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    Default Unexpected death upon leaving Rolf castle - hurthling archer

    So I had this hurthling archer going on. Got crowned early with Whirlwind - slings and thrown rocks were the only missiles he ever used.

    In the High Mountain Village I had a panic when I zapped an unidentified wand of teleportation to get the socr, noticed too late that it had wrenched the final charge. But I was able to escape with a wand of wonder, wasting a heap of booze until I got a teleport spell.

    The ACW was no match to rocks of death. And I also found Rolf's Fortress, finally, first time ever. Getting out of there was a bit of a pain with massive statue generation. I thought I was ready to take on my quest, then suddenly I read "You die.." huh?

    Oh..

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    The giant dragon turtle breathes water at you!
    You are washed away for 361 damage!
    The giant shark is hit by the water and annihilated.
    You die...
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    Name: Gary                Race: male Hurthling      Class: Archer
    Eye color: brown          Hair color: brown         Complexion: light
    Height: 3'1"              Weight: 72 pounds
    Age: 35 (adult, 3 years of unnatural aging added in)
    Star sign: Candle         Birthday: 7/Candle (day 277 of the year)
    
    
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    Total weight: 3653 stones                Carrying capacity: 7875 stones
    
    He: uncursed truesilver cap [+0, +7]                                  [10s]
    Ne: blessed necklace of rapid healing                                  [2s]
    Bo: uncursed blue dragon scale mail (-1, -4) [+3, +10]               [200s]
    Gi: blessed girdle of carrying [+0, +0]                               [15s]
    Cl: uncursed cloak of protection [+0, +3]                             [20s]
    RH: uncursed weeping adamantium long sword (+3, 1d8+5)                [28s]
    LH: -
    RR: uncursed ring of slaying (+10 melee damage, +6 missile damage)     [1s]
    LR: uncursed ring of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage)      [1s]
    Br: blessed bracers of strength [+2, +0] {St+4}                       [20s]
    Ga: blessed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3]                     [10s]
    Bo: uncursed eternium boots [+0, +5]                                  [55s]
    MW: blessed rune-covered sling "Whirlwind" (+12, +12)                  [3s]
    Mi: heap of 170 uncursed rocks (+0, 1d4)                             [850s]
    Tl: uncursed Chaos Orb of Elemental Fire {St+10}                     [100s]
    You steal a scroll labelled HITME. The orc hits you.

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    That DV is a bit pathetic, why no shield? I always try to get as many scrolls of defense and protection as I can to buff those girdles of carrying and 7lb boots.
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    Just handed my shield to Rolf and expected to get a new one back from him soon.
    You steal a scroll labelled HITME. The orc hits you.

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    I recall giant dragon turtles being quite deadly even in 1.1.1.
    No resistance to water either, at least none that I know of.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blasphemous View Post
    I recall giant dragon turtles being quite deadly even in 1.1.1.
    No resistance to water either, at least none that I know of.
    Well, the rumor that water breathing (e.g. from helm, amulet) should help has always been around, but I don't know if it was ever tested properly.
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    Water breathing reduces the damage to 1/3 normal. Tested this back when damage messages were bugged to show the raw, pre-resistance values.

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