YAAP - My first, finally
Mark Shipton
character, Missy the Dwarven Valk. This character was played over the
course of a month so i don't remember a lot of the early details. Heres a
bit of a summary of the main points. I play Allegrohack coz i like the
tiles.
Quest was fairly easy by the time i got there coz i was about level 20.
Polypiled a little bit. Got some good items but nothing that i hadn't found
already. Had Water Walking boots for a bit but lost them, can't remember
how. Got shield of reflection from statue on Medusa level. Towards the end
i had backup Guantlets of Power, Slippery Cloaks, Shield of Reflection.
Found 4 Magic Markers which i used to write Enchant Weapon and Armor
scrolls, also Gold Detection scrolls.
Used first wish for Amulet of Life Saving, also wished for; Gauntlets of
Power, Helm of Brilliance, blessed Archon figurine (which just ended up
being peaceful, arrgghhh), then wished for Magic Harp to try tame my
peaceful archon and it worked, later wished for cockatrice corpse to help
win a fight. Found Speed Boots late in the game. Ended up finding about 5
bags of holding and an oilskin sack. Also found 2 more Amulets of Life
Saving, saw quite a few go to waste on baddies i killed though.
Missy was pretty much able to stand up to anything in the late game. Hated
running into Master Mind Flayers though, had my brain eaten on about 3
separate occasions. Ended up killing quite a few Master Mind Flayers but
only saw a few Mind Flayers. Arch-Lichs were a pain too coz they kept
summoning stuff. Paid one of the named demons off, killed the others that i
came across.
Wanted to get a couple of good pets to planes with me. Had my pet Archon
and a pet Arch-Lich. Left Archon on a different level for a bit too long
and she became peaceful, grrr, used bullwhip to get artifact weapon off her
which made her angry so i had to kill her. Lost my Arch-Lich pet when i
accidentally hit him while confused, he became peaceful.
Once i got the Amulet i headed back up, got sent back about 4 times, was a
bit annoying but not as bad as what others have suffered. It was during
this trip up that i bumped into the much feared Demogorgon. At first he was
just standing there so i thought i might just try sneak off but he came
looking for me. Was going to try and beat him to death while drinking
potions to cure the sickness. After a few rounds of combat i was getting
pretty nervous, wasn't sure if i was making any headway, and then i
remembered i still had a few wishes left. Wished for a cockatrice corpse
and the next time he showed up beside me i turned him into a statue. Phew,
what a relief.
Ended up with Trollbane, Demonsbane, Dragonbane, Werebane, Snickersnee,
Sunsword, Magicbane, Mjollnir, and a +6 Silver Saber. Got Magicbane from
bones pile, weilded it a lot to stop stuff from getting cursed. Wanted to
have them all on me when i ascended but i left most of them in a bag of
holding on the Astral Plane so i wouldn't be burdened. Had a heap of gems i
wanted to bring along as well but left them before entering the planes coz
they weighed me down too much.
Planes went fine, managed to tame a few dragons and other creatures. Didn't
end up getting any of them to Astral Plane though. Air Elementals got me
down to about 150hp but had enough potions on me to get health back up.
Used wands of Teleport and Death to clear the way to the middle altar which
luckily enough was the correct one. Was stressing the whole way. Famine
managed to hit me a few times which made me more nervous since i only had
one food ration on me. Pestilence made me Ill once but i fixed that with a
prayer. Had forgotten to get potions of full healing and extra healing out
of Bag of Holding before leaving it. Killed Famine and Pestilence with
wands of death. Managed to cast Charm Monster a few times, after taking off
Gauntlets of Power and Shield of Reflection to get success rate down to 48%.
The tamed creaturess helped keep Famine and Pestilence (and other baddies) a
few spaces away from me. Death didn't seem to come after me.
Stood on the Altar and then started to think maybe i could try get back to
the BoH that i dumped upon entering the Astral Plane. Wanted to ascend with
my artifact weapons. Took a step, Pestilence rises from the dead, uh oh,
head back to altar, step onto altar and become paralysed by a thrown potion
of paralysis, Pestilence makes me Ill. At this point i wanted to take a
step back from myself and give myself a giant kick in the ass for not
offering the Amulet when i had the chance. It was like torture pressing the
spacebar to get through all the messages waiting to see if i could move
again before dieing of Illness. I had stayed up to 3:30am to finish the
game, had a chance to end it, and then here it looked like i was going to
die while standing on the altar with the amulet. Fortuneately i was able to
move before dieing. And then for a second i considered trying to kill
Pestilence one more time, after what had just happened you would think i had
learned :) Came to my senses and decided to just offer the Amulet and i
ascended.
Before this character i had only gotten as far as the quest so from the
quest till the end i was seeing everything for the first time. Now i know
what to expect i hope to make my next ascension in quite a few less moves.
Missy the Lady St:25 Dx:20 Co:20 In:20 Wi:20 Ch:16 Lawful
Astral Plane $:2 HP:326(355) Pw:14(70) AC:-48 Exp:30 T:140287 Hungry
Ill
Amulets
s - an uncursed amulet of magical breathing
B - an uncursed amulet of life saving
K - a blessed amulet of life saving (being worn)
M - an uncursed amulet of life saving
Weapons
W - the rustproof +0 Magicbane
X - the rustproof +4 Mjollnir (weapon in hand)
Armor
c - a blessed fireproof +5 pair of speed boots (being worn)
f - an uncursed rustproof +4 pair of gauntlets of power (being worn)
g - a blessed +4 shield of reflection (being worn)
r - an uncursed +6 Hawaiian shirt (being worn)
I - an uncursed +0 oilskin cloak
N - a blessed +4 gray dragon scale mail (being worn)
V - a blessed +5 robe (being worn)
Z - an uncursed rustproof +4 helm of brilliance (being worn)
Comestibles
l - an uncursed partly eaten food ration
Spellbooks
m - the cursed Book of the Dead
Potions
b - 4 uncursed potions of extra healing
e - a blessed potion of gain level
i - an uncursed potion of extra healing
w - a potion of holy water
P - an uncursed potion of full healing
Rings
a - an uncursed ring of slow digestion (on left hand)
u - an uncursed ring of conflict
A - an uncursed ring of teleport control (on right hand)
G - an uncursed ring of levitation
Wands
k - a rusty wand of cold (0:1)
o - a rusty wand of cancellation (0:5)
t - a wand of teleportation (0:7)
v - a wand of teleportation (1:0)
x - a wand of teleportation (0:1)
C - a wand of teleportation (0:0)
D - a wand of death (0:4)
E - a cursed wand of cancellation (0:8)
F - a rusty wand of death (0:0)
H - a wand of digging (0:4)
J - a wand of death (0:2)
L - a cursed very rusty wand of cancellation (3:11)
Q - a wand of death (0:0)
S - a rusty wand of teleportation (0:0)
Tools
d - an uncursed blindfold
p - the uncursed Candelabrum of Invocation (no candles attached)
y - the Bell of Opening (0:0)
z - an uncursed oilskin sack
O - a cursed +0 unicorn horn
R - a cursed rusty stethoscope
T - the Orb of Fate (0:5)
Y - an uncursed magic whistle
Gems
j - a blessed luckstone
Final Attributes:
You were the Hand of Elbereth.
You were piously aligned.
You were fire resistant.
You were cold resistant.
You were sleep resistant.
You were disintegration-resistant.
You were shock resistant.
You were poison resistant.
You were magic-protected.
You were sick from illness.
You saw invisible.
You were telepathic.
You were warned.
You had infravision.
You were stealthy.
You could teleport.
You had teleport control.
You had slower digestion.
You were protected.
You were very fast.
You had reflection.
Your life would have been saved.
You were extremely lucky.
You had extra luck.
Good luck did not time out for you.
You survived.
Vanquished creatures:
(from memory due to stuffing up screenshot)
Demogorgon
..some other named Demons..
Famine (2 times)
Pestilence (2 times)
Wizard of Yendor (about 10 times, Double Troubled once)
Vlad the Impaler
Medusa
..etc..
5130 creatures vanquished.
Genocided species:
Nazguls (extinct)
soldiers (extinct)
erinyes (extinct)
0 species genocided.
Voluntary challenges:
You never genocided any monsters.
You used 6 wishes.
You did not wish for any artifacts.
Farvel Missy the Demigodess...
You went to your reward with 8074954 points,
Book of the Dead (worth 350000 zorkmids and 875000 points)
Candelbrum of Invocation (worth 300000 zorkmids and 750000 points)
Bell of Opening (worth 100000 zorkmids and 250000 points)
The Orb of Fate (worth 6000 zorkmids and 15000 points)
Magicbane (worth 400 zorkmids and 1000 points)
Mjollnir (worth 500 zorkmids and 1250 points)
3 amulets of life saving (worth 450 zorkmids),
1 amulet of magical breathing (worth 150 zorkmids),
and 2 pieces of gold, after 140287 moves,
You were level 30 with a maximum of 355 hit points when you ascended.
neme
;-)
..neme
"Mark Shipton" <mshi...@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
news:3b5ffc0a$0$20903$7f31...@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
Darshan Shaligram
>After playing Nethack on and off over 5 years i finally ascended a
>character, Missy the Dwarven Valk.
Congratulations!
>Used first wish for Amulet of Life Saving, also wished for; Gauntlets of
>Power, Helm of Brilliance, blessed Archon figurine (which just ended up
>being peaceful, arrgghhh),
I've never had luck with blessed figurines myself. I usually get tame
critters, but then they somehow find a levelporter and disappear for
ever (or until they've turned un-tame).
[snip]
>Missy was pretty much able to stand up to anything in the late game. Hated
>running into Master Mind Flayers though, had my brain eaten on about 3
>separate occasions. Ended up killing quite a few Master Mind Flayers but
>only saw a few Mind Flayers. Arch-Lichs were a pain too coz they kept
>summoning stuff. Paid one of the named demons off, killed the others that i
>came across.
Didn't genocide liches and mindflayers? Genoless for a first ascension
is very courageous.
>Once i got the Amulet i headed back up, got sent back about 4 times, was a
>bit annoying but not as bad as what others have suffered. It was during
>this trip up that i bumped into the much feared Demogorgon. At first he was
>just standing there so i thought i might just try sneak off but he came
>looking for me. Was going to try and beat him to death while drinking
>potions to cure the sickness. After a few rounds of combat i was getting
>pretty nervous, wasn't sure if i was making any headway, and then i
>remembered i still had a few wishes left. Wished for a cockatrice corpse
>and the next time he showed up beside me i turned him into a statue. Phew,
>what a relief.
Tackling Demogorgon successfully in a first ascension is very good.
I'm impressed.
[snip]
>Stood on the Altar and then started to think maybe i could try get back to
>the BoH that i dumped upon entering the Astral Plane. Wanted to ascend with
You did what? Reached the altar, then turned back? Good god.
>head back to altar, step onto altar and become paralysed by a thrown potion
>of paralysis,
Free action is almost mandatory on the Astral Plane. The priests can
cast paralyzation ('hold') spells and if a Rider is nearby, you've had
it.
>Pestilence makes me Ill. At this point i wanted to take a
>step back from myself and give myself a giant kick in the ass for not
>offering the Amulet when i had the chance. It was like torture pressing the
>spacebar to get through all the messages waiting to see if i could move
>again before dieing of Illness. I had stayed up to 3:30am to finish the
>game, had a chance to end it, and then here it looked like i was going to
>die while standing on the altar with the amulet. Fortuneately i was able to
>move before dieing. And then for a second i considered trying to kill
>Pestilence one more time, after what had just happened you would think i had
>learned :) Came to my senses and decided to just offer the Amulet and i
>ascended.
How many turns did you lose? Pestilence can kill very quickly. I think
my tourist died in just 3 or 4 turns when he ran foul of Pestilence
with a cursed unicorn horn.
[snip]
>Weapons
>W - the rustproof +0 Magicbane
>X - the rustproof +4 Mjollnir (weapon in hand)
You were using Mojo on the Astral Plane? From what I've heard, it's
not a very good weapon there.
>Armor
>r - an uncursed +6 Hawaiian shirt (being worn)
Overenchanted. I'm surprised it didn't vaporize. Or did you poly
this from some elven armor? Or can shirts be safely enchanted over
+5, I wonder?
>Rings
>a - an uncursed ring of slow digestion (on left hand)
>u - an uncursed ring of conflict
>A - an uncursed ring of teleport control (on right hand)
You don't need teleport control on the Planes - they're all no
teleport levels. A ring of free action would have been far more
useful.
[snip]
>You were sick from illness.
I generally see this after I die... :)
Very impressive indeed.
Darshan
Jules Bean
> >Armor
> >r - an uncursed +6 Hawaiian shirt (being worn)
> Overenchanted. I'm surprised it didn't vaporize. Or did you poly
> this from some elven armor? Or can shirts be safely enchanted over
> +5, I wonder?
>
Or he had two at +5, and spare scrolls, so there was nothing to be lost
by trying to enchant one of them further, and he got lucky...
Jules
Tina Hall
(Jules Bean) wrote:
> Darshan Shaligram wrote:
Could also have gotten a +2 enchantment when it was at +4.
--
Bye
Tina
No, there's no cure. And I wouldn't want one anyway.
Esque
> On 29.07.01, ju...@dcs.qmw.ac.uk
> (Jules Bean) wrote:
> >
> > Or he had two at +5, and spare scrolls, so there was nothing
> > to be lost by trying to enchant one of them further, and he
> > got lucky...
> Could also have gotten a +2 enchantment when it was at +4.
Which doesn't really change Jules' point, since it's still very
dangerous. :)
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Dylan O'Donnell
> Esque <sol...@angband.org> writes:
> >Tina Hall <Tina...@typhoon.kruemel.org> deserves a cookie for saying:
>
> >> > Or he had two at +5, and spare scrolls, so there was nothing
> >> > to be lost by trying to enchant one of them further, and he
>
>
> >Which doesn't really change Jules' point, since it's still very
> >dangerous. :)
>
> the enchantment than a +5 one?
Yes; the chance of vaporising a +4 shirt is 75%, a +5 one 80%. Either
way, not odds I'd like to take without insurance.
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Tina Hall
(Esque) wrote:
> Tina Hall <Tina...@typhoon.kruemel.org> deserves a cookie
> > for saying: On 29.07.01, ju...@dcs.qmw.ac.uk
> > (Jules Bean) wrote:
> > >
> > > Or he had two at +5, and spare scrolls, so there was
> > > nothing to be lost by trying to enchant one of them
> > > further, and he got lucky...
>
> > Could also have gotten a +2 enchantment when it was at +4.
>
> Which doesn't really change Jules' point, since it's still
> very dangerous. :)
Oops. I confused that with weapons and was convinced to be save
at +4, at least for that deluded moment to make the post...