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    Default YAVP: Prohlo, the hurthling paladin

    With the Steam release I launched ADOM and started playing hurthling paladins, as I hadn't ever won with a hurthling or a paladin. As always, I started them with a blanket run followed with UD traversal to the HMV. Several of them didn't survive this, but the first that did went on to win the game. His name was Prohlo.

    The UD was difficult and culminated in a coward-mode escape from the customary stone giant lord of the HMV, but Prohlo managed to escape. After this he went to the upper CoC, did some dwarf quests, proceeded to the Pyramid (where he killed the top floor monsters with two escapes downstairs to heal) and Griffyard (where he had a rather bad time with Nonnak).

    The game was rather easier afterwards because, after getting the RotHK, Prohlo got crowned with Justifier. Wow, is it OP for paladins... And soon afterwards, he found bracers of regeneration.

    With this and a ring of fire found somewhere, it wasn't difficult to complete the ice queen quests (except the last one), where unfortunately the guaranteed vault was a GUV that Prohlo skipped. After exploring several random dungeons, Prohlo found a wand of wishing with 0 charges, wresting a charge from it he could wish for an AoLS for Khelavaster, he then recovered the water orb.

    After this came the ToEF. Prohlo was level 27 so the Tower should be easy, but he had to complete it in hard mode. No rings of ice had been found (and he had no guaranteed teleport control for the mystic due to no blink dogs), which isn't a big deal as a ring of ice isn't that important. But as unbelievable as it may seem, only one fireproof blanket had been found. Prohlo proceeded to bless it and enter the tower, only to see it burn after a few steps. So he had to hastily make a retreat, and leave basically al of his items, except artifacts and a few eternium gear, near the old barbarian. And thus he went back to the Tower and completed it: without his bracers of regeneration, without food (he had to pray for it), without pick axe or wands of digging (he had to pray for a pick axe), without disablers for the Wyrm, without missile weapons. He still triumphed with his pure melee might.

    After this, he headed for the Maze. He slew the Emperor, not without significant stat drains and equipment loss (remember: no fireproof blanket, and he had no detect traps either). To be honest, since he didn't have much use for the axe either having Justifier, and as the rewards have been nerfed again, doing the Maze was probably a net loss... or at least would have been if the artifact reward weren't Sun's Messenger, which was really useful.

    After the Maze came the final dive. The Cat Lord gave Prohlo his ring for his efforts. There were a few difficult moments in the deep CoC, namely a couple of encounters with doppelganger kings, and the always tricky Mana Temple.

    A potion of uselessness in D:49 yielded Ayla's Holy Scarf. And in D:50... a surge of power with a named dark orc produced the Bracers of War! The chaos wizards and balors fell like butter. All the balors were slaughtered and the gate closed.

    Before returning to his home, Prohlo completed the last Ice Queen quest, got himself cleansed by the unicorn and brought a puppy corpse back to a tiny girl. And then, he returned to his people to live a happy life.

    I think this was the most powerful melee character I ever had. I had never been so lucky with artifacts before: Justifier (with a paladin) + Ring of the Master Cat + Bracers of War + Ayla's Holy Scarf + Sun's Messenger are just awesome.

    Also, my first win spanning several ADOM versions: R61+R62+R63

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    Prohlo        St:42  Le:20  Wi:30  Dx:49  To:32  Ch:27  Ap:17  Ma:20  Pe:15 N=
    DV/PV: 95/51   H: 674(674)    P: 277(277)    Exp: 42/13309419  DrCh   Sp: 134
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    Name: Prohlo              Race: male Hurthling      Class: Paladin
    Eye color: green          Hair color: black         Complexion: tanned
    Height: 2'11"             Weight: 72 pounds
    Age: 62 (middle-aged, 22 years of unnatural aging added in)
    Star sign: Tree           Birthday: 9/Tree (day 339 of the year)
    
    YOUR HISTORY:
            Your parents were poor people. They loved you and cared for you,
     although you had to hunger more than once.
            During your childhood one of your uncles taught you a lot of things
     about the history of your people. Your vast knowledge on the legends and
     the lore of your people made you very popular with your friends because of
     all the exciting stories you knew.
            In your youth you worked a lot to become rich and famous later.
     Consequently you rarely had enough time to play with other kids of your
     age.
            As a young adult you tried many occupations before finally deciding
     on one to pursue. This has left you with a very broad base of lore.
            You decided to become a Paladin.
    
    
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    Total weight: 15021 stones                Carrying capacity: 14541 stones
    
    Head          : uncursed crown of regeneration [+0, +0]               [55s]
    Neck          : blessed Aylas Holy Scarf [+10, +10] {Ch+6}             [5s]
    Body          : uncursed ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8}       [60s]
    Girdle        : blessed girdle of giant strength [+0, +0] {St+12}     [30s]
    Cloak         : blessed cloak of protection [+0, +3]                  [20s]
    Right Hand    : blessed holy avenger "Justifier" (+4, 3d5+10) [+6, +2][60s]
    Left Hand     : uncursed tower crystal shield (-2) [+13, +4]         [260s]
    Right Ring    : uncursed ring of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage)
    Left Ring     : blessed ring of the master cat [+0, +5] {Dx+16} (+16 spd)
    Bracers       : uncursed bracers of war [+8, +4] {Dx+8}               [10s]
    Gauntlets     : uncursed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3]        [10s]
    Boots         : blessed eternium boots [+0, +5]                       [55s]
    Missile Weapon: uncursed elven long bow "Sun's Messenger" (+15, +15)  [30s]
    Missiles      : bundle of 17 uncursed arrows (+3, 1d6+2)              [34s]
    Tool          : uncursed pick axe (+1, 1d6+1)                         [75s]
    
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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 returns to his lands victorious and is hailed as a great leader.
    Eventually he becomes king and rules his subjects with an iron fist for a
    long and peaceful time, allowing his people to prosper and grow.
    
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                  His achievements during his battles:
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    Prohlo, the hurthling paladin, saved the world with his brave efforts and
    became a great ruler while saving himself 24 times.
    He scored 20337968 points and advanced to level 42.
    He survived for 0 years, 120 days, 3 hours, 6 minutes and 2 seconds (115887
    turns).
    3 companions were killed during his adventures.
    Prohlo visited 175 places.
    His strength score was modified by +20 during his career.
    His learning score was modified by +5 during his career.
    His willpower score was modified by +12 during his career.
    His dexterity score was modified by +10 during his career.
    His toughness score was modified by +15 during his career.
    His charisma score was modified by +5 during his career.
    His appearance score was modified by +13 during his career.
    His mana score was modified by +10 during his career.
    His perception score was modified by +4 during his career.
    He was unnaturally aged by 22 years.
    He was the champion of the arena.
    He made a little water dragon very happy.
    He killed the emperor of the ancient minotaur race.
    He adhered to the principles of the Cat Lord and thus rose to great fame.
    He saved Khelavaster from certain death.
    He left the Drakalor Chain after completing his quest and became a great
    leader and famous hero.
    6438 monsters perished under his attacks.
    The following 30 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
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      the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
      the ring of the master cat
      the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
      the elven long bow "Sun's Messenger"
      the Aylas Holy Scarf
      the holy avenger "Justifier"
      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 lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
      the gauntlets of eternal peace "Shezestriakis"
      the cloak of Oman
      the sword of Nonnak
      the elemental gauntlets
      the ring of the High Kings
      the phial of Caladriel
      the crown of science
      the ancient mummy wrapping
      the ankh
      the small black shield "Lust for Glory"
      the black torc
      the Shirt of the Saints
      the bracers of war
      the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
      the fine leather armor "Nature's Companion"
      the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance"
      the axe of the minotaur emperor
    He possessed the following intrinsics:
      He was fire resistant (also through an item).
      He was poison resistant (also through an item).
      He was cold resistant (also through an item).
      He was acid resistant.
      He was lucky (also through an item).
      Fate smiled upon him (gained through an item).
      He was sleep resistant (gained through an item).
      He was able to control teleportation.
      He was stun resistant (gained through items).
      He was resistant to death rays (gained through items).
      He was shock resistant (also through an item).
      He was able to see invisible things (gained through items).
      He was immune to shock attacks.
      He was immune to ice attacks (gained through an item).
      He was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through an item).
    He had the following talents: Alert, Beast of Burden, Eagle Eye, Far Shot,
    Good Shot, Greased Lightning, Keen Shot, Lightning Shot, Long Stride, Master
    Packager, Miser, Porter, Quick, Quick Shot, Shield Specialist, Treasure
    Hunter, Very Quick.
    He had a final speed score of 134 (final base speed: 128).
    He was a messiah of Auroree.
    He asked for 7 divine interventions.
    He was a holy champion of Balance.
    
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    What are the changes in the Maze rewards, if you happened to record what you got?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wheals View Post
    What are the changes in the Maze rewards, if you happened to record what you got?
    I got the Axe, an artifact (Sun's Messenger), two PoCC and a potion of strength IIRC. No PoGA this time, I'm afraid.

    I don't know if they made any changes to the corpse as I'm not into eating it, for roleplaying reasons.

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    Very nice. For the tower, if you run into this situation again, I'd recommend taking a large pile of cooked lizards along. (Or stomafillia, that works as well.) With a large stack of something, only a few of them will burn at a time, so a pile will easily last you on your way to the top of the tower and back. That way you will only have to spend your precious piety on the pickaxe (or emergency healing if you don't want to use the water orb).

    I would also recommend to wear iron equipment like bracers of regeneration without worrying about melting. Especially if you bless them (and you have good fate + ankh), there is a very good chance that it will survive.
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