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JellySlayer
11-10-2009, 06:39 AM
This is my first real attempt at a speedrun of any kind, and, I have to admit, it wasn't really that fast as far as such things go. I rolled a GE necromancer and basically followed a variation of gut's wizard guide--started in the Bugcave again until around level 10, then went to ID looking for teleport + blink dogs. Ug, what a waste of time. I think I finally left the ID with teleport (and a couple other spells) and control after ~10000 turns. I assume that if this were a regular speedrun I would have restarted--evariste is already finished by now ;) Found black dragon armor in Darkforge, as well as a spear of devastation (main weapon for the entire game...) Did the CoC to DT, got a few herbs, although not a whole lot (you'll notice that I finish with sub-20 toughness, for example). Skipped through Pyramid to kill Rehetep, grabbed elemental gauntlets without any attempts to kill Griff or Nonnak (in hindsight, those few PoEH would have probably been a big help). Went back to Terinyo to pick up healing... playing without healing is lame. I've definitely been spoiled playing so many Candle-borns recently. Health regeneration was a problem pretty much the whole game since Healing didn't hit 100 until D:50.

Skipped down to Water Temple and killed the Snake under Darkness for the Water Orb. Very fortunately I managed to get his corpse to Guth'Alak for a potion... I guess I was level 15 or so, with around 100 health and PP. I had done everything I needed to, so it was ToEF time. I had a RoI at least, and I killed Guth'Alak so I could get the SoRS. So maybe 130 health now. ToEF 1-3 were fine (there were some frost giant berserkers in the tower, ignore them, but weird). ToEF 4 I got lucky as hell. Opened the main room but didn't have far slaying, so I had to get pretty close in. Got confused and stumbled next to the ACW. Energy ray would have been death. Fortunately, I managed to avoid that... ACW was posing a problem since I didn't have many pots of invis, ball spells, or a really good weapon. I hit him with some frost bolts (don't work all that well) then threw my only PoCC at him... 1 shot kill. Twice lucky. Grabbed the Orb and headed down to Casino. Evaded the Eternal Guardian, picked up some books and things (nothing super-useful in Casino, although I was basically out of teleport by this point). Got the kitty ring. Nasty threat room of ogre emperors on cat lord level guarding the stairs. Got crowned with Sun's Messenger (first time I've ever seen it). Wandered down to UL:4 and killed AKW for a bunch of levels. Was planning on hitting D:48 to kill the ubergrues, but got sidetracked by a greater fire vault on D:47. Normally I would ignore such a thing... high corruption, turn waster.... but there were yellow bracers in the vault. Oh, and 12 great red wyrms. Frost bolted my way through and left at level 50 with BoW in my possession. I had been picking up arrows as I went along for Sun's Messenger, so I thought I'd have enough for archmage. Cleared Mana Temple without too much difficulty, archmage fell easily to Sun's Messenger despite starting the battle with 0 skill in bows. Grabbed Earth + Air orbs, headed to D:50.

D:50 was nasty. Wasted probably 5k+ turns there. I was planning on doing a dig + monster creation win, but I accidentally triggerd a bunch of the main room balors. Ended up having to dance around killing them with spells (no acid ball, no daemon slayer), which was exacerbated by picking up stiff muscles. Had to pray 3 times for HP... ugh. Killed all the balors except Fisty, who I was able to evade by leaving monsters on the levers. Left the Chain for the win. Finished in 35639 turns, a new record for me, with a score of 69851296, also a record. I think this is also my fastest played game, which I finished in ~6 hours.

JellySlayer
11-10-2009, 06:42 AM
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[Snipped screenshot for brevity. You know what the world looks like]

Leah St:29 Le:34 Wi:23 Dx:30 To:17 Ch: 9 Ap: 1 Ma:18 Pe:26 N=
DV/PV: 47/48 H: 399(399) P: 326(326) Exp: 50/35409640 DrCh M: 35639
Blessed Invisible
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Background Information
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Name: Leah Race: female Gray Elf Class: Necromancer
Eye color: blue Hair color: silver Complexion: pale
Height: 6' Weight: 28 pounds Scars: 2
Age: 308 (grown-up)
Star sign: Raven Birthday: 20/Raven (day 20 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 young child you were often alone. You did not have any
friends. You do not like to remember those times. They were very sad.
In your youth you became seriously ill and suffered for many years.
When your disease finally was cured you were left weakened, both
physically and spiritually, and bereft of the joys of youth.
As a young adult you left your home because of trouble with your
parents. They opposed your plans for the future without understanding your
wishes. Thus you decided to live on your own. You wandered through the
country for many years, growing older and wiser and learning many things.
You decided to become a Necromancer.


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Inventory
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Total weight: 542 stones Carrying capacity: 22575 stones

Head : uncursed metal cap [+0, +2] [50s]
Neck : uncursed ankh [3s]
Body : uncursed black dragon scale mail (-2, -4) [-3, +11] [200s]
Girdle : blessed girdle of giant strength [+0, +0] {St+12} [30s]
Cloak : uncursed cloak of protection [+0, +3] [20s]
Right Hand : blessed spear of devastation (+1, 5d8+8) [50s]
Left Hand : uncursed large eternium shield (-4) [+11, +5] [54s]
Right Ring : uncursed ring of the master cat [+0, +5] {Dx+16} (+16 spd)
Left Ring : uncursed ring of invisibility [1s]
Bracers : uncursed bracers of war [+8, +4] {Dx+8} [10s]
Gauntlets : uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+0, +1] [15s]
Boots : blessed eternium boots [+0, +5] [55s]
Missile weapon: blessed elven long bow "Sun's Messenger" (+15, +15) [30s]
Missiles : cursed arrow of construct slaying (+4, 1d6+3) [2s]
Tool : -

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Spells
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Burning Hands : 208, 6pp (Effectivity: +12)
Cure Disease : 670, 8pp (Effectivity: +0)
Cure Light Wounds: 219, 5pp (Effectivity: +2)
Darkness : 542, 4pp (Effectivity: +1)
Farsight : 248, 17pp (Effectivity: +3)
\\Frost bolt should be on here, but I ran completely out fighting the balors on D:50
Fireball : 502, 18pp (Effectivity: +10)
Invisibility : 504, 9pp (Effectivity: +7)
Knock : 217, 12pp (Effectivity: +4)
Magic Lock : 594, 8pp (Effectivity: +3)
Magic Map : 165, 39pp (Effectivity: +8)
Magic Missile : 363, 4pp (Effectivity: +20)
Remove Curse : 174, 50pp (Effectivity: +0)
Slow Monster : 825, 7pp (Effectivity: +2)
Slow Poison : 885, 6pp (Effectivity: +1)
Strength of Atlas: 690, 8pp (Effectivity: +13)
Summon Monsters : 454, 29pp (Effectivity: +6)

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Effects of Corruption
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You have grown a bulging cranium (Le: +6, Wi: +4, Ap: -6, PV: -4, To: -3).
You have become extremely thin and nimble (1/2 weight, DV: +6).
Your antennae explore the details of your environment (Ap: -4).
You have grown thorns (3d3 melee damage, Dx: -2, Ap: -3).
Poison drips from your hands.
Your feet have been transformed into hooves (+8 kicking damage, Dx: -6).
Your corrupted tissue seems to heal much faster.
You have grown horns (+3 melee damage, Ap: -4).
You rage (DV: -9, +6 melee damage)!
Your muscles have stiffened slowing you down (base action cost: 1500 energy
points; PV: +4, St: +2).
Your close attunement to corrupted astral space allows teleportation.
You have grown a total of 12 eyes (Ap: -6, Pe: +6).
Your skin is covered by tough scales (PV: +8, Dx: -6, Ap: -4).


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Her further life:
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After she leaves the Drakalor Chain she is welcomed by her people with great
honors. They acknowledge her noble deeds, her valor, her cunning and her
great skills that helped to prevent the complete destruction of the world
she knows. Her severe taint by the forces of Chaos prevents her from ever
leading a normal life. She always remembers the glorious deeds that took her
life away. Her sacrifice is remembered in the stories of her people, but not
in their hearts. She ends her life in loneliness and isolation.

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Her achievements during her adventures:
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Leah, the gray elven necromancer, saved the world with her brave efforts
while saving herself 3 times.
She scored 69851296 points and advanced to level 50.
She survived for 0 years, 53 days, 4 hours, 44 minutes and 34 seconds (35639
turns).
3 companions were killed during her adventures.
Leah visited 83 places.
Her strength score was modified by +5 during her career.
Her learning score was modified by +9 during her career.
Her willpower score was modified by +7 during her career.
Her dexterity score was modified by +7 during her career.
Her toughness score was modified by +13 during her career.
Her charisma score was modified by +8 during her career.
Her appearance score was modified by +4 during her career.
Her mana score was modified by +4 during her career.
Her perception score was modified by +5 during her career.
She adhered to the principles of the Cat Lord and thus rose to great fame.
She left the Drakalor Chain after completing her quest and became a famous
heroine.
1522 monsters perished under her attacks.
The following 17 artifacts were generated during her adventure:
the si
the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
the ring of the master cat
the elven long bow "Sun's Messenger" \\Crowning
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 elemental gauntlets
the crown of science
the shield of raw steel
the ancient mummy wrapping
the ankh
the glaive "Long Sting" \\Never saw this. Must have been somewhere in the vault.
the bracers of war \\Greater vault
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance" \\Greater vault
She possessed the following intrinsics:
She was fire resistant.
She was poison resistant.
She was acid resistant.
She was lucky (enhanced through items).
Fate smiled upon her (enhanced through items).
She was able to control teleportation.
She was invisible (gained through an item).
She was stun resistant (gained through an item).
She was resistant to death rays (gained through an item).
She was able to see invisible things (gained through an item).
She was immune to shock attacks.
She was immune to acidic attacks (gained through an item).
She was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through an item).
She had the following talents: Alert, Careful, Defensive Fighter, Durable
Magic, Greased Lightning, Healthy, Long Stride, Mighty Aura, Miser, Potent
Aura, Quick, Sixth Sense, Strong Aura, Strong Magic, Treasure Hunter, Very
Careful, Very Quick. \\Yes, I did take TH on a speedrun. Don't ask.
She had a final speed score of 139 (final base speed: 123).
She was a messiah of Ayssia.
She asked for 4 divine interventions.
She was a holy champion of Balance.
She was severely tainted by Chaos.

Captain Platypus
11-10-2009, 10:23 AM
Very nice job! I'd be wary of playing a gray elf necro at all, let alone attempting a speedrun with one. I don't think anyone will disagree with your decision to take on the vault for the bracers of war, either.

gut
11-10-2009, 10:52 AM
> ~6 hours.

Beats anything I've done : )

JellySlayer
11-10-2009, 05:23 PM
Very nice job! I'd be wary of playing a gray elf necro at all

It's just like playing a GE wizard, except with out all of the nice wizard perks. Instead you get a free way to turn alignment into Mana.

DumbleDoor
11-10-2009, 10:32 PM
Huh... Speedrun? My first win was done in about 35 days and my second in 30... I wasn't going for a speedrun. Maybe I just play the game quickly?

Dudley
11-10-2009, 10:46 PM
You do. lol

JellySlayer
11-10-2009, 10:52 PM
Huh... Speedrun? My first win was done in about 35 days and my second in 30... I wasn't going for a speedrun. Maybe I just play the game quickly?

Turns, not days. To get a low daycount you just need early 7lbs and not spend time in the Wilderness. I'm not sure what the record for days is. I'd guess you can do the game in maybe 10-15 days gametime if you planned it probably.

Although low turncount often means lowish daycount, it's not always the case. For example, it's very turn efficient to heal yourself in the wilderness--1 turn might heal 20+ health and PP, but it costs you 8 hours. OTOH, I stairhopped for 10k turns this game, which might have translated into 2 days.

meh
11-10-2009, 11:11 PM
The quickest win in game time that I know of is about eight and a half days by evariste.

gut
11-11-2009, 09:17 PM
Save the world in a week!
I may have beaten that in some of my
lithium man games from over a year ago.
Can't remember anything anymore.