YAVP: Troll Bard (1.2.0p1)

[Al-Khwarizmi]

This is actually my second win. I know I could have won more times, but full ADOM games tend to be too long for me... at some point either I get a busy week at work and then I don't remember the character, or I just get bored after the ToEF (the early game and the midgame up to the ToEF are my favorite parts of ADOM). So I have left several characters (mostly monks) in the deep temples, or even one in D:49, without actually finishing.

However, now I was on holiday and 1.2.0p1 was out, so it was a good time to start a serious game with the intention of playing it until the end.

The chosen character was a troll bard.

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Polkan        St:32  Le:25  Wi:19  Dx:22  To:37  Ch:18  Ap:15  Ma:14  Pe:20 N=
DV/PV: 56/33   H: 422(422)    P: 102(102)    Exp: 28/8783050    DrCh  Sp: 110
Blessed Burdened

Apart from my second win, this was also the first game where I got far with a melee char (I did use some spells, but not many). I'm bad playing melee chars, apart from them being much more difficult than characters that cast decent spells.

It's also the fifth reported win in 1.2.0, which is rather cool.

Name: Polkan              Race: male Troll          Class: Bard
Eye color: brown          Hair color: white         Complexion: tanned
Height: 9'1"              Weight: 511 pounds
Age: 17 (grown-up)
Star sign: Cup            Birthday: 15/Cup (day 255 of the year)

YOUR HISTORY:
        Your parents belong to the lower class. They were honest
 hard-working people, who did everything to enable you to live a
 comfortable and fine life. They were not very successful.
        As a young child you were often alone. You did not have any
 friends. You do not like to remember those times. They were very sad.
        During your youth you had a lot of fun playing with other kids of
 your age. You always were a natural leader and the center of interest.
        As a young adult you spent a lot of time searching for a deeper
 meaning and purpose in your life. You pondered and pondered but nothing
 truly sparked your interest. Finally, after many many hours, you made a
 decision.
        You decided to become a Bard.

ADOM's overview doesn't detail exactly why Polkan decided to become a bard. The thing is that, when he was searching for a deeper meaning and purpose in his life, he met an old man who lived in a forest hut with a bunch of old books. Polkan didn't know how to read, but the man, who couldn't move much and was bored most of the day, was happy to read his books to him. One of the books was called "Guide to being a Bard, by Darren Grey". The book said that trolls were terrible bards and there was no point on a troll being a bard. This enraged Polkan, so he went to see a travelling minstrel and bashed his head against a tree until he wilfully agreed to teach him the basics of barding.

Unfortunately, while the minstrel knew a lot about music, he didn't know many of the skills some bards have, but some don't. Find weakness? No. Healing? No. Herbalism? No. Alertness? No. So Polkan turned out to be a pretty bad prepared bard. But this didn't prevent him from venturing into the Drakalor Chain, with a lust for hunting treasures.

As is always my custom, the game was played without scumming (no herb farming - in fact I never used a single morgia or moss, no pickpocket abuse, gremlin bombs, etc.)

Since 1.2.0p1 was an alpha version, I made backups along the way, but I didn't meet a single crash or bug throughout the game. I did meet some artifacts that wouldn't have been gettable before, which is cool. The game report follows in the next post.

[Al-Khwarizmi]

As all my characters, Polkan started with a blanket run in the SMC, and headed directly to the UD. In UD:8, he was very lucky: he found a crown of fire and Perion's mithril plate mail.

It seems that most people consider Perion's mithril plate mail crappy. I disagree. OK, there are better artifacts, for sure. And if you get it as a paladin's crowning gift it's probably one of the worse ones you can get. But getting it in the early game with a troll bard is awesome. It provides +13 PV which is comparable to an eternium plate mail, two resistances, and it's indestructible. I actually wore it through most of the game (I got Nature's Companion much later, but I already had shock immunity and plenty of speed, so it wasn't such a big deal).

After this, he did the puppy quest. In PC:6, he found a cloak of invisibility that was extremely useful in several hard parts of the game, until it got destroyed (in the mana temple I think). The quest allowed Polkan to become neutral and get healing the lawful way (which I prefer to the chaotic one).

In a D:3 vault, he found a longsword of lightning that he used for a good while. Unfortunately, in the arena there was a cat as an opponent and no way to get rid of it without killing it. Polkan became literate with a quest to kill a goblin rockthrower. At some point (D:14), reading a blessed scroll of ID he realized that he had an (uncursed) AoLS. So he saved Khelavaster and finished the dwarf quests.

In the Griffyard, Nonnak was a quite hard opponent. Polkan made level 13 there, so the Pyramid was open. He trained with Yergius, talked to Blup's mom, talked to Blup, got the guaranteed teleport wand and climbing set, did the Pyramid (easy) and went back to the CoC. There he cleared the CoC graveyard, water temple, banshee, and got to the wall of fire. After going back to Dwarftown and identifying stuff, he realized that he had two rings of slaying, a RoDS, and a wand of frost (without charges).

Polkan used the RoDS to wish for pairs of seven league boots. He went to the TotHK, where he found another RoDS! He got the RotHK with the wand of cold (and booze), found at some point bracers of regeneration that he used during the rest of the game. He then cleared Darkforge, finding only crap. He got the Courage skill and, as a preparation for the ToEF, got back to the CoC. There, he got crowned with the boots of the divine messenger (crap!) and shock immunity. Then, he went to his stash, read a SoCR to get rid of the stiff muscles corruption that was annoying him, blessed a PoCC for the ACW, and used the RoDS to wish for rings of ice.

The ToEF was very hard. Almost everything that could go wrong went wrong. Polkan had slaying arrows, but his only bow (my mistake: I should have had him take more than one bow) burning despite the blessed ring of ice and blessed fireproof blanket. A tension room of fire giant kings was generated in the upper level, in such a position that it was impossible getting to the temple without dispatching at least some of them. This was a very slow process, and if it weren't for the bracers of regeneration I think Polkan would have fleed the ToEF and gone to the Rift or something. But he was brave. The fight with the ACW was also pretty difficult, despite a thrown PoCC, mainly because it panicked, ran and mixed with the remaining fire giant kings. But at the end, Polkan emerged victorious.

After this, he dove into the CoC. In D:26, in a greater giant vault, he found Soaker (damn) and a sword for sharpness (his weapon during the rest of the game, due to the lack of good artifact weapons). He didn't exploit the Casino too much because I don't like scumming, so he just played a bit to buy some slaying ammo (there was nothing great in the Casino anyway). In D:31, a greater fire creature vault carried Whirlwind (crap) and Nature's Companion (good but I didn't really use it, since I already had natural shock immunity and good speed). In D:34, a scroll shop was carrying a blessed SoCR which I gladly bought.

In the air temple, the summoner summoned all kinds of crap but it wasn't too difficult. The level 25 bard ability taught me Find Weakness (at last a good skill), Law and Cooking. The air temple was slower and more difficult, and an earth elemental dropped Sun's Messenger (another artifact that couldn't have been dropped in 1.1.1 IIRC).

The mana temple was very difficult. Polkan got quite a lot of corruption by fighting uber chaos servants, several stat drains from the archmage, and consumed all of his healing items. But he succeeded.

Polkan still had another RoDS (I think I forgot taking a note of where he found it, so I don't remember) but he was very low on resources (healing potions, offensive wands, etc.) after the mana temple, so he decided to do D:50 with the least effort possible, as he didn't feel powerful enough to kill all the balors. So he used the RoDS to wish for wands of destruction, went down to D:50, used a blessed SoFS to get (luckily) a greater earth elemental, cleared the sides of D:50, handled and destroyed the levers and went back up feeling victorious.

But the game wasn't over yet. Going back to DT was more exciting than it should due to scarcity of food: the poison hands corruption had made cooked lizards quite unnutritious, and Polkan didn't have thick gauntlets (my mistake, I'm sure he saw some at some point but I didn't remember they were important to keep). But he reached DT anyway, teleported to the ogre cave where he had the stash (because he had the unholy aura corruption and didn't want to annoy people), and read the two SoCRs that were left in the stash. This removed unholy aura and other corruptions, but he still was quite heavily corrupted with six corruptions left.

Unfortunately, he was level 28 so couldn't do the unicorn quest yet. But he really didn't want to go back to his place with all those nasty corruptions, he'd only be able to get chicks with his money and that wasn't good. So he decided to go deep into the ID and level (I hate this since it's quite scummy, but I really think this character deserved a good ending). Fortunately, it wasn't really necessary to level up to level 30, since in I54 he found a RoDS which he used to wish for scrolls of chaos resistance and get totally clean. He even found another RoDS on the way back, in I29 (apart from two PoGA's). He saved this last RoDS for his later life. Probably he used it to wish for potions of youth when he was getting old later on.

After that, being clean of corruption, with a lot of money and items, a wish still available, and the glory of having saved the world, Polkan returned to his place and lived a good life.

[Al-Khwarizmi]

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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 13390 stones                Carrying capacity: 14885 stones

Head          : uncursed rusty helm of teleportation [+0, +1]         [50s]
Neck          : uncursed amulet of free action                         [3s]
Body          : uncursed Perion's mithril plate mail (-1, -4) [-1, +13]
Girdle        : blessed girdle of carrying [+0, +0]                   [15s]
Cloak         : uncursed cloak of protection [+0, +3]                 [20s]
Right Hand    : blessed sword of sharpness (+0, 4d8+7)                [35s]
Left Hand     : uncursed medium eternium shield (+1) [+11, +3]        [46s]
Right Ring    : uncursed ring of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage)
Left Ring     : blessed ring of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage)
Bracers       : blessed bracers of regeneration [+0, +0]              [18s]
Gauntlets     : uncursed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3]        [10s]
Boots         : blessed seven league boots [+4, +0]                   [30s]
Missile Weapon: uncursed elven long bow "Sun's Messenger" (+15, +15)  [30s]
Missiles      : bundle of 3 uncursed arrows of jelly slaying (+6, 2d4) [6s]
Tool          : -

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                                    Stuff
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Total weight: 12675 stones   Carrying capacity: 14885 stones

Helmets ('[')
   uncursed crown of fire [+1, +2]                                    [65s]
   heap of 2 uncursed helms of water breathing [+0, +1]               [60s]
   uncursed adamantium cap [+0, +2]                                   [36s]
   uncursed crown of science [+4, +8] {Le+9}                          [65s]
Armor ('[')
   uncursed ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8}                    [60s]
   uncursed black dragon scale mail (-2, -4) [-2, +11]               [200s]
   uncursed fine leather armor "Nature's Companion" (+2, +0) [+2, +8] (+15 spd)
   cursed white dragon scale mail (-2, -4) [-2, +13]                 [200s]
   uncursed blue dragon scale mail (-1, -4) [-1, +10]                [200s]
Shields ('[')
   uncursed medium adamantium shield [+7, +2]                         [72s]
   uncursed medium eternium shield (+3) [+6, +3]                      [46s]
Gauntlets ('[')
   uncursed gloves [+3, +0]                                            [6s]
   uncursed black dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [+0, +3]             [10s]
   uncursed red dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [+0, +2]               [10s]
   uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+0, +3]                         [15s]
Cloaks ('[')
   blessed light cloak [+1, +0]                                       [20s]
   uncursed cloak of defense [+3, +0]                                 [20s]
   uncursed cloak of defense [+4, +0]                                 [20s]
Girdles ('[')
   blessed adamantium girdle [+0, +3]                                 [18s]
   uncursed money belt [+0, +0]                                        [5s]
   uncursed girdle of greed [+0, +0]                                   [7s]
Boots ('[')
   blessed boots of speed (+1, +1) [+2, +0] (+8 spd)                  [20s]
   uncursed seven league boots [+1, +0]                               [30s]
   blessed boots of the divine messenger [+3, +3] {Dx+5}              [25s]
   cursed spiked boots [-1, +3]                                       [30s]
Necklaces (''')
   (...)                            
   uncursed ankh                                                       [3s]
  (...)
Bracers (',')
   uncursed bracers of protection [+0, +2]                            [10s]
   heap of 2 uncursed pairs of bracers of speed [+0, +0] (+4 spd)     [20s]
   heap of 2 uncursed pairs of bracers of toughness [+0, +0] {To+4}   [20s]
   blessed bracers of protection [+0, +2]                             [10s]
   heap of 3 uncursed pairs of bracers of speed [+0, +0] (+4 spd)     [30s]
   heap of 3 uncursed pairs of brass bracers [+0, +0]                 [30s]
   uncursed bracers of defense [+1, +0]                               [10s]
One-handed weapons ('(')
   (...)
   blessed eternium dagger of might (+0, 2d4+7)                        [5s]
   blessed sword of Nonnak (+2, 4d3+2) [+2, +2] {Wi+5}                [80s]
   heap of 2 uncursed pick axes (+0, 1d6+1)                          [150s]
   uncursed phase dagger (+0, 1d4)                                     [5s]
   heap of 2 uncursed eternium scimitars (+0, 2d8+8)                  [38s]
   blessed eternium long sword (+3, 2d8+7)                            [20s]
   uncursed eternium flail (+0, 4d4+13)                               [66s]
   uncursed morning star of lightning (+1, 2d5+1) [-2, +0]           [175s]
   uncursed eternium spear (+4, 2d8+8)                                [25s]
   uncursed eternium dagger (+0, 2d4+4)                                [5s]
  (...)
Two-handed weapons ('(')
   uncursed scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle" (+6, 10d4+6) [+2, +2]  [70s]
   uncursed two-handed sword of parrying (+3, 3d5+5) [+16, +0]       [100s]
   blessed adamantium-shod quarterstaff of devastation (+0, 5d10+14)  [57s]
   uncursed scythe of mayhem (+1, 4d6+9) [-1, +0]                     [80s]
   blessed eternium halberd of thunder (+14, 4d7+10) [-2, +0]         [50s]
   uncursed eternium two-handed sword (+18, 6d5+18) [-1, +0]          [50s]
   uncursed eternium halberd (+11, 4d7+8) [-2, +0]                    [50s]
   uncursed halberd of defense (+9, 2d7+4) [+18, +0]                  [80s]
   uncursed staff of smiting (+7, 1d37+4)                             [30s]
   uncursed shining long spear "Soaker" (+9, 3d7) [+3, +0]            [10s]
   cursed mithril two-handed sword of surrendering (+8, 3d5+9) [-1, +0]
   uncursed weeping eternium-shod quarterstaff (+0, 2d10+10)          [40s]
   blessed halberd of defense (+7, 2d7+4) [+18, +0]                   [80s]
   uncursed adamantium halberd (+9, 2d7+6) [-2, +0]                   [70s]
Missile weapons ('}')
   (...)    
   blessed rune-covered sling "Whirlwind" (+12, +12)                   [3s]
   (...)
Missiles ('/')
   (...)
Tools (']')
   (...)
      cursed black wizard figurine of wondrous power                     [25s]
   uncursed berserker emperor figurine of wondrous power              [25s]
   blessed chaos plague bearer figurine of wondrous power             [25s]
   uncursed living wall figurine of wondrous power                    [25s]
   uncursed minotaur lord figurine of wondrous power                  [25s]
Instruments ('{')
   (...)
   uncursed harp                                                      [30s]
Rings ('=')
   (...)
   blessed ring of the High Kings [+2, +3]                             [1s]
   heap of 4 blessed rings of ice                                      [4s]
   blessed ring of djinni summoning                                    [1s]
Wands ('\')
   (...)
   uncursed wand of destruction (1 charge)                             [3s]
   uncursed wand of destruction (2 charges)                            [3s]
   blessed wand of destruction (2 charges)                             [3s]
   blessed wand of destruction (0 charges)                             [3s]
   uncursed wand of destruction (1 charge)                             [3s]
   (...)
Potions ('!')
   (...)
Scrolls ('?')
   (...)
Books ('"')
   blessed manual of bridge building                                 [100s]
   uncursed spellbook of Burning Hands                               [100s]
   blessed spellbook of Teleportation                                [100s]
   blessed spellbook of Identify                                     [100s]
   uncursed spellbook of Magic Lock                                  [100s]
   uncursed spellbook of Lightning Bolt                              [100s]
   uncursed spellbook of Darkness                                    [100s]
   uncursed spellbook of Slow Monster                                [100s]
Food ('%')
  (...)
Valuables ('$')
   203228 gold pieces                                               [2032s]
Gems ('*')
   (...)

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                                Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Unarmed fighting         2    +2    +0   +0   basic                40
Daggers & knives         4    +3    +1   +0   skilled              101
Clubs & hammers          2    +2    +0   +0   basic                40
Maces & flails           8    +6    +4   +2   excellent            145
Swords                  15   +18   +12   +6   Grand Mastery
Axes                     1    +1    +0   +0   basic                25
Whips                    1    +1    +0   +1   basic                25
Pole arms                3    +3    +1   +2   basic                29
Twohanded weapons        4    +4    +4   +1   skilled              43
Staves                   1    +1    +0   +1   basic                25

Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Slings                   2    +4    +3   +0   basic                20
Bows                     8   +16   +12   +2   excellent            182
Crossbows                5   +10    +7   +1   skilled              5
Thrown axes & hammers    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Thrown daggers           0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Thrown rocks & clubs     1    +2    +1   +0   basic                9
Thrown spears            0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Boomerangs & scurgari    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7

Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
Shields                 11   +22              Mastery              3050


Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: +57 bonus to hit, 4d8+43 damage


Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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Ammunition: 3, base range: 15, +68 bonus to hit, 2d4+53 damage

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                                   Skills
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  Athletics .................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Backstabbing ..............100    (superb)       [+3d4]
  Bridge building ........... 73    (great)        [+3d4] (ma)
  Climbing ..................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Concentration .............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Cooking ................... 36    (fair)         [+3d5] (mr)
  Courage ...................100    (superb)       [+3d3]
  Detect item status ........100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Detect traps ..............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Disarm traps .............. 86    (great)        [+2d4]
  Find weakness ............. 84    (great)        [+1d3]
  First aid .................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Food preservation .........100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Gardening ................. 60    (good)         [+2d4]
  Gemology .................. 98    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Haggling .................. 81    (great)        [+3d3]
  Healing ...................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Law ....................... 51    (good)         [+1d3]
  Listening .................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Literacy ..................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Mining .................... 61    (good)         [+1d5]
  Music .....................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Pick locks ................ 41    (fair)         [+4d5]
  Pick pockets ..............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Stealth ...................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Survival .................. 73    (great)        [+2d4]
  Swimming .................. 84    (great)        [+1d3]
  Tactics ................... 77    (great)        [+1d3]
  Two weapon combat ......... 46    (fair)         [+3d3]
  Ventriloquism ............. 93    (superb)       [+2d4]

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                                   Spells
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   Burning Hands :    47,  12pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Darkness      :   137,   4pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Farsight      :   529,  17pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Identify      :    20, 135pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Knock         :   530,  12pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Lightning Bolt:   525,  12pp     (Effectivity: +2)
   Magic Lock    :   211,   8pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Petrification :   530, 120pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Slow Monster  :   162,   7pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Teleportation :    10,  41pp     (Effectivity: +1)

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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 returns to his lands victorious and is hailed as a great leader.
Eventually he becomes king and settles the many differences among his
people, allowing his people to prosper and grow.

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              His achievements during his adventures:
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Polkan, the trollish bard, saved the world with his brave efforts and became
a great ruler while saving himself 19 times.
He scored 7927920 points and advanced to level 28.
He survived for 0 years, 58 days, 18 hours, 43 minutes and 46 seconds
(110660 turns).
16 companions were killed during his adventures.
Polkan visited 110 places.
His strength score was modified by +10 during his career.
His learning score was modified by +17 during his career.
His willpower score was modified by +7 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +9 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +10 during his career.
His charisma score was modified by +8 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by +8 during his career.
His mana score was modified by +4 during his career.
His perception score was modified by +11 during his career.
He was the champion of the arena.
He was a member of the thieves guild.
He made a little water dragon very happy.
He saved Khelavaster from certain death.
He left the Drakalor Chain after completing his quest and became a great
leader and famous hero.
5757 monsters perished under his attacks.
The following 24 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
  the si
  the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
  the potion of literacy
  the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
  the elven long bow "Sun's Messenger"
  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 lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
  the mighty morning star "Grod"
  the sword of Nonnak
  the elemental gauntlets
  the ring of the High Kings
  the phial of Caladriel
  the crown of science
  the ancient mummy wrapping
  the ankh
  the boots of the divine messenger
  the Perion's mithril plate mail
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
  the rune-covered sling "Whirlwind"
  the fine leather armor "Nature's Companion"
  the shining long spear "Soaker"
He possessed the following intrinsics:
  He was fire resistant (also through items).
  He was poison resistant.
  He was cold resistant (also through an item).
  He was acid resistant (gained through an item).
  He was lucky.
  He was able to teleport (gained through an item).
  He was able to control teleportation.
  He was paralyzation resistant (gained through an item).
  He was shock resistant (also through an item).
  He was immune to shock attacks.
He had the following talents: Alert, Beast of Burden, Good Shot, Keen Shot,
Long Stride, Master Packager, Miser, Porter, Quick, Strong Thrower, Treasure
Hunter, Very Quick.
He had a final speed score of 110 (final base speed: 115).
He was a messiah of Ne'Ftrr.
He asked for 6 divine interventions.
He was a holy champion of Balance.

I didn't see the mighty morning star "Grod" anywhere.

[Grey]

Well done! Though I thoroughly disapprove of the r/c combo :P

[grobblewobble]

He saved this last RoDS for his later life. Probably he used it to wish for potions of youth when he was getting old later on.

Are you sure? I suspect he might have used it on something more tempting.

Well done anyway, this isn't the easiest sort of melee character and that was one hell of a tower run.

blessed adamantium-shod quarterstaff of devastation (+0, 5d10+14) [57s]

This is the best staff I've ever seen, I think I would have preferred it over the sword.

[quik]

Congratulations on your second win, Al-Khwarizmi, although the wand of destruction ending was quite dishonorable for you!

[anon123]

although the wand of destruction ending was quite dishonorable for you!

When I first read about D:50 and the wand of destruction ending, I thought "wait, some people don't kill all the monsters on this level!?"

[Al-Khwarizmi]

Yeah, in my other win I did the honourable ending, killing all the balors (in fact, all the monsters in D:50). But in this case, I thought this character was just too weak to pull that off, so I had to settle for the less honourable ending this time.

Troll bard is a pretty crappy R/C combo, as Grey's guide said. And starting without Healing, Alertness, Find Weakness, Herbalism, etc. didn't help either. Of course, I didn't play the character because I think it was any good, but just for fun. I like to roleplay and imagine my characters and a troll bard was just badass.

[Al-Khwarizmi]

This is the best staff I've ever seen, I think I would have preferred it over the sword.

I was rather tempted to use it, but when I found it I was already heavily invested in swords, with Mastery or something, and using the staff meant losing quite a bit of DV from the shield boni.