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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4239 days, 3 hours, 9 minutes and 35 seconds ago. |
Hurrah, another victory! This time with a drakish wizard that got stupendously powerful. I generated this character quite a few months ago, just after my first victory and just before my second, so technically that's three winning characters generated in a row. It's a pity everything else I've generated since has died very quickly... I got to about level 14 with this character and then didn't play it for many months, so I can't remember much about hte early game apart from getting Preserver as a precrowning and Serpent's Bite somehow. This guy had a decent recipe for PoGA (boost speed + longevity) which I abused again and again to get monstrous stats. I took down the tower with willpower boosted to 99 and ice ball - everything got wiped away easily. After that there were no challenges in the game. Ring-dipping got me a bunch of RoDSes (which I wasn't expectng, but used on a few handy things) and I found a wand of wishing in the bug temple to wish for more PoGA ingredients. D50 was... laughable. I boosted all stats, teleported into the very middle next to the balors, and cast acid ball twice - everything disappeared apart from the balors, which I then took out with the trident of the red rooster. Teleported round finding all the remaining monsters and acid balled them into oblivion. It was hilariously fun, especially I normally melee clear D50 which takes insanely longer. This is my first regular win - the others being OCG and ULE. Funny considering this was actually my most powerful character of all. I didn't bother smithing up items because, well, he was insanely powerful as it was. I've never gotten a wizard to victory before, but by god it was fun... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Mugs St:79 Le:65 Wi:77 Dx:88 To:79 Ch:64 Ap:55 Ma:96 Pe:54 N= DV/PV: 96/87 H: 959(959) P: 1712(1784) Exp: 50/33780173 DrCh Sp: 175 Blessed Satiated Burdened ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** This was on Very Aggressive tactics. DV on Coward was around 200. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Background Information ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Mugs Race: male Drakeling Class: Wizard Eye color: blue Hair color: bald Complexion: light green Height: 5'8" Weight: 163 pounds Age: 22 (young) Star sign: Wand Birthday: 1/Wand (day 61 of the year) YOUR HISTORY: Your parents belong to the middle class. They are average people living in average quarters. Your father is a craftsman of mediocre talent. As a young child you were often alone. You did not have any friends. You do not like to remember those times. They were very sad. As a kid you often watched the adult adventurers preparing for new exciting journeys. They sparked your imagination. 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 Wizard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inventory ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 30983 stones Carrying capacity: 33589 stones He: blessed helm of leadership [+3, +4] {Ch+6} [100s] Ne: blessed sapphire amulet "Preserver" [+4, +4] {Wi+7} [3s] Bo: blessed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [+4, +13] [240s] Gi: blessed girdle of giant strength [+5, +6] {St+12} [30s] Cl: blessed cloak of protection [+0, +6] [20s] RH: blessed Trident of the Red Rooster (+36, 6d12+18) [+12, +12] {Ma+24} LH: - RR: blessed ring of the master cat [+0, +5] {Dx+16} (+16 spd) [1s] LR: blessed ring of immunity [1s] Br: blessed bracers of war [+8, +4] {Dx+8} [10s] Ga: blessed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3] [10s] Bo: blessed seven league boots [+6, +4] [30s] MW: blessed heavy crossbow "The Far Slayer" (+18, +18) [350s] Mi: bundle of 11 blessed quarrels of demon slaying (+3, 2d6+3) [44s] Tl: heap of 72 blessed spenseweeds [144s] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 29850 stones Carrying capacity: 33589 stones <snip stuff> One-handed weapons ('(') blessed emerald dagger "Serpent's Bite" (+3, 3d4+3) [+3, +1] [13s] *** Got this early and used pratctically all games. Wasn't very useful by the end to be honest - I mostly stuck with magic to wipe out everything. uncursed jet-black battle axe "Executor" (+2, 5d6+6) [-4, +1] {St+3} (+3 spd) *** Found in a giant vault very late on. Was too late to bother switching. uncursed whip of slaughtering (-3, 1d30) [15s] uncursed black rune-covered dagger "Needle" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1] [10s] uncursed black rune-covered dagger "Sting" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1] [10s] *** Man, these were amazing when I dual-wielded them. But I'm a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to weapon and shield... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weapon Skills ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Melee weapon Lvl Hit Dam DV Level Required marks --------------------- --- --- --- -- ------------- -------------- Unarmed fighting 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 49 Daggers & knives 12 +14 +8 +4 Mastery 1798 Clubs & hammers 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 50 Maces & flails 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 50 Swords 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 36 Axes 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 50 Whips 1 +1 +0 +1 basic 50 Pole arms 7 +7 +3 +6 skilled 222 Twohanded weapons 1 +1 +1 +0 basic 50 Staves 1 +1 +0 +1 basic 50 Missile weapon Lvl Hit Dam Ra Level Required marks --------------------- --- --- --- -- ------------- -------------- Slings 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 14 Bows 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 12 Crossbows 5 +10 +7 +1 skilled 146 Thrown axes & hammers 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 14 Thrown daggers 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 14 Thrown rocks & clubs 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 14 Thrown spears 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 14 Boomerangs & scurgari 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 14 Shields Lvl DV Level Required marks --------------------- --- --- ------------- -------------- Shields 10 +20 excellent 2319 Damage caused with your melee weapons: -------------------------------------- Right hand: +183 bonus to hit, 6d12+74 damage Damage caused with your missile weapons: ---------------------------------------- Ammunition: 11, base range: 20, +107 bonus to hit, 2d6+64 damage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Skills ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alchemy ..................100 (superb) [+2d4] Alertness ................100 (superb) [+1d3] Appraising ...............100 (superb) [+1] Backstabbing .............100 (superb) [+1d5] Climbing .................100 (superb) [+1d3] Concentration ............100 (superb) [+2d4] Detect traps .............100 (superb) [+1d3] Disarm traps .............100 (superb) [+1d3] Dodge .................... 55 (good) [+1d5] First aid ................100 (superb) [+1d3] Fletchery ................ 49 (fair) [+1d3] (ma) Food preservation ........100 (superb) [+1d5] Gemology .................100 (superb) [+1d5] Haggling ................. 70 (good) [+1d3] Healing ..................100 (superb) [+1d3] Herbalism ................100 (superb) [+2d4] Law ......................100 (superb) [+1] Listening ................100 (superb) [+3d3] Literacy .................100 (superb) [+2d4] Metallurgy ...............100 (superb) [+1d5] Mining ................... 47 (fair) [+1d5] Music ....................100 (superb) [+1d3] Pick locks ............... 60 (good) [+2d4] Pick pockets .............100 (superb) [+1d3] Smithing ................. 60 (good) [+1] Stealth ..................100 (superb) [+1d5] Survival ................. 69 (good) [+1] Swimming .................100 (superb) [+1] Tactics ..................100 (superb) [+1] Two weapon combat ........100 (superb) [+1] Ventriloquism ............100 (superb) [+1d3] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spells ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acid Ball : 7557, 17pp (Effectivity: +25) *** More fun than a kettle of fish! Acid Bolt : 1911, 7pp (Effectivity: +11) Bless : 6143, 5pp (Effectivity: +0) Burning Hands : 13181, 4pp (Effectivity: +34) Calm Monster : 14482, 4pp (Effectivity: +5) Create Item : 1497, 134pp (Effectivity: +7) Cure Critical Wounds: 2206, 9pp (Effectivity: +0) Cure Disease : 1336, 5pp (Effectivity: +0) Cure Light Wounds : 7560, 3pp (Effectivity: +0) Cure Serious Wounds : 3908, 6pp (Effectivity: +2) Darkness : 20297, 2pp (Effectivity: +2) Death Ray : 1804, 54pp (Effectivity: +2) Destroy Undead : 2703, 5pp (Effectivity: +0) Disarm Trap : 6616, 6pp (Effectivity: +0) Earthquake : 3425, 44pp (Effectivity: +0) Farsight : 7909, 9pp (Effectivity: +6) Fire Bolt : 5961, 5pp (Effectivity: +19) Fireball : 2525, 10pp (Effectivity: +8) Frost Bolt : 7033, 6pp (Effectivity: +18) Greater Identify : 1740, 54pp (Effectivity: +3) Heal : 2194, 22pp (Effectivity: +0) Ice Ball : 3782, 12pp (Effectivity: +11) Identify : 3446, 41pp (Effectivity: +0) Improved Fireball : 6278, 16pp (Effectivity: +8) Invisibility : 7164, 5pp (Effectivity: +7) Knock : 12382, 6pp (Effectivity: +6) Know Alignment : 4464, 6pp (Effectivity: +0) Light : 29584, 1pp (Effectivity: +8) Lightning Ball : 6778, 16pp (Effectivity: +5) Lightning Bolt : 9444, 6pp (Effectivity: +5) Magic Lock : 19519, 5pp (Effectivity: +4) Magic Map : 8383, 21pp (Effectivity: +7) Magic Missile : 18766, 4pp (Effectivity: +17) Mystic Shovel : 1972, 53pp (Effectivity: +7) Neutralize Poison : 5111, 6pp (Effectivity: +1) Petrification : 1895, 65pp (Effectivity: +0) Remove Curse : 8903, 27pp (Effectivity: +0) Revelation : 3681, 17pp (Effectivity: +5) Scare Monster : 2123, 7pp (Effectivity: +0) Slow Monster : 21813, 4pp (Effectivity: +2) Slow Poison : 6427, 3pp (Effectivity: +0) Strength of Atlas : 8819, 5pp (Effectivity: +10) Stun Ray : 14667, 5pp (Effectivity: +0) Summon Monsters : 4624, 17pp (Effectivity: +0) Teleportation : 13777, 11pp (Effectivity: +14) Web : 15456, 7pp (Effectivity: +0) Wish : 325, 2700pp (Effectivity: +0) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- His further life: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- After he leaves the Drakalor Chain he is welcomed by his people with great honors. They acknowledge his noble deeds, his valor, his cunning and his great skills that helped to prevent the complete destruction of the world he knows. He returns to his lands victorious and is hailed as a great leader. Eventually he becomes king and rule your subjects with an iron fist for a long and peaceful time, allowing his people to prosper and grow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- His achievements during his adventures: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mugs, the drakish wizard, saved the world with his brave efforts and became a great ruler while saving himself 7 times. *** Majority of the game was done in two long play sessions. He scored 28537276 points and advanced to level 50. He survived for 0 years, 197 days, 8 hours, 33 minutes and 34 seconds (166489 turns). Mugs visited 135 places. His strength score was modified by +53 during his career. His learning score was modified by +53 during his career. His willpower score was modified by +53 during his career. His dexterity score was modified by +51 during his career. His toughness score was modified by +62 during his career. His charisma score was modified by +47 during his career. His appearance score was modified by +47 during his career. His mana score was modified by +55 during his career. His perception score was modified by +44 during his career. *** Bwahaha, these stats were amazing... 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 adhered to the principles of the Cat Lord and thus rose to great fame. He stopped the generation of nasty bugs. He saved Khelavaster from certain death. He left the Drakalor Chain after completing his quest and became a great leader and famous hero. 9801 monsters perished under his attacks. The following 37 artifacts were generated during his adventure: the si the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle" the ring of the master cat *** Teleport makes getting this a breeze. 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 heavy crossbow "The Far Slayer" *** Can't remember where I found this, but it was quite decent. the lead-filled mace "Big Punch" the scorched spear the rune-covered trident the sword of Nonnak the elemental gauntlets the ring of the High Kings the crown of science the ancient mummy wrapping the ankh the hammer of the gods the boots of great speed the black torc the rune-covered club "Skullcrusher" *** Never found. the glaive "Long Sting" the bracers of war *** Giant vault, nice... the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana the black rune-covered dagger "Needle" the black rune-covered dagger "Sting" the jet-black battle axe "Executor" the staff of the archmagi *** Crowning gift. Bleh... the ring of immunity the sapphire amulet "Preserver" *** I love this thing :) the dwarven pick axe "Hammerhead" the shining long spear "Soaker" the emerald dagger "Serpent's Bite" the Trident of the Red Rooster the weird tome the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance" *** Didn't find, but wasn't needed. Acid ball made easy work of BDC. He possessed the following intrinsics: He was fire resistant (enhanced through an item). He was poison resistant (enhanced through an item). He was cold resistant (enhanced through an item). He was acid resistant. He was lucky (enhanced through items). Fate smiled upon him (enhanced through an item). He was sleep resistant. He was able to control teleportation. He was stun resistant (gained through an item). He was paralyzation resistant (enhanced through an item). He was resistant to death rays (enhanced through items). He was shock resistant (enhanced through an item). He was able to see invisible things (gained through items). He was immune to shock attacks. He was immune to fire attacks. He was immune to acidic attacks (gained through items). He was immune to ice attacks (gained through items). *** Actually had all immunities at least twice... He was able to breathe water (gained through an item). He was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through an item). He had the following talents: Alert, Beast of Burden, Careful, Defensive Fighter, Greased Lightning, Hardy, Healthy, Long Stride, Master Packager, Miser, Porter, Quick, Shield Expert, Shield Master, Shield Specialist, Treasure Hunter, Very Careful, Very Quick. He had a final speed score of 175 (final base speed: 169). He was a messiah of Issrecht. He asked for 6 divine interventions. He was a holy champion of Balance. The following monsters were vanquished: <snip> Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." [Edited 1 time, last edit on 1/11/2008 at 02:10 (GMT -5) by Darren Grey] |
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Jules Registered user Last page view: 4770 days, 13 hours, 30 minutes and 32 seconds ago. |
Congratulations. First time I've ever heard of someone with TORR completing a standard win, and not attempting to do an ULE. Your list of talents confuses me Beast of Burden is made obsolete with SOA. I'd have gone for the talents that boost PP and regenerate PP quicker. Good win though. |
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Molach Registered user Lord of DurisMud Last page view: 5141 days, 9 hours, 3 minutes and 58 seconds ago. |
Congratz! 3 down, 17 to go eh? I have also gotten the TotRR and "just" closed the gate. Nothing to it really, if you know your first kill and it is not a rat or something it is very easy to get, since Khelavaster is more often saved than not. Emperor Moloch is at least something out of your normal routine, some excitement in that late game. Those chaos quests are so ...evil... |
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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4068 days, 3 hours, 51 minutes and 45 seconds ago. |
What, seventeen? one hundred and seventeen! 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: 4239 days, 3 hours, 9 minutes and 35 seconds ago. |
Jules: I made a concious decision early on to get a normal victory, and crowned neutral before the tower (got handy fire immunity from that, though I could have easily done it without). I've already had a ULE and an ordinary chaos god, so I wanted a normal ending for once. Sure, I could have easily spanked Andy's ass red raw, but I've done that 3 times already and just wanted to close the gate. Getting the trident was no trouble - first kill mugger (hence the character's name, Mugs). Next time I might go for UNE or UCG. As for the porter talents, well I wanted ot get by without SoA. In the later game my strength was enormous, and with those talents I could carry 10k of junk and 2 moloch armours and still only be strained. PP regeneration doesn't do much, and the extra PP is obviously worthless. None of the talents really mattered much. Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |
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gut Registered user Painted this one too. Last page view: 4897 days, 5 hours, 26 minutes and 31 seconds ago. |
>Create Item : 1497, 134pp (Effectivity: +7) I don't really use that spell, did you get anything good? >Cure Light Wounds : 7560, 3pp (Effectivity: +0) You must have had a horde of spenseweed early! Put me in the 'fool filter', where I belong! |
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rmcin329 Registered user Last page view: 5215 days, 15 hours, 55 minutes and 20 seconds ago. |
create item is very random in what in can create and will quite often create junk, however i have gotten spellbooks out of it before. |
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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4239 days, 3 hours, 9 minutes and 35 seconds ago. |
Create Item is virtually useless, but it's good for training your Mana stat. No forms of healing were ever needed in the game that I can remember (though possibly in the early game I might have needed some, by the mid game nothing could hurt me - besides, I had an insane healing rate). Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |