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    Default Miscast magic

    I haven't played spellcasters in ages, so rolled gnomish wizard. Set self-imposed restrictions of: (no mundane)missiles and no shields. Theses were upheld, except in the PC where I used a [+1,+1] shield for some time. Got stuck between two fire resistant monsters with only fire bolt and burning hands.

    Started with spellbook of invisibility. Swiped some stuff from barnabas with it. Got the blanket and went on to rescue the puppy. Potion shop in PC:2; nice. PC:3 wand shop ; great! Book shop in PC:4 ; Seriously? Some characters don't find three random shops in entire game, now 3 in 5 levels? Ok, you just used your luck for the entire game. Got in time to the last level, but someone killed the puppy.

    Through UD, nothing. Quick visit in DT, then went to raid DF. Mystic was stingy and didn't give SoCRs. After killing one steel golem decided to go to pyramid instead(now lvl 13). After that came back and cleared 2/3 of DF. Had only Ice ball and about 100hp and sucky DV/PV, but somehow managed. No good armors, but got staff of smiting which I used to raise some skill in staves. Dwarven GY was next stop, then DD and ToHK. Quick stop at ToEF on the way back to get Thundarr's first quest monster: fire drake. Went to get water orb and watched khelly die.

    Fire temple turned out ok, despite my concerns. Used mostly Ice ball to kill ACW and he was hurting me kinda bad after going berserk. Luckily he panicked right after. Got enough levels to go to MM. Used magic map and teleport and some scrolls. Wandered around quite some time, visited at least half a dozen false levels. The emperor got a jump on me which hurt a lot. Retreated a bit to create some webs. He got stuck and flailed helplessly as magic missiles were bouncing back and forth through him.

    Stayed away from the slots. Robbed the casino, which had robes of resistance. Tried to kill the shopkeeper but gave up(for now). Killed bunch of guards and left. Black dragon vault had silvery arrow. Quick trip on the surface to get crowned, got staff of the archmagi. Found greater undead vault, left it alone(for now). D:45 greater vault of fire creatures. Had Vanquisher, Boots of the Divine messenger, Lust for Glory and Black tome of Alsophocus. Got 3 levels from killing the great red wyrm.

    Mana temple was less icky than I remembered, thanks to new scrolls of power. Acid balled them all down. On the way to surface did earth and air temples as well. Used the mana orb in earth temple. Preserved corpses with wizard cooking. The incentive was recipe for PoGA, PoCC and stomafillia herb. Killed the greater black unicorn and made Blup very happy. Noticed the Far Slayer in water dragon cave, but didn't bother.

    Got Skullcrusher as uselessness gift. Spammed magic missile on D:50 like there was no tomorrow. Already killed half of the balors and most of the chaos wizards; handled the levers. Prayed for PP quite recently, which leads us to the moment of the screenshot...

    Not my first death like this. When I noticed my mistake, all I could do was laugh.


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    Tiax          St:31  Le:43  Wi:25  Dx:36  To:30  Ch:14  Ap: 6  Ma:65  Pe:20 N+
    DV/PV:104/47     H:-330(604)   P:1060(1157)  Exp: 50/25815593   D: 50 Sp: 111
    Blessed Invisible Coward
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                                Background Information
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    Name: Tiax                Race: male Gnome          Class: Wizard
    Eye color: brown          Hair color: brown         Complexion: light
    Height: 3'4"              Weight: 108 pounds
    Age: 141 (grown-up, 28 years of unnatural aging added in)
    Star sign: Salamander     Birthday: 4/Salamander (day 124 of the year)
    
    YOUR HISTORY:
            Your parents are travelling adventurers. They are doing moderately
     well but are talented enough to survive.
            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 embarked on many small journeys to nearby
     towns on behalf of your parents. You learned to know lots of people and
     made many friends.
            As a young adult you left your home because of trouble with your
     parents. They opposed your plans for the future without understanding your
     wishes. Thus you decided to live on your own. You wandered through the
     country for many years, growing older and wiser and learning many things.
            You decided to become a Wizard.
    
    
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                                      Inventory
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    Total weight: 10518 stones                Carrying capacity: 70175 stones
    
    Head          : uncursed eternium cap (+1, +1) [+0, +4]               [28s]
    Neck          : uncursed ankh                                          [3s]
    Body          : uncursed robes of resistance (-4, -4) [+3, +12] {To+5}[60s]
    Girdle        : uncursed eternium girdle [+0, +4]                     [12s]
    Cloak         : uncursed cloak of protection [+0, +3]                 [20s]
    Right Hand    : blessed staff of the archmagi (+5, 5d2+2) [+9, +0] {Ma+10}
    Left Hand     : -
    Right Ring    : uncursed ring of mental stability [+0, +4] {Le+1}      [1s]
    Left Ring     : blessed ring of the High Kings [+2, +3]                [1s]
    Bracers       : uncursed bracers of protection [+0, +2]               [10s]
    Gauntlets     : uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+0, +1]            [15s]
    Boots         : uncursed boots of the divine messenger [+3, +3] {Dx+5}[25s]
    Missile Weapon: -
    Missiles      : -
    Tool          : -
    
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                                    Weapon Skills
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    Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
    ---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
    Unarmed fighting         1    +1    +0   +0   basic                47
    Daggers & knives         1    +1    +0   +0   basic                50
    Clubs & hammers          1    +1    +0   +0   basic                50
    Maces & flails           1    +1    +0   +0   basic                50
    Swords                   1    +1    +0   +0   basic                50
    Axes                     1    +1    +0   +0   basic                50
    Whips                    1    +1    +0   +1   basic                50
    Pole arms                1    +1    +0   +0   basic                50
    Twohanded weapons        1    +1    +1   +0   basic                50
    Staves                   8    +8    +3  +14   excellent            889
    
    Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
    ---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
    Slings                   0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            14
    Bows                     0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            14
    Crossbows                0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            11
    Thrown axes & hammers    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            14
    Thrown daggers           0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            14
    Thrown rocks & clubs     0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            14
    Thrown spears            0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            14
    Boomerangs & scurgari    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            14
    
    Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
    ---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
    Shields                  0    +0              unskilled            30
    
    
    Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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    Right hand: +55 bonus to hit, 5d2+11 damage
    
    
    Damage caused with your missile weapons:
    ----------------------------------------
    No missile weapons available.
    
    
    
    
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                                       Skills
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      Alchemy ..................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
      Backstabbing .............100    (superb)       [+1]
      Climbing .................100    (superb)       [+1d3]
      Concentration ............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
      Courage ..................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
      Detect traps .............100    (superb)       [+1d3]
      Disarm traps ............. 75    (great)        [+1d3]
      First aid ................100    (superb)       [+1d3]
      Gardening ................ 70    (good)         [+1d3]
      Gemology .................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
      Haggling ................. 65    (good)         [+1d3]
      Healing ..................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
      Herbalism ................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
      Listening ................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
      Literacy .................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
      Mining ................... 57    (good)         [+1]
      Pick locks ............... 63    (good)         [+1d3]
      Pick pockets .............100    (superb)       [+1d3]
      Smithing ................. 59    (good)         [+1d3]
      Stealth ..................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
      Survival ................. 42    (fair)         [+1d5]
      Swimming .................100    (superb)       [+1]
      Tactics .................. 93    (superb)       [+1]
      Two weapon combat ........ 50    (fair)         [+1]
      Ventriloquism ............ 77    (great)        [+1d3]
      Woodcraft ................ 56    (good)         [+1d3]
    
    
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                                       Spells
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       Acid Ball           :   404,  17pp     (Effectivity: +24)
       Acid Bolt           :   106,   8pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Bless               :  1405,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Burning Hands       :   858,   4pp     (Effectivity: +36)
       Calm Monster        :  1938,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Create Item         :   111, 125pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Cure Critical Wounds:   649,   7pp     (Effectivity: +11)
       Cure Disease        :   162,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Cure Light Wounds   :  1492,   3pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Cure Serious Wounds :   118,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Darkness            :  2219,   2pp     (Effectivity: +1)
       Death Ray           :   104,  50pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Destroy Undead      :   183,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Disarm Trap         :   108,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Earthquake          :   107,  40pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Farsight            :   476,   8pp     (Effectivity: +8)
       Fire Bolt           :  3088,   5pp     (Effectivity: +21)
       Fireball            :   110,  10pp     (Effectivity: +1)
       Frost Bolt          :   849,   6pp     (Effectivity: +21)
       Greater Identify    :   110,  50pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Heal                :   105,  20pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Ice Ball            :   932,  12pp     (Effectivity: +20)
       Identify            :   110,  37pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Improved Fireball   :   112,  15pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Invisibility        :  1048,   5pp     (Effectivity: +11)
       Knock               :  2475,   6pp     (Effectivity: +4)
       Know Alignment      :  1074,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Light               :  3340,   1pp     (Effectivity: +12)
       Lightning Ball      :  1042,  15pp     (Effectivity: +6)
       Lightning Bolt      :  2093,   6pp     (Effectivity: +10)
       Magic Lock          :  1133,   5pp     (Effectivity: +2)
       Magic Map           :   119,  20pp     (Effectivity: +15)
       Magic Missile       :  1389,   4pp     (Effectivity: +42)
       Mystic Shovel       :    88,  54pp     (Effectivity: +2)
       Neutralize Poison   :  1159,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Petrification       :   110,  60pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Remove Curse        :   104,  25pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Revelation          :   112,  17pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Scare Monster       :    92,   6pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Slow Monster        :  1488,   4pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Slow Poison         :  1142,   3pp     (Effectivity: +1)
       Strength of Atlas   :  2141,   5pp     (Effectivity: +12)
       Stun Ray            :  1951,   5pp     (Effectivity: +2)
       Summon Monsters     :   104,  15pp     (Effectivity: +0)
       Teleportation       :   167,  71pp     (Effectivity: +18)
       Web                 :  1787,   6pp     (Effectivity: +2)
    
    
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                                Effects of Corruption
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    You have grown 10 extra eyes (Ap: -6, Pe: +6).
    You thrive on the flesh of Order.
    You have grown a bulging cranium (Le: +6, Wi: +4, Ap: -6, PV: -4, To: -3).
    You hate the sun and try to blot it.
    You are a living mana battery.
    Your flesh continually spouts disease-ridden maggots (To: -6, Ch: -2, Ap:
    -4, DV: +4).
    Your eyes are shrouded by the mists of ChAoS (Pe: -10).
    Your close attunement to corrupted astral space allows teleportation.
    You are surrounded by an unholy aura (Ch: -10, DV: +6).
    Poison drips from your hands.
    
    
    
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                  His achievements during his adventures:
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    Tiax, the gnomish wizard, executed himself with a magic missile (after
    winning) (after winning).
    He scored 8476120 points and advanced to level 50.
    He survived for 0 years, 112 days, 12 hours, 6 minutes and 37 seconds (60976
    turns).
    3 companions were killed during his adventures.
    Tiax visited 131 places.
    His strength score was modified by +16 during his career.
    His learning score was modified by +16 during his career.
    His willpower score was modified by +13 during his career.
    His dexterity score was modified by +12 during his career.
    His toughness score was modified by +17 during his career.
    His charisma score was modified by +13 during his career.
    His appearance score was modified by +12 during his career.
    His mana score was modified by +28 during his career.
    His perception score was modified by +11 during his career.
    He was unnaturally aged by 28 years.
    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 the emperor of the ancient minotaur race.
    He ended his adventuring life on level 50 of the caverns of chaos.
    3699 monsters perished under his attacks.
    The following 29 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
      the si
      the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
      the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
      the silvery two-handed sword "Vanquisher"
      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 heavy crossbow "The Far Slayer"
      the silvery arrow "True Aim"
      the rune-covered long sword "Trusted One"
      the rune-covered trident
      the elemental gauntlets
      the ring of the High Kings
      the crown of science
      the ancient mummy wrapping
      the ankh
      the boots of the divine messenger
      the small black shield "Lust for Glory"
      the black torc
      the rune-covered club "Skullcrusher"
      the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
      the robes of resistance
      the staff of the archmagi
      the dwarven pick axe "Hammerhead"
      the black tome of Alsophocus
      the shining long spear "Soaker"
      the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance"
      the axe of the minotaur emperor
    He possessed the following intrinsics:
      He was fire resistant (also through items).
      He was poison resistant (also through an item).
      He was cold resistant (also through an item).
      He was acid resistant (also through items).
      He was lucky (also through an item).
      Fate smiled upon him (also through an item).
      He was sleep resistant (also through an item).
      He was able to control teleportation (also through an item).
      He was invisible.
      He was paralyzation resistant (gained through an item).
      He was resistant to death rays (also through an item).
      He was shock resistant (gained through items).
      He was able to see invisible things.
      He was immune to acidic attacks.
      He was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through items).
    He had the following talents: Affinity with Staves, Careful, Charged,
    Defensive Fighter, Durable Magic, Extended Magic, Good Book Caster, Great
    Book Caster, Hardy, Immune to Pain, Iron Skin, Mighty Aura, Potent Aura,
    Quick, Steel Skin, Strong Aura, Strong Healer, Strong Magic, Tough Skin,
    Very Quick.
    He had a final speed score of 111 (final base speed: 111).
    He was a messiah of Berwyn.
    He asked for 3 divine interventions.
    He was a holy champion of Balance.
    He was severely tainted by Chaos.

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    impressive mana score. How did you manage that?

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    it trains just by casting spells and if you have elemental gauntlets and don't mind some more corruption, Mana Orb gives even more

    and then there's the staff with +10

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    If I had a dollar for every wiz I killed with my own bolt...
    "Hell is empty and all the devils are here."

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