YAVP: Drakish fighter

[warheart]

Well, this victory has nothing special really, it was just a normal game. I was going for an ultra but had to change my mind because I couldn't get an AoLS. Thought I would have corruptions problems since I couldn't get Khelly, dwarven mystic and library SoCRs (well, I could get library ones but not before the final dive, my climbing and stealth skills were pretty low at that point). Used a couple of wishes on SoCRs and in the end I even had a spare scroll. Generated lots of artifacts since I found 4 greater vaults, one of them being undead, one of fire creatures and two of giants. Undead one was untouched.

It's my first victory with a fighter, first one with a drakeling as well. ToEF was really easy, same as fire vault. There was a funny situation though, when I fought Li-Hon-Kay in the arena and couldn't kill him because he kept slowing me with frostbolts and so I couldn't outdamage his regeneration. Had to teleport out, rebuild speed and use other tactics.

There's something that surprised me a lot though in this game. After one of the vaults I IDed everything and read a scroll of item creation. A heavy mace was generated and greatIDed it, just to discover it was Purifier. I didn't know you could get artifacts off this kind of scrolls :S. Can you get artifacts using the Create item spells too?

DrakeFighter  St:54  Le:32  Wi:30  Dx:51  To:41  Ch:16  Ap:20  Ma:18  Pe:15 N=
DV/PV:115/62     H:1141(1141)  P:225(225)    Exp: 50/36840742   DrCh  Sp: 144
Blessed

Head          : blessed rustproof crown of regeneration [+1, +7]      [55s]
Neck          : blessed ankh                                           [3s]
Body          : blessed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [-1, +15]       [240s]
Girdle        : blessed girdle of giant strength [+0, +0] {St+13}     [30s]
Cloak         : blessed cloak of defense [+3, +0]                     [20s]
Right Hand    : blessed unwieldy rustproof spear of devastation (-4, 5d8+8)
Left Hand     : blessed medium obsidian shield "Protector" [+20, +4] {To+2}
Right Ring    : blessed ring of damage                                 [1s]
Left Ring     : blessed ring of the master cat [+0, +5] {Dx+16} (+16 spd)
Bracers       : blessed bracers of war [+8, +4] {Dx+8}                [10s]
Gauntlets     : blessed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3]         [10s]
Boots         : blessed seven league boots [+1, +2]                   [30s]
Missile weapon: blessed heavy crossbow "The Far Slayer" (+18, +18)   [350s]
Missiles      : blessed obsidian quarrel "Thunderstroke" (+8, 20d4+8)  [2s]
Tool          : blessed everburning torch [+3, +0]                    [10s]

   blessed girdle of giant strength [+0, +0] {St+12}                  [30s]
   blessed girdle of giant strength [+0, +0] {St+12}                  [30s]

Pole arms               14   +18   +11  +20   Mastery              7576

Bows                     6   +12    +9   +2   skilled              43
Crossbows                7   +14   +10   +2   skilled              31

Shields                 12   +24              Mastery              3150

Right hand: 149 bonus to hit, 5d8+63 damage

   Teleportation    :   551,  22pp     (Effectivity: +1)

DrakeFighter, the drakish fighter, saved the world with his brave efforts
and became a great ruler while saving himself 12 times.
He scored 21865320 points and advanced to level 50.
He survived for 0 years, 104 days, 23 hours, 18 minutes and 32 seconds
(104715 turns).
3 companions were killed during his adventures.
DrakeFighter visited 109 places.
His strength score was modified by +20 during his career.
His learning score was modified by +24 during his career.
His willpower score was modified by +17 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +15 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +22 during his career.
His charisma score was modified by +10 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by +13 during his career.
His mana score was modified by +11 during his career.
His perception score was modified by +5 during his career.
He was unnaturally aged by 13 years.
He was the champion of the arena.
He was a member of the thieves guild.
He adhered to the principles of the Cat Lord and thus rose to great fame.
He left the Drakalor Chain after completing his quest and became a great
leader and famous hero.
7954 monsters perished under his attacks.
The following 34 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
  the si
  the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
  the ring of the master cat
  the potion of literacy
  the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
  the ancient claymore "Death's Blade" //crowning
  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 obsidian quarrel "Thunderstroke"
  the lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
  the scorched spear
  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 black torc
  the rune-covered club "Skullcrusher"
  the bracers of war //uselessnes
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
  the rune-covered sling "Whirlwind"
  the fine leather armor "Nature's Companion" //undead vault?
  the staff of the archmagi //undead vault?
  the ring of immunity
  the rune-covered heavy mace "Purifier" //scroll of item creation :E
  the medium obsidian shield "Protector"
  the crown of leadership //undead vault?
  the black tome of Alsophocus
  the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance"
He possessed the following intrinsics:
  He was fire resistant (enhanced through an item).
  He was poison resistant.
  He was cold resistant (enhanced through an item).
  He was acid resistant.
  He was lucky (enhanced through items).
  Fate smiled upon him (enhanced through items).
  He was sleep resistant (gained through an item).
  He was able to control teleportation.
  He was stun resistant (gained through items).
  He was resistant to death rays (gained through an item).
  He was shock resistant (enhanced through an item).
  He was able to see invisible things (enhanced through an item).
  He was immune to shock attacks.
  He was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through items).
He had the following talents: Alert, Beast of Burden, Careful, Eagle Eye,
Extremely Hardy, Good Learner, Good Shot, Hardy, Keen Shot, Master Packager,
Miser, Porter, Shield Expert, Shield Master, Shield Specialist, Tough Skin,
Treasure Hunter, Very Hardy.
He had a final speed score of 144 (final base speed: 128).
He was a messiah of Issrecht.
He asked for 1 divine intervention.
He was a holy champion of Balance.

      7 doppleganger kings //balor summoned 6 of them in D:50

[_Ln_]

>There's something that surprised me a lot though in this game. After one of the vaults I IDed everything and read a scroll of >item creation. A heavy mace was generated and greatIDed it, just to discover it was Purifier. I didn't know you could get >artifacts off this kind of scrolls :S. Can you get artifacts using the >Create item spells too?

That is very strange... In the manual it's stated that you can't get an artifact with the Create Item spell and I thought you can't get it with the scroll either...

UPD.: made some tests with different chars and different DL levels (1 and 1, 1 and after 15 cursed scrolls of danger, 50 and after 15 scrolls of danger), was reading ~200 scrolls of item creation per try. Once I even equipped amulet of luck, 2 rings of luck and waited for birthday and read 500 scrolls. No artifacts. Is it possible that you made a mistake somehow IDing things?

[warheart]

There's something that surprised me a lot though in this game. After one of the vaults I IDed everything and read a scroll of item creation. A heavy mace was generated and greatIDed it, just to discover it was Purifier. I didn't know you could get artifacts off this kind of scrolls :S. Can you get artifacts using the Create item spell too?

That is very strange... In the manual it's stated that you can't get an artifact with the Create Item spell and I thought you can't get it with the scroll either...

UPD.: made some tests with different chars and different DL levels (1 and 1, 1 and after 15 cursed scrolls of danger, 50 and after 15 scrolls of danger), was reading ~200 scrolls of item creation per try. Once I even equipped amulet of luck, 2 rings of luck and waited for birthday and read 500 scrolls. No artifacts. Is it possible that you made a mistake somehow IDing things?

Nope. As said, I had just used a blessed ID scroll, so had nothing unIDed but that heavy mace.

[Sami]

Create item spell didn't create any artifacts. Test was done with level 50 wizard by book-casting create item in puppy cave level 1 after maxing danger level. Total items created was a few thousands (something like 4000-5000).

[Nezur]

Create item spell didn't create any artifacts. Test was done with level 50 wizard by book-casting create item in puppy cave level 1 after maxing danger level. Total items created was a few thousands (something like 4000-5000).

Spoilers:

I'm fairly sure (nearly) all artifacts are DL 1.



I have also done some testing. 

I read about 500 blessed and approximately 500 uncursed scrolls of 
item creation in the wilderness and got the scorched spear by 
reading an uncursed scroll. I didn't notice it until it jumped into my 
inventory when I left the zoomed-in wilderness square. 

[warheart]

YaGBU then?