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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4211 days, 19 hours, 25 minutes and 31 seconds ago. |
*laughs hysterically* I was pretty pleased to get my first win recently, but I wasn't expecting to be writing another victory post so soon after. I've started two characters since my last victory - the other I still have running (Drakeling wizard) whilst this one I have brought to victory - and the ultimate lawful victory. Never had much luck with rangers, but I played this one very carefully at the start. Left the puppy for the dead, let Kranach have his wicked way in the wilderness - levelled up and got decent equipment instead. Early altar in DD let me get a neutral precrowning with Protector. A second precrowning with herb-farming got me Skullcrusher. They served as a nice combo for a good portion of the game. Annoyingly got perma invis from pools in DarkForge, and spent the rest of the game trying to get rid of it, but to no avail. Meant I couldn't pickpocket as much as I wanted which meant my stats didn't get ridiculously high from potions and I was sometimes running short on holy water. Got a few wishes from the pools though - helped for an amulet of life saving, Concentration skill and SLBs. Concentration meant I could use the guy as a pretty good spellcaster when I needed. Didn't get any SLBs till very late so the game lasted a long time. Also spent a lot of time on digging/smithing and herb-farming. Found 3 (yes, 3) greater vaults - red dragons, giants and undead. Got 6 artifacts from those, as well as 3 from casino and numerous from random drops - I had way more random artifacts in this game than I've ever seen before. Also got to level 50 far sooner than I have done before - being a gnome helped. Corruption was never ever an issue - I could have gotten through without touching a single SoCR if I'd wanted. It's a pity I got myself crowned early - the black unicorn's awards would have suited me better. Couldn't enter the bug temple on this copy of the game, but there was nothing I needed there anyway. Not the most powerful character I've ever had, but was fun to play, and nice to get a ULE at last. Andy fell without any degree of difficulty - usual formulaic finish with blessed quarrels of demon and humanoid slaying. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Screenshot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ################################################################################ #.....#...#....#..#.#.....#...#.#...#...#...#.......e..#..........##...#.#.....# ##...........#.##.....##.##..##............#.....#........#.#..#.#...##..#.....# #.#......#...##..#...#...##.....##...#.....##..#.##..#....#..#......#..##....### #..#..##....#....#.#.#....####...........#.....#...#..........#..####....#..#..# #..#.....#..#....##......#..#.#.....#.#...#..##.#....#....##.####..##...#.....## #.#...#..............###......###......##.#........###................#....#...# #....##..#.....#.#.#..#..........#..#.#.#..##.#.###..#.#####.#..##.#.##........# #.........#.............#...#..#.###....#......#...#.##..#....##....#......#..## ##..#...........#.#...#.....#.#..........................#..#..###.#..##.###.#.# #..##.##.#.....#.#.................###....#....#.#.#.#.....##...####.#.##.#... # #......#.#..#..#.#......#....#..#.#.........##...#.....#.##..##.#.#...#.## # ## ##...#.........#......#........#..#.#...##.....#..#.#..#.#...#....###....#### ## #.....#...#......................##..........#.#..###....#.#...###.#.#...@## # #.#.##..#..#.#........#...#......##.....#..#.#..#........#...#..#..#........## # ##.....#..##..#.#..##.##..........#...#.#.##....#.#.#......#.#....#.......#.# # #.#..#.#..#..#..##.#...#.#.#.#...........#..#...#.......#..##..#.#...#..##...### #..#..#.....#......#..........#..#..##.#......#...#....#.#.......##..... ..#/@# ##......#....#..##..##...##.##.......#.......#..#..#.##.....#..#..#...#( ###.#.# ######################################################################### ##### Excelsior St:77 Le:99 Wi:87 Dx:84 To:87 Ch:57 Ap:44 Ma:85 Pe:45 L+ DV/PV: 83/67 H:1237(1237) P:649(1450) Exp: 50/47963118 ChAoS LE: 526 Blessed Invisible Bloated Berserk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Background Information ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Excelsior Race: male Gnome Class: Ranger Eye color: green Hair color: black Complexion: ruddy Height: 3'5" Weight: 110 pounds Scars: 6 Age: 131 (grown-up, 21 years of unnatural aging added in) Star sign: Book Birthday: 29/Book (day 59 of the year) YOUR HISTORY: Your father is a guildmaster. Your family generally is rather wealthy and well-known in your home town. In your childhood you were fascinated by your environment and the everchanging wonders of the world. You were a very curious and adventurous child. As a youth you spent a lot of time in the wilds exploring woods and generally enjoying your freedom. You had a lot of fun and learned to value the treasures of nature. Your young adulthood was characterized by hard and long work. You had decided to study under a renowned master. To your great disappointment you had to find out, that he was a hard, unjust and tyrannic man, embittered by his old age. Your apprentice years were quite terrible. You decided to become a Ranger. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inventory ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 9366 stones Carrying capacity: 32559 stones He: uncursed crown of leadership [+2, +7] {Ch+18} [65s] Ne: blessed sapphire amulet (named) [+4, +4] {Wi+7} [3s] Bo: blessed eternium plate mail of resilience (-1, -2) [+8, +2] [240s] Gi: blessed girdle of strength [+6, +4] {St+4} [15s] Cl: blessed cloak of defense [+6, +4] [20s] RH: blessed Trident of the Red Rooster (+36, 6d12+18) [+12, +12] {Ma+24} LH: - RR: uncursed ring of slaying (+8 melee damage, +6 missile damage) [1s] LR: blessed ring of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage) [1s] Br: blessed bracers of war [+8, +4] {Dx+8} [10s] Ga: uncursed iron gauntlets (named) (-1, +0) [+1, +3] {St+7} [10s] Bo: blessed seven league boots [+7, +6] [30s] MW: blessed light crossbow of accuracy (+11, +3) [70s] Mi: bundle of 2 uncursed griffon-feathered eternium quarrels of slaying (+1, 4d6+8) Tl: blessed torch (3392 turns of fuel remaining, lit) [10s] ### This is by far the tastiest set of equipment I've ever had. My armour was better than either Robes of Resistance or Nature's Companion in my pack. I was tempted not to wear crown of leadership or IronFist because I had stuff in my pack that was outstripped them in terms of DV/PV. With those and Serpent's Bite with Protector I could get DV/PV up to 230/85. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 8739 stones Carrying capacity: 32559 stones Helmets ('[') uncursed helm of teleportation [+8, +3] [50s] uncursed helm of leadership (-1, +1) [+4, +5] {Ch+6} [100s] uncursed crown of science [+4, +8] {Le+9} [65s] blessed crown of regeneration [+7, +6] [55s] ### My main helm before I got crown of leadership as a Uselessness gift. It started off [+0, +0], but work at a forge in UD got it mighty tastier. By the end I was regenning hp at a ridiculous rate. uncursed helm of water breathing [+3, +3] [30s] Armor ('[') uncursed ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8} [60s] blessed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [+4, +13] [240s] uncursed fine leather armor "Nature's Companion" (+2, +0) [+2, +8] (+15 spd) uncursed robes of resistance (-4, -4) [+3, +12] {To+5} [60s] ### Bleh, both useless. Shields ('[') uncursed medium obsidian shield "Protector" [+20, +4] {To+2} [46s] ### Got it at level 8 from a precrowning - made me invincible for the rest of the game. Gauntlets ('[') uncursed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3] [10s] uncursed white dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [+6, +3] [10s] uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+0, +3] [15s] blessed blue dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [+8, +6] [10s] ### More of my smith-work - I wore these most of the game. uncursed gloves of dexterity [+0, +0] {Dx+5} [6s] Cloaks ('[') <snipped> Girdles ('[') <snipped> Boots ('[') <snipped> Necklaces (''') <snipped> Bracers (',') blessed bracers of toughness [+0, +0] {To+7} [10s] One-handed weapons ('(') uncursed orcish knife of hunting (+0, 1d3+2) [10s] uncursed pick axe (+0, 1d6+1) [75s] blessed pick axe (+0, 1d6+1) [75s] blessed rune-covered club "Skullcrusher" (+12, 3d6+2) [-3, +0] {St+4} uncursed eternium warhammer (+0, 4d3+10) [29s] blessed emerald dagger "Serpent's Bite" (+3, 3d4+3) [+3, +1] [13s] ### I had an orcish knife of devastation early, which meant my dagger skill was already trained well when I found this. Decided that overall it was better than my previous weapon, Skullcrusher, 'cause of the +Crit. In the giant vault I dual-wielded them for a little while - caused mass destruction :) uncursed scorched spear (+2, 3d8+1) [+2, +0] [50s] ### Found too late to be worth using. uncursed phase dagger (+3, 1d4+3) [5s] uncursed black rune-covered dagger "Needle" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1] [10s] uncursed black rune-covered dagger "Sting" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1] [10s] ### Tried dual-wielding these in the assassin cave for fun - amazingly nice, but too risky to use all the time. heap of 4 uncursed eternium long swords (+0, 2d8+7) [80s] uncursed whip of the snake (-1, 5d2+7) {Dx+10} (+10 spd) [15s] Two-handed weapons ('(') blessed rune-covered trident (+6, 3d12+6) [+4, +4] {Dx+12} [80s] uncursed glaive "Long Sting" (+4, 7d3) [+4, +0] {Pe+6} (+6 spd) [100s] uncursed rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance" (+15, 4d8+10) [-2, +0] [50s] ### Haha, didn't really bother with these at all, though Wyrmlance got a bit of action in the blue dragon caves. Missile weapons ('}') uncursed light crossbow of accuracy (+8, +3) [70s] uncursed heavy crossbow of accuracy (+9, +3) [140s] uncursed light crossbow of accuracy (+9, +3) [70s] uncursed long bow of accuracy (+8, +4) [30s] uncursed light crossbow of accuracy (+8, +2) [70s] blessed short bow of accuracy (+9, +0) [20s] Missiles ('/') <snipped> blessed silvery arrow "True Aim" (+10, 15d5) [2s] ### Crowning gift. Found Thunderstroke earlier too. Both absolutely useless. Far Slayer or Sun's Messenger would have been nice. Tools (']') <snipped> Instruments ('{') uncursed glockenspiel [120s] Rings ('=') heap of 2 uncursed wedding rings [2s] heap of 2 blessed rings of ice [2s] heap of 3 uncursed rings of teleport control [3s] blessed ring of the High Kings [+2, +3] [1s] uncursed ring of mental stability [+0, +4] {Le+1} [1s] heap of 3 blessed brass rings [3s] uncursed ring of slaying (+7 melee damage, +6 missile damage) [1s] uncursed ring of mental stability [+4, +3] {Le+1} [1s] uncursed ring of immunity [1s] heap of 2 uncursed rings of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage) uncursed ring of luck [1s] uncursed ring of mental stability [+0, +1] {Le+4} [1s] ### Had a few nice rings. Ring of immunity was pretty decent for a while, but after I got the trident I decided it was obsolete and swtched to 2 slaying. No kitty ring unfortunately - killed a cat fairly early on by accident. Wands ('\') <snipped> Potions ('!') <snipped> Scrolls ('?') <snipped> heap of 8 blessed scrolls of chaos resistance [16s] ### I had 15 of these. Used 7 of them when Andy was critically injured, thinking it might improve my score, but turns out when you kill him you get stripped of corruptions anyway. Books ('"') uncursed spellbook of Cure Light Wounds [100s] uncursed spellbook of Death Ray [100s] uncursed spellbook of Farsight [100s] uncursed spellbook of Revelation [100s] uncursed spellbook of Strength of Atlas [100s] uncursed spellbook of Teleportation [100s] blessed spellbook of Teleportation [100s] ### Book-casting Teleport trained my Mana stat nicely, but then I abused it heavily writing scrolls of education near the end ofthe game. Wish I'd found more books in the game, especially some ball spells, but ah well. Food ('%') <snipped> uncursed cooked Chaos Archmage corpse [114s] ### Heh, never ate this cause I was crowned lawful. Went straight from Mana Temple to D50, so never traded it in (not that another PoCC would have been in any way useful). Valuables ('$') 20000 gold pieces [200s] Gems ('*') <snipped> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weapon Skills ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Melee weapon Lvl Hit Dam DV Level Required marks --------------------- --- --- --- -- ------------- -------------- Unarmed fighting 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25 Daggers & knives 13 +16 +10 +4 Mastery 5988 Clubs & hammers 13 +14 +10 +4 Mastery 4647 Maces & flails 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25 Swords 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25 Axes 4 +3 +2 +0 skilled 105 Whips 1 +1 +0 +1 basic 25 Pole arms 11 +12 +7 +14 Mastery 2676 Twohanded weapons 1 +1 +1 +0 basic 25 Staves 1 +1 +0 +1 basic 25 ### I think I started with a hand axe, which I used till I got an orcish spear and trained it up to level 9 or so. Then I found a nice dagger which I used till it was level 9, before getting Skullcrusher. Much later I got my hands on Serpent's Bite which served me well. Wehn I got the TotRR I decided I'd use it, and cleared D50 with it. Missile weapon Lvl Hit Dam Ra Level Required marks --------------------- --- --- --- -- ------------- -------------- Slings 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7 Bows 6 +12 +9 +2 skilled 50 Crossbows 11 +22 +16 +3 Mastery 661 Thrown axes & hammers 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7 Thrown daggers 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7 Thrown rocks & clubs 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7 Thrown spears 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7 Boomerangs & scurgari 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7 ### Gnomes level up in crossbows very quickly, but I wish I'd found more normal quarrels. With arrows you end up with loads of normal 1d6 ones that you can train with, but quarrels only tend to come in small bundles. I tried writing some scrolls of education to get fletchery, but no luck. Shields Lvl DV Level Required marks --------------------- --- --- ------------- -------------- Shields 12 +24 Mastery 4338 ### When I got to level 30 or so my DV was too high form other things for the shield skill to be trained properly. Didn't mind too much though - I was getting a total of +44 DV from wearing Protector. Damage caused with your melee weapons: -------------------------------------- Right hand: +248 bonus to hit, 6d12+116 damage ### Haha, not too bad - kinda wish I'd meleed Andy to death instead. He never harmed me with any of his spells. Damage caused with your missile weapons: ---------------------------------------- Ammunition: 2, base range: 34, +166 bonus to hit, 4d6+84 damage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Skills ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alertness .................100 (superb) [+1d5] Archery ...................100 (superb) [+1d3] Athletics .................100 (superb) [+2d4] Backstabbing ..............100 (superb) [+2d4] Climbing ..................100 (superb) [+2d4] Concentration .............100 (superb) [+1d3] ### Wished for, and made excellent use of. Really is needed if you want to be a spellcaster. Courage ...................100 (superb) [+1] Detect item status ........100 (superb) [+1] ### Got from a scroll of education I wrote, but way too late to be of use. Detect traps ..............100 (superb) [+2d4] Dodge .....................100 (superb) [+1d5] Find weakness .............100 (superb) [+1d5] ### Another late SoEd - got it to 100 on D50 since most balors gave me skill increases. First aid .................100 (superb) [+1d5] Food preservation .........100 (superb) [+2d4] Gemology ..................100 (superb) [+1] Haggling .................. 53 (good) [+1] Healing ...................100 (superb) [+2d4] Herbalism .................100 (superb) [+2d4] Law .......................100 (superb) [+1d5] Listening .................100 (superb) [+2d4] Literacy ..................100 (superb) [+1] Metallurgy ................ 42 (fair) [+3d4] ### SoEd - useless. Mining ....................100 (superb) [+1d3] Music ..................... 33 (fair) [+3d4] ### SoEd - again useless. Pick pockets ..............100 (superb) [+2d4] Smithing ..................100 (superb) [+1d3] Stealth ...................100 (superb) [+3d3] Survival ..................100 (superb) [+2d4] Swimming ..................100 (superb) [+1d3] Tactics ...................100 (superb) [+1] Two weapon combat .........100 (superb) [+2d4] Ventriloquism ............. 84 (great) [+1] Woodcraft .................100 (superb) [+2d4] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spells ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acid Bolt : 568, 14pp (Effectivity: +5) Burning Hands : 765, 8pp (Effectivity: +4) ### Not very powerful if you can't get a high effectivity on it. Cure Disease : 623, 8pp (Effectivity: +0) Cure Light Wounds : 1341, 5pp (Effectivity: +0) Cure Serious Wounds: 855, 10pp (Effectivity: +2) Darkness : 1824, 4pp (Effectivity: +0) Death Ray : 308, 100pp (Effectivity: +4) ### Fun little spell this, and good for training Mana. Farsight : 214, 17pp (Effectivity: +1) Fire Bolt : 3, 19pp (Effectivity: +0) Frost Bolt : 600, 11pp (Effectivity: +7) Identify : 141, 75pp (Effectivity: +3) Improved Fireball : 4, 58pp (Effectivity: +0) Invisibility : 9, 19pp (Effectivity: +0) Knock : 750, 12pp (Effectivity: +0) Light : 533, 3pp (Effectivity: +3) Magic Lock : 1, 15pp (Effectivity: +0) Magic Map : 192, 39pp (Effectivity: +6) ### This training was entirely from diving to I38 to get Filk. Magic Missile : 643, 7pp (Effectivity: +5) Petrification : 10, 228pp (Effectivity: +0) Remove Curse : 319, 50pp (Effectivity: +3) Revelation : 636, 33pp (Effectivity: +2) Slow Monster : 616, 7pp (Effectivity: +0) Slow Poison : 348, 6pp (Effectivity: +0) Strength of Atlas : 995, 10pp (Effectivity: +1) Stun Ray : 598, 8pp (Effectivity: +0) Teleportation : 991, 22pp (Effectivity: +4) Web : 1396, 12pp (Effectivity: +0) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- His further life: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- After slaying Andor Drakon and dispersing his malevolent energies the pillars of Order appear before you. All the forces of Order seem to be united behind them. You are lifted to the status of an Avatar of Order and the tales of your deeds are spread all over Ancardia. Your deeds are recounted at camp fires and interpreted by philosophers and priests alike. The common man looks up to you and you slowly start to be revered as a minor power of Order. After a few millennia have passed you are raised to the position of a demi-god to guard and protect Ancardia from the forces of Chaos and Balance forever. Under your guidance Ancardia becomes an orderly and organized world without striking changes. Peaceful order (and boredom?) spreads and the world enters an era of peace and tranquility never again leaving it. ### Well that's OCG and ULE done now - I guess next is maybe UCG or a normal ending. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- His achievements during his adventures: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excelsior, the gnomish ranger, transformed into an avatar of Order. He scored 9536818 points and advanced to level 50. He survived for 0 years, 187 days, 9 hours, 5 minutes and 44 seconds (209801 turns). Excelsior visited 137 places. His strength score was modified by +26 during his career. His learning score was modified by +22 during his career. His willpower score was modified by +16 during his career. His dexterity score was modified by +26 during his career. His toughness score was modified by +33 during his career. His charisma score was modified by +11 during his career. His appearance score was modified by +12 during his career. His mana score was modified by +17 during his career. His perception score was modified by +11 during his career. ### Mana would have been hugely higher if I'd not written those scrolls - lost about 23 points overall. He was unnaturally aged by 21 years. He was the champion of the arena. He was a member of the thieves guild. He made a little water dragon very happy. He defeated the arch enemy of a mighty karmic wyrm. He saved Khelavaster from certain death. He ended his adventuring life in the palace of Andor Drakon. 8355 monsters perished under his attacks. The following 41 artifacts were generated during his adventure: the si the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle" ### Fed to ratling. the golden gladius "Death's Sting" 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 silvery arrow "True Aim" ### Crowning, bleh. the obsidian quarrel "Thunderstroke" ### Surge of power, bleh (fed to ratling) the lead-filled mace "Big Punch" ### More rat food. the scorched spear ### Giant vault late in the game - no use by then. the rune-covered trident the sword of Nonnak ### Ratling food. the elemental gauntlets the ring of the High Kings the phial of Caladriel ### More rat fodder. the crown of science the ancient mummy wrapping the ankh the hammer of the gods ### Only artifact I never found - not exactly fussed though. the Crown of Chaos the black torc ### Gave to my little demented friend. the Medal of Chaos the rune-covered club "Skullcrusher" ### Second precrowning, and was well worth the effort. the glaive "Long Sting" ### In BDC I think - never used. the bracers of war ### Casino Shop - resorted to gambling to pay for it. the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana the black rune-covered dagger "Needle" the black rune-covered dagger "Sting" the rune-covered sling "Whirlwind" ### Casino Shop, but never bothered buying it. the fine leather armor "Nature's Companion" the robes of resistance ### NC was in a mimic shop, RoR in a greater undead vault. Normally I'd be torn over which to wear, but in this case my normal plate mail was better. the ring of immunity ### Greater dragon vault - fairly decent, but the immunities aren't really that useful. the medium obsidian shield "Protector" ### First precrowning - I love this shield :) the sapphire amulet "Preserver" ### Casino Shop - imagine my joy at finding this and BoW there? A lovely combo. the crown of leadership ### Uselessness. It's pretty decent, but I still kinda prefer my crown of regen. the iron gauntlets "Ironfist" ### Greater undead vault. the emerald dagger "Serpent's Bite" ### Greater dragon vault. +Crit and poisoning enemies is pretty nice, plus it gave more DV than Skullcrusher, so overall I chose this. the Trident of the Red Rooster the weird tome the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance" ### Random drop after the red dragon vault, but before BDC, so it still came in handy. He possessed the following intrinsics: He was fire resistant. He was poison resistant (enhanced through items). He was acid resistant. He was lucky (enhanced through items). Fate smiled upon him. He was able to control teleportation. He was invisible. He was stun resistant (gained through items). He was paralyzation resistant (gained through an item). He was resistant to death rays (enhanced through items). He was shock resistant. He was able to see invisible things (enhanced through items). He was immune to shock attacks (gained through an item). He was immune to fire attacks. ### Crowning. After the fire temple though :( He was immune to acidic attacks. ### Acid slug in druid dungeon. He was immune to ice attacks (gained through an item). He was able to breathe water (gained through an item). He was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through items). He had the following talents: Alert, Basher, Beast of Burden, Eagle Eye, Good Shot, Greased Lightning, Keen Shot, Lightning Shot, Long Stride, Master Packager, Mighty Strike, Miser, Porter, Powerful Strike, Quick, Quick Shot, Treasure Hunter, Very Quick. ### The archery talents really are amazing - make you superfast and super powerful. Really have to try a pure archer some time. He had a final speed score of 685 (final base speed: 150). He was a messiah of Gnarl. He asked for 6 divine interventions. ### Hrm, two of these were to get rid of stunning in casino, and 1 was to cure confusion from stupidly reading weird tome. Not sure about the others. He was a holy champion of Order. The following monsters were vanquished: <muchos snippage below> 65 ancient blue dragons ### Ate a few of these and the wyrms with sickness to imrpove Dex. 1 ancient blue wyrm 1 Ancient Chaos Wyrm 1 ancient karmic dragon 38 ancient red dragons 1 Ancient Stone Beast 4 ancient white dragons 1 assassin prince ### Was a little pansy. 11 balors 2 berserker emperors ### Hmm, never noticed those - Serpent's Bite makes most enemies quite unnoticable. 1 cat lord ### Fell pretty easily to humanoid slaying quarrels - didn't give much xp though. 4 cave lions 7 cave tigers 1 Chaos Archmage ### Took him down with quarrels and then Serpent's Bite when he moved close. Didn't put up much of a fight really - no stat-draining, and he never bothered healing himself which made the fight fairly quick. Threw a lot of bolts at me, but they all missed. After I got the orb and his corpse I just left - couldn't be bothered clearing the whole temple. 31 chaos knights ### Hurrah for these guys dropping eternium gear - this is the second game I've gotten eternium plate mail of resilience. 2 doppleganger kings ### Wow, never noticed these either. 1 dwarven artificer ### Needed an anvil. 1 ElDeR cHaOs GoD ### Gave 2 xp when killed, which was a bit of a surprise - I thought he normally only gives 1. 1 emperor lich ### Greater undead vault - not much of a challenge, but the constant summoning was a bitch. 1 emperor moloch ### Heh, this guy's a joke really. As are all molochs to be honest - as long as you're careful they go down easy. 6 giant boars ### *grumbles* Took a while to get that skull. 6 great blue wyrms 3 great karmic wyrms 1 great red wyrm 3 greater air elementals 1 greater balor 1 greater black unicorn 1 greater earth elemental 32 greater fire elementals ### Threat room of them in the scintillating cave. Easy enough. 4 greater molochs 3 greater titans 2 greater water elementals 10 liches 14 lich kings 33 master liches 1 oracle ### Le started off a bit low, but the Oracle kindly let me pick her brains. 1 raider lord ### Oh, hmm, didn't realise I'd bagged him... 25 titans ### Threat room in BDC - ate a fair few of them for St and To. Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." [Edited 1 time, last edit on 5/8/2007 at 16:20 (GMT -5) by Darren Grey] |
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nOOb-mAsTeR Registered user Master of all things nOOby!!! Last page view: 5736 days, 9 hours, 20 minutes and 49 seconds ago. |
Congrats! I believe that I'm the only person around here that makes a concentrated effort to roleplay...for example: killing the oracle to eat her brains?no offense man, just thought it was funny.... "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: 4211 days, 19 hours, 25 minutes and 31 seconds ago. |
Haha, well with some characters I roleplay, with others I won't. I needed the Le, and I was chaotic at the time - was easier than mining for ages to get crystals of knowledge. Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |
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Tianjin Registered user for monsters - Death incarnate Last page view: 5572 days, 4 hours, 27 minutes and 9 seconds ago. |
I don't understand: "got perma invis from pools in DarkForge, and spent the rest of the game trying to get rid of it, but to no avail. Meant I couldn't pickpocket as much as I wanted..." You should be able to pickpocket easily when invisible. I always have been. Skill checks are unaffected by invisibility. Try the TiLiCat! It's experience! Tiger, stuffed with deboned Lion, stuffed with deboned Wildcat, and slow roasted with a mix of herbs. (served raw for Trolls) |
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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4211 days, 19 hours, 25 minutes and 31 seconds ago. |
I was crowned lawful, and pickpocketing is a chaotic act unless the enemy is attacking you. If you're invisible that doesn't tend to happen. I still did it now and then of course, especially by attacking enemies first and then pickpocketing them, but most of them died on the first hit :( 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: 5575 days, 17 hours, 57 minutes and 18 seconds ago. |
Congrats! I find it interesting that your first two wins are both special endings. Regular endings aren't much easier, but definitely don't need as much planning. 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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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4040 days, 20 hours, 7 minutes and 41 seconds ago. |
And you don't have to rely on positive RNG turnouts for regular endings. (Like getting all the stuff Gaab'Baay wants plus an AoLS) You drop the golden ball. You kick the golden ball. It slides to the west. Suddenly Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, appears! "That's not how you play Quidditch! are you even listening?" Which direction? (123456789) 4 Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is hit by a bolt of acid! Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is annihilated. You hear the ecstatic cries of a large crowd! |
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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4211 days, 19 hours, 25 minutes and 31 seconds ago. |
I've never failed in getting an AoLS from DarkForge, and never had trouble getting Gaab'Baay's items. Also, I'm an extreme perfectionist, so I like doing everything possible :) Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |
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F50 Registered user Last page view: 5448 days, 10 hours, 50 minutes and 59 seconds ago. |
I don't see the problem with most of Gaab'Baay's items but the AoLS has killed me several times while doing regular endings. Darkforge almost never has an AoLS for me... And I only try with both luck intrinsics, a blessed ankh AND permanent blessing. "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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Mewto Registered user Last page view: 3571 days, 21 hours, 47 minutes and 58 seconds ago. |
Congrats, good luck on your drakish wizard :) For the Horde! |
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Gozer Unregistered user |
Well done, Darren! Although I was hoping for another awesome character story with a dramatic ending like your first victory post :p |
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Silfir Unregistered user |
I, for instance, am searching for a scroll of danger right now. I know what you want to say now. ;) "Go to the dwarven graveyard and start killing gremlins." But I have chosen the much harder, but also far less boring method: Climbing down the rift. Sadly, my climbing skill isn't high enough... |
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Nightmare Registered user Soul Calibur 2 Last page view: 4571 days, 9 hours, 30 minutes and 45 seconds ago. |
Is it gnomes that get a bonus to crossbow skill marks, or is that dwarves? "As for me, I feel priveleged to be among the only species able to make scientific inquiries." -unknown "Be sure to keep your distance if you don't have resistance." -DG |
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Mewto Registered user Last page view: 3571 days, 21 hours, 47 minutes and 58 seconds ago. |
Gnomes. 3/4 marks only to advance a level. For the Horde! [Edited 1 time, last edit on 5/19/2007 at 16:55 (GMT -5) by Mewto] |