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This was a slightly challenging game: my character never learned any
new skills during the course of the game. For a non-elven Barbarian, this
means no Literacy and no Healing, among others.
I had tried an illiterate dwarven Barbarian without the healing skill in g9,
and that character was skewered by a stone ooze on CoC46; so i assumed that
such a game was definitely finishable. I took up the concept with this
character in g12, only that the race was Gnome this time and i decided
not to learn any new skills *at all*. I had hoped for the ring of the
Master Cat, but one wild cat managed to impale herself on my sword...
Nothing really uncommon happened to this character; all the unusual
difficulties were encountered because of the self-imposed restrictions:
between the top level of the ToEF (where i had to burn almost all my
blessed extra healing potions) and a dragon pit on CoC 32 (where i found
my first regeneration item) the character was noticably below the maximum
hitpoint rating; in the dragon pit, the max hitpoints went from the
mid-300s to somewhere above 600, while the current hitpoints stayed
around 300; the level-related hitpoint gains barely neutralized the per-
manent pounding. After i had collected my regeneration stuff, hitpoints
weren't much of a problem any more.
The lack of literacy was a permanent problem; to me, scrolls were but
a minor source of cash; it was especially aggravating that the dwarven
mystic gave me four blessed scrolls of chaos resistance and disappeared
before i could tell him to put them were the sun doesn't shine.
I never quaffed any unknown potions (fearing that i might stumble upon
an education one, which could have ruined my nice plan) and thus
arrived on the icy level with ~20 different unknown potions; after i
had crossed half the level i had determined that none of them was the
potion of uselessness ;)
I never got a full identification of my stuff or a full uncursing;
something i'm kinda used to from "normal" games. Identification
had to use the roundabout way of selling to shops and buying back
(or just trying out), uncursing was only possible via holy water (i didn't
waste prayers on uncursing).
The other skills weren't much of a problem: i easily emulated the
Detect Traps skill with a few wands of trap detection and dug around
doors as a rule; i also was doing enough damage without the tactics
skill and never missed Backstabbing or Courage.
As to the number of saves: When i play ADoM seriously, i usually spend
a whole evening on one character, playing deep into the night (which
i tend to regret in the morning); and since i'm somewhat of a veteran, i
don't need all that much wall-time to produce a winner.
Elrembis St:30 Le:25 Wi:23 Dx:24 To:35 Ch:15 Ap:14 Ma:13 Pe:25 N-
DV/PV: 21/37 H: 1060(1060) P: 120(120) Exp: 50/51165303 DrCh Sp: 131
Blessed Satiated Berserk
Name: Elrembis Race: male Gnome Class: Barbarian
Eye color: green Hair color: white Complexion: tanned
Height: 104 cm Weight: 56 kilos Scars: 1
Age: 182 (grown-up, 65 years of unnatural aging added in)
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Star sign: Falcon Birthday: 24/Falcon (day 234 of the year)
YOUR HISTORY:
At the age of 182 you left your tribe.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-> that ain't quite
correct, methinks...
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Inventory
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Total weight: 3975 stones Carrying capacity: 6000 stones
He: blessed eternium cap [+0, +4] [28s]
Ne: 08/15 ankh [3s]
Bo: blessed fine leather armor (named) (+2, +0) [+2, +8] (+15 spd) [120s]
Gi: 08/15 eternium girdle [+0, +5] [12s]
Cl: blessed cloak of protection [+0, +3] [20s]
RH: blessed phase dagger (+0, 1d4) [5s]
LH: 08/15 sword of sharpness (+0, 4d8+7) [35s]
RR: blessed ring of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage) [1s]
LR: blessed ring of the High Kings [+2, +3] [1s]
Br: 08/15 bracers of protection [+0, +2] [10s]
Ga: 08/15 thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+1, +1] [15s]
Bo: blessed boots of speed [+4, +0] (+8 spd) [20s]
MW: blessed long bow (+2, +2) [30s]
Mi: bundle of 50 08/15 arrows (+0, 1d6) [100s]
Tl: blessed pick axe (+3, 1d6+1) [75s]
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Stuff
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Total weight: 3500 stones Carrying capacity: 6000 stones
Armor ('[')
08/15 ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8} [60s]
08/15 eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [-1, +17] [240s]
# mummy wrapping in the mana temple, eternium plate on CoC50
Necklaces (''')
blessed amulet of balance [3s]
heap of 2 08/15 amulets of free action [6s]
08/15 amulet of the cold heart {Ch+0} [3s]
# the amulets of balance and free action were used occasionally, the amulet
of the cold heart is here purely for its comical value.
Bracers (',')
blessed bracers of regeneration [+0, +0] [18s]
# these were without doubt my most valuable item; regeneration was the
only way to recover hitpoints quickly without exhausting my meagre herb
and potion resources.
One-handed weapons ('(')
blessed rune-covered club "Skullcrusher" (+12, 3d6+2) [-3, +0] {St+4}
# my crowning gift. I *hate* this club - have seen it a few times too many.
I only used it for clearing out Darkforge, that slay comes in handy in there.
08/15 pick axe (+0, 1d6+1) [75s]
08/15 sword of sharpness (+0, 4d8+6) [35s]
blessed pick axe (+0, 1d6+1) [75s]
08/15 pick axe (+0, 1d6+3) [75s]
blessed phase dagger (-2, 1d4-2) [5s]
08/15 pick axe (+0, 1d6+2) [75s]
# all my backup one-handers. Digging is good, if only those axes weren't
so prone to breakage... Of course, at 100 Mining the danger isn't great
enough to justify my lugging around four backups, but better safe than
sorry :)
Two-handed weapons ('(')
blessed hammer of the gods (+1, 7d6+8) [-6, +0] [400s]
# pre-crowning gift. Used it a lot - it's been improved to an actually
quite impressive little (ehem :) weapon.
Tools (']')
08/15 torch (529 turns of fuel remaining) [10s]
# used for illumination in the Mana Temple.
Rings ('=')
blessed ring of regeneration [1s]
08/15 ring of regeneration [1s]
# these were highly treasured items, as well.
Potions ('!')
heap of 3 08/15 potions of ultra healing [6s]
heap of 7 08/15 potions of healing [28s]
blessed potion of extra healing [2s]
# i was quite low on healing potions in the end
heap of 4 08/15 potions of cure corruption [8s]
Food ('%')
heap of 5 blessed spenseweeds [10s]
heap of 4 08/15 pepper petals [8s]
heap of 2 blessed pepper petals [4s]
# herbal healing resources almost ran out, too.
# snipped: about 10 missile weapons, ~30 stacks of missiles, 40-odd wands,
# 50+ gems, other odds and ends; scrolls didn't need to be snipped - i never
# bothered to carry one any further than the nearest shop :)
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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 3 +2 +1 +0 basic 61
Daggers & knives 10 +10 +6 +3 excellent 1840
Clubs & hammers 9 +7 +5 +3 excellent 492
Maces & flails 8 +6 +4 +2 excellent 546
Swords 9 +7 +5 +3 excellent 389
Pole arms 2 +2 +0 +1 basic 1
Twohanded weapons 11 +12 +16 +4 Mastery 3019
Missile weapon Lvl Hit Dam Ra Level Required marks
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Slings 3 +6 +4 +1 basic 18
Bows 8 +16 +12 +2 excellent 47
Crossbows 8 +16 +12 +2 excellent 199
Thrown rocks & clubs 1 +2 +1 +0 basic 12
Boomerangs & scurgari 4 +8 +6 +1 skilled 42
Shields Lvl DV Level Required marks
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Shields 3 +6 basic 65
# all snipped skills were a genuine zero - i sold the gladius to Waldenbrook.
Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: +131 bonus to hit, 1d4+32 damage
Left hand: +125 bonus to hit, 4d8+40 damage
Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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Ammunition: 50, base range: 10, +126 bonus to hit, 1d6+37 damage
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Skills
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Athletics ................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Climbing .................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Dodge ....................100 (superb) [+2d4]
First aid ................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Gemology .................100 (superb) [+1]
Haggling ................. 66 (good) [+1d3]
Herbalism ................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Listening ................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Mining ...................100 (superb) [+1d3]
Pick pockets .............100 (superb) [+1d3]
Stealth ..................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Survival .................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Swimming ................. 90 (great) [+1d5]
Two weapon combat ........100 (superb) [+1d5]
Ventriloquism ............100 (superb) [+1]
Woodcraft ................ 95 (superb) [+1d5]
# exactly the same skill set as in the beginning; well, this *was* the
point of the exercise, really.
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His achievements during his adventures:
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Elrembis, the gnomish barbarian, saved the world with his brave efforts and
became a great ruler while saving himself but once.
He scored 50691748 points and advanced to level 50.
He survived for 0 years, 45 days, 15 hours, 6 minutes and 7 seconds (58789
turns).
He was unnaturally aged by 65 years.
He was the champion of the arena.
He was a member of the thieves guild.
He made a little water dragon very happy.
He left the Drakalor Chain after completing his quest and became a great
leader and famous hero.
4212 monsters perished before him.
The following non-guaranteed artifacts were generated:
the potion of literacy
# sold it
the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
# sold it
the hammer of the gods
the rune-covered club "Skullcrusher"
the fine leather armor "Nature's Companion"
the jet-black battle axe "Executor"
the black tome of Alsophocus
# Uselessness reward; remember that the character was illiterate. Sometimes
# the RNG's sense of humour scores a critical hit :)
the shining long spear "Soaker"
the emerald dagger
He possessed the following intrinsics:
He was fire resistant (enhanced through an item).
He was poison resistant (enhanced through an item).
He was cold resistant (gained through an item).
He was acid resistant.
He was lucky (enhanced through an item).
Fate smiled upon him (enhanced through an item).
He was able to control teleportation.
He was shock resistant (enhanced through an item).
He was immune to shock attacks (gained through an item).
He was immune to fire attacks (enhanced through an item).
He was a messiah of Berwyn.
He asked for 4 divine interventions.
He was a holy champion of Balance.
The following monsters were vanquished:
0 cave lions, 0 cave tigers, <...>, 1 wild cat,<...>
# AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!