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FantomFang
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5798 days, 7 hours, 57 minutes and 3 seconds ago.
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 02:36 (GMT -5)

EDIT: what does it mean by "Laurana, the gray elven wizard, saved the world with her brave efforts and became a great ruler while saving herself 34 times." the 34 times part, i mean.

EDIT 2: I just realized that I even beat it with a little more than 6 days before the 90 day limit. Sweet!

EDIT 3: Wow...I just realized something...I beat the game in 83 days...and my character's birthday is the 83rd day of the year...freaky

As a footnote, I'd just like to give another gigantic thanks to all of the members on the boards here 
that helped me out with advice and such, on this char and my priest


(thanks Darren Gray, Gut, Molach, Silfir, Narcolepsy, Maelstrom, Soirana, Worst Player...Ever, 
Sulangatori, Caladriel, and J.), 

and to Andy Williams for compiling such a great guidebook =p

Ohhh, I still can't believe I managed to win this character! Previous best being CoC:8 that is. 
Had a good few close calls though, as you can see from below. But overall, the game really 
was not that hard this time. THIS TIME being the key. Praise the RNG gods!

1)Pretty easy early game, got Atlas, Bolt spells, Cure Light/Crit, and Teleportation right off the 
bat basically, didn't hit my first REAL problem until the ToEF, and that was just because i didn't 
realize the ACW would hit me from range for ~80 or so of my ~260 hp.

2)Next semidifficult part was a random lvl (can't remember) around the Cat Lord's lvl (who was a 
handful until i threw a potion of confusion followed a wand of poison...couldntve been much easier 
then) when I ran into a Quickling Lord, who proceeded to rape me through my armor (i think i lost 
75% of my hp in a couple turns). Luckily, i was smart enough to teleport away, and use Farsight 
+ Range 16-17 bolt spells after i healed.

3)Water Temple: Easy as pie, Fire Temple: besides ACW, same, ToEF was otw a breeze, Air 
Temple: annoying until i dropped EVERYTHING destructible in my inv on the lvl above, created 
three doors in a corner and proceeded to lock them), Earth Temple: not that bad, Ice Ball over 
and over until they are all dead.

4)Mana temple actually gave me some difficulties, even with Nonnak and the Bracers of War, 
he was dealing ~200 points of damage at my then 650 hp...luckily, he didn't do death ray often. 
Casted out of my hp until eyes were dead, then prayed for pp and finished it.

5)Almost died to a Greater Balor on D:48, was at 600 hp or so and took 1 hit from him... for 520 
damage. Needless to say, I ran like the devil himself was behind me.

6)I did the Wand of Destruction ending, chickening out of my original plan of killing everything 
(first time i ever used one of those wands btw). I just didn't want to risk dying this far in.

Funny Things That Happened - Accidently sacrificed Rehetep's Wrappings (gahhh); lost my 
7LB's to stupidity in ToEH; killed Glod in dwarftown, after being driven crazy not being able to 
get him off the lvl (damn intrinsic invisibility) and Waldenbrook summoned his thugs on me, forcing 
me to kill him and hide from the thugs, for fear of losing my Champion status; Almost crushed the 
ice in the TotHK, realized at the last second that i was just looking at my inventory weight, and not 
my inv + equip; losing TP control to DF pools, forcing me to wear a ring of TP control for the rest of 
the game.

High Points - Gaining 3 (bracers of war!)artifacts and 20 or so lvls be clearing a Greater Vault 
(fire creatures) on D:47 (ran into a lesser vault of titans on the very next lvl, which i promptly ignored), 
getting a billion pairs of 7LB's, getting 2 wishes for relatively little cost from Darkforge pools, 
allowing me to save Khelly


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Laurana       St:33  Le:27  Wi:33  Dx:43  To:38 Ch:32  Ap:20  Ma:43  Pe:23 L+
DV/PV:158/57     H:712(712)    P:796(796)    Exp: 50/33179078   DrCh  Sp: 112
Blessed Invisible Satiated Coward
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                            Background Information
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Name: Laurana             Race: female Gray Elf     Class: Wizard
Eye color: blue           Hair color: white         Complexion: pale
Height: 6'                Weight: 125 pounds
Age: 332 (grown-up, 15 years of unnatural aging added in)
Star sign: Wand           Birthday: 23/Wand (day 83 of the year)

YOUR HISTORY:
        Your parents are travelling adventurers. Both are competent,
 talented and doing very well.
        During your childhood one of your uncles taught you a lot of things
 about the history of your people. Your vast knowledge on the legends and
 the lore of your people made you very popular with your friends because of
 all the exciting stories you knew.
        During your youth you had a lot of fun playing with other kids of
 your age. You always were a natural leader and the center of interest.
        As a young adult you had to work a lot to finance your
 apprenticeship. You were often tired and exhausted but all this was
 forgotten, when you finally achieved your goal.
        You decided to become a Wizard.


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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 18713 stones                Carrying capacity: 48775 stones

He: blessed helm of leadership [+8, +9] {Ch+6}                       [100s]
----one of my few smithed items, yay charisma?
Ne: uncursed amulet of perseverance {Wi+3}                             [3s]
----usually used ankh, but had on for extra ball radius
Bo: uncursed robes of resistance (-4, -4) [+3, +12] {To+5}            [60s]
----great item, used a smithed scale mail for a while instead
Gi: uncursed girdle of giant strength [+0, +0] {St+12}                [30s]
----my 2nd wish
Cl: blessed cloak of protection [+0, +3]                              [20s]
RH: blessed dwarven rune axe "Rolf's Companion" (+3, 3d6+6) [+4, +4] {To+3}
LH: uncursed tower eternium shield (-1) [+16, +4]                     [70s]
----slightly smithed drop
RR: uncursed ring of teleport control                                  [1s]
----df sucked away TP control =(
LR: blessed ring of immunity                                           [1s]
----crowning gift, served me VERY well
Br: uncursed bracers of war [+8, +4] {Dx+8}                           [10s]
----again, greater vault rocks...didn't have bracers for most of the game, till i found bracers of regen 
that i smithed to be [+7, +0]
Ga: blessed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3]                     [10s]
----usually used Studded leather gauntlets [+4, +2]
Bo: blessed seven league boots [+8, +0]                               [30s]
----The second pair i had to buff =p
MW: uncursed heavy crossbow of accuracy (+7, +3)                     [140s]
Mi: bundle of 26 uncursed quarrels of jelly slaying (+3, 2d6+3)      [104s]
Tl: uncursed holy symbol                                               [5s]

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                                    Stuff
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Total weight: 18079 stones   Carrying capacity: 48775 stones

Helmets ('[')
   uncursed helm of teleportation [+0, +1]                            [50s]
   uncursed crown of regeneration [+0, +0]                            [55s]
   uncursed diadem of beauty [+0, +0] {Ap+4}                          [35s]
   uncursed eternium cap [+0, +4]                                     [28s]
   cursed crown of ice [+2, +3]                                       [65s]
   blessed helm of water breathing [+0, +1]                           [30s]
   uncursed horned helmet [+3, +1]                                   [100s]
   uncursed silver helmet (+1, +1) [+0, +0]                           [50s]
   uncursed orcish helmet [+1, +4] {Pe-2}                            [100s]
   uncursed adamantium cap [+0, +2]                                   [36s]
   uncursed metal cap [+0, +3]                                        [50s]
   uncursed eternium cap [+0, +1]                                     [28s]
   uncursed eternium cap [+0, +7]                                     [28s]

Armor ('[')
----Because of RoI, i never really had a use for the resistance granting armors...
   blessed adamantium scale mail (+0, -1) [+6, +9]                   [288s]
   heap of 2 uncursed blue dragon scale mails (-1, -4) [-1, +10]     [400s]
   heap of 2 uncursed eternium scale mails (-1, -1) [+3, +10]        [440s]
   uncursed yellow mithril chain mail (-1, -3) [+1, +11]             [320s]
   uncursed mithril chain mail (-1, -3) [+1, +7]                     [320s]
   uncursed mithril plate mail (-2, -4) [-3, +12]                    [400s]
   uncursed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [-1, +15]                   [240s]
   uncursed fancy clothes [+1, -2] {Ap+1}                             [30s]
   uncursed clothes [+0, +0]                                          [40s]
   uncursed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [-4, +13]                   [240s]
   cursed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [-1, +13]                     [240s]
   uncursed ultra-heavy eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [-1, +13]      [1920s]

Shields ('[')
   uncursed tower eternium shield (-1) [+13, +4]                      [70s]
   uncursed tower adamantium shield (-3) [+11, +3]                   [108s]
   blessed medium shield (+2) [+3, +1]                               [100s]
   uncursed large shield (-1) [+4, +1]                               [120s]
   uncursed medium crystal shield [+9, +4]                           [160s]
   uncursed medium eternium shield (+2) [+9, +3]                      [46s]
   blessed medium eternium shield [+9, +4]                            [46s]
   uncursed medium eternium shield [+11, +3]                          [46s]

Gauntlets ('[')
   uncursed studded gloves [+4, +2]                                    [6s]
----my usual equip
   uncursed gauntlets of strength (-1, +0) [-1, +1] {St+3}            [40s]
   uncursed alchemistic gloves [+0, +0]                                [6s]
   heap of 2 uncursed pairs of thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+0, +1]      [30s]
   blessed white dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [+0, +2]              [10s]
   uncursed black dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [+1, +2]             [10s]
   uncursed gloves of carrying (+1, +1) [+3, +0]                       [6s]
   uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [-1, +1]                         [15s]
----just in case, i still had SoCR left at the end though
   blessed white dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [+0, +0]              [10s]
   uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+2, +1]                         [15s]
   blessed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+2, +1]                          [15s]
   blessed gloves [-2, +3]                                             [6s]

Cloaks ('[')
   blessed cloak of adornment [+2, +0] {Ap+6}                         [40s]
   blessed cloak of defense [+3, +0]                                  [20s]

Girdles ('[')
   blessed girdle of greed [+0, +0]                                    [7s]
   uncursed mithril girdle [+7, +5]                                   [20s]
----purely for ToEF, to replace Girdle of Str+12 
   uncursed eternium girdle [+0, +4]                                  [12s]
   cursed adamantium girdle [+0, +3]                                  [18s]
   blessed girdle of carrying [+0, +0]                                [15s]
   blessed adamantium girdle [+0, +3]                                 [18s]

Boots ('[')
----got a total of 4-7LB drops
   uncursed boots of sneakiness [-3, +0] {Dx+2}                       [20s]
   blessed seven league boots [+1, +0]                                [30s]
   uncursed eternium boots [+1, +7]                                   [55s]
   blessed leather boots [+0, +1]                                     [25s]
   uncursed eternium boots (+1, -1) [+0, +5]                          [55s]
   uncursed seven league boots [+4, +2]                               [30s]
   uncursed eternium boots (+1, +1) [+0, +5]                          [55s]
   blessed eternium boots [+0, +5]                                    [55s]

Necklaces (''')
   blessed amulet of order                                             [3s]
   blessed ankh                                                        [3s]
----LOVE this
   blessed amulet of health                                            [3s]
   uncursed amulet of speed (+3 spd)                                   [3s]
   blessed amulet of protection from constructs                        [3s]
   uncursed amulet of petrification resistance                         [3s]
   uncursed amulet of water breathing                                  [3s]
   blessed necklace of rapid healing                                   [2s]
   cursed rusty amulet of defense +3                                   [3s]
   heap of 2 uncursed necklaces of rapid healing                       [4s]
   uncursed brass bracers [+0, +0]                                    [10s]

One-handed weapons ('(')
   uncursed eternium spear (+3, 2d8+9)                                [25s]
   uncursed sword of Nonnak (+2, 4d3+2) [+2, +2] {Wi+5}               [80s]
----Death resist + increased ball radius = great for mana temple, and early on
   uncursed phase dagger (+1, 1d4+3)                                   [5s]
----GODSEND, for those high PV enemies
   uncursed eternium warhammer (+0, 4d3+8)                            [29s]
   uncursed emerald dagger "Serpent's Bite" (+3, 3d4+3) [+3, +1]      [13s]
----never used, can't remember where i got it right now
   uncursed adamantium spear of hunting (+1, 1d8+6)                   [36s]
   uncursed pick axe (+1, 1d6+4)                                      [75s]
   uncursed sword of sharpness (+0, 4d8+8)                            [35s]
----got about 4 of these over the course of the game
   uncursed jet-black battle axe "Executor" (+2, 5d6+6) [-4, +1] {St+3} (+3 spd)
----never used, greater vault
   uncursed eternium spear (+4, 2d8+10)                               [25s]
   uncursed masterwork mithril scimitar of devastation (+3, 5d8+9)    [32s]
----great combination of prefix/suffix. Kept just because.
   uncursed pick axe (+0, 1d6+2)                                      [75s]
   uncursed adamantium mace (+2, 1d6+8)                               [72s]
   uncursed mithril warhammer (+0, 2d3+3)                             [48s]
   blessed adamantium spear (+4, 1d8+6)                               [36s]
   uncursed spear (+4, 1d8-2)                                         [50s]
   uncursed adamantium broadsword of corruption (+3, 1d7+7)           [57s]
   uncursed adamantium warhammer (+3, 2d3+6)                          [43s]
   uncursed mithril long sword (+0, 1d8+1)                            [32s]
   uncursed spear of weakness (+1, 1d8+3)                             [50s]
   uncursed adamantium mace of lightning (-6, 1d6+6)                  [72s]
   uncursed rune-covered heavy mace "Purifier" (+5, 4d5+5) [-4, +1] {Wi+4}
----Uselessness artifact
   uncursed eternium long sword (+3, 2d8+7)                           [20s]
   uncursed unbalanced eternium long sword (+0, 2d8+7)                [20s]
   uncursed adamantium spear (+4, 1d8+6)                              [36s]
   uncursed adamantium scimitar (+1, 1d8+5)                           [28s]
   uncursed adamantium dagger (+0, 1d4+8)                              [7s]
   uncursed scourge (-4, 1d3+6)                                       [25s]
   uncursed hatchet (+3, 1d6+1)                                       [50s]

Two-handed weapons ('(')

   uncursed staff of the archmagi (+5, 5d2+2) [+9, +0] {Ma+10}        [40s]
----Greater vault? i think....can't remember right now, its really late, like 1 am where i am typing this
   blessed rune-covered trident (+6, 3d12+6) [+4, +4] {Dx+12}         [80s]
----never used
   uncursed great axe (+2, 2d7) [-2, +0]                             [105s]

[Missile Weapons, Ammo, Tools snipped]

Rings ('=')
   uncursed ring of the fish                                           [1s]
   blessed ring of damage                                              [1s]
   blessed ring of stun resistance                                     [1s]
   uncursed ring of invisibility                                       [1s]
   uncursed ring of searching                                          [1s]
   blessed ring of the High Kings [+2, +3]                             [1s]
   blessed ring of luck                                                [1s]
   heap of 2 uncursed rings of the clear mind                          [2s]
   heap of 2 uncursed rings of ice                                     [2s]
   uncursed ring of karmic absorption                                  [1s]
   heap of 3 uncursed rings of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage)
   blessed ring of damage                                              [1s]
   uncursed ring of see invisible                                      [1s]
   uncursed ring of cold resistance                                    [1s]
   uncursed ring of stun resistance                                    [1s]
   uncursed ring of mental stability [+0, +1] {Le+1}                   [1s]

Wands ('\')
   blessed wand of monster detection (2 charges)                       [3s]
   uncursed wand of monster creation (6 charges)                       [3s]
   uncursed wand of webbing (2 charges)                                [3s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (1 charge)                           [3s]
   uncursed wand of far slaying (9 charges)                            [3s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (1 charge)                           [3s]
   uncursed wand of gold detection (2 charges)                         [6s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (1 charge)                           [3s]
   uncursed wand of teleportation (1 charge)                           [4s]
   blessed wand of acid (1 charge)                                     [4s]
   uncursed wand of monster creation (5 charges)                       [3s]
   uncursed wand of cold (3 charges)                                   [4s]
   uncursed wand of poison (6 charges)                                 [3s]
   uncursed wand of stunning (6 charges)                               [3s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (4 charges)                          [3s]
   uncursed wand of monster creation (7 charges)                       [3s]
   uncursed wand of fireballs (4 charges)                              [3s]
   uncursed wand of light (1 charge)                                   [4s]
   uncursed wand of knocking (2 charges)                               [3s]
   blessed wand of fireballs (12 charges)                              [3s]
   uncursed wand of earthquakes (0 charges)                            [3s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (6 charges)                          [3s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (3 charges)                          [3s]
   blessed wand of digging (2 charges)                                 [3s]
   uncursed wand of knocking (8 charges)                               [3s]
   uncursed wand of trap detection (0 charges)                         [3s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (5 charges)                          [3s]
   uncursed wand of lightning (4 charges)                              [4s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (5 charges)                          [3s]
   uncursed wand of wonder (0 charges)                                 [3s]
   uncursed wand of light (4 charges)                                  [4s]
   uncursed wand of monster creation (1 charge)                        [3s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (8 charges)                          [3s]
   cursed wand of item detection (4 charges)                           [3s]
   uncursed wand of fire (4 charges)                                   [4s]
   uncursed wand of cold (0 charges)                                   [4s]
   uncursed wand of destruction (2 charges)                            [3s]
   uncursed wand of fire (4 charges)                                   [4s]
   uncursed wand of trap detection (1 charge)                          [3s]
   uncursed wand of digging (1 charge)                                 [3s]
   uncursed wand of digging (4 charges)                                [3s]
   uncursed wand of digging (0 charges)                                [3s]
   uncursed wand of digging (0 charges)                                [3s]
   uncursed wand of digging (2 charges)                                [3s]
   uncursed wand of acid (4 charges)                                   [4s]
   uncursed wand of lightning (0 charges)                              [4s]
   uncursed wand of far slaying (7 charges)                            [3s]
   uncursed wand of fire (2 charges)                                   [4s]
   blessed wand of magic missiles (1 charge)                           [3s]
   uncursed wand of monster detection (2 charges)                      [3s]
   uncursed wand of lightning (1 charge)                               [4s]
   uncursed rusty wand of gold detection (7 charges)                   [6s]
   uncursed wand of lightning (3 charges)                              [4s]
   cursed wand of monster creation (6 charges)                         [3s]
   cursed wand of destruction (3 charges)                              [3s]
   uncursed wand of stunning (0 charges)                               [3s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (0 charges)                          [3s]
   uncursed wand of lightning (4 charges)                              [4s]
   uncursed wand of poison (9 charges)                                 [3s]
   uncursed wand of gold detection (4 charges)                         [6s]
   cursed wand of acid (2 charges)                                     [4s]
   cursed wand of fire (3 charges)                                     [4s]
   uncursed wand of ball lightning (1 charge)                          [4s]
   cursed wand of wonder (2 charges)                                   [3s]
   uncursed wand of magic missiles (6 charges)                         [3s]
   blessed wand of poison (6 charges)                                  [3s]
   uncursed wand of knocking (7 charges)                               [3s]
   uncursed rusty wand of gold detection (5 charges)                   [6s]
   uncursed wand of light (8 charges)                                  [4s]
   uncursed wand of webbing (8 charges)                                [3s]
   blessed wand of light (6 charges)                                   [4s]
   uncursed rusty wand of monster creation (7 charges)                 [3s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (6 charges)                          [3s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (8 charges)                          [3s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (1 charge)                           [3s]

Potions ('!')
   heap of 10 uncursed potions of invisibility                        [40s]
   heap of 3 blessed potions of invisibility                          [12s]
   heap of 3 uncursed potions of boost speed                           [6s]
   heap of 8 uncursed potions of booze                                [32s]
   heap of 2 uncursed potions of exchange                              [8s]
   heap of 2 uncursed potions of boost mana                            [4s]
   heap of 6 uncursed potions of healing                              [24s]
   heap of 5 uncursed potions of cure poison                          [10s]
   heap of 2 blessed potions of boost perception                       [4s]
   uncursed berzio potion                                              [2s]
   heap of 5 blessed potions of extra healing                         [10s]
   blessed potion of exchange                                          [4s]
   blessed potion of confusion                                         [2s]
   heap of 7 uncursed potions of carrot juice                         [28s]
   heap of 4 potions of holy water                                    [16s]
   heap of 3 blessed potions of ultra healing                          [6s]
   uncursed potion of balance                                          [4s]
   blessed potion of boost speed                                       [2s]
   uncursed phial of Caladriel                                         [2s]
----what a waste of space =p
   heap of 4 uncursed potions of boost strength                        [8s]
   heap of 2 uncursed oils of rust removal                             [4s]
   uncursed potion of raw mana                                         [2s]
   heap of 2 uncursed potions of boost perception                      [4s]
   heap of 3 uncursed potions of boost appearance                      [6s]
   heap of 2 uncursed potions of oil                                   [4s]
   blessed potion of booze                                             [4s]
   heap of 2 uncursed potions of boost charisma                        [4s]
   cursed potion of booze                                              [4s]
   uncursed potion of raw chaos                                        [2s]
   heap of 3 potions of unholy water                                  [12s]
   heap of 21 uncursed potions of water                               [84s]
   blessed potion of poison                                            [4s]
   heap of 2 uncursed potions of stun recovery                         [4s]
   uncursed potion of ultra healing                                    [2s]
   uncursed potion of boost learning                                   [2s]
   blessed potion of boost mana                                        [2s]
   cursed potion of healing                                            [4s]

Scrolls ('?')
   heap of 3 uncursed scrolls of monster detection                     [6s]
   heap of 10 uncursed scrolls of uncursing                           [20s]
   uncursed scroll of chaos resistance                                 [2s]
----Never had to use this!
   uncursed scroll of balance                                          [2s]
   heap of 4 uncursed scrolls of darkness                              [8s]
   heap of 3 uncursed scrolls of satiation                             [6s]
   heap of 9 uncursed scrolls of great identify                       [18s]
   blessed scroll of charging                                          [2s]
   blessed scroll of familiar summoning                                [2s]
   heap of 2 blessed scrolls of chaos resistance                       [4s]
----Never had to use these either
   uncursed scroll of teleportation                                    [2s]
   heap of 4 cursed scrolls of identify                                [8s]
   heap of 10 uncursed scrolls of identify                            [20s]
   cursed scroll of treasure creation                                  [2s]
   uncursed scroll of light                                            [2s]
   heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of vermin control                        [4s]
   blessed blank scroll                                                [2s]
   heap of 8 blessed scrolls of identify                              [16s]
   uncursed scroll of repair                                           [2s]
   blessed scroll of power                                             [2s]
   uncursed scroll of power                                            [2s]
   heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of item detection                        [4s]
   uncursed scroll of item destruction                                 [2s]
   uncursed scroll of gold detection                                   [2s]
   cursed scroll of power                                              [2s]
   uncursed scroll of item creation                                    [2s]
   blessed scroll of great identify                                    [2s]
   blessed scroll of repair                                            [2s]
   uncursed scroll of magic mapping                                    [2s]
   cursed scroll of item destruction                                   [2s]
   uncursed scroll of amnesia                                          [2s]

Books ('"')
----Never saw any reason to read what i had left over before i left the chain
   uncursed spellbook of Darkness                                    [100s]
   blessed spellbook of Farsight                                     [100s]
   cursed spellbook of Fire Bolt                                     [100s]
   uncursed spellbook of Frost Bolt                                  [100s]
   uncursed spellbook of Ice Ball                                    [100s]
   uncursed spellbook of Identify                                    [100s]
   uncursed spellbook of Knock                                       [100s]
   uncursed spellbook of Light                                       [100s]
   uncursed spellbook of Magic Lock                                  [100s]
   cursed spellbook of Remove Curse                                  [100s]
   blessed spellbook of Revelation                                   [100s]
   cursed spellbook of Strength of Atlas                             [100s]
   blessed spellbook of Strength of Atlas                            [100s]
   uncursed spellbook of Summon Monsters                             [100s]

Food ('%')
   heap of 39 blessed spenseweeds                                     [78s]
   heap of 4 blessed stomafillia herbs                                 [8s]
   heap of 21 uncursed cooked lizards                                 [63s]
   heap of 14 uncursed lumps of bee wax                               [70s]
   heap of 5 uncursed hurthling cakes                                [150s]
   heap of 5 uncursed loaves of hurthling bread                      [150s]
   heap of 6 uncursed dwarven sausages                               [120s]
   heap of 3 uncursed loaves of bread                                [120s]
   uncursed stomafillia herb                                           [2s]
   cursed stomafillia herb                                             [2s]
   heap of 8 uncursed spenseweeds                                     [16s]
   blessed dwarven sausage                                            [20s]
   heap of 2 uncursed large rations                                  [400s]
   heap of 8 uncursed iron rations                                   [800s]
   uncursed melon                                                     [20s]
   cursed loaf of hurthling bread                                     [30s]
   uncursed piece of dry meat                                         [15s]
   heap of 5 blessed devil's roses                                    [10s]
   heap of 5 uncursed curaria mancox herbs                            [10s]
   cursed spenseweed                                                   [2s]
   heap of 3 blessed moss patches of mareilon                          [6s]
   cursed moss of mareilon                                             [2s]
   uncursed moss of mareilon                                           [2s]
   heap of 5 blessed curaria mancox herbs                             [10s]
   cursed devil's rose                                                 [2s]
   heap of 2 uncursed devil's roses                                    [4s]

Valuables ('$')
   211813 gold pieces                                               [2118s]

Gems ('*')
   uncursed crystal of power                                           [1s]
   uncursed crystal of light                                           [1s]
   uncursed aquamarine                                                 [1s]
   heap of 2 uncursed amber stones                                     [2s]
   cursed crystal of darkness                                          [1s]
   uncursed crystal of darkness                                        [1s]
   uncursed topaz                                                      [1s]
   uncursed worthless piece of brown glass                             [1s]


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                                Weapon Skills
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[snipped unused weapons]

Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Daggers & knives        8    +7    +4   +2   excellent            869
Swords                  7    +5    +3   +2   skilled              618
Axes                    8    +6    +5   +2   excellent            1037
Pole arms               8    +8    +4   +8   excellent            16

Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Bows                    5   +10    +7   +1   skilled              164
Crossbows               4    +8    +6   +1   skilled              49

Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
Shields                 4    +8              skilled              2


Damage caused with your melee weapons:
--------------------------------------
Right hand: +47 bonus to hit, 3d6+16 damage


Damage caused with your missile weapons:
----------------------------------------
Ammunition: 26, base range: 14, +47 bonus to hit, 2d6+20 damage




----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Skills
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Alchemy ..................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Backstabbing .............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Climbing .................100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Concentration ............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Courage ..................100    (superb)       [+3d4]
  Detect traps ............. 86    (great)        [+1d3]
  Dodge .................... 62    (good)         [+1]
  Find weakness ............100    (superb)       [+1d3]
----Wish #3
  First aid ................ 76    (great)        [+1d3]
  Haggling ................. 94    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Healing ..................100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Herbalism ................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Listening ................100    (superb)       [+3d3]
  Literacy .................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Pick pockets ............. 98    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Smithing ................. 71    (great)        [+1]
  Stealth ..................100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Swimming ................. 63    (good)         [+1]
  Tactics ..................100    (superb)       [+1]
  Two weapon combat ........ 52    (good)         [+1]
  Ventriloquism ............ 66    (good)         [+1d3]


----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Spells
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

   Acid Ball           :    40,  29pp     (Effectivity: +26)
----Used all the way up, got again, and almost used up again
   Acid Bolt           :   753,   7pp     (Effectivity: +27)
   Bless               :   912,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Burning Hands       :  1096,   4pp     (Effectivity: +9)
   Calm Monster        :  2074,   5pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Create Item         :    45, 233pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Cure Critical Wounds:    63,  10pp     (Effectivity: +10)
   Cure Disease        :   914,   5pp     (Effectivity: +3)
   Cure Light Wounds   :   905,   2pp     (Effectivity: +11)
   Cure Serious Wounds :  1413,   6pp     (Effectivity: +4)
   Darkness            :  2823,   3pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Death Ray           :   119,  60pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Destroy Undead      :   837,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Disarm Trap         :   997,   6pp     (Effectivity: +2)
   Earthquake          :    59,  68pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Farsight            :   340,   9pp     (Effectivity: +10)
   Fire Bolt           :  1802,   5pp     (Effectivity: +22)
   Fireball            :     5,  23pp     (Effectivity: +5)
   Frost Bolt          :  1663,   6pp     (Effectivity: +28)
   Greater Identify    :    19, 109pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Heal                :    54,  35pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Ice Ball            :   418,  12pp     (Effectivity: +18)
   Identify            :   887,  44pp     (Effectivity: +8)
   Improved Fireball   :    68,  24pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Invisibility        :  1777,   6pp     (Effectivity: +4)
   Knock               :  1738,   6pp     (Effectivity: +14)
   Know Alignment      :  1033,   6pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Light               :  4240,   1pp     (Effectivity: +15)
   Lightning Ball      :   150,  16pp     (Effectivity: +11)
   Lightning Bolt      :  1085,   6pp     (Effectivity: +12)
   Magic Lock          :   889,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Magic Map           :   370,  21pp     (Effectivity: +18)
   Magic Missile       :  2448,   4pp     (Effectivity: +25)
   Mystic Shovel       :   445,  60pp     (Effectivity: +3)
   Neutralize Poison   :   765,   6pp     (Effectivity: +4)
   Petrification       :    57, 103pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Remove Curse        :   543,  29pp     (Effectivity: +6)
   Revelation          :   411,  20pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Scare Monster       :   830,   8pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Slow Monster        :  1409,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Slow Poison         :  1693,   4pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Strength of Atlas   :   990,   5pp     (Effectivity: +18)
   Stun Ray            :  2229,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Summon Monsters     :  1100,  18pp     (Effectivity: +3)
   Teleportation       :    41,  15pp     (Effectivity: +31)
----Almost didn't have enough to finish the game. Was close here.
   Web                 :  1672,   8pp     (Effectivity: +0)




----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              Her further life:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

After she leaves the Drakalor Chain she is welcomed by her people with great
honors. They acknowledge her noble deeds, her valor, her cunning and her
great skills that helped to prevent the complete destruction of the world
she knows. She is crowned to be the queen of all gray elves and lives a long
and prosperous life full of love, happiness and pleasure.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Her achievements during her adventures:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Laurana, the gray elven wizard, saved the world with her brave efforts and
became a great ruler while saving herself 34 times.
She scored 16794492 points and advanced to level 50.
She survived for 0 years, 83 days, 18 hours, 36 minutes and 41 seconds
(118204 turns).
Laurana visited 111 places.
Her strength score was modified by +10 during her career.
Her learning score was modified by +11 during her career.
Her willpower score was modified by +15 during her career.
Her dexterity score was modified by +17 during her career.
Her toughness score was modified by +24 during her career.
Her charisma score was modified by +9 during her career.
Her appearance score was modified by +2 during her career.
Her mana score was modified by +20 during her career.
Her perception score was modified by +4 during her career.
She was unnaturally aged by 15 years.
She was the champion of the arena.
She was the head of the thieves guild.
She made a little water dragon very happy.
She saved Khelavaster from certain death.
She left the Drakalor Chain after completing her quest and became a great
leader and famous heroine.
6285 monsters perished under her attacks.
The following 25 artifacts were generated during her adventure:
  the si
  the dwarven rune axe "Rolf's Companion"
  the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle" -sold
  the golden gladius "Death's Sting" - training
  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 lead-filled mace "Big Punch" - sacced
  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 - sold, then unable to be found =(
  the ancient mummy wrapping - sacced on accident
  the ankh
  the bracers of war
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
  the jet-black battle axe "Executor"
  the robes of resistance
  the staff of the archmagi
  the ring of immunity
  the rune-covered heavy mace "Purifier"
  the emerald dagger "Serpent's Bite"
She possessed the following intrinsics:
  She was fire resistant (enhanced through items).
  She was cold resistant (enhanced through an item).
  She was acid resistant (enhanced through an item).
  She was lucky (enhanced through an item).
  Fate smiled upon her.
  She was sleep resistant.
----WOO, you know how often that comes into play
  She was able to control teleportation (gained through an item).
  She was invisible.
----Ironically enough, I lost the intrinsic after gaining it in the pools, and then got it again 
immediately after, lol
  She was stun resistant (enhanced through an item).
  She was paralyzation resistant.
  She was resistant to death rays (enhanced through an item).
----I am SOOO glad I got this from the pools
  She was shock resistant (gained through items).
  She was able to see invisible things.
  She was immune to shock attacks (gained through an item).
  She was immune to fire attacks (gained through an item).
  She was immune to acidic attacks.
  She was immune to ice attacks (gained through an item).
  She was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through an item).
She had the following talents: Alert, Careful, Charged, Defensive Fighter,
Greased Lightning, Hardy, Long Stride, Miser, Potent Aura, Quick, Shield
Expert, Shield Specialist, Strong Aura, Strong Magic, Tough Skin, Treasure
Hunter, Very Careful, Very Quick.
She had a final speed score of 112 (final base speed: 117).
She was a messiah of Corellius.
She asked for 12 divine interventions.
----Mostly for PP in late game
She was a holy champion of Order.

The following monsters were vanquished:
     22 air demons
     14 air elementals
      5 air grues
      1 Ancient Chaos Wyrm - he hurt...alot
     21 ancient red dragons
      1 Ancient Stone Beast
     12 ancient white dragons
      9 animated armors
    312 animated trees - i tried to slay the entire forest...was a bit impossible, needless to say
      4 ankhegs
     15 annihilators
      3 annis hags
      1 balor - the other one that was on the lever teleported away when i was fighting him and 
never returned. pansy.
     27 bandits
      1 banshee
      6 barbarians
     14 barbarian leaders
      2 battle bunnies - yay for monster detection, killing bugs off the bat
     12 berserkers
      1 berserker emperor
      1 berserker king
     14 berserker lords
     20 berserker princes
      8 big dogs
      3 black baby dragons
      2 black dragons
     25 black hurthlings
      8 black wizards
     50 blink dogs - when i was gaining TP control, that i lost anyways
      1 blue baby dragon
      1 bone golem
      3 brown bears
      3 brown worms
     16 bugbears
      1 bulette
      1 bunny master
     17 carrion crawlers
      1 cat lord - oh, how he died, confusion + poison ftw
      6 cave bears
     59 cave fishers
      2 cave lions
     17 cave lizards
      6 cave tigers
     14 cavemen
      1 Chaos Archmage - death ray hurts, alot.
      4 chaos brothers
      1 chaos eye
      4 chaos knights
      4 chaos lizards
     26 chaos mutants
     13 chaos plague bearers
      6 chaos rats
    206 chaos servants
      2 chaos sisters
      3 chaos spawns
      1 chaos spider
      1 chaos viper
     12 chaos warriors
     25 chaos wizards
     11 claw bugs
      6 clay golems
      1 cloaked ratling
      1 cobra
      1 cooshoo
     16 corpse fiends
      1 corruptor
      1 crime lord
      1 crystal statue
      8 cutpurses
      1 cyclops
      3 dark elven archers
      6 dark elven lords
      5 dark elven priestesses
     18 dark elven princesses
      8 dark elven warriors
      5 dark elven wizards
     11 dark orcs
      5 dark sages
      2 death oozes
      1 diamond golem
     35 dire wolves
     14 displacer beasts
     16 dopplegangers
      1 doppleganger king
      2 doppleganger lords
      1 Dorn Beast
     10 dwarven chaos knights
      1 dwarven smith
     37 earth elementals
    115 ettins
      6 eyes of destruction
      1 farmer
     35 fire beetles
     32 fire demons
     78 fire drakes
     56 fire elementals
     23 fire giants
     14 fire grues
    111 fire lizards
      5 fire vortices
      6 flesh golems
     11 floating eyes
     41 fomorian giants
      5 frost giants
      4 frost giant berserkers
      8 gargoyles
     10 gelatinous cubes
     49 ghosts
      8 ghost bats
      4 ghost lords
     94 ghuls
     19 giant ant warriors
     15 giant ant workers
     33 giant bats
      2 giant bee queens
     81 giant bee warriors
     34 giant bee workers
      1 giant boar
     24 giant centipedes
     16 giant frogs
     12 giant lizards
      3 giant raccoons
    166 giant rats
      1 giant slug
     40 giant spiders
      4 gibbering mouthers
     40 gnolls
      2 gnoll chieftains
     51 goblins
      7 goblin berserkers
     11 goblin chieftains
     43 goblin rockthrowers
     25 goblin slavemasters
      1 goodwife
     29 gorgons
      8 gray oozes
      2 gray slayers
     10 great red wyrms - greater vaults rock
      1 great white wyrm
      1 greater black unicorn
     59 greater chaos servants
      1 greater claw bug
      3 greater daemons
      1 greater earth elemental
      2 greater molochs
      6 greater mummies
      4 green blobs
      5 green hags
     19 green slimes
     13 green worms
    404 gremlins - just to get the phial...thank god for the light spell, never thought id say that
      8 griffons
      4 grizzly bears
      2 half-orc bouncers
     14 harpies
     30 hell hounds
    135 hill giants
      2 hill giant chieftains
     17 hill orcs
      7 hill orc sergeants
     13 hippogriffs
     62 hobgoblins
      9 hobgoblin chiefs
      9 hobgoblin leaders
     16 homunculi
     18 huge bats
      3 hydras
      6 hyenas
      5 ice vortices
      7 imps
      1 invisible stalker
      1 iron golem
    124 jackals
      4 jackal demons
     10 jackalweres
      2 karmic lizards
      7 king cobras
     49 kobolds
     13 kobold chieftains
     10 kobold shamans
     52 large bats
     18 large dogs
      8 large gnolls
      5 large jackals
     33 large kobolds
     42 large orcs
      4 large rust monsters
      8 large snakes
     99 large spiders
      7 least daemons
      2 lesser daemons
      7 leucrottas
      8 liches
      6 lightning lizards
      5 lightning vortices
      1 living wall
     32 lizard men
     12 magebane eyes
     14 magedoom eyes
      2 margoyles
      1 master mimic
      1 master necromancer
      1 Master Summoner - died easily
     15 master swordsmen
      1 master thief
     10 mimics
     12 mimic hiveminds
     13 minotaurs
      1 minotaur mazelord
      2 molochs
     24 mummies
      1 mummy lord
      9 muscular dwarves
      8 necromancers
     12 ochre jellies
     82 ogres
      1 ogre emperor
      5 ogre kings
     45 ogre lords
      7 ogre magi
    121 orcs
      1 orc butcher
     11 orc chieftains
     65 orc scorchers
     10 outlaws
      6 outlaw leaders
     12 owlbears
     43 pit vipers
      1 pixie
      5 pixie archers
      4 purple worms
     10 quasits
      5 quicklings
      1 quickling lord - almost killed me
      6 rabid dogs
     12 raiders
    268 rats
     16 ratling archers
      3 ratling duelists
      7 ratling fencers
      6 ratling master thieves
     15 ratling thieves
      1 ratling trader
      5 ratling warlords
     11 ratling warriors
      2 rattlesnakes
     19 red baby dragons
     15 red dragons
      8 red worms
      1 revenant
     60 rust monsters
     88 shadows
      8 shadow centipedes
      5 shadow lords
      2 shadow trolls
      2 shadow wyrms
      1 shopkeeper
      4 silver wolves
      1 skeletal king - dropped quickly
     12 skeletal warriors
    150 skeletons
      8 slow shadows
      1 Snake from Beyond
     10 spectres
      6 staring eyes
     39 steel golems
      3 steel horrors
     10 steel zombies
     71 stone giants
      2 stone giant lords
     11 stone golems
     21 stone grues
      8 stone snakes
      2 stone statues
      2 swamp hydras
     13 swordsmen
     25 tarantulas
      1 titan - those guys are insanely strong, i had a vault full of them, and i could barely hurt em
     14 trolls
      2 troll berserkers
      2 troll chiefs
      4 troll kings - almost forgot, during my initial dive to the wall of flames, one of these brought 
me down to 20 hp in one hit...almost died there
      1 undead chaos dwarven berserker
     15 vampires
     48 vapor rats
      3 vipers
      8 water demons
      8 water elementals
     20 water grues
    106 water snakes
     19 wererats
      9 werewolves
      1 werewolf lord
     22 white baby dragons
     22 white dragons
      1 white unicorn
     40 white worms
    104 wights
      1 wild cat
     77 wolves
     52 wraiths
     12 writhing masses of primal chaos
      5 yellow oozes
     96 zombies


Going for 2nd win

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Darren Grey
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4238 days, 21 hours, 26 minutes and 48 seconds ago.
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 04:47 (GMT -5)

Congrats! Grey elven wizards are a lot of fun, and can get insanely powerful. Pity you didn't clear D50 - with potions of boost willpower and speed and a few castings of Acid Ball it's quite fun. Still, I assume you found it exciting enough regardless?

Y'know I find it quite mad that you had Executor, Purifier and Serpent's Bite, and what weapon do you use? Rolf's Saviour. God damn...
Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse."

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Silfir
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4067 days, 22 hours, 8 minutes and 58 seconds ago.
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 05:34 (GMT -5)

Congratulations on your first win! Now on to the second :)
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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gut
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4896 days, 23 hours, 43 minutes and 44 seconds ago.
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 08:57 (GMT -5)

Nice victory. It's surprising to have gone so far,
considering your previous best was an exp level
17 PC.

> Acid Ball : 40, 29pp (Effectivity: +26)

I'd hate to get hit with THAT! I'm sooo glad
monsters can't cast acid ball, especially with
effectivity 26.

I think that if you had been wielding mighty
Executor, you would have cleared D:50. On the
other hand, I have had Fistinarius fly into a
blind rage and destroy me before. Maybe it's
just as well to just save the world, and get out
of there.

> one of these brought me down to 20 hp in one
> hit...almost died there

Thinking about it, I believe that most of my
winners have at least one moment like that. Many
of my sad deaths have moments kind of like that,
with the exception that their HP's drop to
something like -2. It goes to show how fine the
line is, between victory and death in ADOM.

Put me in the 'fool filter', where I belong!
Worst Player... ever
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4691 days, 21 hours, 19 minutes and 24 seconds ago.
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 10:58 (GMT -5)

Nice job... and it's not like you just squeaked by, either. This character looks expert, and you didn't even need the 90 days to finish! Your stats are way up there and the equipment list is staggering.

The 34 means you physically saved the game 34 times. That's how they can tell if someone's save-scumming. If you get 390 saves then it looks suspicious.

Man, I can guarantee that my first win will not be that fast, and none of my characters has been even close to this powerful.

This gives me some confidence, tho... I've got 3 characters right now who aren't far from taking on the ToEF. Hopefully one of them will run the table, like Laurana did for you. :)

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Yep, she was a beauty of a character. I gotta say though, I find it tremendously ironic that Laurana was the first female character I played on ADOM, and my first win, because i would almost always play a male before this. Interesting, no?

and on the subject of the weapons, I normally went through a rotation of Rolf's Saviour, Eternium Spear, and Phase Dagger, depending on the situation. Yea, the other weapons were nice (purifier was gleaned way too late for me to put it to use, Executor I could've used, but rarely and barely meleed at the end of the game, just for the really weak enemies, and Serpent's Bite, yea, I could've used that earlier on, when i still meleed alot). I had several times though that i almost started using a two hander though (Eternium 2h of Parrying, yum...), but i resisted the temptation.
Going for 2nd win

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4067 days, 22 hours, 8 minutes and 58 seconds ago.
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 12:53 (GMT -5)

My first win was faster than 90 days too, but none of my recent ones. Coincidence?
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?"
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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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5798 days, 7 hours, 57 minutes and 3 seconds ago.
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 13:09 (GMT -5)

heh, maybe that's because you try to do more things on additional wins or something? Or maybe you don't get 7LB's early...
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Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 13:56 (GMT -5)

For gender I think Female > Male in this game unless you're playing a character whose game relies on melee beatdowns.

I'll be well over 90. My current wave of characters are all close to that now (except for my monk with the 7LB) and I haven't done the ToEF yet with any of them.

Of course, I'm assuming that one of that wave will eventually win. Something which none of the characters I've run over the last 10 years has been able to do. :-/
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4067 days, 22 hours, 8 minutes and 58 seconds ago.
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 16:59 (GMT -5)

I think it has a lot to do with the finding of seven league boots. Give them to me in an early game dungeon and I'll finish the game under 60 days for you (NEEDLESSLY BOLD STATEMENT YOU SHOULD NOT ASK TO BE BACKED UP).
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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5798 days, 7 hours, 57 minutes and 3 seconds ago.
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 20:27 (GMT -5)

heh, back it up! (jk)

wondering what i should try next thought...thinking maybe DE Archer/Ranger, although I am very partial to magicks

EDIT: im pretty much open to anything really though, its just hard to get a character started and stick with it sometimes
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[Edited 1 time, last edit on 3/17/2008 at 20:32 (GMT -5) by FantomFang]
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3755 days, 6 hours, 10 minutes and 58 seconds ago.
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 21:31 (GMT -5)

Meh. I won after 7 years. 10 years isn't that much more; you're due.
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5798 days, 7 hours, 57 minutes and 3 seconds ago.
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 01:40 (GMT -5)

It really took that long? I don't know how long I've been playing the game, but in total it is nowhere near. I played it a lot for about a month or two, and then quit for along time (6 mos? year?) and then came back recently, besides random chars that died really quickly, the Dwarf Priest and the Gray Elf Wizard are the only chars i really played. Ofc, I was sinking alot of time into it (my state of mind was somewhere along the lines of "screw XBOX/Playstation, ima play ADOM!)

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4805 days, 22 hours, 36 minutes and 24 seconds ago.
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 04:40 (GMT -5)

Xbox and Ps cost money, and some people don't have any to spend :( Hooray for adom.
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4896 days, 23 hours, 43 minutes and 44 seconds ago.
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 11:50 (GMT -5)

A lot of people try to win without being spoiled.
I know first hand that the game becomes MUCH
easier when you find out the secrets. ADOM was
the first roguelike I ever played, so I had no
idea about standard things, like making holy
water, or ID'ing the status of items at alters.
That made the game much harder to handle, and so
took years of 'off and on' play, to discover all
those things. Save scumming helped, but it still
took time. Was very fun though.

To be honest, when I first started playing, it
probably took the better part of a year to even
learn all the keys. I was used to games where you
just press 'a' to fight and 'b' to jump. I was so
interested in the story and characters though,
that I stuck with it.

I do remember going around kicking all monsters
I came across for the first months I played ADOM.
I didn't know how to use weapons, by just moving
into monsters. I kept looking for the 'F'ight
button, or maybe the 'H'it button. I only found
'k'ick though, so that's what I used. The funny
thing is, that I was playing only a monk at the
time. So I was actually doing well enough to not
bother trying other things.

Put me in the 'fool filter', where I belong!
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Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 14:26 (GMT -5)

I wasn't quite THAT bad off as I had played Nethack for a while, but I've been playing since '98 and I only started looking at the guidebook recently. I'm proof that you can know the keys pretty well and still be a very poor player. :)

Like you, Gut, I had no concept of how to generate holy water or what it did (I'd usually drink water as a source of satiation), no concept of herbs, little idea of how corruption worked and not much idea of which corpses did what. I didn't know how to boost stats, and I had no clue of how to best optimize my talents.

I also didn't know which quests were necessary other than the carpenter, so I'd often just descend into the CoC as far as I could since I knew that victory was down there SOMEWHERE. The quests I DID do, I wasn't optimized to do them, so the pyramid used to kill about half the characters who I sent in there. I also thought pick pockets was useless.

I'd play monks a lot too, because I didn't want to be dependent on equipment that was forever being destroyed and often was cursed. Also necromancers because they had an unlimited source of companions and also weren't as equipment/spellbook dependent (these are still my two favorite classes).

So I'm OK with not having won for this long. I actually think I must be a pretty good tactician to have gotten characters to level 20+ and to the CoC Graveyard with disadvantages like that. :)

[Edited 1 time, last edit on 3/18/2008 at 14:33 (GMT -5) by Worst Player... ever]
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5798 days, 7 hours, 57 minutes and 3 seconds ago.
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 19:10 (GMT -5)

Yea, i guess so...i'll be honest, i spoiled myself pretty heavily.

And again, to be honest, you still have one thing on me Worst...experience. Even with a win, I have very little experience outside of the realm of my wizard, and I expect it might take me a good bit longer to win my next game. (As I would like to win with Ranger...although Archer sounds fun and sort of fits the playstyle i do with the ranger)
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Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 00:01 (GMT -5)

Archer has one unexpected advantage over ranger.
There is a nice guide already written for archer.
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4805 days, 22 hours, 36 minutes and 24 seconds ago.
Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 01:02 (GMT -5)

Archer is one of, if not, the easiest wins. Once you are level 50, one arrow of slaying can kill many opponents, in one shot. I often enjoy reading about, and formulating a strategy for a game more than I enjoy playing it, which is one of the best parts about adom. Even after you know everything there is to know about this game, it is still capable of providing a fun challenge. Never had a problem with the commands as I read the whole manual before I started to play.

[Edited 1 time, last edit on 3/19/2008 at 01:04 (GMT -5) by Narcolepcy]
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5390 days, 20 hours, 40 minutes and 34 seconds ago.
Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 02:02 (GMT -5)

Im wondering... How you can get your level so high like that, and how you can still have so poor weapon skills. I mean I have played so called "pure magician" characters as well but training one weapon skills is still advantageous as there are monsters that are somewhat bad against "Pure magicians".
GJ nevertheless.

Hah. I wouldn'y have gotten anywhere if I wouldn't
have spoiled myself with Andy's All-Covering-Guidebooky-Thingy. Well that was back then, now the ADOM is not THAT hard anymore but less exciting I must reckon.

Im still proud how I figured out how to get quests from Thundrarr when I was rookie :D
"The white baby dragon equips the small shield." WTF :D

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Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 02:10 (GMT -5)

I switched weapons alot, never scummed enemies for weapon/shield marks, as I was too lazy for that. In general, I only went to melee attacks later on for easier enemies, as i had PLENTY of bolt spells, and since i could train them to such a high effectivity and still have plenty of uses, it worked. (I also very rarely ran out of pp in the late game, and casting out of my hp worked great, never really lost much mana despite taking out the 75% of the Mana temple with bolt/ball spells...mainly bolt spells tbh, like Acid Bolt/Magic Missile particularly) High effectivity magic missile spam was highly effective.
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