Just another playalong - Diego the DE Barb

[Maul]

Well, since it seems to be the new trend. My last dwarven beastfighter died to the Archmage. Too few PoUH for too much energy bolts! Ring of clear mind was no help against confusion. So, now I decided to try for a dark elven barbarian. Alertness+Find Weakness seems like a fun combo. And the first try turned out to be a really worthwhile try too! Started out doing the VD, forgetting my usual "create the SMC" sequence, but it was alright, I managed to tackle it. Found a potion shop, therefore I could stock up on water. Then found a neutral altar on UD:2 and a chaotic one on UD:4. Returned there after getting cooked lizard, and just got precrowned. It was a rather adventurous story, since at high "very close", while kicking stuff off the altar, I smashed it by accident (in one kick!) bringing me back to "ground rumbles". Oh well, I converted the one on UD:2 (SMC chaos lizard did the trick). Now I got precrowned with the robes of resistance. Pretty decent as far as I'm concerned. Of course, then we still don't have the two important events in the game:

-Drinking bloody pool in the UD gave me teleportitis, TP control and a wish! AoLS please. This could be an ultra, which would be pretty stylish since I'm yet to win in any way.
-Found 50s halberd on UD:5. When I got to the barbarian glade, it finally kicked in: "Wait, what?" -> Eternium halberd! Cool.

Any advice, criticism or, god forbid, flaming welcome.

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Diego         St:24  Le: 3  Wi:21  Dx:21  To:23  Ch: 3  Ap:10  Ma:11  Pe:19 C
DV/PV: 48/19   H: 139(162)    P: 26(26)      Exp: 11/62154      UD: 2 Sp: 106
Coward
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                            Character Information
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Diego    St:24  Le: 3  Wi:21  Dx:21  To:23  Ch: 3  Ap:10  Ma:11  Pe:19  C
DV/PV: 48/19   H: 139(162)   P: 26(26)   Exp: 11/62154   M: 41996



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                            Background Information
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Name: Diego               Race: male Dark Elf       Class: Barbarian
Eye color: amber          Hair color: white         Complexion: black
Height: 5'10"             Weight: 127 pounds
Age: 150 (grown-up, 14 years of unnatural aging added in)
Star sign: Tree           Birthday: 25/Tree (day 355 of the year)

YOUR HISTORY:
        Your father was an accomplished hunter and warrior. You were
 well-respected and comparatively wealthy.
        As a child you were very active and imitated the hunters and
 warriors of your tribe at all opportunities.
        In your youth you strived very hard to become the best warrior in
 your tribe. You watched, learned and became very strong and nimble.
        As a young adult you more and more separated from the more
 traditional members of your tribe. Your desire to see the outside world
 became overwhelming.
        At the age of 136 you left your tribe.


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                                Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Unarmed fighting         0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            14
Daggers & knives         0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15
Clubs & hammers          0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15
Maces & flails           0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15
Swords                   5    +3    +2   +1   skilled              93
Axes                     0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15
Whips                    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15
Pole arms                7    +7    +3   +6   skilled              178
Twohanded weapons        0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15
Staves                   0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15

Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Slings                   0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Bows                     3    +6    +4   +1   basic                11
Crossbows                0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Thrown axes & hammers    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Thrown daggers           1    +2    +1   +0   basic                12
Thrown rocks & clubs     0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Thrown spears            0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Boomerangs & scurgari    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7

Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
Shields                  3    +6              basic                17


Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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ĆRight hand: ?+14Ć bonus to hit, ?4d7+11Ć damage


Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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ĆAmmunition: ?11Ć, base range: ?7Ć, ?+10Ć bonus to hit, ?1d6+9Ć damage

[Maul]

Next part...

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                                    Stuff
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Total weight: 1912 stones   Carrying capacity: 3150 stones

Armor ('[')
   studded leather armor (-1, +0) [-1, +5]                           [250s]
   uncursed mithril splint mail (-2, -4) [-2, +7]                    [360s]
Shields ('[')
   blessed medium adamantium shield [+7, +2]                          [72s]
Necklaces (''')
   uncursed coral necklace                                             [2s]
   uncursed bronze amulet                                              [3s]
One-handed weapons ('(')
   heap of 2 uncursed short swords (+0, 1d6+2)                        [60s]
   blessed hatchet (+0, 1d6+1)                                        [50s]
   uncursed red broadsword (+0, 1d7+1)                                [80s]
   uncursed spear (+1, 1d8)                                           [50s]
   uncursed stone spear                                              [120s]
   uncursed dagger                                                     [8s]
   cursed crude spear                                                 [75s]
   uncursed dagger                                                     [7s]
   uncursed orcish spear (+3, 1d8+3)                                  [75s]
Missile weapons ('}')
   heap of 2 uncursed short bows                                      [40s]
Missiles ('/')
   bundle of 17 uncursed arrows (+0, 1d6)                             [34s]
   bundle of 8 uncursed quarrels                                      [16s]
   bundle of 4 arrows (+0, 1d6)                                        [8s]
   bundle of 4 arrows (+0, 1d6)                                        [8s]
   bundle of 7 mithril arrows (+0, 1d6+3)                             [14s]
Tools (']')
   uncursed blanket                                                   [10s]
   heap of 2 uncursed blankets                                        [20s]
   uncursed blanket                                                   [10s]
   uncursed bandage                                                    [2s]
   uncursed square key                                                 [1s]
   uncursed box with flint and steel                                   [5s]
Instruments ('{')
   uncursed flute                                                      [3s]
Wands ('\')
   cursed wand of light                                                [4s]
   blessed wand of magic missiles                                      [3s]
   uncursed wand of door creation                                      [3s]
   uncursed willow wand                                                [4s]
Potions ('!')
   heap of 3 uncursed potions of poison                               [12s]
   heap of 10 potions of holy water                                   [40s]
   blessed pink potion                                                 [4s]
   cursed white potion                                                 [2s]
   uncursed muddy potion                                               [4s]
   uncursed light magenta potion                                       [2s]
   uncursed translucent potion                                         [4s]
   uncursed pink potion                                                [4s]
   uncursed rusty potion                                               [2s]
   cursed potion of invisibility                                       [4s]
   blessed viscous potion                                              [2s]
   cursed turquoise potion                                             [4s]
   rusty potion                                                        [2s]
   brown potion                                                        [2s]
Scrolls ('?')
Load o' scrolls I can't read yet
Books ('"')
   blessed brittle tome                                              [100s]
Food ('%')
   uncursed spider bread                                               [3s]
   uncursed bit of candy                                               [2s]
   heap of 8 cursed strange herbs                                     [16s]
   blessed strange herb                                                [2s]
   uncursed strange herb                                               [2s]
   heap of 61 uncursed cooked lizards                                [183s]
   heap of 6 cursed alraunia antidotes                                [12s]
   heap of 2 cursed stomafillia herbs                                  [4s]
   heap of 7 blessed stomafillia herbs                                [14s]
   heap of 8 cursed demon daisies                                     [16s]
   heap of 3 cursed strange herbs                                      [6s]
   cursed strange herb                                                 [2s]
   uncursed alraunia antidote                                          [2s]
   heap of 5 cursed stomacemptia herbs                                [10s]
   blessed stomacemptia herb                                           [2s]
   uncursed stomafillia herb                                           [2s]
   uncursed stomacemptia herb                                          [2s]
Valuables ('$')
   2744 gold pieces                                                   [27s]



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                                   Skills
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  Alertness ................ 48    (fair)         [+4d5]
  Athletics ................ 75    (great)        [+3d3]
  Climbing ................. 61    (good)         [+3d4]
  Detect traps ............. 13    (mediocre)     [+4d4]
  Dodge .................... 80    (great)        [+2d4]
  Find weakness ............ 84    (great)        [+1d5]
  First aid ................ 38    (fair)         [+4d4]
  Haggling ................. 23    (mediocre)     [+3d3]
  Healing .................. 99    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Herbalism ................ 44    (fair)         [+3d5]
  Listening ................ 90    (great)        [+2d4]
  Pick pockets ............. 38    (fair)         [+3d3]
  Stealth .................. 81    (great)        [+1d5]
  Survival ................. 56    (good)         [+4d4]
  Swimming ................. 30    (mediocre)     [+4d4]
  Two weapon combat ........ 35    (fair)         [+4d4]
  Woodcraft ................ 11    (mediocre)     [+4d5]




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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 2129 stones                Carrying capacity: 3150 stones

Head          : -
Neck          : amulet of protection +2                                [3s]
Body          : uncursed robes of resistance (-4, -4) [+3, +12] {To+5}[60s]
Girdle        : -
Cloak         : hooded cloak [+1, +0]                                 [40s]
Right Hand    : uncursed eternium halberd (+11, 4d7+8) [-2, +0]       [50s]
Left Hand     : -
Right Ring    : fire opal ring                                         [1s]
Left Ring     : onyx ring                                              [1s]
Bracers       : -
Gauntlets     : -
Boots         : light boots [+0, +3]                                  [20s]
Missile weapon: short bow (+1, +0)                                    [20s]
Missiles      : bundle of 11 arrows (+0, 1d6+2)                       [22s]
Tool          : -





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                               Killed Monsters
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944 monsters perished under his attacks.

The following monsters were vanquished:
     
      1 raider lord
 
-Managed to squeeze in Kranach. Using up one of the starting poison potions, Kranach and co. fell fairly fast at level 3.



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                                Achievements
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He survived for 0 years, 42 days, 2 hours, 25 minutes and 49 seconds (41996
turns).
Diego visited 26 places.
His strength score was modified by +2 during his career.
His learning score was modified by -3 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +3 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +2 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by -1 during his career.
He was unnaturally aged by 14 years.
He was a member of the thieves guild.

[Laukku]

There's something wrong in the font... put it in code tags instead of quotes.

[Maul]

If you mean the one with the weapon damage, for some reason, that's how it displays in my .vlg.

[Laukku]

No, I mean that the characters are not the same width. The screenshot for example is completely messed up.

[Maul]

Done already!

[Silfir]

Robes of resistance rock. Dark elven barbarians too.

Just don't do dumb shit and you'll be fine. What's your first kill?

[Maul]

Mugger. I seem to have some kind of superpower, since the moment I paid attention to my first kill, I got an ultra-hopeful guy.

[Maul]

Well, then... Since no artifacts, other than this robe, have been generated so far, in theory I could go for another precrown. Aye? I'm thinking whether it would be worth the tedium... and UD:2 got a "You sense imminent danger" too. Does that mean I'll be getting a bit of corruption?

[Ars]

Another precrown sounds dull... I'd suggest just going down the CoC. Chat with the dwarves, save the old man, and so forth. Barbarians being as powerful as they are, and you getting so lucky in everything, there's not much that you'd need to buff yourself up for. Just don't rush to the DF yet, and you should be completely fine.