Finally (after almost a decade), my first victory

[fifthflavorquark]

Ngrug, Orcish Barbarian, is my first victory since I began playing roguelikes (Nethack in '99, SLASH'EM in '00, and ADOM in '01?). My thanks for all of your help to the members of this forum (and the Usenet group) for answering my questions, to Andy Williams for the Guidebook, and to the guy (sorry, I don't know his name) who edited the Improved Guidebook. And, of course, to Thomas Biskup, for providing me with so much entertainment, so much frustration, and helping to reveal my weakness for random positive reinforcement. :D

I can't think of any particular highlights, except that D:50 was far easier than I expected. I got lucky with intrinsic invisibility while drinking from pools for a wish so that I could give an AoLS to Khelavaster (for the scrolls). To my embarrassment, I generated several artifacts that I wasn't even aware of until I looked at this log- Thunderstroke, Protector, Ironfist. The high stats are mostly from "boost" potions in the hopes of improving my final score. Grod was fantastic. The game was unusual in that for about the first twenty levels I probably found no more than a half dozen potions of water and scrolls of identify. Frustrating, but it all turned out well! :)

I'm not sure how to properly present this :confused: (and too exhausted to think) so:


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Ngrug St:55 Le:35 Wi:28 Dx:49 To:63 Ch:12 Ap:41 Ma:44 Pe:41 L+
DV/PV: 52/52 H: 887(887) P: 6(414) Exp: 37/12364326 DrCh Sp: 131
Blessed Invisible Bloated

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Inventory
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Total weight: 6587 stones Carrying capacity: 12375 stones

Head : blessed rustproof crown of regeneration [+4, +4] [55s]
Neck : blessed ankh [3s]
Body : blessed blue dragon scale mail (-1, -4) [+5, +10] [200s]
Girdle : blessed girdle of strength [+0, +0] {St+4} [15s]
Cloak : blessed hooded cloak (+1, +1) [+1, +3] [40s]
Right Hand : blessed mighty morning star "Grod" (+16, 5d10+5) [-8, +0]
Left Hand : -
Right Ring : blessed ring of the master cat [+0, +5] {Dx+16} (+16 spd)
Left Ring : blessed ring of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage)
Bracers : blessed bracers of war [+8, +4] {Dx+8} [10s]
Gauntlets : blessed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3] [10s]
Boots : blessed seven league boots [+1, +0] [30s]
Missile weapon: blessed long bow of accuracy (+11, +2) [30s]
Missiles : bundle of 91 uncursed arrows (+0, 1d6) [182s]
Tool : heap of 75 blessed spenseweeds [150s]



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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 39
Maces & flails 7 +5 +3 +2 skilled 445
Swords 9 +7 +5 +3 excellent 941
Axes 3 +2 +1 +0 basic 65
Pole arms 8 +8 +4 +8 excellent 560
Twohanded weapons 12 +14 +18 +4 Mastery 229

Missile weapon Lvl Hit Dam Ra Level Required marks
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Bows 10 +20 +15 +3 excellent 814
Thrown rocks & clubs 3 +6 +4 +1 basic 4

Shields Lvl DV Level Required marks
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Shields 8 +16 excellent 720


Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: +110 bonus to hit, 5d10+58 damage


Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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Ammunition: 91, base range: 21, +85 bonus to hit, 1d6+47 damage




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Skills
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Alchemy .................. 33 (fair) [+2d4]
Athletics ................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Backstabbing .............100 (superb) [+2d4]
Bridge building .......... 16 (mediocre) [+4d4] (mr)
Climbing .................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Courage ..................100 (superb) [+1d3]
Detect traps .............100 (superb) [+1d3]
Dodge ....................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Find weakness ............100 (superb) [+1d5]
First aid ................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Gardening ................ 52 (good) [+1d5]
Haggling ................. 18 (mediocre) [+4d5]
Healing ..................100 (superb) [+1d3]
Herbalism ................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Listening ................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Literacy ................. 82 (great) [+1]
Metallurgy ............... 35 (fair) [+4d5]
Mining ................... 82 (great) [+1d3]
Pick pockets ............. 67 (good) [+1d5]
Stealth ..................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Survival .................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Swimming .................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Tactics ..................100 (superb) [+1]
Two weapon combat ........ 51 (good) [+3d4]
Woodcraft ................ 74 (great) [+2d4]


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Spells
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Wish : 4, 5880pp (Effectivity: +0) I got a dozen others, but as a barbarian, who cares? :p


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His further life:
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After he leaves the Drakalor Chain he is welcomed by his people with great
honors. They acknowledge his noble deeds, his valor, his cunning and his
great skills that helped to prevent the complete destruction of the world he
knows. He is crowned to be the king of all orcs and lives a long and
prosperous life full of power, happiness and pleasure.

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His achievements during his adventures:
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Ngrug, the orcish barbarian, saved the world with his brave efforts and
became a great ruler while saving himself 35 times.
He scored 14607960 points and advanced to level 37.
He survived for 0 years, 140 days, 10 hours, 8 minutes and 50 seconds
(145540 turns).
He was the champion of the arena.
He was a member of the thieves guild.
He made a little water dragon very happy.
He brought back joy into the life of a tiny girl.
He adhered to the principles of the Cat Lord and thus rose to great fame.
He saved Khelavaster from certain death.
He left the Drakalor Chain after completing his quest and became a great
leader and famous hero.
7851 monsters perished under his attacks.
The following 26 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
the si
the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
the ring of the master cat
the potion of literacy
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 lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
the mighty morning star "Grod"
the rune-covered trident
the elemental gauntlets
the ring of the High Kings
the phial of Caladriel
the crown of science
the ancient mummy wrapping
the ankh
the glaive "Long Sting"
the bracers of war
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
the medium obsidian shield "Protector"
the iron gauntlets "Ironfist"
the shining long spear "Soaker"
the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance"
He possessed the following intrinsics:
He was lucky (enhanced through items).
Fate smiled upon him (enhanced through items).
He was invisible.
He was immune to fire attacks.
He had the following talents: Treasure Hunter (not because I'm partisan, but in case anyone is interested)
He had a final speed score of 131 (final base speed: 125).
He was a messiah of The One Who Sees.
He asked for 2 divine interventions.
He was a holy champion of Order.

[RndmNumGenerator]

Congratulations on the win! If you put the .flg in [code] tags it will format it better.

D:50 usually is easy if you're prepared, and most players are over-prepared on their first playthrough since they're so relieved they made it that far that they don't want to risk anything. I know my Elementalist breezed through it on my first win. I would probably say the Tower of Eternal Flames is the hardest part of the game(or the Mana Temple if you're a spellcaster), and once you're past those you're good to go.

[gut]

>He adhered to the principles of the Cat Lord

On your first victory? Wow.

It's funny how the RNG gave you Grod, then Protector : )

[Dudley]

I'm dreaming. Bows and arrows. shoot him.

[Cash]

it took you almost 9 years for your first win?!?!1 than i cant expect to win till 2018.... maybe i should quit adom now before it consumes my young adult life...

congratulations!

[fifthflavorquark]

it took you almost 9 years for your first win?!?!1 than i cant expect to win till 2018.... maybe i should quit adom now before it consumes my young adult life...

congratulations!

Cash, I don't think it'll take you until 2018, but I guess you've got fair warning now. :D In my case, I think there were several times that I could have won, but I fooled around with over preparing until a stupid mistake took me down. Just pay attention to what you're doing and you'll probably get a victory in no time. :)

[fifthflavorquark]

>He adhered to the principles of the Cat Lord

On your first victory? Wow.

It's funny how the RNG gave you Grod, then Protector : )

Yeah, the RNG giveth, and then it giveth again to no real purpose. :D Now, Skullcrusher + Protector would have been pretty cool.

As for not killing cats, I think I overestimated the importance of the ring, so I've trashed dozens of promising characters just because I accidentally killed a cave tiger somewhere along the way. Not that it's not a great ring, but I think I would have achieved a victory years ago if I wasn't so obsessive about it. Of course, I think by now I've developed mad skillz for dealing with Thibault's subjects without killing them. :cool:

[Dudley]

Bah. ever had : the white worm displaces the wild cat. you hit the wild cat. you kill the wild cat ect

[warheart]

Bah. ever had : the white worm displaces the wild cat. you hit the wild cat. you kill the wild cat ect

Ye, many times, and I hate it. That happened with a blinger for example, that rely heavily on dex, and I ragequitted :P

By the way, it took me more or less the same time since the very first time I played to my first victory, although there were years in between that I didn't play at all.

[fifthflavorquark]

Bah. ever had : the white worm displaces the wild cat. you hit the wild cat. you kill the wild cat ect

When I get anywhere near a cat, I tend to pause before every keystroke. If I'm near a cat and a creature with a confusion attack, I'll un-equip my weapons, go to coward, and try to draw the confuser away into a hall so that I can kill it without harming the kitty.