Friday 13th Challenge - August 2010

[Maul]

Hello everyone!

I have decided to take it upon myself to host the Friday 13th challenge game this year, which appears to have went unnoticed by the community. So it's time to hastily put one together.

Friday 13th... In a world far, far away, where many different races live together, in peace or in war, it is the first of the month of Unicorn. Darknight. It is said that everyone who should set off to adventure on this day shall be cursed for life. Felicia, the petty hobbit thief, born in the month of Wolf, was therefore unfortunate to have chosen this day for thieving. Very unfortunate. She wanted to steal from a travelling ring merchant. Sneaking close to the merchant's cart as he was talking with some hobbits a few yards away, she quickly grabbed an electrum ring from the cart. However, as she pulled it onto her fingers, a dreadful, high-pitched scream was heard - and unfortunately, the merchant noticed it too. He signalled to his bodyguard, who pulled out his sword and ran after Felicia. She ran for her life, trying to yank the accursed ring off her finger, but it was stuck - she just couldn't take it off, she didn't have the strength.
Felicia kept running, in fact, she ran quite far before she could finally shake off her pursuer for a time. She ran on though, fearing that the guard is still lurking nearby, eventually coming to a narrow mountain pass. She crossed even that before finally stopping. Where was she now? She didn't know, but decided that she wouldn't try and turn back now. She'd explore this place and maybe return later, when they surely won't be looking for her any longer. Lucky I have my adventuring equipment with me, she thought as she started walking down the road ahead of her. But she had no idea at this point what she got into...

Rules

Okay, that's the story. You'll be playing the aptly-named Felicia, trying to complete this adventure now that it has started. You can download her right here. The objective is simple: win! I will lead a highscore showing each character whose adventure is finished, whether it is a victory or just plain death. Felicia only has one life, therefore you only get one try - so take care! Winning characters will be ranked (if there are more than one) according to how much they receive of the following bonus points:

Normal win - 1 point.
Ultra or OCG win - 2 points (not including the above).
Never remove the curse on you - 1 point.
Play doomed from the start: pray until you get doomed then never remove it - 4 points.*
No morgia, moss or spenseweed used in any way, shape or form - 2 points.
Finish under 30000 turns - 3 points.
Never pray for any reason other than crowning (this includes pre- and postcrowning) - 1 point.
Complete the Minotaur Maze - 2 points.
Receive the Weird Tome - 1 points.
Save the cute dog successfully and kill Kranach (neither must be done via a wish) - 2 points.
Don't get the Healing skill, ever - 3 points.
Never enter the ID - 1 point. (Exception for ultra aspirants - you may enter to look for Filk and Malakai, but you must follow Ironman challenge rules for the duration of the dive)

If there is a tie, the one who has the single highest-scoring bonus from these wins (for example, if one has completed it doomed while the other has completed it in under 30000 turns, the first one of the two players wins). If there is still a tie, the smaller turncount wins.

Those who die will be ranked according to their exp, disregarding all of the above bonus points. The more exp you have, the higher you score. Those who die must share the cause of death and their experience points at least. Those who win are encouraged to post a .flg and should tell us which points they are eligible for. Be honest, no cheating is allowed, including save scumming, AdomBot, and the rest of the cheating arsenal. It's a friendly competition anyways, why burden your conscience with it?

Additional rules: no piety overflow abuse, no dragon gold doubling, and you mustn't try and start a wish engine. If I have missed any other game-breaking bugs or exploits, please remind me. The time limit for starting is the 13th of September, and the time limit for finishing up is the 13th of October; the competition may be closed early if there is too little interest, but I'll probably leave it up and running.

A rule extension regarding revelation of character-specific data: Please try to avoid uncovering anything which might give a great advantage to following players, especially early on. For example, try not to reveal what the cursed ring is (players might have to make decisions about what item to uncurse when they have multiple cursed items; this might make the decision easier and can be potentially of a great advantage). Other things like the two JellySlayer mentions (crowning gifts and vault locations) are not likely to make such a big difference, so if you want to reveal it, it's no problem.

And let the challenge start!

*You are allowed to undoom yourself for a short time if needed for crowning, but wear a ring of doom or avoid fighting any monsters for this time. After getting crowned, get doomed once again via praying. Similarly, you can get undoomed for a short while if you intend to enter the Chaos Gate, but wear a source of dooming after you enter the plane.

[Maul]

And here's the .vlg. Starting talents are Alert and Quick, leaving you possibilities to get TH, Missile WM, both or (of course) neither. Have fun!

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Felicia       St:11  Le:14  Wi:15  Dx:24  To:15  Ch:15  Ap:16  Ma: 9  Pe:18 L
DV/PV: 16/2    H: 20(20)      P: 3(3)        Exp: 1/0           DrCh  Sp: 105

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                            Character Information
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Felicia    St:11  Le:14  Wi:15  Dx:24  To:15  Ch:15  Ap:16  Ma: 9  Pe:18  L
DV/PV: 16/2   H: 20(20)   P: 3(3)   Exp: 1/0   M: 1



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                            Background Information
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Name: Felicia             Race: female Hurthling    Class: Thief
Eye color: light blue     Hair color: blonde        Complexion: tanned
Height: 2'9"              Weight: 59 pounds
Age: 35 (grown-up)
Star sign: Wolf           Birthday: 9/Wolf (day 309 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 child your parents cared a lot for you. Despite all
 circumstances you enjoyed a happy and fine childhood.
        In your youth you enjoyed competition against others to the
 fullest. You were a very active kid.
        As a young adult you were a credit to your family. Your parents
 supported your plans and were very understanding. They tried to help you
 along your way with all means at their disposal.
        You decided to become a Thief.


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                                Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Unarmed fighting         0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15
Daggers & knives         0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15
Clubs & hammers          0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15
Maces & flails           0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15
Swords                   2    +2    +0   +0   basic                40
Axes                     0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15
Whips                    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15
Pole arms                0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15
Twohanded weapons        0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15
Staves                   0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15

Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Slings                   0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            5
Bows                     0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Crossbows                0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Thrown axes & hammers    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Thrown daggers           0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Thrown rocks & clubs     4    +8    +6   +1   skilled              35
Thrown spears            0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Boomerangs & scurgari    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7

Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
Shields                  0    +0              unskilled            15


Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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ĆRight hand: ?+2Ć bonus to hit, ?1d6+0Ć damage


Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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No missile weapons available.






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                                   Skills
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  Alertness ................ 28    (mediocre)     [+4d4]
  Appraising ...............  8    (poor)         [+4d5]
  Archery .................. 10    (poor)         [+3d4]
  Backstabbing .............  8    (poor)         [+4d5]
  Climbing ................. 58    (good)         [+4d4]
  Cooking .................. 61    (good)         [+1] (ma)
  Detect traps ............. 38    (fair)         [+4d5]
  Disarm traps ............. 30    (mediocre)     [+4d5]
  First aid ................ 28    (mediocre)     [+3d4]
  Food preservation ........ 51    (good)         [+3d3]
  Gardening ................ 15    (mediocre)     [+3d3]
  Haggling ................. 31    (fair)         [+4d5]
  Listening ................ 40    (fair)         [+4d5]
  Literacy ................. 20    (mediocre)     [+3d3]
  Pick locks ............... 43    (fair)         [+4d5]
  Pick pockets ............. 36    (fair)         [+4d5]
  Stealth .................. 52    (good)         [+4d4]




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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 556 stones                Carrying capacity: 1100 stones

Head          : leather cap [+0, +0]                                   [5s]
Neck          : -
Body          : leather armor [+0, +2]                               [150s]
Girdle        : -
Cloak         : -
Right Hand    : short sword (+0, 1d6)                                 [30s]
Left Hand     : -
Right Ring    : cursed electrum ring                                   [1s]
Left Ring     : -
Bracers       : -
Gauntlets     : gloves [+0, +0]                                        [6s]
Boots         : -
Missile weapon: -
Missiles      : -
Tool          : -


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                                    Stuff
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Total weight: 364 stones   Carrying capacity: 1100 stones

One-handed weapons ('(')
   heap of 2 daggers (+0, 1d4)                                        [20s]
   dagger (+0, 1d4)                                                   [10s]
Tools (']')
   heap of 2 torches                                                  [20s]
   box with flint and steel (13)                                       [5s]
   tinderbox (25)                                                      [3s]
   cooking set                                                       [100s]
   thieves picks                                                       [5s]
Food ('%')
   heap of 2 iron rations                                            [200s]
Valuables ('$')
   108 gold pieces                                                     [1s]


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                               Killed Monsters
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She did not manage to vanquish any monsters.



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                                Achievements
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She survived for 0 years, 0 days, 1 hour, 5 minutes and 0 seconds (1 turn).
Felicia visited 1 place.
Her perception score was modified by +1 during her career.

And here are the...

HIGHSCORES!

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1. breeolson - YOU'RE WINNER!
1+2+1=4 points scored. (Normal victory, no herbs, no ID)

2. JellySlayer - dead. 2616067 xps.
Cause of death: flattened by earth elementals near the Earth Temple.

3. _Ln_ - dead. 7287 xps.
Cause of death: poisoned to death by some giant bee martyrs.

4. meh - dead. 5878 xps.
Cause of death: ambushed by pit vipers.

5. gut - dead. 3524 xps.
Cause of death: devoured by a hungry nest of pit vipers.

6. Skan - dead. 1183 xps.
Cause of death: gnawed apart by a wolf while suffering from rat plague.

7. gekko - dead. 1145 xps.
Cause of death: struck down by another pack of pit vipers.

8. Mogri - dead. 741 xps.
Cause of death: scourged to death by a goblin slavemaster.

9. zsomkovacs - Dead. Reached level 5 (more research regarding exp gained ongoing).
Cause of death: wasted by a healthy dose of poison while attempting to flee from a skeleton.

10. moomoo - Dead. 205 xps.
Cause of death: bled out in the Small Cave against an assortment of weak critters.

11. grobblewobble - Dead. Exp unknown.
Cause of death: hacked apart by a skeleton.

[grobblewobble]

Count me in.

[JellySlayer]

Time for the shortest challenge ever.

Will try doomed. I estimate that I will survive 500 turns.

[edit]At least we have pretty good stats...

[update]Things are going surprisingly well. I've killed the carpenter and Jharod, have some half-decent equipment, and am currently level 10.
[update2]Just made it to Dwarftown. Found herbs on PC:4, so I've boosted my To quite a bit (not Dx since I haven't had uncursing available). Surge of power on D:9 gave Long Sting. Thrundarr wants dwarven chaos knight.

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Felicia       St:16  Le:13  Wi:20  Dx:22  To:28  Ch:15  Ap:15  Ma: 9  Pe:16 N-
DV/PV: 33/17   H: 160(160)    P: 48(48)      Exp: 14/80499      D: # Sp: 99
Burdened
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                            Character Information
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Felicia    St:16  Le:13  Wi:20  Dx:22  To:28  Ch:15  Ap:15  Ma: 9  Pe:16  N-
DV/PV: 33/17   H: 160(160)   P: 48(48)   Exp: 14/80499   M: 30443

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                                Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Pole arms                6    +6    +2   +5   skilled              88

Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Thrown rocks & clubs     9   +18   +13   +3   excellent            176

Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
Shields                  7   +14              skilled              445


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                                   Skills
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  Alertness ................ 80    (great)        [+1d5]
  Appraising ............... 30    (mediocre)     [+3d4]
  Archery .................. 46    (fair)         [+1d5]
  Backstabbing ............. 33    (fair)         [+4d5]
  Bridge building .......... 16    (mediocre)     [+4d4] (mr)
  Climbing ................. 58    (good)         [+4d4]
  Cooking .................. 69    (good)         [+1] (ma)
  Detect traps ............. 91    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Disarm traps ............. 32    (fair)         [+4d5]
  First aid ................ 59    (good)         [+1d5]
  Food preservation ........ 93    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Gardening ................ 15    (mediocre)     [+3d3]
  Haggling ................. 31    (fair)         [+4d5]
  Healing .................. 82    (great)        [+1d3]
  Listening ................ 75    (great)        [+3d4]
  Literacy ................. 20    (mediocre)     [+3d3]
  Pick locks ............... 69    (good)         [+4d4]
  Pick pockets ............. 82    (great)        [+3d3]
  Stealth .................. 77    (great)        [+3d5]




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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 2431 stones                Carrying capacity: 2450 stones

Head          : uncursed orcish helmet [+1, +1] {Pe-2}               [100s]
Neck          : uncursed necklace of rapid healing                     [2s]
Body          : -
Girdle        : uncursed girdle of carrying [+0, +0]                  [15s]
Cloak         : uncursed cloak of protection [+0, +3]                 [20s]
Right Hand    : uncursed orcish spear (+1, 1d8+2)                     [75s]
Left Hand     : blessed large mithril shield (-1) [+7, +2]            [96s]
Right Ring    : uncursed ring of damage                                [1s]
Left Ring     : uncursed ring of luck                                  [1s]
Bracers       : uncursed bracers of protection [+0, +5]               [10s]
Gauntlets     : uncursed gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +1]                  [10s]
Boots         : uncursed gnomish boots (+1, +0) [+2, +0]              [10s]
Missile weapon: -
Missiles      : heap of 8 uncursed rocks (+0, 1d4+1)                  [40s]
Tool          : -


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                                    Stuff
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Total weight: 2051 stones   Carrying capacity: 2450 stones

Shields ('[')
   uncursed large mithril shield (-1) [+7, +2]                        [96s]
Cloaks ('[')
   uncursed hooded cloak [+1, +0]                                     [40s]
Girdles ('[')
   uncursed adamantium girdle [+0, +3]                                [18s]
One-handed weapons ('(')
   uncursed hatchet (+3, 1d6+3)                                       [50s]
   uncursed pick axe (+3, 1d6+3)                                      [75s]
Two-handed weapons ('(')
   uncursed glaive "Long Sting" (+4, 7d3) [+4, +0] {Pe+6} (+6 spd)   [100s]
Rings ('=')
   uncursed ring of ice                                                [1s]

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                               Killed Monsters
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508 monsters perished under her attacks.

The following monsters were vanquished:
      1 assassin
     12 bandits
      2 barbarians
      1 barbarian leader
      4 berserkers
      1 big dog
      2 black hurthlings
     16 blink dogs
      1 blue baby dragon
      4 bugbears
      1 carrion crawler
      3 cave fishers
      4 cave lizards
      1 caveman
      2 chaos brothers
      1 chaos sister
      5 claw bugs
      1 cooshoo
      2 cutpurses
      2 dark elven archers
      1 dark elven warrior
      1 dark elven wizard
      1 dark orc
      4 dark sages
      3 dire wolves
      1 displacer beast
      1 doppleganger
      1 dwarf
      1 ettin
      9 fire beetles
      2 floating eyes
      1 gargoyle
      1 ghost
      2 ghost bats
      2 ghuls
      3 giant bats
      1 giant centipede
      3 giant frogs
      3 giant lizards
      8 giant rats
     17 giant spiders
     12 gnolls
      1 gnoll chieftain
     23 goblins
      2 goblin berserkers
      2 goblin chieftains
     27 goblin rockthrowers
      7 goblin slavemasters
      2 gray oozes
      2 green hags
      1 green worm
      2 gremlins
      1 healer
      3 hell hounds
      1 hill orc
      2 hippogriffs
     29 hobgoblins
      2 hobgoblin chiefs
     13 hobgoblin leaders
      3 homunculi
      1 huge bat
     11 hyenas
      1 imp
      5 jackals
      1 karmic lizard
     13 kobolds
      1 kobold chieftain
      3 kobold shamans
     10 large bats
      8 large gnolls
      1 large jackal
      4 large kobolds
      3 large orcs
      1 large snake
     11 large spiders
      1 least daemon
      1 leucrotta
     21 lizard men
      1 mad carpenter
      1 mimic
      2 minotaurs
      2 muggers
      2 ogres
     19 orcs
      2 orc chieftains
      6 orc scorchers
      3 outlaws
      1 outlaw leader
      4 owlbears
     12 pit vipers
      1 pixie
      1 quasit
      5 rabid dogs
      1 raider
     43 rats
      2 ratling archers
      1 ratling fencer
      4 ratling thieves
      7 ratling traders
      1 ratling warrior
      1 shadow
      1 shadow centipede
      3 skeletons
      3 swordsmen
      3 tarantulas
      1 troll
      1 water snake
      2 wererats
      3 white worms
      2 wolves
      3 zombies



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                                Achievements
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She survived for 0 years, 21 days, 23 hours, 0 minutes and 42 seconds (30443
turns).
Felicia visited 29 places.
Her strength score was modified by +5 during her career.
Her learning score was modified by -1 during her career.
Her willpower score was modified by +5 during her career.
Her toughness score was modified by +13 during her career.
Her appearance score was modified by -1 during her career.
Her perception score was modified by +1 during her career.
She was unnaturally aged by 4 years.
She was a member of the thieves guild.

[edit]Question: what are your preferences regarding spoiling of fixed things? Eg. crowning gifts, vault locations, etc. will be same for all.

[grobblewobble]

Sorry, died early and forgot to make a flag. Apparently it isn't possible to pray when you're cursed?

[moomoo]

Downloaded and tested if the savefile is working on my setup. Will play later.
Thanks for hosting!

[Maul]

Sorry, died early and forgot to make a flag. Apparently it isn't possible to pray when you're cursed?

Indeed not. What was the cause of death? You know, at least I can write up a messy little deathline for your attempt

Good going JellySlayer. You know, it'd be pretty damn awesome if you got your next doomed win in this challenge

[grobblewobble]

Let's see. I got killed by this insanely dangerous monster, what was it.. a skeleton.

Got stuck in the VD between a giant rat and a skeleton while low on HP, to be precise. I prayed but of course nothing happened. I thought only being doomed would prevent praying.

[Maul]

@Grobble, okay, I'll add that.

@Jelly:

[edit]Question: what are your preferences regarding spoiling of fixed things? Eg. crowning gifts, vault locations, etc. will be same for all.

I'll add a rule extension about this. I don't want to spoil spectator enjoyment for other competitions, so the general policy is that you can reveal most of them, except those that are quite likely to make a difference early on.

[zsomkovacs]

I'm in. Will be a short game, I think.

[edit] It WAS short. Went to Terinyo, got puppy, Jharod and Kranach quests. Went to VD, got 2 rocks from a goblin rockthrower, but no more. Also found a blazing potion. Descended. On VD:2 I killed a few monsters, but got hit by a rat and became sick. I was down to 3 Hp, when a skeleton appeared. I threw at it the rocks, but no damage. Tried to pray, but prayer unheard. I tried to run back to Terinyo, but found another skeleton in the corridor, so had no chance to escape. I tried to drink the blazing potion in hope of healing. It was - what a surprise - poison. Down to 1 Hp, First Aid at 50 wasn't enough, skeleton was next to me, but in that turn I died to acute blood poisoning...

Advanced to Level 5, scored 1667 points. Forgot to write down Xp. Use the lowest value of Level 5.