NOTE: this file may contain comments or information that is considered SPOILERS, if you do not wish to learn this information pleace leave now. My best attempt at the Paragon of Order challenge yet. When attempting this challenge, I also try to do every good deed in the game (save the puppy, the mad carpenter and Khelavaster, and reunite Blup with his mum). I play Bards so that any hostile blink dog can be tamed. Things went well to begin with, as I was born with the Concentration skill and managed to save the puppy and kill the raider lord. I also found lots of useful herbs in the UD, and several useful shops along the way including a potion shop (which meant that holy water wasn't a problem despite my not being able to pick pockets). Although all Khelavaster's SoCR were destroyed by a lightning vortex, I luckily acquired Stealth from a potion of education, meaning that I could do the Rift and get the weird tome. Also, being lawful seemed to mean that I suffered less from corruption than the typical neutral character. However, I got stuck at the Eternal Guardian because I couldn't find a wand of cold or spellbook of Frost Bolt and had unwisely thrown away my manual of bridge building. I cleared out everywhere I could get to without finding one, even the bug temple, for which I did not feel entirely ready and where I lost several points of Mana from overcasting spells. Being a paragon of order, I did not try to steal anything from the water dragon's lair for fear that it would be considered a chaotic act. I also did not want to have a pet kill her, because that would negate the benefit of reuniting her with her baby. But I thought that with the aid of a suitably tough pet, I could lure her away and then loot her lair. So I went back to the HMV and gave Hawkslayer some armour and then the secret password. To see how tough he was, I set him on the shopkeeper, but this proved rather difficult for him and I had to zap him with Cure Critical Wounds and Heal a few times to keep him alive. So I decided to train him up on someone a bit easier, and set him on Gaab-Baay instead. She turned out to be even worse, though - she poisoned him and he refused my potions of cure poison. As I was frantically trying to keep him alive and lead him to the safety of the wilderness, she caught up with us and killed him with an energy ray. I checked my equipment and discovered a scroll of familiar summoning, which I blessed and read in DH:2 in hopes of obtaining another strong pet - it gave me a greater earth elemental. After my experience with Hawkslayer I wanted to train it up a bit, so I had it kill some random people in Dwarftown. At first nothing bad seemed to happen as a consequence, but when it threw a huge rock at a dwarven guardian, the alarm gong was rung and I felt as if transgressing some law. To atone for having committed an evil act, I went into the alleyway and committed suicide with a bouncing magic missile. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Screenshot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ####################################################################### #.....................................................................# ###########......................##########.............................### #..#.....[#......................#........#..........#######..............# ###..#......#..............#####...#........#..........#.....#..............### #....#......#..............#..!#.../........#..........#...../................# ##....#/.....#..............#...#...#........#..........#..&..#................# #.....#......#..............#...#...#........#..........#..]..#................# #.....##/#####..............###/#...##########..........#.....#................# #.......................................................#######................# #...<.......................................................................>..# #..............................................................................# #........###/###.......####........................######/##...................# ##.......#.....#.......#..#....................*...#.......#...................# #.......#.....#.......#..#........................#.......#...................# ###.....#.._..#.......####........................#.......#.................### #.....#.....#...........................>.......#.......#....h............# ###...#######...................................#########...............### #...................................................@.h...............# ####################################################################### Ekaterin St:36 Le:23 Wi:21 Dx:45 To:31 Ch:20 Ap: 1 Ma:17 Pe:22 L+ DV/PV: 72/34 H: -30(358) P: 159(159) Exp: 26/2573172 D: 9 Sp: 174 Blessed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Background Information ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ekaterin Race: female Drakeling Class: Bard Eye color: light blue Hair color: bald Complexion: light blue Height: 4'10" Weight: 132 pounds Scars: 4 Age: 26 (grown-up) Star sign: Unicorn Birthday: 16/Unicorn (day 106 of the year) YOUR HISTORY: Your father is a guildmaster. Your family generally is rather wealthy and well-known in your home town. In your childhood you were a credit to your family. Your people loved you and enjoyed your presence. In your youth you worked a lot to become rich and famous later. Consequently you rarely had enough time to play with other kids of your age. As a young adult you were a credit to your family. Your parents supported your plans and were very understanding. They tried to help you along your way with all means at their disposal. You decided to become a Bard. The scars were all from the Bug Temple - I didn't bother removing them because I rather liked having the evidence of that epic battle. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inventory ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 6722 stones Carrying capacity: 10275 stones Head : uncursed eternium cap [+0, +6] [28s] Neck : uncursed amulet of free action [3s] Body : uncursed ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8} [60s] Girdle : blessed girdle of carrying [+0, +0] [15s] Cloak : uncursed hooded cloak [+4, +0] [40s] Right Hand : uncursed mace of destruction (+4, 5d6+8) [120s] Left Hand : blessed tower crystal shield (+1) [+13, +6] [260s] Right Ring : uncursed ring of slaying (+9 melee damage, +6 missile damage) Left Ring : uncursed ring of mental stability [+0, +1] {Le+1} [1s] Bracers : blessed bracers of war [+8, +4] {Dx+8} [10s] Gauntlets : uncursed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3] [10s] Boots : blessed seven league boots [+3, +0] [30s] Missile weapon: uncursed long bow of accuracy (+8, +2) [30s] Missiles : bundle of 12 uncursed arrows (+0, 1d6+2) [24s] Tool : uncursed Chaos Orb of Elemental Fire {St+10} [100s] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 5990 stones Carrying capacity: 10275 stones [snipped almost everything] Scrolls ('?') heap of 9 uncursed scrolls of chaos resistance [18s] From the Rift, the Bug Temple and the HMV. Khelavaster's were destroyed, but I had so little trouble with corruption that it didn't matter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weapon Skills ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Melee weapon Lvl Hit Dam DV Level Required marks --------------------- --- --- --- -- ------------- -------------- Unarmed fighting 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25 Daggers & knives 11 +12 +7 +3 Mastery 2537 Clubs & hammers 7 +5 +3 +2 skilled 256 Maces & flails 12 +12 +8 +4 Mastery 1714 Swords 5 +3 +2 +1 skilled 31 Axes 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25 Whips 4 +4 +2 +4 skilled 105 Pole arms 7 +7 +3 +6 skilled 9 Twohanded weapons 1 +1 +1 +0 basic 25 Staves 4 +4 +1 +5 skilled 105 Missile weapon Lvl Hit Dam Ra Level Required marks --------------------- --- --- --- -- ------------- -------------- Slings 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7 Bows 6 +12 +9 +2 skilled 119 Crossbows 3 +6 +4 +1 basic 4 Thrown axes & hammers 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7 Thrown daggers 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7 Thrown rocks & clubs 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7 Thrown spears 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7 Boomerangs & scurgari 1 +2 +1 +0 basic 12 Shields Lvl DV Level Required marks --------------------- --- --- ------------- -------------- Shields 10 +20 excellent 55 Damage caused with your melee weapons: -------------------------------------- Right hand: +56 bonus to hit, 5d6+45 damage Damage caused with your missile weapons: ---------------------------------------- Ammunition: 12, base range: 17, +63 bonus to hit, 1d6+37 damage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Skills ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alertness ................ 95 (superb) [+1d3] Backstabbing .............100 (superb) [+1d5] Bridge building .......... 14 (mediocre) [+4d5] (mr) Climbing .................100 (superb) [+2d4] Concentration ............100 (superb) [+2d4] Cooking .................. 39 (fair) [+3d5] (mr) Courage .................. 91 (superb) [+1] Detect traps .............100 (superb) [+2d4] Disarm traps ............. 21 (mediocre) [+4d5] First aid ................100 (superb) [+2d4] Food preservation ........100 (superb) [+2d4] Gemology ................. 29 (mediocre) [+4d4] Haggling ................. 27 (mediocre) [+4d5] Healing ..................100 (superb) [+2d4] Law ......................100 (superb) [+1d5] Listening ................100 (superb) [+2d4] Literacy .................100 (superb) [+1d5] Metallurgy ............... 28 (mediocre) [+4d5] Music ....................100 (superb) [+2d4] Smithing ................. 35 (fair) [+4d5] Stealth ..................100 (superb) [+1d3] Swimming .................100 (superb) [+1d3] Tactics ..................100 (superb) [+1d3] Two weapon combat ........ 43 (fair) [+4d4] Woodcraft ................ 23 (mediocre) [+4d4] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spells ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acid Ball : 124, 35pp (Effectivity: +0) Cure Critical Wounds: 257, 15pp (Effectivity: +3) Cure Light Wounds : 552, 5pp (Effectivity: +0) Darkness : 417, 4pp (Effectivity: +0) Destroy Undead : 497, 8pp (Effectivity: +0) Disarm Trap : 473, 10pp (Effectivity: +1) Farsight : 15, 31pp (Effectivity: +0) Fire Bolt : 69, 12pp (Effectivity: +5) Fireball : 9, 38pp (Effectivity: +0) Heal : 527, 40pp (Effectivity: +0) Invisibility : 519, 10pp (Effectivity: +0) Knock : 777, 12pp (Effectivity: +1) Light : 383, 3pp (Effectivity: +2) Lightning Bolt : 61, 14pp (Effectivity: +10) Magic Lock : 524, 8pp (Effectivity: +0) Mystic Shovel : 530, 100pp (Effectivity: +0) Petrification : 530, 120pp (Effectivity: +0) Remove Curse : 429, 50pp (Effectivity: +1) Revelation : 309, 33pp (Effectivity: +0) Slow Monster : 599, 7pp (Effectivity: +0) Slow Poison : 310, 6pp (Effectivity: +0) Strength of Atlas : 318, 9pp (Effectivity: +6) Teleportation : 416, 22pp (Effectivity: +3) Web : 400, 12pp (Effectivity: +0) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Effects of Corruption ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your antennae explore the details of your environment (Ap: -4). You have grown thorns (3d3 melee damage, Dx: -2, Ap: -3). Your corrupted tissue seems to heal much faster. You rage (DV: -9, +6 melee damage)! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Her achievements during her adventures: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ekaterin, the drakish bard, executed herself with a magic missile. She scored 743146 points and advanced to level 26. She survived for 0 years, 59 days, 22 hours, 51 minutes and 43 seconds (149988 turns). 28 companions were killed during her adventures. Ekaterin visited 93 places. Her strength score was modified by +9 during her career. Her learning score was modified by +3 during her career. Her willpower score was modified by +4 during her career. Her dexterity score was modified by +22 during her career. Her toughness score was modified by +15 during her career. Her charisma score was modified by +7 during her career. Her mana score was modified by +11 during her career. Her perception score was modified by +10 during her career. She was the champion of the arena. She made a little water dragon very happy. She brought back joy into the life of a tiny girl. She stopped the generation of nasty bugs. She saved Khelavaster from certain death. She ended her adventuring life on level 9 of the caverns of chaos. 5680 monsters perished under her attacks. The following 18 artifacts were generated during her adventure: the si the dwarven rune axe "Rolf's Companion" the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle" the golden gladius "Death's Sting" the thin dagger "Cat's Claw" the Chaos Orb of Elemental Water the Chaos Orb of Elemental Fire the obsidian quarrel "Thunderstroke" the lead-filled mace "Big Punch" the elemental gauntlets the ring of the High Kings the phial of Caladriel the crown of science the ancient mummy wrapping the ankh the hammer of the gods the bracers of war the weird tome She possessed the following intrinsics: She was fire resistant (enhanced through an item). She was poison resistant (enhanced through an item). She was cold resistant (gained through an item). She was acid resistant. She was lucky (enhanced through an item). Fate smiled upon her. She was cursed. She was sleep resistant (enhanced through an item). She was able to teleport. She was able to control teleportation. She was stun resistant (gained through items). She was paralyzation resistant (gained through an item). She was resistant to death rays (enhanced through items). She was shock resistant (enhanced through an item). She was able to see invisible things (gained through an item). She was immune to shock attacks. She was immune to ice attacks (gained through an item). She was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through items). She had the following talents: Alert, Greased Lightning, Hardy, Iron Skin, Long Stride, Miser, Quick, Tough Skin, Treasure Hunter, Very Quick. She had a final speed score of 174 (final base speed: 174). She was a messiah of Sssracht. She asked for 3 divine interventions. She was a holy champion of Order. She was tainted by Chaos. The following monsters were vanquished: [snipped]