YASD - the most frustrating death in the world

[Big Al]

I was a clvl ~10 priest, down about 500' when something burnt up my one and only priest book.

No worries though, I just need to WoR back and get another one but - damn - I still haven't found any ?WoR.

No problem, I'll walk back to the surface. It shouldn't take too long. I start slowly making my way up. I get hungry around 400' and realise that I only have one food ration left. I eat it and continue on upwards. The stairs are just taking forever to find. I start panicking a bit as I'm nearly hungry and still six more levels to go.

Amazing luck, I find a copy of Godly Insights at 300' (which I've never ever seen before), but that doesn't help with the food problem. Carrying on, I get hungry again at 250'. I start stair scumming a bit (which I'd never normally do, but I'm in a tough situation here). Can't find any stairs, can't find any food. I eat a couple un-id'ed mushrooms I was saving, but they don't do much to stave of starvation.

I die of starvation at 50'.

Note to self: Next time, remember to pack extra food.

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23. 1603 Olas III the Dunadan Priest, Level 11
Killed by starvation on dungeon level 1 (max 10)
(User 0, Date 2007-10-24, Gold 1365, Turn 65030).
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The RNG strikes again!

[Mondkalb]

One of my heroes once died of starvation just a few steps from the general store. ^^

[Geofferic]

That used to be my most frequent cause of death. lol I'd dive really deep and something would burn up my ?WoR.

[Paffa]

I don't think I've ever died from starvation

Always carry at least 5 rations and pick up the food you find, it can be dropped again if you find something more valuable (In the lower levels, that is)

[Dragonboneman]

I only ever carry normal rations of food and/or mushrooms of restoring, but I eat slime molds, elvish waybread and any non-damaging mushrooms straight off the floor. There are times when my character eats so much it's more like Pac-Man than Angband.

Also, my Dunadan Warrior winner was gorged for almost his entire battle with Morgoth thanks to overdosing on potions.

[Daven_26d1]

You should carry waybreads and leave the rations for the rats.

[Djabanete]

Originally Posted by Big Al

The RNG strikes again!

If you were at depth 10, lacking the second priest book, without WoR, and without enough food to walk home... how was that the RNG's fault?

[Big Al]

Originally Posted by Djabanete

If you were at depth 10, lacking the second priest book, without WoR, and without enough food to walk home... how was that the RNG's fault?

True that. I normally just dive at about clvl = dlvl, reading every scroll I find. The length of my first dive is normally determined by when I eventually stumble across a ?WoR.

[Djabanete]

I like your diving plan.

I guess next time just stock up on food some more!

[Magnate]

Originally Posted by Paffa

I don't think I've ever died from starvation

Always carry at least 5 rations and pick up the food you find, it can be dropped again if you find something more valuable (In the lower levels, that is)

I have, just the once. Drank an unID'd potion just after eating my last ration - it was Salt Water. Had no food and no potions. Recalled home but died on the way to the general store.

Now I make sure I have food available when I drink unIDd potions (at least until I've IDd Salt Water).

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