I need a bit of advice

[Deathwind]

I've been playing this game since the old gamma days and yet to get a winner. I'm in the middle of the best run I've had and I need a bit of advice on how to proceed, should I:
-try the maze
-go go to the library
-or just keep diving for d:50?

Any other comments you guys have would be helpful too.

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Deathwind St:26 Le:16 Wi:28 Dx:29 To:30 Ch:16 Ap:11 Ma:21 Pe:20 N=
DV/PV: 60/34 H: 301(317) P: 128(150) Exp: 24/1632162 D: 39 Sp: 122
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Character Information
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Deathwind St:26 Le:16 Wi:28 Dx:29 To:30 Ch:16 Ap:11 Ma:21 Pe:20
N=
DV/PV: 60/34 H: 301(317) P: 128(150) Exp: 24/1632162 M: 96796



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Background Information
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Name: Deathwind Race: male Drakeling Class: Farmer
Eye color: blue Hair color: bald Complexion: blue
Height: 5'9" Weight: 165 pounds Scars: 5
Age: 33 (grown-up, 7 years of unnatural aging added in)
Star sign: Wolf Birthday: 8/Wolf (day 308 of the year)

YOUR HISTORY:
Your parents were poor people. They loved you and cared for you,
although you had to hunger more than once.
In your childhood you were fascinated by your environment and the
ever-changing wonders of the world. You were a very curious and
adventurous child.
In your youth you enjoyed competition against others to the
fullest. You were a very active kid.
As a young adult you had to work a lot to finance your
apprenticeship. You were often tired and exhausted but all this was
forgotten, when you finally achieved your goal.
You decided to become a Farmer.


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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 2 +2 +0 +0 basic 23
Daggers & knives 7 +6 +3 +1 skilled 359
Clubs & hammers 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25
Maces & flails 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25
Swords 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25
Axes 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25
Whips 1 +1 +0 +1 basic 25
Pole arms 13 +16 +10 +18 Mastery 4613
Twohanded weapons 1 +1 +1 +0 basic 25
Staves 1 +1 +0 +1 basic 25

Missile weapon Lvl Hit Dam Ra Level Required marks
--------------------- --- --- --- -- ------------- --------------
Slings 1 +2 +1 +0 basic 1
Bows 5 +10 +7 +1 skilled 81
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 1 +2 +1 +0 basic 9
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 10 +20 excellent 96


Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: +71 bonus to hit, 2d8+33 damage


Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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No missile weapons available.




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Spells
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Cure Critical Wounds: 7, 28pp (Effectivity: +0)
Slow Poison : 10, 11pp (Effectivity: +0)


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Skills
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Alertness ................ 64 (good) [+1d3]
Archery .................. 62 (good) [+1]
Backstabbing ............. 78 (great) [+2d4]
Bridge building .......... 13 (mediocre) [+3d5] (mr)
Climbing ................. 71 (great) [+1d3]
Cooking .................. 97 (superb) [+1d5] (ma)
First aid ................ 97 (superb) [+1d3]
Fletchery ................ 19 (mediocre) [+3d4] (mr)
Food preservation ........100 (superb) [+2d4]
Gardening ................ 68 (good) [+3d5]
Haggling ................. 28 (mediocre) [+4d4]
Healing .................. 91 (superb) [+1d5]
Herbalism ................ 96 (superb) [+1d3]
Listening ................ 96 (superb) [+3d3]
Literacy ................. 73 (great) [+1d3]
Music .................... 28 (mediocre) [+3d3]
Pick pockets ............. 61 (good) [+1]
Smithing ................. 33 (fair) [+3d3]
Stealth .................. 83 (great) [+1d3]
Survival ................. 78 (great) [+1d5]
Swimming ................. 95 (superb) [+1d5]
Tactics .................. 54 (good) [+1d3]
Two weapon combat ........ 41 (fair) [+1d3]
Woodcraft ................ 39 (fair) [+3d5]


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Effects of Corruption
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You have grown thorns (3d3 melee damage, Dx: -2, Ap: -3).

[Deathwind]

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Inventory
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Total weight: 4475 stones Carrying capacity: 8340 stones

Head : uncursed helm of water breathing [+0, +1] [30s]
Neck : uncursed amulet of petrification resistance [3s]
Body : uncursed blue dragon scale mail (-1, -4) [-1, +10] [200s]
Girdle : blessed girdle of greed [-2, +0] [7s]
Cloak : uncursed cloak of invisibility (-1, +0) [+4, +0] [30s]
Right Hand : blessed eternium spear (+2, 2d8+9) [25s]
Left Hand : uncursed large eternium shield (-1) [+11, +5] [54s]
Right Ring : uncursed ring of the master cat [+0, +5] {Dx+16} (+16 spd)
Left Ring : blessed ring of regeneration [1s]
Bracers : uncursed bracers of resistance [+0, +0] [10s]
Gauntlets : uncursed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3] [10s]
Boots : uncursed adamantium boots [+2, +4] [89s]
Missile Weapon: -
Missiles : bundle of 202 uncursed arrows (+0, 1d6) [404s]
Tool : uncursed pick axe (+0, 1d6+1) [75s]


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Stuff
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Total weight: 3536 stones Carrying capacity: 8340 stones

Helmets ('[')
uncursed eternium cap [+0, +4] [28s]
Armor ('[')
uncursed ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8} [60s]
uncursed red dragon scale mail (-1, -4) [-1, +13] [220s]
Gauntlets ('[')
uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+0, +1] [15s]
Cloaks ('[')
uncursed cloak of defense [+3, +0] [20s]
Girdles ('[')
uncursed adamantium girdle [+0, +3] [18s]
cursed girdle of strength [+0, +0] {St+3} [15s]
Boots ('[')
blessed boots of speed [+2, +0] (+8 spd) [20s]
blessed seven league boots [+4, +0] [30s]
Necklaces (''')
uncursed amulet of death ray resistance [7s]
blessed ankh [3s]
uncursed amulet of perseverance {Wi+6} [3s]
heap of 2 uncursed amulets of light [6s]
blessed amulet of water breathing [3s]
cursed amulet of petrification resistance [3s]
Bracers (',')
uncursed bracers of toughness [+0, +0] {To+4} [10s]
uncursed bracers of defense [+2, +0] [10s]
uncursed bracers of speed [+0, +0] (+4 spd) [10s]
One-handed weapons ('(')
uncursed pick axe (+0, 1d6+1) [75s]
blessed phase dagger (+5, 1d4+5) [5s]
blessed eternium dagger (+0, 2d4+7) [5s]
uncursed mithril scalpel (+2, 1d3+4) [1s]
uncursed phase dagger (+0, 1d4) [5s]
uncursed swift eternium scimitar (-1, 2d8+8) [19s]
Two-handed weapons ('(')
uncursed scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle" (+6, 10d4+6) [+2, +2] [70s]
Missiles ('/')
bundle of 25 uncursed arrows (+0, 1d6+3) [50s]
bundle of 48 blessed arrows (+0, 1d6) [96s]
bundle of 6 uncursed quarrels of dragon slaying (+3, 2d6+3) [24s]
uncursed arrow of darkness (+0, 1d6) [2s]
uncursed arrow of darkness (+0, 1d6+3) [2s]
uncursed barbed arrow (+0, 1d6+6) [2s]
uncursed arrow of thunder (+0, 1d6) [2s]
bundle of 19 uncursed arrows (+2, 1d6) [38s]
bundle of 10 uncursed arrows of construct slaying (+3, 1d6+3) [20s]
arrow [1s]
Tools (']')
uncursed cooking set [100s]
heap of 3 uncursed waterproof blankets [30s]
heap of 5 uncursed tiny keys [5s]
heap of 3 uncursed fireproof blankets [30s]
heap of 10 blessed sis [100s]
heap of 2 uncursed holy symbols [10s]
heap of 9 blessed bandages [18s]
uncursed climbing set [180s]
heap of 2 uncursed round keys [2s]
heap of 2 uncursed small keys [2s]
blessed waterproof blanket [10s]
blessed fireproof blanket [10s]
heap of 2 uncursed square keys [2s]
uncursed Chaos Orb of Elemental Water {Wi+10} [100s]
blessed Chaos Orb of Elemental Fire {St+10} [100s]
uncursed triangular key [1s]
heap of 11 uncursed sis [110s]
heap of 7 sis [70s]
Chaos Orb of Elemental Air [100s]
Rings ('=')
heap of 3 uncursed rings of damage [3s]
blessed ring of the High Kings [+2, +3] [1s]
heap of 2 blessed rings of regeneration [2s]
Wands ('\')
uncursed wand of magic missiles (7 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of teleportation (1 charge) [4s]
uncursed wand of stunning (5 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of cold (3 charges) [4s]
uncursed wand of webbing (3 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of stunning (7 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of door creation (0 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of magic missiles (6 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of digging (3 charges) [3s]
blessed wand of cold (1 charge) [4s]
uncursed wand of digging (0 charges) [3s]
blessed wand of fire (1 charge) [4s]
uncursed wand of cold (1 charge) [4s]
blessed wand of fireballs (6 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of door creation (0 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of knocking (6 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of fire (4 charges) [4s]
uncursed wand of magic missiles (4 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of door creation (0 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of door creation (2 charges) [3s]
cursed wand of door creation (1 charge) [3s]
blessed wand of digging (4 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of cold (4 charges) [4s]
uncursed wand of far slaying (8 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of fireballs (0 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of door creation (2 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of trap detection (7 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of wonder (4 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of teleportation (3 charges) [4s]
cursed wand of webbing (7 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of monster detection (3 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of monster detection (3 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of acid (3 charges) [4s]
wand of acid [4s]
Potions ('!')
heap of 9 uncursed potions of healing [36s]
heap of 11 potions of holy water [44s]
heap of 7 uncursed potions of cure poison [14s]
heap of 8 uncursed potions of carrot juice [32s]
heap of 2 uncursed potions of boost willpower [4s]
heap of 2 uncursed potions of potential willpower [8s]
uncursed potion of boost perception [2s]
uncursed potion of potential learning [4s]
uncursed potion of poison [4s]
uncursed potion of raw mana [2s]
heap of 5 blessed potions of ultra healing [10s]
heap of 5 blessed potions of extra healing [10s]
uncursed potion of potential toughness [4s]
heap of 2 blessed potions of cure poison [4s]
heap of 5 uncursed potions of extra healing [10s]
uncursed potion of ultra healing [2s]
heap of 2 uncursed potions of potential strength [8s]
blessed potion of potential willpower [4s]
blessed potion of booze [4s]
uncursed potion of blindness [2s]
uncursed oil of rust removal [2s]
uncursed potion of booze [4s]
heap of 3 uncursed potions of invisibility [12s]
uncursed potion of potential charisma [4s]
blessed potion of carrot juice [4s]
cursed potion of boost speed [2s]
uncursed potion of youth [4s]
uncursed potion of potential mana [4s]
heap of 2 uncursed potions of boost toughness [4s]
cursed potion of potential mana [4s]
cursed potion of boost willpower [2s]
heap of 3 uncursed potions of water [12s]
uncursed potion of boost learning [2s]
uncursed potion of boost speed [2s]
blessed potion of invisibility [4s]
blessed potion of balance [4s]
swirly potion [4s]
potion of booze [4s]
potion of invisibility [4s]
Scrolls ('?')
heap of 3 uncursed scrolls of darkness [6s]
heap of 5 uncursed scrolls of light [10s]
blessed scroll of uncursing [2s]
heap of 4 uncursed scrolls of satiation [8s]
blessed scroll of familiar summoning [2s]
heap of 5 uncursed scrolls of power [10s]
heap of 7 blessed scrolls of identify [14s]
heap of 4 blessed scrolls of corruption removal [8s]
uncursed scroll of repair [2s]
uncursed scroll of uncursing [2s]
uncursed scroll of teleportation [2s]
uncursed scroll of luck [2s]
uncursed scroll of ill fate [2s]
Food ('%')
uncursed piece of dry meat [15s]
uncursed piece of fresh meat [20s]
heap of 7 uncursed curaria mancox herbs [14s]
heap of 4 uncursed alraunia antidotes [8s]
heap of 47 uncursed stomafillia herbs [94s]
heap of 9 blessed curaria mancox herbs [18s]
heap of 26 uncursed spenseweeds [52s]
heap of 40 uncursed moss patches of mareilon [80s]
heap of 54 blessed moss patches of mareilon [108s]
heap of 18 uncursed pepper petals [36s]
heap of 30 blessed pepper petals [60s]
heap of 33 blessed stomafillia herbs [66s]
heap of 33 blessed spenseweeds [66s]
uncursed lump of beeswax [5s]
uncursed lump of gelee royal [3s]
heap of 11 blessed stomacemptia herbs [22s]
heap of 71 blessed morgia roots [142s]
heap of 20 uncursed morgia roots [40s]
cursed stomafillia herb [2s]
uncursed fortune cookie [3s]
heap of 2 uncursed stomacemptia herbs [4s]
cursed moss of mareilon [2s]
heap of 13 cursed spenseweeds [26s]
uncursed loaf of hurthling bread [30s]
cursed devil's rose [2s]
cooked quickling king corpse [29s]
cooked Master Summoner corpse [114s]
Valuables ('$')
11629 gold pieces [116s]
Gems ('*')
heap of 2 uncursed crystals of light [2s]
green gem [1s]


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Achievements
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He survived for 0 years, 141 days, 16 hours, 19 minutes and 48 seconds
(96796 turns).
1 companion was killed during his adventures.
Deathwind visited 87 places.
His strength score was modified by +7 during his career.
His learning score was modified by +9 during his career.
His willpower score was modified by +12 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +4 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +11 during his career.
His charisma score was modified by +8 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by +7 during his career.
His mana score was modified by +10 during his career.
His perception score was modified by +7 during his career.
He was unnaturally aged by 7 years.
He was the champion of the arena.
He was a member of the thieves guild.
He made a little water dragon very happy.
He adhered to the principles of the Cat Lord and thus rose to great fame.
He saved Khelavaster from certain death.





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Playing Time
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You played for 39 hours, 8 minutes and 34 seconds.


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Version Information
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Ancient Domains Of Mystery
Version 1.2.0
Windows Prerelease 16
Build: Aug 18 2013 08:36:42

[Deathwind]

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Killed Monsters
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5773 monsters perished under his attacks.

The following monsters were vanquished:
12 air demons
2 air elementals
1 Ancient Chaos Wyrm
12 animated trees
1 ankheg
1 annihilator
4 annis hags
16 assassins
41 bandits
1 banshee
38 barbarians
15 barbarian leaders
848 battle bunnies
15 berserkers
2 berserker emperors
1 berserker king
9 berserker lords
4 berserker princes
4 big dogs
7 black baby dragons
3 black dragons
15 black hurthlings
2 black wizards
17 blink dogs
3 blue baby dragons
1 bone golem
3 brown bears
4 brown worms
16 bugbears
1 bulette
1 bunny master
6 carrion crawlers
7 cave bears
62 cave fishers
17 cave lizards
17 cavemen
10 chaos brothers
8 chaos lizards
11 chaos plague bearers
16 chaos rats
54 chaos servants
11 chaos sisters
18 claw bugs
4 clay golems
9 clay statues
3 cobras
2 cooshoos
20 corpse fiends
20 corruptors
8 crystal statues
9 cutpurses
2 cyclopes
15 dark elven archers
5 dark elven lords
6 dark elven priestesses
48 dark elven warriors
4 dark elven wizards
21 dark orcs
6 dark sages
88 dire wolves
14 displacer beasts
11 doppelgangers
4 doppelganger lords
2 Dorn Beasts
1 dragon turtle
4 dwarves
6 dwarven chaos knights
11 ettins
4 eyes of destruction
38 fire beetles
19 fire demons
15 fire drakes
16 fire elementals
10 fire giants
2 fire giant kings
5 fire grues
19 fire lizards
2 fire vortices
3 flesh golems
10 floating eyes
9 fomorian giants
3 frost giants
8 gargantuan rats
6 gargoyles
5 gelatinous cubes
29 ghosts
11 ghost bats
1 ghost lord
157 ghuls
3 giant ant queens
65 giant ant warriors
25 giant ant workers
31 giant bats
2 giant bee queens
35 giant bee warriors
9 giant bee workers
12 giant centipedes
2 giant eels
6 giant frogs
9 giant lizards
6 giant raccoons
138 giant rats
2 giant slugs
48 giant spiders
1 giant turtle
9 gibbering mouthers
87 gnolls
9 gnoll chieftains
104 goblins
7 goblin berserkers
15 goblin chieftains
51 goblin rockthrowers
32 goblin slavemasters
2 gorgons
6 gray oozes
3 gray slayers
38 greater claw bugs
2 greater daemons
13 greater mummies
1 greater water elemental
1 green blob
6 green hags
6 green slimes
9 green worms
30 gremlins
5 griffons
5 grizzly bears
13 harpies
33 hell hounds
59 hill giants
2 hill giant chieftains
9 hill orcs
4 hill orc sergeants
20 hippogriffs
38 hobgoblins
6 hobgoblin chiefs
5 hobgoblin leaders
7 homunculi
10 huge bats
2 hydras
32 hyenas
9 imps
1 invisible stalker
1 iron golem
169 jackals
3 jackal demons
6 jackalweres
10 karmic lizards
2 killer bugs
4 king cobras
83 kobolds
16 kobold chieftains
16 kobold shamans
46 large bats
16 large dogs
29 large gnolls
6 large jackals
27 large kobolds
21 large orcs
1 large rust monster
3 large snakes
176 large spiders
39 least daemons
5 lesser daemons
4 leucrottas
8 liches
1 lightning lizard
2 living walls
44 lizard men
2 magebane eyes
1 margoyle
1 master mimic
1 master necromancer
1 Master Summoner
10 master swordsmen
7 mimics
1 mimic hivemind
9 minotaurs
1 mist wolf
1 moloch
35 mummies
1 mummy lord
1 mutated battle bunny
20 necromancers
6 ochre jellies
55 ogres
2 ogre kings
7 ogre lords
7 ogre magi
70 orcs
1 orc butcher
8 orc chieftains
29 orc scorchers
9 outlaws
5 outlaw leaders
13 owlbears
36 pit vipers
4 pixie archers
1 purple worm
6 quasits
5 quicklings
1 quickling king
4 rabid dogs
16 raiders
224 rats
7 ratling archers
7 ratling duelists
8 ratling fencers
3 ratling master thieves
13 ratling thieves
4 ratling warlords
14 ratling warriors
2 rattlesnakes
1 red baby dragon
3 red dragons
4 red worms
24 revenants
4 rust monsters
83 shadows
3 shadow centipedes
5 shadow lords
4 shadow trolls
3 shambling mounds
1 shark
23 silver wolves
1 skeletal king
113 skeletal warriors
291 skeletons
9 slow shadows
1 Snake from Beyond
12 spectres
8 staring eyes
31 steel golems
1 steel horror
2 steel zombies
23 stone giants
1 stone giant lord
6 stone golems
2 stone snakes
4 stone statues
10 swordsmen
19 tarantulas
1 thug
12 trolls
3 troll berserkers
1 troll chief
1 troll king
1 undead chaos dwarven berserker
5 vampires
25 vapor rats
5 vipers
6 water demons
7 water elementals
17 water grues
52 water snakes
22 wererats
7 werewolves
3 werewolf lords
2 white baby dragons
1 white dragon
62 white worms
69 wights
2 will o'wisps
117 wolves
44 wraiths
8 yellow oozes
147 zombies

[BlitzerkidSix]

Since I'm here, I'll put in my two cents. Be warned, I do not consider myself an expert player by any means. On with the analysis.

The greatest value of the library, in my opinion, is the corruption removal from the Mad Minstrel. However, to bring him the weird tome will require Climbing and Stealth, both at 100. I see you're a member of the thieve's guild, so you could train those skills with Yergius. You already have four scrolls of corruption removal, and a potential potion for that Master Summoner corpse (what sort of seasoning did you use?). You are past day 90, and thus face increased background corruption. I still think you could do without the rewards of the library. You aren't in dire need of SoCR, and you won't gain much benefit from the spellbooks as a Farmer.

The Minotaur Maze would be great for your stats. I contend it is absolutely worth it. However, I am some kind of masochist because I do the Minotaur Maze all the time, most recently with a Merchant of all things. The Maze can be extremely frustrating. For example, with that Merchant, I made it to the bottom of the Maze, and my quarrels of humanoid slaying got rusted by a water trap. I left the maze, dove the ID for oil of rust removal, fixed the quarrels and then went back. I ended up spending a lot of time because of something quite silly. That character took over 200 days to finish! My advice is to attempt the Maze, *only* if you have the patience for it. The frustration of the Maze can easily facilitate stupid mistakes, like Berserking the Minotaur Emperor when you finally find him. Do not engage the Emperor in melee, and be very careful with the minotaur mages. They confuse and drain stats, a nasty combination. They can be stunned, paralyzed or webbed.

"Just keep diving" is not a bad idea, since you are over day 90. Use those moss of mareilon! You could probably get your Dexterity over 20 with what you have now, which would put it near 40 with that sweet ring you have. Congratulations, by the way; I have never received the Ring of the Master Cat. I see you have a nice phase dagger for the Earth Temple, and some skill with it. Training your Dex up would mean fewer hits in the Earth Temple, which features very damaging monsters. Don't forget death ray resistance in the Mana Temple; you'll feel foolish if you do (at least I did). Wearing the mummy wrapping and an amulet of death ray resistance is worthwhile in my opinion, because death rays still cause ~250 damage with a single resistance, reduced to ~100 with two sources.

I'm sure I've missed several good points, but I hope this helps you consider your options. Good luck and Godspeed!

[Deathwind]

In all honesty I've only been able to clear the tower twice before so this part of the game is quite new to me. I have no clue what kind of stats/levels I need to be able to handle the endgame, any suggestions?

[Singbird]

It might be worthwhile to switch to training your phase daggers, since your eternium spear is a pretty horrible weapon for what is to come. With farmers' doubled carrying capacity it's also easy to carry Big Punch with you, but probably too late for that. Nuurag-Vaarn might be quite difficult, since you don't have any slayers, but you can use cursed potions of invisibility to help out a little. You also don't have seem to have confusion resistance (unless bracers of resistance also gave that...). The balors similarly are not very nice to melee in my opinion, especially the head balor who can corrupt you pretty fast. But since you have a lot of normal arrows, potential for good dexterity and seven league boots, maybe you can just run around and shoot them with poisoned arrows or something. If Nuurag can be poisoned, then maybe same tactic can be used against him. Stand in the other end of a hallway, shoot poisoned arrows at him while he's hurling energy streams your way. Probably takes an eternity if he even dies like that, but in melee range you'd probably spend most of your time bonking into walls.

Tough times ahead in any case! Otherwise your character certainly looks like capable of closing the gate.

In case you haven't taken a look at the Casino yet, maybe you should. You can usually find many slayers and other good items there. Robbing the place is also quite easy (in pre5 anyway) and you don't ever have to go back there again.

[Deathwind]

I'm in pre16 and the somehow casino did not net me any slaying weapons or ammo.

Acid spit is responsable for all my boss kills so far, I have been working on my dagger skill but I still tend to use the spear for the DV and spit like a coward...

Worth mentioning that I found that spear in the small cave 2 steps from the stairs.

As for the confusion I was going to equip the water orb and boost my willpower to avoid it.

[Stingray1]

I suggest you train daggers, your pole-arms have had enough training. You can always switch back to the spear in fights you need the extra DV. Also shoot more arrows, you want the slayers to connect in the endgame.

You don't need to do the maze or library.

Corruption won't be a major issue if you don't spend thousands of turns cooking/making iron rations in the deep CoC. Food is plentiful at Food Preservation 100 and a farmer already doesn't need to eat much.

P.S. Why haven't you crowned?

[Deathwind]

stupid reason, I was keeping myself open for an ultra but I think I'll just get crowned at this point...

[Stingray1]

I was thinking so. :)

You can still accomplish an ultra, but then I'd suggest you get the scrolls from the minstrel.

[Deathwind]

nah, I get the crown and go for my first win

[Stingray1]

Good, an ultra is troublesome. There is enough time in the future for one, I hope?

[Deathwind]

I've been playing since amulets were still marked with '&', I don't think I'll quit any time soon.

[Joe]

My advice would be to put on some other gear if this is your standard set: I'd definitely put on the other helm, the red dragon armor and the girdle of strength.

[Moeba]

Have you done darkforge yet? With the scythe of corruption you should be able to clear it, and it's a shortcut to get back anyway. There's a good chance for spicy weapons there.

[Deathwind]

Darkforge was got me the pair of phase daggers and a spare eternium spear, I have NEVER seen armor worth wearing in darkforge. I drained all the pools for a wish, got none but a goblin on the level above dropped a wand of wishing (only 2 charges)...

Moon Sickle is not a weapon I want to use, it's a just in case type thing.

The reason I'm still in the blue scale is I just did the air temple (also forgot to leave the bow behind and lost it). The helm was just me forgetting to swap back after a river...

[JellySlayer]

Skip the Library, definitely skip the Maze. Keep your eyes on the prize.

Be sure to save Blup at some point. You're hurting for a good weapon, and RCT will be good for you. Nothing good in the Casino? Even Big Punch would probably be a worthwhile improvement over what you have... you're going to have trouble in Earth/Mana with such a terrible weapon unless you have a truckload of slaying ammo stocked up.

[Deathwind]

Be sure to save Blup at some point.

He made a little water dragon very happy.

I just got REALLY lucky, Vanquisher dropped in a lesser red dragon vault on d:41. It really sucks to lose the DV of the shield/spear but it's a heck of a weapon.

I never thought the drakeling heat issue would come up again but that vault doing it.

Big Punch is still sitting in the ogre cave along with some emergency equipment and supplies (I need to find a deeper place to store stuff...)

My crowning gave me =Fire and whirlwind, meh.

edit: turns out those dragons really wrecked my red scale, it's now (-1,-4) [-1,+7] and I need to go get a spare, good thing that wish got me 3 suits

edit2: wow, got Celestrix from a power-surge on d:42, is artifact generation always this high in the deeper CoC?

[Deathwind]

My first win will need to wait a bit, I got killed by a great red wyrm on d:45...

[grobblewobble]

Dang, I just wanted to warn you about Celestrix. Wearing it dooms you, meaning monsters will crit much more often, among others. I'm afraid that might have been why you died, although great wyrms are pretty dangerous to begin with. The girdle can be a good thing to wear in the early game, if you don't have any good other PV items yet. But later on, the difference between (say) 40 and 50 PV is not worth being doomed.

[Deathwind]

wasn't wearing it, the wyrm just got stupid lucky with a triple crit.

YASD posted