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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4239 days, 23 hours, 36 minutes and 50 seconds ago. |
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! *ahem* Kinda pleased now - just got my first victory in ADOM after over 8 years of playing! I had to settle for a normal Chaos God ending instead of an ultra because of a little accident when I was around level 28. I was in a tight spot and prayed for healing, but was instead crowned chaotic! Was silly really, there were other ways out of the situation, and I should have been more careful about being C- and having too high a piety. Ah well, I'm pleased with this victory anyway, since it is my first. THE GAME: I started off going to DD and found an altar on the second floor. Killed weak monsters till I was level 8 and sacced till I got a pre-crowning - was very very pleased to get Preserver. Cleared the dungeon, the puppy cave and UD without much bother, but I was always careful to not go out of my depth and level up as much as possible. Found a RoDS in UD so I used it for eternium spears. Did pyramid next and then some dwarven quests, and built some stats up with herbs. Did some digging in the dwarven graveyard, but without finding anything too exciting. Fed the ratling and did Gaab'Baay's quests. Also did the High Kings dungeon and the Rift without any great bother. After getting a ring of ice and construct-slaying ammo I went and cleared DarkForge. Found a very nice suit of eternium plate mail of resilience which I used to the end of the game. Another item I found here and ended up using for the rest of the game was Purifier. I was lucky to pick it up actually - it was an unidentified "heavy mace", and it's only because I happened to pick up every weapon in DarkForge and id them all that I realised I had it. I continuied to use it with great glee for a long time. Scummed the pools to get a wish for an amulet of life saving. Saved Khelly and made good use of the Teleportation spellbook for the rest of the game - meant my Mana got trained a *lot*. Reason it never got to 99 was that I ended up using writing sets a lot, mostly on scrolls of education (wrote about 10 I think). Cleared the fire and water temples with great ease, and gained a fair number of levels in the process. Dove down through the CoC, picking up the kitty ring and a few trinkets from the casino shop (no artifacts unfortunately). On a cavernous level I encountered a threat room of very experienced minotaur mazelords. I rashly tried meleeing them, but got pummelled badly, and that's when I made the mistake of praying. Alas I was crowned chaotic with Cat's Claw (never bothered using that). I nearly quit the game right then in digust, but then I remembered that I could still go for a regular Chaos God ending... I continued diving, and passed by a greater vault - something I had never encountered before. It was practically filled with master liches and lich kings, but a wand of item detection also told me it contained a book and bracers - I knew which artifacts those must be. But right then even the lure of the mighty bracers of war was not enough to tempt me to take on the vault. I dived further. I cleared the earth and air temples, and killed the grues on D48 for the xp. By this stage my stats were starting to go through the roof. I was finding loads of PoGA and stat-potions, and making more whenever I found the right ingredients (PoCC + PoUH = PoGA - an expensive recipe, but worth it). Eventually I came back to the vault, and after a lot of effort I cleared it. I was kinda low on undead slaying ammo, so had to make hefty use of Purifier, which meant getting a lot of stats drained. Emperor lich went down easily enough, but the fifty or so master liches took some getting through. By the end my To was somewhat ruined, but a lot of undead corpses mixed with sickness and toughness-reducing corruptions meant I was able to bring it back to great heights again quickly enough. Unfortunately during all the vault-clearing I accidentally killed a kitty, and so lost my precious ring :( But still, I now had the bracers of war, which coupled with preserver, my bard's naturally high regen, and the fast-healing corruption meant I was never ever short on HP. I went on to clear the Mana temple. Found Wyrmlance at some point and put it to very good use in the blue dragon caves (where I found a wand of wishing and two RoDSes - were used on PoGA recipes and SoCR). Got a lot of experience and treasures from there - came out level 46. Then I did the Filk quest whilst diving for the Sceptre. Went and killed the emperor moloch for the hell of it - he brought me to level 50. Brought the crumpled scroll to Khelevaster, but when I tried to give it to him he just looked at me with sadness. So I burned him. And the town. Slew everyone there, then everyone in the bandit town, murdered the water dragon, then razed HMV and dwarftown. Slaughtered a shopkeeper in UD that was holding back a RoDS from me. Killed the white unicorn (she was hostile anyway - couldn't get either of the damned unicorn quests). Went homicidal on Kherab after he gave me the shield and amulet of raw steel (which I only realised I could get after I talked to him and he instantly gave them to me). Cleared the casino of its denizens, and dove down to kill the AKW. With no one left alive I was feeling a bit better about life in general, and went off to do some smithing (which is something I've never done before in ADOM - was amazed at the results I got) and wrote some more scrolls of education. Once it got to the next Dark Night I killed Keriax and got the final part of the trinity. Ate his corpse (I ate a few of the chaos corpses actually - they were no good to me once I was crowned chaotic, since the druid wouldn't give me any PoCC). I now readied myself for the final assault. I dove down with the trinity (teleporting practically all the way). Uselessness gift was Far Slayer - would have been nicer if I'd brought more quarrels with me, but unfortunately I specialised in bows. Cleared D50 with great ease - ice ball and magic missile helped a lot, as did Purifier for the balors. Fisty fell quickly to the heavy mace. After that I hung around a bit on D50 till I had the necessary corruptions. Had found another RoDS, so used it for more PoCC to mix me up some PoGA. After I got to the extremely corrupted stage I downed all my boosting potions, used my last two RoDSes on wishes for speed, put on the trinity and stepped through the gate... THE END: "OnE oF Us, oNe Of Us!" the minions chanted as his body slipped through the warped plane. He could feel the chaotic powers roaring around him, wild swirls of energy meshing around his being. Yes, this was where he belonged, and he could see the creatures here were ready for change. They accepted him, and he would be their master. But then everything went black, and he felt a new power approach, one that rejected him even in his might. A voice redolent in terrorising power spoke out of the blackness. "I am the Elder Chaos God, Andor Drakon. Who art thee mortal, who doth dare invade my realm?!" But Tarindil laughed in scorn. "Look carefully, worm, for I bear the correct insignia! The trinity has been reformed, and I am here to lay you to waste! I bring forth a new dischord, a new tune in the theme of the world. And I weave in this music the chords of the true light and the true darkness, and against its mighty destiny not even you can stand. The power of chaos shall be mine!" And at that the Elder Chaos God did chuckle, seeing here a challenge he had not had the chance to face in many millenia since first he had split the trinity. But there was a disquiet in him, and the outcome of the battle was hidden from his eyes. "Very well. It sHaLl bE A pLeAsUrE To sHrEd YoU iN mElEe!" Tarindil felt the ground harden beneath his feet, and lighting a torch he found himself in an ever-changing cavern. A balor approached, it's skin warping like a swarm of insects, reflecting the vile hues of the corrupted stone around them. The bard brought his heavy mace sweeping down upon the demon, smashing through the creature's chest. Twice more he smote the balor in quick succession, before the demon even had a chance to lash its scourge, and the monster crumpled to the ground in a disintegrating heap of dirt. He felt then the power of his true rival, and marching forth in proud strength he came to face the Elder Chaos God. He looked now at the abominable creature, but in envy rather than hatred. No mortal words were enough to describe this terrible force of evil, this unequalled concentration of chaotic energy. Here was a power Tarindil desired above all else. The Chaos God's thoughts turned upon him, and all about him malign and deformed creatures writhed up from the floor, masses of limbs and teeth flailing desperately at the grey elf. Tarindil took out a crystal of fire, and holding it up he crushed it in his hand and forced out the flame with his will. A towering column of fire flew out a hundred feet, and the pathetic creatures were instantly scorched into the dust. Magical forces flew out from Andor Drakon - waves of ice and fire, and intense mental forces looking to destroy the mortal's mind and body. But they flew off Tarindil like a light breeze, unfazing him in the fullness of his wrath and power. He took out his great crossbow and cocked it with his most powerful quarrels. With great force and speed he shot the slaying bolts, and they seared brightly through the air like a shower of meteors. The Chaos God tried with magicks to hold back the deadly force of the quarrels, but a score and more of them pierced through his defences, sending shockwaves out as they ripped through his dark form. A scream of anger and defiance roared up from the Elder Chaos God, but it was in vain. Running out of quarrels Tarindil now switched to his bow, and with great strength he shot a mighty arrow that tore through the dark god's being, unstringing the forces that held him together. The chaotic energies were unleashed, and Tarindil raised out his arms in expectation. This was the power he had strived for, this was the power he was fated to achieve. A new God was born. THE FLG: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Tarindil St:97 Le:63 Wi:98 Dx:85 To:99 Ch:77 Ap:71 Ma:80 Pe:67 C-
DV/PV: 93/89 H:1170(1170) P:60(1653) Exp: 50/42286247 ChAoS Sp: 635
Blessed Invisible Bloated Berserk
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Background Information
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Name: Tarindil Race: male Gray Elf Class: Bard
Eye color: blue Hair color: silver Complexion: light
Height: 6'7" Weight: 145 pounds Scars: 1
Age: 380 (grown-up, 75 years of unnatural aging added in)
Star sign: Candle Birthday: 29/Candle (day 299 of the year)
YOUR HISTORY:
Your parents are travelling adventurers. Both are competent,
talented and doing very well.
As a child your parents cared a lot for you. Despite all
circumstances you enjoyed a happy and fine childhood.
During your youth you were very lazy. You slept a lot and didn't
care too much for your duties and tasks. Your parents were not very happy
with you.
As a young adult you left your home because of trouble with your
parents. They opposed your plans for the future without understanding your
wishes. Thus you decided to live on your own. You wandered through the
country for many years, growing older and wiser and learning many things.
You decided to become a Bard.
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Inventory
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Total weight: 9986 stones Carrying capacity: 42855 stones
He: blessed waterproof helm of mental stability [+2, +8] {Le+3} [100s]
Ne: blessed sapphire amulet "Preserver" [+4, +4] {Wi+7} [3s]
Bo: blessed eternium plate mail of resilience (-1, -2) [+8, +18] [240s]
Gi: blessed waterproof girdle of giant strength [+4, +5] {St+12} [30s]
Cl: blessed waterproof cloak of protection [+0, +6] [20s]
RH: blessed rune-covered heavy mace "Purifier" (+5, 4d5+5) [-4, +1] {Wi+4}
LH: uncursed shield of raw steel (+2) [+18, +12] {To+8} [180s]
RR: blessed ring of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage) [1s]
LR: blessed ring of mental stability [+3, +3] {Le+2} [1s]
Br: blessed bracers of war [+8, +4] {Dx+8} [10s]
Ga: blessed rustproof gauntlets of strength (-1, +0) [+5, +5] {St+6} [40s]
Bo: blessed waterproof seven league boots [+4, +6] [30s]
MW: blessed long bow of accuracy (+10, +2) [30s]
Mi: bundle of 18 blessed arrows of demon slaying (+3, 1d6+3) [36s]
Tl: uncursed torch (693 turns of fuel remaining, lit) [10s]
*** Some smithing went to good work on some of this equipment, as did the many
scrolls of defense and protection I found throughout the game. The GoGS was
from a wish, and the SLBs are the ones I started out with.
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Stuff
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Total weight: 9055 stones Carrying capacity: 42855 stones
Helmets ('[')
uncursed helm of water breathing [+0, +4] [30s]
uncursed leather cap (+1, +1) [+3, +0] [5s]
uncursed crown of lightning [+7, +6] (+5 spd) [65s]
uncursed crown of ice (+1, +1) [+1, +2] [65s]
uncursed eternium cap [+0, +7] [28s]
Armor ('[')
uncursed ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8} [60s]
blessed leather apron (-1, -1) [+0, +2] [75s]
uncursed padded elven chain mail of resilience [+0, +5] [10s]
uncursed vigilant adamantium plate mail of travelling (-2, -4) [-2, +13]
uncursed black dragon scale mail (-2, -4) [-4, +12] [200s]
uncursed eternium plate mail of the sea (-1, -2) [-1, +13] [240s]
blessed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [-1, +15] [240s]
uncursed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [-1, +15] [240s]
Shields ('[')
blessed tower adamantium shield (-2) [+18, +7] [108s]
*** I used this smithed up shield a lot, but late in the game I got the shield
of raw steel from the dwarven artificer, which in spite of its corrupting
nature is actually a really amazingly good shield.
blessed tower crystal shield (-1) [+13, +6] [260s]
Gauntlets ('[')
<snip>
blessed waterproof gloves of smiting [+0, +0] (+7 damage) [6s]
*** Used these a fair amount - +7 damage is pretty damned nice.
Girdles ('[')
blessed girdle of carrying [+6, +6] [15s]
*** Found this early on in DD, and carried on using it till I got the GoGS.
uncursed eternium girdle [+0, +4] [12s]
blessed girdle of carrying [+0, +0] [15s]
Boots ('[')
uncursed eternium boots [+3, +5] [55s]
blessed seven league boots (+1, -1) [+1, +0] [30s]
uncursed boots of sneakiness [+0, +3] {Dx+2} [20s]
uncursed seven league boots [+2, +0] [30s]
uncursed seven league boots [+1, -2] [30s]
heap of 2 uncursed pairs of seven league boots [+1, +0] [60s]
*** Man, found lots of these, and only ever usd my original pair. Had
practically no equipment destruction all game - was quite refreshing.
Necklaces (''')
heap of 4 uncursed amulets of death ray resistance [28s]
blessed amulet of order [3s]
uncursed ankh [3s]
heap of 2 uncursed amulets of light [6s]
heap of 4 uncursed necklaces of the eye [12s]
uncursed amulet of hunger [3s]
heap of 5 uncursed amulets of balance [15s]
blessed amulet of chaos [3s]
uncursed amulet of protection from undead [3s]
uncursed amulet of petrification resistance [3s]
uncursed amulet of perseverance {Wi+7} [3s]
*** Don't know why I even bothered carrying these around - nothing compares with
Preserver.
Bracers (',')
uncursed bracers of toughness [+0, +0] {To+4} [10s]
uncursed bracers of resistance [+0, +0] [10s]
*** Again, pretty useless when you have Bracers of War.
One-handed weapons ('(')
heap of 3 uncursed eternium spears (+2, 2d8+8) [75s]
blessed eternium spear (+5, 2d8+8) [25s]
*** Got 3 of these from and early wish, and used them exclusively till I found
the heavy mace.
heap of 2 blessed pick axes (+0, 1d6+1) [150s]
uncursed phase dagger (+7, 1d4+8) [+2, +0] [5s]
blessed thin dagger "Cat's Claw" (+4, 3d3) {Dx+8} [10s]
uncursed black rune-covered dagger "Needle" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1] [10s]
uncursed black rune-covered dagger "Sting" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1] [10s]
*** Never used any of these daggers - Purifier is quite sufficient.
blessed eternium warhammer (+2, 4d3+8) [29s]
Two-handed weapons ('(')
uncursed adamantium halberd of damnation (+9, 2d7+8) [-2, +0] [70s]
uncursed rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance" (+15, 4d8+10) [-2, +0] [50s]
*** Can't remember where I found this, but it was of huge use in BDC and against
lots of big dragons I faced.
blessed rune-covered trident (+6, 3d12+6) [+4, +4] {Dx+12} [80s]
uncursed shining long spear "Soaker" (+9, 3d7) [+3, +0] [10s]
*** Found in BDC - quite useless.
uncursed lawful heavy club of devastation (+1, 5d10+10) [-1, +0] [120s]
uncursed lawful two-handed sword of devastation (+5, 7d5+11) [-1, +0]
uncursed barbed trident of hunting (+2, 3d5+4) [70s]
Missile weapons ('}')
<snip>
blessed heavy crossbow "The Far Slayer" (+18, +18) [350s]
*** Man, I so could have done with this earlier in the game. Oh well, got a bit
of use out of it in the end at least.
uncursed long bow (+4, +5) [30s]
Missiles ('/')
<snip lots of arrows>
Tools (']')
<snip>
Instruments ('{')
heap of 3 uncursed harps [90s]
blessed glockenspiel [120s]
<lots more snippage>
uncursed crumpled scroll [2s]
*** Bah, ol' grumpy Khelly didn't want this. Well, he suffered for it...
(though my original plan was to turn neutral and get it from him, then
instantly slay him with it)
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Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon Lvl Hit Dam DV Level Required marks
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Unarmed fighting 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 20
Daggers & knives 4 +3 +1 +0 skilled 105
Clubs & hammers 3 +2 +1 +0 basic 14
Maces & flails 14 +16 +11 +5 Mastery 10719
Swords 5 +3 +2 +1 skilled 170
Axes 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25
Whips 2 +2 +1 +2 basic 40
Pole arms 12 +14 +8 +16 Mastery 209
Twohanded weapons 4 +4 +4 +1 skilled 105
Staves 3 +3 +0 +3 basic 65
*** Bard level bonuses gave me lots of different marks here, but I touched
pretty much nothing other than polearms and Purifier.
Missile weapon Lvl Hit Dam Ra Level Required marks
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Bows 8 +16 +12 +2 excellent 55
Crossbows 5 +10 +7 +1 skilled 56
Shields Lvl DV Level Required marks
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Shields 12 +24 Mastery 3557
Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: +219 bonus to hit, 4d5+111 damage
*** This is on Berserk. On Coward my DV was over 200.
Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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Ammunition: 18, base range: 25, +146 bonus to hit, 1d6+74 damage
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Skills
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Alchemy ...................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Alertness ................. 78 (great) [+1d3]
Appraising ................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Athletics ................. 90 (great) [+2d4]
Backstabbing ..............100 (superb) [+2d4]
Bridge building ........... 20 (mediocre) [+4d5] (mr)
Climbing ..................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Concentration .............100 (superb) [+2d4]
Cooking ................... 21 (mediocre) [+4d4] (mr)
Detect item status ........100 (superb) [+1d3]
Detect traps ..............100 (superb) [+2d4]
Disarm traps ..............100 (superb) [+2d4]
Dodge .....................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Find weakness .............100 (superb) [+1d3]
First aid .................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Food preservation .........100 (superb) [+2d4]
Gardening .................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Gemology ..................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Haggling ..................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Healing ...................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Herbalism .................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Law .......................100 (superb) [+1]
Listening .................100 (superb) [+3d3]
Literacy ..................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Metallurgy ................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Mining ....................100 (superb) [+1d3]
Music .....................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Pick pockets ..............100 (superb) [+2d4]
Smithing ..................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Stealth ...................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Swimming ..................100 (superb) [+1d3]
Tactics ...................100 (superb) [+1d3]
Two weapon combat .........100 (superb) [+1d3]
Ventriloquism ............. 89 (great) [+2d4]
Woodcraft .................100 (superb) [+1d5]
*** Gwah, loads of skills... Most of them were from Scrolls of Educations, and
a few from the bard level power. With high Le even the ones I got late in the
gate got to 100 pretty fast. Pity I couldn't get Athletics to max though...
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Spells
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<snipped out rarely used spells>
Burning Hands : 645, 6pp (Effectivity: +10)
Fireball : 383, 19pp (Effectivity: +6)
Ice Ball : 108, 24pp (Effectivity: +8)
*** Couldn't believe how huge the balls got by the end of the game. I've
seriously got to play a wizard some time just for the whole mass destruction
element.
Magic Missile : 1149, 6pp (Effectivity: +10)
*** This gets fun when trained a bit. Effectiveity would be closer to 30 if I
was a natural spellcaster.
Teleportation : 718, 21pp (Effectivity: +5)
*** Book-casted this a *lot*. By far the most-used spell in the game.
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Effects of Corruption
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Your corrupted tissue seems to heal much faster.
You have grown horns (+3 melee damage, Ap: -4).
You have grown a bulging cranium (Le: +6, Wi: +4, Ap: -6, PV: -4, To: -3).
*** Got rid of all my corruptions when I first faced Andy, and stripped more
off when I got him to critically injured.
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His further life:
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After slaying Andor Drakon and absorbing his powers you quickly grow
accustomed to your new might. You enjoy yourself slaughtering your
opposition for a couple of moments and then prepare for a greater goal...
the conquest of your former home world.
To your own surprise you have to realize that omnipotence is a stretchable
word and that you no longer are strong enough (maybe due to the heavy
fighting before) to pass the Chaos gate or even send malicious energies
through it to harass Ancardia. Thus you bide your time and enjoy yourself
sending Chaos troops to Ancardia every couple of centuries.
This continues until you are finally strong enough to create a bridge
between the planes of Chaos and Ancardia. Sadly a nasty surprise is waiting
for you: the heroic folks of Ancardia obviously did not forget the last
incursion of Chaos and this time a hero is prepared to challenge you. Bathed
in the radiance of Law and Goodness He enters your home plane and challenges
you to a battle.
To your very surprise your dark magics don't effect him and you are killed
in a long battle. In the last seconds of your life, facing the might of the
hero of light, you wonder if everything could have been different, had you
made some other decisions in your mortal life...
*** Bah... Will get a better ending next time.
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His achievements during his adventures:
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Tarindil, the gray elven bard, managed to become a ChAoS gOd.
He scored 9195685 points and advanced to level 50.
He survived for 0 years, 85 days, 23 hours, 23 minutes and 54 seconds
(182940 turns).
5 companions were killed during his adventures.
*** My first fairy dragon got killed early on in spite of my best efforts.
Other things like cats that I tamed ended up dying here and there.
Tarindil visited 138 places.
His strength score was modified by +54 during his career.
His learning score was modified by +33 during his career.
His willpower score was modified by +47 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +46 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +71 during his career.
His charisma score was modified by +33 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by +42 during his career.
His mana score was modified by +27 during his career.
His perception score was modified by +49 during his career.
*** Drank masses of PoGA, and had the Ape corruption for a long time to build up
St and To. Bard level 50 power is also nice for the stats...
He was unnaturally aged by 75 years.
*** Bah, forgot to remove this.
He was the champion of the arena.
He was the head of the thieves guild.
He defeated the arch enemy of a mighty karmic wyrm.
He adhered to the principles of the Cat Lord but fell from grace.
*** *sobs*
He stopped the generation of nasty bugs.
He saved Khelavaster from certain death.
*** And promptly slew him later :)
He ended his adventuring life in the palace of Andor Drakon.
11006 monsters perished under his attacks.
The following 35 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
the si
the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
the ring of the master cat
the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
the thin dagger "Cat's Claw"
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Water
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Air
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Fire
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Earth
the heavy crossbow "The Far Slayer"
the lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
the rune-covered trident
the sword of Nonnak
the elemental gauntlets
the ring of the High Kings
the phial of Caladriel
the crown of science
the shield of raw steel
the amulet of raw steel
the ancient mummy wrapping
the ankh
the Crown of Chaos
the Sceptre of Chaos
the black torc
the Medal of Chaos
the bracers of war
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
the black rune-covered dagger "Needle"
the black rune-covered dagger "Sting"
the rune-covered heavy mace "Purifier"
the sapphire amulet "Preserver"
the black tome of Alsophocus
the shining long spear "Soaker"
the weird tome
the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance"
*** Wow, I actually found every one of them in the game. Normally a couple will
pass me by...
He possessed the following intrinsics:
He was fire resistant.
He was poison resistant (enhanced through items).
He was cold resistant.
He was acid resistant.
He was lucky (enhanced through items).
Fate smiled upon him.
He was sleep resistant.
He was able to control teleportation.
He was invisible.
He was stun resistant (gained through an item).
He was paralyzation resistant (gained through an item).
He was resistant to death rays (enhanced through an item).
He was shock resistant.
He was able to see invisible things.
He was immune to fire attacks (gained through an item).
He was immune to acidic attacks.
He was immune to ice attacks (gained through an item).
He was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through items).
*** Got HP and PP regen down to 5 quite early on in the game, and when coupled
with the bard class powers of regeneration I was never short of HP or PP.
He had the following talents: Affinity with Maces & Flails, Affinity with
Polemarms, Alert, Basher, Beast of Burden, Boon to the Family, Charming,
Good Shot, Healthy, Heir, Keen Shot, Long Stride, Master Packager, Mighty
Strike, Miser, Porter, Powerful Strike, Quick, Quick Shot, Treasure Hunter.
He had a final speed score of 635 (final base speed: 150).
He was a Chaos God. He asked for 1 divine intervention.
He was Chaos personified.
The following monsters were vanquished:
<snipped uninteresting ones>
128 ancient blue dragons
*** Hehe, they left some nice treasures, and a fair few nice corpses too.
1 ancient blue wyrm
1 Ancient Chaos Wyrm
1 ancient dwarf
1 ancient karmic wyrm
3 ancient red dragons
1 ancient sage
*** That'll learn the stuck up bugger for not giving me the trident.
1 Ancient Stone Beast
1 arena master
1 assassin prince
12 balors
1 big casino guard
1 burly adventurer
35 casino guards
5 cave lions
4 cave tigers
*** After the first kitty I killed I just went all-out on the rest.
1 Chaos Archmage
6 children
*** They didn't leave any corpses :(
1 demented ratling
16 diamond golems
*** Met a couple in the Rift that were a bit troublesome - Magic Missile managed
to get them in the end. Later on Purifier made very short work of them.
1 druid
17 dwarves
1 dwarven artificer
10 dwarven children
*** Being evil is a good career choice - it has a lot to offer (like mindless
slaughter)
2 dwarven elite guardians
8 dwarven guardians
1 dwarven inn keeper
1 dwarven smith
1 dwarven weaponmaster
1 ElDeR cHaOs GoD
*** Blah, second time I killed him, and he went down faster this time.
Thankfully I wasn't turned into a pathetic chaos wretch this time round.
2 emperor liches
*** One in the greater undead vault and another in the scintillating cave.
1 emperor moloch
6 farmers
2 female dwarves
1 fool
5 goodwives
1 great water dragon
1 greater balor
8 greater molochs
*** Found a few of these roaming about - nice for the xp.
1 greater titan
31 greater water elementals
1 greater white unicorn
6 gremlins
*** No gremlin-scumming for me, sir!
15 griffons
1 grizzled gladiator
*** The bugger wouldn't teach me Courage 'cause I was chaotic. So I taught him
pain :)
1 ki-rin
*** Encountered this in the scintillating cave - fell pretty easily.
190 killer bugs
42 lich kings
*** Nasty pieces of work...
1 mad doctor
1 Mad Minstrel
*** I am now the true MaD MiNsTrEl!
1 malicious doctor
5 master thieves
*** Surprisingly found a fair few of these.
20 muscular dwarves
1 old barbarian
1 oracle
*** I keep meaning to speak to her at some point to see what she says about the
trinity and all, but I always end up killing and eating her first :(
1 priest
7 quicklings
1 quickling bard
6 quickling kings
2 quickling lords
5 quickling queens
*** Didn't bother even looking for the tree - too worried about corruption as it
was.
1 sheriff
5 shopkeepers
64 thugs
1 tiny girl
*** Never saved her dog. Wish I'd kept the corpse to kill her with it :(
1 village elder
Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." [Edited 1 time, last edit on 4/25/2011 at 20:00 (GMT -5) by Darren Grey] |
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 Kirbot Registered user BattleHax0r of Devastation Last page view: 5885 days, 7 hours, 48 minutes and 49 seconds ago. |
Congrats! :D Molach: "I like to have 200+ hp and over 5 good healin potions when I do [the fire] temple. AND some way of killing the Wyrm" Morio: "Some way of killing the worm is recommended, yes :D" |
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Mewto Registered user Last page view: 3600 days, 1 hour, 59 minutes and 17 seconds ago. |
8 years, huh? Congrats :D For the Horde! |
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Jules Registered user Last page view: 4771 days, 9 hours, 57 minutes and 47 seconds ago. |
Congratulations, feels good doesn't it. Nice style with the mass slaughter at the end. Just as a chaotic would have it done. Hmmm, got me thinking I'm way too nice. Teryino is due a bad day if I get my levels up. |
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F50 Registered user Last page view: 5476 days, 15 hours, 2 minutes and 18 seconds ago. |
Congratulations! One question though: Tarindil turns chaotic??? "If the bread weights that much in the draklor chain, then it's no wonder so many die of starvation. AND - what kind of IRON RATION weights as much as an iron shield?! A dinner for four, oven included? ;)" -Maelstrom |
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SirMason Registered user Paladin of the Shining Citadel Last page view: 4745 days, 19 hours, 8 minutes and 18 seconds ago. |
Hey, great job! Nice narrative too. It's weird how a mere music player could become a chaos god o.O You pick up the Wand of Do Nothing. 'z'... Nothing happens. 't'... The Wand of Do Nothing misses the kestral. Come on, it's a Wand of Do Nothing! |
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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4239 days, 23 hours, 36 minutes and 50 seconds ago. |
F50: No, this Tarindil turned chaotic after his pet fairy dragon Loli got killed. I don't predict that happening with the one in the story, but you never know how things might turn out ;) Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |
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Some guy Registered user I'm baaaack. Last page view: 5603 days, 22 hours, 8 minutes and 37 seconds ago. |
Congrats! You've written a nice story for the last fight; after a few more wins, you probably won't go to that trouble anymore. It's a good thing that you didn't quit in disgust. Rash decisions like that could have made you wait eight more years for an Adom victory. How did you get gloves of smiting +7? The highest I've found is +3, and usually they're -1. "It's weird how a mere music player could become a chaos god o.O" I've made a hurthling bard ultimate chaos god... *grins* The following is a real Adom message: The homunculus hits you. You suddenly fall asleep! Do you want to continue to read the spellbook of Calm Monster? [y/N] |
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Mewto Registered user Last page view: 3600 days, 1 hour, 59 minutes and 17 seconds ago. |
Bards seem to be very lucky, I usually get great equipment with them. You know the classic story, getting two Girdles of Strength +4 St before level 6 :P For the Horde! |
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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4239 days, 23 hours, 36 minutes and 50 seconds ago. |
I found a pair of +5 gloves of smiting in the HMV shop, and then found the +7 pair much later in the game. I didn't know such high numbers were possible myself - usually I just find -1 pairs. I didn't have a huge amount of luck finding equipment, but I almost never lost anything valuable. There were a couple of bracers of toughness early in the game I lost (didn't mind after I found BoW) and obviously some nice cloaks got shredded (though not my best one). Couldn't believe my SLBs lasted throughout the game - never had that sort of luck before. Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |
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nOOb-mAsTeR Registered user Master of all things nOOby!!! Last page view: 5764 days, 13 hours, 32 minutes and 8 seconds ago. |
Tarindil Chaotic.....interesting, I agree F50:D Bards are the 3rd best class IMO. Necros are 1st(Never die trick with artifacts, invincible except to petrify) Mindcrafters are 2nd(ability to use spells,mindcraft, and everything else, making them the best non-cheap class like a necro described above) Bards are 3rd IMO since they pets will NEVER betray you...which means an army of GM's with boosted speed is possible, with wish engine. They are awesome also since they can master in ANYTHING, the sky is the limit(except for mindcraft) But congrats Darren, well earned victory "You try to give Fang, the large dog the bone. Fang, the large dog says,"Do you know who I am, mortal?!?!" My smartest dog ever:D |
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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4239 days, 23 hours, 36 minutes and 50 seconds ago. |
Well, I never used pets really. I did make using of mastering loads of things though - I always had spells, missiles and strong melee to take out any foe. The immense number of skills I got was amazing too - I ended up only missing 6 out of the total list. However, I've just started up a wizard and it really is so much easier to play at the beginning. Having a hugely strong offense at the start is extremely handy, as is finding loads of spellbooks to help with every utility. On top of that he just got precrowned with Preserver - second character in a row now. I wonder if he'll enjoy the same luck as my bard... :) Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |
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Gozer Unregistered user |
Well done, Darren! Your story is awesome - his eventual ascension is brilliantly described! |