[Z2.2.3d] Winner -- Klackon Ranger
Wilbur07
Half-Titan Priest in 2.0. The turn count was around 1.3 million turns. No
cheating except that I play with one mulligan and I scummed the Cthulhu quest
for a staff of the magi. I used my mulligan (one savefile backup) after losing
to the serpent without more than 2 potions of restore mana, so I guess this
wasn't a pure win. However, without the mulligan rule, I would not have
attacked the serpent without stocking up on restore mana potions or a staff of
the magi so I don't feel that this was a cheating win at all.
[Zangband 2.2.3 Character Dump]
Name : Mugwump Age 23 STR: 18/***
Sex : Male Height 58 INT: 18/160
Race : Klackon Weight 80 WIS: 18/120
Class : Ranger Social Class 1 DEX: 18/190
Magic : Nature CON: 18/***
Sorcery CHR: 18/150
+ To Hit 48 Level 50 Max Hit Points 1193
+ To Damage 64 Experience 9048207 Cur Hit Points 1193
+ To AC 144 Max Exp 9048207 Max SP (Mana) 331
Base AC 33 Exp to Adv. ***** Cur SP (Mana) 331
Gold 11591100
(Miscellaneous Abilities)
Fighting : Amber [30] Perception : Fair Blows/Round: 8
Bows/Throw : Amber [55] Searching : Fair Shots/Round: 3
Saving Throw: Chaos Rank Disarming : Superb Wpn.dmg/Rnd: 32d5+512
Stealth : Superb Magic Device: Chaos Rank Infra-Vision: 70 feet
(Character Background)
You are one of several children of a Klackon hive queen.
You have black skin, and black eyes.
[Miscellaneous information]
Maximize Mode: ON
Preserve Mode: ON
Autoscum: OFF
Small Levels: ON
Arena Levels: ON
Hard Quests: OFF
Recall Depth: Level 101 (5050')
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Acid : ......+.*++.+
Elec : ......++.....
Fire : +...+.+......
Cold : +.....+......
Poisn: +............
Light: ............. Nothing but Ethereal Dragons breathe this
(CMIIAW)
Dark : +.....+.+....
Shard: ......+......
Blind: +............
Conf : +...........+
Sound : ........+....
Nether: +..........+.
Nexus : .........+...
Chaos : .....+..+....
Disnch: ......+......
Fear : +............
Reflct: .............
AuFire: .............
AuElec: .......+.....
Speed : +.+..+......+
Free Action : +.......+.+..
See Invisible: +....+....+..
Hold Life : +....+.......
Telepathy : ............. the sorcery spell works well enough
Slow Digest : .............
Regeneration : +............
Levitation : +..........+.
Perm Lite : +............
You have defeated 8390 enemies.
[Mutations]
You can run for your life after hitting something.
-- using this mutation against the serpent is almost cheating; just panic hit,
wait, panic hit, wait, create walls or *destruct*, clairvoyance, panic hit,
wait, etc. until the serpent is dead. All you need is lots of restore mana
(potions or staff). This was my basic strategy and it worked wonderfully.
Klacks can also spit acid but I never used that power. I had some other
mutations but got rid of them at the chaos tower before getting the panic hit
mutation and getting resist chaos. I did not scum for mutations however.
[Character Equipment]
a) The Executioner's Sword 'Slayer' (4d5) (+10,+17) [+3] (+3 to speed)
-- had drain life and plenty of resists. Someone posted a level 40 quest on
this newsgroup and I downloaded it to get this weapon.
b) The Long Bow called 'Talon' (x4) (+19,+20) (+2 to stealth) {cursed}
-- used a create artifact scroll for this one.
c) a Tortoise Shell Ring of Speed (+12)
d) an Obsidian Ring of Damage (+17)
e) The Amulet of Carlammas (+2)
-- since i had so many charges on my magestaff I used this instead of
brilliance
f) The Jewel of Judgement (+3 to speed) (charging) {uncursed}
g) The Metal Scale Mail of Julian (-2) [15,+40] (+4) {uncursed}
h) a Cloak of Electricity [1,+12]
-- I had no better cloak than this for the whole game.
i) The Small Metal Shield of Thorin [3,+25] (+4) {RSound}
j) The Steel Helm of Hammerhand [6,+20] (+3) {uncursed}
k) The Set of Cesti of Fingolfin (+10,+10) [5,+20] (+4)
l) a Pair of Hard Leather Boots of Levitation [3,+10] {RNether}
-- I had no better boots than this and kept it for its resist.
[Character Inventory]
a) 2 Nature Spellbooks [Call of the Wild]
b) 3 Nature Spellbooks [Nature Mastery]
c) 2 Nature Spellbooks [Nature's Gifts] -- the best nature book
d) a Nature Spellbook [Nature's Wrath] -- found one early but did the nature
quest anyway
e) 2 Sorcery Spellbooks [Beginner's Handbook]
f) 2 Sorcery Spellbooks [Master Sorcerer's Handbook] {25% off}
g) 2 Sorcery Spellbooks [Pattern Sorcery] -- the best sorcery book (dimension
door)
h) 2 Sorcery Spellbooks [Grimoire of Power] -- sorcery node quest
i) a Dark Red Mushroom of Restoring -- panic hit failed once so had to eat one
of these during the final battle
j) 11 Pungent Potions of Healing
k) 5 Red Potions of *Healing*
l) a Brown Potion of Invulnerability -- didn't use this or any healing potions
m) a Scroll titled "memur vlying" of Genocide -- used these for summoned
cyberdemons (twice)
n) a Redwood Staff of Healing (44 charges) -- had another but ditched it
o) a Runed Staff of the Magi (33 charges)
p) an Oak Staff of Power (14 charges) -- awesome staff as it affects creatures
just out of LOS, eg.
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the serpent will eat walls while area effect staves do 100+ damage/turn until
this situation:
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where I shot an arrow or probed the Serpent and then panic-hit myself away.
q) a Hemlock Staff of Holiness (2 charges) -- even awesomer staff because it
heals 25 hp and protects you from evil
r) The Large Metal Shield of Anarion [5,+20] -- never used this as I never got
into hand to hand combat
s) The Massive Iron Crown of Chaos [0,+0] (+125) {cursed}
t) The Iron Helm 'Terror Mask' (+25,+25) [5,+11] (-1) {ImmCold}
u) The Long Sword 'Ringil' (4d5) (+22,+25) (+10 to speed) -- I could have
used this instead of Slayer for the speed but I found a nice ring of speed
(+12)
v) The Mighty Hammer 'Grond' (9d9) (+5,+25) [+10]
w) 73 Seeker Arrows (4d4) (+10,+10) {@1} -- stocked up on seeker arrows during
the game and enchanted them all to +10 at the bowshop.
I also had a few potions of restore mana and a staff of probing which I ditched
to pick up the crown and the hammer
[Home Inventory (page 1)]
How come only one house is shown?
a) a Golden Amulet of Reflection
b) The Amulet of Ingwe (+3)
c) a Bone Amulet of Resistance
d) Blue Dragon Scale Mail (-2) [30,+15]
e) White Dragon Scale Mail (-2) [30,+17]
f) Red Dragon Scale Mail (-2) [30,+12]
g) Green Dragon Scale Mail (-2) [30,+16]
h) Pseudo Dragon Scale Mail (-2) [30,+10]
i) Bronze Dragon Scale Mail (-2) [30,+19]
j) Gold Dragon Scale Mail (-2) [30,+17]
k) Balance Dragon Scale Mail (-2) [30,+13]
l) The O-yoroi 'Whisperfeet' (-2) [24,+13] (+2)
[Home Inventory (page 2)]
a) a Robe of Permanence [2,+24]
b) The Iron Helm 'Apot' [5,+8] (+4)
c) a Dragon Helm [8,+15]
d) The Dagger 'Dethanc' (1d4) (+4,+6)
e) The Dagger 'Narthanc' (1d4) (+4,+6)
f) The Dagger 'Nimthanc' (1d4) (+4,+6)
g) The Short Sword of Merlin (1d7) (+3,+7) (+2 attacks)
h) The Sabre 'Careth Asdriag' (1d7) (+6,+8) (+1 attack)
i) The Two-Handed Sword 'Gurthang' (3d6) (+13,+17) (+2)
j) The Blade of Chaos 'Stormbringer' (6d6) (+16,+16) (+2 attacks) {cursed}
k) The Quarterstaff 'Nar-i-vagil' (1d9) (+10,+20) (+3)
l) (nothing)
Mark Constantino