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12-04-2008, 07:10 PM
Well, my story won't be very long. I started playing ADOM about 2 years ago. Being a nooby I died God knows how many times, so I gor pissed and completely spoiled myself via Guidebook, learned any feature mentioned there, but still i continued dying (like drinking an unID potion near water and getting stunned -> drowning :) at least I laughed a lot). So I gave up, started again, gave up, etc. One time I decided to stop wasting time, WADOMF'ed a paladin with 99 stats, gave him some decent artifacts, wands of destruction and everything was done. Well, I felt myself pleased for the first time. Then I finally stopped playing until I read ADOI =) some memories drove me to play one more. The first 3 chars ( 2 gray elven priests and 1 paladin ) died in ToEF, bolted by ACW, and I was both proud of myself (getting to ToEF) and furious. So next I decided to play a gnomish priest (yeah, I like priests for Detect Item Status and increased chance of books generation =) ). So the way to the victory started.
As usual, Puppy quest (cute dog was slain by someone immediately after I descended), Village Dungeon (I just prefer it to Keethrax quest although I already had Healing), then to CoC. Killed a large kobold for Thrundarr, went through the forest without any trouble (thanx ring of invisibility!), ogres (again thanx RoI), arena, demon.. Then went to the Pyramid, then Graveyard, crowned myself (gor Justifier). Then the Water Temple (invis+darkness spell = piece of cake), and then went to ID to find something to eat to get intrinsic -Fire and search for AoLS (the first time I decided to save Khelly), got bored and returned. Blessed scroll of ID showed I found RoDS, lol, wished for AoLS, went and gave it to the old man. I don't remember when I found my wicked eternium two-handed sword of hunting(+18,0) 6d8+ 18 - oh God, that's a crazy thing. So, blessed my potions of extra and ultra healing and went to ToEF. That was tempting, I used them, and prayed a lot (reflex to pray if HP are going low =) ). Finally I ice bolted him to death and in complete silence I listened to my hard heartbeat. Damn, that was cool. =)
Found a helmet of Wbre, made Blup happy and got trident (Raven-born). I decided to simply go to D:50, without any Rifts, Ruined Cities, etc. Got RotHK (funny, skeleton lord coulnd't see invisible), went to deeper Coc, imagining wielding the RotMC (was careful with cats). While descending moved left, held the key (as I remembered where to go) and bumped into lion or tiger, killing him right away. Crashed some furniture in the room (that was really nasty to spoil the ring). BTW, he nearly killed me (had to pray and pray), when he decided to fight to a blind rage. The Air Temple, Earth Temple were passed, than Mana Temple. On UL:5 or 6
I discovered Skullcrusher (yay, humanoid slayer), which was used to kill the Archmage (i really just don't get used to the idea that some range weapons are necessary in the game :)) He drained and corrupted me as a result. To clear the path i just casted Lightning Bolt and watched it bouncing, lol, and prayed for rechraging. As a result right before i killed the Archmage my deity cursed my equipment (damned God, i was his Champion! :) ). Went to D:50 after recovering from corruption and drains, had some troubles with balors, but my Frost Ball saved me. Digged to both levers and destroyed them using wands. Well, the first char who completed the ToEF was capable of winning. Nice.
Then I decided to have some fun, went to Sharad-Waador and then fire bolted all these freaky blue wyrms. While resting on the first level had some fun using glockenspiel with Music 100 -> maybe I should try to bring up a bard :).
Killed Filk, then Assasin Prince (Sting and Needle are funny), decided to get the TotRR to enjoy the game fuller. Went to Scintillating Cave, on the 2nd floor I found about 20 Lich Kings. Damn, they brought my stats down VERY significantly and nearly killed, so I chickened and fled from the DrCh =) Still I'm glad I finished the game!
As usual, Puppy quest (cute dog was slain by someone immediately after I descended), Village Dungeon (I just prefer it to Keethrax quest although I already had Healing), then to CoC. Killed a large kobold for Thrundarr, went through the forest without any trouble (thanx ring of invisibility!), ogres (again thanx RoI), arena, demon.. Then went to the Pyramid, then Graveyard, crowned myself (gor Justifier). Then the Water Temple (invis+darkness spell = piece of cake), and then went to ID to find something to eat to get intrinsic -Fire and search for AoLS (the first time I decided to save Khelly), got bored and returned. Blessed scroll of ID showed I found RoDS, lol, wished for AoLS, went and gave it to the old man. I don't remember when I found my wicked eternium two-handed sword of hunting(+18,0) 6d8+ 18 - oh God, that's a crazy thing. So, blessed my potions of extra and ultra healing and went to ToEF. That was tempting, I used them, and prayed a lot (reflex to pray if HP are going low =) ). Finally I ice bolted him to death and in complete silence I listened to my hard heartbeat. Damn, that was cool. =)
Found a helmet of Wbre, made Blup happy and got trident (Raven-born). I decided to simply go to D:50, without any Rifts, Ruined Cities, etc. Got RotHK (funny, skeleton lord coulnd't see invisible), went to deeper Coc, imagining wielding the RotMC (was careful with cats). While descending moved left, held the key (as I remembered where to go) and bumped into lion or tiger, killing him right away. Crashed some furniture in the room (that was really nasty to spoil the ring). BTW, he nearly killed me (had to pray and pray), when he decided to fight to a blind rage. The Air Temple, Earth Temple were passed, than Mana Temple. On UL:5 or 6
I discovered Skullcrusher (yay, humanoid slayer), which was used to kill the Archmage (i really just don't get used to the idea that some range weapons are necessary in the game :)) He drained and corrupted me as a result. To clear the path i just casted Lightning Bolt and watched it bouncing, lol, and prayed for rechraging. As a result right before i killed the Archmage my deity cursed my equipment (damned God, i was his Champion! :) ). Went to D:50 after recovering from corruption and drains, had some troubles with balors, but my Frost Ball saved me. Digged to both levers and destroyed them using wands. Well, the first char who completed the ToEF was capable of winning. Nice.
Then I decided to have some fun, went to Sharad-Waador and then fire bolted all these freaky blue wyrms. While resting on the first level had some fun using glockenspiel with Music 100 -> maybe I should try to bring up a bard :).
Killed Filk, then Assasin Prince (Sting and Needle are funny), decided to get the TotRR to enjoy the game fuller. Went to Scintillating Cave, on the 2nd floor I found about 20 Lich Kings. Damn, they brought my stats down VERY significantly and nearly killed, so I chickened and fled from the DrCh =) Still I'm glad I finished the game!