Hi everyone, first time posting, [insert generic "I'm new here" post].
So yeah, I'm on my 12th-ish attempt to clear the game and decided to try a battlemage this game. I figured it would be more entertaining than just bashing, jumping and charging everything in sight, while simultaneously being able to take more of a beating than a pure spellcaster would. Meet AEther:
POWDER 114 Linux Version You have scummed 2 times. Name: AEther ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Physical: 122/14 (max 124) Mental: 100/9 (max 106) AC: 21 X: 54 Depth: 20 44794 moves over 8h21m28s ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Intrinsics: x Fast ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spells: + Magic Missile + Chilling Touch + Frost Bolt + Lightning Bolt + Regenerate + Heal + Cure Poison + Major Heal + Track + Preserve + Teleport + Teleport with Control * Raise Undead * Reclaim Soul x Dark Ritual + Poison Item + Poison Bolt * Ghastify * Summon Imp + Summon Demon x Cloud Kill x Finger of Death ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Skills: + Dodge + Moving Target + Search + Evade Traps + Shields + Cloth Armour + Leather Armour + Exotic Armour + Medium Weapons + Large Weapons + Edged Attacks + Blunt Attacks + Pointed Attacks + Stun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Equipped Items: - Amulet of unchanging around neck. - Short sword Klaywhiz in right hand. - +3 Staff of death in left hand. - Crystal platemail Slugupaupa over body. - Ring of acid resistance on right finger. - Ring of shock resistance on left finger. - Speed boots on feet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Artifacts: The short sword Klaywhiz This artifact grants telepathic. Melee: 1d6+2 (fire), 1d6 (physical) Thrown 2: 1d2[-2] (physical)
The crystal platemail Slugupaupa
The -5 helm of warning Smashyyz This artifact grants unchanging, warning. Melee: 1d2 (physical) Thrown 2: 1d2[-2] (physical)
The holy guide to armour (1) Klaywor This artifact grants poison resistance, light radius 2. Melee: 1d2 (physical) Thrown 2: 1d2[-2] (physical)
The wand of light (8) Werefroody This artifact grants unchanging, stoning resistance. Melee: 1d2 (physical) Thrown 2: 1d2[-2] (physical)
The +1 silver dagger Frostupa This artifact grants telepathic. Melee: 2d3+3[+1] (light), 1d4[+1] (physical) Thrown 6: 2d3+3[+3] (physical), 1d4+2[+2] (physical) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inventory Items: - Amulet of unchanging. - Short sword Klaywhiz. - +3 Staff of death. - Crystal platemail Slugupaupa. - Ring of acid resistance. - Ring of shock resistance. - Speed boots. - Staff of healing. - 3 Evil silver spears. - Holy silver sword. - Torch. - -1 Jump boots. - -1 Fur-lined boots. - -1 Boots of water walking. - Buckler. - 2 Kite shields. - Holy tower shield. - -5 Helm of warning Smashyyz. - Ring of fire resistance. - 3 Rings of searching. - Holy ring of see invisible. - Evil ring of teleportation. - Evil ring of acid resistance. - Scroll of teleport. - Manual of guile (1). - Holy guide to armour (1) Klaywor. - Tome of cold. - Tome of cold. - Tome of fire (3). - Book of sharp points (2). - 2 Smoke potions. - Poison potion. - Acid potion. - Acid potion. - Potion of enlightenment. - Bottle of water. - Wand of digging (2). - Wand of digging (6). - Wand of digging (6). - Holy wand of create monster (0). - Evil wand of create monster (0). - Wand of slowness. - Wand of slowness (1). - Wand of slowness (9). - 2 Wands of polymorph (6). - Wand of polymorph. - Wand of sleep. - Wand of sleep. - +3 Wand of teleport (0). - Wand of teleport (0). - Wand of teleport (2). - Wand of teleport (3). - Evil wand of teleport (0). - Wand of fire. - Wand of invisibility (0). - Wand of invisibility (12). - Wand of invisibility (9). - Wand of light (8) Werefroody. - Holy wand of speed (6). - Wand of speed (0). - Wand of speed (6). - 16 Empty bottles. - 5 Evil empty bottles. - Empty bottle. - Glowing y-rune. - Silver dagger. - Holy -1 spear. - Rapier. - Silver spear. - Holy silver spear. - 2 Silver swords. - +1 Silver dagger Frostupa.
During the late hours I probably should've been sleeping, I came across the wiki page about lich transformation. Needless to say, I caught myself toying with the idea, while downing my fourth coffee at work to stay awake.
I decided to go for it when I got home, after going through the advantages and disadvantages for the 31st time. I got up to 3 zombies placed, in a closed room, etc until I reached starving point. I was already at 7 HP (from killing stuff to make zombies) and had 28 mana (two less than what's needed for Raise Dead + Dark Ritual) . I spent 20 on Major Heal and BARELY made it back alive into the room. I killed maybe 5-6 creatures before even getting a single corpse, not to mention I had to eat a few just to regenerate enough mana to create a zombie and go through the transformation while simultaneously having my mind slowed by random gods. TWICE. Most of what I encountered was strong enough to kick my ass seven ways to Sunday. I solved this problem by spamming the crap out of my numerous teleport wands, especially on an annoying ghost that kept coming back into the room, through the northern wall.
After all the trouble I went through, I have my remaining zombie stay (Mouse Zombie, because I was just that desperate). I remove my amulet of unchanging and Cast Dark ritual. I throw a random item at the ceiling and.....
I die.
I save scum (angrily) and remove my Hellm of warning Smashyyz (which ALSO grants Unchanging) and repeat the above steps and...
I turn into a lich!
Basking in my unholy awesomeness, I level up, take a step and realize that my Helm of warning Smashyyz is searing me since it's paired with the silver circlet item. Same thing for my...
Ring of fire resistance..
So even after the ridiculous amount of thought I put into the transformation, I didn't really thing about the weakness to fire, since I had a ring to counter it. But of course, the fire resistance had to be paired with the SILVER ring for this game.
So I'm going to assume my only option to cover my weakness to fire is to artifact-hunt until I find something with grants the correct intrinsic, since I can't eat appropriate corpses either.
> Hi everyone, first time posting, [insert generic "I'm new here" post].
> So yeah, I'm on my 12th-ish attempt to clear the game and decided to > try a battlemage this game. I figured it would be more entertaining > than just bashing, jumping and charging everything in sight, while > simultaneously being able to take more of a beating than a pure > spellcaster would. Meet AEther:
> POWDER 114 > Linux Version > You have scummed 2 times. > Name: AEther > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Physical: 122/14 (max 124) > Mental: 100/9 (max 106) > AC: 21 > X: 54 > Depth: 20 > 44794 moves over 8h21m28s > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Intrinsics: > x Fast > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Spells: > + Magic Missile > + Chilling Touch > + Frost Bolt > + Lightning Bolt > + Regenerate > + Heal > + Cure Poison > + Major Heal > + Track > + Preserve > + Teleport > + Teleport with Control > * Raise Undead > * Reclaim Soul > x Dark Ritual > + Poison Item > + Poison Bolt > * Ghastify > * Summon Imp > + Summon Demon > x Cloud Kill > x Finger of Death > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Skills: > + Dodge > + Moving Target > + Search > + Evade Traps > + Shields > + Cloth Armour > + Leather Armour > + Exotic Armour > + Medium Weapons > + Large Weapons > + Edged Attacks > + Blunt Attacks > + Pointed Attacks > + Stun > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Equipped Items: > - Amulet of unchanging around neck. > - Short sword Klaywhiz in right hand. > - +3 Staff of death in left hand. > - Crystal platemail Slugupaupa over body. > - Ring of acid resistance on right finger. > - Ring of shock resistance on left finger. > - Speed boots on feet. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Artifacts: > The short sword Klaywhiz > This artifact grants telepathic. > Melee: 1d6+2 (fire), 1d6 (physical) > Thrown 2: 1d2[-2] (physical)
> The crystal platemail Slugupaupa
> The -5 helm of warning Smashyyz > This artifact grants unchanging, warning. > Melee: 1d2 (physical) > Thrown 2: 1d2[-2] (physical)
> The holy guide to armour (1) Klaywor > This artifact grants poison resistance, light radius 2. > Melee: 1d2 (physical) > Thrown 2: 1d2[-2] (physical)
> The wand of light (8) Werefroody > This artifact grants unchanging, stoning resistance. > Melee: 1d2 (physical) > Thrown 2: 1d2[-2] (physical)
> The +1 silver dagger Frostupa > This artifact grants telepathic. > Melee: 2d3+3[+1] (light), 1d4[+1] (physical) > Thrown 6: 2d3+3[+3] (physical), 1d4+2[+2] (physical) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Inventory Items: > - Amulet of unchanging. > - Short sword Klaywhiz. > - +3 Staff of death. > - Crystal platemail Slugupaupa. > - Ring of acid resistance. > - Ring of shock resistance. > - Speed boots. > - Staff of healing. > - 3 Evil silver spears. > - Holy silver sword. > - Torch. > - -1 Jump boots. > - -1 Fur-lined boots. > - -1 Boots of water walking. > - Buckler. > - 2 Kite shields. > - Holy tower shield. > - -5 Helm of warning Smashyyz. > - Ring of fire resistance. > - 3 Rings of searching. > - Holy ring of see invisible. > - Evil ring of teleportation. > - Evil ring of acid resistance. > - Scroll of teleport. > - Manual of guile (1). > - Holy guide to armour (1) Klaywor. > - Tome of cold. > - Tome of cold. > - Tome of fire (3). > - Book of sharp points (2). > - 2 Smoke potions. > - Poison potion. > - Acid potion. > - Acid potion. > - Potion of enlightenment. > - Bottle of water. > - Wand of digging (2). > - Wand of digging (6). > - Wand of digging (6). > - Holy wand of create monster (0). > - Evil wand of create monster (0). > - Wand of slowness. > - Wand of slowness (1). > - Wand of slowness (9). > - 2 Wands of polymorph (6). > - Wand of polymorph. > - Wand of sleep. > - Wand of sleep. > - +3 Wand of teleport (0). > - Wand of teleport (0). > - Wand of teleport (2). > - Wand of teleport (3). > - Evil wand of teleport (0). > - Wand of fire. > - Wand of invisibility (0). > - Wand of invisibility (12). > - Wand of invisibility (9). > - Wand of light (8) Werefroody. > - Holy wand of speed (6). > - Wand of speed (0). > - Wand of speed (6). > - 16 Empty bottles. > - 5 Evil empty bottles. > - Empty bottle. > - Glowing y-rune. > - Silver dagger. > - Holy -1 spear. > - Rapier. > - Silver spear. > - Holy silver spear. > - 2 Silver swords. > - +1 Silver dagger Frostupa.
> During the late hours I probably should've been sleeping, I came > across the wiki page about lich transformation. Needless to say, I > caught myself toying with the idea, while downing my fourth coffee at > work to stay awake.
> I decided to go for it when I got home, after going through the > advantages and disadvantages for the 31st time. I got up to 3 zombies > placed, in a closed room, etc until I reached starving point. I was > already at 7 HP (from killing stuff to make zombies) and had 28 mana > (two less than what's needed for Raise Dead + Dark Ritual) . I spent > 20 on Major Heal and BARELY made it back alive into the room. I killed > maybe 5-6 creatures before even getting a single corpse, not to > mention I had to eat a few just to regenerate enough mana to create a > zombie and go through the transformation while simultaneously having > my mind slowed by random gods. TWICE. Most of what I encountered was > strong enough to kick my ass seven ways to Sunday. I solved this > problem by spamming the crap out of my numerous teleport wands, > especially on an annoying ghost that kept coming back into the room, > through the northern wall.
> After all the trouble I went through, I have my remaining zombie stay > (Mouse Zombie, because I was just that desperate). I remove my amulet > of unchanging and Cast Dark ritual. I throw a random item at the > ceiling and.....
> I die.
> I save scum (angrily) and remove my Hellm of warning Smashyyz (which > ALSO grants Unchanging) and repeat the above steps and...
> I turn into a lich!
> Basking in my unholy awesomeness, I level up, take a step and realize > that my Helm of warning Smashyyz is searing me since it's paired with > the silver circlet item. Same thing for my...
> Ring of fire resistance..
> So even after the ridiculous amount of thought I put into the > transformation, I didn't really thing about the weakness to fire, > since I had a ring to counter it. But of course, the fire resistance > had to be paired with the SILVER ring for this game.
> So I'm going to assume my only option to cover my weakness to fire is > to artifact-hunt until I find something with grants the correct > intrinsic, since I can't eat appropriate corpses either.
> Thoughts?
> - AEther
P.S. I forgot to mention why I've scummed the second time... Well, I can thank my cat, Umbra for taking a nap on my notebook's keyboard while I was afk (making dinner). The funny thing is, she made my character take a nap as well, since her ass must have been spamming [R] or something. There are many good places to rest in Powder. Right smack in front of the Golden Tridude is NOT one of them.
> On Nov 12, 10:23 pm, AEther <kevin.brod...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi everyone, first time posting, [insert generic "I'm new here" post].
> > So yeah, I'm on my 12th-ish attempt to clear the game and decided to > > try a battlemage this game. I figured it would be more entertaining > > than just bashing, jumping and charging everything in sight, while > > simultaneously being able to take more of a beating than a pure > > spellcaster would. Meet AEther:
> > POWDER 114 > > Linux Version > > You have scummed 2 times. > > Name: AEther > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Physical: 122/14 (max 124) > > Mental: 100/9 (max 106) > > AC: 21 > > X: 54 > > Depth: 20 > > 44794 moves over 8h21m28s > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Intrinsics: > > x Fast > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Spells: > > + Magic Missile > > + Chilling Touch > > + Frost Bolt > > + Lightning Bolt > > + Regenerate > > + Heal > > + Cure Poison > > + Major Heal > > + Track > > + Preserve > > + Teleport > > + Teleport with Control > > * Raise Undead > > * Reclaim Soul > > x Dark Ritual > > + Poison Item > > + Poison Bolt > > * Ghastify > > * Summon Imp > > + Summon Demon > > x Cloud Kill > > x Finger of Death > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Skills: > > + Dodge > > + Moving Target > > + Search > > + Evade Traps > > + Shields > > + Cloth Armour > > + Leather Armour > > + Exotic Armour > > + Medium Weapons > > + Large Weapons > > + Edged Attacks > > + Blunt Attacks > > + Pointed Attacks > > + Stun > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Equipped Items: > > - Amulet of unchanging around neck. > > - Short sword Klaywhiz in right hand. > > - +3 Staff of death in left hand. > > - Crystal platemail Slugupaupa over body. > > - Ring of acid resistance on right finger. > > - Ring of shock resistance on left finger. > > - Speed boots on feet. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Artifacts: > > The short sword Klaywhiz > > This artifact grants telepathic. > > Melee: 1d6+2 (fire), 1d6 (physical) > > Thrown 2: 1d2[-2] (physical)
> > The crystal platemail Slugupaupa
> > The -5 helm of warning Smashyyz > > This artifact grants unchanging, warning. > > Melee: 1d2 (physical) > > Thrown 2: 1d2[-2] (physical)
> > The holy guide to armour (1) Klaywor > > This artifact grants poison resistance, light radius 2. > > Melee: 1d2 (physical) > > Thrown 2: 1d2[-2] (physical)
> > The wand of light (8) Werefroody > > This artifact grants unchanging, stoning resistance. > > Melee: 1d2 (physical) > > Thrown 2: 1d2[-2] (physical)
> > The +1 silver dagger Frostupa > > This artifact grants telepathic. > > Melee: 2d3+3[+1] (light), 1d4[+1] (physical) > > Thrown 6: 2d3+3[+3] (physical), 1d4+2[+2] (physical) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Inventory Items: > > - Amulet of unchanging. > > - Short sword Klaywhiz. > > - +3 Staff of death. > > - Crystal platemail Slugupaupa. > > - Ring of acid resistance. > > - Ring of shock resistance. > > - Speed boots. > > - Staff of healing. > > - 3 Evil silver spears. > > - Holy silver sword. > > - Torch. > > - -1 Jump boots. > > - -1 Fur-lined boots. > > - -1 Boots of water walking. > > - Buckler. > > - 2 Kite shields. > > - Holy tower shield. > > - -5 Helm of warning Smashyyz. > > - Ring of fire resistance. > > - 3 Rings of searching. > > - Holy ring of see invisible. > > - Evil ring of teleportation. > > - Evil ring of acid resistance. > > - Scroll of teleport. > > - Manual of guile (1). > > - Holy guide to armour (1) Klaywor. > > - Tome of cold. > > - Tome of cold. > > - Tome of fire (3). > > - Book of sharp points (2). > > - 2 Smoke potions. > > - Poison potion. > > - Acid potion. > > - Acid potion. > > - Potion of enlightenment. > > - Bottle of water. > > - Wand of digging (2). > > - Wand of digging (6). > > - Wand of digging (6). > > - Holy wand of create monster (0). > > - Evil wand of create monster (0). > > - Wand of slowness. > > - Wand of slowness (1). > > - Wand of slowness (9). > > - 2 Wands of polymorph (6). > > - Wand of polymorph. > > - Wand of sleep. > > - Wand of sleep. > > - +3 Wand of teleport (0). > > - Wand of teleport (0). > > - Wand of teleport (2). > > - Wand of teleport (3). > > - Evil wand of teleport (0). > > - Wand of fire. > > - Wand of invisibility (0). > > - Wand of invisibility (12). > > - Wand of invisibility (9). > > - Wand of light (8) Werefroody. > > - Holy wand of speed (6). > > - Wand of speed (0). > > - Wand of speed (6). > > - 16 Empty bottles. > > - 5 Evil empty bottles. > > - Empty bottle. > > - Glowing y-rune. > > - Silver dagger. > > - Holy -1 spear. > > - Rapier. > > - Silver spear. > > - Holy silver spear. > > - 2 Silver swords. > > - +1 Silver dagger Frostupa.
> > During the late hours I probably should've been sleeping, I came > > across the wiki page about lich transformation. Needless to say, I > > caught myself toying with the idea, while downing my fourth coffee at > > work to stay awake.
> > I decided to go for it when I got home, after going through the > > advantages and disadvantages for the 31st time. I got up to 3 zombies > > placed, in a closed room, etc until I reached starving point. I was > > already at 7 HP (from killing stuff to make zombies) and had 28 mana > > (two less than what's needed for Raise Dead + Dark Ritual) . I spent > > 20 on Major Heal and BARELY made it back alive into the room. I killed > > maybe 5-6 creatures before even getting a single corpse, not to > > mention I had to eat a few just to regenerate enough mana to create a > > zombie and go through the transformation while simultaneously having > > my mind slowed by random gods. TWICE. Most of what I encountered was > > strong enough to kick my ass seven ways to Sunday. I solved this > > problem by spamming the crap out of my numerous teleport wands, > > especially on an annoying ghost that kept coming back into the room, > > through the northern wall.
> > After all the trouble I went through, I have my remaining zombie stay > > (Mouse Zombie, because I was just that desperate). I remove my amulet > > of unchanging and Cast Dark ritual. I throw a random item at the > > ceiling and.....
> > I die.
> > I save scum (angrily) and remove my Hellm of warning Smashyyz (which > > ALSO grants Unchanging) and repeat the above steps and...
> > I turn into a lich!
> > Basking in my unholy awesomeness, I level up, take a step and realize > > that my Helm of warning Smashyyz is searing me since it's paired with > > the silver circlet item. Same thing for my...
> > Ring of fire resistance..
> > So even after the ridiculous amount of thought I put into the > > transformation, I didn't really thing about the weakness to fire, > > since I had a ring to counter it. But of course, the fire resistance > > had to be paired with the SILVER ring for this game.
> > So I'm going to assume my only option to cover my weakness to fire is > > to artifact-hunt until I find something with grants the correct > > intrinsic, since I can't eat appropriate corpses either.
> > Thoughts?
> > - AEther
> P.S. I forgot to mention why I've scummed the second time... Well, I > can thank my cat, Umbra for taking a nap on my notebook's keyboard > while I was afk (making dinner). The funny thing is, she made my > character take a nap as well, since her ass must have been spamming > [R] or something. There are many good places to rest in Powder. Right > smack in front of the Golden Tridude is NOT one of them.
Can't really help. I took a very simplistic view of the game; most enemies cannot move diagonally, so being dressed like a barbarian allows me to kill those monsters with impunity, and get away when I need to. Don't have to worry about magic to use, don't have to worry about weakness to fire, screwing around as a Lich, nothing. Just simple killing. =D
On Nov 12, 7:23 pm, AEther <kevin.brod...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone, first time posting, [insert generic "I'm new here" post]. > So I'm going to assume my only option to cover my weakness to fire is > to artifact-hunt until I find something with grants the correct > intrinsic, since I can't eat appropriate corpses either.
On Nov 14, 4:20 am, Inu <inugami...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 12, 7:23 pm, AEther <kevin.brod...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi everyone, first time posting, [insert generic "I'm new here" post]. > > So I'm going to assume my only option to cover my weakness to fire is > > to artifact-hunt until I find something with grants the correct > > intrinsic, since I can't eat appropriate corpses either.
> Hi everyone, first time posting, [insert generic "I'm new here" post].
> So yeah, I'm on my 12th-ish attempt to clear the game and decided to > try a battlemage this game. I figured it would be more entertaining > than just bashing, jumping and charging everything in sight, while > simultaneously being able to take more of a beating than a pure > spellcaster would. Meet AEther:
> POWDER 114 > Linux Version > You have scummed 2 times. > Name: AEther > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Physical: 122/14 (max 124) > Mental: 100/9 (max 106) > AC: 21 > X: 54 > Depth: 20 > 44794 moves over 8h21m28s > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Intrinsics: > x Fast > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Spells: > + Magic Missile > + Chilling Touch > + Frost Bolt > + Lightning Bolt > + Regenerate > + Heal > + Cure Poison > + Major Heal > + Track > + Preserve > + Teleport > + Teleport with Control > * Raise Undead > * Reclaim Soul > x Dark Ritual > + Poison Item > + Poison Bolt > * Ghastify > * Summon Imp > + Summon Demon > x Cloud Kill > x Finger of Death > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Skills: > + Dodge > + Moving Target > + Search > + Evade Traps > + Shields > + Cloth Armour > + Leather Armour > + Exotic Armour > + Medium Weapons > + Large Weapons > + Edged Attacks > + Blunt Attacks > + Pointed Attacks > + Stun > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Equipped Items: > - Amulet of unchanging around neck. > - Short sword Klaywhiz in right hand. > - +3 Staff of death in left hand. > - Crystal platemail Slugupaupa over body. > - Ring of acid resistance on right finger. > - Ring of shock resistance on left finger. > - Speed boots on feet. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Artifacts: > The short sword Klaywhiz > This artifact grants telepathic. > Melee: 1d6+2 (fire), 1d6 (physical) > Thrown 2: 1d2[-2] (physical)
> The crystal platemail Slugupaupa
> The -5 helm of warning Smashyyz > This artifact grants unchanging, warning. > Melee: 1d2 (physical) > Thrown 2: 1d2[-2] (physical)
> The holy guide to armour (1) Klaywor > This artifact grants poison resistance, light radius 2. > Melee: 1d2 (physical) > Thrown 2: 1d2[-2] (physical)
> The wand of light (8) Werefroody > This artifact grants unchanging, stoning resistance. > Melee: 1d2 (physical) > Thrown 2: 1d2[-2] (physical)
> The +1 silver dagger Frostupa > This artifact grants telepathic. > Melee: 2d3+3[+1] (light), 1d4[+1] (physical) > Thrown 6: 2d3+3[+3] (physical), 1d4+2[+2] (physical) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Inventory Items: > - Amulet of unchanging. > - Short sword Klaywhiz. > - +3 Staff of death. > - Crystal platemail Slugupaupa. > - Ring of acid resistance. > - Ring of shock resistance. > - Speed boots. > - Staff of healing. > - 3 Evil silver spears. > - Holy silver sword. > - Torch. > - -1 Jump boots. > - -1 Fur-lined boots. > - -1 Boots of water walking. > - Buckler. > - 2 Kite shields. > - Holy tower shield. > - -5 Helm of warning Smashyyz. > - Ring of fire resistance. > - 3 Rings of searching. > - Holy ring of see invisible. > - Evil ring of teleportation. > - Evil ring of acid resistance. > - Scroll of teleport. > - Manual of guile (1). > - Holy guide to armour (1) Klaywor. > - Tome of cold. > - Tome of cold. > - Tome of fire (3). > - Book of sharp points (2). > - 2 Smoke potions. > - Poison potion. > - Acid potion. > - Acid potion. > - Potion of enlightenment. > - Bottle of water. > - Wand of digging (2). > - Wand of digging (6). > - Wand of digging (6). > - Holy wand of create monster (0). > - Evil wand of create monster (0). > - Wand of slowness. > - Wand of slowness (1). > - Wand of slowness (9). > - 2 Wands of polymorph (6). > - Wand of polymorph. > - Wand of sleep. > - Wand of sleep. > - +3 Wand of teleport (0). > - Wand of teleport (0). > - Wand of teleport (2). > - Wand of teleport (3). > - Evil wand of teleport (0). > - Wand of fire. > - Wand of invisibility (0). > - Wand of invisibility (12). > - Wand of invisibility (9). > - Wand of light (8) Werefroody. > - Holy wand of speed (6). > - Wand of speed (0). > - Wand of speed (6). > - 16 Empty bottles. > - 5 Evil empty bottles. > - Empty bottle. > - Glowing y-rune. > - Silver dagger. > - Holy -1 spear. > - Rapier. > - Silver spear. > - Holy silver spear. > - 2 Silver swords. > - +1 Silver dagger Frostupa.
> During the late hours I probably should've been sleeping, I came > across the wiki page about lich transformation. Needless to say, I > caught myself toying with the idea, while downing my fourth coffee at > work to stay awake.
> I decided to go for it when I got home, after going through the > advantages and disadvantages for the 31st time. I got up to 3 zombies > placed, in a closed room, etc until I reached starving point. I was > already at 7 HP (from killing stuff to make zombies) and had 28 mana > (two less than what's needed for Raise Dead + Dark Ritual) . I spent > 20 on Major Heal and BARELY made it back alive into the room. I killed > maybe 5-6 creatures before even getting a single corpse, not to > mention I had to eat a few just to regenerate enough mana to create a > zombie and go through the transformation while simultaneously having > my mind slowed by random gods. TWICE. Most of what I encountered was > strong enough to kick my ass seven ways to Sunday. I solved this > problem by spamming the crap out of my numerous teleport wands, > especially on an annoying ghost that kept coming back into the room, > through the northern wall.
> After all the trouble I went through, I have my remaining zombie stay > (Mouse Zombie, because I was just that desperate). I remove my amulet > of unchanging and Cast Dark ritual. I throw a random item at the > ceiling and.....
> I die.
> I save scum (angrily) and remove my Hellm of warning Smashyyz (which > ALSO grants Unchanging) and repeat the above steps and...
> I turn into a lich!
> Basking in my unholy awesomeness, I level up, take a step and realize > that my Helm of warning Smashyyz is searing me since it's paired with > the silver circlet item. Same thing for my...
> Ring of fire resistance..
> So even after the ridiculous amount of thought I put into the > transformation, I didn't really thing about the weakness to fire, > since I had a ring to counter it. But of course, the fire resistance > had to be paired with the SILVER ring for this game.
> So I'm going to assume my only option to cover my weakness to fire is > to artifact-hunt until I find something with grants the correct > intrinsic, since I can't eat appropriate corpses either.
> Thoughts?
> - AEther
I think your best option is to find a reflective necklace, and avoid fire. Of course finding the right artifact will help, but don't count on it. The reflection will help against dragons and smart monsters with wands, and if the monster casting fireball is close enough it may bounce off you and blow up far enough away to not hurt. But I'd say just assume fire res is not gonna be an option. If you get it, it's cake for you. Otherwise, beware the fire and go Undead on those monsters!
