YAFVP: a grey elven wizard

[Faldion]

Yeah, so I went down the easyish route with my race/class combination, but a first victory is a first victory no matter what!

The character had quite a bit of luck with him, the spellbooks kept flowing and actually contained plenty of offensive spells. I also started with 2 spellbooks of Cure Critical Wounds and 1 of Frost Bolt. I started by descending through the UD (where I discovered Ironfist in a vault - nice in the beginning). Then the druid dungeon, whose bottom level was chock full of assorted felines. After trying to manoeuvre around them for a while, I thought "screw it" and blasted them into oblivion, so no cat ring for me. Guth'Alak gave me the Frost Bolt book, which definitely did come in handy later on.

Got a bunch of herbs from various places and got my stats, especially toughness, to look a lot better. Also discovered many PoGAs. Things went pretty smooth from here - did the Thrundarr quests without troubles, acquired the elemental gauntlets (bye Ironfist!) + Sword of Nonnak from the graveyard and visited the Pyramid on the same trip, getting the ankh + wrapping. Then cleared the Darkforge for some exp and stuff - randomly picked up some weapons from the stash in the hopes they'd be artifacts, and one of them actually was staff of the archmagi. Nothing to write home about, but fun to get anyway. No match for sword of Nonnak + eternium shield though.

This time I also managed to not die in the ToEF! My previous promising wizard killed himself with a nastily bouncing Magic Missile, but this time I had plenty of castings in my Frost Bolt which was better anyway and had no chance of backfiring. So my first char to slay the ACW became my first char to win too. From the ToEF to the TotHK, got the ring, and back to CoC it was. Visited the Casino but opted to leave it alone, trying not to kill myself with any stupidities at this point. Killed the battle bunnies by spamming Lightning Ball, no problems with them. I wish ball spells were more common. Avoided the Cat Lord by finding the down staircase quick - not going to take any chances there either.

Air Temple + Yulgash went quickly, as he didn't summon anything too threatening. Before the Earth Temple I hit a red dragon vault, which was nice due to the fact that my fire resistance was at a ToEF-proof level. Earth Temple was easy too. After that I stumbled upon a greater vault full of fire monsters. I was running low on Frost Bolt castings and decided to clear the outer area with Lightning Bolt/Magic Missile. This took a long time and was very very tedious, but paid off, as I could then blast the inner room with Frost Bolt and rocket from level 31 all the way to 50 by killing those great red wyrms. Plenty of nice stuff was acquired. The Mana Temple was not easy. The eyes took all my mana away, but luckily I had a nice stash of wands which I used to blast as many monsters as I could. Finally Nuurag-Vaarn came out. I tried to lead him away along the trap-laden path and he then proceeded to promptly kill me. Thank God for the AoLS from the greater vault! Managed to run away to the previous level, reconsider my situation, charge back and Acid Ball the shit out of him.

Then I went happily to D:48, where I realized I had dropped all my 'tool's (with the :d command, trying to get rid of the sis) at the inner gate of the Mana Temple after my Strength of Atlas ceased working and I had not enough magic to cast it again. Cursed myself for not realizing the orbs were tools as well, returned, grabbed them from the trap tunnel (some monster had helpfully dragged them there) and went back to D:48. Did the stuff there, tossed random potions and such around at D:49 (no uselessness though), cleared the first few rooms of D:50 and took the secret doors to the levers and gave them the usual handle + zap treatment. From there it was just teleporting back to the surface, visiting Yrruir and getting out of there. Alive. It was around 6 AM, but damn was I happy to have made it.

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Fliseria      St:24  Le:35  Wi:32  Dx:41  To:29  Ch:17  Ap:29  Ma:35  Pe:27 N=
DV/PV:140/39     H:591(591)    P:669(669)    Exp: 50/29164092   DrCh  Sp: 129
Blessed Invisible Coward

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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 1597 stones                Carrying capacity: 3150 stones

Head          : uncursed helm of water breathing [+0, +1]             [30s] (lost my other helmet)
Neck          : blessed amulet of balance                              [3s] (wasn't sure how lawful Yrruir was going to make me, tried to avoid becoming a fallen champion)
Body          : blessed robes of resistance (-4, -4) [+3, +12] {To+5} [60s]
Girdle        : uncursed metal girdle [+0, +4]                        [25s]
Cloak         : uncursed cloak of invisibility (+0, +1) [+4, +0]      [30s]
Right Hand    : uncursed sword of Nonnak (+2, 4d3+2) [+2, +2] {Wi+5}  [80s]
Left Hand     : uncursed tower eternium shield (-1) [+13, +4]         [70s]
Right Ring    : blessed ring of the High Kings [+2, +3]                [1s]
Left Ring     : blessed ring of acid resistance                        [1s]
Bracers       : uncursed bracers of war [+8, +4] {Dx+8}               [10s]
Gauntlets     : uncursed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3]        [10s]
Boots         : uncursed boots of speed [+2, +0] (+8 spd)             [20s]
Missile weapon: -
Missiles      : uncursed cooked lizard                                 [3s] (threw these around in 49)
Tool          : -

[Faldion]

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              Her achievements during her adventures:
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Fliseria, the gray elven wizard, saved the world with her brave efforts and
became a great ruler while saving herself 4 times.
She scored 23246796 points and advanced to level 50.
She survived for 0 years, 65 days, 19 hours, 47 minutes and 22 seconds
(71923 turns).
Fliseria visited 103 places.
Her strength score was modified by +14 during her career.
Her learning score was modified by +15 during her career.
Her willpower score was modified by +12 during her career.
Her dexterity score was modified by +17 during her career.
Her toughness score was modified by +17 during her career.
Her charisma score was modified by +10 during her career.
Her appearance score was modified by +10 during her career.
Her mana score was modified by +15 during her career.
Her perception score was modified by +10 during her career.
She was unnaturally aged by 72 years.
She was the champion of the arena.
She left the Drakalor Chain after completing her quest and became a great
leader and famous heroine.
4285 monsters perished under her attacks.
The following 25 artifacts were generated during her adventure:
  the si
  the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
  the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Water
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Air
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Fire
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Earth
  the heavy crossbow "The Far Slayer"
  the lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
  the sword of Nonnak
  the elemental gauntlets
  the ring of the High Kings
  the crown of science
  the ancient mummy wrapping
  the ankh
  the black torc
  the glaive "Long Sting"
  the bracers of war
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
  the robes of resistance
  the staff of the archmagi
  the sapphire amulet "Preserver" (Never found this one, sadly.)
  the iron gauntlets "Ironfist"
  the black tome of Alsophocus
  the emerald dagger "Serpent's Bite"
She possessed the following intrinsics:
  She was fire resistant (enhanced through items).
  She was poison resistant (enhanced through an item).
  She was cold resistant (gained through items).
  She was acid resistant (enhanced through items).
  She was lucky (enhanced through an item).
  Fate smiled upon her.
  She was able to control teleportation.
  She was invisible (gained through an item).
  She was stun resistant (gained through an item).
  She was resistant to death rays (gained through items).
  She was shock resistant (gained through items).
  She was immune to acidic attacks.
  She was able to breathe water (gained through an item).
  She was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through an item).
She had the following talents: Alert, Careful, Charged, Defensive Fighter,
Greased Lightning, Healthy, Miser, Potent Aura, Quick, Shield Expert, Shield
Master, Shield Specialist, Strong Aura, Strong Healer, Strong Magic,
Treasure Hunter, Very Careful, Very Quick.
She had a final speed score of 129 (final base speed: 121).
She cheated Death once.
She was a messiah of Ayssia.
She asked for 14 divine interventions.
She was a holy champion of Balance.

The following monsters were vanquished:
      4 acid vortices
     22 air demons
     11 air elementals
      5 air grues
      1 ancient blue dragon
      1 Ancient Chaos Wyrm
      3 ancient minotaurs
     35 ancient red dragons
      1 Ancient Stone Beast
      4 animated armors
      3 ankhegs
      6 annihilators
      2 annis hags
      3 assassins
     15 bandits
      1 banshee
     22 barbarians
      9 barbarian leaders
     62 battle bunnies
     10 berserkers
      1 berserker emperor
      5 berserker kings
      9 berserker lords
      1 berserker prince
      3 big dogs
      7 black baby dragons
      1 black druid
     16 black hurthlings
      1 black wizard
     22 blink dogs
      3 brown bears
     19 bugbears
      2 bulettes
      1 bunny master
      4 carrion crawlers
     14 cave bears
     22 cave fishers
      5 cave lions
     16 cave lizards
      6 cave tigers
      6 cavemen
      1 Chaos Archmage
      3 chaos brothers
      5 chaos eyes
      1 chaos knight
      3 chaos lizards
     69 chaos mutants
      1 chaos plague bearer
     16 chaos rats
    128 chaos servants
      3 chaos sisters
      4 chaos spiders
      1 chaos viper
      7 chaos warlords
      6 chaos warriors
     16 chaos wizards
     11 claw bugs
      5 cobras
      4 cooshoos
     20 corpse fiends
      1 corruptor
      5 crystal statues
      2 cutpurses
      5 cyclopes
      5 dark elven archers
      5 dark elven lords
      2 dark elven priestesses
      3 dark elven princesses
      6 dark elven warriors
      6 dark elven wizards
     16 dark orcs
      7 dark sages
      1 diamond golem
     65 dire wolves
     14 displacer beasts
      4 dopplegangers
      5 doppleganger kings
      3 doppleganger lords
      1 dwarf
      1 dwarven artificer
     12 dwarven chaos knights
     24 earth elementals
     35 ettins
      5 eyes of destruction
     27 fire beetles
     34 fire demons
     87 fire drakes
     45 fire elementals
     18 fire giants
      2 fire giant kings
     14 fire grues
    110 fire lizards
      7 fire vortices
      8 flesh golems
      4 floating eyes
      3 fomorian giants
      5 frost giants
      3 frost giant berserkers
      1 frost giant jarl
      2 gargoyles
      4 gelatinous cubes
     51 ghosts
      1 ghost bat
     31 ghost kings
     11 ghost lords
     99 ghuls
      1 giant ant queen
     26 giant ant warriors
     22 giant ant workers
     23 giant bats
      3 giant bee queens
    107 giant bee warriors
     40 giant bee workers
     20 giant centipedes
     13 giant frogs
      9 giant lizards
      1 giant raccoon
     77 giant rats
      2 giant slugs
     15 giant spiders
      6 gibbering mouthers
     25 gnolls
      2 gnoll chieftains
     30 goblins
      7 goblin berserkers
     11 goblin chieftains
     35 goblin rockthrowers
     21 goblin slavemasters
      1 gorgon
      5 gray oozes
     11 great red wyrms
      1 greater black unicorn
     78 greater chaos servants
      1 greater claw bug
      1 greater daemon
      1 greater earth elemental
      1 greater mimic
     22 greater mummies
      1 greater water elemental
      5 green hags
      8 green slimes
      7 green worms
      2 gremlins
      8 griffons
      4 grizzly bears
      7 harpies
     14 hell hounds
     58 hill giants
      2 hill giant chieftains
     13 hill orcs
      8 hill orc sergeants
     12 hippogriffs
     19 hobgoblins
      1 hobgoblin chief
      4 hobgoblin leaders
      6 homunculi
     10 huge bats
      2 hydras
      4 hyenas
      1 ice vortex
      3 imps
      4 iron golems
     95 jackals
      5 jackal demons
      6 jackalweres
      1 karmic baby dragon
      4 karmic lizards
      2 king cobras
     50 kobolds
     15 kobold chieftains
     10 kobold shamans
     38 large bats
     20 large dogs
      9 large gnolls
      8 large jackals
     24 large kobolds
     10 large orcs
      3 large rust monsters
      8 large snakes
     68 large spiders
      6 least daemons
      2 lesser daemons
      5 leucrottas
     11 liches
      5 lightning lizards
      4 lightning vortices
      2 living walls
     18 lizard men
      9 magebane eyes
      8 magedoom eyes
      3 margoyles
     20 master mimics
      1 master necromancer
      1 Master Summoner
     12 master swordsmen
      1 master thief
      6 mimics
      6 minotaurs
      2 molochs
     25 mummies
      1 mummy lord
      5 necromancers
      3 ochre jellies
     72 ogres
     23 ogre kings
      2 ogre lords
      6 ogre magi
     52 orcs
      2 orc butchers
      7 orc chieftains
      9 orc scorchers
      4 outlaws
      4 outlaw leaders
      9 owlbears
     67 pit vipers
      7 pixies
      4 pixie archers
     12 purple worms
      5 quasits
      3 quicklings
      1 quickling king
      8 rabid dogs
      9 raiders
    154 rats
     12 ratling archers
      1 ratling duelist
      9 ratling fencers
      3 ratling master thieves
     23 ratling thieves
      1 ratling trader
      7 ratling warlords
     10 ratling warriors
      2 rattlesnakes
     54 red baby dragons
     48 red dragons
      6 red worms
      2 revenants
      4 rust monsters
     73 shadows
      9 shadow centipedes
      4 shadow lords
      6 shadow trolls
      5 shambling mounds
      8 silver wolves
      1 skeletal king
     16 skeletal warriors
    116 skeletons
      5 slow shadows
      1 Snake from Beyond
     16 spectres
      8 staring eyes
     34 steel golems
      7 steel zombies
     16 stone giants
      4 stone giant lords
      6 stone golems
     30 stone grues
      1 stone ooze
      5 stone snakes
      5 stone statues
     14 swordsmen
     21 tarantulas
      1 titan
     12 trolls
      2 troll berserkers
      1 troll chief
      3 troll kings
      1 undead chaos dwarven berserker
     15 vampires
     49 vapor rats
      4 vipers
      9 water demons
      6 water elementals
     11 water grues
      8 water snakes
     19 wererats
     16 werewolves
      6 werewolf lords
      2 white baby dragons
      2 white dragons
     40 white worms
     61 wights
      5 wild cats
      3 will o'wisps
     55 wolves
     53 wraiths
     62 writhing masses of primal chaos
    114 zombies

[Gareshra]

Congratulations. Easy class/race or no, a victory is a victory. I actually just got a win within the past 2 weeks using the same combo, my first as well, so I know how awesome it must feel. Anyways, good job, and congratulations.

[gut]

Seeing all these Gray Elven wizards saving the world
just makes my heart sing with joy : )

> my first char to slay the ACW became my first char to win

That's pretty cool. It seems you smartly stayed away from the
#1 PC killer, the Cat Lord. That guy has probably killed more
promising PC's than any other. It's also surprising that you lived
through your first battle with the Archmage. It's really lucky
you had that AoLS equipped! Shame he got the satisfaction of
semi-killing you. You forget to equip the AMW before fighting him?

Really I suppose there wasn't much point in clearing D:50,
considering you were already at exp. level 50 anyway. What's
next, a melee win or an Ultra?

[Faldion]

Congratulations. Easy class/race or no, a victory is a victory. I actually just got a win within the past 2 weeks using the same combo, my first as well, so I know how awesome it must feel. Anyways, good job, and congratulations.

Congratulations to you too, then.

You forget to equip the AMW before fighting him?

Yep.

What's next, a melee win or an Ultra?

Next is a little break, but I guess I'll be going for a plain old regular win with a melee character after that. That should keep me relatively busy for a while.

[_Ln_]

Congratulations!
During my first (and only) victory I had to throw blankets and some other *useful* staff, because I forgot to take anything On the way back I discovered, that you can pick up items that are on your way, while sliding, if you have auto pickup option on but cooked lizards make me laugh xD

[chaoticag]

congratulations!

I always prefered spell casters, but ironically, I got farthest when I started swinging a sword around... as a female grey elf wizard... and I accidentally starved to death... at level 14...

I don't know how I manage to forget that gods save you in this game.