Instructional ttyrec about killing Master Kaen

[Shawn Moore]

Here is a seventeen-minute instructional ttyrec about how to kill
Master Kaen. Again, the third link is nonexistent at the time of this
posting, but that will soon change (nethack.alt.org bzips ttyrecs after
about a week). Hopefully at least one of these links remains working
for a long time. :)

http://sartak.katron.org/nh/kaen.ttyrec.bz2
http://alt.org/nethack/ttyrec/Eidolos/2006-05-22.02:01:07.ttyrec
http://alt.org/nethack/ttyrec/Eidolos/2006-05-22.02:01:07.ttyrec.bz2

My strategy is rather simple:
* Drain his max HP or level to 0.
* Heal when Kaen teleports away to heal.

Some notes:
* Sorry if your setup doesn't support DECgraphics. I forgot to turn
them off again.
* The beginning is a bit messy. Usually Kaen wakes up and teleports to
me after two or three turns on his level. I meant to mention that in
the video. Please don't disregard the strategy because of the
beginning, it went unusually sour.
* My equipment is +4/+5 helm of brilliance, gauntlets of dexterity,
robe, and jumping boots. I had some protection but lost it due to a bad
prayer.

Feedback would be great. In particular, I'd like some ideas for more
videos. What exactly do you folks want to see done? My email is
sarN...@gmHACKail.com (remove the name of the game we play) if you
have any questions that you don't want to post to rgrn.

Here's a link to the first video (clearing the Castle with the
drawbridge) if you missed it:
http://sartak.katron.org/nh/drawbridge.ttyrec.bz2

[Grett...@gmail.com]

Shawn Moore wrote:
> Here is a seventeen-minute instructional ttyrec about how to kill
> Master Kaen.

Excellent, thanks for this! I have enjoyed playing monks but have yet
to attempt the quest. In various games so far, I've made it to XL 14
but have avoided the quest because I have heard such nasty things about
Kaen. Then of course I die anyway, usually in some Gehennom stupidity.
Next time I will tackle Kaen, now that I have a good way of doing it.

> Feedback would be great. In particular, I'd like some ideas for more
> videos. What exactly do you folks want to see done?

Well, I suppose the other quests wouldn't be quite so interesting,
since Kaen is supposed to be the hardest one, but I would still watch
them quite eagerly.

I have the feeling that if I knew what ttyrec's to ask for, I wouldn't
need them any more. :)

Here's an idea geared more at newer players: how to descend into the
mines at XL 1 or 2 and let your pet do the killing for you. This is
something I've gotten much much better at lately but it mystified me
for a long time.

thanks,
Gretta