YAVP: Hurthling Weaponsmith
Weaponsmiths are a surprisingly interesting and fun class to play. Hurthlings, for example, start with ridiculously good starts (I had ~20 St, To, Dx, and enough learning to be literate) and the obligatory anvil. Skillset is solid, although lacking healing. I explored SMC then did quick healing run, then dove UD and found my first forge on UD:3. What I really like about smiths was their level 6 ability to turn metal into ingots without needing to waste time mining... at ~100s of metal per ingot, you can empty out a random spear trap and turn it into 5 DV and 5 PV. Although I don't normally recommend this talent, Treasure Hunter for weaponsmiths is awesome because a huge portion of the junk gear you find can just be melted down and used to improve your current gear. Finished UD, dove through CoC to DT. Basically didn't use herbs at all this game--not that I really needed to, given my starting stats. Did Thrundarr quests, Pyramid. Got water breathing from a helm, so I picked up the RTC at level 16. Did Griffyard, including killing some master liches while graverobbing. Cleared Darkforge, used pools to get -Para, -SeeI, -Death, and a wish (AoLS). Saved Khelly, got Water Orb. I think I found 2 RoDS and 3-4 random SoCR drops this game, which is pretty exceptional. Got crowned with (ugh) Hammer of the Gods, but got Lightning Immunity, which was nice since with RTC + BDSM + crowning + class power, I had all four immunities. Surge of power on ToEF:1 gave me the only good random artifact I ever found--crown of leadership. ACW went down easily to RTC while he was blinded. Thought I'd have to use a wish to get myself frost bolt, but a friendly ogre magus helped me get the RoTHK.
Did Casino, killed cat lord while slowed with missiles for massive XP. Cleared other temples, killed AKW. No greater vaults, but I did find Thunderstroke on a Great Red Wyrm in a lesser vault. Earth/Air were easy. By the endgame I was running around with 50+ DV/PV and 600+ HP, so I was pretty much indestructible. Uselessness was purifier, which I would have used (combined with my [+17,+5] eternium shield it would have been okay) except that I already had 13 levels in polearms at the time. D:50 was a breeze... balors died in 3-4 hits. Used a bunch of my SoCR to cure corruption, left the Chain for the win.
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They are doing moderately well but are talented enough to survive. 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 enjoyed competition against others to the fullest. You were a very active kid. 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 Weaponsmith. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inventory ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 6954 stones Carrying capacity: 17630 stones He: blessed crown of leadership [+2, +7] {Ch+18} {iron} [65s] Ne: blessed necklace of rapid healing [2s] Bo: uncursed black dragon scale mail (-2, -4) [+1, +11] {adamantium} [200s] Gi: blessed girdle of giant strength [+0, +0] {St+12} [30s] Cl: blessed hooded cloak [+2, +2] [40s] RH: blessed rune-covered trident (+6, 3d12+6) [+4, +4] {Dx+12} {iron} [80s] LH: - RR: blessed ring of regeneration {gold} [1s] LR: blessed ring of regeneration {gold} [1s] Br: - Ga: uncursed rustproof gauntlets (-1, +0) [+8, +6] {iron} [10s] Bo: uncursed mithril boots [+6, +7] [96s] MW: uncursed long bow of hunting (+7, +6) [30s] Mi: bundle of 4 uncursed arrows (+0, 1d6) [8s] Tl: uncursed everburning torch [+1, +0] [10s] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff (abbreviated) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Helmets ('[') uncursed helm of water breathing [+7, +6] {iron} Shields ('[') uncursed large eternium shield (-1) [+17, +5] One-handed weapons ('(') uncursed rune-covered heavy mace "Purifier" (+5, 4d5+5) [-4, +1] Rings ('=') blessed ring of djinni summoning {adamantium} ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weapon Skills ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Melee weapon Lvl Hit Dam DV Level Required marks --------------------- --- --- --- -- ------------- -------------- Pole arms 13 +16 +10 +18 Mastery 5593 Bows 6 +12 +9 +2 skilled 63 Crossbows 7 +14 +10 +2 skilled 204 Shields Lvl DV Level Required marks --------------------- --- --- ------------- -------------- Shields 7 +14 skilled 320 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spells ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Darkness : 135, 4pp (Effectivity: +2) Earthquake : 10, 152pp (Effectivity: +0) Invisibility : 479, 10pp (Effectivity: +1) Knock : 14, 22pp (Effectivity: +0) Lightning Bolt : 192, 12pp (Effectivity: +0) Magic Missile : 349, 7pp (Effectivity: +7) Mystic Shovel : 86, 114pp (Effectivity: +0) Revelation : 352, 33pp (Effectivity: +1) Slow Monster : 352, 7pp (Effectivity: +0) Strength of Atlas: 184, 10pp (Effectivity: +0) Teleportation : 227, 21pp (Effectivity: +6)
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