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After hearing mention again of Barry's wins with Hurthling Monks using
only rocks, I decided that I was going to try a similar challenge. I
played David through the entire game, using only slings and thrown
rocks. This has to have been the easiest win I have had yet. In the
Mana Temple and on CoC:50, I would just find a good spot, and then hold
down the "t" key. I first reached Grandmastery in slings and then in
Thrown Rocks on CoC:50. I had many more problems with ammo than the
Monk in the Tutorial had however. Before I dove down through the CoC, I
kicked down the walls over half a dungeon level, and had over 400 normal
rocks, plus twice that in other kinds. My ammo weighed over 4000
stones. By the time I cleared out the mana temple, I was down to less
than 100 total rocks on hand. I had to actually mine some more so that
I would have enough.
This was my first monk to ever make it past level 25-30, and I was
really dissappointed that I didn't get to insta-kill anything.
Corruption was never a problem, as I found an Adamantium RoDS, and
received 4 SoCR from it when I used it on CoC:50. I never used the 6
from Khelly, or the one PoCC I got for the Ancient Chaos Wyrm.
Based on my experiences, I would say that Thomas should implement a new
monster type. Hurthling rockthrowers. I can see a monster description
that looks something like:
"This tiny hurthling holds his sling with great defiance, and stares you
in the eye. You have heard rumours of the fabled hurthling slingers of
old, and suspect that this corrupted individual may have been one of
them. The hurthling readies a rock in his sling and begins to spin it
over his head as you approach."
They could have a fairly high DV, and low PV. I would imagine that they
would be a missile using monster that would appear around level 30-40 in
the CoC.
I was going to make a demo of this, but got bored of it, so all there is
is until I first set foot in the CoC.
David St:42 Le:18 Wi:24 Dx:31 To:43 Ch:15 Ap:15 Ma:14
Pe:21 L+
DV/PV: 60/59 H: 937(937) P: 201(201) Exp: 50/45401704 DrCh
Sp: 153
Blessed Invisible Burdened Berserk
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I spent the entire last half of the game at berserk to do enough
damage. The burdened is from the ~1 million gold I obtained from my
loot.
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Background Information
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Name: David Race: male Hurthling Class: Monk
>anybody get the reference in the name. :)
Eye color: brown Hair color: brown Complexion: light
Height: 2'10" Weight: 70 pounds
Age: 54 (grown-up, 21 years of unnatural aging added in)
>I always forget to drink my potions of youth.
Star sign: Raven Birthday: 26/Raven (day 26 of the year)
Raven is great for missilers.
YOUR HISTORY:
Your parents are travelling adventurers. Both are competent,
talented and doing very well.
As a child your parents cared a lot for you. Despite all
circumstances you enjoyed a happy and fine childhood.
During your youth you embarked on many small journeys to nearby
towns on behalf of your parents. You learned to know lots of people and
made many friends.
Your path was always clearly lying before you. You knew about your
destiny since your earliest years and fortunately your grandfather
supported your wishes. You managed to find a competent trainer and
began your studies.
You decided to become a Monk.
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Inventory
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Total weight: 14690 stones Carrying capacity: 15000
stones
Head : uncursed helm of water breathing [+0, +4]
[30s]
I forgot to put my eternium cap back on!
Neck : uncursed sapphire amulet "Preserver" [+4, +4] {Wi+7} [3s]
Found in the casino. Very nice.
Body : uncursed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [-1, +17] [240s]
Was actually wearing an [+1 +5] elven chainmail on CoC:50, I sold it by
accident, and this was all I had left.
Girdle : blessed girdle of carrying [+0, +0]
[15s]
Necessary to carry lots of rocks.
Cloak : uncursed cloak of defense [+6, +0]
[20s]
Nothing could hit me.
Right Hand : uncursed large eternium shield (-1) [+15, +6]
[54s]
Left Hand : uncursed tower eternium shield (+1) [+16, +6]
[70s]
This is why.
Right Ring : uncursed ring of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile
damage)
Very useful.
Left Ring : blessed ring of mental stability [+1, +1] {Le+1}
[1s]
Put on for the Archmage, forgot to take it off.
Bracers : uncursed bracers of war [+8, +4] {Dx+8}
[10s]
Second Precrowning gift, very useful in allowing me to see through the
Doppelgangers' ruses.
Gauntlets : uncursed iron gauntlets "Ironfist" (-1, +0) [+2, +4]
{St+7}
First Precrowning gift.
Boots : blessed seven league boots [+1, +0]
[30s]
Found on CoC:5-6. Even with the dexterity drop, moving at 375 energy
per move is definetly worth it.
Missile weapon: -
Missiles : heap of 43 uncursed rocks (+0, 1d4)
[215s]
I had over 400 here at one time.
Tool : uncursed rusty round key
[1s]
Nothing better to put there.
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Stuff
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Total weight: 13990 stones Carrying capacity: 15000 stones
Helmets ('[')
uncursed crown of science [+4, +8] {Le+9}
[65s]
Never put it on.
uncursed eternium cap [+2, +7]
[28s]
Was actually wearing a [+1 +4] cap but sold it.
Armor ('[')
uncursed ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8}
[60s]
Never wore it.
heap of 4 uncursed eternium plate mails (-1, -2) [-1, +17]
[960s]
Sold almost 10 before Waldenbrooks, a shopkeeper in the mana temple
branch, and the outlaw village shopkeeper ran out of money.
Cloaks ('[')
Girdles ('[')
Necklaces (''')
uncursed amulet of death ray resistance
[7s]
uncursed amulet of light
[3s]
blessed ankh
[3s]
heap of 3 blessed amulets of order
[9s]
My most used amulets besides preserver.
One-handed weapons ('(')
blessed eternium dagger (+0, 2d4+9)
[5s]
I always save Khelly's dagger. This was the only weapon that I carried
through the whole game.
Missile weapons ('}')
uncursed sling (+3, +1)
[3s]
blessed sling (+3, +1)
[3s]
uncursed sling (+0, +4)
[3s]
Had some others, but sold them.
Missiles ('/')
uncursed sling bullet of demon slaying (+3, 2d3)
[3s]
bundle of 5 uncursed lead sling bullets (+3, 1d5)
[15s]
bundle of 2 uncursed mithril sling bullets (+4, 2d5+2)
[6s]
bundle of 3 uncursed lead sling bullets (+5, 1d5+2)
[9s]
uncursed sling bullet of crashing (+6, 5d5+3)
[3s]
bundle of 4 uncursed lead sling bullets (+1, 1d5+3)
[12s]
bundle of 5 uncursed mithril sling bullets (+4, 2d5+1)
[15s]
bundle of 6 uncursed lead sling bullets (+6, 1d5+2)
[18s]
bundle of 12 uncursed lead sling bullets (+6, 1d5)
[36s]
I did use sling bullets, but they wouldn't have made any real
difference. They don't do enough damage by themselves to overcom their
weaknesses, and they break to quick to be of any real use.
Tools (']')
Rings ('=')
uncursed ring of speed [+0, +1] (+5 spd)
[1s]
uncursed ring of speed [+0, +1] (+5 spd)
[1s]
I was originally wearing this. Should have put them both on.
blessed brass ring
[1s]
Remains of my only RoDS.
Wands ('\')
I used a wand of acid on a greater moloch, and one of fireballs on a
doppelganger king.
Potions ('!')
blessed potion of raw chaos
[2s]
>From failed attempt to bless Moonsickle before sacc'ing it.
blessed potion of cure corruption
[2s]
Never had to use it.
heap of 2 uncursed potions of youth
[8s]
Forgot to drink these.
uncursed potion of education
[2s]
Same here.
Scrolls ('?')
heap of 6 blessed scrolls of chaos resistance
[12s]
Never used Khelly's.
Books ('"')
uncursed spellbook of Farsight
[100s]
Useful spell for slingers.
uncursed spellbook of Wish
[100s]
No chance of me casting this one!
Food ('%')
Valuables ('$')
998505 gold pieces
[9985s]
I'm rich!!!!!!!
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Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon Lvl Hit Dam DV Level Required
marks
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Unarmed fighting 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 19
I hit a fire giant king twice by accident. Killed him with a sling
however.
Daggers & knives 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25
Clubs & hammers 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25
Maces & flails 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25
Swords 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25
Axes 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25
Whips 1 +1 +0 +1 basic 25
Pole arms 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25
Twohanded weapons 1 +1 +1 +0 basic 25
Staves 1 +1 +0 +1 basic 25
Missile weapon Lvl Hit Dam Ra Level Required
marks
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Slings 15 +30 +22 +5 Grand Mastery
Got this first.
Bows 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7
Crossbows 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7
Thrown axes & hammers 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7
Thrown daggers 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7
Thrown rocks & clubs 15 +30 +22 +5 Grand Mastery
Then this. Hurthlings do more damage with thrown rocks than with slings
by about 3-4 points.
Thrown spears 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7
Boomerangs & scurgari 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7
Shields Lvl DV Level Required
marks
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Shields 9 +18 excellent 1165
Very little could touch me.
Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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No melee weapons available.
I checked and Monks do a tremendous amount of damage even with no
skill! It was around 1d30+50.
Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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Ammunition: 43, base range: 7, +148 bonus to hit, 1d4+60 damage
Not bad. He would make a good baseball pitcher.
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Skills
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Alertness ................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Archery ..................100 (superb) [+1]
This was vitally important. I completely ran out of rocks once before I
hit level 13.
Athletics ................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Backstabbing ............. 42 (fair) [+1d3]
Bridge building .......... 7 (poor) [+4d4] (mr)
Climbing ................. 78 (great) [+1d3]
Concentration ............100 (superb) [+2d4]
Cooking .................. 76 (great) [+1] (mr)
Courage ..................100 (superb) [+1]
Dodge ....................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Find weakness ............100 (superb) [+1d3]
First aid ................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Food preservation ........100 (superb) [+2d4]
Gardening ................ 74 (great) [+2d4]
Haggling ................. 72 (great) [+1d3]
Healing ..................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Listening ................100 (superb) [+3d4]
Literacy .................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Stealth ..................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Tactics .................. 69 (good) [+2d4]
Two weapon combat ........ 88 (great) [+1d5]
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Spells
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Bless : 5, 15pp (Effectivity: +0)
Darkness : 145, 4pp (Effectivity: +0)
Death Ray : 7, 193pp (Effectivity: +0)
Destroy Undead: 13, 14pp (Effectivity: +0)
Farsight : 75, 21pp (Effectivity: +2)
Used it a bit. It causes screen corruption when it wears off.
Ice Ball : 10, 47pp (Effectivity: +0)
Identify : 294, 75pp (Effectivity: +1)
Occasional use.
Lightning Bolt: 241, 12pp (Effectivity: +0)
Revelation : 162, 33pp (Effectivity: +0)
Teleportation : 315, 22pp (Effectivity: +2)
The Casino shopkeeper got me from 400 to 50 hp in one hit! This was my
escape.
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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 is crowned to be the king of all hurthlings and lives a long
and
prosperous life full of love, happiness and pleasure.
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His achievements during his adventures:
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David, the hurthling monk, saved the world with his brave efforts and
became
a great ruler while saving himself 20 times.
He scored 18970948 points and advanced to level 50.
This is a rather low score for such a quick completion.
He survived for 0 years, 49 days, 8 hours, 38 minutes and 12 seconds
(122729
turns).
That is less than half my previous fastest time. It would have been
_much_ quicker if I had been able to use my meele attack.
David visited 109 places.
His strength score was modified by +22 during his career.
His learning score was modified by +1 during his career.
His willpower score was modified by +3 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +3 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +28 during his career.
His charisma score was modified by -2 during his career.
De-evolutionary corruption.
His appearance score was modified by +2 during his career.
His mana score was modified by +7 during his career.
His perception score was modified by +4 during his career.
He was unnaturally aged by 21 years.
He was the champion of the arena.
He was the head of the thieves guild.
He made a little water dragon very happy.
He brought back joy into the life of a tiny girl.
He saved Khelavaster from certain death.
He left the Drakalor Chain after completing his quest and became a great
leader and famous hero.
5392 monsters perished before him.
The following 22 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
the si
Saved lots for backup ammo.
the dwarven rune axe "Rolf's Companion"
Sold it.
the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
Sacced' it.
the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
Traded it.
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Water
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Air
Used this one from the time I got it until I threw it in the rift.
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Fire
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Earth
the lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
Sold it.
the gauntlets of eternal peace "Shezestriakis"
Crowning gift. Completely useless. Sold it.
the sword of Nonnak
Sold it.
the elemental gauntlets
Sold them.
the ring of the High Kings
the crown of science
Never wore it.
the ancient mummy wrapping
Never wore it.
the ankh
Barely wore it.
the rune-covered club "Skullcrusher"
Potion of uselessness gift. Why couldn't I have got something nice like
Whirlwind?
the glaive "Long Sting"
Found is casino.
the bracers of war
Second precrowning gift.
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
the sapphire amulet "Preserver"
Stole from casino.
the iron gauntlets "Ironfist"
First precrowning gift.
He possessed the following intrinsics:
He was fire resistant.
He was poison resistant (gained through an item).
He was cold resistant.
He was acid resistant.
He was lucky (enhanced through items).
Fate smiled upon him.
He was able to teleport.
He was able to control teleportation.
He was invisible.
He was stun resistant (enhanced through items).
He was paralyzation resistant (gained through an item).
He was resistant to death rays (enhanced through an item).
He was shock resistant.
He was able to see invisible things.
He was immune to shock attacks.
Crowning immunity. I got hit with two bolts of true matter when I tried
to convert a neutral altar to lawful. Anyone know why?
He was able to breathe water (gained through an item).
He was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through items).
He was a messiah of Shalla.
He asked for 7 divine interventions.
He was a holy champion of Order.
The following monsters were vanquished:
<Major snippage>
3 battle bunnies
Do these breed faster in G14?
1 cat lord
He is a pushover to anyone with decent missile skills and a pair of
Seven League Boots.
17 dopplegangers
1 doppleganger king
5 doppleganger lords
These were my greatest problem.
11 balors
1 greater balor
1 Balor in the dwarven halls while at level ~20. I used bullets of
demon slaying on him.
2 greater molochs
Could occasionally hurt them even with only 60 damage compared to their
100 PV. Why? I was forced to use demon-slaying bullets to kill them.
1 greater titan
1 moloch
These went down easily to a hail of rocks.
9 quicklings
6 quickling lords
Two corpses.
34 steel golems
I think this is how many there are in darkforge. I have gotten this
number twice in a row now.
1 white unicorn
Why did it attack me? I was minding my own business mining rocks, when
a normal white unicorn came and attacked me.