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Batman?
03-26-2009, 01:15 PM
FINALLY! I have been playing Adom for over a decade and have won
several times, but have never been able to get a mindcrafter past the
Fire temple. I have always wanted to win with one, but could never
keep them alive. here is it:

Screenshot


Skkamp St:49 Le:18 Wi:29 Dx:20 To:47 Ch: 9 Ap: 2 Ma:24
Pe:23 L+
DV/PV: 87/42 H: 825(825) P: 718(718) Exp: 50/36785817 DrCh
Sp: 95

Background Information


Name: Skkamp Race: male Gnome Class: Mindcrafter
Eye color: green Hair color: brown Complexion: brown
Height: 3'4" Weight: 119 pounds
Age: 136 (grown-up, 30 years of unnatural aging added in)
> Should have removed this before finishing

Star sign: Wolf Birthday: 28/Wolf (day 328 of the year)

YOUR HISTORY:
>snip

You decided to become a Mindcrafter.


Inventory
Total weight: 6311 stones Carrying capacity: 13958
stones

He: blessed helm of mental stability [+0, +1] {Le+1}

Ne: uncursed amulet of perseverance {Wi+3}

Bo: uncursed ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8}

> Had eternium platemail of protection +5+17! but the chaos servents made mincemeat of that, more on that later

Gi: uncursed girdle of giant strength [+0, +5] {St+12}

> Wished for on D:47 i was torn between this and a potion of uselessness to get an artifact on d:49, but I felt this was a surer bet

Cl: uncursed cloak of protection [+0, +2]

RH: blessed jet-black battle axe (named) (+2, 5d6+6) [-4, +1] {St+3}
(+3 spd)
> This thing is awesome

LH: uncursed tower eternium shield (+1) [+16, +1]

RR: blessed ring of slaying (+9 melee damage, +6 missile damage)

LR: uncursed ring of regeneration

Br: blessed bracers of toughness [+0, +2] {To+5}

Ga: uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+0, +4]

Bo: blessed seven league boots [+1, +2]

MW: blessed long bow (+2, +2)

Mi: bundle of 3 blessed arrows of thunder (+0, 1d6)

Tl: heap of 21 blessed spenseweeds



Stuff


Total weight: 5803 stones Carrying capacity: 13958 stones
> why is this number different than above? bug?

Helmets ('[')
uncursed crown of science [+4, +8] {Le+9}

>snip

uncursed helm of mental stability (+1, -1) [+0, -1] {Le+1}


> These things are really huge late game

Armor ('[')
uncursed eternium plate mail of protection (-1, -2) [-1, +7]


> down from +5+17 ouch!

Shields ('[')

> snip

Gauntlets ('[')
> snip

uncursed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3]

Cloaks ('[')
> snip

Girdles ('[')
> snip

Boots ('[')
> snip

uncursed seven league boots [+1, +0]

Necklaces (''')
uncursed
ankh [3s]
> snip
Bracers (',')
uncursed bracers of defense [+2, +0]

uncursed bracers of protection [+0, +2]

blessed bracers of defense [+5, +0]

heap of 4 uncursed brass bracers [+0, +0]

uncursed bracers of resistance [+0, +0]

One-handed weapons ('(')
> snip

blessed dwarven rune axe "Rolf's Companion" (+3, 3d6+6) [+4, +4] {To
+3}
uncursed scorched spear (+2, 3d8+1) [+2, +0]

>Dropped on d:50
Two-handed weapons ('(')
uncursed shining long spear "Soaker" (+9, 3d7) [+3, +0]
[10s]
blessed staff of the Wanderer (+2, 3d8+2) [+6, +3] {To+6}
[40s]
blessed rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance" (+15, 4d8+10) [-2, +0]
[50s]
Missile weapons ('}')
> snip

Missiles ('/')
uncursed obsidian quarrel "Thunderstroke" (+8, 20d4+8)

> Totally useless
> snip
Tools (']')
>snip

uncursed magical writing set (6)

>should I have used this?

Rings ('=')
blessed ring of the High Kings [+2, +3]

uncursed ring of slaying (+8 melee damage, +6 missile damage)

> snip

Wands ('\')
uncursed wand of destruction (2 charges)

>couldnt use on d:50 because of mana battery
> snip

Potions ('!')
uncursed phial of Caladriel
[2s]
> snip
Scrolls ('?')
> snip
Food ('%')
> snip
Valuables ('$')
57 gold pieces
[0s]
> sacced like $1.5m on my way out, felt good.

Gems ('*')
> snip


Weapon Skills


Melee weapon

Daggers & knives 8 +7 +4 +2 excellent 485
Axes 11 +10 +8 +3 Mastery 1396
Pole arms 13 +16 +10 +18 Mastery 3975
Twohanded weapons 1 +1 +1 +0 basic 25

Missile weapon Lvl Hit Dam Ra Level Required
>snip , nothing special

Shields Lvl DV Level Required

Shields 13 +26 Mastery
7730

Damage caused with your melee weapons:
Right hand: +48 bonus to hit, 5d6+30 damage

Damage caused with your missile weapons:
>snip nothing special


Skills


> Snip Crappy skillset ( I had nothing good other than concentration and herbalism)



Spells


Wish : 14, 5580pp (Effectivity: +0)
>wand of wonder


His further life:


>snip
He is crowned to be the king of all gnomes and lives a long and
prosperous life full of love, happiness and pleasure.

His achievements during his adventures:


Skkamp, the gnomish mindcrafter, saved the world with his brave
efforts and
became a great ruler while saving himself 130 times.
He scored 14394400 points and advanced to level 50.
He survived for 0 years, 91 days, 1 hour, 9 minutes and 45 seconds
(126053
turns).
1 companion was killed during his adventures.
Skkamp visited 107 places.
His strength score was modified by +26 during his career.
His learning score was modified by +6 during his career.
His willpower score was modified by +9 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +6 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +26 during his career.
His charisma score was modified by -3 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by -1 during his career.
His mana score was modified by +6 during his career.
His perception score was modified by +8 during his career.
He was unnaturally aged by 30 years.

> I should have gotten rid of this before I left, Damn!

He was the champion of the arena.
He saved Khelavaster from certain death.
He left the Drakalor Chain after completing his quest and became a
great
leader and famous hero.
5995 monsters perished under his attacks.
The following 22 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
the si
the dwarven rune axe "Rolf's Companion"
the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
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 obsidian quarrel "Thunderstroke"
the staff of the Wanderer
the lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
the scorched spear
the elemental gauntlets
the ring of the High Kings
the phial of Caladriel
the crown of science
the ancient mummy wrapping
the ankh
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
the jet-black battle axe "Executor"
the shining long spear "Soaker"
the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance"
He possessed the following intrinsics:
>snip
He had the following talents: >snip<
He had a final speed score of 95 (final base speed: 102).
He was a messiah of Gnarl.
He asked for 19 divine interventions.
He was a holy champion of Order.

The following monsters were vanquished:
1 Ancient Chaos Wyrm

>Poison is the key if you dont get a wand of Paralyasis

1 Ancient Stone Beast
> Wands on Coward, not very hard

13 annihilators
> annihalted my humanoid slaying ammo on mana temple, scumbags
8 balors
> Greater TK Blast, ruins them.

1 Chaos Archmage
> Not that bad. again GTKB makes late game mindcrafters gods

214 chaos servants
> These were REALLY nasty by the end

7 dark elven priestesses
6 dark elven princesses
4 dark elven wizards

> Large spiders were getting pretty dangerous

1 dwarven artificer

> on my way out. GTKB

1 emperor lich

> 2 shotted with GTKB. I think a high level mindcrafter couldmope the floor with a greater undead vualt

139 greater chaos servants

> Easier than chaos servants

1 greater moloch

> I was melee'ing this thing for like 3 turns before i came to my senses! GTKB

7 magebane eyes
8 magedoom eyes
> So annoying

1 Master Summoner
> Air temple while invisible with GTKB is a cakewalk

14 master swordsmen
1 shadow wyrm

> I ran into a pack of these on d:46 and killed one before I realized that 3 of them were named, then i just ran (well, teleported) away

1 Snake from Beyond
> Melee

1 undead chaos dwarven berserker

> Water on the Grave

125 writhing masses of primal chaos

> These were also starting to get nasty

final observations? the game really started cruising after I beat fire
temple. GTKB is easily the most or tied for most spell in the game. it
allows you to hid behind weak monsters and just pound on powerful
monsters. and the damage is significant, cannot be blocked or dodged,
and has no resistance. I killed finsty in 5 shots, and an EL in 2.

I could have done an ultra ending (or at least tried) but I didnt have
the time. I didnt do any of the side quests, and I had crappy skills.
I am really happy with the win though, because mindcrafters areso hard
to keep alive until the point where they are actually starting to get
powerful!

Thanks for reading!

sgeos
03-26-2009, 01:32 PM
Congrats on the win. I have yet to figure mindcrafters out. Also, I have heard they are buggy. It sounds like GTKB is the way to go once you get it.

>Soaker
>Thunderstroke

Honestly, with these you should have gone for an ultra. =)

QuickDraw
03-26-2009, 01:34 PM
Saving himself 130 times?! Either you played for 1 year or you played the game 10 times a day.

Silfir
03-26-2009, 01:58 PM
You can rack that up pretty quickly if you play in short bursts several times a day. Saving in ADOM doesn't lose you any progress after all (which makes it infinitely superior to most commercial games out there. I still feel nothing but burning hatred for whoever decided on the save scheme in New Super Mario Brothers).

Epythic
03-26-2009, 02:07 PM
You can rack that up pretty quickly if you play in short bursts several times a day. Saving in ADOM doesn't lose you any progress after all (which makes it infinitely superior to most commercial games out there. I still feel nothing but burning hatred for whoever decided on the save scheme in New Super Mario Brothers).

I usually have multiple hundreds of saves from start to win...
Sometimes I just play for three minutes or so.

Silfir
03-26-2009, 02:29 PM
Saving himself 130 times?! Either you played for 1 year or you played the game 10 times a day.

I get 'em to the fourties, but many of my wins clock around the tens. When I get bored I generally stop and do something else, and get back later, and my earlier wins were just that much more exciting throughout :)

sgeos
03-26-2009, 03:28 PM
My system is unstable, so I need to periodically save and backup. I recall losing a shop to a crash once. I really wish ADOM had crash recovery.

QuickDraw
03-26-2009, 03:38 PM
I`ve never had more than 15 saves in a single game. The maximum was when I won ADOM first time (with an archer), I think it was something like 12-13 saves.

Ars
03-26-2009, 05:41 PM
Inventory
Total weight: 6311 stones Carrying capacity: 13958
stones

He: blessed helm of mental stability [+0, +1] {Le+1}

Ne: uncursed amulet of perseverance {Wi+3}

Bo: uncursed ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8}

> Had eternium platemail of protection +5+17! but the chaos servents made mincemeat of that, more on that later

Gi: uncursed girdle of giant strength [+0, +5] {St+12}

> Wished for on D:47 i was torn between this and a potion of uselessness to get an artifact on d:49, but I felt this was a surer bet

Cl: uncursed cloak of protection [+0, +2]

RH: blessed jet-black battle axe (named) (+2, 5d6+6) [-4, +1] {St+3}
(+3 spd)
> This thing is awesome

LH: uncursed tower eternium shield (+1) [+16, +1]

RR: blessed ring of slaying (+9 melee damage, +6 missile damage)

LR: uncursed ring of regeneration

Br: blessed bracers of toughness [+0, +2] {To+5}

Ga: uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+0, +4]

Bo: blessed seven league boots [+1, +2]

MW: blessed long bow (+2, +2)

Mi: bundle of 3 blessed arrows of thunder (+0, 1d6)

Tl: heap of 21 blessed spenseweeds



Stuff


Total weight: 5803 stones Carrying capacity: 13958 stones
> why is this number different than above? bug?

The other shows the weight of your items including worn ones, the latter has just the backpack.

Batman?
03-27-2009, 06:20 PM
but why would the max capacity be different?

sgeos
03-27-2009, 07:31 PM
It looks the same to me, but I might be blind.