Its time to win!

[Joe]

Some general things:
- Eat the load of morgia to get some further TO boost. Eating 25+ or so might get you 2-3 extra points as long as your TO is below 25 while eating them.
- Put one of the orbs in your tool slot
- Put on Preserver, especially when using ball spells.
- Use the ring of slaying on your right finger if you regularly use missile or melee against monsters.

A few notes that you might like to know to prevent getting killed:
1- Make sure you aren't doomed. It'll make you die.
2- Cat lord: he's very fast, invisible and hits extremely accurate and hard. Don't try meleeing him. Disable him by blinding, paralyzing, webbing and shoot him from a safe distance with bolts (he shrugs alot), ball spells or poisoned ammo.
3- Air temple: dump your valuable equipment (7LB!, the penetrating weapons and other non-higher-metal items) outside the temple to prevent destruction. The temple itself isn't very dangerous, unless the Orb Guardian starts summoning heaps of quickling queens or so.
4- Earth temple: this will be a piece of cake with your awesome spear. Be a bit careful when approaching the temple though. Most monsters here walk through walls and like closing down your escape routes.
5- Mana temple: Don't run through the traps like a madman but be a bit careful. Make sure you're resistant to death ray before entering the temple. Monsters will drain your PP so magic is a bit limited here. Lure the Orb Guardian into the corridor and kill him there. Avoid melee if you can. Using poisoned slaying ammo is better. When in doubt, retreat and reconsider your plans. Something like a stupid wand of light can be of great help here if you don't have the light spell or a torch. Also wands of monster creation can be great to create a shield between you and the Orb Guardian while running or reconsidering your inventory.
6- D50: this is where the ChAoS gAtE is. It's quite a dangerous place ofcourse, but nothing you can't handle if you're careful. Try to avoid melee (as always) since it corrupts you heavily. Also D50 is heavily corrupting anyway, so I'd save your wishes for Scrolls of Chaos Resistance. I managed to turn into a mass of primal chaos about 5 turns before closing the gate and stopping corruption once and since then I'm a bit more careful with corruptions

[grobblewobble]

I'll try to confuse you a bit more about the wishes and say you'll need to spend one of them on spellbooks of rain of sorrow.

[Silfir]

- Use the ring of slaying on your right finger if you regularly use missile or melee against monsters.

That's rings of damage, isn't it? I don't remember the bonus from a ring of slaying being affected by the hand they're on.

[CloudKing]

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D:43
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Should I continue down or go back up and prepare some more? I've never been
to the library.The cat lord almost got me, but with the help of three
answered prayers, about 6 cursed potions of invisibility, and some poisoned
humanoid slaying ammo, I was able to kill him.So here I am on D:43 with a
shiny new trident (haven't even taken my first swing with it) and I think
the walls are closing in around me.
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Character Information
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TheWin St:25 Le:43 Wi:49 Dx:41 To:31 Ch:22 Ap:13 Ma:36 Pe:17 N-
DV/PV: 95/38 H: 427(496) P: 166(605) Exp: 39/6665976 M: 112204
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Background Information
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Name: TheWin Race: male Gnome Class: Priest
Star sign: Cup Birthday: 11/Cup (day 251 of the year)
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Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon Lvl Hit Dam DV Level Required marks
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Daggers & knives 8 +7 +4 +2 excellent 445
Clubs & hammers 3 +2 +1 +0 basic 97
Pole arms 10 +10 +6 +12 excellent 224
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Missile weapon Lvl Hit Dam Ra Level Required marks
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Crossbows 6 +12 +9 +2 skilled 154
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Shields Lvl DV Level Required marks
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Shields 7 +14 skilled 540
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Spells
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Ethereal Bridge : 470, 11pp (Effectivity: +7)
Freezing Fury : 1027, 12pp (Effectivity: +7)
Greater Divine Touch : 724, 50pp (Effectivity: +6)
Petrification : 1603, 60pp (Effectivity: +4)
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Effects of Corruption
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Your close attunement to corrupted astral space allows teleportation.
You have grown thorns (3d3 melee damage, Dx: -2, Ap: -3).
Your muscles have stiffened slowing you down (base action cost: 1500 energy
points; PV: +4, St: +2).
You have grown a bulging cranium (Le: +6, Wi: +4, Ap: -6, PV: -4, To: -3).
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Inventory
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Total weight: 17937 stones Carrying capacity: 39375 stones
Head : blessed eternium cap [+5, +7] [28s]
Neck : blessed sapphire amulet "Preserver" [+4, +4] {Wi+7} [3s]
Body : blessed Shirt of the Saints [+8, +4] {Le+2} [20s]
Girdle : blessed adamantium girdle [+0, +3] [18s]
Cloak : -
Right Hand : blessed rune-covered trident (+6, 3d12+6) [+4, +4] {Dx+12}
Left Hand : -
Right Ring : blessed ring of regeneration [1s]
Left Ring : blessed ring of the High Kings [+2, +3] [1s]
Bracers : blessed bracers of toughness [+0, +0] {To+6} [10s]
Gauntlets : blessed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3] [10s]
Boots : blessed seven league boots [+1, +3] [30s]
Missile weapon: blessed heavy crossbow of accuracy (+11, +3) [140s]
Missiles : bundle of 10 uncursed quarrels of thunder (+1, 2d6) [20s]
Tool : uncursed Chaos Orb of Elemental Water {Wi+10} [100s]
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Stuff
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Total weight: 17476 stones Carrying capacity: 39375 stones
Shields ('[')
blessed tower eternium shield (-1) [+13, +4] [70s]
Girdles ('[')
heap of 2 blessed girdles of carrying [+0, +0] [30s]
Boots ('[')
uncursed eternium boots [+0, +8] [55s]
Necklaces (''')
blessed amulet of balance [3s]
heap of 2 uncursed amulets of petrification resistance [6s]
blessed amulet of death ray resistance [7s]
uncursed black torc [+4, +2] (+10 spd) [3s]
heap of 3 uncursed amulets of free action [9s]
heap of 2 uncursed amulets of protection from constructs [6s]
uncursed amulet of life saving [3s]
uncursed amulet of perseverance {Wi+6} [3s]
blessed necklace of rapid healing [2s]
One-handed weapons ('(')
blessed rustproof spear of penetration (+5, 1d8+7) [50s]
blessed mithril spear of slaughtering (+1, 2d10+4) [40s]
uncursed spear of penetration (+1, 1d8-3) [50s]
uncursed adamantium dagger of vampirism (-3, 1d4+5) [7s]
uncursed phase dagger (+0, 1d4) [5s]
uncursed mithril dagger of the sun (+1, 1d4+5) [8s]
Two-handed weapons ('(')
cursed murderous adamantium two-handed sword (+12, 3d5+12) [-1, +0][70s]
blessed mithril halberd of mayhem (+9, 4d7+10) [-2, +0] [80s]
cursed quicksilver quarterstaff (+6, 5d3+5) [+3, +0] (+20 spd) [20s]
Missiles ('/')
bundle of 28 uncursed quarrels of construct slaying (+3, 2d6+3) [112s]
bundle of 7 uncursed quarrels of undead slaying (+3, 2d6+3) [28s]
bundle of 8 uncursed quarrels of demon slaying (+3, 2d6+3) [32s]
bundle of 14 uncursed quarrels of giant slaying (+3, 2d8+3) [56s]
bundle of 10 uncursed quarrels of humanoid slaying (+4, 2d6+3) [40s]
Tools (']')
heap of 2 uncursed fireproof blankets [20s]
heap of 2 uncursed waterproof blankets [20s]
uncursed Chaos Orb of Elemental Fire {St+10} [100s]
uncursed magical writing set (2) [5s]
uncursed magical writing set (5) [5s]
uncursed stethoscope [5s]
cursed Chaos Orb of Elemental Air {Dx+10} [100s]
uncursed ogre emperor statue of "D40" [4000s]
uncursed fluff ball [2s]
cursed great black wyrm statue of "Keredetiussanavus" [8000s]
Rings ('=')
heap of 3 uncursed rings of invisibility [3s]
blessed ring of speed [+0, +1] (+5 spd) [1s]
heap of 2 blessed rings of djinni summoning [2s]
uncursed ring of elemental mastery [+0, +0] [1s]
uncursed ring of slaying (+8 melee damage, +6 missile damage) [1s]
Wands ('\')
uncursed wand of fireballs (4 charges) [3s]
blessed wand of fireballs (8 charges) [3s]
blessed wand of teleportation (2 charges) [4s]
blessed wand of teleportation (1 charge) [4s]
uncursed wand of poison (9 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of paralyzation (6 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of acid (3 charges) [4s]
uncursed wand of acid (3 charges) [4s]
uncursed wand of fireballs (3 charges) [3s]
uncursed wand of wonder (5 charges) [3s]
cursed wand of acid (4 charges) [4s]
uncursed wand of acid (1 charge) [4s]
uncursed wand of acid (1 charge) [4s]
Potions ('!')
uncursed potion of confusion [2s]
heap of 5 blessed potions of extra healing [10s]
blessed potion of cure corruption [2s]
heap of 2 blessed potions of booze [8s]
heap of 2 potions of unholy water [8s]
heap of 3 potions of holy water [12s]
uncursed potion of wonder [2s]
uncursed potion of troll blood [2s]
Scrolls ('?')
heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of great identify [4s]
heap of 4 blessed scrolls of power [8s]
heap of 7 blessed scrolls of identify [14s]
heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of treasure creation [4s]
uncursed scroll of defense [2s]
uncursed scroll of increase melee damage [2s]
uncursed scroll of item creation [2s]
Food ('%')
heap of 10 blessed cooked lizards [30s]
heap of 29 blessed pepper petals [58s]
heap of 5 blessed stomafillia herbs [10s]
heap of 6 blessed spenseweeds [12s]
Valuables ('$')
417808 gold pieces [4178s]
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Killed Monsters
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4338 monsters perished under his attacks.
The following monsters were vanquished:
12 ancient black dragons
1 ancient blue dragon
1 Ancient Chaos Wyrm
1 ancient karmic dragon
2 ancient minotaurs
1 ancient red dragon
18 ancient white dragons
1 banshee
1 battle bunny
1 black druid
2 black unicorns
1 blue baby dragon
1 bunny master
1 burly adventurer
1 cat lord
1 great black wyrm
1 great white wyrm
1 greater air elemental
2 greater water elementals
1 master assassin
1 master mimic
1 master necromancer
1 mimic hivemind
1 ogre emperor
2 quickling kings
3 quickling lords
4 shadow wyrms
11 skeletal kings
1 Snake from Beyond
1 undead chaos dwarven berserker
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Achievements
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He was the champion of the arena.
He was a member of the thieves guild.
He made a little water dragon very happy.
He killed Keethrax the druid.
He found a lost puppy.(kind of)
He defeated the guardians of and retrieved the Chaos Orbs of fire, water, and air.
He was crowned champion of his deity's cause.
He won at slots in a casino but was forced to spend his winnings at the gift shop.
He killed an angry cat lord.
He "killed" Keredetiussanavus the great black wyrm.
He killed barraxanar the great white wyrm.
He defeated the guardian of and retrieved the Ring of The High Kings.
He raided Dark Forge.
He stole treasure from a water dragon.
He was given a "rune covered trident" as a thank you for helping a little water dragon.

[brim]

Although the Rune Covered Trident is a kick-ass weapon, I think as a priest you may still be better off using the spear/shield, at least situationally, and definitely for the earth temple. Try to fight as few monsters as possible in the Earth Temple, as soon as you start getting attacked back off so you don't accidentally pull off more than you can chew. As always, don't be afraid to run!

[Grey]

What happened to your eternium long sword of mayhem? It was way better than any of your spears. Please don't pay attention to the blind advice saying to use spears.

Your DV is rather high so you may be able to get away with using the rune-covered trident, and it's especially good against demons.

That's a cool statue you have but it weighs a tonne and is useless. There's no point carrying it around. I guess it's just a snazzy trophy for you?

You badly need to get rid of your third corruption - it slows down all actions significantly. Have you spoken to the dwarven mystic? Have you nabbed the hidden scroll in the HMV? If not get to it! If these sources of corruption removal have been exhausted then you're best off going to the Library and retrieving the weird tome.

[grobblewobble]

If you spend one wish on scrolls of chaos resistance and one on acid ball (rain of sorrow), the game is in your pocket.

[CloudKing]

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BAD NEWS
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in the future I will be more careful with death rays.

[Grey]

Ouch :/ Mana Temple got you? Missing out on the pyramid harmed you there, I guess, as the ancient mummy wrapping is a god source of death ray resistance whilst also being a fairly decent armour overall (not as much PV as heavier stuff, but better DV and indestructable).

[tapi]

Ouch :/ Well, you won't be making the same mistake 2nd time.. I guess it was also the RNG's paypack for listening to the spear cultists that inhabitate this forum, and getting rid of your best weapon as result :P