The early-midgame stall
Hi.
Is there any way to avoid the grinding at this point in the game? Namely, it's when you've done the earliest quests and gotten to the main dungeon and started the dwarf quests, but you're not equipped enough to take on the Animated Forest yet (I notice I seem to get killed a lot there unless I'm higher-level AND with more and the first dwarf quest is a somewhat hard-to-find monster (in this particular case, it's green slime). It seems you have to wait and grind for more equipment, the monster, or both. What do you usually do at this point in the game?
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You were well-respected and comparatively wealthy. As a child you were very active and imitated the hunters and warriors of your tribe at all opportunities. During your youth you traveled to nearby tribes and traded with them. You met many strangers and learned a lot about the outside world. As a young adult your family was killed in a raid. You became embittered and filled with the desire for revenge. At the age of 24 you left your tribe. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weapon Skills ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Melee weapon Lvl Hit Dam DV Level Required marks --------------------- --- --- --- -- ------------- -------------- Unarmed fighting 3 +2 +1 +0 basic 54 Daggers & knives 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 14 Clubs & hammers 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 14 Maces & flails 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 14 Swords 8 +6 +4 +2 excellent 516 Axes 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 14 Whips 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 14 Pole arms 4 +4 +1 +3 skilled 85 Twohanded weapons 5 +4 +6 +1 skilled 98 Staves 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 14 Missile weapon Lvl Hit Dam Ra Level Required marks --------------------- --- --- --- -- ------------- -------------- Slings 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7 Bows 4 +8 +6 +1 skilled 9 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 3 +6 +4 +1 basic 15 Thrown spears 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7 Boomerangs & scurgari 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 6 Shields Lvl DV Level Required marks --------------------- --- --- ------------- -------------- Shields 3 +6 basic 59 Damage caused with your melee weapons: -------------------------------------- Right hand: +27 bonus to hit, 1d8+7 damage Damage caused with your missile weapons: ---------------------------------------- Ammunition: 2, base range: 4, +18 bonus to hit, 1d4+11 damage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Skills ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Athletics ................ 92 (superb) [+2d4] Climbing ................. 63 (good) [+3d4] Detect traps ............. 17 (mediocre) [+4d4] Dodge ....................100 (superb) [+2d4] First aid ................ 65 (good) [+3d3] Food preservation ........ 34 (fair) [+3d5] Haggling ................. 28 (mediocre) [+3d3] Healing .................. 76 (great) [+1d3] Herbalism ................ 30 (mediocre) [+4d4] Listening ................ 49 (fair) [+4d4] Pick pockets ............. 33 (fair) [+2d4] Stealth .................. 80 (great) [+1d5] Survival ................. 54 (good) [+4d4] Swimming ................. 48 (fair) [+3d5] Two weapon combat ........ 36 (fair) [+4d5] Woodcraft ................ 14 (mediocre) [+4d5] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inventory ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 1957 stones Carrying capacity: 2700 stones Head : - Neck : rusty amulet of luck [8s] Body : mithril chain mail (-1, -3) [-2, +7] [320s] Girdle : - Cloak : cloak of defense [+2, +0] [20s] Right Hand : stone spear (+1, 1d8) [120s] Left Hand : rusty medium shield [+3, +1] [100s] Right Ring : - Left Ring : - Bracers : - Gauntlets : - Boots : rusty iron boots [-1, +1] [120s] Missile Weapon: - Missiles : heap of 2 rocks (+0, 1d4) [10s] Tool : - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 1259 stones Carrying capacity: 2700 stones Gauntlets ('[') thick gauntlets [15s] Necklaces (''') heap of 2 glass amulets [6s] gray amulet [3s] coral necklace [2s] One-handed weapons ('(') dagger (+2, 1d4) [10s] broadsword (+0, 1d7+1) [80s] Two-handed weapons ('(') two-handed sword (+4, 3d5+3) [-1, +0] [100s] Missile weapons ('}') short bow (+3, +0) [20s] sling [3s] sling [3s] Missiles ('*') heap of 4 rocks (+0, 1d4) [20s] heap of 7 rocks (+1, 1d4) [35s] heap of 14 rocks [70s] heap of 3 rocks [15s] rock [5s] arrow [2s] arrow [2s] Tools (']') heap of 2 torches [20s] box with flint and steel (24) [5s] tinderbox (5) [3s] heap of 2 small keys [2s] triangular key [1s] square key [1s] hexagonal key [1s] strange item [10s] Rings ('=') adamantium ring [1s] fire opal ring [1s] wooden ring [1s] electrum ring [1s] ruby ring [1s] Wands ('\') purple wand [3s] iron wand [4s] glass wand [3s] pine wand [3s] oak wand [3s] pine wand [3s] teak wand [3s] Potions ('!') heap of 2 potions of carrot juice [8s] heap of 4 rusty potions [16s] heap of 2 potions of healing [8s] heap of 3 clear potions [12s] heap of 2 potions of booze [8s] bright potion [2s] heap of 2 blood red potions [4s] clotted potion [4s] heap of 6 potions of holy water [24s] thin potion [2s] potion of booze [4s] light yellow potion [4s] sparkling potion [4s] murky potion [4s] rusty potion [4s] amber potion [2s] Scrolls ('?') scroll labeled "ENO OWT EERHT" [2s] scribbled scroll [2s] scroll labeled "ECNETOPINMO" [2s] heap of 5 scrolls labeled "KTTDLwrgt" [10s] heap of 2 scrolls labeled "IAZNAB" [4s] heap of 2 scrolls labeled "ABABILA" [4s] heap of 2 scrolls labeled "DOGO FUTSF" [4s] heap of 2 scrolls labeled "FROTZ" [4s] heap of 2 scrolls labeled "FPMAM" [4s] scroll labeled "KTTdLwrgt" [2s] scroll labeled "ZTORF" [2s] scroll labeled "DOGO FUTSF" [2s] scroll labeled "YIKES" [2s] Food ('%') heap of 4 iron rations [400s] melon [20s] piece of fresh meat [20s] heap of 2 fortune cookies [6s] heap of 2 loaves of bread [80s] hurthling cake [30s] heap of 3 cooked lizards [9s] loaf of hurthling bread [30s] heap of 3 morgia roots [6s] strange herb [2s] heap of 3 strange herbs [6s] heap of 2 strange herbs [4s] heap of 2 strange herbs [4s] heap of 2 cooked lizards [6s] heap of 5 blessed cooked lizards [15s] Valuables ('$') 544 gold pieces [5s] Gems ('*') green gem [1s] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Killed Monsters ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1002 monsters perished under her attacks. The following monsters were vanquished: <snip for b ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Achievements ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- She survived for 0 years, 31 days, 3 hours, 9 minutes and 50 seconds (22508 turns). Shyla visited 27 places. Her strength score was modified by +1 during her career. Her willpower score was modified by +2 during her career. Her dexterity score was modified by +2 during her career. Her toughness score was modified by +2 during her career. Her appearance score was modified by +2 during her career. Her perception score was modified by +1 during her career. She was a member of the thieves guild. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version Information ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ancient Domains Of Mystery Version 1.2.0 Linux ELF Prerelease 7 Build: Dec 13 2012 17:01:35
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