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    The Stone Beast and Nuurag are down! First time I have ever have gained two exp. levels with one hit. Was a bit hairy in the MT again, got into double digits of HP twice and chose to use prayers instead of the orb to heal myself. Anyway, whatever happens next, at least Tharkun managed to get the sweet revenge for his previous reincarnation.

    Wishing for Gardening is an interesting idea. I did finally find some herbs in levels below the Casino. But now that I am again more worried about corruption, I will follow up with the plan of keeping the ring for D:50. I already got the mana battery while in the MT (how appropriate), and another corruption after that, so had to use my scroll. Thanks for the suggestion though.

    As for now, the plan is to hopefully get to the finish through the shortest route. I don't mind my first victory to be as straightforward, no-nonse, plain vanilla, missionary style as possible, so all unnecessary distractions can wait at least until the gate is closed.

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    Go for it :-) Fingers are crossed for your last steps!
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    Ok, this has been epic thus far. That Fistanarius is one MEAN son of a ... demon whore (if I may steal an expression from Silfir's Hocus Pocus LP). After a VERY brief melee encounter with him I have been running away like a little girl (well.. teleporting away, he was actually faster than me initially). Did I mention that I have thus far found exactly zero (0) demon slaying missiles?

    I really could not guess I would ever purposefully teleport myself inside the crowd of Ghost Lords just to have them surround me so I can recover a bit! I'm now a good hundred years older.

    It's kind of fascinating how the dynamic of the end fight keeps shifting. Now that my experience has gone up the Balor elevator (I did manage to kill those teleporting and ambushing bastards with great difficulty), I have a lot more max HP and PP, access to Cure Critical Wounds and much more speed as well for some reason. I also have thirteen corruptions, including poison hands and mana battery (now that I write this, I realize that the extra speed is probably due to some of these corruptions). So the question that started this thread now has its answer. I'll be wishing for the scrolls of corruption removal. It proved to be an excellent idea to keep the ring until now, so thank you again for the help.

    The D:50 seems to be more or less cleared except for Fistanarius, who also seems to summon other monsters now that the other Balors are gone. The uncursed magic mapping that I used at arrival seem to show some corridors around the chaos gate room, and I haven't been able to teleport there, so there might be some more nasty surprises in store. Of course this is the first time I see the gate, so I have no clear idea what precisely to do with it. The plan is to get rid of Fistanarius first, so I can hopefully explore the level in peace. Of course this still seems like a tall order, but now that I am actually faster than him and the other Balor's are not teleporting behind my back, I'm hopeful I can pull it off. Anyway, I'm taking a breather now. Want to be fresh the next time I face the dark red &.

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    Just a note: if you're playing p20 or so (can't tell), I believe the wish should be for "scrolls of corruption removal"; a wish for "scrolls of chaos resistance" won't work (unless that autocomplete has been fixed). If you're on 1.1.1 it's still scrolls of chaos resistance of course.
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    I was indeed playing the p20, forgot to mention it. In the end, the corruption removal proved to be unnecessary, but just barely. So I did wish for it after getting the 17th corruption just before closing the gate.
    More details in the YAVP thread

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