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NOTE: This character completed the Lithium Man challenge (CoC and branches, ToEF,
*nowhere* else)
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Nell St:28 Le:24 Wi:42 Dx:48 To:48 Ch:29 Ap:18 Ma:28 Pe:29 L+
DV/PV: 71/69 H: 761(761) P: 690(690) Exp: 50/70794005 DrCh Sp: 140
Blessed Invisible Satiated
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Background Information
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Name: Nell Race: female Hurthling Class: Wizard
Eye color: light blue Hair color: blonde Complexion: light
Height: 2'9" Weight: 66 pounds
Age: 40 (grown-up)
Star sign: Raven Birthday: 4/Raven (day 4 of the year)
YOUR HISTORY:
Your parents belong to the nobility. They are rich, respected,
wealthy and own more than they can count.
In your childhood you were a credit to your family. Your people
loved you and enjoyed your presence.
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.
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: 7950 stones Carrying capacity: 32275 stones
Head : blessed eternium cap (+1, +1) [+0, +5] [28s]
Neck : normal sapphire amulet "Preserver" [+4, +4] {Wi+7} [3s]
Body : blessed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [+2, +15] [240s]
Girdle : normal eternium girdle [+0, +7] [12s]
Cloak : blessed Brannalbin's Cloak of Defense [+3, +3] [30s]
Right Hand : normal emerald dagger (+3, 3d4+3) [+3, +1] [13s]
Left Hand : normal medium obsidian shield "Protector" [+20, +4] {To+2}
Right Ring : normal ring of the master cat [+0, +5] {Dx+16} (+16 spd)[1s]
Left Ring : normal ring of slaying (+7 melee damage, +6 missile damage)
Bracers : normal bracers of toughness [+0, +0] {To+6} [10s]
Gauntlets : normal blue dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [+0, +5] [10s]
Boots : blessed seven league boots [+1, +4] [30s]
Missile weapon: blessed heavy crossbow "The Far Slayer" (+18, +18) [350s]
Missiles : bundle of 3 normal quarrels of undead slaying (+3, 2d6+4)
Tool : -
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Stuff
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Total weight: 7164 stones Carrying capacity: 32275 stones
// Once I have Strength of Atlas, I become a total pack rat. I should try
Carbon Fibre Man next to break myself of the habit. Heavy snippage follows--
Helmets ('[')
normal silver helmet [+3, +3] [50s]
// Unusually nice for one of those
Armor ('[')
normal white dragon scale mail (-2, -4) [-4, +11] [200s]
normal blue dragon scale mail (-1, -4) [-1, +10] [200s]
blessed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [-1, +13] [240s]
normal black dragon scale mail (-1, -3) [+1, +11] [200s]
normal red dragon scale mail (+0, -3) [+1, +13] [220s]
Shields ('[')
blessed tower crystal shield (+1) [+16, +5] [260s]
// Casino
Gauntlets ('[')
normal gloves of smiting [+0, +0] (+4 damage) [6s]
// Wow, a positive pair
normal gloves of dexterity [+0, +0] {Dx+6} [6s]
// Had a ton of thick gauntlets until I removed poison hands
Cloaks ('[')
blessed cloak of protection [+0, +6] [20s]
Boots ('[')
normal seven league boots [+1, +0] [30s]
// Both of these from the red dragon vault
normal eternium boots [+0, +7] [55s]
normal eternium boots [+2, +7] [55s]
Necklaces (''')
blessed amulet of death ray resistance [7s]
heap of 4 normal amulets of free action [12s]
heap of 3 normal amulets of life saving [9s]
// O_o Two in the casino, one from the dragon vault, I think
blessed amulet of petrification resistance [3s]
normal amulet of water breathing [3s]
heap of 4 normal necklaces of rapid healing [8s]
normal amulet of perseverance {Wi+6} [3s]
// This and the Water Orb had my willpower over 48
Bracers (',')
normal bracers of regeneration [+0, +0] [18s]
normal bracers of resistance [+0, +0] [10s]
// Used for Mana Temple
One-handed weapons ('(')
blessed dwarven rune axe "Rolf's Companion" (+3, 3d6+6) [+4, +4] {To+3}
// Used for most of the game this time. Better than I always thought.
normal knife of endurance (+6, 1d3+6) {To+4} [8s]
normal mace of disruption (+1, 2d4+2) [100s]
normal whip of the snake (-2, 5d2+7) {Dx+7} (+7 spd) [15s]
normal eternium spear (+5, 2d8+11) [25s]
normal rabbit knife (+0, 1d3+4) [8s]
normal sword of sharpness (+0, 4d8+6) [35s]
normal hatchet (+1, 1d6+4) [50s]
normal black rune-covered dagger "Needle" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1] [10s]
blessed large eternium hammer (+0, 2d10+13) [55s]
Two-handed weapons ('(')
normal eternium two-handed sword (+18, 6d5+18) [-1, +0] [50s]
normal staff of the magi (+2, 1d10+2) [+3, +3] {Ma+8} [40s]
blessed quicksilver quarterstaff (+9, 5d3+8) [+3, +0] (+20 spd) [20s]
Missile weapons ('}')
normal long bow of hunting (+6, +1) [30s]
normal rune-covered sling "Whirlwind" (+12, +12) [3s]
normal long bow of accuracy (+10, +3) [30s]
Missiles ('/')
normal curved throwing club (+0, 2d5) [30s]
normal throwing club of death (+2, 4d6+6) [40s]
bundle of 6 normal sling bullets of crashing (+5, 5d5) [18s]
bundle of 8 normal sling bullets of demon slaying (+5, 2d3+1) [24s]
normal javelin of death (+9, 6d6-1) [40s]
blessed obsidian quarrel "Thunderstroke" (+8, 20d4+8) [2s]
// And about 1000 stones of slaying ammo -- you gotta love it
Tools (']')
heap of 3 normal cooking sets [300s]
Rings ('=')
blessed ring of ice [1s]
// Ring shop *before* ToEF, for once
normal ring of regeneration [1s]
normal ring of mental stability [+0, +4] {Le+1} [1s]
normal ring of immunity [1s]
Wands ('\')
normal wand of death (3 charges) [3s]
// Didn't use, actually.
normal wand of destruction (3 charges) [3s]
// Found after the endgame.
blessed wand of wishing (2 charges) [3s]
Potions ('!')
heap of 6 normal potions of extra healing [12s]
heap of 7 normal potions of ultra healing [14s]
blessed potion of extra healing [2s]
heap of 3 normal potions of youth [12s]
heap of 2 blessed potions of ultra healing [4s]
Scrolls ('?')
blessed scroll of chaos resistance [2s]
Books ('"')
normal spellbook of Acid Ball [100s]
normal spellbook of Frost Bolt [100s]
normal spellbook of Lightning Bolt [100s]
normal spellbook of Strength of Atlas [100s]
// Dragon drops, didn't bother reading
Food ('%')
heap of 113 blessed spenseweeds [226s]
heap of 62 normal spenseweeds [124s]
heap of 25 normal stomafillia herbs [50s]
heap of 38 blessed stomafillia herbs [76s]
// Actually used almost no stomafillia -- cooking is awesome
Valuables ('$')
1071 gold pieces [10s]
// Sacced about 500K in the late game
Gems ('*')
blessed crystal of darkness [1s]
heap of 2 normal rubies [2s]
heap of 3 normal turquoises [3s]
heap of 2 blessed opals [2s]
heap of 2 blessed turquoises [2s]
heap of 2 normal topazes [2s]
heap of 2 normal crystals of darkness [2s]
heap of 4 normal aquamarines [4s]
heap of 2 normal emeralds [2s]
heap of 2 normal amber stones [2s]
normal sapphire [1s]
normal crystal of health [1s]
heap of 2 blessed crystals of light [2s]
heap of 2 normal crystals of light [2s]
blessed topaz [1s]
heap of 2 normal crystals of fire [2s]
heap of 2 normal crystals of power [2s]
blessed crystal of health [1s]
normal opal [1s]
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Weapon Skills
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Melee weapon Lvl Hit Dam DV Level Required marks
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Daggers & knives 4 +3 +1 +0 skilled 109
// Emerald dagger on the way out
Axes 8 +6 +5 +2 excellent 545
// Rolf's companion
Pole arms 9 +9 +5 +10 excellent 830
// Spears in the early game for the DV
Missile weapon Lvl Hit Dam Ra Level Required marks
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Slings 1 +2 +1 +0 basic 2
// Played with Whirlwind and demon-slaying bullets against a moloch
Bows 6 +12 +9 +2 skilled 115
Crossbows 8 +16 +12 +2 excellent 618
// Early practice so slayers would be useful when needed; slayers
Thrown rocks & clubs 5 +10 +7 +1 skilled 79
// Early game -- good for taking out floating eyes, vortices, etc.
Shields Lvl DV Level Required marks
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Shields 8 +16 excellent 1074
// Addictive
Damage caused with your melee weapons:
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Right hand: +89 bonus to hit, 3d4+25 damage
Damage caused with your missile weapons:
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Ammunition: 3, base range: 20, +135 bonus to hit, 2d6+60 damage
// I like The Far Slayer.
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Skills
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Alchemy ...................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Archery ...................100 (superb) [+1]
Backstabbing ..............100 (superb) [+1d3]
Climbing .................. 52 (good) [+3d3]
Concentration .............100 (superb) [+2d4]
Cooking ...................100 (superb) [+1d3] (ma)
Detect item status ........100 (superb) [+1]
// PoE
Find weakness .............100 (superb) [+1d3]
First aid .................100 (superb) [+1d3]
Food preservation .........100 (superb) [+1d5]
Gardening ................. 79 (great) [+3d3]
Haggling .................. 59 (good) [+3d4]
Healing ...................100 (superb) [+1d5]
Herbalism .................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Listening .................100 (superb) [+3d5]
Literacy ..................100 (superb) [+2d4]
Stealth ...................100 (superb) [+1d3]
Tactics ...................100 (superb) [+1]
Two weapon combat ......... 62 (good) [+1]
Ventriloquism ............. 67 (good) [+1d5]
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Spells
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// Seldom-used ones snipped
Acid Ball : 1265, 18pp (Effectivity: +15)
Acid Bolt : 674, 7pp (Effectivity: +10)
Burning Hands : 981, 4pp (Effectivity: +9)
// Found late
Death Ray : 338, 60pp (Effectivity: +3)
Farsight : 1614, 10pp (Effectivity: +5)
Fire Bolt : 2321, 5pp (Effectivity: +21)
Fireball : 780, 12pp (Effectivity: +4)
Frost Bolt : 1435, 6pp (Effectivity: +15)
Ice Ball : 753, 14pp (Effectivity: +9)
Improved Fireball : 2278, 18pp (Effectivity: +3)
Knock : 1198, 7pp (Effectivity: +7)
// Useful for Lithium Man, when you don't have a source of keys
Light : 772, 1pp (Effectivity: +5)
Lightning Ball : 1679, 17pp (Effectivity: +6)
Lightning Bolt : 2436, 6pp (Effectivity: +22)
Magic Lock : 631, 4pp (Effectivity: +5)
Magic Map : 483, 23pp (Effectivity: +9)
Magic Missile : 3426, 4pp (Effectivity: +29)
Strength of Atlas : 1819, 5pp (Effectivity: +11)
Teleportation : 2464, 11pp (Effectivity: +15)
// Improves anyone's chances tenfold.
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Her further life:
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After she leaves the Drakalor Chain she is welcomed by her people with great
honors. They acknowledge her noble deeds, her valor, her cunning and her
great skills that helped to prevent the complete destruction of the world
she knows. She is crowned to be the queen of all hurthlings and lives a long
and prosperous life full of love, happiness and pleasure.
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Her achievements during her adventures:
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Nell, the hurthling wizard, saved the world with her brave efforts and
became a great ruler while saving herself 27 times.
She scored 36549036 points and advanced to level 50.
// Surprisingly good score for not doing all the extras.
She survived for 0 years, 39 days, 5 hours, 20 minutes and 35 seconds (95828
turns).
// Game goes fast when you don't go anywhere ^_^
6 companions were killed during her adventures.
// Cats tamed with rat corpses early on
Nell visited 70 places.
// Let's see:
wilderness 1
D:1-50 50
S 1
Ogre cave 1
DH 2
ToEF 1-4 4
Unreal caves 5
Dragon caves 5
Mana Temple 1
70
Her strength score was modified by +20 during her career.
Her learning score was modified by +8 during her career.
Her willpower score was modified by +22 during her career.
Her dexterity score was modified by +14 during her career.
Her toughness score was modified by +25 during her career.
// Morgia roots, mosses of mareilon, lots of training with Garth
Her charisma score was modified by +8 during her career.
Her appearance score was modified by +6 during her career.
Her mana score was modified by +16 during her career.
Her perception score was modified by +15 during her career.
// Couple of carrot rooms
She was the champion of the arena.
She defeated the arch enemy of a mighty karmic wyrm.
She adhered to the principles of the Cat Lord and thus rose to great fame.
She left the Drakalor Chain after completing her quest and became a great
leader and famous heroine.
5798 monsters perished before her.
The following 21 artifacts were generated during her adventure:
the si
the dwarven rune axe "Rolf's Companion"
the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
the ring of the master cat
the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
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"
// Precrowning
the obsidian quarrel "Thunderstroke"
// Dropped in dragon caves
the lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
the Brannalbin's Cloak of Defense
// Crowning
the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
the black rune-covered dagger "Needle"
the rune-covered sling "Whirlwind"
// Uselessness
the ring of immunity
the medium obsidian shield "Protector"
the sapphire amulet "Preserver"
the black tome of Alsophocus
// All dropped in that one lesser vault of red dragons O_o
the emerald dagger
// Found sometime between leaving D:50 and identifying my stuff in the
dragon caves *shrug*
She possessed the following intrinsics:
She was fire resistant (enhanced through an item).
She was poison resistant (enhanced through items).
She was cold resistant (enhanced through an item).
She was acid resistant (enhanced through an item).
She was lucky (enhanced through an item).
Fate smiled upon her (enhanced through an item).
She was sleep resistant (gained through an item).
She was able to teleport.
She was able to control teleportation.
She was invisible (gained through an item).
She was stun resistant (enhanced through an item).
She was paralyzation resistant (gained through an item).
She was shock resistant (enhanced through items).
She was able to see invisible things (gained through an item).
She was immune to fire attacks.
She was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through an item).
She was a messiah of Shalla.
She asked for 6 divine interventions.
// I don't remember ever needing to pray to save my life. I think these are
all misses for precrowning.
She was a holy champion of Order.
The following monsters were vanquished:
* SNIP *
-=<STORY>=-
Nell was my second attempt at Lithium Man. My earlier hurthling wizard normal
winner had had a ridiculously easy time of it in the late game, so I decided
to go with proven success for this challenge. I found herbs on about D:2
and was lucky enough to save stomafillia, spenseweed, and moss of mareilon,
which will get anyone off to a good start. I got some morgia root from the
big room. I spent some time harvesting herbs to raise my stats (especially
toughness -- my HP sucked) and gathering corpses to cook and sacrifice.
All went well, and I got precrowned with The Far Slayer, which wasn't
useful at the time (no quarrels), but came up big in the late game when
I'd gathered lots of slaying quarrels. I finished the dwarven quests and
explored down to the portal. The only thing of note was a huge find, a
spellbook of Teleportation. I'd farmed blink dogs earlier so had control,
so that was a huge find. Controlled teleport makes anyone a survivor.
It also let me teleport Thrundarr and pull the lever without incident.
I descended further. I was running low on Fire Bolt, but it held out
through the water temple. The Snake from Beyond was unusually troublesome,
but I wasn't in danger. I descended to the wall of flames and found a
lucky ring shop on the way, which had a ring of ice (surprise!), a ring
of regeneration, a ring of invisibility, and some stuff that I wasn't
interested in. I returned to the surface for the ToEF. My Frost Bolt
was already down below 100 points, so I had to fall back on Lightning
Bolt and Magic Missile for many of the enemies. With top intrinsic
resistance, a ring of fire resistance, and Rolf's Companion, the
background heat didn't harm me. Partway through I noticed that I was up
to L+, so I tried praying, and sure enough, I was close enough for crowning.
Shalla blessed me with fire immunity ^_^ and Brannalbin's Cloak of Defense.
First time I'd got that -- pretty nice. The Fire Temple was pretty hairy
thanks to my limited offense (no ball spells yet). I had to retreat a few
times and heal up with spenseweed. I eventually took out the ACW with dragon
slaying quarrels. I took out most of the monsters, then decided it was time
to go. I dove without incident. I teleported the eternal guardian (is that
the most graceful way to deal with him [barring the ring, of course]?). The
casino had two amulets of life saving (I'm not actually that keen on them --
in the late game, if my character's getting tromped badly enough to get
killed, then he's probably going to get killed again), a great [+16, +5]
tower crystal shield, and some nice spellbooks (notably Lightning Ball,
Ice Ball, and Strength of Atlas). I collected the ring of the master cat
(Early on I'd saved cooked rat corpses to tame cats; later on I just
teleported them out of harm's way). I had some trouble with the bunnies;
although I immediately teleported south to kill Bugs and the initial bunny,
another got generated behind me as I was exploring the rest of the level and
I had to clear the entire bottom hall. Well, I'm sure Shalla liked the 30
cooked bunnies. I stomped the Air Temple without incident (melee everything
outside; Ice Ball, humanoid slayers, and construct slayers for the inside).
I found a lesser vault of black dragons, which I cleared with Magic Missile
(Diamond-shaped vault? Aim carefully and bounce away....) and dragon slayers.
Nothing of note in there, but I did find a ring of djinni summoning just lying
around nearby. I went for "willpower" so I'd be over 32 even after giving up
the Water Orb. I cleared out the Earth Temple with ball spells and construct
slayers. Then I found a lesser vault of red dragons. The Water Orb and an
amulet of perserverance were boosting my willpower over 48, so it was
embarrassingly easy: Teleport into middle of chamber, cast Ice Ball twice,
pick up treasure, repeat for next chamber. *fierce grin* I nearly fell out
of my chair after identifying the loot. This vault more than made up for the
last one: Protector, two pairs of seven league boots, Preserver, the ring of
immunity, a wand of death, a potion of education, a PoCC, two spellbooks of
Acid Ball, the black tome of Allsuckaphus (sigh), a spellbook of Death Ray,
270K gold, and a crystal of knowledge (along with some other nice things
and about 14000 stones of equipment I didn't want). WAAAAI! The PoE gave
me Detect Item Status (shrug). I decided to do the blue dragon caves before
the endgame (I already had about 70 dragon-slaying missiles along with my ball
spells and Death Ray) to build up my power a bit more. One of the ancient
dragons dropped Thunderstroke (the first time I'd seen one drop an artifact
myself). I took out Ssraxxarrakex with quarrels of dragon slaying. I
cleared out the Mana Temple without much difficulty. Nuurag-Vaarn fell to
humanoid slayers, managing only one hit with glowing balls (which I resisted).
Phew. I mopped up the rest with Acid Ball for no real reason and left for
the endgame. I got Whirlwind for my (nearly) useless uselessness gift.
On D:50, I dug around into the first lever room, teleported to and pulled
the lever as soon as the balors stepped off, killed him with demon slayers,
then repeated for the second lever. It took a few tries to keep the gate
shut, as balors would teleport onto the levers when I wasn't looking. I
opened the big room and flattened the army of Chaos with Acid Ball and assorted
slayers. I sifted through the remains for the nicest eternium items and left.
I decided to go spend some more time in the dragon caves in hopes of removing
my corruption. Somewhere along the way I picked up the emerald dagger.
It pays to pick up all unidentified dragon droppings. ^_^ I was about to
enter the first ancient dragon level when an ordinary blue dropped a wand of
wishing with 5 (!!!) charges. Woohoo, problems solved! Three wishes yielded
7 SoCR, which removed all my corruption with one to spare. I left without
further ado, stopping in front of Thrundarr's house on the way to plant a
memorial herb garden.