My first good character. Paralyzed and Dead.

[shevek]

Hi everyone, this is my first post to the forum. My first good character has just died. Very sad. Suddenly paralyzed and surrounded. Not even sure what paralyzed me, I think it might have been a trap. I've played a bunch of characters who mostly died early and stupidly (e.g. trying to melee cave spiders in the middle of the room). But I was finally doing well! I had gotten my first two artifacts ever! I'm excited to start anew, I think I'm finally becoming competent at this game.

Character dump:

[Angband 3.0.9b Character Dump]

Name Gorgon Self RB CB EB Best
Sex Male Age 27 STR: 17 +4 +5 +0 18/80
Race Half-Troll Height 96 INT: 12 -4 -2 +0 6
Class Warrior Weight 264 Wis: 13 -2 -2 +0 9 8
Title Swashbuckler Status 1 DEX: 15 -4 +2 +0 13
HP -7/200 Maximize Y Con: 13 +3 +2 +0 18 17
SP 0/0 CHR: 13 -6 -1 +0 6

Level 17 Armor [24,+11] Saving Throw Fair
Cur Exp 3066 Fight (+1,+5) Stealth Bad
Max Exp 3066 Melee (+5,+11) Fighting Superb
Adv Exp 3480 Shoot (+8,+6) Shooting Superb
MaxDepth Lev 11 Blows 3/turn Disarming Fair
Turns 240123 Shots 2/turn Magic Device Fair
Gold 3494 Infra 30 ft Perception Bad
Burden 124.6 lbs Speed Normal Searching Poor

Your mother was a Stone-Troll Warrior. You have slime-green eyes,
mangy bright red hair, and black leprous skin.



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Acid:....+........ Blind:.............
Elec:............. Confu:.............
Fire:+............ Sound:.............
Cold:............. Shard:.............
Pois:............. Nexus:.............
Fear:............. Nethr:.............
Lite:............. Chaos:.............
Dark:............. Disen:.............

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S.Dig:............. Stea.:.............
Feath:..+.......... Sear.:.............
PLite:............. Infra:.............
Regen:............+ Tunn.:.............
Telep:............. Speed:.............
Invis:............. Blows:.............
FrAct:............. Shots:.+...........
HLife:............. Might:.............


[Last Messages]

> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
> The Creeping silver coins misses you.
> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
> The Rock lizard bites you.
> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
> The Homunculus hits you.
> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
> You resist the effects!
> The Homunculus hits you.
> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! *** <2x>
> The Rock lizard bites you.
> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
> The Homunculus misses you.
> The Homunculus hits you.
> You die.


[Character Equipment]

a) The Dagger 'Narthanc' (2d4) (+4,+6)
It is branded with fire. It provides resistance to fire. It
activates for fire bolt (9d8) every 8+d8 turns. It cannot be harmed
by the elements.
b) a Long Bow of Extra Shots (x3) (+7,+6) (+1)
It increases your shooting speed by 1.
c) a Ruby Ring of Feather Falling
It makes you fall like a feather.
d) a Carnelian Ring of Protection [+12]
e) an Azure Amulet of Resist Acid
It provides resistance to acid. It cannot be harmed by acid.
f) The Phial of Galadriel
It usually provides light of radius 3. It activates for
illumination every 10+d10 turns. It cannot be harmed by the
elements.
g) Chain Mail (-2) [14,+0]
h) a Cloak [1,+0]
i) a Small Leather Shield [2,-2]
j) a Metal Cap [3,+1]
k) a Set of Leather Gloves [1,+0]
l) a Pair of Hard Leather Boots [3,+0]


[Character Inventory]

a) 21 Rations of Food
b) a Black Spotted Mushroom of Cure Confusion
c) a Brown Mushroom of Confusion
d) a Dark Red Mushroom of Cure Paranoia
e) 11 Flasks of oil
f) 2 Tangerine Potions of Detect Invisible
g) a Light Blue Potion of Heroism
h) a Scroll titled "odio catus pes" of Word of Recall
i) 14 Scrolls titled "puto inta" of Identify
j) a Scroll titled "conterus sum" of Light
k) 2 Scrolls titled "cundax co quus" of Trap Detection
l) a Scroll titled "tor ve lae" of Monster Confusion
m) a Brass Wand of Confuse Monster (8 charges)
n) a Zirconium Wand of Trap/Door Destruction (12 charges)
o) a Cedar Staff of Treasure Location (17 charges)
p) an Ivory Staff of Probing (8 charges)
q) a Willow Staff of Slow Monsters (11 charges)
r) a Tortoise Shell Ring of Searching (+1)
It increases your searching by 1.
s) 4 Wooden Torches (3000 turns)
It usually provides light of radius 2, though this is reduced when
running of out fuel.
t) a Wooden Torch (1980 turns)
It usually provides light of radius 2, though this is reduced when
running of out fuel.
u) a Lantern (5239 turns)
It usually provides light of radius 2. It cannot be harmed by fire.

v) a Cloak [1,-3] {cursed}
It is cursed.
w) a Metal Cap [3,+0]


[Home Inventory]

a) a Platinum Ring of Slow Digestion
It slows your metabolism.
b) a Diamond Ring of Resist Fire
It provides resistance to fire. It cannot be harmed by fire.
c) an Adamantite Ring of Sustain Dexterity
It sustains your dexterity.
d) a Mace of Slay Troll (2d4) (+7,+4)
It slays trolls.


[Options]

Adult: Maximize effect of race/class bonuses : yes (adult_maximize)
Adult: Randomize some of the artifacts (beta): no (adult_randarts)
Adult: Auto-scum for good levels : no (adult_autoscum)
Adult: Restrict the use of stairs/recall : no (adult_ironman)
Adult: Restrict the use of stores/home : no (adult_no_stores)
Adult: Restrict creation of artifacts : no (adult_no_artifacts)
Adult: Don't stack objects on the floor : no (adult_no_stacking)
Adult: Preserve artifacts when leaving level : no (adult_no_preserve)
Adult: Don't generate connected stairs : no (adult_no_stairs)
Adult: Monsters chase current location : yes (adult_ai_sound)
Adult: Monsters chase recent locations : yes (adult_ai_smell)
Adult: Monsters act smarter in groups : yes (adult_ai_packs)
Adult: Monsters learn from their mistakes : no (adult_ai_learn)
Adult: Monsters exploit players weaknesses : no (adult_ai_cheat)
Adult: Monsters behave more intelligently (broken): no (adult_ai_smart)
Score: Peek into object creation : no (score_peek)
Score: Peek into monster creation : no (score_hear)
Score: Peek into dungeon creation : no (score_room)
Score: Peek into something else : no (score_xtra)
Score: Know complete monster info : no (score_know)
Score: Allow player to avoid death : no (score_live)

[Nick]

Originally Posted by shevek

Hi everyone, this is my first post to the forum. My first good character has just died. Very sad. Suddenly paralyzed and surrounded. Not even sure what paralyzed me, I think it might have been a trap.

That would have been the Homunculus.

Notice, too, that you can make your dump format properly by putting CODE tags around it (with the # button above the message box) like this:

  [Angband 3.0.9b Character Dump]

 Name   Gorgon                                   Self  RB  CB  EB   Best
 Sex    Male              Age        27   STR:     17  +4  +5  +0  18/80
 Race   Half-Troll        Height     96   INT:     12  -4  -2  +0      6
 Class  Warrior           Weight    264   Wis:     13  -2  -2  +0      9      8
 Title  Swashbuckler      Status      1   DEX:     15  -4  +2  +0     13
 HP     -7/200            Maximize    Y   Con:     13  +3  +2  +0     18     17
 SP     0/0                               CHR:     13  -6  -1  +0      6

Good luck with your next character!

[shevek]

Thanks for the info!

[Jude]

I wish I could count the number of good characters of mine who've been killed by something dumb like paralyzation...frustrating feeling isn't it?

[Narvius]

Paralyzation is only really frustrating when you go down or up the stairs and appear directly adjacent to an eye. You can do absolutely nothing, unless it misses it's first attack. In any other case it's usually the player's fault, thus avoidable. At least in the shallow depths.

[shevek]

I figured out what happened later on. I stepped on a summon monster trap. Summoned a bunch of things including the homunculus.

[Garrie]

Originally Posted by shevek

I figured out what happened later on. I stepped on a summon monster trap. Summoned a bunch of things including the homunculus.

summoning a paralysing monster sucks almost as much as stepping on a poison stake pit at CL1...

only thing to do is roll a new @ !!!

[Narvius]

Well, I love the "You are engulfed in flames! You die." message.

[The Sparrow]

Arg, I just had the best character ive had in some time Paralyzed and psionic blasted to death by Nar