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As opposed to my previous posted character, little in this game felt
particularly remarkable. I certainly didn't have as many near-death
experiences or miraculous escapes this time around. I feel that any of the
special endings are quite easily obtainable with a Dwarven Barbarian. Dwarves
are probably second only to Trolls as the best class for a Barbarian, due to
their potential to begin with excellent Strength and Toughness scores. Before
you know it, their hit points really start to take off!
Furthermore, their initial Learning scores are not penalised in the same way
as Trolls. Initial Learning scores in the mid teens are not unheard of.
In addition, I like Dwarves due to the fact that their gods favour gifts of
gold, which is the easiest "special offer" to obtain in abundance, and also
because they begin with Detect Traps. (As I mentioned in my other entry,
I can never be bothered fiddling around with Pick Pocket long enough to learn
this skill, not to mention having to change alignment if initially Lawful.)
Oh, and in case anyone is wondering if I always call my characters "Gordon",
that's right. When I start the game up, I usually get straight into it, and
like most other people I lose a lot of characters. It's hard coming up with
different names for all of them, so I just use my name. Technically I could
rename winning characters on the verge of their victory, but that just
wouldn't seem right somehow.
Here's a rundown of my adventures :
- Standard beginning - obtained Healing from the Village Dungeon, and
arrived in the Puppy Cave too late to make the rescue. The huge manual
became drenched in a water trap before I became literate - no great loss.
An altar was generated on the bottom level of the Village Dungeon.
- Met the Old Barbarian and obtained his quest. There wasn't much chance of
completing this one, since my first kill was an outlaw, and I was going for
convenience during the Filk mission this time around. Last time I had to
go down to around L121 of the Infinite Dungeon.
- Entered the Caverns of Chaos. There were two descending staircases in
adjoining rooms on the other side of a large(about 4-5 squares wide)
river. These rooms were patrolled continually by a cave tiger which
seemed to take great delight in my inability to attack. I was equipped with
an Eternium Scimitar at this point and itched to teach that impudent cat
a lesson, but somehow knew that I would end up regretting my actions were
I to retaliate.
- Picked up the Si and arrived in Dwarftown on D9; no background corruption.
I picked up my Literacy Quest(to slay a chaos sister) and the Portal Quest.
Venturing further down brought me to a Moloch in the Dwarven Halls, which
I managed to dispose of with hit and run tactics. This gruelling battle
advanced me two levels, bringing me to L15. I didn't like the look of a room
full of mimics and turned back, ready to complete the Graveyard Quest.
- Before braving the dark cemetery, I went back to the VD7 altar, now well
stocked with cooked lizards and other food supplies. Many creatures were
sacrificed and I was pre-crowned with Preserver, which I kept as my standard
amulet for the whole game. Side-note: I am VERY pleased that piety loss has
been modified to make pre-crowning a viable option again - it's one of my
favourite features.
- Stopped off at the graveyard on the way back and finished off the
Necromancer. Griff was freed by sprinkling holy water upon his grave,
taking me to L16. I picked up the Elemental Gauntlets and returned to the
Caverns. Having located a chaos sister, I obtained the Potion of Literacy
and discovered the secrets of the scrolls that I had been carefully
harvesting against the arrival of this day. I eagerly identified all of
my items, but to my dismay, there was no ring of djinni summoning, potion
of uselessness, scroll of danger, or even wand of monster creation! I
normally discover at least one of these items(usually the last) at this
point.
- I received the Animated Forest quest which was still available, having
fortunately chosen the Dwarven Halls staircase on my previous expedition.
The arcane Wand of Fireballs was my reward, and I knew that the Pyramid
would pose no trouble with this mighty weapon at my disposal. The Ogre Quest
was also completed at this point, leaving the test of Arena Combat for when
I returned from the lands above.
- The Pyramid. There was a very funny moment attached to this part of my
adventures. Rehetep had, for some reason best known to himself, invited a
FIRE VORTEX as part of his welcoming committee. To cut a scorcher of a
story short, let's just say that he ended up regretting that decision!
The Ankh and Ancient Mummy Wrapping were obtained and stored away.
- Having picked up a wand of cold, a scroll of charging, and a climbing
set, it was time to brave the Tomb of the High Kings. The cavernous levels
bore little of interest, and it was a reasonably straightforward dive to
the Chaos Lake. The Ring was easily obtained and its skeletal guardian
taken out with tremendous blows.
- Still no scroll of danger - thanks to Preserver I was ready to take on the
Rift and the Library. I dropped all of my possessions near the exit stairs
in the Tomb, taking nothing but the bare essentials: climbing set, ranged
weapons(karmic creatures seem to always turn up in the Library), stomafilla
herbs, blessed scroll(s) of identify, potion(s) of extra healing. Without
Preserver or intrinsic paralysation, an amulet of free action would be
invaluable as well(I frequently discover mimic "shops" in the rift).
- The Library was quite easy this time round. I've run into greater molochs
and werewolf kings in previous games, but no major difficulties this time.
The scroll collection was plundered, but still no scroll of danger!!!
However, during my travels in the rift, an amulet of water breathing was
discovered. Thus my next destination was planned. Recovering my items from
the Tomb, they were relocated to the Barbarian's Glade.
- The Water Dragon Cave - by this time I had picked up an Eternium Two-Handed
Sword, surely the Barbarian's non-artifact weapon of choice? I carefully
scouted the treasure belonging to Blup's mother, hoping for an amulet of
life saving, a ring of djinni summoning, a ring of ice, a wand of monster
creation, or seven league boots. Already demonstrating the seeds of chaotic
behaviour, I conveyed the location of his mother to Blup in order to
obtain a reward. His ecstatic reaction was almost enough to make me
reconsider the vile act of murder I was about to commit. But ambition was
too strong...
Descending for the second and last time into the underwater cave, I
requested an audience with the greater dragon to inform her of my actions.
She in turn had decided to honour this deed with a legendary artifact of
the deep; a rune-covered trident which would be dispatched into my keeping
at a later date. Once this was done, the water dragon had no further use. A
scroll of darkness doused all light from the middle of the treasure
chamber. Working myself into a Beserker rage, I lashed out with a
tremendous blow, severely wounding her. Venturing out of the dark area,
an attempt to pick up a piece of the treasure brought her instantly to
my side. Still charging madly, the poor creature was chased into a dead
end and hacked to death; simply an obstacle in my way to obtain the items
which would eventually bring me to immortality. The evil crone's dark
laughter was almost audible...
- Cheated! The treasure chamber contained none of the items I was seeking!
Cursing fate itself, it was time to seek out Darkforge. The pools therein
did little beyond granting and removing teleport control, plus a goodly
portion of cursing and dooming for good measure. I constantly trekked
back and forth between the Dwarftown altar and these pools, but in the end
it was a waste of time. The steel golems themselves posed no threat with
the eternium two-handed sword and mighty blows. The weapons room contained
the artifact halberd Wyrmlance, one of my new favourite weapons. The
armour room had a suit of eternium plate mail.
- What to do...my options had practically been exhausted. The Casino Shoppe
was my best bet, but to get there I would have to pass Khelavaster. However,
in order to do so and still complete a special ending, I'd need an amulet
of life saving first. It was a gamble, but better than nothing...
- Back to the Dwarven Cemetery. Testing my newfound literacy skill to its
fullest, I deciphered all of the graves to locate the ones containing
"great treasures". I dug them all up, encountering nothing worse than
a Lich King(I hate those Emperor Liches!). And then in the last grave...
a steel amulet! A quick identification revealed that this was truly the
amulet I had been seeking...my destiny was assured.
- The Tower Of Eternal Flame - I went in with three blessed fireproof
blankets, some stomafilla herbs, a wand of digging, a pick axe, and a few
extra items. All three of those blankets burned away during my time in
that tower! Two blessed rings of fire resistance, elemental gauntlets,
and the consumption of a fire beetle was enough to protect my body from
the ravages of the fiery building. Feasting upon a red dragon corpse inside
the Tower allowed me to remove one of these rings. The fire orb was almost
absurdly easy to obtain, with the amount of damage I was doing, I could
handle everything that was thrown at me. The orb's guardian was hit by a
few bolts of cold and then finished off with Beserk/tremendous blows.
- Back to the Caverns, completing the Arena and Greater Demon quests on the
way down. Khelavaster was saved, and then a trip to the Casino Shoppe was
in order. Unfortunately there were no artifacts generated in there, but I
did manage to pick up a Girdle of Giant Strength! This certainly came in
handy after a nasty encounter with a Ghost Lord which took me to middle
aged and decreased my statistics. I had also managed to obtain the
necessary scroll of danger and wand of monster creation by this point.
I took them up via the Darkforge shortcut to drop off at the Barbarian's
Glade.
- The battle bunnies and the cat lord - dug through the wall to deal with
the former. I wonder if later versions may make that wall undiggable and
disallow teleportation? Now -that- would be a challenge and a half!
The cat lord rewarded me with his ring, excellent!
- Further down - I had completed the water temple with no difficulties
beforehand and picked up permanent invisibility via a pool. This, along with
a stealth of 100 made obtaining the air orb extraordinarily easy. It was
just a matter of going around and picking off the minions. I took very
little damage and fried the Master Summoner's corpse to take back to
Terinyo. The ensuing potion of cure corruption was added to the growing
collection of items in the Barbarian's Glade.
- Back into the Caverns - there was a greater vault of red dragons between
the Earth temple and D47. I passed these for now, eager to explore as much
of the dungeon as I could before receiving the White Unicorn's gift.
Corruption wasn't a problem, all of this was occurring during the 70-80
day mark. Here ensued what I will loosely term "Dragon Quest". Wyrmlance
bit deep into the ranks of both Blue and Red Dragons, during which I
picked up practically everything that I would need. Two potions of
uselessness, a couple of scrolls of danger, potions of gain attributes,
potions of strength, potions of toughness, potions of speed, holy water,
thousands upon thousands of gold, food, a couple of scrolls of chaos
resistance, TWO phase daggers, a potion of cure corruption, a ring of
djinni summoning, seven league boots, and of course a certain artifact
dagger as a quest reward. After the Blue Dragon nests I ventured into the
Quickling Tree to bring my speed up to around 210.
- Greater Red Dragon/Wyrm vault. Much fighting and retreating to heal
ensued here. I couldn't find the way in to the main vault room at first(it
was like a huge cavern with a single enclosed room in the middle) and so
I relied upon my teleport intrinsic to venture inside. HUGE MISTAKE!!!
If I hadn't picked up the Quickling Tree speed increases, it's likely I
could have literally been toasted in there. Fortunately I discovered the
way out via searching the right hand wall and managed to escape. Artifacts
discovered on this level: Executor, The Emerald Dagger. The artifact list
shows a few that I didn't notice, perhaps these were here as well.
- Interlude - I put on the Crown of Science and the Seven League Boots and
patrolled the forest to find a giant boar. By this time, dooming was the
only way to get multiple encounters considering my excessive speed. A
skull soon fell into my hands.
- Assassin's Guild - I was now L50. The Prince didn't particularly seem to
mind my hacking his entire empire to pieces in a matter of moments, calmly
commenting that I seemed dangerous. He gave me the Filk Quest and then
was splattered into a heap with one blow. His dagger was taken as a
momento.
- Filk was on L10 of the infinite dungeon - fireball took him out.
- Scintillating Cave - a quick dive to the bottom. Unfortunately, the
Emperor Moloch was as far away as possible from the exit stairs. I didn't
have magic mapping and had to estimate the teleportation. Two twin phase
dagger attacks eliminated him in record time, and the scroll was taken
back to Khelavaster. The Trident of The Red Rooster was summoned, and my
victory seemed assured! Bear in mind that I had around 7 blessed chaos
resistance scrolls, a spare potion of cure corruption, a ring of djinni
summoning, about five "spare" corruptions, 3 of the 5 orbs, and Mastery
in pole arms from all that Wyrmlancing! And all of this was BEFORE I'd
had all of my corruption removed by the Greater White Unicorn!
- The final two orbs - the Earth temple was over in a matter of moments.
Nothing could stand between me and the mighty Trident! Beserker/tremendous
hits smashed the Chaos Archmage in the Mana Temple. Darkness wasn't even
a problem since I'd found an everburning torch in the Dragon nests - these
must be amongst the rarest items ever!
- By now I was at a point where all I had to do were the Chaos quests and
then I could venture through the Gate. By this time I had drunk several
potions of education and picked up the skills of Detect Item Status(!!),
Concentration(!!), and Gardening(2 out of 3 isn't bad). So I went back to
the Library and learned as many spells as I could find. Strength Of Atlas,
Teleportation, and Fire Bolt were the most useful.
- White Unicorn Grove - I was healed of all corruption.
- Switching alignment - I became chaotic by digging up all of the graves in
the cemetery and consuming their occupants. (yum)
- Chaos Quests - The old crone was supplied with her items - I had to kill
several farmers before one of them thoughtfully left a corpse - I fried it
with fire bolt and carried it back to the Mountain Village.
Keriax was slain with the L50 Trident/Beserk/Tremendous blow combination,
his corruption beams only struck me twice.
- A fall from grace - Time to get crowned. I made several trips down to the
Dwarftown shop to sell excess items to raise gold for sacrificial and
training purposes. It was upon returning from one of these trips that I
accidentally bumped into a cave lion, slaying it instantly. And that was
the end of my cats-eye ring! Extremely annoying. The one satisfying
aspect came from splattering that cave tiger who was still hanging around
on D1. (Chaotic laughter)
- Crowning at last - So then it was back down through the Darkforge
shortcut, where a sacrifice of many artifacts and much gold upon a
chaotic altar refused to budge me past the "very close" mark. Blessed
stomafilla herbs tipped the balance - I guess Abbad-Undar was hungry.
Two corruptions infested my being - thorns from the hands and horns from
the head - sort of a matched set, I guess. The crowning gift was
Vanquisher, which was rather superfluous at this point in the game.
- On the way back down - a chaos brother dropped ANOTHER ring of djinni
summoning! Unbelievable!
- D49 - Throwing the right potion on D49 impressed Abbad-Undar so much that
he gave me the Robes of Resistance; these replaced my Eternium Plate Mail.
Throwing a second potion didn't seem to impress him as much - maybe he was
still reeling from the first demonstration. Anyway, I dug diagonally
through the wall and threw sis to make it to the stairs.
- D50 - I dropped the Crown and the Medal of Chaos by the stairs and proceeded
to wipe out every denizen of this level. The balors posed a moderate
difficulty, but only due to corrupting touches. In any case I wasn't
particularly worried about that, since I only had around five or six at
this point. I alternated between the Trident, the Sting/Needle combination,
and two phase daggers.
- Last minute preparations - I used one of the rings to wish for potions of
gain attributes, but only got one - that's a bit unfair! I should have gone
for potions of youth instead. The other wish went on more scrolls of chaos
resistance. I blessed what I thought I would need, equipped the Chaos Medal
and Crown, and then was introduced to a truly novel experience...
- Waiting for corruption! Yes, for once time wasn't my enemy. I just kept
pushing ws and WAITING to corrupt about 5-6 more times. If your game has
ever been ruined by too much corruption you will probably understand how
satisfying it can be to turn the tables like this.
- Through the Chaos Gate - I was extremely corrupted and entered the Gate
with very much less trepidation than my previous character, to whom all
of this was untested. All the same, I think those Chaos tests will
always have me on the verge of some degree of heart failure - I keep
expecting to be shredded! I arrived safely, dumped the Chaos artifacts,
and cleansed myself of some of the corruption. I would have removed all
of it but Andor Drakon kept confusing me and I was still a bit
paranoid about his abilities.
- Last time I had to do a bit of wandering around to find Andor Drakon on the
Chaos landscape. This time he was within line of sight instantly, hence the
relatively small screenshot below. I boosted my strength, toughness, and
speed, put on a second ring of the clear mind, and made my way up to him.
As with my previous character, it was simply a case of ignoring his stat
drains and just smashing into him with the Trident on Beserk setting. It
might have taken around 10-15 rounds.
All in all, not as satisfying as my Avatar of Balance victory, largely
because so much of that one was new to me. Still an engrossing experience
however, and I would strongly recommend this choice of class/race.
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Background Information
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Name: Gordon Race: male Dwarf Class: Barbarian
Eye color: brown Hair color: brown Complexion: brown
Height: 3'11" Weight: 185 pounds
Age: 201 (middle-aged, 138 years of unnatural aging added in)
Star sign: Sword Birthday: 1/Sword (day 181 of the year)
YOUR HISTORY:
Your father was an accomplished hunter and warrior. You were
well-respected and comparatively wealthy.
As a child you were very active and imitated the hunters and
warriors of your tribe at all opportunities.
In your youth you strived very hard to become the best warrior in
your tribe. You watched, learned and became very strong and nimble.
As a young adult you more and more separated from the more
traditional members of your tribe. Your desire to see the outside world
became overwhelming.
At the age of 62 you left your tribe.
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Inventory
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Total weight: 7524 stones Carrying capacity: 18975 stones
He: uncursed eternium cap [+0, +4] [28s]
Ne: blessed sapphire amulet "Preserver" [+4, +4] {Wi+7} [3s]
One of my favourites.
Bo: blessed robes of resistance (-4, -4) [+3, +12] {To+5} [60s]
Gi: blessed girdle of giant strength [+0, +0] {St+12} [30s]
Simply marvellous!
Cl: uncursed cloak of protection [+0, +5] [20s]
RH: blessed Trident of the Red Rooster (+36, 6d12+18) [+12, +12] {Ma+24}
Likewise.
LH: -
RR: blessed ring of the clear mind [1s]
LR: uncursed ring of the clear mind [1s]
Br: uncursed bracers of toughness [+0, +0] {To+4} [10s]
Ga: blessed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+2, +4] [15s]
Bo: blessed seven league boots [+1, +0] [30s]
Not to be underestimated, considering the time limitations of the game.
MW: -
Mi: bundle of 6 uncursed drakish scurgari of returning (+2, 2d6+5) [60s]
Tl: blessed everburning torch (+3, 2d4+3) [+3, +0] [10s]
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Stuff
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Total weight: 7106 stones Carrying capacity: 18975 stones
Helmets ('[')
uncursed helm of teleportation [+0, +1] [50s]
blessed helm of teleportation [+0, +1] [50s]
uncursed helm of water breathing [+0, +1] [30s]
uncursed eternium cap [+0, +4] [28s]
Armor ('[')
uncursed elven chain mail [+0, +5] [10s]
uncursed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [+7, +11] [240s]
uncursed mithril plate mail (-2, -4) [-3, +9] [400s]
uncursed clean robe [-2, +1] {Ap+2} [60s]
heap of 3 uncursed eternium plate mails (-1, -2) [-1, +13] [720s]
Gauntlets ('[')
uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+0, +1] [15s]
uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+0, +0] [15s]
uncursed gloves [+0, +3] [6s]
uncursed thick gauntlets (+0, -1) [+0, +2] [15s]
uncursed red dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [+0, +4] [10s]
Cloaks ('[')
uncursed cloak of protection [+0, +3] [20s]
uncursed leather cloak (-1, +0) [+1, +0] [40s]
uncursed cloak of adornment (+1, +1) [+0, +0] {Ap+4} [40s]
Girdles ('[')
uncursed girdle of strength [+0, +0] {St+1} [15s]
uncursed girdle of strength [+0, +0] {St+4} [15s]
blessed girdle of strength [+0, +0] {St+3} [15s]
Boots ('[')
uncursed eternium boots [+0, +8] [55s]
uncursed boots of the slow shuffle (-1, -1) [-6, +0] (-40 spd) [20s]
Yikes!
uncursed mithril boots (+1, +1) [-1, +3] [96s]
Necklaces (''')
uncursed amulet of life saving [3s]
Lying around in the Scintillating Caves, I think.
uncursed amulet of perseverance {Wi+3} [3s]
blessed amulet of protection from undead [3s]
uncursed pendant of mana {Ma+4} [3s]
heap of 5 uncursed amulets of light [15s]
uncursed pendant of beauty {Ap+4} [3s]
blessed amulet of protection +2 [3s]
uncursed amulet of perseverance {Wi+4} [3s]
heap of 2 uncursed amulets of perseverance {Wi+3} [6s]
heap of 3 uncursed amulets of defense +2 [9s]
uncursed amulet of free action [3s]
uncursed amulet of defense +4 [3s]
heap of 2 blessed amulets of chaos [6s]
heap of 3 uncursed amulets of teleport control [9s]
uncursed necklace of the silver tongue {Ch+3} [2s]
uncursed pendant of beauty {Ap+1} [3s]
uncursed amulet of order [3s]
uncursed amulet of the cold heart {Ch-12} [3s]
uncursed pendant of mana {Ma+2} [3s]
uncursed amulet of health [3s]
uncursed necklace of rapid healing [2s]
uncursed amulet of petrification resistance [3s]
Bracers (',')
blessed brass bracers [+0, +0] [10s]
uncursed rusty bracers of resistance [+0, +0] [10s]
blessed bracers of toughness [+0, +0] {To+4} [10s]
uncursed brass bracers [+0, +0] [10s]
uncursed bracers of defense [+4, +0] [10s]
uncursed bracers of speed [+0, +0] (+4 spd) [10s]
uncursed bracers of regeneration [+0, +0] [18s]
uncursed bracers of protection [+0, +2] [10s]
uncursed bracers of toughness [+0, +0] {To+4} [10s]
uncursed bracers of protection [+0, +3] [10s]
One-handed weapons ('(')
blessed phase dagger (+0, 1d4+2) [5s]
uncursed broken pick axe (+0, 1d6+3) [75s]
uncursed pick axe (-3, 1d6+1) [75s]
blessed black rune-covered dagger "Needle" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1] [10s]
blessed phase dagger (+0, 1d4) [5s]
Phase daggers are amazing.
uncursed adamantium dagger (+0, 1d4+3) [7s]
uncursed eternium dagger (+4, 2d4+7) [5s]
blessed black rune-covered dagger "Sting" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1] [10s]
uncursed broken short sword (+0, 1d6) [30s]
uncursed heavy cudgel (-1, 2d5+2) [-2, +0] [70s]
uncursed sword of sharpness (+0, 4d8+7) [35s]
uncursed stone spear (+1, 1d8+2) [120s]
Two-handed weapons ('(')
uncursed rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance" (+15, 4d8+10) [-2, +0] [50s]
It's go time in those dragon nests!
blessed rune-covered trident (+6, 3d12+6) [+4, +4] {Dx+12} [80s]
blessed silvery two-handed sword "Vanquisher" (+3, 6d5+3) [-3, +0][300s]
Crowning gift - way too late to be of any real use.
Missile weapons ('}')
uncursed short bow (+1, +3) [20s]
uncursed long bow (+4, +3) [30s]
uncursed long bow (+5, +2) [30s]
Missiles ('/')
[snipped various types of slaying ammunition]
Tools (']')
uncursed magical writing set (1) [5s]
Wrote a scroll of chaos resistance which took my Mana down to 1 - no
great loss for a Barbarian!
[snipped - nothing else too thrilling here]
Instruments ('{')
heap of 2 uncursed harps [60s]
blessed tamborine [5s]
[Maybe I can amaze Chaos minions with musical renditions of my adventures..]
Rings ('=')
[snipped all but the useful ones]
heap of 3 uncursed rings of regeneration [3s]
heap of 2 uncursed rings of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage)
blessed ring of ice [1s]
uncursed ring of ice [1s]
uncursed ring of speed [+0, +1] (+5 spd) [1s]
uncursed ring of speed [+0, +2] (+5 spd) [1s]
cursed ring of slaying (+9 melee damage, +6 missile damage) [1s]
heap of 2 uncursed rings of teleport control [2s]
blessed ring of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage) [1s]
heap of 2 blessed brass rings [2s]
uncursed brass ring [1s]
[Wouldn't it be interesting if you could somehow shift these back to their
original form as rings of djinni summoning? Maybe via a really rare item.]
Wands ('\')
[Almost all with 0 charges - mana corruption. No wand of wishing found.]
Potions ('!')
heap of 6 blessed potions of extra healing [12s]
cursed potion of training [2s]
uncursed potion of boost charisma [2s]
heap of 2 uncursed potions of confusion [4s]
heap of 11 uncursed potions of healing [44s]
heap of 9 uncursed potions of carrot juice [36s]
blessed potion of balance [4s]
heap of 9 uncursed potions of invisibility [36s]
heap of 3 uncursed potions of raw mana [6s]
blessed potion of boost learning [2s]
heap of 3 uncursed potions of boost toughness [6s]
uncursed potion of mana [4s]
heap of 2 blessed potions of invisibility [8s]
heap of 4 uncursed potions of wonder [8s]
heap of 6 uncursed potions of cure poison [12s]
heap of 2 uncursed oils of rust removal [4s]
heap of 2 blessed oils of rust removal [4s]
heap of 3 uncursed potions of potential beauty [12s]
heap of 8 uncursed potions of booze [32s]
uncursed potion of potential willpower [4s]
blessed potion of cure poison [2s]
heap of 4 uncursed potions of boost learning [8s]
heap of 2 uncursed potions of exchange [8s]
heap of 6 uncursed berzio potions [12s]
heap of 2 uncursed potions of learning [8s]
blessed potion of boost dexterity [2s]
heap of 3 uncursed potions of oil [6s]
uncursed potion of boost appearance [2s]
heap of 4 uncursed potions of potential dexterity [16s]
heap of 3 uncursed potions of balance [12s]
heap of 3 uncursed potions of insight [6s]
heap of 2 uncursed potions of boost dexterity [4s]
blessed potion of booze [4s]
uncursed potion of potential mana [4s]
heap of 2 uncursed potions of sickness [4s]
heap of 2 uncursed potions of beauty [8s]
blessed potion of exchange [4s]
uncursed potion of potential charisma [4s]
uncursed potion of raw chaos [2s]
blessed potion of boost toughness [2s]
potion of unholy water [4s]
potion of holy water [4s]
Scrolls ('?')
uncursed strange message [2s]
blessed scroll of danger [2s]
uncursed scroll of danger [2s]
Spares!
uncursed scroll of item creation [2s]
heap of 4 uncursed scrolls of great identify [8s]
heap of 3 uncursed scrolls of treasure creation [6s]
heap of 5 uncursed scrolls of balance [10s]
blessed scroll of monster aggravation [2s]
uncursed scroll of gold detection [2s]
heap of 6 uncursed scrolls of identify [12s]
heap of 6 blessed scrolls of identify [12s]
heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of item detection [4s]
heap of 3 uncursed scrolls of cure blindness [6s]
heap of 3 uncursed scrolls of item destruction [6s]
uncursed scroll of amnesia [2s]
uncursed scroll of increase melee damage [2s]
heap of 3 cursed scrolls of power [6s]
uncursed scroll of charging [2s]
blessed scroll of treasure creation [2s]
uncursed scroll of satiation [2s]
uncursed scroll of peace [2s]
uncursed scroll of ill fate [2s]
blessed scroll of item destruction [2s]
heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of monster aggravation [4s]
heap of 5 blessed scrolls of chaos resistance [10s]
[Enough to face the Chaos Plane without fear!]
blessed scroll of light [2s]
blessed scroll of power [2s]
blessed scroll of uncursing [2s]
uncursed scroll of vermin control [2s]
blessed scroll of magic mapping [2s]
heap of 3 uncursed scrolls of uncursing [6s]
uncursed scroll of increase melee accuracy [2s]
uncursed scroll of magic mapping [2s]
Books ('"')
blessed tract of chaos [150s]
Food ('%')
heap of 3 blessed stomafillia herbs [6s]
heap of 7 blessed demons daisies [14s]
heap of 4 blessed alraunia antidotes [8s]
heap of 3 blessed stomacemptia herbs [6s]
uncursed demon daisy [2s]
heap of 6 uncursed stomacemptia herbs [12s]
heap of 2 uncursed plant seeds [4s]
uncursed lump of bee wax [5s]
heap of 136 uncursed fried bats [408s]
heap of 71 uncursed cooked lizards [213s]
heap of 4 blessed spenseweeds [8s]
uncursed spenseweed [2s]
heap of 4 uncursed morgia roots [8s]
heap of 4 blessed burb roots [8s]
heap of 4 uncursed pepper petals [8s]
heap of 2 uncursed burb roots [4s]
heap of 2 blessed pepper petals [4s]
uncursed dwarven sausage [20s]
heap of 2 blessed iron rations [200s]
uncursed melon [20s]
uncursed fortune cookie [3s]
uncursed bit of gnomish candy [2s]
uncursed large ration [200s]
[I wasn't going hungry!]
Valuables ('$')
27627 gold pieces [276s]
Gems ('*')
heap of 4 uncursed crystals of power [4s]
heap of 3 uncursed worthless pieces of green glass [3s]
uncursed worthless piece of white glass [1s]
uncursed crystal of darkness [1s]
uncursed ruby [1s]
blessed turquoise [1s]
uncursed emerald [1s]
uncursed crystal of light [1s]
uncursed aquamarine [1s]
uncursed worthless piece of red glass [1s]
uncursed worthless piece of brown glass [1s]
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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 2 +2 +0 +0 basic 21
Daggers & knives 6 +5 +2 +1 skilled 45
Clubs & hammers 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 20
Maces & flails 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 20
Swords 9 +7 +5 +3 excellent 797
Axes 9 +7 +6 +2 excellent 625
Whips 6 +6 +3 +6 skilled 220
Pole arms 12 +14 +8 +16 Mastery 3913
Twohanded weapons 12 +14 +18 +4 Mastery 2711
Staves 1 +1 +0 +1 basic 20
Missile weapon Lvl Hit Dam Ra Level Required marks
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Slings 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 4
Bows 2 +4 +3 +0 basic 9
Crossbows 2 +4 +3 +0 basic 11
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 2
Boomerangs & scurgari 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7
Shields Lvl DV Level Required marks
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Shields 7 +14 skilled 144
Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: +255 bonus to hit, 6d12+103 damage
Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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Ammunition: 6, base range: 2, +104 bonus to hit, 2d6+20 damage
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Skills
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Athletics .................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Backstabbing ..............100 (superb) [+1d5]
Climbing ..................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Concentration .............100 (superb) [+1]
[Potion of Education]
Detect item status ........100 (superb) [+1]
[Potion of Education]
Detect traps ..............100 (superb) [+1d3]
Dodge .....................100 (superb) [+2d4]
First aid .................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Gardening ................. 52 (good) [+3d4]
[Potion of Education]
Haggling .................. 44 (fair) [+2d4]
Healing ...................100 (superb) [+1d3]
Herbalism .................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Listening .................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Literacy ..................100 (superb) [+1]
Metallurgy ................ 67 (good) [+3d3]
Mining ....................100 (superb) [+1d3]
Smithing .................. 74 (great) [+1d5]
Stealth ...................100 (superb) [+3d5]
Survival ..................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Swimming ..................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Tactics ................... 79 (great) [+1]
Two weapon combat .........100 (superb) [+1d5]
Woodcraft ................. 62 (good) [+3d3]
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Spells
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Acid Bolt : 6, 24pp (Effectivity: +0)
Calm Monster : 304, 7pp (Effectivity: +0)
Cure Disease : 124, 7pp (Effectivity: +0)
Disarm Trap : 362, 8pp (Effectivity: +0)
Know Alignment : 95, 8pp (Effectivity: +0)
Light : 347, 2pp (Effectivity: +0)
Magic Missile : 79, 8pp (Effectivity: +2)
Slow Monster : 144, 6pp (Effectivity: +0)
Strength of Atlas: 230, 8pp (Effectivity: +0)
Stun Ray : 289, 7pp (Effectivity: +0)
Teleportation : 104, 18pp (Effectivity: +3)
[Even a few basic spells can really make a difference. I used up Fire Bolt
completely, but it was invaluable for cooking corpses. Teleportation is
always useful.]
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Effects of Corruption
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You have grown a total of 12 eyes (Ap: -6, Pe: +6).
You have grown thorns (3d3 melee damage, Dx: -2, Ap: -3).
You have grown horns (+3 melee damage, Ap: -4).
You are a living mana battery.
Poison drips from your hands.
You rage (DV: -9, +6 melee damage)!
You have grown a bulging cranium (Le: +6, Wi: +4, Ap: -6, PV: -4, To: -3).
You exhale sulphur (Ch: -4).
Your antennae explore the details of your environment (Ap: -4).
Your corrupted tissue seems to heal much faster.
Your feet have been transformed into hooves (+8 kicking damage, Dx: -6).
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His further existence:
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After slaying Andor Drakon and absorbing his powers you quickly grow
accustomed to your new might. You enjoy yourself slaughtering your
opposition for a couple of moments and then prepare for a greater goal...
the conquest of your former home world.
You collect your legions of Chaos and easily open a gate to Ancardia. The
unprepared inhabitants of Ancardia are completely surprised at the force of
your horrific onslaught. Your legions pour into Ancardia and your vile
energies start to transform reality itself!
After weeks of slaughtering and defeating some last brave and reckless
stands of the forces of Balance and Order (fools!) you face total victory.
Nothing remains of your former home world except an everchanging graveyard
of transformed horrors!
You revel in your glory and then proceed to conquer the rest of the universe
wondering whether you just didn't lose something very valuable...
...home...
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His achievements during his adventures:
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Gordon, the dwarven barbarian, managed to become the ultimate ChAoS gOd.
He scored 26803821 points and advanced to level 50.
He survived for 0 years, 219 days, 7 hours, 21 minutes and 59 seconds
(127836 turns).
Gordon visited 138 places.
His strength score was modified by +25 during his career.
His learning score was modified by +15 during his career.
His willpower score was modified by +8 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +23 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +28 during his career.
His charisma score was modified by +9 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by +5 during his career.
His mana score was modified by -1 during his career.
His perception score was modified by +12 during his career.
He was unnaturally aged by 138 years.
He was the champion of the arena.
He was the head of the thieves guild.
He defeated the arch enemy of a mighty karmic wyrm.
He adhered to the principles of the Cat Lord but fell from grace.
He saved Khelavaster from certain death.
He ended his adventuring life in the palace of Andor Drakon.
6697 monsters perished before him.
The following 33 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
the si
the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
the ring of the master cat
the potion of literacy
the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
the silvery two-handed sword "Vanquisher"
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 heavy crossbow "The Far Slayer"
Never found this one.
the lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
the scorched spear
In the bottom-left room on the undead level in the Caverns of Chaos.
the rune-covered trident
the elemental gauntlets
the ring of the High Kings
the phial of Caladriel
the crown of science
the ancient mummy wrapping
the ankh
the boots of great speed
the Crown of Chaos
the Medal of Chaos
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
the black rune-covered dagger "Needle"
the black rune-covered dagger "Sting"
the jet-black battle axe "Executor"
the robes of resistance
the sapphire amulet "Preserver"
the dwarven pick axe "Hammerhead"
Never found this one.
the emerald dagger
the Trident of the Red Rooster
the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance"
He possessed the following intrinsics:
He was fire resistant (enhanced through an item).
He was poison resistant (gained through an item).
He was cold resistant.
He was acid resistant (enhanced through an item).
He was lucky (enhanced through an item).
Fate smiled upon him.
He was petrification resistant.
He was able to control teleportation.
He was invisible.
He was paralyzation resistant (gained through an item).
He was resistant to death rays (gained through an item).
He was shock resistant (enhanced through an item).
He was able to see invisible things (enhanced 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 (enhanced through an item).
He was immune to ice attacks (gained through an item).
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 Abbad-Undar.
He asked for 3 divine interventions.
He was a holy champion of Chaos.
He was severely tainted by Chaos.
The following monsters were vanquished:
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22 air demons
12 air elementals
6 air grues
4 ancient black dragons
68 ancient blue dragons
1 ancient blue wyrm
1 Ancient Chaos Wyrm
7 ancient minotaurs
28 ancient red dragons
1 Ancient Stone Beast
8 ancient white dragons
14 animated armors
11 annihilators
61 assassins
1 assassin prince
9 balors
1 banshee
1 battle bunny
5 berserker emperors
9 berserker kings
14 berserker lords
5 berserker princes
3 black baby dragons
5 black dragons
1 black slayer
8 black wizards
40 blue baby dragons
38 blue dragons
1 bone golem
1 bunny master
1 cave lion
2 cave tigers
1 Chaos Archmage
1 chaos eye
12 chaos knights
12 chaos lizards
68 chaos mutants
1 chaos plague bearer
150 chaos servants
14 chaos sisters
17 chaos spawns
6 chaos spiders
5 chaos vipers
31 chaos warriors
24 chaos wizards
1 cloaked ratling
On a rampage to become chaotic.
4 corruptors
6 crystal statues
7 cyclops
5 dark elven lords
7 dark elven priestesses
3 dark elven princesses
5 dark elven warriors
4 diamond golems
I hate these!
19 dopplegangers
2 doppleganger kings
10 doppleganger lords
1 dwarf
1 dwarven child
2 dwarven guardians
Chaos rampage before my potion of visibility ran out and I couldn't lure them
up the stairs any more.
8 earth elementals
1 ElDeR cHaOs GoD
1 emperor moloch
1 eternium golem
Pretty easy.
5 farmers
33 fire demons
67 fire elementals
25 fire giants
6 fire giant kings
23 fire grues
9 fomorian giants
11 frost giants
7 frost giant berserkers
5 frost giant jarls
110 ghosts
13 ghost bats
1 ghost king
45 ghost lords
6 giant bee queens
3 giant boars
2 giant dragon turtles
4 giant eels
8 giant rust monsters
1 giant shark
3 giant turtles
4 gorgons
9 gray oozes
3 gray slayers
2 great black wyrms
6 great blue wyrms
11 great red wyrms
1 great water dragon
2 greater air elementals
1 greater balor
1 greater black unicorn
73 greater chaos servants
5 greater daemons
1 greater earth elemental
1 greater fire elemental
15 greater mimics
1 greater moloch
18 greater mummies
2 greater titans
4 greater water elementals
5 hill giant chieftains
1 karmic dragon
3 large rust monsters
15 least daemons
2 lesser daemons
13 lichs
1 lich king
3 lightning vortices
11 magebane eyes
9 magedoom eyes
40 master assassins
13 master lichs
7 master mimics
1 master necromancer
1 Master Summoner
1 master thief
29 mimics
2 mimic hiveminds
1 minotaur lord
1 minotaur mazelord
3 molochs
1 multi-headed chaos dragon
1 mummy lord
6 necromancers
4 ochre jellies
1 ogre emperor
4 ogre kings
19 ogre lords
9 ogre magi
4 orc butchers
7 orc chieftains
184 quicklings
1 quickling bard
2 quickling kings
106 quickling lords
5 quickling queens
5 ratling warlords
40 red baby dragons
30 red dragons
80 red worms
3 revenants
7 shadow lords
5 shadow trolls
1 shadow wyrm
2 skeletal kings
32 skeletal warriors
110 skeletons
1 Snake from Beyond
47 spectres
45 steel golems
9 steel horrors
18 steel zombies
24 stone giants
5 stone giant lords
27 stone golems
9 stone grues
4 stone oozes
7 stone snakes
6 stone statues
4 swamp hydras
4 titans
9 troll berserkers
4 troll chiefs
6 troll kings
9 water demons
7 water elementals
20 water grues
15 werewolves
1 werewolf king
3 werewolf lords
5 white baby dragons
2 white dragons
19 white worms
79 wights
3 will o'wisps
55 wraiths
73 writhing masses of primal chaos