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This was a 'turns challenge' game. With 15,634 turns, 
It sets a personal record for me. I'm a bit curious 
to know if that's an all-time record. I could not 
have gotten anywhere near this mark, if not for the 
help from the posters at the HoF. Special thanks to 
Darren and vogonpoet.

The game was played with the following restrictions.
No pickpockets skill, no smithing, no praying, no
piety abuse, no saving, and no dragon gold doubling.

I started out by getting the waterproof blanket 
from the SMC. I then got some food from Terinyo
and went to clear the BUGWIL for the exp. points.
I then went to the ID for a blink dog corpse.
Next, I went to dwarftown, finding no morgia or
moss along the way. I beat the Griffyard and
the Pyramid, still no morgia. Collected the
Water Orb, still no morgia. 

On my way to get the RotHK's, I did find some
morgia and moss, but only picked ~20. I had found
an early spellbook of ice ball, and so I decided 
to take him into the ToEF very early. I had only 
99 HP's and no fireproof shield. I fought my way
through to the Orb level, with no inventory at 
all. I left the tower, and returned with a normal
[+3, +1] medium shield. It did last for the 
whole battle with the ACW. I killed the ACW with
ice ball blasts after stunning him with the
stun ray spell. Big thanks to vogon poet for the
tip : )

I got lucky with a greater vault of giants, just
before the casino. I picked up Preserver and the
Ring of Immunity there. The gift shop had many
good spellbooks, including magic map. That made
it a lot easier to teleport my way through the
CoC. I had no beeswax for the Banshee, so I used
an uncursed potion of deafness. It didn't wear 
off before I found the EG, so I had to pass him
while hostile. 

The deafness did wear off in time to speak with
the Cat Lord, so I got the RotMC, and it helped
a lot. The Air Temple was no trouble. The Earth
temple was trouble. I had to use up all of my
PoEH there, leaving none for my battle with the
Archmage, or D:50.

The Archmage battle was epic. I nearly died a
few times, and had a very tough time putting
him away. I finally scored a few hits with
poisoned arrows, and with enough time, they did
the trick. D:50 was actually easier than it 
usually is, as I had some pretty good spells.

I probably won't try the 'turns challenge'
again for a while. It took MANY dead PC's
to reach this mark.

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Blizzard      St:22  Le:29  Wi:30  Dx:49  To:19  Ch:12  Ap:22  Ma: 7  Pe:24 N+
DV/PV: 60/48   H: 409(409)    P: 428(428)    Exp: 50/27844541   DrCh  M: 15634
Blessed Satiated
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                            Background Information
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Name: Blizzard            Race: male Gray Elf       Class: Wizard
Eye color: amber          Hair color: white         Complexion: pale
Height: 6'7"              Weight: 145 pounds
Age: 397 (grown-up, 95 years of unnatural aging added in)
Star sign: Sword          Birthday: 20/Sword (day 200 of the year)

YOUR HISTORY:
        Your parents are travelling adventurers. They are doing moderately
 well but are talented enough to survive.
        As a child you had to survive pretty harsh times since your parents
 seemed to have run out of luck. Their wealth was ever-declining and times
 were very hard.
        As a youth you spent a lot of time in the wilds exploring woods and
 generally enjoying your freedom. You had a lot of fun and learned to value
 the treasures of nature.
        As a young adult you left your home because of trouble with your
 parents. They opposed your plans for the future without understanding your
 wishes. Thus you decided to live on your own. You wandered through the
 country for many years, growing older and wiser and learning many things.
        You decided to become a Wizard.
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                                  Inventory
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Total weight: 5464 stones                Carrying capacity: 9700 stones

Head          : blessed crown of regeneration [+0, +0]                [55s]
Neck          : blessed sapphire amulet "Preserver" [+4, +4] {Wi+7}    [3s]
Body          : uncursed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [-1, +13]      [240s]
Girdle        : blessed eternium girdle [+0, +4]                      [12s]
Cloak         : uncursed hooded cloak [+2, +2]                        [40s]
Right Hand    : uncursed sword of Nonnak (+2, 4d3+2) [+2, +2] {Wi+5}  [80s]
Left Hand     : uncursed tower crystal shield (-2) [+13, +4]         [260s]
Right Ring    : uncursed ring of the master cat [+0, +5] {Dx+16} (+16 spd)
Left Ring     : uncursed ring of immunity                              [1s]
Bracers       : -
Gauntlets     : uncursed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3]        [10s]
Boots         : uncursed boots of sneakiness [+0, +3] {Dx+5}          [20s]
Missile weapon: blessed short bow of accuracy (+4, +0)                [20s]
Missiles      : bundle of 4 uncursed arrows of demon slaying (+3, 1d6+3) (p)
//  I had these equipped on D:50 for my battles 
//  with the demons. Turns out that acid bolt
//  worked fine enough.

Tool          : heap of 6 blessed spenseweeds                         [12s]

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                                    Stuff
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Total weight: 4702 stones   Carrying capacity: 9700 stones

<snip a bit>
 
   blessed staff of the Wanderer (+2, 3d8+2) [+6, +3] {To+6}          [40s]
//  Staff of uselessness. Crowning gift.

   bundle of 2 blessed adamantium quarrels (+1, 2d6+7) (p)             [2s]
// Had to use these for the Archmage.

   blessed potion of ultra healing                                     [2s]
// Picked this up on D:50. After all of
// the danger was past, of course. I had
// no PoEH for the Mana Temple or D:50.  

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                                Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Swords                   2    +2    +0   +0   basic                12
// All other skills are at zero.

Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Bows                     3    +6    +4   +1   basic                17
Crossbows                2    +4    +3   +0   basic                3
// These skills were at zero at the time
// of the Archmage battle.

Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
Shields                  1    +2              basic                20
// Goodness, that's horrible.

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                                   Skills
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  Alchemy ................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Bridge building ........ 10    (poor)         [+3d5] (mr)
// Potion of education.

  Climbing ............... 79    (great)        [+1d3]
  Concentration ..........100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Dodge .................. 69    (good)         [+1]
  First aid .............. 84    (great)        [+1d3]
  Haggling ............... 83    (great)        [+1d3]
  Healing ................100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Herbalism ..............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Listening ..............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Literacy ...............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Stealth ................100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Ventriloquism ..........100    (superb)       [+1d3]
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                                   Spells
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   <snip them all, except the most important one>
   
   Teleportation       :   622,  11pp     (Effectivity: +24)
   
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                              His further life:
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After he leaves the Drakalor Chain he is welcomed by his people with great
honors. They acknowledge his noble deeds, his valor, his cunning and his
great skills that helped to prevent the complete destruction of the world he
knows. He returns to his lands victorious and is hailed as a great leader.
Eventually he becomes king and rule your subjects with an iron fist for a
long and peaceful time, allowing his people to prosper and grow.

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              His achievements during his adventures:
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Blizzard, the gray elven wizard, saved the world with his brave efforts and
became a great ruler without even stopping to save himself.
He scored 88039260 points and advanced to level 50.
He survived for 0 years, 68 days, 7 hours, 5 minutes and 12 seconds (15634
turns).
Blizzard visited 86 places.
His strength score was modified by +9 during his career.
His learning score was modified by +9 during his career.
His willpower score was modified by +4 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +10 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +9 during his career.
His charisma score was modified by +4 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by +5 during his career.
His mana score was modified by -15 during his career.
His perception score was modified by +6 during his career.
He was unnaturally aged by 95 years.
He was the head of the thieves guild.
He made a little water dragon very happy.
He adhered to the principles of the Cat Lord and thus rose to great fame.
He left the Drakalor Chain after completing his quest and became a great
leader and famous hero.
1502 monsters perished under his attacks.
The following 18 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
  the si
  the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
  the ring of the master cat
  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 staff of the Wanderer
  the sword of Nonnak
  the elemental gauntlets
  the ring of the High Kings
  the crown of science
  the ancient mummy wrapping
  the ankh
  the glaive "Long Sting"
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
  the ring of immunity
  the sapphire amulet "Preserver"
He possessed the following intrinsics:
  He was fire resistant (gained through an item).
  He was poison resistant (enhanced through an item).
  He was cold resistant (gained through items).
  He was lucky (enhanced through an item).
  Fate smiled upon him (enhanced through an item).
  He was able to control teleportation.
  He was paralyzation resistant (gained through an item).
  He was resistant to death rays (gained through an item).
  He was shock resistant (gained through an item).
  He was able to see invisible things (gained through an item).
  He was immune to shock attacks (gained through an item).
  He was immune to fire attacks (gained through an item).
  He was immune to acidic attacks (gained through an item).
  He was immune to ice attacks.
He had the following talents: Affinity with Bows, Careful, Good Book Caster,
Good Shot, Great Book Caster, Hardy, Immune to Pain, Iron Skin, Keen Shot,
Learned, Mighty Aura, Potent Aura, Shield Specialist, Strong Aura, Strong
Healer, Strong Magic, Tough Skin, Very Careful, Very Hardy.
He had a final speed score of 120 (final base speed: 109).
He was a messiah of Ayssia.
He did not ask for divine help.
He was a holy champion of Balance.

The following monsters were vanquished:
    
      1 Ancient Stone Beast
   //  By himself, not so bad. His henchmen 
   //  played very rough though.   
      
      1 Chaos Archmage
   //  Oh, it felt good to kill this guy.
   //  He had single handedly killed many
   //  of my previous attempts.

     30 earth elementals
   //  Cost me MANY PoEH.  

      1 fire grue
   //  The one on D:48. I actually did not
   //  kill a single one in the Tower.   
      
      1 greater balor
   //  Died the same way the regular balors
   //  did. teleported to the lever, then got
   //  melted with acid bolt. I did have to 
   //  teleport around a lot for this one though.   
      
      1 master necromancer
   // He did panic and run away, which was
   // pretty annoying. He died quickly though.

      1 necromancer
   //  Appearantly these are immune to the 
   //  Banshee's wail. I did not know that.

      1 skeletal king
   //  Lured him away from his island and
   //  killed him with fire bolts.

      1 Snake from Beyond
  //  Did not panic and run, but instead
  //  just stood still in the darkness, and
  //  died to the 'burning hands' spell.    

      1 steel zombie
  //  No steel golems in this game. I was 
  //  way to weak to fight them without the
  //  lightning ball spell. I could have
  //  cleared DF after closing the gate, but
  //  I was going for turns.