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Thread: First win after 8 years playing!

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    Talking First win after 8 years playing!

    YEIY!!! After 8 years this is my first YAVP!!
    I am sure that for most of the expert players in this forum my game would have been on the boring side, but for me it was great. The RNG did me a lot of favors...
    I was an orc barbarian, born under the candle and a two headed calf was born the same day too. In order to get to neutral alignment (and learn healing) I tried (and failed) to save the puppy and brought the raider lord to justice, but still no luck. I headed to the CoC and found a neutral altar in the second level. Got crowned with fire immunity and Vanquisher! (I think that did the game for me). After farming for a while in the big room I got postcrowned with IronFist, that is not so great but useful still.
    I headed down the caverns, did not bother to save Khelly (I had no wishes in this game), clear the water temple with no problems. The fire tower was surprisingly smooth too, I prepared by doing the ice queen quests to get potions of cure corruption, I disabled the ACW and after three shots it was down. I got two surges of power, the boots of divine messenger (nice) and whilrwhind (first time, surprisingly powerful but no demon slaying ammo so I used it mostly for anything not too dangerous).
    The first corruption was thrive in the flesh of order (thanks RNG), then I got poison hands, I removed that immediately, then I got thin and nimble, very light, and teleportitis (I never farmed for blink dogs but still found one that gave me a corpse so no problem here).
    There were a couple of tense moments. First an undead greater vault, I was foolish enough to try to clean it and after two hits from a ghost lord I almost died but managed to run away (I guess that many of the artifacts were there as I never saw them). Then a doppelganger king managed to get me confused and lowered my health to 50HP, I had to use my wands to get rid of him.
    Also, the air temple was scary, the summoner was easy to kill but before he died he summon to greater karmic wyrms who almost got me killed, I had to run away in the hope that I would be able to kill them on the way back (that meant no more potions of cure corruption from Guth'Alak), which I did with no problem. Luckily, the cat lord was nowhere near the stairs (I killed cats as if there was no tomorrow). I should also mention that I never got the High Mountain Village as a doppelganger appeared in the small cave and hit me too hard, I just ran away and never looked back.
    My previous orc barbarian died in the Mana Temple. This time around it was close too, when trying to lure the mage out, he teleported right to the door, which meant having to fight him while being surrounded by chaos servants. I had to use the water orb to heal, it gain me whispers of chaos (not terrible).
    D50 was straight forward but long, I got corrupted a lot, first rage (not bad), then corrupting attack (I removed it immediately), then bronze bones (kept it), then ice blood (removed), then mana battery (removed), unholy aura (kept), and last bulging craneon (kept). I had to kill all the balors, Fistanarius was tough as almost all of my demon and humanoid ammo was gone but with enough patience he fell. I also summoned three greater elementals to help me clear it (through scrolls), one of them became uninterested in me because of the unholy aura, the other became aggressive and killed the only friendly one. Another lucky break was that I never had to fight a moloch. I found one that was generated friendly, I chatted to him and he replied "Uh?"
    Given that this was my first win, I did not wanted to risk it. On the way up I ignored everything but I did stop to kill the black unicorn to get all corruption removed and then left ancardia.
    I think the RNG was very helpful this time around, I remember thinking it was impossible to beat ADOM without any exploit, now I know its possible!
    Next I am going for an ultra ending... I still believe those are impossible

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    Here is the memorial of LoneStar:

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    LoneStar      St:47  Le:23  Wi:29  Dx:38  To:40  Ch:25  Ap:23  Ma: 9  Pe:21 N=
    DV/PV: 70/26   H: 709(709)    P: 81(114)     Exp: 34/8629235    DrCh  Sp: 115
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    Name: LoneStar            Race: male Orc            Class: Barbarian
    Eye color: black          Hair color: brown         Complexion: brown
    Height: 5'11"             Weight: 207 pounds
    Age: 16 (grown-up)
    Star sign: Candle         Birthday: 5/Candle (day 275 of the year)
    
    YOUR HISTORY:
            Your mother was a wise shaman and healer. You didn't know your
     father and his origins seem to be very mysterious.
            As a child you were not accepted by the other children of your
     tribe. Your childhood was sad and lonely.
            During your youth you traveled to nearby tribes and traded with
     them. You met many strangers and learned a lot about the outside world.
            As a young adult your family was killed in a raid. You became
     embittered and filled with the desire for revenge.
            At the age of 16 you left your tribe.
    
    
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                                      Inventory
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    Total weight: 12194 stones                Carrying capacity: 9975 stones
    
    He: uncursed helm of leadership [+1, +3] {Ch+9}                      [100s]
    Ne: uncursed amulet of perseverance {Wi+3}                             [3s]
    Bo: uncursed clean robe [+0, +1] {Ap+5}                               [60s]
    Gi: blessed girdle of strength [+0, +0] {St+1}                        [15s]
    Cl: uncursed cloak of adornment [+3, +2] {Ap+4}                       [40s]
    RH: blessed silvery two-handed sword "Vanquisher" (+3, 6d5+3) [-3, +0][300s]
    LH: -
    RR: uncursed ring of gain attribute {To+1}                             [1s]
    LR: blessed ring of mental stability [+0, +1] {Le+1}                   [1s]
    Br: blessed bracers of defense [+2, +0]                               [10s]
    Ga: uncursed iron gauntlets "Ironfist" (-1, +0) [+1, +3] {St+7}       [10s]
    Bo: uncursed boots of the divine messenger [+3, +3] {Dx+5}            [25s]
    MW: blessed long bow of accuracy (+9, +2)                             [30s]
    Mi: bundle of 18 uncursed arrows of dragon slaying (+3, 1d6+3)        [36s]
    Tl: uncursed holy symbol                                               [5s]
    
    
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    Total weight: 11558 stones   Carrying capacity: 9975 stones
    
    Helmets ('[')
       uncursed helm of water breathing [+0, +1]                          [30s]
       uncursed helm of teleportation [+0, +1]                            [50s]
       heap of 2 uncursed diadems of beauty [+0, +0] {Ap+7}               [70s]
       blessed eternium cap [+0, +4]                                      [28s]
    Armor ('[')
       uncursed ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8}                    [60s]
       uncursed robe of the sea [+3, +1]                                  [60s]
       uncursed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [+1, +13]                   [240s]
       blessed white dragon scale mail (-1, -3) [-2, +11]                [200s]
    Shields ('[')
       blessed tower crystal shield (-2) [+16, +4]                       [260s]
       uncursed tower eternium shield (-1) [+13, +4]                      [70s]
    Gauntlets ('[')
       uncursed fencing gloves [+1, +1]                                    [6s]
       uncursed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3]                     [10s]
       uncursed gloves of dexterity [+0, +0] {Dx+4}                        [6s]
       blessed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+0, +1]                          [15s]
       heap of 2 uncursed pairs of gauntlets of strength (-1, +0) [-1, +1] {St+3}
       blessed fencing gloves of fidelity [+5, +1] {Ch+6}                  [6s]
       uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+1, -2]                         [15s]
       uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+2, +3]                         [15s]
       uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+3, +3]                         [15s]
    Cloaks ('[')
       uncursed cloak of adornment [+0, +0] {Ap+4}                        [40s]
       heap of 5 uncursed cloaks of protection [+0, +3]                  [100s]
       uncursed hooded cloak [+3, +0]                                     [40s]
    Girdles ('[')
       uncursed girdle of strength [+0, +0] {St+1}                        [15s]
       uncursed leather girdle [+3, +0]                                    [5s]
       uncursed adamantium girdle [+0, +3]                                [18s]
    Boots ('[')
       uncursed boots of sneakiness (+1, +1) [+0, +3] {Dx+2}              [20s]
       uncursed boots of speed [+1, +2] (+8 spd)                          [20s]
       uncursed adamantium boots [+1, +7]                                 [89s]
    Necklaces (''')
       uncursed amulet of protection +3                                    [3s]
       uncursed pendant of mana {Ma+5}                                     [3s]
       uncursed necklace of the silver tongue {Ch+3}                       [2s]
       uncursed amulet of petrification resistance                         [3s]
       heap of 3 uncursed necklaces of rapid healing                       [6s]
       heap of 5 uncursed amulets of light                                [15s]
       blessed amulet of luck                                              [8s]
       heap of 5 uncursed amulets of death ray resistance                 [35s]
       heap of 3 uncursed amulets of free action                           [9s]
       heap of 3 uncursed amulets of balance                               [9s]
       uncursed amulet of luck                                             [8s]
       uncursed ankh                                                       [3s]
       uncursed amulet of perseverance {Wi+3}                              [3s]
       uncursed amulet of protection +2                                    [3s]
       uncursed necklace of the eye                                        [3s]
       blessed amulet of perseverance {Wi+1}                               [3s]
       heap of 3 uncursed amulets of protection from constructs            [9s]
       uncursed amulet of teleport control                                 [3s]
       blessed amulet of teleport control                                  [3s]
       uncursed amber amulet                                               [3s]
    Bracers (',')
       uncursed bracers of defense [+2, +0]                               [10s]
       uncursed bracers of defense [+1, +0]                               [10s]
    One-handed weapons ('(')
       uncursed flaming orcish knife (+0, 1d3+2)                          [10s]
       heap of 5 uncursed orcish battle axes (-1, 1d7+3)                 [600s]
       uncursed weeping battle axe (+0, 1d6+2)                            [70s]
       uncursed adamantium dagger of lightning (+0, 1d4+6)                 [7s]
       uncursed phase dagger (+0, 1d4)                                     [5s]
       uncursed battle axe of the sun (+0, 1d6+2)                         [70s]
       uncursed stone spear (+0, 1d8+1)                                  [120s]
       uncursed adamantium warhammer (+0, 2d3+7)                          [43s]
       blessed adamantium long sword (+2, 1d8+7)                          [28s]
       uncursed adamantium dagger of might (+0, 1d4+5)                     [7s]
       uncursed lawful spear (+1, 1d8)                                    [50s]
       blessed lead-filled mace "Big Punch" (+1, 8d5+3) [-6, +0]         [800s]
       blessed masterwork adamantium sabre (+3, 1d6+8)                    [22s]
       uncursed murderous adamantium scimitar (-1, 1d8+6)                 [28s]
       heap of 2 uncursed broken pick axes (+0, 1d6+1)                   [150s]
       uncursed dagger of death (+1, 5d5+2)                               [10s]
       blessed dagger of death (+1, 5d5+2)                                [10s]
       blessed rapier of the sun (-2, 1d6+3) [+1, +1]                     [30s]
       uncursed scorched spear (+2, 3d8+1) [+2, +0]                       [50s]
       uncursed adamantium battle axe of slaughtering (-2, 2d8+7)         [50s]
       blessed eternium warhammer (+0, 4d3+8)                             [29s]
       blessed sword of sharpness (+2, 4d8+8)                             [35s]
    Two-handed weapons ('(')
       uncursed halberd of defense (+8, 2d7+4) [+18, +0]                  [80s]
       uncursed adamantium halberd of penetration (+8, 2d7+6) [-2, +0]    [70s]
       uncursed ancient claymore "Death's Blade" (+6, 6d8+6) [+4, +0]    [400s]
       uncursed two-handed sword of parrying (+6, 3d5+3) [+16, +0]       [100s]
       uncursed great axe                                                [105s]
    Missile weapons ('}')
       uncursed rusty light crossbow (+2, +2)                             [70s]
       uncursed long bow (+3, +2)                                         [30s]
       uncursed short bow (+4, +0)                                        [20s]
       uncursed sling of accuracy (+6, +1)                                 [3s]
       heap of 2 uncursed slings of the long shot (+2, +1)                 [6s]
       uncursed short bow (+1, +3)                                        [20s]
       uncursed long bow of hunting (+6, +3)                              [30s]
       heap of 2 uncursed heavy crossbows of accuracy (+9, +3)           [280s]
       uncursed short bow (+1, +0)                                        [20s]
       uncursed light crossbow (+2, +0)                                   [70s]
       uncursed sling of the long shot (+2, +2)                            [3s]
       uncursed sling of accuracy (+5, +1)                                 [3s]
       uncursed long bow (+4, -1)                                         [30s]
       blessed light crossbow of accuracy (+7, +3)                        [70s]
       uncursed short bow of accuracy (+6, +0)                            [20s]
       uncursed hand crossbow (+1, +0)                                    [30s]
       uncursed long bow of accuracy (+8, +3)                             [30s]
       uncursed rune-covered sling "Whirlwind" (+12, +12)                  [3s]
       uncursed sling of accuracy (+5, +3)                                 [3s]
    Missiles ('/')
       uncursed quarrel (+1, 2d6+3)                                        [2s]
       bundle of 28 uncursed quarrels of jelly slaying (+3, 2d6+3)       [112s]
       bundle of 3 blessed rusty penetrating quarrels (+1, 2d6)            [6s]
       bundle of 2 uncursed mithril arrows (+0, 1d6+3)                     [4s]
       bundle of 3 uncursed mithril drakish scurgari (+5, 1d8+5)          [24s]
       bundle of 13 uncursed arrows (+0, 1d6)                             [26s]
       uncursed arrow of targeting (+6, 1d6)                               [2s]
       bundle of 11 uncursed arrows of jelly slaying (+3, 2d4+3)          [22s]
       bundle of 3 uncursed arrows (+0, 1d6-3)                             [6s]
       uncursed arrow (-2, 1d6)                                            [2s]
       bundle of 3 blessed adamantium arrows of targeting (+7, 1d6+6)      [3s]
       uncursed arrow of darkness (+0, 1d6)                                [2s]
       bundle of 14 uncursed arrows (+2, 1d6)                             [28s]
       bundle of 3 blessed adamantium arrows of hunting (+1, 1d6+6)        [3s]
       uncursed weighted arrow (+0, 1d6+4)                                 [2s]
       bundle of 2 uncursed quarrels (+4, 2d6+1)                           [4s]
       bundle of 3 uncursed mithril quarrels (+4, 2d6+3)                   [6s]
       bundle of 4 blessed quarrels of construct slaying (+3, 2d6+3)      [16s]
       bundle of 9 uncursed unerring mithril arrows (+0, 1d6+5)           [18s]
       uncursed unerring arrow of hunting (+0, 1d6)                        [2s]
       blessed rusty quarrel (+1, 2d6)                                     [2s]
       uncursed arrow of hunting (+0, 1d6+2)                               [2s]
       bundle of 3 uncursed quarrels (+2, 2d6+3)                           [6s]
       bundle of 2 blessed quarrels (-2, 2d6)                              [4s]
       uncursed quarrel of slaying (+1, 2d6)                               [2s]
       bundle of 6 uncursed quarrels of undead slaying (+3, 2d6+3)        [24s]
       bundle of 5 blessed quarrels of dragon slaying (+3, 2d6+3)         [20s]
       bundle of 6 blessed arrows (+0, 1d6)                               [12s]
       bundle of 2 blessed arrows (+0, 1d6+2)                              [4s]
       bundle of 6 blessed arrows (-1, 1d6)                               [12s]
       uncursed throwing club of death (+0, 4d6+4)                        [40s]
       blessed arrow of humanoid slaying (+3, 1d6+3)                       [2s]
       uncursed boomerang (+5, 2d4+1)                                     [20s]
       bundle of 3 blessed drakish scurgari (+2, 1d8+2)                   [30s]
       bundle of 8 uncursed drakish scurgari (+2, 1d8+2)                  [80s]
       uncursed spear of returning (+4, 1d8+1)                            [40s]
       bundle of 3 blessed eternium arrows of hunting (+1, 2d6+8)          [3s]
       uncursed javelin of death (+9, 6d6)                                [40s]
       bundle of 11 uncursed quarrels (+1, 2d6)                           [22s]
       bundle of 7 blessed eternium quarrels (+1, 4d6+8)                   [7s]
       bundle of 14 uncursed quarrels of construct slaying (+3, 2d6+3)    [56s]
       rock                                                                [5s]
       bundle of 5 uncursed quarrels (+1, 2d6+2)                          [10s]
       bundle of 10 uncursed adamantium arrows (+1, 1d6+6)                [10s]
       bundle of 4 uncursed mithril quarrels (+1, 2d6+3)                   [8s]
       bundle of 6 uncursed quarrels of giant slaying (+3, 2d8+3)         [24s]
       bundle of 5 blessed arrows (+2, 1d6)                               [10s]
       heap of 2 blessed rocks (+0, 1d4)                                  [10s]
       uncursed rock (+3, 1d4)                                             [5s]
       blessed throwing club (+0, 1d8)                                    [30s]
       bundle of 5 blessed arrows of construct slaying (+3, 1d6+3)        [10s]
       uncursed throwing club of death (+0, 4d6+2)                        [40s]
       bundle of 5 uncursed eternium drakish scurgari (+9, 2d8+8)         [25s]
       uncursed arrow (+0, 1d6+2)                                          [2s]
       bundle of 4 uncursed adamantium quarrels (+1, 2d6+6)                [4s]
       bundle of 5 blessed drakish scurgari (+4, 1d8+2)                   [50s]
       uncursed arrow                                                      [2s]
       bundle of 7 uncursed arrows (+1, 1d6+3)                            [14s]
       uncursed arrow (+1, 1d6-2)                                          [2s]
       bundle of 4 uncursed eternium drakish scurgari (+9, 2d8+11)        [20s]
       bundle of 6 uncursed mithril arrows (-3, 1d6+3)                    [12s]
       bundle of 2 uncursed mithril quarrels (+2, 2d6+5)                   [4s]
       bundle of 5 uncursed eternium drakish scurgari (+9, 2d8+9)         [25s]
       bundle of 3 uncursed adamantium drakish scurgari (+7, 1d8+7)       [21s]
       bundle of 34 uncursed quarrels                                     [68s]
       bundle of 6 uncursed mithril quarrels (+1, 2d6+5)                  [12s]
       bundle of 4 blessed mithril arrows (-3, 1d6+1)                      [8s]
       bundle of 5 uncursed quarrels of dragon slaying (+3, 2d6+3)        [20s]
       bundle of 5 uncursed drakish scurgari of death (+12, 6d8+6)        [50s]
       bundle of 3 uncursed mithril quarrels (-1, 2d6+4)                   [6s]
       bundle of 8 uncursed arrows (+3, 1d6)                              [16s]
       uncursed dark elven quarrel of slaying (+3, 1d4+6)                  [2s]
       bundle of 17 blessed arrows of targeting (+7, 1d6-1)               [34s]
       bundle of 5 uncursed mithril drakish scurgari (+6, 1d8+6)          [40s]
       blessed javelin of doom (+9, 6d6)                                  [40s]
       bundle of 14 blessed arrows (-3, 1d6)                              [28s]
       bundle of 2 uncursed mithril quarrels of targeting (+7, 2d6+3)      [4s]
       bundle of 6 uncursed drakish scurgari of returning (+2, 2d6+2)     [60s]
       bundle of 6 uncursed quarrels (+1, 2d6+1)                          [12s]
       heap of 2 uncursed rocks (+0, 1d4)                                 [10s]
       bundle of 3 uncursed drakish scurgari (+6, 1d8+2)                  [30s]
       heap of 3 uncursed rocks (+3, 1d4+2)                               [15s]
       heap of 2 uncursed rocks (+0, 1d4-1)                               [10s]
       bundle of 8 uncursed arrows of giant slaying (+3, 1d10+3)          [16s]
       uncursed rock (+1, 1d4)                                             [5s]
       heap of 4 cursed rocks (+0, 1d4)                                   [20s]
       heap of 4 uncursed rocks (+2, 1d4+1)                               [20s]
       heap of 3 uncursed rocks                                           [15s]
       heap of 6 uncursed rocks (+0, 1d4+3)                               [30s]
       heap of 3 blessed rocks                                            [15s]
       heap of 2 uncursed rocks (-2, 1d4)                                 [10s]
       heap of 12 uncursed rocks                                          [60s]
       heap of 8 cursed rocks                                             [40s]
       heap of 7 uncursed rocks                                           [35s]
       heap of 7 uncursed rocks                                           [35s]
       heap of 7 uncursed rocks                                           [35s]
       heap of 3 blessed rocks                                            [15s]
       heap of 3 uncursed rocks                                           [15s]
       heap of 4 uncursed rocks                                           [20s]
       bundle of 8 uncursed quarrels                                      [32s]

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    Code:
    Tools (']')
       heap of 2 uncursed fletchery sets (8)                             [140s]
       heap of 3 uncursed hexagonal keys                                   [3s]
       heap of 3 uncursed plain blankets                                  [30s]
       blessed rusty hexagonal key                                         [1s]
       heap of 4 uncursed fletchery sets (6)                             [280s]
       blessed tinderbox (18)                                              [3s]
       heap of 5 uncursed small keys                                       [5s]
       heap of 9 uncursed torches                                         [90s]
       heap of 2 blessed torches                                          [20s]
       heap of 3 uncursed fletchery sets (7)                             [210s]
       blessed bandage                                                     [2s]
       uncursed stethoscope                                                [5s]
       uncursed holy symbol                                                [5s]
       heap of 10 uncursed bandages                                       [20s]
       heap of 3 uncursed square keys                                      [3s]
       heap of 3 uncursed round keys                                       [3s]
       uncursed climbing set                                             [180s]
       heap of 2 uncursed fletchery sets (5)                             [140s]
       heap of 4 uncursed tiny keys                                        [4s]
       blessed waterproof blanket                                         [10s]
       heap of 5 uncursed waterproof blankets                             [50s]
       heap of 3 uncursed sets of thieves picks                           [15s]
       heap of 3 uncursed triangular keys                                  [3s]
       uncursed broken hexagonal key                                       [1s]
       metal ingot                                                         [8s]
    Rings ('=')
       heap of 3 uncursed rings of damage                                  [3s]
       blessed ring of protection +1                                       [1s]
       heap of 3 uncursed rings of searching                               [3s]
       heap of 5 uncursed rings of acid resistance                         [5s]
       heap of 5 uncursed rings of cold resistance                         [5s]
       blessed ring of the fish                                            [1s]
       blessed ring of ice                                                 [1s]
       blessed ring of speed [+0, +1] (+5 spd)                             [1s]
       blessed ring of the clear mind                                      [1s]
       heap of 6 uncursed rings of stun resistance                         [6s]
       uncursed ring of doom                                               [1s]
       heap of 4 uncursed rings of fire resistance                         [4s]
       blessed ring of fire resistance                                     [1s]
       uncursed ring of damage                                             [1s]
       uncursed ring of defense +1                                         [1s]
       blessed ring of the High Kings [+2, +3]                             [1s]
       blessed ring of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage)        [1s]
       blessed brass ring                                                  [1s]
       heap of 2 uncursed rings of the clear mind                          [2s]
       uncursed ring of ice                                                [1s]
       uncursed ring of invisibility                                       [1s]
       blessed ring of gain attribute {Ma+1}                               [1s]
       uncursed ring of slaying (+7 melee damage, +6 missile damage)       [1s]
       uncursed ring of luck                                               [1s]
       blessed ring of damage                                              [1s]
       blessed ring of acid resistance                                     [1s]
       ring of ice                                                         [1s]
    Wands ('\')
       uncursed wand of magic missiles (0 charges)                         [3s]
       uncursed wand of webbing (0 charges)                                [3s]
       uncursed wand of door creation (7 charges)                          [3s]
       uncursed wand of stunning (0 charges)                               [3s]
       uncursed wand of light (0 charges)                                  [4s]
       blessed wand of door creation (6 charges)                           [3s]
       uncursed wand of door creation (7 charges)                          [3s]
       uncursed wand of magic missiles (0 charges)                         [3s]
       uncursed wand of lightning (0 charges)                              [4s]
       uncursed wand of acid (1 charge)                                    [4s]
       blessed wand of ball lightning (2 charges)                          [4s]
       uncursed wand of lightning (1 charge)                               [4s]
       uncursed wand of knocking (2 charges)                               [3s]
       uncursed wand of monster detection (0 charges)                      [3s]
       uncursed wand of digging (0 charges)                                [3s]
       uncursed wand of stunning (5 charges)                               [3s]
       uncursed wand of ball lightning (4 charges)                         [4s]
       uncursed wand of cold (4 charges)                                   [4s]
       uncursed wand of door creation (7 charges)                          [3s]
       uncursed wand of trap detection (0 charges)                         [3s]
       uncursed wand of monster detection (2 charges)                      [3s]
       uncursed wand of monster creation (4 charges)                       [3s]
       uncursed wand of door creation (5 charges)                          [3s]
       uncursed wand of digging (0 charges)                                [3s]
       uncursed wand of fireballs (3 charges)                              [3s]
       uncursed wand of lightning (1 charge)                               [4s]
       uncursed wand of door creation (2 charges)                          [3s]
       uncursed wand of magic missiles (7 charges)                         [3s]
       uncursed wand of trap creation (9 charges)                          [3s]
       uncursed wand of digging (0 charges)                                [3s]
       uncursed wand of item detection (3 charges)                         [3s]
       blessed wand of fireballs (0 charges)                               [3s]
       uncursed wand of door creation (3 charges)                          [3s]
       blessed wand of light (9 charges)                                   [4s]
       blessed wand of door creation (7 charges)                           [3s]
       blessed wand of item detection (3 charges)                          [3s]
       blessed wand of door creation (4 charges)                           [3s]
       uncursed wand of fire (0 charges)                                   [4s]
       uncursed wand of wonder (6 charges)                                 [3s]
       uncursed wand of item detection (5 charges)                         [3s]
       blessed wand of digging (3 charges)                                 [3s]
       uncursed wand of webbing (3 charges)                                [3s]
       uncursed wand of knocking (5 charges)                               [3s]
       uncursed wand of lightning (4 charges)                              [4s]
       uncursed wand of door creation (0 charges)                          [3s]
       uncursed wand of door creation (4 charges)                          [3s]
       uncursed wand of earthquakes (0 charges)                            [3s]
       uncursed wand of acid (1 charge)                                    [4s]
       uncursed wand of digging (5 charges)                                [3s]
       blessed wand of fire (0 charges)                                    [4s]
       uncursed wand of wonder (5 charges)                                 [3s]
       uncursed wand of cold (1 charge)                                    [4s]
       blessed wand of door creation (2 charges)                           [3s]
       uncursed wand of far slaying (0 charges)                            [3s]
       uncursed wand of gold detection (3 charges)                         [6s]
       uncursed wand of trap creation (7 charges)                          [3s]
       uncursed wand of stunning (8 charges)                               [3s]
       uncursed wand of fireballs (0 charges)                              [3s]
       uncursed wand of digging (4 charges)                                [3s]
       blessed wand of far slaying (3 charges)                             [3s]
       uncursed wand of digging (4 charges)                                [3s]
       uncursed rusty wand of teleportation (0 charges)                    [4s]
       uncursed wand of cold (0 charges)                                   [4s]
       uncursed wand of teleportation (0 charges)                          [4s]
       uncursed wand of poison (5 charges)                                 [3s]
       blessed wand of ball lightning (2 charges)                          [4s]
       uncursed wand of trap creation (1 charge)                           [3s]
       uncursed wand of acid (4 charges)                                   [4s]
       uncursed wand of door creation (4 charges)                          [3s]
       uncursed wand of ball lightning (4 charges)                         [4s]
       uncursed wand of paralyzation (2 charges)                           [3s]
       uncursed wand of trap detection (2 charges)                         [3s]
       uncursed wand of lightning (3 charges)                              [4s]
       uncursed wand of trap creation (1 charge)                           [3s]
       uncursed wand of digging (0 charges)                                [3s]
       uncursed wand of door creation (6 charges)                          [3s]
       uncursed wand of light                                              [4s]
       uncursed wand of monster creation                                   [3s]
       uncursed wand of knocking                                           [3s]
    Potions ('!')
       heap of 3 cursed potions of invisibility                           [12s]
       heap of 12 uncursed potions of cure poison                         [24s]
       heap of 14 uncursed potions of invisibility                        [56s]
       heap of 23 potions of holy water                                   [92s]
       heap of 2 blessed potions of carrot juice                           [8s]
       heap of 9 uncursed potions of exchange                             [36s]
       heap of 3 uncursed potions of extra healing                         [6s]
       blessed potion of invisibility                                      [4s]
       heap of 2 uncursed oils of rust removal                             [4s]
       heap of 6 uncursed potions of carrot juice                         [24s]
       heap of 3 blessed potions of cure poison                            [6s]
       heap of 12 uncursed potions of healing                             [48s]
       uncursed potion of mana                                             [4s]
       uncursed potion of boost willpower                                  [2s]
       uncursed potion of boost toughness                                  [2s]
       heap of 2 uncursed potions of confusion                             [4s]
       heap of 4 blessed potions of extra healing                          [8s]
       blessed potion of booze                                             [4s]
       heap of 2 uncursed potions of blindness                             [4s]
       heap of 3 uncursed berzio potions                                   [6s]
       heap of 2 uncursed potions of boost charisma                        [4s]
       heap of 10 uncursed potions of booze                               [40s]
       heap of 2 uncursed potions of boost learning                        [4s]
       uncursed potion of boost appearance                                 [2s]
       heap of 2 blessed potions of boost mana                             [4s]
       uncursed potion of poison                                           [4s]
       heap of 2 uncursed potions of wonder                                [4s]
       heap of 3 uncursed potions of raw mana                              [6s]
       heap of 2 uncursed potions of boost strength                        [4s]
       uncursed potion of boost dexterity                                  [2s]
       blessed potion of oil                                               [2s]
       blessed potion of boost appearance                                  [2s]
       blessed potion of confusion                                         [2s]
       heap of 2 uncursed potions of balance                               [8s]
       uncursed potion of ultra healing                                    [2s]
       uncursed potion of raw chaos                                        [2s]
       blessed potion of wonder                                            [2s]
       heap of 6 potions of insight                                       [12s]
    Scrolls ('?')
       heap of 2 blessed scrolls of magic mapping                          [4s]
       heap of 3 uncursed scrolls of increase melee damage                 [6s]
       heap of 6 uncursed scrolls of item destruction                     [12s]
       uncursed scroll of information                                      [2s]
       blessed scroll of warning                                           [2s]
       heap of 10 uncursed scrolls of power                               [20s]
       heap of 8 uncursed scrolls of light                                [16s]
       heap of 6 uncursed scrolls of gold detection                       [12s]
       heap of 5 uncursed scrolls of repair                               [10s]
       heap of 2 blessed scrolls of darkness                               [4s]
       heap of 2 blessed scrolls of satiation                              [4s]
       uncursed papyrus scroll                                             [2s]
       heap of 4 uncursed scrolls of monster detection                     [8s]
       blessed scroll of repair                                            [2s]
       heap of 5 uncursed scrolls of great identify                       [10s]
       heap of 4 uncursed scrolls of charging                              [8s]
       heap of 2 blessed scrolls of great identify                         [4s]
       heap of 2 blessed scrolls of teleportation                          [4s]
       heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of increase melee accuracy               [4s]
       heap of 7 uncursed scrolls of uncursing                            [14s]
       uncursed scroll of satiation                                        [2s]
       heap of 5 uncursed scrolls of darkness                             [10s]
       heap of 8 blessed scrolls of identify                              [16s]
       heap of 20 uncursed scrolls of identify                            [40s]
       heap of 2 uncursed blank scrolls                                    [4s]
       heap of 3 uncursed scrolls of amnesia                               [6s]
       heap of 3 uncursed scrolls of treasure creation                     [6s]
       uncursed scroll of peace                                            [2s]
       heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of cure blindness                        [4s]
       uncursed scroll of dark predictions                                 [2s]
       blessed scroll of ill fate                                          [2s]
       heap of 3 uncursed scrolls of ill fate                              [6s]
       blessed scroll of power                                             [2s]
       heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of magic mapping                         [4s]
       uncursed scroll of monster aggravation                              [2s]
       uncursed scroll of item detection                                   [2s]
       cursed scroll of identify                                           [2s]
       cursed scroll of monster detection                                  [2s]
       uncursed scroll of item creation                                    [2s]
       heap of 4 blessed scrolls of corruption removal                     [8s]
    Books ('"')
       blessed manual of bridge building                                 [100s]
       uncursed spellbook of Slow Monster                                [100s]
       uncursed spellbook of Slow Monster                                [100s]
       uncursed spellbook of Neutralize Poison                           [100s]
       uncursed spellbook of Magic Lock                                  [100s]
       uncursed spellbook of Knock                                       [100s]
       uncursed spellbook of Knock                                       [100s]
       uncursed spellbook of Fire Bolt                                   [100s]
       uncursed spellbook of Darkness                                    [100s]
       blessed spellbook of Darkness                                     [100s]
       uncursed spellbook of Bless                                       [100s]

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    Food ('%')
       heap of 14 uncursed bits of plain candy                            [28s]
       heap of 2 uncursed herb seeds                                       [4s]
       heap of 19 uncursed moss patches of mareilon                       [38s]
       heap of 15 uncursed alraunia antidotes                             [30s]
       heap of 30 blessed curaria mancox herbs                            [60s]
       heap of 41 blessed spenseweeds                                     [82s]
       heap of 15 uncursed curaria mancox herbs                           [30s]
       heap of 28 blessed alraunia antidotes                              [56s]
       heap of 11 uncursed bits of gnomish candy                          [22s]
       heap of 5 uncursed bones                                           [20s]
       heap of 17 blessed pepper petals                                   [34s]
       heap of 8 blessed moss patches of mareilon                         [16s]
       heap of 16 uncursed pepper petals                                  [32s]
       heap of 7 uncursed lumps of beeswax                                [35s]
       heap of 5 uncursed morgia roots                                    [10s]
       heap of 23 uncursed spenseweeds                                    [46s]
       heap of 12 blessed demon daisies                                   [24s]
       heap of 12 blessed stomafillia herbs                               [24s]
       heap of 7 uncursed plant seeds                                     [14s]
       heap of 3 uncursed stomafillia herbs                                [6s]
       blessed bit of plain candy                                          [2s]
       blessed lump of beeswax                                             [5s]
       uncursed lump of gelee royal                                        [3s]
       heap of 3 blessed devil's roses                                     [6s]
       heap of 2 cursed stomafillia herbs                                  [4s]
       heap of 3 cursed spenseweeds                                        [6s]
       cursed pepper petal                                                 [2s]
       cursed stomacemptia herb                                            [2s]
       heap of 3 blessed stomacemptia herbs                                [6s]
       uncursed stomacemptia herb                                          [2s]
       blessed burb root                                                   [2s]
       blessed morgia root                                                 [2s]
       cursed melon                                                       [20s]
       pepper petal                                                        [2s]
       heap of 8 morgia roots                                             [16s]
       heap of 2 morgia roots                                              [4s]
       heap of 3 cooked lizards                                            [9s]
    Valuables ('$')
       7471 gold pieces                                                   [74s]
    Gems ('*')
       heap of 2 uncursed crystals of light                                [2s]
       uncursed crystal of fire                                            [1s]
       blessed crystal of health                                           [1s]
       uncursed crystal of darkness                                        [1s]
       uncursed white gem                                                  [1s]
    
    
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                                    Weapon Skills
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    Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
    ---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
    Unarmed fighting         1    +1    +0   +0   basic                23
    Daggers & knives         1    +1    +0   +0   basic                25
    Clubs & hammers          1    +1    +0   +0   basic                25
    Maces & flails          10    +9    +6   +3   excellent            1741
    Swords                   1    +1    +0   +0   basic                12
    Axes                     1    +1    +0   +0   basic                25
    Whips                    1    +1    +0   +1   basic                25
    Pole arms               11   +12    +7  +14   Mastery              3042
    Twohanded weapons       12   +14   +18   +4   Mastery              3993
    Staves                   1    +1    +0   +1   basic                25
    
    Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
    ---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
    Slings                   9   +18   +13   +3   excellent            199
    Bows                    10   +20   +15   +3   excellent            142
    Crossbows                9   +18   +13   +3   excellent            355
    Thrown axes & hammers    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
    Thrown daggers           0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            4
    Thrown rocks & clubs     4    +8    +6   +1   skilled              47
    Thrown spears            0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
    Boomerangs & scurgari    3    +6    +4   +1   basic                32
    
    Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
    ---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
    Shields                  8   +16              excellent            339
    
    
    Damage caused with your melee weapons:
    --------------------------------------
    Right hand: +73 bonus to hit, 6d5+46 damage
    
    
    Damage caused with your missile weapons:
    ----------------------------------------
    Ammunition: 18, base range: 17, +73 bonus to hit, 1d6+34 damage
    
    
    
    
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                                       Skills
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
      Athletics ................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
      Backstabbing .............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
      Climbing ................. 96    (superb)       [+2d4]
      Dodge ....................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
      Find weakness ............100    (superb)       [+1d5]
      First aid ................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
      Haggling ................. 24    (mediocre)     [+3d4]
      Healing ..................100    (superb)       [+1d3]
      Herbalism ................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
      Law ...................... 41    (fair)         [+2d4]
      Listening ................100    (superb)       [+3d4]
      Literacy ................. 83    (great)        [+1d3]
      Metallurgy ............... 10    (poor)         [+4d4]
      Mining ................... 66    (good)         [+1d5]
      Necromancy ............... 18    (mediocre)     [+2d4]
      Pick pockets .............  1    (poor)         [+3d5]
      Stealth ..................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
      Survival ................. 80    (great)        [+3d3]
      Swimming ................. 94    (superb)       [+1d5]
      Tactics ..................100    (superb)       [+1]
      Two weapon combat ........ 66    (good)         [+3d3]
      Woodcraft ................ 77    (great)        [+3d3]
    
    
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                                       Spells
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       Darkness:    45,   6pp     (Effectivity: +0)
    
    
    
    
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                                  His further life:
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    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 returns to his lands victorious and is hailed as a great leader.
    Eventually he becomes king and settles the many differences among his
    people, allowing his people to prosper and grow.
    
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                  His achievements during his battles:
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    LoneStar, the orcish barbarian, saved the world with his brave efforts and
    became a great ruler while saving himself 82 times.
    He scored 6458840 points and advanced to level 34.
    He survived for 0 years, 109 days, 13 hours, 40 minutes and 43 seconds
    (112270 turns).
    1 companion was killed during his adventures.
    LoneStar visited 113 places.
    His strength score was modified by +14 during his career.
    His learning score was modified by +10 during his career.
    His willpower score was modified by +11 during his career.
    His dexterity score was modified by +15 during his career.
    His toughness score was modified by +13 during his career.
    His charisma score was modified by +10 during his career.
    His appearance score was modified by +8 during his career.
    His mana score was modified by +1 during his career.
    His perception score was modified by +10 during his career.
    He was the champion of the arena.
    He brought an infamous raider lord to justice.
    He left the Drakalor Chain after completing his quest and became a great
    leader and famous hero.
    7156 monsters perished under his attacks.
    The following 26 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
      the si
      the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
      the potion of literacy
      the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
      the ancient claymore "Death's Blade" -never saw it
      the silvery two-handed sword "Vanquisher" -crowning gift
      the holy avenger "Justifier" -never saw it
      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 silvery arrow "True Aim" -never saw it
      the ebony spear "Bugbiter" -never saw it
      the lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
      the scorched spear -giants greater vault
      Brannalbin's Cloak of Defense  -never saw it
      the elemental gauntlets
      the ring of the High Kings
      the crown of science
      the ancient mummy wrapping
      the ankh
      the boots of the divine messenger -surge of power
      the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana 
      the rune-covered sling "Whirlwind" -surge of power
      the iron gauntlets "Ironfist" -post crowning
      the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance"  -never saw it
    He possessed the following intrinsics:
      He was fire resistant.
      He was poison resistant.
      He was acid resistant.
      He was lucky.
      Fate smiled upon him.
      He was able to control teleportation (also through an item).
      He was stun resistant (gained through an item).
      He was paralyzation resistant (gained through an item).
      He was resistant to death rays (gained through an item).
      He was shock resistant.
      He was able to see invisible things.
      He was immune to fire attacks.
      He was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through an item).
    He had the following talents: Affinity with Twohanded Weapons, Aggressive,
    Alert, Basher, Careful, Defensive Fighter, Dodger, Healthy, Miser, Powerful
    Strike, Quick, Treasure Hunter, Very Careful.
    He had a final speed score of 115 (final base speed: 125).
    He was a messiah of The One Who Kills.
    He asked for 1 divine intervention.
    He was a holy champion of Balance.
    
    The following monsters were vanquished: --removed, nothing interesting here
    
    Dispatched the legendary bandit Alessa.
    Dispatched the legendary blink dog Stiikkeli.
    Dispatched the legendary wererat Sir Niveous Frost.
    Dispatched the legendary ogre Nagrat.
    
    
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                                   Playing Time
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    You played for 23 hours, 30 minutes and 56 seconds.
    
    
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    Ancient Domains Of Mystery
    Version 1.2.0
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    Congrats. I'm amazed you managed to do it with only 26 pv and didn't find any better equipment than what you were wearing. Beating the game in a clean robe, that's like a challenge mode they would think up here.

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    Thanks! You are actually right, I did not notice I never changed my armor back! I totally went for the black unicorn wearing a clean robe .
    In general though, I did suffer from low DV and PV during the whole game, but I did used an eternium plate mail for the lower levels of the CoC (I think I got it in a greater vault). In D50 I changed to the clean robe in order to increase my appearance in hopes of slowing the corruption a little bit. Nearing the end (Fistanarius and some other balors still alive) I had no means of removing corruption any more and was heavily depending on a wand of teleportation when the balors surrounded me, I definitely did not want to get mana battery or something nasty so I pumped my beauty score and hit them from afar.
    I should have been more careful and put the platemail back once the gate was closed.

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    First of all, congratulations! Winning the first time is always awesome Always be careful on the way back indeed... I once almost died to an extremely experienced ancient fire dragon (after clearing 2 dragon vaults they were way tougher than balors).

    Got crowned with fire immunity and Vanquisher! (I think that did the game for me). After farming for a while in the big room I got postcrowned with IronFist, that is not so great but useful still.
    Stopped reading there... Ironfist is truly awesome! Yes, it's not as good as Vanquisher on a Barbarian (since it's not a weapon) but an indestructible gauntlet with 7 strength and 3 PV is far from 'not so great but useful still'. It's hard to think of artifacts that would be better on your barbarian once you already got Vanquisher! The combo of them would be good enough to melee anything in the game including Fistanarius if you're careful about hp and use stepback tactics.

    uncursed phase dagger (+0, 1d4) [5s]
    That little thing can take care of any moloch if you ever again are afraid of them. Again you need to use stepback tactics, which against moloch is extremely easy if you have some space to maneuver.

    He had the following talents: Affinity with Twohanded Weapons, Aggressive,
    Alert, Basher, Careful, Defensive Fighter, Dodger, Healthy, Miser, Powerful
    Strike, Quick, Treasure Hunter, Very Careful.
    He had a final speed score of 115 (final base speed: 125).
    To increase your chances of winning games, try to focus more on speed on melee fighters. Don't be burdened on D50 by carrying heaps of rocks around and other crap around. Also take all of the speed talents. I think 'very careful' works only when fighting defensively, which as a barbarian you just shouldn't. 'Healthy' also isn't particularly strong if you got healing. Once you got 130ish speed you can step back a few times and then get a 'free' hit in against tough guys like Balors (takes some practice but saves a lot of corruption on D50).

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    Thanks!
    You are right, it came out as if I don't like Ironfist, they are really great as a postcrowning gift. In my previous game I had very bad luck in gifts so I guess the RNG was trying to make out for that
    I did have a phase dagger and an adamantium halberd of penetration, I am sure that would have taken the molochs out too. My point was that I got really lucky in the game in general, with a few exceptions that I mentioned.
    Thanks for the recommendation on talents, I guess I was playing very conservatively as I did fight in very defensive when I found ancient dragons and such.
    I am planning on starting an archer now, I felt that when things get nasty, fighting with missiles is best. Should I go with speed in that case too? Or would DV make more sense?
    Thanks again!

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    Congrats!! Winning with an Orc is no easy task, dying of old age is a huge risk ! Nice work. What will be your next race/combo to play?
    Gate Closers:
    Dwarf Monk (p17), Dwarf Paladin (p23), Gnome Duelist (r49), Dark Elf Barbarian (r50), High Elf Archer (r51)

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    Congrats, especially finishing with such a low experience level. My first three wins were all at level 50 fairly swiftly on tackling D50. Can't think of much better than Ironfist for this char, probably Preserver or maybe the artifact ammo.

    Maybe pay a bit more attention to your equipment- you could have gone for the diadem of beauty if you wanted Ap, and those rings aren't great- I'd go for two slaying or slaying and speed. I don't know how big an effect appearance has on corruption, but I'd expect that avoiding one balor hit is a lot better than the reduction in background corruption.

    Agree on speed- unless you really rely on xp it really helps. My last win, a ranger, had 205 speed by D50 and killed everything easily in melee including cat lord, ASB and balors. Being that fast basically doubles your damage output as well as making it easy to retreat. Very good for archers. Personally I rate poison hands as one of the best corruptions, especially early on. Thick gauntlets are now much more common, and being able to pump enemies with unlimited poison is awesome.
    Gate closers: L+ DE Mindcrafter (p20), N= Gnomish Assasin (p20), N= Gnomish Mindcrafter (p23), N= Ratling Ranger (R49)

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