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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. 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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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inventory ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [Edited 1 time, last edit on 3/17/2008 at 03:00 (GMT -5) by FantomFang] |
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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4238 days, 21 hours, 26 minutes and 48 seconds ago. |
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." [Edited 1 time, last edit on 3/17/2008 at 07:45 (GMT -5) by Darren Grey] |
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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4067 days, 22 hours, 8 minutes and 58 seconds ago. |
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 Registered user Painted this one too. Last page view: 4896 days, 23 hours, 43 minutes and 44 seconds ago. |
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! |
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Worst Player... ever Registered user Last page view: 4691 days, 21 hours, 19 minutes and 24 seconds ago. |
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. :) [Edited 1 time, last edit on 3/17/2008 at 11:01 (GMT -5) by Worst Player... ever] |
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FantomFang Registered user Last page view: 5798 days, 7 hours, 57 minutes and 3 seconds ago. |
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 [Edited 1 time, last edit on 3/17/2008 at 12:06 (GMT -5) by FantomFang] |
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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4067 days, 22 hours, 8 minutes and 58 seconds ago. |
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?" 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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FantomFang Registered user Last page view: 5798 days, 7 hours, 57 minutes and 3 seconds ago. |
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... Going for 2nd win |
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Worst Player... ever Registered user Last page view: 4691 days, 21 hours, 19 minutes and 24 seconds ago. |
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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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4067 days, 22 hours, 8 minutes and 58 seconds ago. |
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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FantomFang Registered user Last page view: 5798 days, 7 hours, 57 minutes and 3 seconds ago. |
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 Going for 2nd win [Edited 1 time, last edit on 3/17/2008 at 20:32 (GMT -5) by FantomFang] |
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Iridia Moderator on this forum YASD Last page view: 3755 days, 6 hours, 10 minutes and 58 seconds ago. |
Meh. I won after 7 years. 10 years isn't that much more; you're due. Die Gedanken sind Frei |
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FantomFang Registered user Last page view: 5798 days, 7 hours, 57 minutes and 3 seconds ago. |
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!) Going for 2nd win |
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Narcolepcy Registered user Last page view: 4805 days, 22 hours, 36 minutes and 24 seconds ago. |
Xbox and Ps cost money, and some people don't have any to spend :( Hooray for adom. |
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gut Registered user Painted this one too. Last page view: 4896 days, 23 hours, 43 minutes and 44 seconds ago. |
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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Worst Player... ever Registered user Last page view: 4691 days, 21 hours, 19 minutes and 24 seconds ago. |
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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FantomFang Registered user Last page view: 5798 days, 7 hours, 57 minutes and 3 seconds ago. |
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) Going for 2nd win |
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gut Registered user Painted this one too. Last page view: 4896 days, 23 hours, 43 minutes and 44 seconds ago. |
Archer has one unexpected advantage over ranger. There is a nice guide already written for archer. Put me in the 'fool filter', where I belong! |
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Narcolepcy Registered user Last page view: 4805 days, 22 hours, 36 minutes and 24 seconds ago. |
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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Subconscious Registered user Adventurer of the Human Mind Last page view: 5390 days, 20 hours, 40 minutes and 34 seconds ago. |
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 [Edited 1 time, last edit on 3/19/2008 at 02:03 (GMT -5) by Subconscious] |
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FantomFang Registered user Last page view: 5798 days, 7 hours, 57 minutes and 3 seconds ago. |
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. Going for 2nd win |