[1.2.0pr14] Ripple, the dark elven wizard
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After that, it was a real bitch // to increase. I kept eating ogre and giant corpses and blamed my luck for // not getting any St gains - before remembering they were nerfed :P // Packratting was a bit tedious before randomly finding a spellbook of // Strength of Atlas. I had to rely on my blessed girdle of carrying not // being destroyed, and still stashed heavy items. // Learning started at 23 or 24 points due to using the question system and // Book starsign. The oracle corpse didn't help at all. In 1.1.1 killing // her early was an acceptable risk (death rays, cursing, dooming) vs. // reward (+6 to a stat hard to train otherwise) situation, but now it's // pointless unless your Learning is really low. Two blessed crystals of // knowledge yielded +1 each. At that point I tried to avoid reading books // too often until getting the crown of science, to get the most out of // them. I also gave 30000gp to Garth to see what I'd get from it, which // was worth 1 point. // Willpower was trained up to 20 using herbs. I tried to abuse the "excess // training" bug by eating morgia roots in batches of 25 when Wi was 1 // point below the potential, but that only worked for a few increases // before it got to 20/20 and remained there. // Dexterity was trained to 26 using herbs, elven Dx potentials are high // enough not to be a problem there. // Toughness was boosted up to 19 or so using the same method as Willpower. // I stole a pair of bracers of toughness {To+4} from Barnabas very early // in the game, which helped a lot. // Charisma and Appearance were never trained, although I recall getting // a random Ap increase somewhere after the Casino for who knows what // reason. // Mana trained itself to nearly 50 naturally via mere spellcasting. // Perception was a tricky one. It remained at ~17 for most of the game // since I forgot to drink some blessed potions of carrot juice and found // no carrot smell rooms. That wasn't a problem with Farsight, anyway. // The rest of the increases for all stats come from blessed PoGAs, // blessed potions of -stat-, and in the screenshot above, potions of boost // -stat- (I drank them all before exiting the Chain, just because). // My DV could have been a bit higher, but it was "destroyed" by corruption // and using the wonderful Executor instead of polemarms. 63 PV is pretty // awesome though, considering I didn't smith or use the equivalent scrolls // at all. // Tactics were set to Aggressive, which with the corresponding skill at 100%, // added something like +15 to-hit and +6 damage at the cost of ~5 DV. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Background Information ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ripple Race: male Dark Elf Class: Wizard // The name comes from "Ripple Rockets", a weapon in the RTS game Warzone // 2100. // Chaos Knights really hooked me up in 1.2.0, and after getting prerelease // access, I initially didn't play any other class. But I was looking for some // relaxation when I created this character, and Wizards are ADOM easy mode, // so. Eye color: blue Hair color: white Complexion: black Height: 5'11" Weight: 12 pounds // I don't recall if that weight would have allowed me to enter the Quickling // Tree, but my speed being pretty high already, the boots being useless even // after the buff and me remembering about it when I was nearly done with the // game made me decide against it. Age: 133 (grown-up) Star sign: Book Birthday: 12/Book (day 42 of the year) // Props to asdf for posting about the undocumented +3 Le this starsign gives. // I like having high Le on spellcasters, so it was very helpful. YOUR HISTORY: Your parents are travelling adventurers. Both are competent, talented and doing very well. In your childhood you were a credit to your family. Your people loved you and enjoyed your presence. 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. Your young adulthood was characterized by hard and long work. You had decided to study under a renowned master. To your great disappointment you had to find out, that he was a hard, unjust and tyrannic man, embittered by his old age. Your apprentice years were quite terrible. You decided to become a Wizard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inventory ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 58360 stones Carrying capacity: 113075 stones He: uncursed eternium cap [+0, +6] [28s] // Random BDC drop. Ne: uncursed sapphire amulet (named) [+4, +4] {Wi+7} [3s] // Dropped by the minotaur emperor. Was really happy to get it. Bo: blessed adamantium chain mail of life (-1, -3) [-1, +9] [288s] // I think I got this in Darkforge. +20% HP is really nice. Gi: uncursed adamantium girdle [+0, +5] [18s] // Random BDC drop. Cl: uncursed cloak of protection [+0, +3] [20s] // I had a +6 DV cloak of defense, but these tend to get destroyed pretty // quickly. RH: blessed jet-black battle axe (named) (+2, 5d6+6) [-4, +1] {St+3} (+3 spd) // Random drop from a great white wyrm in a white dragon lesser vault, // somewhere after the Casino. My reaction goes without saying ;) LH: uncursed tower eternium shield (-1) [+13, +4] [70s] // Stolen from the Casino. RR: uncursed ring of slaying (+9 melee damage, +6 missile damage) [1s] LR: uncursed ring of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage) [1s] // With no RotMC (I got it but lost it, more on that later) and three // intrinsic immunities, rings of slaying are the only useful ones in // the endgame. Br: uncursed bracers of resistance [+0, +0] [10s] // I never play chaos roulette, but I dipped some brass bracers into a // PoRC in Darkforge just for kicks, before parting from the Chain. Got // these on the first attempt. Ga: uncursed fencing gloves of fidelity [+5, +1] {Ch+9} [6s] // +5 DV is pretty good for gauntlets. Bo: blessed seven league boots [+1, +0] [30s] // Used the only wish I received in the entire game (a RoDS dropped after // Kelly) on these. Very useful, since I backtracked quite a lot to sell // junk and corpses, nearly passing the 180-day barrier before closing // the gate. I still think either the EP reduction should have been nerfed // _or_ they should have been made one-per-wish only, but not both. MW: uncursed light crossbow of accuracy (+10, +2) [70s] Mi: blessed obsidian quarrel (named) (+8, 20d4+8) [2s] // Random BDC drop, never used - I eyed a message about an obsidian quarrel // but forgot about it :( Tl: heap of 65 blessed spenseweeds [130s] // Never actually used; regeneration, Cure Critical Wounds and PoEHs // provided all the healing I needed in this game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 57593 stones Carrying capacity: 113075 stones Helmets ('[') uncursed crown of science [+4, +8] {Le+9} [65s] // Very nice to read books in the wilderness. heap of 2 uncursed crowns of regeneration [+0, +0] [110s] uncursed crown of ice [+1, +0] [65s] uncursed crown of ice [+1, +2] [65s] // Stolen from the Casino since I was already going to take other stuff // anyway; only used to avoid getting =Cold from my crowning. heap of 4 uncursed helms of water breathing [+0, +1] [120s] uncursed crown of fire [+4, +2] [65s] // Don't remember much about this one, but I think I used it for the ToEF. uncursed helm of water breathing [+0, +3] [30s] uncursed helm of teleportation [+0, +1] [50s] uncursed helm of water breathing (+1, +1) [+0, +1] [30s] uncursed helm of mental stability [+0, +4] {Le+1} [100s] Armor ('[') uncursed ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8} [60s] // Used prior to raiding Darkforge, then for the Mana Temple. uncursed black dragon scale mail (-2, -4) [-2, +11] [200s] blessed red dragon scale mail (-1, -4) [-1, +13] [220s] uncursed black dragon scale mail (-2, -4) [-2, +10] [200s] uncursed black dragon scale mail (-2, -4) [+0, +13] [200s] uncursed blue dragon scale mail (-1, -4) [-1, +10] [200s] // With three intrinsic immunities and -Cold, I don't even know why I // kept these. uncursed elven chain mail [+0, +7] [10s] uncursed padded elven chain mail of resilience [+0, +5] [10s] uncursed vigilant adamantium plate mail of travelling (-2, -4) [-2, +11] // Bug Temple. heap of 2 uncursed white dragon scale mails (-2, -4) [-2, +11] [400s] uncursed blue dragon scale mail (-1, -4) [+2, +10] [200s] blessed robes of resistance (-4, -4) [+3, +12] {To+5} [60s] // Crowning gift, never used; I already had all resistances intrinsically // by that point, and +20% HP is better than +5 To. uncursed eternium plate mail of protection (+0, -3) [-1, +17] [240s] // Must have been dropped by a chaos knight in the wilderness, or chaos // warrior on D: 50. Shields ('[') uncursed tower eternium shield (-1) [+13, +4] [70s] uncursed small black shield "Lust for Glory" (+1) [+5, +5] {Wi+3} [50s] // Red dragon greater vault, considered using it for the Mana Temple but // didn't want to give up my eternium tower shield's DV bonuses. Gauntlets ('[') uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+3, +1] [15s] // Stolen from Barnabas very early on, helped then and later when I got the // poison hands corruption a few times. uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+0, +2] [15s] uncursed gauntlets (+0, -1) [+0, +3] [10s] uncursed red dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [+0, +2] [10s] blessed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3] [10s] uncursed alchemistic gloves (+1, +1) [+0, +0] [6s] heap of 4 uncursed pairs of thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+0, +1] [60s] heap of 3 uncursed pairs of white dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [+0, +2] blessed gloves of smiting [+0, +0] (+1 damage) [6s] uncursed gloves of carrying [+0, +0] [6s] uncursed archery gloves (+0, +4) [+0, +3] [6s] uncursed fencing gloves of fidelity [+3, +1] {Ch+6} [6s] uncursed black dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [+0, +2] [10s] uncursed rustproof gauntlets (-1, +0) [+2, +4] [10s] // Used these for a while to reduce my worn artifact hunger penalty. blessed gloves of carrying (+1, +1) [+0, +0] [6s] uncursed gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +4] [10s] uncursed gauntlets (+0, +1) [+3, +1] [10s] uncursed gauntlets (-1, +0) [+2, +2] [10s] uncursed archery gloves (+0, +4) [+0, +0] [6s] uncursed gloves of carrying (-1, +1) [+3, +0] [6s] blessed fencing gloves of fidelity [+2, +1] {Ch+6} [6s] uncursed thick gauntlets (+0, -3) [+0, +2] [15s] uncursed black dragon-hide gauntlets (-1, +1) [+3, +2] [10s] uncursed fencing gloves of fidelity [+3, +1] {Ch+6} [6s] uncursed black leather gauntlets [+1, +4] [10s] uncursed black dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [+3, +3] [10s] uncursed gloves of smiting [+3, +0] (+1 damage) [6s] Cloaks ('[') uncursed cloak of adornment (+1, +1) [+3, +1] {Ap+4} [40s] uncursed leather cloak (-1, +0) [+3, +0] [40s] heap of 3 uncursed cloaks of protection [+0, +3] [60s] heap of 2 uncursed cloaks of invisibility (-1, +0) [+1, +0] [60s] // On-demand non-expiring invisibility is highly useful, even after it // was nerfed. uncursed light cloak (+1, -1) [+4, +0] [20s] blessed cloak of defense [+3, +0] [20s] uncursed cloak of defense [+3, +0] [20s] uncursed cloak of defense [+4, +0] [20s] Girdles ('[') blessed girdle of greed [+0, +0] [7s] heap of 8 uncursed adamantium girdles [+0, +3] [144s] blessed girdle of carrying [+0, +0] [15s] // Helped me packrat until I found a spellbook of SoA. heap of 4 uncursed mithril girdles [+0, +2] [80s] blessed mithril girdle [+0, +2] [20s] uncursed girdle of strength [+0, +0] {St+2} [15s] uncursed eternium girdle [+0, +4] [12s] uncursed metal girdle [+0, +4] [25s] heap of 3 uncursed adamantium girdles [+0, +4] [54s] heap of 3 uncursed girdles of carrying [+0, +0] [45s] uncursed girdle of strength [+0, +0] {St+4} [15s] blessed mithril girdle [+0, +3] [20s] uncursed girdle of greed [-1, +0] [7s] Boots ('[') uncursed boots of speed [+2, +0] (+8 spd) [20s] heap of 7 uncursed pairs of eternium boots [+0, +5] [385s] // I used one of these until wishing for SLBs. uncursed boots of speed [+3, +0] (+8 spd) [20s] uncursed eternium boots [+2, +5] [55s] blessed eternium boots [+0, +7] [55s] uncursed eternium boots (+1, +1) [+0, +5] [55s] uncursed boots of speed (-1, +1) [+4, +2] (+8 spd) [20s] blessed eternium boots [+0, +5] [55s] Necklaces (''') heap of 2 uncursed amulets of protection +2 [6s] uncursed black torc [+4, +2] (+10 spd) [3s] // Never mind the +Curs. As much as I like having high Luck, three // elemental resistances and +10 speed are really useful in the early game. heap of 8 uncursed necklaces of rabies resistance [16s] blessed amulet of health [3s] uncursed amulet of luck [8s] blessed necklace of rabies resistance [2s] uncursed pendant of mana {Ma+2} [3s] uncursed ankh [3s] // Used this until I got Preserver. heap of 10 uncursed necklaces of rapid healing [20s] heap of 3 uncursed amulets of protection from constructs [9s] heap of 10 uncursed amulets of light [30s] uncursed amulet of perseverance {Wi+3} [3s] uncursed necklace of the silver tongue {Ch+3} [2s] heap of 2 uncursed amulets of greed [6s] heap of 3 uncursed amulets of petrification resistance [9s] // Instantly equipped whenever a gorgon was found. heap of 4 uncursed brass amulets [12s] heap of 3 uncursed amulets of perseverance {Wi+3} [9s] uncursed amulet of speed (+3 spd) [3s] blessed amulet of defense +2 [3s] heap of 5 uncursed amulets of free action [15s] // Instantly equipped whenever a mimic or stone ooze were found. heap of 2 uncursed amulets of speed (+3 spd) [6s] blessed brass amulet [3s] heap of 2 uncursed amulets of death ray resistance [14s] heap of 2 uncursed necklaces of the silver tongue {Ch+3} [4s] heap of 3 uncursed amulets of the cold heart {Ch-12} [9s] heap of 3 uncursed amulets of teleport control [9s] uncursed amulet of perseverance {Wi+4} [3s]
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