Gnome Thief (p20)

[SirTheta]

flg: http://ancardia.us.to/adom_users/sir...s/annieadd.flg

Got antsy and finally got one of these going and not killed by some horrendous mistake. I don't remember early game because I did it a while ago on this PC and only picked it back up around TOTHK time.

On way to retrieving platinum ring I find not one, but two of Thrundarr's quest monster - a flipping giant slug - which was a huge relief. I get a corpse on the first try thanks to a long bow of hunting and arrows of hunting. After getting ring, I find ordinary ring on way to surface in non-cavernous level. Attempting to use in wilderness yields message "Not here" - jackpot. It came pre-blessed, I eventually save Khelly with it. One of the chaos servants drops a 30s bulky girdle - another jackpot.

Yada yada boring stuff, use heir gift to clear water temple. Crown - =Shock of course, so I'm on the lookout for some =Fire or -Fire stuff [no intrinsic]. I head to DFG where I easily eliminate golems and poolsip to -TCtrl [OH NO], +TCtrl [oh thank goodness], +Invis & finally a wish, among several other useful intrinsics like -Deth and -Para [which I continuously completely forget I have all the way up to the end of the game and spend much time switching in AMW/AoFA/AoDR - just see flg!]. Wishing for RDSMs yields four and I wear one for rest of game.

Have a bit of trouble in TOEF, so bless a randomly found POCC and use it on ACW - he dies quickly after that.

Dive past EG, rob Casino, grab cat ring and resurface to do Mino Maze - w/o stunning capabilities. It goes okay; Thiefs are by no means "immune" to traps, certainly not when RNG gets involved [goodbye ring of mental stability, one of my only two sources of -Conf]. Tried Ventriloquism on Mino Mages to mixed success, but I only encountered about 6 [including two guarding emp], so I made do with half that+melee and half humanoid slaying. Thankfully, I didn't have to explore too many false levels [maybe like 11-12 levels total, including the seven real ones]. I snack on mino emp corpse once I get to wilderness, yum yum yum yum. Bless POGA for use later, but first pick some morgia to bring Wi back up. Use AOTME for rest of game. I murder Casino shopkeep w/ humanoid slaying after Mino Maze.

By around Earth Temple I've got two more wishes in pack, so I decide to wish for Find Weakness. Earth Temple is easily cleared on very defensive.

Encounter a GUV around this time. Its the kind with a room of lich kings connected by secret door to room of lich king + master liches, and the big center w/ one emp lich. I opt to grab some stuff - sp. Far Slayer [in big room, but I TP to near corner] and true aim [master lich + one lich king room]. Save rest for later. D:46 or so, I find a greater giant vault [the one w/ four hidden rooms in center room], which I clear part of to nab Perion's platemail, obsidian quarrel & Vanquisher. Far Slayer + obsidian quarrel is nowhere near slaying in power, but it's still okay.

BDC is a breeze. Same for Nuurgy. Uselessness is Lust for Glory. Clear D:50 with no trouble, straight up melee most of the balors but Fisty. I collect all eternium caps hoping for something nice, but nothing greater than +4 surfaces. What a waste of like 15 eternium cap drops [as PreFollower noted on IRC, enough to equip small army of ADOM PCs ]. I clear the GUV on the way back up.

Next I decide to do some interesting things. Talk to Assassin Prince, then attempt to backstab him [I miss, as I recall]. He dies quickly anyway. I have no idea what my first kill is, but I head to ID to slay Filk. Eventually find him on I25 [goblin rockthrower, apparently - was hoping it wasn't orc, which had 101 kills]. Continue to SIL where I one-shot backstab MaLaKaI w/ AOTME - highlight of the game for me, since it would've been pretty embarassing and potentially deadly to miss, even with nearly 800 HP. [I wonder, is MaLaKaI or Momma Dragon the most dangerous mob in the game? We should discuss this sometime, set some parameters ]

As I recall from mindcrafter, ascending the ID is the really hard part. You get a feel for where down staircases are very easily since that's all you ever do, but reversing that? I find it quite hard and I bumbled around for quite a bit. After about 45 minutes, I managed to get to surface though, talked to Mad Minstrel and went to slaughter Emp Moloch. He was a pushover w/ heir gift - backstab to moderately wounded then hack and step [guess I should mention I had very light corruption and stilts! that helps a lot, though L50 Thief is very speedy regardless].

Then, I get Khelly to summon TOTRR, cop a save in case I want to do infinite ID challenge, spend my last wish on SOCR, clear corruptions and leave chain.

[SirTheta]

AnnieAdderal  St:46  Le:23  Wi:27  Dx:55  To:47  Ch:27  Ap:22  Ma:30  Pe:27 L+
DV/PV: 55/55   H: 927(927)    P: 363(363)    Exp: 50/27927509   DrCh  M: 76068
Blessed Invisible Berserk
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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 6720 stones                Carrying capacity: 9675 stones

Head          : plain helm of water breathing [+0, +4]                [30s]
Neck          : plain amulet of death ray resistance                   [7s]
Body          : plain red dragon scale mail (-1, -4) [-1, +13]       [220s]
Girdle        : blessed girdle of giant strength [+0, +0] {St+12}     [30s]
Cloak         : plain cloak of defense [+3, +0]                       [20s]
Right Hand    : blessed adamantium dagger of penetration (+1, 1d4+9)   [7s]
Left Hand     : plain large eternium shield (-1) [+12, +5]            [54s]
Right Ring    : plain ring of regeneration                             [1s]
Left Ring     : plain ring of the master cat [+0, +5] {Dx+16} (+16 spd)[1s]
Bracers       : plain bracers of toughness [+0, +0] {To+4}            [10s]
Gauntlets     : plain thick gauntlets (+0, -1) [+2, +3]               [15s]
Boots         : blessed seven league boots [+4, +3]                   [30s]
Missile Weapon: plain heavy crossbow "The Far Slayer" (+18, +18)     [350s]
Missiles      : blessed obsidian quarrel "Thunderstroke" (+8, 20d4+8)  [2s]
Tool          : -


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                                    Stuff
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Total weight: 5943 stones   Carrying capacity: 9675 stones

Helmets ('[')
   blessed helm of mental stability [+0, +3] {Le+1}                  [100s]
   heap of 3 blessed eternium caps [+0, +4]                           [84s]
Armor ('[')
   plain ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8}                       [60s]
Shields ('[')
   plain small black shield "Lust for Glory" (+1) [+5, +5] {Wi+3}     [50s]
   plain tower eternium shield (-1) [+13, +4]                         [70s]
Gauntlets ('[')
   plain elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3]                        [10s]
   plain rusty gauntlets of strength (-1, +0) [-1, +1] {St+3}         [40s]
Cloaks ('[')
   heap of 2 plain cloaks of defense [+3, +0]                         [40s]
Girdles ('[')
   blessed adamantium girdle [+0, +3]                                 [18s]
Boots ('[')
   blessed seven league boots (+1, +1) [+1, +0]                       [30s]
   plain eternium boots [+0, +8]                                      [55s]
   plain seven league boots [+1, +0]                                  [30s]
Necklaces (''')
   plain ankh                                                          [3s]
   plain amulet of free action                                         [3s]
   plain amulet of teleport control                                    [3s]
   blessed rusty amulet of free action                                 [3s]
   blessed rusty necklace of the eye                                   [3s]
   blessed amulet of light                                             [3s]
Bracers ('~')
   plain bracers of resistance [+0, +0]                               [10s]
   blessed bracers of regeneration [+0, +0]                           [18s]
One-handed weapons ('(')
   plain broken pick axe (+0, 1d6+1)                                  [75s]
   blessed pick axe (-2, 1d6+1)                                       [75s]
   plain pick axe (+3, 1d6+3)                                         [75s]
   plain knife of endurance (+6, 1d3+7) {To+7}                         [8s]
   plain black rune-covered dagger "Needle" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1]        [10s]
   plain black rune-covered dagger "Sting" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1]         [10s]
   blessed pick axe (+1, 1d6+3)                                       [75s]
   plain pick axe (+1, 1d6+4)                                         [75s]
   plain pick axe (+0, 1d6+1)                                         [75s]
Two-handed weapons ('(')
   blessed axe of the minotaur emperor (+12, 4d20+16) [-6, +4]      [1200s]
   plain Trident of the Red Rooster (+36, 6d12+18) [+12, +12] {Ma+24}[150s]
Missile weapons ('}')
   plain long bow of hunting (+6, +3)                                 [30s]
   plain short bow of accuracy (+7, +3)                               [20s]
   plain short bow of accuracy (+6, +0)                               [20s]
Missiles ('/')
   //way too many missiles as always
Tools (']')
   //boring
Rings ('=')
   blessed ring of the High Kings [+2, +3]                             [1s]
   blessed ring of ice                                                 [1s]
   blessed ring of damage                                              [1s]
   blessed brass ring                                                  [1s]
   plain ring of mental stability [+0, +1] {Le+1}                      [1s]
   plain ring of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage)          [1s]
   heap of 2 plain rings of stun resistance                            [2s]
   plain rusty ring of acid resistance                                 [1s]
   plain ring of the fish                                              [1s]
   plain ring of the clear mind                                        [1s]
   plain ring of gain attribute {To+1}                                 [1s]
   plain ring of see invisible                                         [1s]
   plain wedding ring                                                  [1s]
Wands ('\')
   //I have real wand hoarding problem
Potions ('!')
   //same for potions
Scrolls ('?')
   //and to lesser extent, scrolls
Food ('%')
   heap of 17 plain spenseweeds                                       [34s]
   heap of 4 plain curaria mancox herbs                                [8s]
   heap of 5 plain stomafillia herbs                                  [10s]
   heap of 4 plain lumps of gelee royal                               [12s]
   heap of 78 plain cooked lizards                                   [234s]
   plain pepper petal                                                  [2s]
   heap of 11 plain morgia roots                                      [22s]
Valuables ('$')
   90000 gold pieces                                                 [900s]
Gems ('*')
   heap of 6 plain crystals of darkness                                [6s]
   heap of 6 plain crystals of power                                   [6s]
   heap of 2 plain crystals of fire                                    [2s]
   heap of 2 blessed crystals of power                                 [2s]
   plain crystal of health                                             [1s]
   heap of 2 plain crystals of knowledge                               [2s]
   blessed crystal of fire                                             [1s]
   plain worthless piece of blue glass                                 [1s]
   heap of 2 plain worthless pieces of brown glass                     [2s]
   plain crystal of light                                              [1s]
   heap of 2 plain amber stones                                        [2s]
   plain aquamarine                                                    [1s]
   plain worthless piece of green glass                                [1s]
   plain ruby                                                          [1s]
   plain worthless piece of red glass                                  [1s]

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                                Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Daggers & knives        12   +14    +8   +4   Mastery              4639
Twohanded weapons       11   +12   +16   +4   Mastery              847

Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Slings                   2    +4    +3   +0   basic                3
Bows                     6   +12    +9   +2   skilled              52
Crossbows                8   +16   +12   +2   excellent            108
Boomerangs & scurgari    2    +4    +3   +0   basic                5

Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
Shields                 11   +22              Mastery              2988

Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: +168 bonus to hit, 1d4+57 damage

Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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Ammunition: 1, base range: 27, +137 bonus to hit, 20d4+63 damage

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                                   Skills
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  Alertness ................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Appraising ...............100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Backstabbing .............100    (superb)       [+3d3]
  Climbing .................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Cooking .................. 13    (mediocre)     [+3d3] (mr)
  Detect traps .............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Disarm traps .............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Find weakness ............100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  First aid ................ 91    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Gemology .................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Haggling ................. 50    (fair)         [+3d5]
  Healing ..................100    (superb)       [+3d4]
  Listening ................100    (superb)       [+4d4]
  Literacy ................. 62    (good)         [+1]
  Mining ................... 75    (great)        [+1d5]
  Pick locks ...............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Pick pockets .............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Stealth ..................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Tactics ..................100    (superb)       [+1]
  Two weapon combat ........ 68    (good)         [+3d3]
  Ventriloquism ............ 71    (great)        [+1d3]

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                                   Spells
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   Burning Hands:     7,  15pp     (Effectivity: +0)

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                              Her further life:
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After she leaves the Drakalor Chain she is welcomed by her people with great
honors. They acknowledge her noble deeds, her valor, her cunning and her
great skills that helped to prevent the complete destruction of the world
she knows. She is crowned to be the queen of all gnomes and lives a long and
prosperous life full of love, happiness and pleasure.

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              Her achievements during her adventures:
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AnnieAdderal, the gnomish thief, saved the world with her brave efforts and
became a great ruler while saving herself 7 times.
She scored 32414904 points and advanced to level 50.
She survived for 0 years, 94 days, 7 hours, 46 minutes and 22 seconds (76068
turns).
2 companions were killed during her adventures.
AnnieAdderal visited 136 places.
Her strength score was modified by +21 during her career.
Her learning score was modified by +7 during her career.
Her willpower score was modified by +12 during her career.
Her dexterity score was modified by +18 during her career.
Her toughness score was modified by +26 during her career.
Her charisma score was modified by +11 during her career.
Her appearance score was modified by +11 during her career.
Her mana score was modified by +10 during her career.
Her perception score was modified by +13 during her career.
She was unnaturally aged by 15 years.
She was the champion of the arena.
She made a little water dragon very happy.
She killed the emperor of the ancient minotaur race.
She defeated the arch enemy of a mighty karmic wyrm.
She adhered to the principles of the Cat Lord and thus rose to great fame.
She saved Khelavaster from certain death.
She left the Drakalor Chain after completing her quest and became a great
leader and famous heroine.
4392 monsters perished under her attacks.
The following 30 artifacts were generated during her adventure:
  the si
  the dwarven rune axe "Rolf's Companion"
  the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
  the ring of the master cat
  the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
  the silvery two-handed sword "Vanquisher"
  the thin dagger "Cat's Claw"
  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 obsidian quarrel "Thunderstroke"
  the lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
  the rune-covered trident
  the sword of Nonnak
  the elemental gauntlets
  the ring of the High Kings
  the crown of science
  the ancient mummy wrapping
  the ankh
  Perion's mithril plate mail
  the small black shield "Lust for Glory"
  the Sceptre of Chaos
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
  the black rune-covered dagger "Needle"
  the black rune-covered dagger "Sting"
  the Trident of the Red Rooster
  the axe of the minotaur emperor
She possessed the following intrinsics:
  She was poison resistant.
  She was cold resistant.
  She was acid resistant.
  She was lucky.
  Fate smiled upon her (also through an item).
  She was able to control teleportation.
  She was invisible.
  She was paralyzation resistant.
  She was resistant to death rays (also through an item).
  She was shock resistant.
  She was able to see invisible things (gained through an item).
  She was immune to shock attacks.
  She was immune to fire attacks (gained through an item).
  She was immune to acidic attacks.
  She was able to breathe water (gained through an item).
She had the following talents: Boon to the Family, Careful, Charming,
Defensive Fighter, Extremely Hardy, Greased Lightning, Hardy, Heir, Immune
to Pain, Iron Skin, Long Stride, Pious, Quick, Stealthy, Steel Skin, Tough
Skin, Very Careful, Very Hardy, Very Quick.
She had a final speed score of 168 (final base speed: 152).
She was a messiah of Gnarl.
She asked for 3 divine interventions.
She was a holy champion of Order.

The following monsters were vanquished:
      3 acid vortices
      2 ancient black dragons
     28 ancient blue dragons
      1 ancient blue wyrm
      1 Ancient Chaos Wyrm
     34 ancient minotaurs
     30 assassins
      1 assassin prince
     10 balors
     20 berserkers //nice vault
      3 berserker emperors
      3 berserker kings
     32 berserker lords
     16 berserker princes
      1 big casino guard
      5 black unicorns //very common in ID
     24 blue baby dragons
     19 blue dragons
     31 casino guards
      6 chaos knights
     66 chaos mutants
    202 chaos servants //not the worst I've had it, but fuck chaos wizards
      3 chaos warlords
     41 chaos warriors
     32 chaos wizards //jesus
      1 cloaked ratling
      1 crime lord
      5 dark elven archers //nice selection here
      4 dark elven lords
      8 dark elven priestesses
      5 dark elven princesses
      7 dark elven warriors
      6 dark elven wizards
      3 death oozes
      2 diamond golems //don't even remember these! 
      9 doppelgangers
      1 doppelganger king //backstabbed to death before I knew what it was :D
      7 doppelganger lords
      1 Dorn Beast
      1 dwarven artificer //on final resurfacing 
     17 earth elementals
      1 emperor lich
      1 emperor moloch
     70 ettins
      2 fire demons
      1 fire elemental
     46 fire giants
      2 fire giant kings //both backstabbed before they could do anything
      6 fire grues
     37 fomorian giants
      9 frost giants
      5 frost giant berserkers
     90 ghosts
     66 ghost lords
      4 giant bee queens
      6 giant slugs //found a surprising amount of these throughout the game.
     33 giant spiders
      1 giant turtle //backstabbed after talking to Momma Dragon
     31 goblin rockthrowers //went up after dive, obv.
      2 gorgons
      7 gray oozes
      3 gray slayers
      6 great blue wyrms
      1 great karmic wyrm
      9 great red wyrms //threat room
     15 great white wyrms //threat room
      1 greater balor
    150 greater chaos servants
      1 greater earth elemental
      3 greater fire elementals
     12 greater mimics
      5 greater molochs
      1 greater titan
      3 greater water elementals
      2 half-orc bouncers
     93 hill giants
      2 hill giant chieftains
      2 ice vortices
      8 imps
      6 invisible stalkers
      2 karmic baby dragons
      6 karmic dragons
      5 karmic lizards
     38 lich kings //holy smokes! I had no idea.
      3 lightning vortices
      7 living walls
      9 magebane eyes
     12 magedoom eyes
     13 master assassins
     38 master liches
      6 master mimics
      1 master thief
      6 mimics
      1 mimic hivemind
      4 minotaurs
      1 minotaur emperor
      4 minotaur kings
     32 minotaur lords
      5 minotaur mages
     20 minotaur mazelords
     34 minotaur mazemasters
      1 moloch
    111 ogres
      1 ogre emperor
     22 ogre kings
     41 ogre lords
      7 ogre magi
     27 orc butchers //got a St point here w/ St in low 30s[?], good old orc butchers
      9 pixies //and no +TPitis
      2 pixie archers //^
      4 quicklings
      1 quickling bard
      1 quickling king
      2 quickling queens
      1 shadow wyrm
      1 skeletal king
     67 skeletal warriors //61 of these were from the TOTHK king. Ridiculous.
     69 spectres
     34 steel golems
      4 steel horrors
      3 steel zombies
     54 stone giants
      6 stone giant lords
     11 stone golems
     29 stone grues
      8 stone snakes
      5 stone statues
      2 titans
     31 trolls
      8 troll berserkers
      3 troll kings
     40 vampires
      2 wall beasts
      6 water demons
      6 water elementals
     19 water grues
      4 werewolf kings //unsurprisingly, very easy when you are L50 and have AOTME
      2 werewolf lords
     75 wights
     41 wraiths
    118 writhing masses of primal chaos

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