JellySlayer
11-06-2014, 09:02 PM
I was interested in testing some of the different difficulty settings in r52, so I ran a game on Monsters: Easy, Corruption: Off. My goal was to win without items (almost). I allowed myself the use of beeswax, climbing sets, and could carry the RoTHK and the orbs (but not equip them). Other than that, nothing in the inventory. My PC is a Dwarf Monk, for the extra PV from mithril skin.
So far, I've cleared several major hurdles. I have completed the CoC down to the wall of flames, including getting the Water Orb. The snake was a bit tricky, but I found that since he doesn't follow you up the stairs, I could hit him a couple times then retreat up to heal. I've cleared most of the R:- dungeons, and grabbed the RoTHK. Main problem was just getting to it... I was eventually able to freeze the lake with the help of an ice lizard. Surprisingly, I was able to clear Darkforge. Based on monster memory, steel golems have 6 DV, 28 PV and 126 HP in this mode. Their default stats are [8,35] 180 HP, so I'm guessing this means easy mode monsters have 30% less HP, 4/5 of their normal PV and somewhere around 3/4 of their normal DV. The maximum critical hit damage, on 10 PV + ITP was about 60, so I think monster melee damage is about half.
ToEF is probably next on the agenda. I wouldn't mind attempting the Maze for the emperor corpse, though the food situation there is a bit dicey since I can't carry any.
I've got very luck with intrinsics this game. I picked up -Para, -Stun, -Cold, -Death, and -Fire from a single pool in Darkforge (and promptly stopped at that). There was a blink dog corpse on the Banshee level, and I apparently got -SeeI from a statue. Another pool earlier in the game gave permanent invis, which has been a huge help.
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Itemless St:21 Le:16 Wi:20 Dx:14 To:23 Ch: 3 Ap:15 Ma:12 Pe:15 L
DV/PV: 26/9 H: 207(207) P: 66(66) Exp: 18/594961 D: 11 Sp: 114
Invisible Satiated
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Background Information
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Name: Itemless Race: male Dwarf Class: Monk
Eye color: brown Hair color: red Complexion: tanned
Height: 4'1" Weight: 180 pounds
Age: 109 (grown-up, 45 years of unnatural aging added in)
Star sign: Candle Birthday: 19/Candle (day 289 of the year)
YOUR HISTORY:
Your parents belong to the nobility. They are rich, respected,
wealthy and own more than they can count.
As a child you lived through happy days. Your parents tried to ease
your life as much as possible and gave you a lot of comfort.
As a kid you often watched the adult adventurers preparing for new
exciting journeys. They sparked your imagination.
Your young adulthood was characterized by hard and long work. You
had decided to study under a renowned master. To your great disappointment
you had to find out, that he was a hard, unjust and tyrannic man,
embittered by his old age. Your apprentice years were quite terrible.
You decided to become a Monk.
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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 11 +10 +6 +5 Mastery 333
Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: +72 bonus to hit, 1d26+17 damage
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Skills
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Alertness ............ 96 (superb) [+2d4]
Athletics ............100 (superb) [+2d4]
Climbing ............. 36 (fair) [+3d3]
Concentration ........ 46 (fair) [+4d5]
Detect traps ......... 19 (mediocre) [+4d5]
Dodge ................ 80 (great) [+1d5]
Find weakness ........100 (superb) [+1d3]
First aid ............ 92 (superb) [+2d4]
Haggling ............. 16 (mediocre) [+4d4]
Healing ..............100 (superb) [+2d4]
Listening ............100 (superb) [+2d4]
Literacy ............. 54 (good) [+3d5]
Metallurgy ........... 35 (fair) [+3d4]
Mining ............... 64 (good) [+1]
Smithing ............. 36 (fair) [+3d4]
Stealth ..............100 (superb) [+1d5]
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Inventory
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Total weight: 101 stones Carrying capacity: 2475 stones
Head : -
Neck : -
Body : -
Girdle : -
Cloak : -
Right Hand : -
Left Hand : -
Right Ring : -
Left Ring : -
Bracers : -
Gauntlets : -
Boots : -
Missile Weapon: -
Missiles : -
Tool : -
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Stuff
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Total weight: 101 stones Carrying capacity: 2475 stones
Tools (']')
Chaos Orb of Elemental Water [100s]
Rings ('=')
platinum ring [1s]
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Killed Monsters
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2688 monsters perished under his attacks.
The following monsters were vanquished:
4 animated armors
4 ankhegs
1 annihilator
3 annis hags
3 assassins
11 bandits
1 banshee
2 barbarians
5 barbarian leaders
11 berserkers
6 berserker lords
3 berserker princes
10 big dogs
14 black hurthlings
7 black wizards
1 blink dog
2 blue baby dragons
1 bone golem
2 brown bears
4 brown worms
9 bugbears
6 bulettes
7 carrion crawlers
5 cave bears
20 cave fishers
6 cave lions
23 cave lizards
10 cave tigers
25 cavemen
2 chaos brothers
3 chaos eyes
2 chaos knights
5 chaos lizards
6 chaos plague bearers
5 chaos rats
31 chaos servants
9 chaos sisters
2 chaos spawn
19 claw bugs
2 clay golems
8 clay statues
16 corpse fiends
5 corruptors
13 crystal statues
5 cutpurses
3 cyclopes
11 dark elven archers
2 dark elven lords
5 dark elven priestesses
3 dark elven princesses
5 dark elven warriors
4 dark elven wizards
17 dark orcs
8 dark sages
10 dire wolves
34 displacer beasts
14 doppelgangers
6 doppelganger lords
23 dwarven chaos knights
5 ettins
3 eyes of destruction
1 fairy dragon
28 fire beetles
1 fire demon
2 fire drakes
4 fire giants
8 fire lizards
4 flesh golems
4 floating eyes
4 fomorian giants
6 frost giants
1 frost giant berserker
1 frost salamander
4 gargantuan rats
4 gargoyles
8 gelatinous cubes
6 ghosts
8 ghost bats
4 ghost lords
73 ghuls
2 giant ant queens
37 giant ant warriors
11 giant ant workers
10 giant bats
2 giant bee queens
63 giant bee warriors
28 giant bee workers
15 giant centipedes
7 giant frogs
5 giant lizards
1 giant raccoon
40 giant rats
1 giant slug
15 giant spiders
4 gibbering mouthers
8 gnolls
4 gnoll chieftains
56 goblins
16 goblin berserkers
9 goblin chieftains
27 goblin rockthrowers
18 goblin slavemasters
1 gorgon
10 gray oozes
1 gray slayer
1 greater claw bug
1 greater daemon
1 greater mimic
1 greater mummy
5 green hags
5 green slimes
3 green worms
76 gremlins
6 griffons
4 grizzly bears
9 harpies
11 hell hounds
11 hill giants
7 hill orcs
9 hill orc sergeants
11 hippogriffs
11 hobgoblins
4 hobgoblin chiefs
1 hobgoblin leader
7 homunculi
9 huge bats
2 hydras
5 hyenas
6 ice lizards
1 ice vortex
7 imps
3 invisible stalkers
3 iron golems
22 jackals
4 jackalweres
80 kobolds
20 kobold chieftains
8 kobold shamans
36 large bats
8 large dogs
8 large gnolls
2 large jackals
42 large kobolds
31 large orcs
2 large rust monsters
5 large snakes
14 large spiders
12 least daemons
1 lesser daemon
5 leucrottas
1 lich
5 lightning lizards
1 lightning vortex
18 lizard men
1 magebane eye
4 margoyles
2 master assassins
1 master mimic
1 master necromancer
22 master swordsmen
5 mimics
6 minotaurs
1 mist wolf
7 mummies
6 necromancers
14 ochre jellies
49 ogres
12 ogre lords
2 ogre magi
70 orcs
3 orc butchers
6 orc chieftains
45 orc scorchers
2 outlaws
10 outlaw leaders
7 owlbears
19 pit vipers
1 pixie
3 pixie archers
4 purple worms
5 quasits
3 quicklings
2 quickling lords
4 rabid dogs
7 raiders
62 rats
7 ratling archers
1 ratling duelist
5 ratling fencers
2 ratling master thieves
8 ratling thieves
2 ratling warlords
13 ratling warriors
3 rattlesnakes
3 red baby dragons
4 red worms
2 revenants
23 rust monsters
66 shadows
2 shadow centipedes
3 shadow lords
1 shadow troll
4 shambling mounds
5 silver wolves
1 skeletal king
14 skeletal warriors
90 skeletons
4 slow shadows
1 Snake from Beyond
5 spectres
31 steel golems
4 steel horrors
9 steel zombies
15 stone giants
2 stone giant lords
4 stone golems
1 stone snake
21 stone statues
15 swordsmen
5 tarantulas
22 trolls
10 troll berserkers
11 troll chiefs
2 troll kings
1 undead chaos dwarven berserker
1 vampire
8 vapor rats
1 viper
7 water demons
3 water elementals
11 water grues
29 water snakes
8 wererats
10 werewolves
1 werewolf lord
8 white baby dragons
15 white worms
64 wights
3 wild cats
1 will o'wisp
26 wolves
31 wraiths
4 yellow oozes
72 zombies
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Achievements
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He survived for 0 years, 54 days, 11 hours, 52 minutes and 42 seconds (51444
turns).
Itemless visited 83 places.
His learning score was modified by +2 during his career.
His willpower score was modified by +3 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +3 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +1 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by +5 during his career.
He was unnaturally aged by 45 years.
So far, I've cleared several major hurdles. I have completed the CoC down to the wall of flames, including getting the Water Orb. The snake was a bit tricky, but I found that since he doesn't follow you up the stairs, I could hit him a couple times then retreat up to heal. I've cleared most of the R:- dungeons, and grabbed the RoTHK. Main problem was just getting to it... I was eventually able to freeze the lake with the help of an ice lizard. Surprisingly, I was able to clear Darkforge. Based on monster memory, steel golems have 6 DV, 28 PV and 126 HP in this mode. Their default stats are [8,35] 180 HP, so I'm guessing this means easy mode monsters have 30% less HP, 4/5 of their normal PV and somewhere around 3/4 of their normal DV. The maximum critical hit damage, on 10 PV + ITP was about 60, so I think monster melee damage is about half.
ToEF is probably next on the agenda. I wouldn't mind attempting the Maze for the emperor corpse, though the food situation there is a bit dicey since I can't carry any.
I've got very luck with intrinsics this game. I picked up -Para, -Stun, -Cold, -Death, and -Fire from a single pool in Darkforge (and promptly stopped at that). There was a blink dog corpse on the Banshee level, and I apparently got -SeeI from a statue. Another pool earlier in the game gave permanent invis, which has been a huge help.
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Itemless St:21 Le:16 Wi:20 Dx:14 To:23 Ch: 3 Ap:15 Ma:12 Pe:15 L
DV/PV: 26/9 H: 207(207) P: 66(66) Exp: 18/594961 D: 11 Sp: 114
Invisible Satiated
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Background Information
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Itemless Race: male Dwarf Class: Monk
Eye color: brown Hair color: red Complexion: tanned
Height: 4'1" Weight: 180 pounds
Age: 109 (grown-up, 45 years of unnatural aging added in)
Star sign: Candle Birthday: 19/Candle (day 289 of the year)
YOUR HISTORY:
Your parents belong to the nobility. They are rich, respected,
wealthy and own more than they can count.
As a child you lived through happy days. Your parents tried to ease
your life as much as possible and gave you a lot of comfort.
As a kid you often watched the adult adventurers preparing for new
exciting journeys. They sparked your imagination.
Your young adulthood was characterized by hard and long work. You
had decided to study under a renowned master. To your great disappointment
you had to find out, that he was a hard, unjust and tyrannic man,
embittered by his old age. Your apprentice years were quite terrible.
You decided to become a Monk.
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Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon Lvl Hit Dam DV Level Required marks
--------------------- --- --- --- -- ------------- --------------
Unarmed fighting 11 +10 +6 +5 Mastery 333
Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: +72 bonus to hit, 1d26+17 damage
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Skills
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Alertness ............ 96 (superb) [+2d4]
Athletics ............100 (superb) [+2d4]
Climbing ............. 36 (fair) [+3d3]
Concentration ........ 46 (fair) [+4d5]
Detect traps ......... 19 (mediocre) [+4d5]
Dodge ................ 80 (great) [+1d5]
Find weakness ........100 (superb) [+1d3]
First aid ............ 92 (superb) [+2d4]
Haggling ............. 16 (mediocre) [+4d4]
Healing ..............100 (superb) [+2d4]
Listening ............100 (superb) [+2d4]
Literacy ............. 54 (good) [+3d5]
Metallurgy ........... 35 (fair) [+3d4]
Mining ............... 64 (good) [+1]
Smithing ............. 36 (fair) [+3d4]
Stealth ..............100 (superb) [+1d5]
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Inventory
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Total weight: 101 stones Carrying capacity: 2475 stones
Head : -
Neck : -
Body : -
Girdle : -
Cloak : -
Right Hand : -
Left Hand : -
Right Ring : -
Left Ring : -
Bracers : -
Gauntlets : -
Boots : -
Missile Weapon: -
Missiles : -
Tool : -
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Stuff
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Total weight: 101 stones Carrying capacity: 2475 stones
Tools (']')
Chaos Orb of Elemental Water [100s]
Rings ('=')
platinum ring [1s]
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Killed Monsters
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2688 monsters perished under his attacks.
The following monsters were vanquished:
4 animated armors
4 ankhegs
1 annihilator
3 annis hags
3 assassins
11 bandits
1 banshee
2 barbarians
5 barbarian leaders
11 berserkers
6 berserker lords
3 berserker princes
10 big dogs
14 black hurthlings
7 black wizards
1 blink dog
2 blue baby dragons
1 bone golem
2 brown bears
4 brown worms
9 bugbears
6 bulettes
7 carrion crawlers
5 cave bears
20 cave fishers
6 cave lions
23 cave lizards
10 cave tigers
25 cavemen
2 chaos brothers
3 chaos eyes
2 chaos knights
5 chaos lizards
6 chaos plague bearers
5 chaos rats
31 chaos servants
9 chaos sisters
2 chaos spawn
19 claw bugs
2 clay golems
8 clay statues
16 corpse fiends
5 corruptors
13 crystal statues
5 cutpurses
3 cyclopes
11 dark elven archers
2 dark elven lords
5 dark elven priestesses
3 dark elven princesses
5 dark elven warriors
4 dark elven wizards
17 dark orcs
8 dark sages
10 dire wolves
34 displacer beasts
14 doppelgangers
6 doppelganger lords
23 dwarven chaos knights
5 ettins
3 eyes of destruction
1 fairy dragon
28 fire beetles
1 fire demon
2 fire drakes
4 fire giants
8 fire lizards
4 flesh golems
4 floating eyes
4 fomorian giants
6 frost giants
1 frost giant berserker
1 frost salamander
4 gargantuan rats
4 gargoyles
8 gelatinous cubes
6 ghosts
8 ghost bats
4 ghost lords
73 ghuls
2 giant ant queens
37 giant ant warriors
11 giant ant workers
10 giant bats
2 giant bee queens
63 giant bee warriors
28 giant bee workers
15 giant centipedes
7 giant frogs
5 giant lizards
1 giant raccoon
40 giant rats
1 giant slug
15 giant spiders
4 gibbering mouthers
8 gnolls
4 gnoll chieftains
56 goblins
16 goblin berserkers
9 goblin chieftains
27 goblin rockthrowers
18 goblin slavemasters
1 gorgon
10 gray oozes
1 gray slayer
1 greater claw bug
1 greater daemon
1 greater mimic
1 greater mummy
5 green hags
5 green slimes
3 green worms
76 gremlins
6 griffons
4 grizzly bears
9 harpies
11 hell hounds
11 hill giants
7 hill orcs
9 hill orc sergeants
11 hippogriffs
11 hobgoblins
4 hobgoblin chiefs
1 hobgoblin leader
7 homunculi
9 huge bats
2 hydras
5 hyenas
6 ice lizards
1 ice vortex
7 imps
3 invisible stalkers
3 iron golems
22 jackals
4 jackalweres
80 kobolds
20 kobold chieftains
8 kobold shamans
36 large bats
8 large dogs
8 large gnolls
2 large jackals
42 large kobolds
31 large orcs
2 large rust monsters
5 large snakes
14 large spiders
12 least daemons
1 lesser daemon
5 leucrottas
1 lich
5 lightning lizards
1 lightning vortex
18 lizard men
1 magebane eye
4 margoyles
2 master assassins
1 master mimic
1 master necromancer
22 master swordsmen
5 mimics
6 minotaurs
1 mist wolf
7 mummies
6 necromancers
14 ochre jellies
49 ogres
12 ogre lords
2 ogre magi
70 orcs
3 orc butchers
6 orc chieftains
45 orc scorchers
2 outlaws
10 outlaw leaders
7 owlbears
19 pit vipers
1 pixie
3 pixie archers
4 purple worms
5 quasits
3 quicklings
2 quickling lords
4 rabid dogs
7 raiders
62 rats
7 ratling archers
1 ratling duelist
5 ratling fencers
2 ratling master thieves
8 ratling thieves
2 ratling warlords
13 ratling warriors
3 rattlesnakes
3 red baby dragons
4 red worms
2 revenants
23 rust monsters
66 shadows
2 shadow centipedes
3 shadow lords
1 shadow troll
4 shambling mounds
5 silver wolves
1 skeletal king
14 skeletal warriors
90 skeletons
4 slow shadows
1 Snake from Beyond
5 spectres
31 steel golems
4 steel horrors
9 steel zombies
15 stone giants
2 stone giant lords
4 stone golems
1 stone snake
21 stone statues
15 swordsmen
5 tarantulas
22 trolls
10 troll berserkers
11 troll chiefs
2 troll kings
1 undead chaos dwarven berserker
1 vampire
8 vapor rats
1 viper
7 water demons
3 water elementals
11 water grues
29 water snakes
8 wererats
10 werewolves
1 werewolf lord
8 white baby dragons
15 white worms
64 wights
3 wild cats
1 will o'wisp
26 wolves
31 wraiths
4 yellow oozes
72 zombies
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Achievements
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He survived for 0 years, 54 days, 11 hours, 52 minutes and 42 seconds (51444
turns).
Itemless visited 83 places.
His learning score was modified by +2 during his career.
His willpower score was modified by +3 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +3 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +1 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by +5 during his career.
He was unnaturally aged by 45 years.