Worst (Non-Fatal) Luck I've Had in Awhile

[JellySlayer]

My current bout of bad luck...

Playing an orc barbarian, aiming for fast win. Level 16 or 17, Griffyard, Pyramid, Darkforge cleared. Good stats. I have RoI, PV of 35, weapon is rune-covered trident or brutal eternium halberd. Turncount is about 12000, on pace for <30k win. I have wand of cold and good luck and good Wi score, so I decided to head over to High Kings to get the ring. Second level has a threat room of acid vortices. Yuck. After taking two hits of 60 damage, I realize I have no acid resist, but check inventory and find I have a ring. Great. Blow through the rest of the vortices. About 20 in total, but HP loss isn't bad... I come out about 150 HP down at the end of it. No big deal.

Get down to bottom level and go to charge my wand of cold. It's gone. Dang. Acid vortices must have destroyed it. Probably 1000 turns wasted. Head back out, debating whether it's worth getting the IQD one. Exit the dungeon to head to there and get this message "You need special equipment to scale those mountains." @#$%.

Stopped there and haven't been back. I can salvage the game for sure, but getting a new climbing set is tedious and the speedrun is shot. Will probably just abandon the character--no challenge in winning with a Barbarian at the point in the game I'm at.

[grobblewobble]

Playing an orc barbarian, aiming for fast win. Level 16 or 17, Griffyard, Pyramid, Darkforge cleared. Good stats. I have RoI, PV of 35, weapon is rune-covered trident or brutal eternium halberd. Turncount is about 12000, on pace for <30k win. I have wand of cold and good luck and good Wi score, so I decided to head over to High Kings to get the ring.

Since you were (sort of) speedrunning I'm surprised you were getting the ring at all. That's the first place I skip when I want to save time, bypassing the EG is easy, right? And the rewards (items / xp) aren't that great compared to the turncount it consumes, unless you really need the rings for resistances?

I also have a history of bad luck with that place. Open threat rooms of dark elven princesses, quickling lords and other fun stuff like that.. I'm always leaving my climbing set on the stairs down of the first floor there, I had it destroyed several times.

[JellySlayer]

Yeah, I probably should have skipped it. I was short on fire resistance at the time, though I don't think that was the ultimate reason I went for it--probably just habit, I think.

[Blasphemous]

That's how most of my speedruns end - I find something nice early on or get carried away in a location I should really just ignore.
Then all of a sudden a thought occurs, like "oh screw this speedrun, it's too good a char to finish the game so early".

[daft inquisitor]

Threads like this bum me out. I've been playing the game since 2004, and still never had a single win. And you guys are talking about speedruns like the normal game is a guaranteed win. Bleh.

[zliplus]

What race/class do you usually play (or do you random)? Where do you usually die?

[daft inquisitor]

Any of them and anywhere. I mix it up a lot. Some of them are stupid deaths (I got killed by some randomly spawning high-level "ghost" characters in the Village Dungeon recently, even), but I usually die while doing quests for Thrundarr, on my way out to the surface, after already making it down the first time. Can't tell you how many times I died to a just-slightly-too-strong monster on floor ~8 of the stupid dungeon. Other times I've gotten farther, but usually end up dying by trying to rush and not really having a good place to grind out some levels before taking on stronger enemies.

You name it, I've died to/by/in it. Farthest I ever made it was to the elemental orb quests.

[JellySlayer]

I should just give up on speedruns. Things never go well for me. Farmer made it to ToEF in 18k turns. Was hoping for <30k on him. 324 speed, 183 HP, slaying weapon. ACW should be pushover....

Stepped next to him with full HP and got instakilled. No bolts, just double crits on his melee attack (despite that I should get 3 turns for every one of his). Official cause of death is thorns that showed up from his corrupting attacks. Bleh.

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Speed         St:20  Le: 3  Wi:18  Dx:28  To:25  Ch:11  Ap: 1  Ma:13  Pe:14 N-
DV/PV: 47/26   H: -24(183)    P: 38(38)      Exp: 16/191338    TF: 4  M: 18363
Poisoned Satiated Burdened Coward
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                            Background Information
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Name: Speed               Race: male Drakeling      Class: Farmer
Eye color: blue           Hair color: bald          Complexion: light blue
Height: 5'6"              Weight: 171 pounds
Age: 35 (grown-up, 10 years of unnatural aging added in)
Star sign: Raven          Birthday: 13/Raven (day 13 of the year)

YOUR HISTORY:
        Your parents belong to the middle class. They are average people
 living in average quarters. Your father is a craftsman of mediocre talent.
        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 were very lazy. You slept a lot and didn't
 care too much for your duties and tasks. Your parents were not very happy
 with you.
        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 Farmer.


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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 3486 stones                Carrying capacity: 4500 stones

Head          : uncursed helm of mental stability [+0, +1] {Le+1}    [100s]
Neck          : uncursed ankh                                          [3s]
Body          : uncursed ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8}       [60s]
Girdle        : -
Cloak         : -
Right Hand    : blessed rune-covered trident (+6, 3d12+6) [+4, +4] {Dx+12}
Left Hand     : -
Right Ring    : uncursed ring of regeneration                          [1s]
Left Ring     : blessed ring of fire resistance                        [1s]
Bracers       : -
Gauntlets     : uncursed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3]        [10s]
Boots         : uncursed adamantium boots [+0, +6]                    [89s]
Missile Weapon: -
Missiles      : -
Tool          : heap of 24 uncursed spenseweeds                       [48s]


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                                    Stuff
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Total weight: 3094 stones   Carrying capacity: 4500 stones

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                                Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Unarmed fighting         2    +2    +0   +0   basic                5
Daggers & knives         1    +1    +0   +0   basic                25
Clubs & hammers          0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            2
Maces & flails           7    +5    +3   +2   skilled              417
Swords                   7    +5    +3   +2   skilled              194
Axes                     0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            6
Whips                    1    +1    +0   +1   basic                25
Pole arms                7    +7    +3   +6   skilled              227
Twohanded weapons        0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            1
Staves                   4    +4    +1   +5   skilled              61

Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks

---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Slings                   2    +4    +3   +0   basic                8
Bows                     0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            1
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     3    +6    +4   +1   basic                17
Thrown spears            0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Boomerangs & scurgari    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7

Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks

---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
Shields                  9   +18              excellent            1165

Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: +13 bonus to hit, 3d12+6 damage

Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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No missile weapons available.




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                                   Skills
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  Alertness ................ 45    (fair)         [+1d3]
  Archery .................. 41    (fair)         [+1d5]
  Backstabbing ............. 22    (mediocre)     [+2d4]
  Bridge building .......... 15    (mediocre)     [+3d5] (mr)
  Climbing ................. 31    (fair)         [+3d4]
  Cooking .................. 13    (mediocre)     [+4d5] (ma)
  First aid ................ 70    (good)         [+1d3]
  Fletchery ................ 21    (mediocre)     [+3d3] (mr)
  Food preservation ........100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Gardening ................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Haggling ................. 35    (fair)         [+3d5]
  Healing .................. 66    (good)         [+1]
  Herbalism ................ 75    (great)        [+1d3]
  Listening ................ 60    (good)         [+1d3]
  Literacy ................. 63    (good)         [+1]
  Music .................... 10    (poor)         [+3d4]
  Smithing ................. 19    (mediocre)     [+3d5]
  Stealth .................. 50    (fair)         [+1d3]
  Survival ................. 61    (good)         [+2d4]
  Swimming ................. 58    (good)         [+3d3]
  Tactics .................. 21    (mediocre)     [+1d5]
  Two weapon combat ........ 22    (mediocre)     [+2d4]
  Woodcraft ................  5    (poor)         [+4d5]




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                            Effects of Corruption
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You have grown thorns (3d3 melee damage, Dx: -2, Ap: -3).



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              His achievements during his battles:
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Speed, the drakish farmer, was killed by thorns growing from his hands.
He scored 117933 points and advanced to level 16.
He survived for 0 years, 30 days, 22 hours, 23 minutes and 53 seconds (18363
turns).
Speed visited 47 places.
His learning score was modified by -1 during his career.
His willpower score was modified by +4 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +7 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +6 during his career.
His charisma score was modified by +1 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by -1 during his career.
His mana score was modified by +2 during his career.
His perception score was modified by +2 during his career.
He was unnaturally aged by 10 years.
He was the champion of the arena.
He made a little water dragon very happy.
He ended his adventuring life on the top level of the tower of eternal
flames.
1012 monsters perished under his attacks.
The following 10 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
  the si
  the potion of literacy
  the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
  the lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
  the rune-covered trident
  the sword of Nonnak
  the elemental gauntlets
  the ancient mummy wrapping
  the ankh
  the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance"
He possessed the following intrinsics:
  He was fire resistant (gained through items).
  He was poison resistant (also through an item).
  He was cold resistant (gained 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 stun resistant (gained through an item).
  He was resistant to death rays (gained through an item).
  He was shock resistant (gained through an item).
  He was able to see invisible things (gained through items).
  He was immune to ice attacks (gained through items).
  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, Hardy, Immune to Pain, Iron Skin,
Miser, Tough Skin, Treasure Hunter.
He had a final speed score of 324 (final base speed: 114).
He was a fervent follower of Issrecht.
He did not ask for divine help.
He was neutrally aligned.
He was tainted by Chaos.

The following monsters were vanquished:
      1 ankheg
      2 barbarians
      2 barbarian leaders
      3 berserkers
      1 berserker lord
      1 big dog
      1 black dragon
      7 black hurthlings
     12 blink dogs
      1 bone golem
      1 brown bear
      8 brown worms
      4 bugbears
      1 bulette
      4 cave bears
     13 cave fishers
      2 cave lions
      6 cave lizards
      2 cave tigers
      5 cavemen
      3 chaos brothers
      1 chaos lizard
      2 chaos plague bearers
      1 chaos rat
      2 chaos servants
      5 claw bugs
      1 clay statue
      1 cobra
      9 corpse fiends
      1 crystal statue
      3 cutpurses
      1 cyclops
      2 dark elven warriors
      2 dark elven wizards
      1 dark orc
      5 dire wolves
      1 displacer beast
      1 doppelganger
      1 doppelganger lord
      1 dwarf
      6 fire beetles
      9 fire demons
      2 fire drakes
      1 fire elemental
      5 fire giants
      7 fire lizards
      1 floating eye
      3 fomorian giants
      1 gelatinous cube
      9 ghosts
      3 ghost bats
     56 ghuls
     16 giant ant warriors
      3 giant ant workers
      2 giant bats
      2 giant bee warriors
      1 giant bee worker
      3 giant centipedes
      1 giant frog
     12 giant rats
     10 giant spiders
      1 gibbering mouther
      5 gnolls
      1 gnoll chieftain
     43 goblins
      4 goblin berserkers
      4 goblin chieftains
     10 goblin rockthrowers
      1 gray ooze
      1 greater daemon
      1 green slime
      1 gremlin
      4 harpies
      1 healer
      1 hell hound
      1 hill giant
      1 hill orc sergeant
      3 hippogriffs
     16 hobgoblins
      1 hobgoblin chief
      2 homunculi
      1 huge bat
      1 hyena
      1 imp
      1 invisible stalker
     28 jackals
      6 jackal demons
      1 jackalwere
      1 karmic lizard
     12 kobolds
      2 kobold chieftains
      3 kobold shamans
      9 large bats
      1 large dog
      1 large gnoll
      1 large jackal
      3 large kobolds
     19 large orcs
      9 large spiders
      2 least daemons
      2 lesser daemons
      3 leucrottas
      5 lizard men
      3 master liches
      1 master necromancer
      2 master swordsmen
      2 mimics
      1 minotaur
     15 mummies
      1 mummy lord
      1 necromancer
      9 ochre jellies
     39 ogres
      1 ogre lord
      2 ogre magi
     20 orcs
      5 orc butchers
      3 orc chieftains
     24 orc scorchers
      2 outlaws
      4 owlbears
     26 pit vipers
      1 pixie
      1 pixie archer
      2 quasits
      2 rabid dogs
      6 raiders
     38 rats
      3 ratling archers
      4 ratling duelists
      1 ratling thief
      1 ratling warrior
      2 red worms
      2 rust monsters
     44 shadows
      2 shadow centipedes
      1 silver wolf
      1 skeletal warrior
     64 skeletons
      1 slow shadow
      6 spectres
      2 staring eyes
      1 steel golem
      2 stone giants
      1 stone snake
      4 swordsmen
      1 tarantula
      9 trolls
      1 troll berserker
      1 undead chaos dwarven berserker
      6 wererats
      2 werewolves
      4 white worms
     44 wights
     36 wolves
      8 wraiths
     59 zombies


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                               Playing Time
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You played for 1 hour, 54 minutes and 54 seconds.


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                             Version Information
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Ancient Domains Of Mystery
Release 60
Windows Deluxe Build: Aug 23 2015 16:09:49

[pjsb1]

I was gonna say it's unlikely for double crits to kill you if you are wearing ankh but then I realized because you technically died from the thorns from your corruption you may have survived with 1hp if you hadn't gotten that corruption. But i'm not sure that the thorns corruption is capable of doing 25 damage.

Either way that's really unlucky, although stepping next to the wyrm is exceedingly dangerous.

P.S. Any particular reason why you're playing r60?

[grobblewobble]

wow, that's horrible luck. Taking a few calculated risks is part of what makes speedruns fun, but it can be frustrating when they turn out badly.