YAVP: GE Wizard (Plutonium Man / Archmage)

Should be renamed 'too-much-free-time man'. Plutonium Man is killing at least one of everything in the game, which is one of the few good reasons for having a wish engine IMO. The pre-archmage game was very straightforward, as wizards are easy. Precrowned with the emerald dagger and used that for most of the game. Found several scrolls of danger and used them while kick-robbing the HMV. Satisfied the ratling and gave the crone a boar skull, slaughtered DT, then turned lawful.

Read Wish in the assassin's guild to get around teleportitis. At this point, it was close to silvernight, so I went to a room with decreased mana costs and chilled there. Spent the first handful of wishes on speed to make sure silvernight lasted and kept using the mana orb/SoCR. As a backup (I'm too lazy to wish for 98 PoGA every time I wish), I wished for some PoEx and made a wish engine. After that, I wished for AKWs until I got a corpse, put the mana orb in D:48 and ate the corpse, did D:50, used all 20 of my wishes for speed and laughed Andor to death. =P

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Nurgles St:99 Le:99 Wi:99 Dx:99 To:99 Ch:99 Ap:99 Ma:99 Pe:99 L+ DV/PV: 83/74 H:1209(1209) P:4088(5450) Exp: 50/113256404 ChAoS Sp: 4101 Blessed Satiated Berserk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inventory ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 8780 stones Carrying capacity: 124575 stones He: uncursed mithril cap [+3, +3] [40s] Ne: blessed rustproof amulet of life saving [3s] Bo: uncursed red dragon scale mail (+0, -3) [+3, +13] [220s] Gi: uncursed eternium girdle [+0, +4] [12s] Cl: uncursed cloak of protection [+0, +3] [20s] RH: blessed Trident of the Red Rooster (+36, 6d12+18) [+12, +12] {Ma+24} (p) LH: - RR: uncursed ring of slaying (+9 melee damage, +6 missile damage) [1s] LR: uncursed ring of slaying (+7 melee damage, +6 missile damage) [1s] Br: uncursed rustproof bracers of resistance [+6, +4] [10s] Ga: uncursed iron gauntlets "Ironfist" (-1, +0) [+1, +3] {St+7} [10s] Bo: blessed seven league boots [+10, +9] [30s] MW: - Mi: - Tl: blessed torch (1856 turns of fuel remaining, lit) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Snip every skill, every spell, mastery in weapons, etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- His further life: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- After slaying Andor Drakon and dispersing his malevolent energies the pillars of Order appear before you. All the forces of Order seem to be united behind them. You are lifted to the status of an Avatar of Order and the tales of your deeds are spread all over Ancardia. Your deeds are recounted at camp fires and interpreted by philosophers and priests alike. The common man looks up to you and you slowly start to be revered as a minor power of Order. After a few millennia have passed you are raised to the position of a demi-god to guard and protect Ancardia from the forces of Chaos and Balance forever. Under your guidance Ancardia becomes an orderly and organized world without striking changes. Peaceful order (and boredom?) spreads and the world enters an era of peace and tranquility never again leaving it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- His achievements during his adventures: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nurgles, the gray elven wizard, transformed into an avatar of Order. He scored 17760455 points and advanced to level 50. He survived for 0 years, 123 days, 20 hours, 22 minutes and 39 seconds (127509 turns). Nurgles visited 150 places. His strength score was modified by +88 during his career. His learning score was modified by +79 during his career. His willpower score was modified by +86 during his career. His dexterity score was modified by +82 during his career. His toughness score was modified by +92 during his career. His charisma score was modified by +85 during his career. His appearance score was modified by +79 during his career. His mana score was modified by +76 during his career. His perception score was modified by +83 during his career. He was unnaturally aged by 33 years. He was the champion of the arena. He was a member of the thieves guild. He killed the emperor of the ancient minotaur race. He defeated the arch enemy of a mighty karmic wyrm. He stopped the generation of nasty bugs. He saved Khelavaster from certain death. He ended his adventuring life in the palace of Andor Drakon. 4945 monsters perished under his attacks. The following 37 artifacts were generated during his adventure: the si 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 heavy crossbow "The Far Slayer" the staff of the Wanderer the lead-filled mace "Big Punch" the scorched spear the sword of Nonnak the elemental gauntlets the ring of the High Kings the phial of Caladriel the crown of science the shield of raw steel the amulet of raw steel the ancient mummy wrapping the ankh the hammer of the gods the Crown of Chaos the black torc the Medal of Chaos the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana the black rune-covered dagger "Needle" the black rune-covered dagger "Sting" the rune-covered sling "Whirlwind" the jet-black battle axe "Executor" the ring of immunity the iron gauntlets "Ironfist" the shining long spear "Soaker" the emerald dagger "Serpent's Bite" the Trident of the Red Rooster the weird tome the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance" the axe of the minotaur emperor He possessed the following intrinsics: He was fire resistant (gained through an item). He was poison resistant. He was cold resistant (gained through an item). He was acid resistant. He was lucky. Fate smiled upon him. He was sleep resistant (enhanced through an item). He was petrification resistant. He was able to teleport. He was able to control teleportation. He was stun resistant (enhanced through an item). He was paralyzation resistant. He was resistant to death rays (gained through items). He was shock resistant (enhanced through an item). He was able to see invisible things (enhanced through an item). He was immune to shock attacks (gained through an item). He was immune to fire attacks (gained through items). He was immune to acidic attacks (gained through an item). He was immune to ice attacks. He was able to breathe water (gained through an item). He had the following talents: Alert, Careful, Defensive Fighter, Good Book Caster, Good Shot, Greased Lightning, Great Book Caster, Hardy, Iron Skin, Keen Shot, Mighty Aura, Miser, Potent Aura, Quick, Strong Aura, Strong Magic, Tough Skin, Treasure Hunter, Very Quick. He had a final speed score of 4101 (final base speed: 181). He was a messiah of Corellius. He asked for 6 divine interventions. He was a holy champion of Order. //kill list is important for this challenge, so I must add all of it: The following monsters were vanquished: 2 acid vortices 10 air demons 10 air elementals 4 air grues 3 ancient black dragons 37 ancient blue dragons 1 ancient blue wyrm 1 Ancient Chaos Wyrm 1 ancient dwarf 1 ancient karmic dragon 13 ancient karmic wyrms 4 ancient minotaurs 2 ancient red dragons 1 ancient sage 1 Ancient Stone Beast 3 ancient white dragons 2 animated armors 1 animated tree 1 ankheg 15 annihilators 4 annis hags 1 arena master 59 assassins 1 assassin prince 1 baby water dragon 10 balors 9 bandits 1 banshee 2 barbarians 4 barbarian leaders 1 battle bunny 1 beggar 11 berserkers 5 berserker emperors 3 berserker kings 7 berserker lords 1 berserker prince 1 big casino guard 3 big dogs 2 black dragons 1 black druid 13 black hurthlings 2 black slayers 3 black unicorns 3 black wizards 27 blink dogs 37 blue baby dragons 50 blue dragons 1 bone golem 1 brown bear 1 brown worm 11 bugbears 1 bulette 1 bunny master 1 burly adventurer 5 carrion crawlers 27 casino guards 1 cat lord 8 cave bears 45 cave fishers 7 cave lions 11 cave lizards 4 cave tigers 8 cavemen 1 Chaos Archmage 5 chaos brothers 2 chaos eyes 3 chaos knights 4 chaos lizards 68 chaos mutants 14 chaos plague bearers 10 chaos rats 120 chaos servants 9 chaos sisters 2 chaos spawns 1 chaos spider 2 chaos vipers 1 chaos warlord 28 chaos warriors 32 chaos wizards 9 claw bugs 25 clay golems 1 cloaked ratling 3 cobras 1 cooshoo 21 corpse fiends 4 corruptors 1 crime lord 8 crystal statues 1 cute dog 12 cutpurses 5 cyclopes

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8 dark elven archers 12 dark elven lords 4 dark elven priestesses 2 dark elven princesses 10 dark elven warriors 5 dark elven wizards 9 dark orcs 4 dark sages 3 death oozes 1 demented ratling 1 diamond golem 12 dire wolves 11 displacer beasts 1 djinni 16 dopplegangers 1 doppleganger king 7 doppleganger lords 2 Dorn Beasts 1 dragon turtle 1 druid 6 dwarves 1 dwarven artificer 9 dwarven chaos knights 3 dwarven children 2 dwarven elite guardians 10 dwarven guardians 1 dwarven inn keeper 1 dwarven mystic 1 dwarven smith 1 dwarven weaponmaster 30 earth elementals 1 ElDeR cHaOs GoD 1 emperor lich 1 emperor moloch 1 eternal guardian 1 eternium golem 60 ettins 5 eyes of destruction 1 fairy dragon 2 farmers 9 female dwarves 38 fire beetles 31 fire demons 13 fire drakes 33 fire elementals 94 fire giants 2 fire giant kings 15 fire grues 11 fire lizards 4 fire vortices 74 flesh golems 12 floating eyes 23 fomorian giants 1 fool 6 frost giants 3 frost giant berserkers 1 frost giant jarl 2 gargoyles 5 gelatinous cubes 50 ghosts 5 ghost bats 1 ghost king 1 ghost librarian 38 ghost lords 72 ghuls 2 giant ant queens 63 giant ant warriors 43 giant ant workers 28 giant bats 1 giant bee queen 17 giant bee warriors 5 giant bee workers 2 giant boars 19 giant centipedes 1 giant dragon turtle 6 giant eels 6 giant frogs 15 giant lizards 5 giant raccoons 63 giant rats 16 giant rust monsters 2 giant sharks 17 giant slugs 44 giant spiders 5 giant turtles 10 gibbering mouthers 45 gnolls 1 gnoll chieftain 73 goblins 7 goblin berserkers 12 goblin chieftains 46 goblin rockthrowers 34 goblin slavemasters 1 goodwife 1 gorgon 8 gray oozes 1 gray slayer 1 great black wyrm 7 great blue wyrms 2 great karmic wyrms 1 great red wyrm 1 great water dragon 1 great white wyrm 1 greater air elemental 1 greater balor 1 greater black unicorn 60 greater chaos servants 72 greater claw bugs 4 greater daemons 1 greater earth elemental 37 greater fire elementals 1 greater mimic 37 greater molochs 13 greater mummies 1 greater titan 3 greater water elementals 1 greater white unicorn 5 green blobs 7 green hags 4 green slimes 3 green worms 5 gremlins 3 griffons 1 grizzled gladiator 6 grizzly bears 2 half-orc bouncers 11 harpies 7 hell hounds 108 hill giants 7 hill giant chieftains 10 hill orcs 6 hill orc sergeants 15 hippogriffs 28 hobgoblins 6 hobgoblin chiefs 6 hobgoblin leaders 1 holy slayer 10 homunculi 16 huge bats 1 hydra 15 hyenas 3 ice vortices 10 imps 1 invisible stalker 3 iron golems 88 jackals 5 jackal demons 10 jackalweres 2 karmic baby dragons 2 karmic lizards 1 ki-rin 44 killer bugs 1 king cobra 48 kobolds 13 kobold chieftains 8 kobold shamans 43 large bats 3 large dogs 16 large gnolls 7 large jackals 23 large kobolds 24 large orcs 4 large rust monsters 7 large snakes 80 large spiders 7 least daemons 4 lesser daemons 6 leucrottas 13 liches 1 lich king 3 lightning lizards 1 living wall 42 lizard men 1 mad doctor 1 Mad Minstrel 12 magebane eyes 11 magedoom eyes 1 malicious doctor 33 margoyles 38 master assassins 11 master liches 1 master mimic 1 master necromancer 1 Master Summoner 8 master swordsmen 1 master thief 9 mimics 2 mimic hiveminds 4 minotaurs 1 minotaur emperor 1 minotaur king 1 minotaur lord 4 minotaur mages 2 minotaur mazelords 4 minotaur mazemasters 5 molochs 1 mugger 1 multi-headed chaos dragon 29 mummies 1 mummy lord 29 muscular dwarves 1 mutated battle bunny 7 necromancers 11 ochre jellies 129 ogres 1 ogre emperor 1 ogre guardian 37 ogre kings 51 ogre lords 5 ogre magi 1 old barbarian 1 oracle 116 orcs 2 orc butchers 6 orc chieftains 23 orc scorchers 1 outlaw 8 outlaw leaders 23 owlbears 25 pit vipers 5 pixies 4 pixie archers 1 priest 2 purple worms 2 quasits 7 quicklings 1 quickling bard 1 quickling king 5 quickling lords 1 quickling queen 8 rabid dogs 26 raiders 1 raider lord 81 rats 12 ratling archers 1 ratling dealer 6 ratling duelists 7 ratling fencers 1 ratling guardian 3 ratling master thieves 1 ratling rebel 22 ratling thieves 6 ratling traders 6 ratling warlords 15 ratling warriors 5 rattlesnakes 5 red worms 3 revenants 1 royal guardian 12 rust monsters 64 shadows 2 shadow centipedes 10 shadow lords 3 shadow trolls 2 shadow wyrms 1 shambling mound 3 sharks 1 sheriff 2 shopkeepers 13 silver wolves 1 skeletal king 7 skeletal warriors 115 skeletons 3 slow shadows 1 small dwarf 1 Snake from Beyond 1 solar 18 spectres 1 staring eye 33 steel golems 1 steel horror 8 steel zombies 66 stone giants 6 stone giant lords 31 stone golems 18 stone grues 1 stone ooze 5 stone snakes 2 stone statues 1 swamp hydra 18 swordsmen 45 tarantulas 1 tiny girl 2 titans 11 trolls 7 troll berserkers 2 troll chiefs 7 troll kings 1 undead chaos dwarven berserker 10 vampires 12 vapor rats 1 village elder 5 vipers 1 wall beast 7 water demons 14 water elementals 15 water grues 45 water snakes 23 wererats 3 werewolves 3 werewolf kings 2 werewolf lords 1 white baby dragon 3 white dragons 1 white unicorn 27 white worms 60 wights 1 wild cat 3 will o'wisps 22 wolves 43 wraiths 69 writhing masses of primal chaos 8 yellow oozes 101 zombies

Hmm-hmm...I was passing through and realized, I have no idea what an Archmage game is. Can anyone elaborate?

Archmage is generally considered to be a mage with enough PP to cast Wish at 1 Mana (wish drains 10 points of random stat), although in principle, it could be quite a bit higher with appropriate gear (ToRR + Mana orb for example). The traditional method to do this involved using the mana battery corruption to build up your PP, and finding a suitable location to reduce your casting costs, giving you effectively unlimited wishes, albeit limited to that location and time unless you're willing to build up an absolutely astounding amount of PP. As mike alludes to, you also have nasty overhead of needing to use a ton of your wishes on building your stats back up.

Ah, okay. Sounds like fun if you have a lot of free time, which I seem to have heaps of this summer...

I thought there was a cap on decreased mana costs at 50%? Since a wizard starts at 40% by that point, how does Silvernight + a room help?

I had an ULE where I thought about this but I couldn't even normally cast wish with my PP, much less bookcast it.

I can't remember the exact cost (I rarely make archmages), but I think the cap doesn't matter for silvernight. In any case, I was getting some benefit. Mana battery doesn't actually help a whole lot, though. At most you can get a couple hundred more pp within a reasonable timeframe. The real trick, IMO, is to collect enough boost potions to keep To/Wi high enough to do most of the early casting from hp. The mana orb will essentially maintain your mana stat and gives +10 (?) pp per use, so eventually you can cast without using hp. It's tedious, but if you plan for it it's pretty much a guaranteed wish engine.

-armor- of power and salamander starsign also help.

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He survived for 0 years, 123 days, 20 hours, 22 minutes and 39 seconds
(127509 turns).

Wow... I am doing something wrong to be using 160k turns for a normal victory when an archmage can be done in 128k.
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