So, I won second time. ME smith

Inspired by Grond saying "hey, mist elfs and weaponsmiths have some pretty cool synergy".

Well, there goes Maia, female mist elf smith, born in month of candle. Pretty typical start, left anvil and ingots on upstairs in beginner dungeon, go to goblin camp, then small cave. Candle is super helpful because smiths doesnt start with healing. Fist lucky thing: 2 shops in UD. One with potions and one with wands. Both really useful, as I got even steadier supply of holly water and booze.
Second lucky thing: I started with toughness potential of 15, which allowed me to rush immune to pain. Started portal quest at level 11 or so and got elemental gauntlets early. So I did not fear for iconic series of event:

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lightning vortex shrugs off your bolt of fire lightning vortex explodes You are shocked for 75 damage You die...

Third lucky thing: forge at 2 level of unremarkable dungeon. You could not ask for better location. I've managed to get [+9, +10] elven chain mail at level 13. When in normal tactic, with medium crystal shield and mithril spear I got over 60 DV.

Fourth lucky thing: Dig through graves after portal quest. Most of them got pretty crappy loot. But I've got one amazing item from it:

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Ordinary ring

And at last, fifth lucky thing: got altar in Putrid cave and got crowned with bracers of war.

All in all, amazing series of event. With regeneration, half melee damage, amazingly smithed armour my thin and nimble mist elf smith was probably beefiest tank that I've played. Once ran chin first into doppelganger, pushed right couple of times "why? why it is not dead yet". Just to realize it is ultimate, and I cant melee it. I got over 100 dv in late game in normal tactic. I was pretty much always on berserk, beside fighting absurd amount of great fire wyrms in vault.

Probably I could do ultra, but I did not remember my first kill and was champion of balance already. I felt absurdly powerful. Only thing that did not went well was casting. I basically used two spells from Khely and that's it. This run made me realize "hey, smithing is actually pretty good!".

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Your skin is destroyed by the touch of impure metal! A road. Your skin is destroyed by the touch of impure metal! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Background Information ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Maia Race: female Mist Elf Class: Weaponsmith Eye color: white Hair color: white Complexion: white Height: 6'2" Weight: 55 pounds Age: 8359 (adult, 168 years of unnatural aging added in) Star sign: Candle Birthday: 28/Candle (day 298 of the year) YOUR HISTORY: You remember rising from the Mists... so long ago. Your brethren welcomed you into your physical existence and cared for you until you managed to cope on your own. Thus decades passed. As a young child you were taught by the elders of your race. They showed to you the whole breadth of creation and opened your mind to encompass whatever your life goal would become. Thus centuries passed. You spent your youth honing your skills and preparing for the ultimate quest that would change you forever: the trip to the mists of Destiny. Thus millennia passed and empires rose and fell. As a young adult your community prepared you for the final step towards adolescence: your Destiny Quest in the Mists of Time. In the full knowledge that this quest would change you forever you finally entered the Mists that birthed you and emerged changed... as decreed by the Dreamers from Beyond. You decided to become a Weaponsmith. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inventory ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 9732 stones Carrying capacity: 18660 stones He: blessed mithril cap [+8, +6] [40s] Ne: uncursed amulet of light [3s] Bo: uncursed white dragon scale mail (-2, -4) [+5, +19] {adamantium} [200s] Gi: uncursed girdle of giant strength [+0, +0] {St+12} [30s] Cl: - RH: blessed mace of destruction (+4, 5d6+9) {adamantium} [120s] LH: uncursed medium eternium shield [+18, +7] [46s] RR: uncursed ring of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage) {adamantium} LR: blessed ring of ice {mithril} [1s] Br: blessed bracers of war [+8, +4] {Dx+8} {gold} [10s] Ga: uncursed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3] {iron} [10s] Bo: blessed boots of speed [+2, +0] (+8 spd) [20s] MW: uncursed heavy crossbow "The Far Slayer" (+18, +18) {eternium} [350s] Mi: bundle of 5 uncursed quarrels of undead slaying (+3, 2d6+3) [20s] Tl: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 8881 stones Carrying capacity: 18660 stones Necklaces (''') heap of 2 blessed amulets of life saving {iron} [6s]<------------- I didnt even need one Two-handed weapons ('(') blessed staff of purification (+2, 1d10+2) [40s]<--------------- cool one Rings ('=') [cut] cursed ring of djinni summoning {adamantium} <--------- could make small girl really happy ;-; Valuables ('$') 280054 gold pieces [2800s] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Her further life: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. She returns to her lands victorious and is hailed as a great leader. Eventually she becomes queen and rules her subjects with an iron fist for a long and peaceful time, allowing her people to prosper and grow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Her achievements during her battles: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maia, the mist elven weaponsmith, saved the world with her brave efforts and became a great ruler while saving herself but once. She scored 20266312 points and advanced to level 45. She survived for 0 years, 201 days, 20 hours, 17 minutes and 50 seconds (108373 turns). 9 companions were killed during her adventures. Maia visited 151 places. Her strength score was modified by +21 during her career. Her learning score was modified by +15 during her career. Her willpower score was modified by +18 during her career. Her dexterity score was modified by +20 during her career. Her toughness score was modified by +32 during her career. Her charisma score was modified by +10 during her career. Her appearance score was modified by +10 during her career. Her mana score was modified by +17 during her career. Her perception score was modified by +12 during her career. She was unnaturally aged by 168 years. She was the champion of the arena. She made a little water dragon very happy. She saved Khelavaster from certain death. She left the Drakalor Chain after completing her quest and became a great leader and famous heroine. 5848 monsters perished under her attacks. The following 27 artifacts were generated during her adventure: the si the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle" the golden gladius "Death's Sting" the holy avenger "Justifier" 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 elemental gauntlets the ring of the High Kings the crown of science the ancient mummy wrapping the ankh the Shirt of the Saints the bracers of war the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana the staff of the archmagi the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance" the tome of donors the antediluvian dwarven map fragment the ancient dwarven key the horn of plenty the twisted quarterstaff "Kalmius' Shield" the beheading axe "Headman's Hand" the black whip of extinction the heavy spiked mace "Michals Transmogrifier" She possessed the following intrinsics: She was fire resistant (also through an item). She was poison resistant. She was cold resistant (also through an item). She was acid resistant. She was lucky (also through an item). Fate smiled upon her. She was able to control teleportation. She was stun resistant (gained through an item). She was paralyzation resistant. She was resistant to death rays (gained through an item). She was shock resistant (also through an item). She was immune to shock attacks. She was immune to fire attacks. She was immune to ice attacks (gained through an item). She was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through an item). She had the following talents: Affinity with Maces & Flails, Beast of Burden, Careful, Defensive Fighter, Extremely Hardy, Greased Lightning, Hardy, Immune to Pain, Iron Skin, Master Packager, Porter, Quick, Skilled, Stealthy, Tough, Tough Skin, Very Hardy, Very Quick. She had a final speed score of 140 (final base speed: 132). She was a messiah of Balance. She asked for 1 divine intervention. She was a holy champion of Balance. The following monsters were vanquished: 2 acid vortices 9 air demons 7 air elementals 5 air grues 1 ancient black dragon 1 Ancient Chaos Wyrm 33 ancient red dragons 1 Ancient Stone Beast 1 ancient white dragon 4 animated armors 11 animated trees 1 ankheg 7 annihilators 8 annis hags 15 assassins 9 balors 15 bandits 1 banshee 5 barbarians 7 barbarian leaders 2 battle bunnies 23 berserkers 2 berserker emperors 1 berserker king 14 berserker lords 4 berserker princes 13 big dogs 1 black dragon 20 black hurthlings 1 black unicorn 4 black wizards 45 blink dogs 2 blue dragons 2 blue dragon hatchlings 1 bone golem 5 brown bears 19 brown worms 20 bugbears 1 bulette 1 bunny master 7 carrion crawlers 1 cat lord 7 cave bears 51 cave fishers 7 cave lions 37 cave lizards 25 cave tigers 38 cavemen 1 Chaos Archmage 6 chaos brothers 1 chaos diplomat 1 chaos eye 24 chaos knights 7 chaos lizards 36 chaos mutants 4 chaos plague bearers 19 chaos rats 117 chaos servants 7 chaos sisters 3 chaos spawn 6 chaos spiders 2 chaos vipers 1 chaos warlord 32 chaos warriors 25 chaos wizards 18 claw bugs 6 clay golems 11 clay statues 3 cobras 2 cooshoos 27 corpse fiends 1 corruptor 9 crystal statues 4 cutpurses 3 cyclopes 8 dark elven archers 7 dark elven lords 7 dark elven priestesses 2 dark elven princesses 18 dark elven warriors 9 dark elven wizards 29 dark orcs 6 dark sages 3 death oozes 2 diamond golems 26 dire wolves 13 displacer beasts 21 doppelgangers 2 Dorn Beasts 2 dwarves 8 dwarven battle spirits 36 dwarven chaos knights 17 earth elementals 15 ettins 13 eyes of destruction 2 fairy dragons 1 farmer 37 fire beetles 36 fire demons 105 fire drakes 64 fire elementals 21 fire giants 38 fire giant kings<----------- 20 fire grues 116 fire lizards 1 fire vortex 5 flesh golems 15 floating eyes 49 fomorian giants 107 frost giants 50 frost giant berserkers 33 frost giant jarls 6 frost salamanders 4 frozen ones 1 fungoid overlord 9 fungoid sporecasters 10 gargantuan rats 12 gargoyles 11 gelatinous cubes 29 ghosts 11 ghost bats 1 ghost king 44 ghost lords 85 ghuls 1 giant ant queen 11 giant ant warriors 9 giant ant workers 30 giant bats 4 giant bee queens 72 giant bee warriors 43 giant bee workers 20 giant centipedes 12 giant frogs 15 giant lizards 2 giant raccoons 92 giant rats 4 giant rust monsters 2 giant slugs 17 giant spiders 8 gibbering mouthers 50 gnolls 7 gnoll chieftains 100 goblins 30 goblin berserkers 15 goblin chieftains 45 goblin rockthrowers 37 goblin slavemasters 1 gorgon 12 gray oozes 1 gray slayer 2 great karmic wyrms<--------------- and they are annoying 11 great red wyrms<------------------- they really are tough 1 greater air elemental 1 greater balor 1 greater black unicorn 28 greater chaos servants 5 greater claw bugs 11 greater doppelgangers 10 greater fungoids 36 greater mimics 3 greater molochs 10 greater mummies 1 greater water elemental 4 green blobs 10 green hags 11 green slimes 9 green worms 6 gremlins 2 griffons 6 grizzly bears 21 harpies 19 hell hounds 42 hill giants 2 hill giant chieftains 9 hill orcs 21 hill orc sergeants 10 hippogriffs 37 hobgoblins 6 hobgoblin chiefs 6 hobgoblin leaders 18 homunculi 14 huge bats 1 hydra 51 hyenas 10 ice elementals 11 ice lizards 1 ice statue 5 imps 5 invisible stalkers 197 jackals 4 jackal demons 18 jackalweres 1 juggernaut 1 karmic dragon 1 karmic dragon hatchling 3 karmic lizards 2 king cobras 48 kobolds 17 kobold chieftains 8 kobold shamans 8 kobold trapmasters 41 large bats 25 large dogs 28 large gnolls 9 large jackals 36 large kobolds 26 large orcs 2 large rust monsters 9 large snakes 96 large spiders 5 least daemons 5 lesser daemons 9 leucrottas 13 liches 53 lightning lizards 38 lizard men 11 magebane eyes 13 magedoom eyes 14 major fungoids 1 margoyle 2 master assassins 8 master liches 10 master mimics 1 master necromancer 1 Master Summoner 6 master swordsmen 10 mimics 1 mimic hivemind 18 minor fungoids 11 minotaurs 1 minotaur lord 4 mist wolves 2 molochs 27 mummies 1 mummy lord 9 necromancers 8 ochre jellies 56 ogres 1 ogre emperor 1 ogre king 50 ogre lords 3 ogre magi 63 orcs 2 orc butchers 9 orc chieftains 11 orc scorchers 6 outlaws 8 outlaw leaders 20 owlbears 19 pit vipers 6 pixies 3 pixie archers 11 purple worms 9 quasits 4 quicklings 1 quickling king 1 quickling lord 8 rabid dogs 13 raiders 105 rats 20 ratling archers 10 ratling duelists 12 ratling fencers 4 ratling master thieves 21 ratling thieves 6 ratling warlords 38 ratling warriors 4 rattlesnakes 43 red dragons 44 red dragon hatchlings 48 red worms 5 revenants 8 rust monsters 95 shadows 10 shadow centipedes 4 shadow lords 5 shadow trolls 1 shadow wyrm 5 shambling mounds 11 silver wolves 1 skeletal king 28 skeletal warriors 123 skeletons 5 slow shadows 1 Snake from Beyond 1 snow golem 48 spectres 10 staring eyes 34 steel golems 4 steel horrors 12 steel zombies 95 stone giants 28 stone giant lords 12 stone golems 24 stone grues 4 stone snakes 37 stone statues 1 swamp hydra 18 swordsmen 25 tarantulas 1 thug 30 titans 41 trolls 21 troll berserkers 4 troll chiefs 2 troll kings 1 ultimate doppelganger 1 undead chaos dwarven berserker 35 vampires 16 vapor rats 2 vipers 1 wall beast 9 water demons 7 water elementals 19 water grues 20 water snakes 15 wererats 12 werewolves 1 werewolf king 9 werewolf lords 3 white dragons 32 white dragon hatchlings 14 white worms 80 wights 32 wild cats 2 will o'wisps 57 wolves 70 wraiths 67 writhing masses of primal chaos 11 yellow oozes 43 yetis 122 zombies Dispatched the legendary doppelganger Nuin. Dispatched the legendary wild cat fLuFfY. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Playing Time ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- You played for 11 hours, 43 minutes and 52 seconds.

Congrats! Nice to see another person enjoying playing mist elves! And weapon smiths :)

I have a soft spot for smiths but not for mist elves. Iron is my friend, that's a big no no for misties.