My first real melee win (Trollish Healer).

[Necropassion]

Just had my fourth win in ADOM, and as it happened - my first real melee win. Though I did use slings and thrown rocks to banish things such as ochre jellies and karmic lizards, I didn't use any ranged combat to deal with any of the big bad bosses, but rather relied on melee power (and cursed PoI's). My first winner was a dedicated hurthling rockthrower (monk), my second was a drakish fighter (who did take down all the tough guys with slaying ammo) and my third was a spellcaster (gray elven druid). This was also the first time I tried smithing.

The first part of the game was easy. I was lucky enough to experience a "surge of power" while diving through the UD. The named ratling warlord dropped Hammerhead which I briefly used as a weapon, but the greatest use I found for it was that of aquiring gems and stone giant stew. This was nice as I had a very modest starting learning score of 3.

I did spend too much time building up (mining and smithing) this character, though. While I was standing sweaty in the Dwarftown smithy time just went flying by, and I discovered to my dread that the 90 day mark was approaching. But having spent little time scumming for items and pacified the large room early I found that the best weapon I had at the moment was a rather unimpressive adamantium spear. But then, as I was going over to Waldenbrook to sell some si's I discovered that he had re-stocked, and among the the new items were the weapon I was going to use from then on: a short sword of penetration.

I bought it, smithed it up to reasonable levels, blessed it and headed for the ToEF (at character level 15). The Tower was a piece of cake, as I mercilessly hacked anything that came in my way apart. ACW was blinded and despatched very quickly and rather effortlessly. Clearing ToEF nettet me with three levels worth of XP.

I then went to DF just to find nothing of use in the stashes, losing TP control and becoming cursed and doomed. I went back to Dwarftown, removed the intrinsics, got back to DF and finally got a wish for an AoLS.

Then I commenced with the final dive. I got crowned lawful in Dwarftown for lightning immunity and SHITzestriakis (worst arty ever).
I snatched the water, air and earth orbs while only bothering to completely clear out The Stone Temple. Cat lord was blinded, webbed and left behind as I dove like a madman (the time-limit had just expired when I descended into the CoC for the final time).

I skipped the Blue Dragon Caves and continued down to the Mana Temple. Casted up all of my PP on invisibility before digging my way into the trapped corridors. Invisibility was of great help as I only bothered slaying the servants. Then, out of nowhere comes the owner of the estate who obviously didn't take kindly at all to my attempted burglary; the profanities he uttered broke my will and completely shattered my self-confidence. I retaliated by throwing a beer bottle in his face, impairing his sight while I repeatedly stabbed him in the guts until he gave up his wallet.

I got out of there quickly and proceeded to D:49 where I threw my potion of uselessnes just to receive... Whirlwind! Boy was I disappointed...

On D: 50 I read my scroll of vermin control, used my RoDS for wands of destruction and then proceeded to mop of the foul dwellers of the plane. All in all it went smoothly enough, but I didn't bother clearing the whole level (kinda regret I didn't smash a bottle in the face of Fista, though). Handled the levers, destroyed them, and the tele'd out of there. On my way back up I finish the Furry lord off and get chased by the EG for a while.

On my way back home while stopping by Terinyo for some beef-jerky, I had a chat with the groundskeeper who wanted me to check up on his beautiful white stallion. The stallion wanted me to kill this other horse, so off to to his pen I went. I found the dark, skinny pony quietly grazing. I snuck up on him, threw a bottle in his face and then proceeded to chase him around the pen until I finally caught up with him and dismembered him. Went back for my reward, and was back home for supper.

Thoughts in this game:

1. Smithing is boooring.

2. The troll ability to sacrifice rocks is simply useless. I sacced a heap of over 800 and it got me to "very pleased".

3. High level trollish healers with the quick healing corruption and an amulet of rapid healing recover HP very quickly.

4. It's possible to go pure melee!

[Necropassion]

Heavily snipped inventory. Note the lack of quality artifacts.

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Brock         St:54  Le:30  Wi:25  Dx:29  To:34  Ch:12  Ap: 1  Ma:15  Pe:13 L+
DV/PV: 90/57   H: 593(593)    P: 149(149)    Exp: 33/17326647   DrCh  LE: 952
Blessed Bloated
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                            Background Information
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Name: Brock               Race: male Troll          Class: Healer
Eye color: black          Hair color: black         Complexion: dark
Height: 8'11"             Weight: 526 pounds        Scars: 6
Age: 17 (grown-up)
Star sign: Candle         Birthday: 28/Candle (day 298 of the year)

YOUR HISTORY:
        Your parents belong to the lower class. They were honest
 hard-working people, who did everything to enable you to live a
 comfortable and fine life. They were not very successful.
        As a child you had to survive pretty harsh times since your parents
 seemed to have run out of luck. Their wealth was ever-declining and times
 were very hard.
        During your youth you had a lot of fun playing with other kids of
 your age. You always were a natural leader and the center of interest.
        As a young adult you spent a lot of time searching for a deeper
 meaning and purpose in your life. You pondered and pondered but nothing
 truly sparked your interest. Finally, after many many hours, you made a
 decision.
        You decided to become a Healer.


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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 6975 stones                Carrying capacity: 12075 stones

Head          : uncursed helm of water breathing [+8, +3]             [30s]
Neck          : blessed amulet of protection +5                        [3s]
Body          : uncursed ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8}       [60s]
Girdle        : uncursed adamantium girdle [+8, +7]                   [18s]
Cloak         : uncursed cloak of protection [+0, +3]                 [20s]
Right Hand    : blessed short sword of penetration (+6, 1d6+9) [+3, +0][30s]
Left Hand     : uncursed large mithril shield [+14, +7]               [96s]
Right Ring    : uncursed ring of mental stability [+0, +2] {Le+2}      [1s]
Left Ring     : uncursed ring of teleport control                      [1s]
Bracers       : uncursed bracers of resistance [+8, +8]               [10s]
Gauntlets     : blessed iron gauntlets "Ironfist" (-1, +0) [+1, +3] {St+7}
Boots         : blessed seven league boots [+3, +0]                   [30s]
Missile weapon: -
Missiles      : heap of 3 cursed potions of invisibility              [12s]
Tool          : heap of 5 uncursed moss patches of mareilon           [10s]


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                                    Stuff
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Total weight: 6644 stones   Carrying capacity: 12075 stones

One-handed weapons ('(')
   blessed dwarven pick axe "Hammerhead" (+2, 2d10+4) [+2, +2] {To+3} [90s]
   blessed eternium dagger (+0, 2d4+7)                                 [5s]
   blessed mithril spear (+2, 1d8+6)                                  [40s]
   uncursed flaming whip (-2, 1d3+1)                                  [15s]
Two-handed weapons ('(')
   uncursed staff of power (+0, 1d10+2) [+1, +1] {Wi+4}               [40s]
   blessed adamantium two-handed sword (+12, 3d5+12) [-1, +0]         [70s]
   uncursed eternium halberd (+11, 4d7+8) [-2, +0]                    [50s]
Missile weapons ('}')
   uncursed heavy crossbow of accuracy (+9, +3)                      [140s]
   blessed sling (+0, +1)                                              [3s]
   uncursed short bow (+1, +0)                                        [20s]
   uncursed rune-covered sling "Whirlwind" (+12, +12)                  [3s]
Missiles ('/')									< Stocked up on these without using them.
   bundle of 4 uncursed adamantium arrows of hunting (+1, 1d6+6)       [4s]
   bundle of 73 uncursed arrows (+0, 1d6)                            [146s]
   bundle of 15 uncursed arrows of dragon slaying (+3, 1d6+3)         [30s]
   heap of 10 uncursed rocks (+0, 1d4)                                [50s]
   bundle of 21 uncursed arrows (+3, 1d6)                             [42s]
   blessed dagger of returning (+2, 1d4)                              [10s]
   bundle of 36 uncursed quarrels (+1, 2d6)                           [72s]
   bundle of 5 uncursed eternium arrows (+1, 2d6+8)                    [5s]
   bundle of 9 uncursed quarrels of dragon slaying (+6, 2d6+3)        [36s]
   bundle of 5 uncursed quarrels of jelly slaying (+4, 2d6+5)         [20s]
   bundle of 3 uncursed adamantium arrows (+1, 1d6+8)                  [3s]
   bundle of 8 cursed quarrels of construct slaying (+3, 2d6+5)       [32s]
Tools (']')
   blessed stethoscope                                                 [5s]
   heap of 31 uncursed eternium ingots                               [248s]	< Didn't find any eternium equipment until very late.
   heap of 3 blessed eternium ingots                                  [24s]
Books ('"')									< Used no magic aside from invis, tele and knock.
   uncursed spellbook of Calm Monster                                [100s]
   uncursed spellbook of Fireball                                    [100s]
   blessed spellbook of Identify                                     [100s]
   uncursed spellbook of Invisibility                                [100s]
   uncursed spellbook of Knock                                       [100s]
   uncursed spellbook of Light                                       [100s]
   blessed spellbook of Teleportation                                [100s]
Gems ('*')									< Gems are really useful!
   heap of 15 uncursed crystals of darkness                           [15s]
   heap of 15 uncursed crystals of light                              [15s]
   heap of 18 uncursed crystals of power                              [18s]
   heap of 7 uncursed crystals of fire                                 [7s]
   heap of 3 blessed crystals of power                                 [3s]
   heap of 8 uncursed crystals of health                               [8s]
   blessed crystal of light                                            [1s]
   heap of 4 uncursed crystals of knowledge                            [4s]
   blessed crystal of darkness                                         [1s]

[Necropassion]

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                                Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Unarmed fighting         5    +3    +2   +1   skilled              147
Daggers & knives         1    +1    +0   +0   basic                25
Clubs & hammers          2    +2    +0   +0   basic                35
Maces & flails           1    +1    +0   +0   basic                25
Swords                  13   +14   +10   +4   Mastery              5950		< Short sword of penetration
Axes                     8    +6    +5   +2   excellent            312		< Hammerhead.
Whips                    1    +1    +0   +1   basic                25
Pole arms               11   +12    +7  +14   Mastery              551		< Adamantium spear
Twohanded weapons        3    +3    +3   +1   basic                65
Staves                   1    +1    +0   +1   basic                25

Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Slings                   8   +16   +12   +2   excellent            157		Dealing with jellies and karmics
Bows                     0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Crossbows                0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Thrown axes & hammers    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Thrown daggers           0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Thrown rocks & clubs     4    +8    +6   +1   skilled              36
Thrown spears            0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Boomerangs & scurgari    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7

Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
Shields                 12   +24              Mastery              2589


Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: +94 bonus to hit, 1d6+50 damage


Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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Ammunition: 3, base range: 2, +28 bonus to hit, 1d2+7 damage



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                                   Skills
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  Alertness ................ 75    (great)        [+1]
  Athletics ................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Backstabbing .............100    (superb)       [+3d4]
  Bridge building .......... 13    (mediocre)     [+3d5] (mr)
  Climbing ................. 63    (good)         [+1d3]
  Concentration ............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Cooking .................. 25    (mediocre)     [+3d5] (mr)
  Courage ..................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Detect traps .............100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Disarm traps ............. 88    (great)        [+1d3]
  Find weakness ............100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  First aid ................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Food preservation ........100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Gemology ................. 89    (great)        [+1]
  Haggling ................. 26    (mediocre)     [+4d5]
  Healing ..................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Herbalism ................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Listening ................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Literacy .................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Mining ...................100    (superb)       [+1]
  Pick pockets ............. 81    (great)        [+1d3]
  Smithing .................100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Stealth .................. 60    (good)         [+1]
  Swimming ................. 51    (good)         [+1d5]
  Tactics ..................100    (superb)       [+1]
  Two weapon combat ........ 61    (good)         [+1]


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                                   Spells
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   Calm Monster     :  1568,   8pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Cure Disease     :  1260,   8pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Cure Light Wounds:  2042,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Destroy Undead   :   349,   8pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Fireball         :   272,  20pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Identify         :   218,  75pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Invisibility     :   186,  10pp     (Effectivity: +3)
   Knock            :   300,  12pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Light            :   237,   3pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Slow Poison      :  1260,   6pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Teleportation    :   235,  22pp     (Effectivity: +1)




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                              His further life:
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After he leaves the Drakalor Chain he is welcomed by his people with great
honors. They acknowledge his noble deeds, his valor, his cunning and his
great skills that helped to prevent the complete destruction of the world he
knows. He is crowned to be the king of all trolls and lives a long and
prosperous life full of power, happiness and pleasure.

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              His achievements during his adventures:
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Brock, the trollish healer, saved the world with his brave efforts and
became a great ruler while saving himself 21 times.
He scored 9989780 points and advanced to level 33.
He survived for 0 years, 94 days, 19 hours, 3 minutes and 22 seconds (186148
turns).
Brock visited 89 places.
His strength score was modified by +23 during his career.
His learning score was modified by +25 during his career.
His willpower score was modified by +11 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +18 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +3 during his career.
His charisma score was modified by +1 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by +2 during his career.
His mana score was modified by +5 during his career.
His perception score was modified by +4 during his career.
He was the champion of the arena.
He was a member of the thieves guild.
He made a little water dragon very happy.
He saved Khelavaster from certain death.
He left the Drakalor Chain after completing his quest and became a great
leader and famous hero.
4329 monsters perished under his attacks.
The following 18 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
  the si
  the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
  the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
  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 lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
  the gauntlets of eternal peace "Shezestriakis"
  the elemental gauntlets
  the crown of science
  the ancient mummy wrapping
  the ankh
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
  the rune-covered sling "Whirlwind"
  the crown of leadership
  the dwarven pick axe "Hammerhead"
  the iron gauntlets "Ironfist"
He possessed the following intrinsics:
  He was fire resistant (enhanced through an item).
  He was poison resistant (gained through an item).
  He was cold resistant (gained through an item).
  He was acid resistant.
  He was lucky.
  Fate smiled upon him.
  He was sleep resistant (gained through items).
  He was able to teleport.
  He was able to control teleportation (gained through an item).
  He was stun resistant (gained through items).
  He was resistant to death rays (gained through items).
  He was shock resistant (enhanced through an item).
  He was able to see invisible things (gained through an item).
  He was immune to shock attacks.
  He was immune to ice attacks (gained through an item).
  He was able to breathe water (gained through an item).
  He was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through an item).
He had the following talents: Alert, Careful, Defensive Fighter, Hardy,
Immune to Pain, Iron Skin, Long Stride, Miser, Quick, Shield Expert, Shield
Specialist, Steel Skin, Tough Skin, Treasure Hunter.
He had a final speed score of 107 (final base speed: 117).
He was a fervent follower of Ka'Omsh.
He asked for 2 divine interventions.
He was a holy champion of Order.

The following monsters were vanquished:
     19 ancient red dragons			< Vault.
    156 stone giants				< From mining.

[RndmNumGenerator]

Excellent Job! I came really close to a pure melee win myself about two months back(it would have been my third win), as a Drakling Fighter. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring something to warm myself back up on D:50. After spending 200 turns trying to find a workaround, I came to a fustrating realization; I could either wait for myself to become corrupted beyond all recognition, or suicide myself upon the writhing masses of primal chaos that were spawning faster then I could kill them.

[Necropassion]

Drakish Fighter is a murderous combo, what a sad ending to your tale.
Almost every time I've entered D:50 I've had a scroll of vermin control, and they help tremendously.
Did you also throw bottles with your char?

[saladman]

I think sacrificing anything but monsters, food, or gold is useless. I've never gotten much piety from magic wands, rings, or tools when playing the appropriate races.

[vogonpoet]

I think sacrificing anything but monsters, food, or gold is useless. I've never gotten much piety from magic wands, rings, or tools when playing the appropriate races.

Special case which does of course agree: Hurthlings, cooked corpses, summoners.

[Necropassion]

Yeah, this is the first time I bothered with anything else than si's, stoma or gold. Dwarves have the best saccing discount IMO.