselessness)
the rune-covered trident
the sword of Nonnak
the elemental gauntlets
the ring of the High Kings
the phial of Caladriel
the crown of science
the ancient mummy wrapping
the ankh
the hammer of the gods (never found... undead vault probably)
the black torc (handy in earlygame)
the glaive "Long Sting" (never found... undead vault probably)
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
the rune-covered sling "Whirlwind" (never found... undead vault probably)
the robes of resistance (Casino)
the crown of leadership (surge)
the dwarven pick axe "Hammerhead" (random lesser vault)
the black tome of Alsophocus (never found... undead vault probably)
She possessed the following intrinsics:
She was fire resistant (enhanced through items).
She was poison resistant (enhanced through items).
She was cold resistant (gained through an item).
She was acid resistant (enhanced through an item).
She was lucky (enhanced through an item).
Fate smiled upon her (gained through an item).
She was doomed.
She was cursed.
She was able to control teleportation.
She was invisible (gained through an item).
She was shock resistant (enhanced through items).
She was able to see invisible things (gained through items).
She was immune to ice attacks (gained through an item).
She was able to breathe water (gained through an item).
She was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through an item).
She had the following talents: Affinity with Bows, Affinity with Crossbows,
Careful, Defensive Fighter, Dodger, Eagle Eye, Good Book Learner, Good
Learner, Good Shot, Greased Lightning, Great Learner, Keen Shot, Lightning
Shot, Long Stride, Porter, Potent Aura, Quick, Quick Shot, Very Quick.
(Talents really random this game... other than archery I was never sure what I really wanted)
She had a final speed score of 109 (final base speed: 119).
She was a paragon of her religion. (Really? Last I checked I was at inner peace... maybe from getting 14 levels on D:50)
She asked for 15 divine interventions. (14 prayers for dooming. I think I dusted some cursed stuff early too)
She was neutrally aligned.
She was tainted by Chaos.

The following monsters were vanquished:
8 ancient black dragons
1 Ancient Chaos Wyrm
1 Ancient Stone Beast
140 animated trees (Looking for logs, never crossed the forest)
10 balors
1 banshee
50 barbarians (Very helpful)
15 barbarian leaders
1 black slayer
1 black unicorn (dropped a corpse, very handy)
1 cat lord
1 Chaos Archmage
65 chaos servants
3 dark elven priestesses (Hate)
2 dark elven princesses (Hate)
13 dark elven wizards (Hate)
1 doppleganger king (Don't remember killing this guy)
1 eternium golem (Vault)
1 fairy dragon (I see these guys all the time while doomed)
80 ghuls (Never paralysed...)
2 gorgons
1 gray slayer
1 greater balor
1 greater black unicorn
587 gremlins (Gremlin cave caused me some problems... had to fight my way out with light)
2 living walls (Hate)
1 master lich (Tried one of the undead vaults with lvl 50 class power after gate... but Wi too low to fight the liches)
1 Master Summoner
1 mimic hivemind
1 moloch
1 ogre emperor
1 Snake from Beyond

[grobblewobble]

Nice job on the doomed win!


1 master lich (Tried one of the undead vaults with lvl 50 class power after gate... but Wi too low to fight the liches)
Really? Your Wi is 30+.. I remember clearing a greater undead vault with a level 50 archer myself. From what I remember, my Wi was lower than yours, though I wasn't doomed of course. It wasn't that hard.. I used the following strategy. I noted that most of the higher liches were standing close together and lined up. First, staying at a safe distance from the liches, I used normal arrows and the class power + farsight to clear a spot next to the liches. Then I teleported next to them and shot a berserked undead slaying arrow through the line.. I remember seeing lines like "You exactly hit the master lich and destroy him. You exactly hit the lich king and destroy him. You exactly hit the lich king and destroy him. The master lich summons some help!"

[JellySlayer]

Well, according to sorear's luck (http://it-is-law.com/adom/index.php?title=Luck) and spellcraft (http://it-is-law.com/adom/index.php?title=Monster_Spellcraft#Confusion_.2823 .29) data, my effective Wi would not be 31, but 31 + 6 (leadership) + 1d9-1 (ankh) - 3d5 (doom) - 2d2 (curse), which works out to ~29. At 29 Wi, I'm >99% resistant to master liches, 99% resistant to lich kings, and ~80% resistant to an emperor. But if there's 1 emperor and 10 kings hitting me, I'm still getting confused every other turn, more or less, but confusion can easily last more than 1 turn...

The other vault was worse, having 12 emperors. I didn't bother to touch that one.

[mackthaknife]

have you tried to bit down the arena all the way through the end while being doomed/cursed? just wonder what will it spawn.

[JellySlayer]

have you tried to bit down the arena all the way through the end while being doomed/cursed? just wonder what will it spawn.

After winning the arena, monster spawned are essentially random. I've seen ancient dragons, molochs and the like, with undoomed PCs. For a doomed PC, it will probably just be that they will be more experienced.

I think one of my earlier doomed PCs did the arena to the end. Worst he had to deal with was a diamond golem.

[klarki]

how do you get the doomed status at the start?

[nathrakh]

Pray ~12 times.