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after a six month break i'm back to crawl. and after a couple of false
starts, it's going quite well.
i started well, getting poison spit as my first mutation. i also found
an orcish scimitar and plate mail early that i started using straight
away, and looked to set the tone of the character.
Xom's ignored me for the most part, a few temporary effects, but only
one mutation. he/she/it did give me a pet smoke demon quite early on
that i let to a lot of my killing (until it met an ice beast). he also
gave me the double sword of slicing that i'm using at the moment.
chopitty-chop.
i've cleared the dungeon lv11 and the orcish mines, and the entrace to
the lair is on this level. i've just captured a naga guardian vault,
which has yielded mainly jewelery.
so what's the problem? well, i've got no ranged attacks (barring
emergency wands), so i'm looking to learn some spells. i've got my eye
on fire magic and enchantment, particularly. i still intend to use melee
as my primary kill-mode, however.
the problem is my armour. with dodging 1 and armour 6, i've made some
investment in heavy armour, and i like the way it keeps me alive. but it
does hammer spellcasting. leaving aside lucky rarities like crystal
plate, is there a heavy armour that isn't too bad for spellcasting?
should i wear the rings of intelligence and wizardry and light armour
all the time, or just when practicing spells?
speaking of practicing spells, i'm a bit paranoid about magical
contamination from miscasting. any advice for avoiding it? does a small
amount of contamination leach away over time? if so, how long?
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scary the Slicer (Demonspawn)
(Level 10 Chaos Knight)
Play time: 02:48:03 Number of turns: 15412
Experience : 10/10256
Strength 15 Dexterity 15 Intelligence 12
Hit Points : 81 Magic Points : 12
AC : 27 Evasion : 8 Shield : 0
//this is why i'm loathe to give up my plate mail
GP : 1644
//not a single shop so far.
You are on level 11.
You worship Xom.
You are not hungry.
Inventory:
Hand weapons
a - a +2,+1 double sword of slicing (weapon)
//thank you Xom!
b - an uncursed bow
Missiles
u - 9 arrows
//i've got more arrows somewhere, but it's pretty ineffectual.
Armour
h - a +1 pair of boots (worn)
p - a +0 orcish plate mail (worn)
K - the +2 ring mail "Odyw"
It protects you from fire.
P - a +1 wizard's hat of intelligence
//does this help spellcasting beyond the int bonus?
R - a +2 helmet (worn)
Magical devices
e - a wand of teleportation
s - a wand of fire
w - a wand of draining
A - a wand of draining
D - a tapered plastic wand
G - a wand of digging
I - an encrusted bone wand
Comestibles
c - 3 bread rations
m - 2 rotting chunks of giant frog flesh
o - 2 meat rations
Scrolls
j - a scroll of detect curse
n - a scroll of curse armour
x - a scroll of blinking
y - 2 scrolls of teleportation
C - 2 scrolls of remove curse
Jewellery
f - a ring of ice
k - a ring of wizardry
l - a +4 ring of protection (right hand)
t - an amulet of rage (around neck)
//very handy
E - a +3 ring of protection (left hand)
F - a ring of magical power
J - an uncursed brass ring
M - an uncursed ruby amulet
N - a +6 ring of intelligence
Potions
d - 2 potions of restore abilities
q - a metallic cyan potion
r - a bubbling silvery potion
z - 2 potions of might
B - a potion of speed
Books
i - a book of Charms
v - a book of Summonings
L - a book of Envenomations
// also got a book of flames and a book of wizardry stashed in the
// temple. on the lookout for divinations
Magical staves
g - a staff of enchantment
You have 688 experience left.
Skills:
+ Level 7 Fighting
- Level 4 Short Blades
+ Level 11 Long Blades
+ Level 3 Bows
+ Level 3 Darts
+ Level 2 Throwing
+ Level 6 Armour
+ Level 1 Dodging
+ Level 1 Stabbing
+ Level 2 Traps & Doors
+ Level 1 Spellcasting
You have 10 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:
Your Spells Type Success Level
a - Corona Enchantment Useless 1
//goes up to Good with all the magical/intelligence accoutrements and no
//armour, Very Good when using the staff.
Mutations & Other Weirdness
You are surrounded by a mild repulsion field (ev + 1).
* You can spit poison.
//got early, used to deal with those early ogres.
* You are immune to negative energy.
//that's one less spiece of jewelery i have to scare up
* You are mostly covered in white scales (AC + 3).
--
ru
after a six month break i'm back to crawl. and after a couple of false
starts, it's going quite well.
i started well, getting poison spit as my first mutation. i also found
an orcish scimitar and plate mail early that i started using straight
away, and looked to set the tone of the character.
Xom's ignored me for the most part, a few temporary effects, but only
one mutation. he/she/it did give me a pet smoke demon quite early on
that i let to a lot of my killing (until it met an ice beast). he also
gave me the double sword of slicing that i'm using at the moment.
chopitty-chop.
i've cleared the dungeon lv11 and the orcish mines, and the entrace to
the lair is on this level. i've just captured a naga guardian vault,
which has yielded mainly jewelery.
so what's the problem? well, i've got no ranged attacks (barring
emergency wands), so i'm looking to learn some spells. i've got my eye
on fire magic and enchantment, particularly. i still intend to use melee
as my primary kill-mode, however.
the problem is my armour. with dodging 1 and armour 6, i've made some
investment in heavy armour, and i like the way it keeps me alive. but it
does hammer spellcasting. leaving aside lucky rarities like crystal
plate, is there a heavy armour that isn't too bad for spellcasting?
should i wear the rings of intelligence and wizardry and light armour
all the time, or just when practicing spells?
speaking of practicing spells, i'm a bit paranoid about magical
contamination from miscasting. any advice for avoiding it? does a small
amount of contamination leach away over time? if so, how long?
===============
scary the Slicer (Demonspawn)
(Level 10 Chaos Knight)
Play time: 02:48:03 Number of turns: 15412
Experience : 10/10256
Strength 15 Dexterity 15 Intelligence 12
Hit Points : 81 Magic Points : 12
AC : 27 Evasion : 8 Shield : 0
//this is why i'm loathe to give up my plate mail
GP : 1644
//not a single shop so far.
You are on level 11.
You worship Xom.
You are not hungry.
Inventory:
Hand weapons
a - a +2,+1 double sword of slicing (weapon)
//thank you Xom!
b - an uncursed bow
Missiles
u - 9 arrows
//i've got more arrows somewhere, but it's pretty ineffectual.
Armour
h - a +1 pair of boots (worn)
p - a +0 orcish plate mail (worn)
K - the +2 ring mail "Odyw"
It protects you from fire.
P - a +1 wizard's hat of intelligence
//does this help spellcasting beyond the int bonus?
R - a +2 helmet (worn)
Magical devices
e - a wand of teleportation
s - a wand of fire
w - a wand of draining
A - a wand of draining
D - a tapered plastic wand
G - a wand of digging
I - an encrusted bone wand
Comestibles
c - 3 bread rations
m - 2 rotting chunks of giant frog flesh
o - 2 meat rations
Scrolls
j - a scroll of detect curse
n - a scroll of curse armour
x - a scroll of blinking
y - 2 scrolls of teleportation
C - 2 scrolls of remove curse
Jewellery
f - a ring of ice
k - a ring of wizardry
l - a +4 ring of protection (right hand)
t - an amulet of rage (around neck)
//very handy
E - a +3 ring of protection (left hand)
F - a ring of magical power
J - an uncursed brass ring
M - an uncursed ruby amulet
N - a +6 ring of intelligence
Potions
d - 2 potions of restore abilities
q - a metallic cyan potion
r - a bubbling silvery potion
z - 2 potions of might
B - a potion of speed
Books
i - a book of Charms
v - a book of Summonings
L - a book of Envenomations
// also got a book of flames and a book of wizardry stashed in the
// temple. on the lookout for divinations
Magical staves
g - a staff of enchantment
You have 688 experience left.
Skills:
+ Level 7 Fighting
- Level 4 Short Blades
+ Level 11 Long Blades
+ Level 3 Bows
+ Level 3 Darts
+ Level 2 Throwing
+ Level 6 Armour
+ Level 1 Dodging
+ Level 1 Stabbing
+ Level 2 Traps & Doors
+ Level 1 Spellcasting
You have 10 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:
Your Spells Type Success Level
a - Corona Enchantment Useless 1
//goes up to Good with all the magical/intelligence accoutrements and no
//armour, Very Good when using the staff.
Mutations & Other Weirdness
You are surrounded by a mild repulsion field (ev + 1).
* You can spit poison.
//got early, used to deal with those early ogres.
* You are immune to negative energy.
//that's one less spiece of jewelery i have to scare up
* You are mostly covered in white scales (AC + 3).
--
ru
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