Mist Elf Weaponsmith - UCG!

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After playing around 50 Mist Elves I finally got lucky and had this one survive long enough to win. Killed beggar/mugger for first kill and immediately went to SMC to hit level 5 and dive to HMV - the overhaul of first aid is fantastic and really gives the option of skipping healing when you are Candle birthsign. In the SMC I found an eternium 2HS and a crystal shield [+9, +4] so was switching off between 2HS and hammer + shield for quite a while, eventually switching to spear + shield for DV. Pure 2HS was tempting but without good PV/DV one crit could end your life as a mist elf. Nothing crazy found in UD aside from a wand shop which I never visited again, a few herb patches which I briefly farmed - with my max toughness capped at 12 there wasn't much point at that stage of the game. In HMW I found SLB for sale for 9k or so, which was everything I had. Side note: selling items is near useless as a mist elf as you get completely ripped off, even by ratling vendors.

Got healing, did the PC and found some good potential potions to up my toughness, strength, and willpower. Dove into CoC, farmed a bit in the big room to pump To to 16 or so, and did first quest for Thundarr (Stone Golem). Took awhile to find it, but good news is on my search on the level before the split found a ratling scroll shop! During the course of my search for the Stone Golem he restocked 3 times so he was holding onto around 80 scrolls (sadly no SoCR, but many identify - I had 41 uncursed at the time I won). Of course, he was charging me exorbitant prices so I made a mental note to relieve him later. Went to ToHK to search for Stone Golem and found a neutral altar on level 3 (big room). I was lvl 15 at this point with 3 artifacts spawned, so grinded/sacced to 17 to precrown with Sun's Messenger! Amazing. While grinding I also found a mithril full plate armor [-3, +11] which served me until I found a black dragon scale mail a bit later. Sadly, I melted the full plate down, when I should have seen how high I could smith it.

Didn't have cold source (and didn't get for a long while) so I went to complete the quest and move onwards. Found a wish in a pool and got AoLS, gave to Khelly and made my main stash in the Ogre Cave. DT was on D:9 so I was good for corruptions when smithing, and I spawned the Greater Daemon to kill Glod... he did a lot more than that I found out after killing him (I was camped by Glod) - he killed Ruun, Thundarr, Garth, and finally Glod! This I discovered when I went to turn in the quest and found everyone dead (not that I cared - I was planning on killing them all anyway). Amazingly, Waldenbrook survived, as well as the dwarven mystic. Raided DF and found nothing special aside from a black dragon scale mail which I put on and assorted weapons.

Found a few books at this point including Ice Ball, but tried to read twice and failed - afraid that it would be destroyed I put it off and took out Graveyard + graves, and dove in CoC until I hit the fire wall. Snake corpse was cooked and but forgot to bless and rotted on the way up almost immediately. Banshee room had blink dog corpse (already got -tctrl but was good resort for pool sipping), giant slug corpse, and lightning lizard corpse (-shock is the most crucial for Mist Elves in my opinion). At this point I had intrinsic fire resist, one ring of fire resist, and ring of ice - but had no fourth source of fire resist for ToEF! Any -fire item (crown, red gauntlets, elemental gauntlets) were iron and would burn my skin, and taking a constant 1 damage at 150 hit points is a problem. I lucked out completely when I found Perion's Plate mail from a ratling fencer (which has -fire) and I went to kill the ACW. EASILY the hardest fight I had all game - I had 150 HP at this stage and even with shock resist his lightning bolt knocked me to half health each time. I prayed 4 times there, as well as drank all my healing potions, and got extremely lucky when I killed him with arrows of slaying (didn't find any dragon slaying arrows, though plenty of quarrels). ACW has been buffed up and it took me by surpirse, almost costing me the character.

With that milestone conquered I went to smith for a bit and got mithril boots to [+8,+8] and helmet to [+7,+6] (this might have been before ToEF, but buffed them to max defense) so I switched to my eternium 2HS full time, which served me very well. On the way down to EG I found 2 lesser vaults, another shop (figurine.. bleh) and was rolling in PoGA - I had 6 stashed away which I used once my toughness hit 20 naturally/with potions of toughness. Got to EG but didn't have ring, as I still had no wand of cold. Went back to ogre cave to try my luck with Ice Ball and it worked! Easily dispatched Skeletal King, and went to casino to see goodies they had (Wyrmlance, Staff of Archmagi, 2 potions of education, cursed RoDS, and assorted goodies). Stacked everything I wanted to smith for later and bought some necessities.

At this point I was on day 120 and still didn't have stone circle access as I was neutral (I had fed the ratling 5 artifacts when I became C accidentally) but was waiting for boar skull before turning C again. Found a ring of doom and went boar hunting. Found him within 7 days with Blessed 7LB (killed 4 boars before I found it) but found another PoGA along the way from Ogre army so all was well. Side note: I think I found 10-12 PoGA naturally during the game. Got Amulet from GB and dove into CoC. At this point I had many spells and only had Climbing at 73 so I started to pickpocket everything in sight to get in the thieves guild. I thought the fact that I robbed the raltling scroll shop would be enough for Yergius but whatever. Trained Climbing so next level it was 100 and went to rift. Mostly scrolls, but a few great books including death ray and strength of atlas. Got the weird tome so I was sitting on 10 or so SoCR at this point.

Killed 2 orb guardians in one go (Earth, Air) and stashed corpses in Terinyo (I had all the guardians aside from snake stashed there in case I wanted to eat/exchange them later). Did black unicorn quest for 1 corruption and 6 PoGA. Soon after I found my only Greater Vault (the guaranteed one I suppose) that was Fire Dragon/Wyrm. In there I found Far Slayer, Boots of Divine Messenger, and scorched spear. Bummer here was that I was 28 and waiting for 29 to hit Minotaur City for the Axe, artifact and more PoGA but Wyrm bumped me up two levels and past the cap.

At this point I had 3 RoDS so I wished for blue dragon scale mails for the Blue Dragon Caves, and smithed it up to [+7,+16]. Did the Blue Dragon Caves and finished it at level 44, so after killing the Ancient Karmic Wyrm (I won't try and spell his name) I hit level 46. In the side dungeon leading to the BDC I found my first greater moloch who dropped hulking armor! Score! Melted it down for 106 eternium ingots. I was going to save it for the emperor moloch's armor to wear - couldn't remember if it was a guaranteed drop or not, but I though what the hell.

Killed filk, went to Scintillating Caves, and emperor moloch was one tough cookie. Managed to kill him with blessed demon arrows (only had 4) by shooting him and porting behind to collect. Dropped me my armor and I was off to smith. Surprisingly, it didn't improve all that much. I got it at [-30,+50] and after 100+ ingots it went to [-25, +56]. I got it to -9 rather easily with scrolls of defense; I guess because it has negative DV they never fail. Unfortunately, the quickling bard was nonhostile and my stupid acid ball brought me CN at level 46, and I didn't convert back to N, so I was at level 50 and CN. Whipping myself with a whip of slaughtering was painfully slow because I was too tough to be hurt most of the time. 20 min brought me from 1109 dark stones to 1087 (I needed to got to 999), so I tried saccing 10 gold at a time on a neutral altar crossing my fingers. 2 min later I was NC. I got the ToRR and with a PV of 120+ went to take out Keriax, but first killed Terinyo, and robbed the casino for more smithing goodness. Crowned C- with Hammer of the Gods. I was at day 148 so I wandered around until day 150 and took Keriax out with 5 arrows. Took the corpse with me to give to Andy :).

Dove to D:50 (D:49 gift was long glaive), easily cleared. Read 7 scrolls of peace upon entering the level and hung around until I became extremely corrupted. Stupidly, I didn't realize I had poison hands corruption so dipped my boost strength, toughness potions (stacks of 5 or so each) into holy water which became poison. Smartened up and grabbed some thick gloves and blessed a few boost (2 Wi, 1 speed, 5 dex), and used my last three wishes for SoCRx2 and speed before entering.

Took out Andy with relative ease - he couldn't do much damage to me with 133 PV. The lowest he dropped me was to ~480/530. :)

All in all this was a very challenging game; the beginning for Mist Elves can be brutal as they can't really shop or sell things for gold - finding the Eternium 2HS and crystal shield early on was a godsend. I enjoyed the weaponsmith as I could at least use the random loot to melt down. Skillset is decent but skill advancement was abysmal - Many good skills (Alterness, Dodge, Tactics) were STUCK at 50 or so with +1 or +1d3 modifiers so they took ages to level up to decent level. I only maxed Alertness in my upper 40's - low Alertness with a mist elf made casters very dangerous. Was a bit disappointed that I didn't see more Greater Vaults - found several lesser vaults but greater vaults are so much more fun!

Following posts to contain my FLG

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DV/PV:50/133 H:488(531) P:3(1253) Exp: 50/45127864 ChAoS Sp: 274
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Background Information
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Name: Maracana Race: male Mist Elf Class: Weaponsmith
Eye color: white Hair color: white Complexion: white
Height: 6'10" Weight: 7 pounds
Age: 7933 (grown-up)
Star sign: Candle Birthday: 19/Candle (day 289 of the year)

YOUR HISTORY:
You remember rising from the Mists... so long ago. Your brethren
welcomed your into your physical existence and cared for you until you
managed to cope on your own. Thus decades passed.
As a young child you were taught by the elders of your race. They
showed to you the whole breadth of creation and opened your mind to
encompass whatever your life goal would become. Thus centuries passed.
You spent your youth honing your skills and preparing for the
ultimate quest that would change you forever: the trip to the mists of
Destiny. Thus millennia passed and empires rose and fell.
As a young adult your community prepared you for the final step
towards adolescence: your Destiny Quest in the Mists of Time. In the full
knowledge that this quest would change you forever you finally entered the
Mists that birthed you and emerged changed... as decreed by the Dreamers
from Beyond.
You decided to become a Weaponsmith.


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Inventory
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Total weight: 27405 stones Carrying capacity: 149247 stones

He: uncursed mithril cap [+9, +6] [40s]
Ne: uncursed ankh {gold} [3s]
Bo: uncursed moloch armor (-8, -16) [-8, +56] {Dx-22} (-22 spd) {eternium}
Gi: uncursed adamantium girdle [+6, +8] [18s]
Cl: uncursed cloak of protection [+0, +3] [20s]
RH: blessed Trident of the Red Rooster (+36, 6d12+18) [+12, +12] {Ma+24} {iron}
LH: -
RR: blessed ring of the master cat [+0, +5] {Dx+16} (+16 spd) {adamantium}
LR: uncursed ring of mental stability [-3, +1] {Le+1} {iron} [1s]
Br: uncursed bracers of toughness [+0, +0] {To+4} [10s]
Ga: uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+0, +2] [15s]
Bo: uncursed boots of the divine messenger [+3, +3] {Dx+5} [25s]
MW: uncursed elven long bow (named) (+15, +15) [30s]
Mi: blessed arrow of slaying (-3, 1d6+2) [2s]
Tl: uncursed everburning torch [+1, +0] [10s]


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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 9
Daggers & knives 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25
Clubs & hammers 9 +7 +5 +3 excellent 1090
Maces & flails 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25
Swords 3 +2 +1 +0 basic 65
Axes 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25
Whips 1 +1 +0 +1 basic 25
Pole arms 11 +12 +7 +14 Mastery 713
Twohanded weapons 12 +14 +18 +4 Mastery 751
Staves 1 +1 +0 +1 basic 25

Missile weapon Lvl Hit Dam Ra Level Required marks
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Slings 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7
Bows 11 +22 +16 +3 Mastery 911
Crossbows 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7
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 9 +18 excellent 1165


Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: +192 bonus to hit, 6d12+62 damage


Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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Ammunition: 1, base range: 17, +91 bonus to hit, 1d6+71 damage




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Skills
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Alertness ................100 (superb) [+1]
Appraising ...............100 (superb) [+1d5]
Athletics ................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Backstabbing .............100 (superb) [+3d3]
Climbing .................100 (superb) [+3d4]
Concentration ............100 (superb) [+2d4]
Detect traps .............100 (superb) [+1d3]
Dodge .................... 92 (superb) [+1d3]
Find weakness ............100 (superb) [+1d3]
First aid ................100 (superb) [+1d3]
Haggling .................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Healing ..................100 (superb) [+1d3]
Listening ................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Literacy .................100 (superb) [+1]
Metallurgy ...............100 (superb) [+2d4]
Necromancy ............... 52 (good) [+1d5]
Pick pockets ............. 62 (good) [+1]
Smithing .................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Stealth ..................100 (superb) [+1d3]
Swimming .................100 (superb) [+1d3]
Tactics ..................100 (superb) [+1]
Two weapon combat ........ 97 (superb) [+1d3]


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Spells
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Acid Ball : 257, 28pp (Effectivity: +3)
Calm Monster : 80, 8pp (Effectivity: +0)
Cure Critical Wounds: 250, 12pp (Effectivity: +0)
Darkness : 235, 3pp (Effectivity: +0)
Death Ray : 296, 80pp (Effectivity: +2)
Farsight : 129, 14pp (Effectivity: +0)
Ice Ball : 343, 19pp (Effectivity: +8)
Identify : 189, 60pp (Effectivity: +1)
Improved Fireball : 256, 24pp (Effectivity: +3)
Invisibility : 229, 8pp (Effectivity: +0)
Knock : 217, 10pp (Effectivity: +0)
Light : 150, 1pp (Effectivity: +6)
Magic Lock : 80, 8pp (Effectivity: +0)
Magic Map : 201, 32pp (Effectivity: +0)
Magic Missile : 1, 12pp (Effectivity: +0)
Mystic Shovel : 260, 80pp (Effectivity: +2)
Slow Monster : 216, 6pp (Effectivity: +1)
Slow Poison : 9, 9pp (Effectivity: +0)
Strength of Atlas : 330, 7pp (Effectivity: +5)
Stun Ray : 424, 7pp (Effectivity: +0)
Wish : 9, 4584pp (Effectivity: +0)


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Effects of Corruption
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Your feet have been transformed into hooves (+8 kicking damage, Dx: -6).
You have grown 10 extra eyes (Ap: -6, Pe: +6).
Your eye(s) turned black (Pe: +3).
Your skin is covered by tough scales (PV: +8, Dx: -6, Ap: -4).
Your bones are made from bronze (Dx: -2, DV: -2, PV: +3).
Your blood is freezingly cold (Dx: -2, Ap: -1, -10 speed).
You have become very light (1/10 weight, St: -6, Dx: +4, To: -6, Ap: -6, +20
speed).
Your frontal eyes have merged to form one larger eye (Ch: -2, Ap: -2, Pe:
+4).
Your corrupted tissue seems to heal much faster.
You are a living mana battery.
You have grown thorns (3d3 melee damage, Dx: -2, Ap: -3).
Your antennae explore the details of your environment (Ap: -4).
Your bodily tissues seem to be in a state of decay requiring a lot of will
to stay up (St: -5, Wi: +10, Ap: -5, -10 Speed).


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His further existence:
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After slaying Andor Drakon and absorbing his powers you quickly grow
accustomed to your new might. You enjoy yourself slaughtering your
opposition for a couple of moments and then prepare for a greater goal...
the conquest of your former home world.

You collect your legions of Chaos and easily open a gate to Ancardia. The
unprepared inhabitants of Ancardia are completely surprised at the force of
your horrific onslaught. Your legions pour into Ancardia and your vile
energies start to transform reality itself!

After weeks of slaughtering and defeating some last brave and reckless
stands of the forces of Balance and Order (fools!) you face total victory.
Nothing remains of your former home world except an ever-changing graveyard
of transformed horrors!

You revel in your glory and then proceed to conquer the rest of the universe
wondering whether you haven't just lost something very valuable...

...home...


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His achievements during his adventures:
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Maracana, the mist elven weaponsmith, managed to become the ultimate ChAoS
gOd.
He scored 134188960 points and advanced to level 50.
He survived for 0 years, 159 days, 18 hours, 8 minutes and 52 seconds
(140825 turns).
12 companions were killed during his adventures.
Maracana visited 138 places.
His strength score was modified by +25 during his career.
His learning score was modified by +26 during his career.
His willpower score was modified by +29 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +24 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +38 during his career.
His charisma score was modified by +22 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by +28 during his career.
His mana score was modified by +29 during his career.
His perception score was modified by +19 during his career.
He was the champion of the arena.
He was the head of the thieves guild.
He made a little water dragon very happy.
He defeated the arch enemy of a mighty karmic wyrm.
He adhered to the principles of the Cat Lord and thus rose to great fame.
He saved Khelavaster from certain death.
He ended his adventuring life in the palace of Andor Drakon.
8094 monsters perished under his attacks.
The following 33 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
the si
the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
the ring of the master cat
the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
the elven long bow "Sun's Messenger"
the holy avenger "Justifier"
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 scorched spear
the mighty morning star "Grod"
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 boots of the divine messenger
the hammer of the gods
Perion's mithril plate mail
the Crown of Chaos
the Medal of Chaos
the glaive "Long Sting"
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
the black rune-covered dagger "Needle"
the staff of the archmagi
the Trident of the Red Rooster
the weird tome
the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance"
He possessed the following intrinsics:
He was fire resistant.
He was poison resistant.
He was lucky (also through an item).
Fate smiled upon him (also through items).
He was petrification resistant.
He was able to control teleportation (also through an item).
He was stun resistant.
He was paralyzation resistant (gained through an item).
He was resistant to death rays (gained through items).
He was shock resistant.
He was able to see invisible things (also through items).
He was immune to shock attacks (gained through an item).
He was immune to fire attacks.
He was immune to acidic attacks.
He was immune to ice attacks.
He was able to breathe water (gained through an item).
He was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through an item).
He had the following talents: Alert, Beast of Burden, Careful, Extremely
Hardy, Greased Lightning, Hardy, Healthy, Immune to Pain, Iron Skin, Long
Stride, Master Packager, Miser, Porter, Quick, Steel Skin, Tough Skin,
Treasure Hunter, Very Hardy, Very Quick.
He had a final speed score of 274 (final base speed: 163).
He was a messiah of Chaos.
He asked for 4 divine interventions.
He was a holy champion of Chaos.
He was severely tainted by Chaos.

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Stuff
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Total weight: 12080 stones Carrying capacity: 149247 stones

Helmets ('[')
uncursed adamantium cap [+7, +2] [36s]
uncursed crown of ice [+1, +2] {iron} [65s]
uncursed helm of water breathing [+0, +4] {iron} [30s]
blessed leather cap [+0, +0] [5s]
heap of 3 uncursed crowns of regeneration [+0, +0] {iron} [165s]
uncursed Crown of Chaos (-6, -6) [+0, +15] {Ma+10} (+10 spd) {eternium}
Armor ('[')
uncursed Perion's mithril plate mail (-1, -4) [-1, +13] [450s]
uncursed blue dragon scale mail (-1, -4) [+7, +16] {adamantium} [200s]
Gauntlets ('[')
uncursed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3] {iron} [10s]
uncursed gloves of carrying [-3, +2] [6s]
uncursed fencing gloves of fidelity [+3, +1] {Ch+6} [6s]
uncursed gloves of smiting [+0, +0] (+1 damage) [6s]
uncursed black leather gauntlets (+1, +1) [+0, +1] [10s]
Cloaks ('[')
uncursed cloak of defense [+6, +0] [20s]
heap of 3 uncursed cloaks of invisibility (-1, +0) [+1, +0] [90s]
heap of 2 uncursed cloaks of defense [+3, +0] [40s]
Girdles ('[')
uncursed girdle of greed [+1, +0] [7s]
heap of 3 uncursed girdles of carrying [+0, +0] [45s]
blessed girdle of strength [+0, +0] {St+4} [15s]
heap of 2 uncursed mithril girdles [+0, +2] [40s]
uncursed girdle of greed [+0, +0] [7s]
uncursed money belt [+0, +0] [5s]
heap of 2 uncursed adamantium girdles [+0, +3] [36s]
Boots ('[')
blessed seven league boots [+1, +0] [30s]
uncursed mithril boots [+8, +8] [96s]
Necklaces (''')
heap of 2 uncursed amulets of free action {iron} [6s]
uncursed Medal of Chaos {Ap+12} [300s]
Bracers (',')
uncursed bracers of speed [+1, +0] (+4 spd) {iron} [10s]
heap of 3 uncursed pairs of brass bracers [+0, +0] {gold} [30s]
heap of 2 uncursed pairs of bracers of regeneration [+0, +0] {iron}[36s]
uncursed bracers of speed [+0, +0] (+4 spd) {iron} [10s]
blessed bracers of defense [+3, +0] {gold} [10s]
uncursed bracers of defense [+2, +0] {gold} [10s]
One-handed weapons ('(')
uncursed eternium warhammer (+0, 4d3+8) [29s]
uncursed whip of slaughtering (-4, 1d30+2) [15s]
blessed black rune-covered dagger "Needle" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1] {iron}
Two-handed weapons ('(')
blessed rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance" (+15, 4d8+10) [-2, +0] {eternium}
uncursed staff of the archmagi (+5, 5d2+2) [+9, +0] {Ma+10} [40s]
blessed rune-covered trident (+6, 3d12+6) [+4, +4] {Dx+12} {iron} [80s]
blessed hammer of the gods (+1, 7d6+8) [-6, +0] {iron} [400s]
uncursed glaive "Long Sting" (+4, 7d3) [+4, +0] {Pe+6} (+6 spd) {iron}
Missile weapons ('}')
uncursed heavy crossbow "The Far Slayer" (+18, +18) {eternium} [350s]
Missiles ('/')
bundle of 8 uncursed adamantium arrows (+1, 1d6+6) [8s]
bundle of 11 uncursed arrows (+0, 1d6+3) [22s]
bundle of 3 uncursed arrows of undead slaying (+3, 2d4+3) [6s]
bundle of 5 uncursed arrows of construct slaying (+4, 1d6+3) [10s]
uncursed penetrating arrow (+3, 1d6) [2s]
bundle of 5 uncursed adamantium arrows (+3, 1d6+7) [5s]
bundle of 15 uncursed arrows (+2, 1d6) [30s]
bundle of 6 uncursed arrows of jelly slaying (+3, 2d4+6) [12s]
bundle of 9 uncursed arrows of undead slaying (+3, 2d4+2) [18s]
bundle of 5 uncursed mithril arrows (+0, 1d6+3) [10s]
bundle of 6 uncursed arrows of humanoid slaying (+3, 1d6+3) [12s]
uncursed javelin of death (+11, 6d6+3) {iron} [40s]
bundle of 13 uncursed arrows of targeting (+6, 1d6) [26s]
uncursed javelin of death (+12, 6d6) {iron} [40s]
bundle of 11 uncursed arrows of construct slaying (+3, 1d6+3) [22s]
bundle of 2 uncursed arrows of giant slaying (+3, 1d10+3) [4s]
bundle of 5 uncursed mithril drakish scurgari (+5, 1d8+4) [40s]
bundle of 8 uncursed eternium arrows (+1, 2d6+8) [8s]
bundle of 6 uncursed arrows of humanoid slaying (+3, 1d6+5) [12s]
bundle of 6 uncursed arrows of humanoid slaying (+3, 1d6+1) [12s]
bundle of 5 uncursed arrows of humanoid slaying (+6, 1d6+3) [10s]
bundle of 7 uncursed mithril arrows (+5, 1d6+3) [14s]
bundle of 4 uncursed adamantium drakish scurgari (+7, 1d8+7) [28s]
bundle of 16 uncursed arrows of dragon slaying (+4, 1d6+3) [32s]
bundle of 4 blessed arrows of demon slaying (+6, 1d6+2) [8s]
bundle of 12 uncursed arrows (+3, 1d6+3) [24s]
bundle of 4 uncursed mithril arrows (+0, 1d6+4) [8s]
bundle of 2 blessed mithril arrows (+1, 1d6+3) [4s]
bundle of 6 uncursed eternium arrows (+1, 2d6+9) [6s]
bundle of 3 uncursed arrows of dragon slaying (+2, 1d6+3) [6s]
uncursed arrow of hunting (+0, 1d6) [2s]
bundle of 13 uncursed unbalanced arrows of slaying (-5, 1d6) [26s]
bundle of 8 uncursed arrows of undead slaying (+6, 2d4+3) [16s]
bundle of 3 uncursed mithril arrows (+1, 1d6+4) [6s]
bundle of 10 uncursed arrows of undead slaying (+5, 2d4+3) [20s]
bundle of 10 uncursed arrows of jelly slaying (+3, 2d4+3) [20s]
bundle of 10 uncursed arrows of dragon slaying (+3, 1d6+3) [20s]
bundle of 32 uncursed arrows (+0, 1d6) [64s]
bundle of 3 uncursed eternium drakish scurgari (+11, 2d8+8) [15s]
bundle of 3 uncursed adamantium drakish scurgari (+6, 1d8+9) [21s]
bundle of 5 uncursed adamantium quarrels (+1, 2d6+6) [5s]
bundle of 5 uncursed eternium drakish scurgari (+12, 2d8+13) [25s]
uncursed arrow of slaying (-3, 1d6+2) [2s]
uncursed javelin of doom (+11, 6d6) {iron} [40s]
bundle of 15 uncursed arrows (-2, 1d6+2) [30s]
bundle of 4 blessed adamantium quarrels (+4, 2d6+6) [4s]
bundle of 2 uncursed drakish scurgari (+2, 1d8+1) {iron} [20s]
Tools (']')
uncursed anvil {iron} [1000s]
heap of 3 blessed waterproof blankets [30s]
blessed square key {iron} [1s]
blessed triangular key {iron} [1s]
heap of 3 blessed fireproof blankets [30s]
blessed climbing set {iron} [180s]
heap of 3 uncursed hexagonal keys {iron} [3s]
heap of 7 blessed bandages [14s]
uncursed tinderbox (15) [3s]
heap of 2 uncursed small keys {iron} [2s]
heap of 2 uncursed bandages [4s]
heap of 3 uncursed waterproof blankets [30s]
blessed round key {iron} [1s]
heap of 5 uncursed fireproof blankets [50s]
uncursed square key {iron} [1s]
heap of 3 uncursed tiny keys {iron} [3s]
uncursed fletchery set (8) {iron} [70s]
heap of 2 uncursed triangular keys {iron} [2s]
heap of 2 uncursed round keys {iron} [2s]
uncursed rusty small key {iron} [1s]
uncursed piece of adamantium ore [100s]
uncursed piece of eternium ore [90s]
Rings ('=')
uncursed ring of gain attribute {St+1} {gold} [1s]
uncursed ring of defense +1 {gold} [1s]
uncursed wedding ring [1s]
blessed ring of protection +1 {gold} [1s]
heap of 2 blessed rings of damage {adamantium} [2s]
heap of 2 blessed rings of cold resistance [2s]
blessed ring of ice {mithril} [1s]
heap of 2 uncursed rings of fire {adamantium} [2s]
heap of 2 uncursed rings of mental stability [+0, +1] {Le+1} {iron} [2s]
heap of 2 uncursed brass rings [2s]
heap of 2 uncursed rings of damage {adamantium} [2s]
blessed ring of the High Kings [+2, +3] {gold} [1s]
heap of 4 uncursed rings of the fish {iron} [4s]
heap of 9 uncursed rings of fire resistance [9s]
heap of 2 uncursed rings of teleport control {gold} [2s]
heap of 3 uncursed rings of damage {adamantium} [3s]
heap of 7 uncursed rings of ice {mithril} [7s]
blessed ring of luck {gold} [1s]
heap of 4 blessed brass rings [4s]
heap of 3 uncursed rings of the clear mind {iron} [3s]
uncursed ring of speed [+0, +1] (+5 spd) {iron} [1s]
heap of 9 uncursed rings of cold resistance [9s]
heap of 9 uncursed rings of searching {gold} [9s]
uncursed ring of see invisible {gold} [1s]
heap of 2 uncursed rings of doom {gold} [2s]
blessed ring of regeneration {gold} [1s]
heap of 5 uncursed rings of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage) {adamantium}
heap of 2 uncursed rings of karmic absorption {gold} [2s]
uncursed ring of weakness {iron} [1s]
heap of 5 uncursed rings of invisibility [5s]
heap of 3 blessed rings of fire resistance [3s]
heap of 5 uncursed rings of damage {adamantium} [5s]
uncursed ring of regeneration {gold} [1s]
uncursed ring of speed [+0, +3] (+5 spd) {iron} [1s]
uncursed ring of acid resistance {iron} [1s]
heap of 2 uncursed rings of protection +1 {gold} [2s]
Wands ('\')
uncursed wand of teleportation (0 charges) {iron} [4s]
blessed wand of digging (1 charge) [3s]
uncursed wand of teleportation (0 charges) {iron} [4s]
uncursed wand of stunning (3 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of paralyzation (3 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of item detection (3 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of cold (2 charges) {iron} [4s]
uncursed wand of poison (9 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of poison (2 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of item detection (0 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of trap detection (1 charge) {iron} [3s]
uncursed wand of item detection (0 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of stunning (6 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of door creation (1 charge) [3s]
blessed wand of door creation (5 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of fire (0 charges) {iron} [4s]
blessed wand of door creation (6 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of destruction (3 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of fire (2 charges) {iron} [4s]
uncursed wand of acid (0 charges) [4s]
uncursed wand of knocking (0 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of earthquakes (4 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of stunning (5 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of teleportation (0 charges) {iron} [4s]
Potions ('!')
heap of 3 uncursed berzio potions [6s]
potion of holy water [4s]
heap of 17 uncursed potions of cure poison [34s]
heap of 5 uncursed potions of stun recovery [10s]
uncursed potion of uselessness [2s]
heap of 5 blessed potions of ultra healing [10s]
heap of 19 uncursed potions of carrot juice [76s]
heap of 3 blessed potions of invisibility [12s]
heap of 10 uncursed potions of invisibility [40s]
uncursed potion of visibility [4s]
heap of 16 uncursed potions of healing [64s]
uncursed potion of deafness [2s]
heap of 2 uncursed potions of boost appearance [4s]
heap of 3 blessed potions of cure poison [6s]
heap of 7 uncursed potions of balance [28s]
blessed potion of healing [4s]
heap of 3 uncursed potions of insight [6s]
heap of 2 uncursed potions of youth [8s]
heap of 2 blessed potions of carrot juice [8s]
heap of 2 blessed potions of booze [8s]
blessed potion of balance [4s]
uncursed potion of boost speed [2s]
heap of 4 uncursed potions of training [8s]
heap of 3 uncursed potions of potential mana [12s]
heap of 5 uncursed potions of oil [10s]
heap of 3 uncursed potions of potential dexterity [12s]
blessed berzio potion [2s]
uncursed potion of potential willpower [4s]
blessed potion of visibility [4s]
blessed potion of insight [2s]
blessed potion of sickness [2s]
heap of 2 uncursed potions of boost learning [4s]
heap of 5 uncursed potions of potential beauty [20s]
heap of 2 uncursed potions of potential charisma [8s]
heap of 4 uncursed potions of potential toughness [16s]
uncursed potion of blindness [2s]
uncursed potion of confusion [2s]
heap of 2 blessed potions of extra healing [4s]
uncursed potion of boost mana [2s]
heap of 2 uncursed potions of potential learning [8s]
heap of 4 uncursed potions of wonder [8s]
heap of 4 uncursed potions of potential strength [16s]
uncursed potion of boost charisma [2s]
heap of 7 uncursed potions of booze [28s]
heap of 2 uncursed potions of longevity [8s]
uncursed potion of boost perception [2s]
heap of 21 uncursed potions of poison [84s]
heap of 8 uncursed potions of raw mana [16s]
heap of 2 uncursed oils of rust removal [4s]
heap of 2 blessed potions of cure corruption [4s]
uncursed potion of ultra healing [2s]
uncursed potion of cure corruption [2s]

[Booster]

Scrolls ('?')
heap of 17 uncursed scrolls of power [34s]
uncursed strange message [2s]
heap of 4 uncursed scrolls of satiation [8s]
heap of 18 uncursed scrolls of darkness [36s]
heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of increase melee accuracy [4s]
heap of 3 uncursed scrolls of magic mapping [6s]
heap of 4 blessed scrolls of uncursing [8s]
heap of 14 uncursed scrolls of uncursing [28s]
heap of 5 uncursed scrolls of monster aggravation [10s]
heap of 5 uncursed scrolls of item destruction [10s]
heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of cure blindness [4s]
heap of 41 uncursed scrolls of identify [82s]
heap of 4 uncursed scrolls of ill fate [8s]
uncursed scroll of vermin control [2s]
blessed scroll of gold detection [2s]
heap of 8 blessed scrolls of power [16s]
heap of 9 uncursed scrolls of luck [18s]
blessed scroll of item detection [2s]
uncursed scroll of balance [2s]
heap of 3 uncursed scrolls of dark predictions [6s]
heap of 20 uncursed scrolls of great identify [40s]
heap of 9 uncursed blank scrolls [18s]
heap of 12 uncursed scrolls of light [24s]
heap of 3 uncursed scrolls of charging [6s]
heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of teleportation [4s]
uncursed scroll of increase melee damage [2s]
uncursed scroll of item creation [2s]
heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of gold detection [4s]
blessed scroll of ill fate [2s]
blessed scroll of cure blindness [2s]
heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of repair [4s]
heap of 7 blessed scrolls of identify [14s]
heap of 3 blessed scrolls of light [6s]
uncursed scroll of monster detection [2s]
heap of 3 blessed scrolls of corruption removal [6s]
blessed scroll of increase melee accuracy [2s]
blessed scroll of monster aggravation [2s]
blessed scroll of satiation [2s]
Books ('"')
uncursed spellbook of Acid Ball [100s]
blessed spellbook of Death Ray [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Ice Ball [100s]
blessed spellbook of Identify [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Darkness [100s]
blessed spellbook of Improved Fireball [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Magic Map [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Strength of Atlas [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Frost Bolt [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Calm Monster [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Frost Bolt [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Disarm Trap [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Stun Ray [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Stun Ray [100s]
blessed spellbook of Slow Monster [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Cure Disease [100s]
blessed spellbook of Invisibility [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Darkness [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Neutralize Poison [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Darkness [100s]
blessed spellbook of Slow Monster [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Web [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Light [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Stun Ray [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Calm Monster [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Farsight [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Lightning Bolt [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Magic Lock [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Frost Bolt [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Acid Ball [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Know Alignment [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Lightning Ball [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Slow Monster [100s]
uncursed spellbook of Slow Monster [100s]
Food ('%')
heap of 32 uncursed curaria mancox herbs [64s]
heap of 37 uncursed stomafillia herbs [74s]
heap of 47 uncursed stomacemptia herbs [94s]
heap of 4 uncursed spenseweeds [8s]
heap of 4 blessed spenseweeds [8s]
heap of 7 uncursed herb seeds [14s]
heap of 97 uncursed cooked lizards [291s]
heap of 4 uncursed lumps of beeswax [20s]
heap of 3 uncursed lumps of gelee royal [9s]
heap of 13 uncursed moss patches of mareilon [26s]
heap of 12 uncursed pepper petals [24s]
heap of 2 uncursed morgia roots [4s]
Valuables ('$')
90173 gold pieces [901s]
Gems ('*')
heap of 5 uncursed sapphires [5s]
heap of 6 uncursed amber stones [6s]
heap of 3 uncursed aquamarines [3s]
blessed topaz [1s]
heap of 2 uncursed crystals of power [2s]
heap of 6 uncursed aquamarines [6s]
blessed crystal of knowledge [1s]
blessed turquoise [1s]
heap of 5 uncursed emeralds [5s]
heap of 2 uncursed crystals of light [2s]
uncursed opal [1s]
heap of 3 uncursed crystals of darkness [3s]
blessed aquamarine [1s]
heap of 2 uncursed crystals of health [2s]
blessed amber [1s]
uncursed crystal of knowledge [1s]
heap of 3 uncursed turquoises [3s]
uncursed turquoise [1s]
heap of 3 uncursed worthless pieces of brown glass [3s]
heap of 3 uncursed worthless pieces of blue glass [3s]
uncursed crystal of fire [1s]
uncursed worthless piece of red glass [1s]
blessed crystal of light [1s]
uncursed worthless piece of white glass [1s]

The following monsters were vanquished:
2 acid vortices
10 air demons
2 air elementals
6 air grues
62 ancient blue dragons
1 ancient blue wyrm
1 Ancient Chaos Wyrm
27 ancient karmic dragons
1 ancient karmic wyrm
2 ancient minotaurs
13 ancient red dragons
1 ancient sage
1 Ancient Stone Beast
12 ancient white dragons
10 animated armors
50 animated trees
7 ankhegs
21 annihilators
3 annis hags
7 assassins
9 balors
48 bandits
1 banshee
92 barbarians
27 barbarian leaders
1 battle bunny
32 berserkers
4 berserker emperors
9 berserker kings
26 berserker lords
4 berserker princes
1 big casino guard
14 big dogs
2 black baby dragons
2 black dragons
21 black hurthlings
2 black slayers
4 black unicorns
10 black wizards
27 blink dogs
42 blue baby dragons
38 blue dragons
1 bone golem
13 brown bears
20 brown worms
22 bugbears
2 bulettes
1 bunny master
1 carpenter
22 carrion crawlers
34 casino guards
9 cave bears
68 cave fishers
18 cave lizards
17 cavemen
1 Chaos Archmage
11 chaos brothers
7 chaos eyes
13 chaos knights
7 chaos lizards
49 chaos mutants
33 chaos plague bearers
13 chaos rats
191 chaos servants
12 chaos sisters
2 chaos spiders
2 chaos vipers
5 chaos warlords
28 chaos warriors
26 chaos wizards
6 children
29 claw bugs
10 clay golems
13 clay statues
2 cobras
8 cooshoos
29 corpse fiends
8 corruptors
1 crime lord
8 crystal statues
14 cutpurses
5 cyclopes
11 dark elven archers
8 dark elven lords
28 dark elven priestesses
2 dark elven princesses
14 dark elven warriors
6 dark elven wizards
32 dark orcs
10 dark sages
4 death oozes
53 dire wolves
24 displacer beasts
18 doppelgangers
3 doppelganger kings
7 doppelganger lords
1 Dorn Beast
1 druid
5 dwarves
1 dwarven artificer
15 dwarven chaos knights
6 dwarven children
3 dwarven guardians
1 dwarven innkeeper
36 earth elementals
1 ElDeR cHaOs GoD
1 emperor moloch
7 ettins
27 eyes of destruction
1 fairy dragon
4 farmers
43 fire beetles
10 fire demons
48 fire drakes
42 fire elementals
30 fire giants
3 fire giant kings
3 fire grues
47 fire lizards
4 fire vortices
13 flesh golems
11 floating eyes
46 fomorian giants
1 fool
8 frost giants
1 frost giant berserker
7 gargantuan rats
9 gargoyles
18 gelatinous cubes
65 ghosts
18 ghost bats
40 ghost lords
175 ghuls
3 giant ant queens
43 giant ant warriors
15 giant ant workers
36 giant bats
4 giant bee queens
88 giant bee warriors
23 giant bee workers
5 giant boars
23 giant centipedes
1 giant dragon turtle
1 giant eel
18 giant frogs
26 giant lizards
5 giant raccoons
94 giant rats
1 giant shark
65 giant spiders
2 giant turtles
12 gibbering mouthers
133 gnolls
8 gnoll chieftains
61 goblins
10 goblin berserkers
22 goblin chieftains
67 goblin rockthrowers
52 goblin slavemasters
4 goodwives
3 gorgons
7 gray oozes
6 gray slayers
1 great black wyrm
6 great blue wyrms
1 great karmic wyrm
1 great red wyrm
1 great white wyrm
1 greater balor
100 greater chaos servants
3 greater daemons
1 greater earth elemental
1 greater fire elemental
8 greater mimics
3 greater molochs
20 greater mummies
1 greater titan
2 greater water elementals
1 greater white unicorn
2 green blobs
15 green hags
16 green slimes
19 green worms
373 gremlins
9 griffons
1 grizzled gladiator
11 grizzly bears
2 half-orc bouncers
26 harpies
43 hell hounds
31 hill giants
2 hill giant chieftains
19 hill orcs
14 hill orc sergeants
31 hippogriffs
85 hobgoblins
18 hobgoblin chiefs
18 hobgoblin leaders
12 homunculi
29 huge bats
6 hydras
20 hyenas
10 ice vortices
9 imps
3 invisible stalkers
1 iron golem
240 jackals
6 jackal demons
15 jackalweres
1 karmic baby dragon
11 karmic dragons
18 karmic lizards
1 ki-rin
1 king cobra
96 kobolds
17 kobold chieftains
35 kobold shamans
70 large bats
84 large dogs
69 large gnolls
11 large jackals
79 large kobolds
30 large orcs
5 large rust monsters
10 large snakes
229 large spiders
34 least daemons
22 lesser daemons
12 leucrottas
14 liches
2 lich kings
5 lightning lizards
8 lightning vortices
2 living walls
49 lizard men
11 magebane eyes
11 magedoom eyes
6 margoyles
6 master assassins
11 master liches
4 master mimics
1 master necromancer
1 Master Summoner
25 master swordsmen
3 master thieves
34 mimics
1 mimic hivemind
13 minotaurs
2 minotaur lords
1 minotaur mage
1 minotaur mazemaster
4 mist wolves
3 molochs
1 mugger
1 multi-headed chaos dragon
65 mummies
1 mummy lord
22 muscular dwarves
14 necromancers
23 ochre jellies
176 ogres
3 ogre emperors
6 ogre kings
31 ogre lords
13 ogre magi
1 oracle
121 orcs
4 orc butchers
21 orc chieftains
40 orc scorchers
25 outlaws
11 outlaw leaders
23 owlbears
28 pit vipers
11 pixies
5 pixie archers
7 purple worms
11 quasits
18 quicklings
1 quickling bard
1 quickling king
9 quickling lords
13 rabid dogs
22 raiders
138 rats
38 ratling archers
24 ratling duelists
9 ratling fencers
15 ratling master thieves
25 ratling thieves
10 ratling warlords
56 ratling warriors
2 rattlesnakes
44 red baby dragons
25 red dragons
64 red worms
6 revenants
18 rust monsters
96 shadows
11 shadow centipedes
14 shadow lords
14 shadow trolls
1 shadow wyrm
10 shambling mounds
1 shark
1 sheriff
5 shopkeepers
15 silver wolves
3 skeletal kings
30 skeletal warriors
180 skeletons
16 slow shadows
1 Snake from Beyond
72 spectres
16 staring eyes
50 steel golems
7 steel horrors
17 steel zombies
17 stone giants
7 stone giant lords
17 stone golems
25 stone grues
1 stone ooze
9 stone snakes
14 stone statues
4 swamp hydras
28 swordsmen
108 tarantulas
78 thugs
1 tiny girl
7 titans
25 trolls
3 troll berserkers
4 troll chiefs
3 troll kings
1 undead chaos dwarven berserker
56 vampires
29 vapor rats
1 village elder
8 water demons
8 water elementals
21 water grues
20 water snakes
20 wererats
5 werewolves
3 werewolf lords
30 white baby dragons
24 white dragons
55 white worms
80 wights
9 will o'wisps
48 wolves
60 wraiths
79 writhing masses of primal chaos
15 yellow oozes
155 zombies


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Ancient Domains Of Mystery
Version 1.2.0
Windows Prerelease 14
Build: May 26 2013 14:06:28

[Stingray1]

Haven't read it yet, but in advance Congratulations man! Your score is the best thus far. Well, of forum posters.

[Booster]

Thanks! Didn't notice the score to be honest, but I'm sure we'll see better ones once we have more people playing the new version. I was so bummed about missing the Minotaur maze as I never went there, even in my scumming days. I would have loved to switch the eternium 2hs for the axe as well.

Almost had a few stupid deaths - put on the crown of science after raiding DF in the wilderness to get the boar and got impure metal burns me for 100+ damage instantly. Luckily I had full health :). If I hadn't gotten Perion's Plate mail I honestly don't know how I'd get through the ToEF; probably resort to pool sipping in DF for red dragon scale mail, which would be a waste for a weaponsmith, as they get =Fire at 32 anyway.

Next game I would want to dual daggers as an assassin but turns out Sting+Needle are iron (which doesn't make much sense), so would be impossible for mist elf. Maybe something to request to change for flavour purposes.

[Stingray1]

I was under the impression mist elves can safely wield anything, because of gloves insolating hands.

Well, that's logical, if not the case it must be fixed.

I got wind, that they wear one iron ring safely, I ask you. Get that out of the game.

[Booster]

Mist Elves indeed wear one iron ring with no penalties, but anything else burns the skin. To be honest, I haven't tried wielding anything iron (including Needle) as a weapon, but that could make sense. They do start the game with gloves and mithril weapons, so to the best of my recollection wielding iron weapon even over gloves burn the skin. Maybe it might work with thick gloves?

Not sure how the one iron ring rule would affect game balance - elemental mastery rings are made from iron, as well as rings of the clear mind. Being without confusion or potential elemental resists can potentially make it a lot harder (although to be fair, I don't think I have once seen a ring of elemental mastery or minor elemental mastery). They would make a good wish though.

[Stingray1]

There are more than enough other means to get elemental immunities/resist IMHO. Mist elves, as I see it, is meant to be challenging race. They already are almost immune to combat damage from my experience.

They should have some weaknesses. It just makes no sense really, to be able to permanently have impure metal touching the skin without ill effect.

[Booster]

Challenging they are - honestly I could live without iron rings, but getting resists/immunities is not all that easy, especially in the early game when it is vital. Fire is easy enough, acid if you get a lucky ant corpse, but shock and ice are very difficult, and any vortex or spell (including lightning lizards) can kill you more or less instantly. Also there are no mundane items that grant -conf.

[Booster]

Ah I am absolutely kicking myself now! I wanted to grab screenshots of all the Orb guardians, and Chaos Plane in graphical mode! Oh well, maybe next ultra I'll remember to try something other than ASCII.. :)

[anon123]

[QUOTE=Booster;79838Took out Andy with relative ease - he couldn't do much damage to me with 133 PV.[/QUOTE]

Smithing is overpowered. :eek:

Congratulations, and nice YAVP!

The ring thingy was deliberate, if I remember correctly. A few useful early-game rings are made of iron and it would be a bit too harsh not to let the PC wear them. It could be justified with that the amount of impure metal contained in just one tiny ring isn't enough to cause damage.

[Booster]

Thanks :)

I respectfully disagree about smithing - the Moloch armor base is +50 and dumping 100+ eternium ingots into it I only improved it to +56; my other smithed items (helmet and girdle) I also pumped many many ingots into and maxed at around +8 PV. Don't forget, the Moloch armor brought -22 speed and dex (offset by the Cat Ring somewhat), and I had a number of corruptions that added in total +11 more... it was just a combination of everything, including 53 toughness that had my PV that high, not from smithing alone.

[anon123]

That was a joke. :) I know it takes plenty of time and dedication to achieve results like yours with smithing. I'd rather just use scrolls.

You know what else is overpowered in this game? Torgall's inn. A bottomless source of mostly true rumors for 1gp each? Clearly broken.

[Stingray1]

I' sorry guys, I was able to take a naked bare-handed mist elf up to xl 12 all the way to khelly D:24 through the animated forest clearing every level. Died from drowning, due to player error.

I going to have to report the ring bug.

[JellySlayer]

Challenging they are - honestly I could live without iron rings, but getting resists/immunities is not all that easy, especially in the early game when it is vital. Fire is easy enough, acid if you get a lucky ant corpse, but shock and ice are very difficult, and any vortex or spell (including lightning lizards) can kill you more or less instantly. Also there are no mundane items that grant -conf.

Well, rings of cold resistance are fairly easy to acquire, and are always made of stone (very easy to ID early in the game for this reason--the first marble/jade ring you find is always cold resist). AMW covers cold for the mid-to-endgame. For shock, I'll stick to my guns and recommend the black torc (assuming it's not iron...) for early game -Fire and -Shock. RoTHK is platinum, which should be fine for -Fire, -Shock, and -Cold later. -Conf is tricky, but helms of mental stability are crystal at least. Double resistance is generally as good as immunity, so rings of elemental mastery etc. are mostly not needed.

[edit]

I' sorry guys, I was able to take a naked bare-handed mist elf up to xl 12 all the way to khelly through the animated forest clearing every level. Died from drowning, due to player error.

I going to have to report the ring bug.

I think this is an intended effect. See 1443 (http://www.adom.de/forums/project.php?issueid=1443) and 1472 (http://www.adom.de/forums/project.php?issueid=1472).

[Booster]

I don't think iron rings are an absolute must to be honest - I didn't use an iron ring all game until my battle with Andy as I needed the -Conf - at that point I had the immune to pain talent as well, so could have worn another iron item too.

In that case I would suggest changing either the ring of clear mind OR mental stability to something other than iron (preferably the clear mind as it doesn't grant any bonuses to Le or defense) to give access to -conf.

Regarding your naked mist elf - one small mistep outside of physical combat will likely equate to your death due to such low HP (caster enemies, stone blocks, drowning, breath attacks, trap doors) . Part of the fun and frustration I suppose.

[anon123]

Regarding the ring issue, I think TB's comment on RFE 1446 should be clarifying enough :p

[Stingray1]

Yeah, looks like he planned it to be so from the start.

Maybe he didn't want to be too harsh.

Accepted.

@Booster, yeah I realized that, played very carefully, getting necessary skills and items before descending too fast.

Still pissed at dying in such a stupid idiotic way.

[Booster]

Stingray1, if it'll make you feel any better I had a promising lvl 16 weaponsmith whom I took baby steps to get going doing great in the pyramid with great gear, stats, and after backing into a corner to limit my exposure on the top floor, I realized I had a few turns until I could be hit. So I look at my wands and say to myself "hey, lets try the wand of ball lightning out!". ZAP! Where does it go? diagonal up-left into a wall, back into me, below-right into a wall, back into me, ad-nasuem. After seeing "Your [item] is destroyed!" (x20) I ended up with -156/80.

It doesn't get more idiotic than that.

[grobblewobble]

Well done on this win.

Mist elves are easily the most challenging race (and I suspect this was not even intentional; TB never said that he wanted mist elves to be difficult to play). They are horribly vulnerable to elements and stone blocks and ranged damage and poison and.. everything that isn't melee damage. Can you work around all that? Sure you can. But other races never need those workarounds in the first place.

And having melee damage halved is great, but they usually have less than half the hitpoints than someone else would have at the same point in the game. The net gain is mostly that healing (from spells, herbs, regeneration, etc) is more effective for them, but for survivability in melee it doesn't help that much, all in all.

[anon123]

So I look at my wands and say to myself "hey, lets try the wand of ball lightning out!". ZAP! Where does it go? diagonal up-left into a wall, back into me, below-right into a wall, back into me, ad-nasuem. After seeing "Your [item] is destroyed!" (x20) I ended up with -156/80.

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I once found myself in that situation and zapped a wand of ball lightning out of desperation. Guess in which direction the bolt was shot :rolleyes: