NOTE: this file may contain comments or information that is considered SPOILERS, if you do not wish to learn this information pleace leave now. Bwahaha, victory at last! I had to settle for a normal Chaos God ending instead of an ultra because of a little accident when I was around level 28. I was in a tight spot and prayed for healing, but was instead crowned chaotic! Was silly really, there were other ways out of the situation, and I should have been more careful about being C- and having too high a piety. Ah well, I'm pleased with this victory anyway, since it is my first. I started off going to DD and found an altar on the second floor. Killed weak monsters till I was level 8 and sacced till I got a pre-crowning - was very very pleased to get Preserver. Cleared the dungeon, the puppy cave and UD without much bother, but I was always careful to not go out of my depth and level up as much as possible. Found a RoDS in UD so I used it for eternium spears. Did pyramid next and then some dwarven quests, and built some stats up with herbs. Did some digging in the dwarven graveyard, but without finding anything too exciting. Fed the ratling and did Gaab'Baay's quests. Also did the High Kings dungeon and the Rift without any great bother. After getting a ring of ice and construct-slaying ammo I went and cleared DarkForge. Found a very nice suit of eternium plate mail of resilience which I used to the end of the game. Another item I found here and ended up using for the rest of the game was Purifier. I was lucky to pick it up actually - it was an unidentified "heavy mace", and it's only because I happened to pick up every weapon in DarkForge and id them all that I realised I had it. I continuied to use it with great glee for a long time. Scummed the pools to get a wish for an amulet of life saving. Saved Khelly and made good use of the Teleportation spellbook for the rest of the game - meant my Mana got trained a *lot*. Reason it never got to 99 was that I ended up using writing sets a lot, mostly on scrolls of education (wrote about 10 I think). Cleared the fire and water temples with great ease, and gained a fair number of levels in the process. Dove down through the CoC, picking up the kitty ring and a few trinkets from the casino shop (no artifacts unfortunately). On a cavernous level I encountered a threat room of very experienced minotaur mazelords. I rashly tried meleeing them, but got pummelled badly, and that's when I made the mistake of praying. Alas I was crowned chaotic with Cat's Claw (never bothered using that). I nearly quit the game right then in digust, but then I remembered that I could still go for a regular Chaos God ending... I continued diving, and passed by a greater vault - something I had never encountered before. It was practically filled with master liches and lich kings, but a wand of item detection also told me it contained a book and bracers - I knew which artifacts those must be. But right then even the lure of the mighty bracers of war was not enough to tempt me to take on the vault. I dived further. I cleared the earth and air temples, and killed the grues on D48 for the xp. By this stage my stats were starting to go through the roof. I was finding loads of PoGA and stat-potions, and making more whenever I found the right ingredients (PoCC + PoUH = PoGA - an expensive recipe, but worth it). Eventually I came back to the vault, and after a lot of effort I cleared it. I was kinda low on undead slaying ammo, so had to make hefty use of Purifier, which meant getting a lot of stats drained. Emperor lich went down easily enough, but the fifty or so master liches took some getting through. By the end my To was somewhat ruined, but a lot of undead corpses mixed with sickness and toughness-reducing corruptions meant I was able to bring it back to great heights again quickly enough. Unfortunately during all the vault-clearing I accidentally killed a kitty, and so lost my precious ring :( But still, I now had the bracers of war, which coupled with preserver, my bard's naturally high regen, and the fast-healing corruption meant I was never ever short on HP. I went on to clear the Mana temple. Found Wyrmlance at some point and put it to very good use in the blue dragon caves (where I found a wand of wishing and two RoDSes - were used on PoGA recipes and SoCR). Got a lot of experience and treasures from there - came out level 46. Then I did the Filk quest whilst diving for the Sceptre. Went and killed the emperor moloch for the hell of it - he brought me to level 50. Brought the crumpled scroll to Khelevaster, but when I tried to give it to him he just looked at me with sadness. So I burned him. And the town. Slew everyone there, then everyone in the bandit town, murdered the water dragon, then razed HMV and dwarftown. Slaughtered a shopkeeper in UD that was holding back a RoDS from me. Killed the white unicorn (she was hostile anyway - couldn't get either of the damned unicorn quests). Went homicidal on Kherab after he gave me the shield and amulet of raw steel (which I only realised I could get after I talked to him and he instantly gave them to me). Cleared the casino of its denizens, and dove down to kill the AKW. With no one left alive I was feeling a bit better about life in general, and went off to do some smithing (which is something I've never done before in ADOM - was amazed at the results I got) and wrote some more scrolls of education. Once it got to the next Dark Night I killed Keriax and got the final part of the trinity. Ate his corpse (I ate a few of the chaos corpses actually - they were no good to me once I was crowned chaotic, since the druid wouldn't give me any PoCC). I now readied myself for the final assault. I dove down with the trinity (teleporting practically all the way). Uselessness gift was Far Slayer - would have been nicer if I'd brought more quarrels with me, but unfortunately I specialised in bows. Cleared D50 with great ease - ice ball and magic missile helped a lot, as did Purifier for the balors. Fisty fell quickly to the heavy mace. After that I hung around a bit on D50 till I had the necessary corruptions. Had found another RoDS, so used it for more PoCC to mix me up some PoGA. After I got to the extremely corrupted stage I downed all my boosting potions, used my last two RoDSes on wishes for speed, put on the trinity and stepped through the gate... "OnE oF Us, oNe Of Us!" the minions chanted as his body slipped through the warped plane. He could feel the chaotic powers roaring around him, wild swirls of energy meshing around his body. Yes, this was where he belonged, and he could see the creatures here were ready for change. They accepted him, and he would be their master. But then everything went black, and he felt a new power approach, one that rejected him even in his might. A voice redolent in powerful terror spoke out of the blackness. "I am the Elder Chaos God, Andor Drakon. Who art thee mortal, who doth dare invade my realm?!" But Tarindil laughed in scorn. "Look carefully, worm, for I bear the correct insignia! The trinity has been reformed, and I am here to lay you to waste! I bring forth a new dischord, a new tune in the theme of the world. And I weave in this music the chords of the true light and the true darkness, and against its mighty destiny not even you can stand. The power of chaos shall be mine!" And at that the Elder Chaos God did chuckle, seeing here a challenge he had not had the chance to face in many millenia since first he had split the trinity. But there was a disquiet in him, and the outcome of the battle was hidden from his eyes. "Very well. It sHaLl bE A pLeAsUrE To sHrEd YoU iN mElEe!" Tarindil felt the ground harden beneath his feet, and lighting a torch he found himself in an ever-changing cavern. A balor approached, it's skin warping like outside of an ant-hive, reflecting the vile hues of the corrupted stone around then. The bard brought his heavy mace down upon the demon, smashing through the creature's chest. Twice more he smote the balor in quick succession, before the demon even had a chance to lash its scourge, and the monster crumpled to the ground in a disintegrating heap of dirt. He felt then the power of his true rival, and marching forth in proud strenght he came to face the Elder Chaos God. He looked now at the abominable creature, but in envy rather than hatred. No mortal words were enough to describe this terrible force of evil, this unequalled concentration of chaotic energy. Here was a power Tarindil desired above all else. The Chaos God's thoughts turned upon him, and all about him malign and deformed creatures writhed up from the floor, masses of limbs and teeth flailing desperatly at the grey elf. Tarindil took out a crystal of fire, and holding it up he crushed it in his hand and forced out the flame with his will. A towering column of fire flew out a hundred feet, and the pathetic creatures were instantly scorched into the dust. Magical forces flew out from Andor Drakon - waves of ice and fire, and intense mental forces looking to destroy the mortal's mind and body. But they flew off Tarindil like a light breeze, unfazing him in the fullness of his wrath and power. He took out his great crossbow and cocked it with his most powerful quarrels. With great force and speed he shot the slaying bolts, and they seared brightly through the air like a shower of meteors. The Chaos God tried with magicks to hold back the deadly force of the quarrels, but a score and more of them pierced through his defences, sending shockwaves out as they ripped through his dark form. A scream of anger and defiance shot up from the Elder Chaos God, but it was in vain. Running out of quarrels Tarindil now switched to his bow, and with great strength he shot a mighty arrow that tore through the dark god's being, unstringing the forces that held him together. The chaotic energies were unleashed, and Tarindil raised out his arms in expectation. This was the power he had strived for, this was the power he was fated to achieve. 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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 were very lazy. You slept a lot and didn't care too much for your duties and tasks. Your parents were not very happy with you. 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 Bard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inventory ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 9986 stones Carrying capacity: 42855 stones He: blessed waterproof helm of mental stability [+2, +8] {Le+3} [100s] Ne: blessed sapphire amulet "Preserver" [+4, +4] {Wi+7} [3s] Bo: blessed eternium plate mail of resilience (-1, -2) [+8, +18] [240s] Gi: blessed waterproof girdle of giant strength [+4, +5] {St+12} [30s] Cl: blessed waterproof cloak of protection [+0, +6] [20s] RH: blessed rune-covered heavy mace "Purifier" (+5, 4d5+5) [-4, +1] {Wi+4} LH: uncursed shield of raw steel (+2) [+18, +12] {To+8} [180s] RR: blessed ring of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage) [1s] LR: blessed ring of mental stability [+3, +3] {Le+2} [1s] Br: blessed bracers of war [+8, +4] {Dx+8} [10s] Ga: blessed rustproof gauntlets of strength (-1, +0) [+5, +5] {St+6} [40s] Bo: blessed waterproof seven league boots [+4, +6] [30s] MW: blessed long bow of accuracy (+10, +2) [30s] Mi: bundle of 18 blessed arrows of demon slaying (+3, 1d6+3) [36s] Tl: uncursed torch (693 turns of fuel remaining, lit) [10s] *** Some smithing went to good work on some of this equipment, as did the many scrolls of defense and protection I found throughout the game. The GoGS was from a wish, and the SLBs are the ones I started out with. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 9055 stones Carrying capacity: 42855 stones Helmets ('[') uncursed helm of water breathing [+0, +4] [30s] uncursed leather cap (+1, +1) [+3, +0] [5s] uncursed crown of lightning [+7, +6] (+5 spd) [65s] uncursed crown of ice (+1, +1) [+1, +2] [65s] uncursed eternium cap [+0, +7] [28s] Armor ('[') uncursed ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8} [60s] blessed leather apron (-1, -1) [+0, +2] [75s] uncursed padded elven chain mail of resilience [+0, +5] [10s] uncursed vigilant adamantium plate mail of travelling (-2, -4) [-2, +13] uncursed black dragon scale mail (-2, -4) [-4, +12] [200s] uncursed eternium plate mail of the sea (-1, -2) [-1, +13] [240s] blessed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [-1, +15] [240s] uncursed eternium plate mail (-1, -2) [-1, +15] [240s] Shields ('[') blessed tower adamantium shield (-2) [+18, +7] [108s] *** I used this smithed up shield a lot, but late in the game I got the shield of raw steel from the dwarven artificer, which in spite of its corrupting nature is actually a really amazingly good shield. blessed tower crystal shield (-1) [+13, +6] [260s] Gauntlets ('[') uncursed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3] [10s] heap of 3 blessed pairs of thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+0, +1] [45s] blessed black dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [+0, +2] [10s] uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+0, +3] [15s] blessed gloves of smiting [+0, -1] (+5 damage) [6s] blessed red dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [-1, +4] [10s] uncursed thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+0, +4] [15s] blessed waterproof gloves of smiting [+0, +0] (+7 damage) [6s] *** Used these a fair amount - +7 damage is pretty damned nice. blessed blue dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [+0, +3] [10s] uncursed red dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [+0, +5] [10s] blessed archery gloves (+0, +4) [+4, +0] [6s] Cloaks ('[') heap of 3 uncursed cloaks of defense [+3, +0] [60s] heap of 3 uncursed cloaks of protection [+0, +3] [60s] uncursed cloak of protection [+0, +4] [20s] Girdles ('[') blessed girdle of carrying [+6, +6] [15s] *** Found this early on in DD, and carried on using it till I got the GoGS. uncursed eternium girdle [+0, +4] [12s] blessed girdle of carrying [+0, +0] [15s] Boots ('[') uncursed eternium boots [+3, +5] [55s] blessed seven league boots (+1, -1) [+1, +0] [30s] uncursed boots of sneakiness [+0, +3] {Dx+2} [20s] uncursed seven league boots [+2, +0] [30s] uncursed seven league boots [+1, -2] [30s] heap of 2 uncursed pairs of seven league boots [+1, +0] [60s] *** Man, found lots of these, and only ever usd my original pair. Had practically no equipment destruction all game - was quite refreshing. Necklaces (''') heap of 4 uncursed amulets of death ray resistance [28s] blessed amulet of order [3s] uncursed ankh [3s] heap of 2 uncursed amulets of light [6s] heap of 4 uncursed necklaces of the eye [12s] uncursed amulet of hunger [3s] heap of 5 uncursed amulets of balance [15s] blessed amulet of chaos [3s] uncursed amulet of protection from undead [3s] uncursed amulet of petrification resistance [3s] uncursed amulet of perseverance {Wi+7} [3s] *** Don't know why I even bothered carrying these around - nothing compares with Preserver. Bracers (',') uncursed bracers of toughness [+0, +0] {To+4} [10s] uncursed bracers of resistance [+0, +0] [10s] *** Again, pretty useless when you have Bracers of War. One-handed weapons ('(') heap of 3 uncursed eternium spears (+2, 2d8+8) [75s] blessed eternium spear (+5, 2d8+8) [25s] *** Got 3 of these from and early wish, and used them exclusively till I found the heavy mace. heap of 2 blessed pick axes (+0, 1d6+1) [150s] uncursed phase dagger (+7, 1d4+8) [+2, +0] [5s] blessed thin dagger "Cat's Claw" (+4, 3d3) {Dx+8} [10s] uncursed black rune-covered dagger "Needle" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1] [10s] uncursed black rune-covered dagger "Sting" (+8, 3d4) [+4, +1] [10s] *** Never used any of these daggers - Purifier is quite sufficient. blessed eternium warhammer (+2, 4d3+8) [29s] Two-handed weapons ('(') uncursed adamantium halberd of damnation (+9, 2d7+8) [-2, +0] [70s] uncursed rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance" (+15, 4d8+10) [-2, +0] [50s] *** Can't remember where I found this, but it was of huge use in BDC and against lots of big dragons I faced. blessed rune-covered trident (+6, 3d12+6) [+4, +4] {Dx+12} [80s] uncursed shining long spear "Soaker" (+9, 3d7) [+3, +0] [10s] *** Found in BDC - quite useless. uncursed lawful heavy club of devastation (+1, 5d10+10) [-1, +0] [120s] uncursed lawful two-handed sword of devastation (+5, 7d5+11) [-1, +0] uncursed barbed trident of hunting (+2, 3d5+4) [70s] Missile weapons ('}') heap of 5 uncursed short bows (+1, +0) [100s] heap of 2 uncursed short bows (+1, +2) [40s] uncursed long bow (+2, +2) [30s] uncursed short bow (+1, +3) [20s] uncursed short bow (+2, +2) [20s] uncursed long bow of hunting (+6, +3) [30s] uncursed long bow (+2, +3) [30s] blessed short bow (+4, +0) [20s] uncursed heavy crossbow of accuracy (+10, +3) [140s] uncursed long bow of accuracy (+9, +2) [30s] blessed heavy crossbow "The Far Slayer" (+18, +18) [350s] *** Man, I so could have done with this earlier in the game. Oh well, got a bit of use out of it in the end at least. uncursed long bow (+4, +5) [30s] Missiles ('/') <snip lots of arrows> Tools (']') heap of 6 uncursed fireproof blankets [60s] heap of 8 uncursed square keys [8s] uncursed box with flint and steel (43) [5s] uncursed climbing set [180s] heap of 4 uncursed hexagonal keys [4s] heap of 2 uncursed holy symbols [10s] heap of 5 uncursed tiny keys [5s] uncursed tinderbox (27) [3s] heap of 3 blessed square keys [3s] heap of 6 uncursed waterproof blankets [60s] uncursed tinderbox (26) [3s] uncursed box with flint and steel (25) [5s] uncursed stethoscope [5s] heap of 3 uncursed small keys [3s] heap of 4 uncursed triangular keys [4s] heap of 5 uncursed round keys [5s] blessed torch [10s] blessed anvil [1000s] blessed fireproof blanket [10s] uncursed torch [10s] uncursed magical writing set (2) [5s] Instruments ('{') heap of 3 uncursed harps [90s] blessed glockenspiel [120s] Rings ('=') heap of 2 uncursed rings of speed [+0, +1] (+5 spd) [2s] heap of 2 uncursed rings of mental stability [+0, +1] {Le+1} [2s] blessed ring of ice [1s] blessed ring of the High Kings [+2, +3] [1s] heap of 2 uncursed rings of regeneration [2s] heap of 5 uncursed rings of slaying (+6 melee damage, +6 missile damage) blessed ring of see invisible [1s] uncursed ring of speed [+0, +4] (+5 spd) [1s] heap of 3 blessed brass rings [3s] blessed ring of minor elemental mastery [+1, +0] [1s] Wands ('\') blessed wand of teleportation (0 charges) [4s] blessed wand of fireballs (1 charge) [3s] blessed wand of destruction (0 charges) [3s] blessed wand of item detection (1 charge) [3s] uncursed wand of destruction (0 charges) [3s] uncursed wand of destruction (0 charges) [3s] uncursed wand of monster detection (1 charge) [3s] Potions ('!') heap of 5 potions of holy water [20s] blessed potion of raw chaos [2s] heap of 4 uncursed potions of poison [16s] heap of 2 blessed potions of invisibility [8s] heap of 6 uncursed potions of cure poison [12s] heap of 6 uncursed potions of insight [12s] heap of 2 uncursed potions of confusion [4s] heap of 14 uncursed potions of carrot juice [56s] heap of 2 uncursed berzio potions [4s] blessed potion of healing [4s] heap of 2 uncursed potions of raw chaos [4s] heap of 11 uncursed potions of invisibility [44s] blessed potion of cure poison [2s] heap of 3 uncursed potions of balance [12s] heap of 2 uncursed potions of oil [4s] heap of 6 blessed potions of extra healing [12s] heap of 5 blessed potions of insight [10s] heap of 3 uncursed potions of youth [12s] heap of 3 uncursed potions of longevity [12s] blessed potion of poison [4s] uncursed potion of stun recovery [2s] uncursed potion of blindness [2s] blessed potion of raw mana [2s] heap of 14 uncursed potions of healing [56s] blessed potion of exchange [4s] heap of 4 uncursed potions of extra healing [8s] heap of 5 uncursed potions of raw mana [10s] heap of 3 uncursed potions of boost learning [6s] blessed potion of oil [2s] blessed potion of carrot juice [4s] blessed potion of balance [4s] heap of 7 uncursed potions of boost strength [14s] heap of 9 uncursed potions of boost perception [18s] heap of 2 uncursed potions of booze [8s] uncursed oil of rust removal [2s] uncursed potion of exchange [4s] heap of 7 uncursed potions of water [28s] uncursed potion of deafness [2s] blessed potion of cure corruption [2s] Scrolls ('?') heap of 18 uncursed scrolls of power [36s] blessed scroll of chaos resistance [2s] uncursed scroll of familiar summoning [2s] blessed scroll of light [2s] heap of 4 uncursed scrolls of item destruction [8s] blessed scroll of great identify [2s] heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of gold detection [4s] uncursed scroll of monster aggravation [2s] heap of 5 uncursed scrolls of item detection [10s] heap of 11 uncursed scrolls of great identify [22s] heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of luck [4s] heap of 4 blessed scrolls of uncursing [8s] heap of 4 uncursed scrolls of teleportation [8s] uncursed scroll of ill fate [2s] uncursed scroll of amnesia [2s] heap of 3 uncursed scrolls of dark predictions [6s] blessed scroll of balance [2s] heap of 2 blessed scrolls of charging [4s] uncursed scroll of vermin control [2s] uncursed scroll of literacy check [2s] blessed scroll of increase melee accuracy [2s] uncursed scroll of increase melee accuracy [2s] heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of danger [4s] heap of 11 uncursed scrolls of magic mapping [22s] heap of 2 blessed scrolls of luck [4s] heap of 23 uncursed scrolls of identify [46s] heap of 6 blessed scrolls of identify [12s] heap of 4 uncursed scrolls of increase melee damage [8s] heap of 5 uncursed scrolls of uncursing [10s] heap of 2 uncursed scrolls of satiation [4s] heap of 2 blessed scrolls of power [4s] heap of 6 blessed blank scrolls [12s] uncursed blank scroll [2s] uncursed crumpled scroll [2s] *** Bah, ol' grumpy Khelly didn't want this. Well, he suffered for it... (though my original plan was to turn neutral and get it from him, then instantly slay him with it) Books ('"') uncursed spellbook of Teleportation [100s] Food ('%') heap of 6 uncursed stomacemptia herbs [12s] heap of 3 uncursed stomafillia herbs [6s] heap of 15 blessed stomafillia herbs [30s] heap of 21 uncursed spenseweeds [42s] heap of 16 blessed spenseweeds [32s] heap of 3 uncursed lumps of bee wax [15s] heap of 27 blessed stomacemptia herbs [54s] heap of 9 uncursed curaria mancox herbs [18s] heap of 5 uncursed devil's roses [10s] heap of 7 blessed devil's roses [14s] heap of 163 uncursed cooked lizards [489s] Valuables ('$') 20554 gold pieces [205s] Gems ('*') heap of 13 uncursed crystals of power [13s] heap of 3 uncursed crystals of fire [3s] heap of 19 uncursed crystals of health [19s] heap of 3 blessed crystals of power [3s] heap of 10 uncursed crystals of knowledge [10s] heap of 10 uncursed crystals of darkness [10s] heap of 6 uncursed crystals of light [6s] blessed crystal of health [1s] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weapon Skills ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Melee weapon Lvl Hit Dam DV Level Required marks --------------------- --- --- --- -- ------------- -------------- Unarmed fighting 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 20 Daggers & knives 4 +3 +1 +0 skilled 105 Clubs & hammers 3 +2 +1 +0 basic 14 Maces & flails 14 +16 +11 +5 Mastery 10719 Swords 5 +3 +2 +1 skilled 170 Axes 1 +1 +0 +0 basic 25 Whips 2 +2 +1 +2 basic 40 Pole arms 12 +14 +8 +16 Mastery 209 Twohanded weapons 4 +4 +4 +1 skilled 105 Staves 3 +3 +0 +3 basic 65 *** Bard level bonuses gave me lots of different marks here, but I touched pretty much nothing other than polearms and Purifier. Missile weapon Lvl Hit Dam Ra Level Required marks --------------------- --- --- --- -- ------------- -------------- Slings 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7 Bows 8 +16 +12 +2 excellent 55 Crossbows 5 +10 +7 +1 skilled 56 Thrown axes & hammers 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7 Thrown daggers 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 3 Thrown rocks & clubs 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7 Thrown spears 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7 Boomerangs & scurgari 0 +0 +0 +0 unskilled 7 Shields Lvl DV Level Required marks --------------------- --- --- ------------- -------------- Shields 12 +24 Mastery 3557 Damage caused with your melee weapons: -------------------------------------- Right hand: +219 bonus to hit, 4d5+111 damage *** This is on Berserk. On Coward my DV was over 200. Damage caused with your missile weapons: ---------------------------------------- Ammunition: 18, base range: 25, +146 bonus to hit, 1d6+74 damage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Skills ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alchemy ...................100 (superb) [+2d4] Alertness ................. 78 (great) [+1d3] Appraising ................100 (superb) [+2d4] Athletics ................. 90 (great) [+2d4] Backstabbing ..............100 (superb) [+2d4] Bridge building ........... 20 (mediocre) [+4d5] (mr) Climbing ..................100 (superb) [+2d4] Concentration .............100 (superb) [+2d4] Cooking ................... 21 (mediocre) [+4d4] (mr) Detect item status ........100 (superb) [+1d3] Detect traps ..............100 (superb) [+2d4] Disarm traps ..............100 (superb) [+2d4] Dodge .....................100 (superb) [+1d5] Find weakness .............100 (superb) [+1d3] First aid .................100 (superb) [+2d4] Food preservation .........100 (superb) [+2d4] Gardening .................100 (superb) [+1d5] Gemology ..................100 (superb) [+1d5] Haggling ..................100 (superb) [+2d4] Healing ...................100 (superb) [+2d4] Herbalism .................100 (superb) [+2d4] Law .......................100 (superb) [+1] Listening .................100 (superb) [+3d3] Literacy ..................100 (superb) [+1d5] Metallurgy ................100 (superb) [+2d4] Mining ....................100 (superb) [+1d3] Music .....................100 (superb) [+2d4] Pick pockets ..............100 (superb) [+2d4] Smithing ..................100 (superb) [+2d4] Stealth ...................100 (superb) [+1d5] Swimming ..................100 (superb) [+1d3] Tactics ...................100 (superb) [+1d3] Two weapon combat .........100 (superb) [+1d3] Ventriloquism ............. 89 (great) [+2d4] Woodcraft .................100 (superb) [+1d5] *** Gwah, loads of skills... Most of them were from Scrolls of Educations, and a few from the bard level power. With high Le even the ones I got late in the gate got to 100 pretty fast. Pity I couldn't get Athletics to max though... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spells ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- <snipped out rarely used spells> Burning Hands : 645, 6pp (Effectivity: +10) Fireball : 383, 19pp (Effectivity: +6) Ice Ball : 108, 24pp (Effectivity: +8) *** Couldn't believe how huge the balls got by the end of the game. I've seriously got to play a wizard some time just for the whole mass destruction element. Magic Missile : 1149, 6pp (Effectivity: +10) *** This gets fun when trained a bit. Effectiveity would be closer to 30 if I was a natural spellcaster. Teleportation : 718, 21pp (Effectivity: +5) *** Book-casted this a *lot*. By far the most-used spell in the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Effects of Corruption ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your corrupted tissue seems to heal much faster. You have grown horns (+3 melee damage, Ap: -4). You have grown a bulging cranium (Le: +6, Wi: +4, Ap: -6, PV: -4, To: -3). *** Got rid of all my corruptions when I first faced Andy, and stripped more off when I got him to critically injured. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- His further life: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. To your own surprise you have to realize that omnipotence is a stretchable word and that you no longer are strong enough (maybe due to the heavy fighting before) to pass the Chaos gate or even send malicious energies through it to harass Ancardia. Thus you bide your time and enjoy yourself sending Chaos troops to Ancardia every couple of centuries. This continues until you are finally strong enough to create a bridge between the planes of Chaos and Ancardia. Sadly a nasty surprise is waiting for you: the heroic folks of Ancardia obviously did not forget the last incursion of Chaos and this time a hero is prepared to challenge you. Bathed in the radiance of Law and Goodness He enters your home plane and challenges you to a battle. To your very surprise your dark magics don't effect him and you are killed in a long battle. In the last seconds of your life, facing the might of the hero of light, you wonder if everything could have been different, had you made some other decisions in your mortal life... *** Bah... Will get a better ending next time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- His achievements during his adventures: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tarindil, the gray elven bard, managed to become a ChAoS gOd. He scored 9195685 points and advanced to level 50. He survived for 0 years, 85 days, 23 hours, 23 minutes and 54 seconds (182940 turns). 5 companions were killed during his adventures. *** My first fairy dragon got killed early on in spite of my best efforts. Other things like cats that I tamed ended up dying here and there. Tarindil visited 138 places. His strength score was modified by +54 during his career. His learning score was modified by +33 during his career. His willpower score was modified by +47 during his career. His dexterity score was modified by +46 during his career. His toughness score was modified by +71 during his career. His charisma score was modified by +33 during his career. His appearance score was modified by +42 during his career. His mana score was modified by +27 during his career. His perception score was modified by +49 during his career. *** Drank masses of PoGA, and had the Ape corruption for a long time to build up St and To. Bard level 50 power is also nice for the stats... He was unnaturally aged by 75 years. *** Bah, forgot to remove this. 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. *** *sobs* He stopped the generation of nasty bugs. He saved Khelavaster from certain death. *** And promptly slew him later :) He ended his adventuring life in the palace of Andor Drakon. 11006 monsters perished under his attacks. The following 35 artifacts were generated during his adventure: the si the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle" the ring of the master cat the golden gladius "Death's Sting" the thin dagger "Cat's Claw" 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" the lead-filled mace "Big Punch" the rune-covered trident the sword of Nonnak the elemental gauntlets the ring of the High Kings the phial of Caladriel the crown of science the shield of raw steel the amulet of raw steel the ancient mummy wrapping the ankh the Crown of Chaos the Sceptre of Chaos the black torc the Medal of Chaos the bracers of war the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana the black rune-covered dagger "Needle" the black rune-covered dagger "Sting" the rune-covered heavy mace "Purifier" the sapphire amulet "Preserver" the black tome of Alsophocus the shining long spear "Soaker" the weird tome the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance" *** Wow, I actually found every one of them in the game. Normally a couple will pass me by... He possessed the following intrinsics: He was fire resistant. He was poison resistant (enhanced through items). He was cold resistant. He was acid resistant. He was lucky (enhanced through items). Fate smiled upon him. He was sleep resistant. He was able to control teleportation. He was invisible. He was stun resistant (gained through an item). 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 fire attacks (gained through an item). He was immune to acidic attacks. He was immune to ice attacks (gained through an item). He was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through items). *** Got HP and PP regen down to 5 quite early on in the game, and when coupled with the bard class powers of regeneration I was never short of HP or PP. He had the following talents: Affinity with Maces & Flails, Affinity with Polemarms, Alert, Basher, Beast of Burden, Boon to the Family, Charming, Good Shot, Healthy, Heir, Keen Shot, Long Stride, Master Packager, Mighty Strike, Miser, Porter, Powerful Strike, Quick, Quick Shot, Treasure Hunter. He had a final speed score of 635 (final base speed: 150). He was a Chaos God. He asked for 1 divine intervention. He was Chaos personified. The following monsters were vanquished: 25 acid vortices 23 air demons 16 air elementals 7 air grues 4 ancient black dragons 128 ancient blue dragons *** Hehe, they left some nice treasures, and a fair few nice corpses too. 1 ancient blue wyrm 1 Ancient Chaos Wyrm 1 ancient dwarf 1 ancient karmic wyrm 6 ancient minotaurs 3 ancient red dragons 1 ancient sage *** That'll learn the stuck up bugger for not giving me the trident. 1 Ancient Stone Beast 1 ancient white dragon 19 animated armors 4 animated trees 4 ankhegs 25 annihilators 12 annis hags 1 arena master 60 assassins 1 assassin prince 12 balors 39 bandits 1 banshee 23 barbarians 15 barbarian leaders 344 battle bunnies 2 beggars 48 berserkers 9 berserker emperors 8 berserker kings 33 berserker lords 16 berserker princes 1 big casino guard 18 big dogs 8 black baby dragons 1 black dragon 1 black druid 20 black hurthlings 22 black slayers 6 black unicorns 9 black wizards 51 blink dogs 85 blue baby dragons 98 blue dragons 1 bone golem 3 brown bears 5 brown worms 35 bugbears 9 bulettes 1 bunny master 1 burly adventurer 37 carrion crawlers 35 casino guards 13 cave bears 78 cave fishers 5 cave lions 49 cave lizards 4 cave tigers *** After the first kitty I killed I just went all-out on the rest. 36 cavemen 1 Chaos Archmage 19 chaos brothers 8 chaos eyes 13 chaos knights 14 chaos lizards 77 chaos mutants 21 chaos plague bearers 25 chaos rats 261 chaos servants 25 chaos sisters 2 chaos spawns 11 chaos spiders 5 chaos vipers 3 chaos warlords 31 chaos warriors 39 chaos wizards 6 children *** They didn't leave any corpses :( 34 claw bugs 11 clay golems 1 cloaked ratling 5 cobras 7 cooshoos 37 corpse fiends 4 corruptors 1 crime lord 21 crystal statues 16 cutpurses 22 cyclopes 13 dark elven archers 14 dark elven lords 14 dark elven priestesses 7 dark elven princesses 26 dark elven warriors 15 dark elven wizards 30 dark orcs 19 dark sages 24 death oozes 1 demented ratling 16 diamond golems *** Met a couple in the Rift that were a bit troublesome - Magic Missile managed to get them in the end. Later on Purifier made very short work of them. 100 dire wolves 24 displacer beasts 28 dopplegangers 2 doppleganger kings 23 doppleganger lords 2 Dorn Beasts 3 dragon turtles 1 druid 17 dwarves 1 dwarven artificer 55 dwarven chaos knights 10 dwarven children *** Being evil is a good career option - it has a lot to offer :) 2 dwarven elite guardians 8 dwarven guardians 1 dwarven inn keeper 1 dwarven smith 1 dwarven weaponmaster 48 earth elementals 1 ElDeR cHaOs GoD *** Blah, second time I killed him, and he went down faster this time. Thankfully I wasn't turned into a pathetic chaos wretch this time round. 2 emperor liches *** One in the greater undead vault and another in the scintillating cave. 1 emperor moloch 18 ettins 20 eyes of destruction 6 farmers 2 female dwarves 81 fire beetles 36 fire demons 40 fire drakes 59 fire elementals 34 fire giants 29 fire giant kings 36 fire grues 45 fire lizards 11 fire vortices 14 flesh golems 16 floating eyes 8 fomorian giants 1 fool 44 frost giants 8 frost giant berserkers 3 frost giant jarls 15 gargoyles 20 gelatinous cubes 291 ghosts 14 ghost bats 5 ghost kings 104 ghost lords 183 ghuls 3 giant ant queens 53 giant ant warriors 26 giant ant workers 76 giant bats 3 giant bee queens 29 giant bee warriors 35 giant bee workers 2 giant boars 25 giant centipedes 18 giant frogs 31 giant lizards 11 giant raccoons 182 giant rats 2 giant rust monsters 7 giant slugs 60 giant spiders 10 gibbering mouthers 150 gnolls 13 gnoll chieftains 133 goblins 15 goblin berserkers 38 goblin chieftains 124 goblin rockthrowers 92 goblin slavemasters 5 goodwives 6 gorgons 50 gray oozes 4 gray slayers 6 great blue wyrms 2 great red wyrms 1 great water dragon 1 greater air elemental 1 greater balor 195 greater chaos servants 85 greater claw bugs 4 greater daemons 3 greater fire elementals 26 greater mimics 8 greater molochs *** Found a few of these roaming about - nice for the xp. 22 greater mummies 1 greater titan 31 greater water elementals 1 greater white unicorn 5 green blobs 9 green hags 24 green slimes 15 green worms 6 gremlins 15 griffons 1 grizzled gladiator *** The bugger wouldn't teach me Courage 'cause I was chaotic. So I taught him pain :) 7 grizzly bears 2 half-orc bouncers 24 harpies 21 hell hounds 69 hill giants 11 hill giant chieftains 26 hill orcs 19 hill orc sergeants 28 hippogriffs 46 hobgoblins 5 hobgoblin chiefs 3 hobgoblin leaders 1 holy slayer 25 homunculi 31 huge bats 11 hydras 60 hyenas 4 ice vortices 18 imps 3 invisible stalkers 4 iron golems 180 jackals 3 jackal demons 13 jackalweres 2 karmic baby dragons 11 karmic dragons 9 karmic lizards 1 ki-rin *** Encountered this in the scintillating cave - fell pretty easily. 190 killer bugs 1 king cobra 100 kobolds 37 kobold chieftains 29 kobold shamans 62 large bats 4 large dogs 59 large gnolls 16 large jackals 93 large kobolds 50 large orcs 8 large rust monsters 19 large snakes 267 large spiders 16 least daemons 7 lesser daemons 10 leucrottas 13 liches 42 lich kings *** Nasty pieces of work... 26 lightning lizards 13 lightning vortices 27 living walls 63 lizard men 1 mad doctor 1 Mad Minstrel *** I am now the true MaD MiNsTrEl! 10 magebane eyes 19 magedoom eyes 1 malicious doctor 5 margoyles 67 master assassins 53 master liches 14 master mimics 1 master necromancer 1 Master Summoner 29 master swordsmen 5 master thieves *** Surprisingly found a fair few of these. 8 mimics 4 mimic hiveminds 24 minotaurs 5 minotaur lords 19 minotaur mazelords 1 minotaur mazemaster 13 molochs 4 muggers 1 multi-headed chaos dragon 37 mummies 1 mummy lord 20 muscular dwarves 16 necromancers 25 ochre jellies 118 ogres 2 ogre emperors 1 ogre guardian 6 ogre kings 16 ogre lords 10 ogre magi 1 old barbarian 1 oracle *** I keep meaning to speak to her at some point to see what she says about the trinity and all, but I always end up killing and eating her first :( 166 orcs 5 orc butchers 21 orc chieftains 45 orc scorchers 13 outlaws 11 outlaw leaders 21 owlbears 56 pit vipers 3 pixies 5 pixie archers 1 priest 8 purple worms 38 quasits 7 quicklings 1 quickling bard 6 quickling kings 2 quickling lords 5 quickling queens *** Didn't bother even looking for the tree - too worried about corruption as it was. 10 rabid dogs 48 raiders 325 rats 33 ratling archers 9 ratling duelists 18 ratling fencers 2 ratling guardians 12 ratling master thieves 1 ratling rebel 31 ratling thieves 9 ratling traders 21 ratling warlords 35 ratling warriors 7 rattlesnakes 54 red baby dragons 44 red dragons 31 red worms 9 revenants 50 rust monsters 149 shadows 23 shadow centipedes 12 shadow lords 8 shadow trolls 2 shadow wyrms 9 shambling mounds 2 sharks 1 sheriff 5 shopkeepers 28 silver wolves 2 skeletal kings 33 skeletal warriors 262 skeletons 16 slow shadows 1 Snake from Beyond 151 spectres 9 staring eyes 42 steel golems 17 steel horrors 25 steel zombies 81 stone giants 6 stone giant lords 29 stone golems 32 stone grues 5 stone oozes 16 stone snakes 15 stone statues 8 swamp hydras 47 swordsmen 72 tarantulas 64 thugs 1 tiny girl *** Never saved her dog. Wish I'd kept the corpse to kill her with it :( 5 titans 29 trolls 34 troll berserkers 12 troll chiefs 8 troll kings 1 undead chaos dwarven berserker 59 vampires 64 vapor rats 1 village elder 8 vipers 10 water demons 10 water elementals 21 water grues 85 water snakes 35 wererats 23 werewolves 6 werewolf kings 41 werewolf lords 10 white baby dragons 5 white dragons 1 white unicorn 29 white worms 154 wights 2 wild cats 4 will o'wisps 134 wolves 108 wraiths 144 writhing masses of primal chaos 13 yellow oozes 195 zombies