A victory post and a stupid death in one!

[ZiggyMcjoney]

So heres my first 'win'. It's pretty pathetic, as far as wins go, but I'm not ashamed at all. I'm just glad I have a little story to tell.

Got precrowned with serpent's bite, which was fun. Had Big Punch as well in the early stages of the game too, so I was pretty well-equipped. Anyway, my character proceeded with much regularity, and if anything exciting happened to him in the early stages I don't remember it, so we'll forget that. Oh, except that I had a belt of giant strength, which substituted for my pathetic lack of strength.

I dove down to the mana temple and on the way acquired the halberd, Wyrmlance, in a giant vault (as well as the ring of immunity). This was a good excuse, according to my friend, to go and slaughter some dragons in the blue dragon cave. So while I was up there getting food and curing corruption with the unicorn (so glad I did that) he convinced me to kill the assassin prince and then the blue dragon caves when I got to the bottom. So, I took his advice. Bam, Needle and Sting :D.

So after going back and forth a bit realising I left the mana orb behind I finally got down to D:50 for the first time. It's then when I ask my friend, "Okay, how do I win?"

"Well, you use a wand of destruction to destroy the levers."

"What if I don't have a wand of destruction?"

"You create doors around the levers and summon a monster in the middle of them."

"...What if I can't do that."

"Kill every intelligent monster on the level."

Ok, that sounds...easy...

So I didn't really plan on doing that, because at the time I didnt have the mana battery corruption, so I wanted to do the door thing. But then, while trying to teleport into the corridor at the bottom (no wands of digging for some stupid reason) I miscalculated the position and hit the wall, consequently teleporting to the bottom of the big room.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Well I decided to fight for a while til I could teleport out but I didn't want to teleport away and get surrounded by balors, infact I preferred having the ghosts and chaos servants surrounding me. After fireball spam and some needle and sting stabbing of balors I realised that I wasn't actually having much trouble at all. Couldn't see any more balors so I teleported out and killed Fistanarius (he was WAY easier than I expected). Got the wand corruption, so the door thing was hopeless as my wands would just die in a fire. I decided that I would try the hard way and stab virtually everything on D:50. And stab I did. I'm pretty sure I had almost EVERY corruption the moment I closed the gate, and if it werent for my finding of a ring of djinni summoning and wishing for a SoCR I would have probably died of corruption.

So, immensely proud of myself for finally winning the damn game, I began to ascend the CoC. I came across the battle bunny level. I tried teleporting to the stairs, but it seems the floor was too crowded. So, ever so slowly, I magic missiled my way up to the top. It took two whole prayers, but I got to about halfway through the last turn. I realiesd i had a cloak of invisibility, and wanted to see if that would help, so I put it on. I then began to magic missilize and stab things.

I then got hit to -458.

By ONE battle bunny.

In ONE round.

I have NO idea whatsoever how the hell that happened, but I don't care. I'm proud of my getting hit for 500 damage by a battle bunny. And I'm proud for my first win.

...wow, I've won ADOM. It's like my life has lost all meaning now.

Damn.

FLG of Screee, the dwarven healer, trimmed slightly:


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Screee St:23 Le:27 Wi:28 Dx:16 To:46 Ch: 1 Ap: 1 Ma:19 Pe:28 L+
DV/PV: 76/42 H:-458(1084) P:49(358) Exp: 50/29646246 D: 34 Sp: 122
Blessed Invisible Coward
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Inventory
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Total weight: 3683 stones Carrying capacity: 5225 stones

He: uncursed eternium cap (+1, -1) [+0, +0] [28s]
Ne: uncursed amulet of light [3s]
Bo: uncursed robes of resistance (-4, -4) [+3, +12] {To+5} [60s]
Gi: blessed girdle of carrying [+0, +0] [15s]
Cl: uncursed cloak of invisibility (-1, +0) [+1, +3] [30s]
RH: blessed black rune-covered dagger "Sting" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1] [10s]
LH: uncursed black rune-covered dagger "Needle" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1] [10s]
RR: uncursed ring of immunity [1s]
LR: uncursed ring of teleport control [1s]
Br: uncursed bracers of toughness [+0, +0] {To+6} [10s]
Ga: uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+2, +0] [15s]
Bo: blessed seven league boots [+3, -3] [30s]
MW: uncursed rusty light crossbow of accuracy (+10, +0) [70s]
Mi: bundle of 9 blessed quarrels (+4, 2d6) [18s]
Tl: -

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Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon Lvl Hit Dam DV Level Required marks
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Unarmed fighting 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25
Daggers & knives 13 +16 +10 +4 Mastery 4142
Clubs & hammers 5 +3 +2 +1 skilled 15
Maces & flails 12 +12 +8 +4 Mastery 4533
Swords 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25
Axes 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25
Whips 1 +1 +0 +1 basic 25
Pole arms 9 +9 +5 +10 excellent 997
Twohanded weapons 1 +1 +1 +0 basic 25
Staves 2 +2 +0 +2 basic 1

Missile weapon Lvl Hit Dam Ra Level Required marks
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Slings 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7
Bows 7 +14 +10 +2 skilled 155
Crossbows 5 +10 +7 +1 skilled 70
Thrown axes & hammers 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7
Thrown daggers 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7
Thrown rocks & clubs 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7
Thrown spears 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7
Boomerangs & scurgari 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7

Shields Lvl DV Level Required marks
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Shields 11 +22 Mastery 3011

[ZiggyMcjoney]

Part the Second (motW reference intended):


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Skills
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Alchemy ..................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Alertness ................ 71 (great) [+1]
Backstabbing .............100 (superb) [+1d3]
Climbing ................. 75 (great) [+1d3]
Concentration ............100 (superb) [+2d4]
Cooking .................. 28 (mediocre) [+3d5] (mr)
Courage ..................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Detect traps .............100 (superb) [+1d3]
Find weakness ............100 (superb) [+1d5]
First aid ................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Haggling .................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Healing ..................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Herbalism ................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Listening ................100 (superb) [+3d4]
Literacy .................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Metallurgy ............... 85 (great) [+1d3]
Mining ................... 76 (great) [+1]
Smithing ................. 82 (great) [+1d3]
Swimming .................100 (superb) [+1d3]
Tactics .................. 99 (superb) [+1]
Two weapon combat ........100 (superb) [+1]


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Spells
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Bless : 726, 7pp (Effectivity: +0)
Calm Monster : 6670, 7pp (Effectivity: +0)
Cure Disease : 5850, 7pp (Effectivity: +0)
Cure Light Wounds : 6525, 4pp (Effectivity: +0)
Cure Serious Wounds: 2200, 8pp (Effectivity: +0)
Fireball : 489, 15pp (Effectivity: +8)
Frost Bolt : 53, 12pp (Effectivity: +11)
Ice Ball : 6, 39pp (Effectivity: +0)
Improved Fireball : 406, 24pp (Effectivity: +0)
Magic Lock : 393, 7pp (Effectivity: +0)
Magic Missile : 489, 6pp (Effectivity: +7)
Neutralize Poison : 2200, 8pp (Effectivity: +0)
Slow Monster : 623, 6pp (Effectivity: +0)
Slow Poison : 5850, 5pp (Effectivity: +0)
Strength of Atlas : 946, 8pp (Effectivity: +0)


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Effects of Corruption
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Poison drips from your hands.
You are a living mana battery.
You have grown a total of 12 eyes (Ap: -6, Pe: +6).
You have grown thorns (3d3 melee damage, Dx: -2, Ap: -3).
Your corrupted tissue seems to heal much faster.
You have become very light (1/10 weight, St: -6, Dx: +4, To: -6, Ap: -6, +20
speed).
You have become extremely thin and nimble (1/2 weight, DV: +6).
Your muscles have stiffened slowing you down (base action cost: 1500 energy
points; PV: +4, St: +2).
You have grown a bulging cranium (Le: +6, Wi: +4, Ap: -6, PV: -4, To: -3).
You exhale sulphur (Ch: -4).
You have grown horns (+3 melee damage, Ap: -4).
Your antennae explore the details of your environment (Ap: -4).
Your close attunement to corrupted astral space allows teleportation.
You are surrounded by an unholy aura (Ch: -10, DV: +6).
Your feet have been transformed into hooves (+8 kicking damage, Dx: -6).
You rage (DV: -9, +6 melee damage)!
You look somewhat apish (St: +3, Le: -1, Wi: -1, Ch: -2, Ap: -3).



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His achievements during his adventures:
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Screee, the dwarven healer, was killed by a battle bunny (after winning)
(after winning).
He scored 6427440 points and advanced to level 50.
He survived for 0 years, 47 days, 0 hours, 36 minutes and 22 seconds (90130
turns).
Screee visited 113 places.
His strength score was modified by +9 during his career.
His learning score was modified by +2 during his career.
His willpower score was modified by +8 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +8 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +23 during his career.
His charisma score was modified by +2 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by -5 during his career.
His mana score was modified by +5 during his career.
His perception score was modified by +8 during his career.
He was unnaturally aged by 187 years.
He was the champion of the arena.
He was the head of the thieves guild.
He defeated the arch enemy of a mighty karmic wyrm.
He adhered to the principles of the Cat Lord but fell from grace.
He ended his adventuring life on level 34 of the caverns of chaos.
8606 monsters perished under his attacks.
The following 33 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
the si
the dwarven rune axe "Rolf's Companion"
the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
the ring of the master cat
the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
the dwarven shield "Rolf's Saviour"
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 heavy crossbow "The Far Slayer"
the staff of the Wanderer
the lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
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 black torc
the bracers of war
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
the black rune-covered dagger "Needle"
the black rune-covered dagger "Sting"
the fine leather armor "Nature's Companion"
the jet-black battle axe "Executor"
the robes of resistance
the staff of the archmagi
the ring of immunity
the dwarven pick axe "Hammerhead"
the emerald dagger "Serpent's Bite"
the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance"
He possessed the following intrinsics:
He was fire resistant (enhanced through an item).
He was poison resistant.
He was acid resistant (gained through an item).
He was lucky.
Fate smiled upon him.
He was sleep resistant.
He was petrification resistant.
He was able to teleport.
He was able to control teleportation (gained through an item).
He was invisible (gained through an item).
He was shock resistant (enhanced through an item).
He was immune to shock attacks (gained through an item).
He was immune to fire attacks.
He was immune to acidic attacks (gained through an item).
He was immune to ice attacks (gained through an item).
He had the following talents: Affinity with Daggers & Knives, Alert,
Ambidextrous, Careful, Defensive Fighter, Hardy, Immune to Pain, Iron Skin,
Miser, Mithril Skin, Quick, Shield Expert, Shield Master, Shield Specialist,
Steel Skin, Tough Skin, Treasure Hunter.
He had a final speed score of 122 (final base speed: 122).
He was not particularly religious.
He asked for 27 divine interventions.
He was a holy champion of Order.
He was severely tainted by Chaos.

2228 battle bunnies <----- Q_Q
Proof of my D:50 clearing :P =
1 greater balor
110 greater chaos servants
44 ghost lords
224 chaos servants
67 chaos mutants
9 balors

etc etc...

[Grey]

Heh, well done... sort of. You should probably know that the easy way to get through the battle bunny level is by using a wand of digging through the walls between he stairs. No uber-bunny problems then.

[ZiggyMcjoney]

Heh, well done... sort of. You should probably know that the easy way to get through the battle bunny level is by using a wand of digging through the walls between he stairs. No uber-bunny problems then.

I did have that knowledge in the back of my mind. What I didn't have is a wand of digging Q_Q

Yeah I admit it's a pretty pathetic way to win, but I'm proud of it :P.

[vogonpoet]

2228 battle bunnies??? 2228? Damn. Thats, well, a lot of rabbit. Congrats on the win anyway

[Silfir]

Congratulations indeed. Those rabbits ate my first win-potential character too. Only he wasn't on his way back from D:50. :(

[brim]

Congrats on the victory! You may have died, but still a hero... One of my best characters died on the battle bunny level once upon a time. Killed bugs, killed all the few other bunnies that spawned.... descended, when I came back the entire level was filled with brown worms. Ended up starving to death before I could get to the up stairs lol

[ZiggyMcjoney]

Congrats on the victory! You may have died, but still a hero... One of my best characters died on the battle bunny level once upon a time. Killed bugs, killed all the few other bunnies that spawned.... descended, when I came back the entire level was filled with brown worms. Ended up starving to death before I could get to the up stairs lol

Haha, wow. To have brown worms spawn on that level would suck immensely.

I think next time I will clear every rabbit before I descend.

[vogonpoet]

I like to go with the "teleport to and kill Bugs, kill all the bunnies, create tunnel and then locked doors corridor between the stairs with wands of digging and door creation" maximum safety overkill approach.