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So my priest was doing very well in this game, found the quest and the
castle easy enough, though a little boring from all the repetitive
combat. (I was wielding +4 Frostbane and it was actually taking me a
while to kill all those undead creatures.) Sorting through my stuff in
preparation for Gehennom, I realized I had a wand of polymorph, a =oPC,
and an amulet of unchanging, and decided to cut down on the monotony of
the mazes by doing Gehennom as a Xorn. I had spells of magic mapping
and detect treasure, so this would really mean I could zip through each
level. So I polyied in to a Xorn, and was a little disturbed to find
how low my HP were, even after boosted by a few potions of full
healing. On the other hand, I was delighted to see that I was now
getting four times as many attacks per turn as before. No more the
annoyance of long battles just to kill a wraith. Most everything went
down in two turns, and if necessary, it was easy to retreat through a
wall, taking off my shield, cast a healing spell, and come back
swinging.
Thus I reached Juiblex's swamp. Juiblex -- yeah, yeah -- down in two
turns. I was levitating my way across the swamp, HP at about 80, when
I saw a j next to me. Lazily, I swung at it. And, to my horrow, saw:
Your sword named Frostbrand hits the spotted jelly! --
You are splashed by the spotted jelly's acid! -- (HP changes to 60)
You hit the spotted jelly! --
You are splashed by the spotted jelly's acid! -- (40)
You bite the spotted jelly! --
You are splashed by the spotted jelly's acid! -- (15)
You bite the spotted jelly! --
You are splashed by the spotted jelly's acid! --
DYWYPI?
But, but, but...
If I had had only one attack per turn, it wouldn't have killed me!
Suddenly having four attacks per turn didn't look to be such a great
thing!
Well, play and learn. I didn't know j's could splash back once for
each hit, or I would've treated it with more respect (aka, avoided it
entirely, since there was no reason whatsoever to go after it).
So my priest was doing very well in this game, found the quest and the
castle easy enough, though a little boring from all the repetitive
combat. (I was wielding +4 Frostbane and it was actually taking me a
while to kill all those undead creatures.) Sorting through my stuff in
preparation for Gehennom, I realized I had a wand of polymorph, a =oPC,
and an amulet of unchanging, and decided to cut down on the monotony of
the mazes by doing Gehennom as a Xorn. I had spells of magic mapping
and detect treasure, so this would really mean I could zip through each
level. So I polyied in to a Xorn, and was a little disturbed to find
how low my HP were, even after boosted by a few potions of full
healing. On the other hand, I was delighted to see that I was now
getting four times as many attacks per turn as before. No more the
annoyance of long battles just to kill a wraith. Most everything went
down in two turns, and if necessary, it was easy to retreat through a
wall, taking off my shield, cast a healing spell, and come back
swinging.
Thus I reached Juiblex's swamp. Juiblex -- yeah, yeah -- down in two
turns. I was levitating my way across the swamp, HP at about 80, when
I saw a j next to me. Lazily, I swung at it. And, to my horrow, saw:
Your sword named Frostbrand hits the spotted jelly! --
You are splashed by the spotted jelly's acid! -- (HP changes to 60)
You hit the spotted jelly! --
You are splashed by the spotted jelly's acid! -- (40)
You bite the spotted jelly! --
You are splashed by the spotted jelly's acid! -- (15)
You bite the spotted jelly! --
You are splashed by the spotted jelly's acid! --
DYWYPI?
But, but, but...
If I had had only one attack per turn, it wouldn't have killed me!
Suddenly having four attacks per turn didn't look to be such a great
thing!
Well, play and learn. I didn't know j's could splash back once for
each hit, or I would've treated it with more respect (aka, avoided it
entirely, since there was no reason whatsoever to go after it).
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