adom is not idiot safe

[Evil Knievel]

Hello, this one was my last attempt on playing before i started on the server yesterday. Emia was a random roll, DE ranger, i started her at the airport on the way home, and played her over the christmas days. She died on 29.12.

Her life:
Was epic . Got the little puppy home in time, killed the ACW without disabling him, without fireproof blanket, without ring of ice. Obtained no chaos resistance equipment apart from HMV and ACW corpse, but 2 wishes that helped out on that. Went through the BDC almost regretting and almost having died there, but due to stubborness she pressed on and killed the boss there, and then the other one too (i have not remembered that, but it was in the FLG). She died in the Mana temple.

The reason why i write the post, even though i don't remember most of the epic victories in her life, and how show got strong etc, is that her death came through a chain of misjudgements, that i found somehow interesting.

Her failures were not hers but mine, so in I-form all the blunders:

Blunder 1: I forgot about the existance of the mana temple, seriously thought that now it's only going down to D50.

The 8 extra levels made me suddenly aware that i messed out sth... so, to postpone the point in the game where i have not come with a properly working solution i went for BDC first, obtaining poison hands.

Blunder 2: I decided not to remove it, as i wanted to keep the corruption just before (thin and nimble). I had thick gauntlets in my pack.

Blunder 3+4+5: Then there was nothing else to do, but go down the mana temple. I put on the AMW, to not get killed too easily. I did not prepare myself for confustion and darkness. Nor did think about what to do if the archmage faces me himself.

So i went through the traps with wands of trap detection, and stayed at the entrance hacking away at everything that turned up, decimating the Chaos wizards. When this took ages, i got bored of that and i shot some wand charges with long range into the room in order to make the Archmage coming. First i suddenly got confused for decades. In the process of getting my wits together (i.e. putting on the water orb, and then, since that did not help, a ring of mental stability), one of the annihilators snatched my thick gauntlets away. Not realising that this cuts me off from my !oEH and herbs, i was left with healing methods that where "total", that is emergency, not preventive: praying and the water orb. Soon it went dark, the archmage closed in on me, and when i was face to face i could no tell, because there was no way to see him. I did not want to melee him, and i could not shoot him and his magic bolts damaged me badly, so i panicked and decided to get out.

Blunder 6: Thinking that i had a fair advantage in running, I figured that there is enough health left, got stuck in a hole trap, and shot in the back while trying to climb out. Totally deserved dying.

[Evil Knievel]

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Emia          St:27  Le:25  Wi:41  Dx:26  To:34  Ch:13  Ap: 4  Ma:28  Pe:29 N+
DV/PV:121/33     H:-45(568)    P:7(336)      Exp: 35/10012656   MT    Sp: 108
Blessed Burdened Coward


                            Background Information
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Name: Emia                Race: female Dark Elf     Class: Ranger
Eye color: black          Hair color: white         Complexion: black
Height: 5'2"              Weight: 24 pounds
Age: 135 (grown-up, 5 years of unnatural aging added in)
Star sign: Candle         Birthday: 5/Candle (day 275 of the year)


                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 8963 stones                Carrying capacity: 11453 stones

Head          : regular helm of leadership [+4, +2] {Ch+5}           [100s]
Neck          : regular amulet of perseverance {Wi+5}                  [3s]
Body          : regular ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8}        [60s]
Girdle        : blessed girdle of carrying [+0, +0]                   [15s]
Cloak         : regular cloak of defense [+6, +0]                     [20s]
Right Hand    : blessed rustproof sword of sharpness (+2, 4d8+6)      [35s]
Left Hand     : regular large eternium shield (-1) [+11, +5]          [54s]
Right Ring    : regular rusty ring of mental stability [+0, +1] {Le+1} [1s]
Left Ring     : regular ring of slaying (+8 melee damage, +6 missile damage)
Bracers       : blessed bracers of regeneration [+0, +0]              [18s]
Gauntlets     : regular elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3]         [10s]
Boots         : blessed seven league boots [+3, +0]                   [30s]
Missile weapon: regular light crossbow of accuracy (+8, +0)           [70s]
Missiles      : bundle of 18 regular quarrels of dragon slaying (+3, 2d6+4)
Tool          : regular Chaos Orb of Elemental Water {Wi+10}         [100s]


                                    Stuff
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only the relevant stuff

   regular amulet of death ray resistance                              [7s]

   blessed silvery arrow "True Aim" (+10, 15d5)                        [2s]
   regular arrow of demon slaying (+3, 1d6+3)                          [2s]
   bundle of 6 regular arrows of humanoid slaying (+3, 1d6+3)         [12s]

   regular ring of djinni summoning                                    [1s]

   blessed wand of paralyzation (6 charges)                            [3s]
   blessed wand of poison (4 charges)                                  [3s]
   regular wand of destruction (1 charge)                              [3s]

   heap of 2 blessed scrolls of chaos resistance                       [4s]


                                Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
Swords                  13   +14   +10   +4   Mastery              4932
Pole arms                9    +9    +5  +10   excellent            55

Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
Bows                     9   +18   +13   +3   excellent            20
Crossbows                7   +14   +10   +2   skilled              43

Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
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Shields                 10   +20              excellent            743

                                   Skills
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  Alertness ................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Archery ..................100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Athletics ................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Backstabbing .............100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Climbing .................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Cooking .................. 14    (mediocre)     [+4d4] (mr)
  Courage ..................100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Dodge ....................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Find weakness ............100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  First aid ................ 87    (great)        [+1d5]
  Food preservation ........100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Gardening ................ 21    (mediocre)     [+3d5]
  Haggling ................. 24    (mediocre)     [+2d4]
  Healing ..................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Herbalism ................100    (superb)       [+3d3]
  Listening ................100    (superb)       [+3d3]
  Literacy ................. 81    (great)        [+1]
  Pick pockets ............. 21    (mediocre)     [+2d4]
  Stealth ..................100    (superb)       [+3d3]
  Survival .................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Swimming ................. 67    (good)         [+1d3]
  Tactics ..................100    (superb)       [+1]
  Two weapon combat ........100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Woodcraft ................ 88    (great)        [+3d3]

                                   Spells
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   Burning Hands  :    54,  11pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Calm Monster   :     5,  15pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Create Item    :     5, 487pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Darkness       :    20,   7pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Disarm Trap    :     1,  19pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Farsight       :     3,  33pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Fireball       :     5,  39pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Light          :    15,   5pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Magic Lock     :    10,  15pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Stun Ray       :     8,  15pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Summon Monsters:     2,  59pp     (Effectivity: +0)

                            Effects of Corruption
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Your skin is covered by tough scales (PV: +8, Dx: -6, Ap: -4).
You rage (DV: -9, +6 melee damage)!
You have grown a total of 12 eyes (Ap: -6, Pe: +6).
You exhale sulphur (Ch: -4).
You have become extremely thin and nimble (1/2 weight, DV: +6).
Poison drips from your hands.
You look somewhat apish (St: +3, Le: -1, Wi: -1, Ch: -2, Ap: -3).

[Evil Knievel]

              Her achievements during her adventures:
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Emia, the dark elven ranger, was blasted with energy by Nuurag-Vaarn, the
invisible Chaos Archmage.
She scored 1055487 points and advanced to level 35.
She survived for 0 years, 65 days, 7 hours, 45 minutes and 28 seconds (82583
turns).
Emia visited 110 places.
Her strength score was modified by +12 during her career.
Her learning score was modified by +17 during her career.
Her willpower score was modified by +14 during her career.
Her dexterity score was modified by +14 during her career.
Her toughness score was modified by +21 during her career.
Her charisma score was modified by +7 during her career.
Her appearance score was modified by +11 during her career.
Her mana score was modified by +9 during her career.
Her perception score was modified by +7 during her career.
She was unnaturally aged by 5 years.
She was the champion of the arena.
She brought back joy into the life of a tiny girl.
She defeated the arch enemy of a mighty karmic wyrm.
She ended her adventuring life in the temple of elemental Mana.
4141 monsters perished under her attacks.
The following 21 artifacts were generated during her adventure:
  the si
  the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
  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 silvery arrow "True Aim"
  the lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
  the scorched spear           /missed that one
  the elemental gauntlets
  the ring of the High Kings
  the phial of Caladriel
  the crown of science
  the ancient mummy wrapping
  the ankh
  the black torc
  the black rune-covered dagger "Needle"
  the sapphire amulet "Preserver"  % must have in that great undead vault
  the black tome of Alsophocus     % must have in that great undead vault
She possessed the following intrinsics:
  She was fire resistant (enhanced through an item).
  She was poison resistant (enhanced through an item).
  She was cold resistant (enhanced through an item).
  She was acid resistant.
  She was lucky.
  Fate smiled upon her.
  She was sleep resistant (gained through an item).
  She was able to control teleportation.
  She was stun resistant (gained through an item).
  She was resistant to death rays (gained through an item).
  She was shock resistant (enhanced through an item).
  She was able to see invisible things (gained through an item).
  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 Swords, Alert, Beast of Burden,
Eagle Eye, Good Shot, Keen Shot, Lightning Shot, Long Stride, Master
Packager, Miser, Porter, Quick, Quick Shot, Treasure Hunter.
She had a final speed score of 108 (final base speed: 113).
She was a messiah of Anssaria.
She asked for 4 divine interventions.
She was a holy champion of Balance.
She was severely tainted by Chaos.

The following monsters were vanquished:

      1 Master Summoner
      1 oracle
      1 skeletal king
      1 Ancient Chaos Wyrm
      1 Ancient Stone Beast
      1 master necromancer
      1 black druid
      1 crime lord
   
blue dragon caves mostly
      1 ancient black dragon
     11 ancient blue dragons
      1 ancient blue wyrm
     18 blue baby dragons
     17 blue dragons
      3 ancient red dragons
      1 ancient karmic wyrm

never without :)
      9 cave lions
      5 cave tigers
      2 wild cats
      1 cat lord

     37 death oozes <-- no idea

was a 1 hit on berserk, realised afterwards what it was:
      1 doppleganger king  

      1 greater moloch
      1 master lich

      1 titan <- shot with arrows :)

     79 white worms <- those almost got me

[JellySlayer]

Don't be afraid to use your emergency heals. Prayers and Water Orb are there to be used, especially at this point in the game.

You should probably wear the ankh instead of the willpower amulet. Bonuses to luck count the same as willpower for confusion resistance purposes... the ankh is worth about +8 Wi if I remember correctly.

[_Ln_]

The standard procedure is to have at least one wand of monster creation (which will be definitely there after you sack Casino). Saved me on multiple occasions, especially in ToEF.

[gut]

> one of the annihilators snatched my thick gauntlets away

I love it when adom does stuff like this... to other players

[zeteginara]

Wand of monster creation? What for?

[mim]

To put something between you and the monster you are trying to avoid - especially glowing balls casters - Chaos Archmage, ElDeR cHaOs GoD, all liches, all wyrms, black druid, sage, old crone and Flik - as its targeting is same as with arrows. Doors work too, however if they spawn open you will need a turn to close it, which in some cases means death, and in above situation would require removing trap first (iirc).