Minor early-game brag
Just a User
a character, but I just can't help myself with this one. This
character, a Dunadan Priest, is maybe an hour old. He dispatches
Wormtongue, then discovers a cloak that drops after the kill. Knowing
that this is a guaranteed excellent object, he puts it on, and
immediately feels more dexterous and charismatic. The cloak pseudo-
identifies as special. Closer examination shows that it has an
activation. So I try it, and it asks me to pick an object to recharge.
How fortunate, I just happen to have a staff of identify that is
empty, so I pick that. This lets me identify the cloak as The Cloak of
Thingol. Sweet! Free identify, at least as long as I can keep from
failing and blowing up my staff, not to mention very early free
action.
But this isn't the end! This by itself probably wouldn't be worth a
brag post. After filling my inventory with various minor loot, I
decide to recall and sell, plus try to pick up my last regular priest
book in the temple. I don't find my book on sale, but I am not
disappointed for long. When I step into the armory, I see for sale: a
Hard Leather Cap of Telepathy [2,+1]. And it is CHEAP! The shopkeeper
is only asking 12,907 for it. I can't believe that this item would
sell for that price. I have somewhere around 6000-8000 gold at the
time, I forget exactly how much. So I sell the loot that I brought up
(conveniently identifying everything with my newly-charged staff
first) and I think I am about 2000 short. I don't want to part with my
cloak, but I decide to sell (almost) everything else in my possession.
I sell all the rest of my armor that I am wearing, my +2, +4 enchanted
war hammer, my stockpile of CSW potions, my #2 priest book (I decide
not to sell #3 unless I have to so I will still have Orb). Basically
EVERYTHING MUST GO! As it turns out, I get enough except for about 200
gold, which I do a little quick townspeople farming to get.
I finally end up getting my helm, fortunately it was not highly
enchanted to make it even more expensive. I have about 60 gold left
over, so I buy the only weapon I can afford, a whip for about 40 gold,
and decide to start back at 50' to earn a little money back to see if
I can buy some replacement equipment, along with my priest book. So
now after all this I wonder what stupid thing I am going to do to get
this character killed. Here is how he ended up:
[Angband 3.1.1 dev Character Dump]
Name Pureheart Self RB CB EB
Best
Sex Male Age 68 STR: 17 +1 -1 +0
17
Race Dunadan Height 86 INT: 10 +2 -3 +0
9
Class Priest Weight 197 WIS: 18 +2 +3 +0
18/50
Title Adept Social Liked DEX: 10 +2 -1 +3
14
HP 132/132 Maximize Y CON: 14 +3 +0 +0
17
SP 29/29 CHR: 10 +2 +2 +3
17
Level 14 Armor [3,+19] Saving Throw
57%
Cur Exp 2368 Fight (+0,+2) Stealth
Good
Max Exp 2368 Melee (+0,+2) Fighting
Excellent
Adv Exp 2800 Shoot (+0,+0) Shooting Very
Good
MaxDepth 400' (L8) Blows 1/turn Disarming
35%
Turns 518583 Shots 0/turn Magic Device
Excellent
Gold 69 Infra 0 ft Perception 1 in
29
Burden 23.5 lbs Speed Normal Searching
19%
You are one of several children of a Townsman. You are a credit to
the family. You have green eyes, curly black hair, and a fair
complexion.
rAcid:.......+..... rConf:.............
rElec:............. Sound:.............
rFire:.......+..... Shard:.............
rCold:.......+..... Nexus:.............
rPois:............. Nethr:.............
rFear:............. Chaos:.............
rLite:............. Disen:.............
rDark:............. S.Dig:.............
rBlnd:............. Feath:.............
PLite:............. Aggrv:.............
Regen:............. Stea.:.............
ESP:.........+... Sear.:.............
Invis:............. Infra:.............
FrAct:.......+..... Tunn.:.............
HLife:............. Speed:.............
ImpHP:............. Blows:.............
ImpSP:............. Shots:.............
Fear:............. Might:.............
[Character Equipment]
a) a Whip (1d3) (+0,+0)
Combat info:
1 blow/round.
Average damage/hit: 4.
b) (nothing)
c) (nothing)
d) (nothing)
e) (nothing)
f) a Lantern (12923 turns)
Cannot be harmed by fire.
Radius 2 light.
g) (nothing)
h) The Cloak of Thingol [1,+18] (+3)
+3 dexterity, charisma.
Provides resistance to acid, fire, cold.
Cannot be harmed by acid, electricity, fire, cold.
Prevents paralysis.
i) (nothing)
j) a Hard Leather Cap of Telepathy [2,+1]
Grants telepathy.
k) (nothing)
l) (nothing)
[Character Inventory]
a) a Holy Book of Prayers [Beginners Handbook] {@p1}
b) a Holy Book of Prayers [Chants and Blessings] {@p3}
c) 2 Flasks of oil
It brands your melee attacks with flames.
d) an Ivory Staff of Identify (2 charges) {@u9}
When activated, it reveals to you the extent of an item's
magical
powers.
============================================================
CHAR.
| TURN | DEPTH |LEVEL| EVENT
============================================================
1 0' 1 Began the quest to destroy Morgoth.
4442 50' 2 Reached level 2
18673 50' 3 Reached level 3
23883 100' 3 Killed Fang, Farmer Maggot's dog
23883 100' 4 Reached level 4
37988 100' 4 Killed Grip, Farmer Maggot's dog
40809 100' 5 Reached level 5
51222 100' 6 Reached level 6
63998 100' 7 Reached level 7
84125 150' 8 Reached level 8
123900 0' 9 Reached level 9
197607 0' 9 Killed Farmer Maggot
267640 300' 10 Reached level 10
311230 350' 11 Reached level 11
347425 350' 12 Reached level 12
399372 350' 12 Killed Smeagol
424303 400' 13 Reached level 13
444377 400' 13 Killed Bullroarer the Hobbit
457784 400' 14 Reached level 14
470727 400' 14 Killed Wormtongue, Agent of Saruman
475515 400' 14 Found The Cloak of Thingol
Wally the Grey
> So now after all this I wonder what stupid thing I am going to do to
> get this character killed. Here is how he ended up:
>
> [Angband 3.1.1 dev Character Dump]
But where is the "Last Messages" section? We all burn with curiosity
about this character's gruesome end!
Just a User
wrote:
<Monty-Python-Voice=ON> I'm not dead yet! <Monty-Python-Voice=OFF>
I've only had time to get these two nice early game finds. I haven't
had time to do whatever stupid thing is eventually going to kill this
character.
Wally the Grey
This still true? :)
Just a User
> Just a User wrote:
>> <Monty-Python-Voice=ON> I'm not dead yet! <Monty-Python-Voice=OFF>
>> I've only had time to get these two nice early game finds. I haven't
>> had time to do whatever stupid thing is eventually going to kill this
>> character.
>
> This still true? :)
>
No, I'm pretty sure something happened to this character, but I don't
remember what. However, see my next post (coming shortly) for why it
doesn't matter anymore.