Another Touhou Hengband playthrough

[Cryomaniac]

I'm doing another playthrough of the Touhou mod; this time, another 'easy' character - Watatsuki no Yorihime. Similar to Yuuka, she's another dual class with a powerful starting weapon - it gives base resists and activates for temporary resistance. She can learn one of realms of Hermit Arts; I'm picking Mysticism - it's close to Heng's Sorcery, with detection/utility spells. Yorihime doesn't have innate base resists + other like Yuuka did - she does have some high level resists, though, along with immunity to holy attacks; however, she's vulnerable to nether, darkness, and hellfire. Also, drinking a Potion of Life is an instant game over for her.

She has more unique abilities compared to Yuuka; her first lets her copy monster spells of a random deity monster suitable for current dungeon level. Next ability makes her counterattack any approaching monsters or those who attack her in melee - very helpful when being surrounded by weaker enemies, and devastates hound packs. It gets dispelled if you do anything other than waiting while it's active, though. Other abilities include plasma breath, temporary fire immunity + strong fire aura + fire brand, temporary light immunity + reflection. She also can use Barrier Guard.

Here's my quick route for early/mid game: Defeat Maggot, get ego-item, restart if it's not good enough. Start Thieves Quest as soon as possible; take out the first Bandit, grab the item in his room and leave. In this mod, house quests can't be failed, and monsters will constantly respawn when you reenter them - however, no initial items will be generated on further attempts. Bandits give enough experience to build up to level 9-10 in a short amount of time.

With a powerful enough character, you can clear other Human Village quests right now; Tupai quest should be doable with Monster Confusion + good AC/damage; Sewers can be handled by purchasing torches to throw at the puddles and Monster Confusion for the crocodile; Orc Camp is easy if you have decent AC/damage. This should be enough for around level 15; time to move to Angband and clear 6/12 RQ's for more 'excellent' loot. After that, get double resistance to fire and clear Doom Quest; Ring of Flames is a great early game item, and you can find good loot there. For Mimic's Treasure, you need Stone to Mud, haste and free action; get Potions of Speed, Wands of Stone to Mud by gathering materials in Dream Diary and trading with Marisa. Mimic also frequently gives great loot in the quest itself. Next up, Death Swords - should be easy enough if you have some ranged attacks.

After that, pick off the RQ 24 and grind at Scarlet Devil Mansion. It's an easily accessible level 30 area, you should manage to handle it right now. Level up to around 30. At this point, you can clear Basement quest if you don't have a good weapon yet, and then you can attempt grinding at Logrus Master quest.

It's another house quest that resets when you re-enter it; your target is Enchantress, who gives a good amount of experience and drops good items. Enter the quest, speed up, run towards her, defeat her and collect items, go back. Your biggest concern will be other two monsters waking up and getting in your way - you might want to recall out of the quest instead of taking the stairs. One of the rank 1 ability cards - 'Safe Return Amulet' is a recall from dungeon/quest level with a short delay; clear one of the ability card quests and trade for this card to get a good source of quick escape. Logrus Master chaos attack is also a concern - you don't have to resist chaos, but confusion and nether resistance (nether resist also provides hold life here, and chaos drains a lot of XP) are required.

I spend a good amount of time grinding here, getting to level 36 and obtaining some nice items - books 3 and 4 and a Ring of Speed +11. With that, I go into Cloning Pits and clear it, grabbing Shiva's Avatar boots. Next up, probably, some training in Dragon's Lair, Old Castle, other quests, and then blitzing through Angband to lower levels.

[Cryomaniac]

Current dump:

  [Hengband Katteban 1.1.95T character dump]

                Name  : Ordinary Watatsuki no Yorihime

 Sex      : Female           Difficulty       Hard   STR :      31
 Race     : Lunarian         Score          238831   INT :      28
 Class    : Yorihime                                 WIS :      28
 Magic    : Mysticism                                DEX :      30
                                                     CON :      27
                                                     CHR :      19

 Two hands      (+117,+51)   HP           576/ 576   Fighting   : 219-Legendary
                             MP           183/ 224   Shooting   : 196-Heroic
 Blows/Round           5+0                           ProtFrMagic:  95-Superb
 AverageDmg/Rnd      377+0   Level              36   Stealth    :  10-Superb
                             Experience     894871
 Shooting          (+8,+0)   Max Exp        894871
 Multiplier          x0.00   Exp to Adv    1040000   Searching  :  89-Heroic
 Shots/Round          0.00   Gold           569354   Disarming  : 100-Superb
                                                     MagicDevice: 113-Legendary
 AC              [33,+102]   Time     Day 21 15:56
 Speed               (+20)   Play time    04:03:53   Infra-Vision: 0 feet


                         (Character Background)
          Write something about your background and goals




          ...Now, you are in Human Village.


                                                               Modification
 Sex   Female          Stat    BaseRacClaPerMod ActualCurrent  abcdefghijkl@
 Race  Lunarian        STR :     25 -2  2  0  6     31         .......2..4..
 Class Yorihime        INT :     14  7  4  0  3     28         .....3......s
 Level 36              WIS :     18  5  2  0  3     28         .....3.......
 HP    576/576         DEX :     22  2  2  0  4     30         .............
 MP    183/224         CON :     22  1  2  0  2     27         .......2.....
                       CHR :     14  2  1  0  2     19         .......2.....
         | ~=="![()])             | ~=="![()])                 | ~=="![()])
         abcdefghijkl@            abcdefghijkl@                abcdefghijkl@
 Acid  : +......+.....    Sound : .............    SeeInvis  : ...+.++..+..+
 Elec  : +......+.....    Nether: ......+..+...v   Warning   : ............+
 Fire  : +......+.....    SpTime: .............    SlowDigest: .............
 Cold  : +......++....    Chaos : ........+....    Regen     : .............
 Poison: .......+.....    Disnch: .............    Levitation: .............
 Light : ............+    Fear  : .............    Swiftness : ........+....
 Dark  : ............+v   FrAct : .............    NoTele    : .............
 Shard : .......+....+    Conf  : ............+    NoMagic   : .............
 Water : ............+    Blind : .........+...    Reflection: .............
 Holy  : ............*    Insane: .............    Cursed    : .............

              |                  | ~=="![()])                  | ~=="![()])
              ab@                abcdefghijkl@                 abcdefghijkl@
 Slay Chaos : +..   Telepathy  : .........+...   Speed       : ..+.+........
 Slay Lawful: ...   ESP Uniques: .............   Blows       : .............
 Slay Human : ...   ESP Nonlvng: .............   Infravision : .............
 Slay Animal: ...   ESP Chaos  : .............   Device Mstry: .............
 Slay Undead: ...   ESP Lawful : .............   Stealth     : ........+....
 Slay Dragon: ...   ESP Human  : .........+...   Searching   : .........+...
 Slay Demon : ...   ESP Animal : .............   Digging     : .............
 Slay Deity : ...   ESP Undead : .............
 Slay Youkai: ...   ESP Dragon : .............   Easy Spells : .....+......+
 Melting    : +..   ESP Demon  : .............   Cheap Spells: .............
 Shocking   : +..   ESP Deity  : +............   Blessed     : .............
 Burning    : +..   ESP Youkai : .............   Light       : ......+......
 Freezing   : +..                                Riding      : .............
 Venomous   : ...   Sustain STR: .............   Throwing    : .............
 Sharpness  : +..   Sustain INT: ............+
 Quake      : ...   Sustain WIS: .............   Drain EXP   : .............
 Vampiric   : ...   Sustain DEX: .............   Teleport    : .............
 Chaotic    : ...   Sustain CON: .............   Aggravate   : .............
 Force Wpn  : ...   Sustain CHR: .............   Foul Curse  : .............


  [Option Settings]

 Preserve Mode:      ON
 Small Levels:       ALWAYS
 Arena Levels:       ENABLED


  [Recall Depth]

    Angband         : level  12
    Devil Mansion   : level  30
    Dragon's lair   : level  60


  [Quest Information]

< Completed Quest >
  Thieves Hideout                          (Danger  level:   5) - level  9 (00:05:16)
  Have You Seen Our Tupai?                 (Danger  level:  10) - level 11 (00:08:03)
  The Sewer                                (Danger  level:  15) - level 15 (00:11:11)
  Orc Camp                                 (Danger  level:  15) - level 16 (00:13:50)
  Hobbes the Tiger                         (Dungeon level:   6) - level 17 (00:20:54)
  Ulfast, Son of Ulfang                    (Dungeon level:  12) - level 17 (00:22:29)
  Doom Quest 1                             (Danger  level:  15) - level 18 (00:25:32)
  The Mimic's Treasure                     (Danger  level:  25) - level 19 (00:33:40)
  Phase Spiders and Death Swords           (Danger  level:  25) - level 19 (00:38:20)
  Moriya Schemes II                        (Danger  level:  25) - level 30 (01:31:29)
  Dark Elven Lords                         (Danger  level:  25) - level 36 (03:43:38)
  Shrine Maiden Alert!                     (Danger  level:  36) - level 36 (03:44:03)
  The Cloning Pits                         (Danger  level:  45) - level 36 (03:57:11)

< Failed Quest >
  Nothing.


  [Defeated Monsters]

You have defeated 2123 enemies including 39 unique monsters in total.

< Unique monsters top 10 >
  Fasolt the Giant                         (level  33)
  Hong Meirin, Chinese Girl                (level  29)
  Kutaka Niwatari, Clerical God of Hell's Checkpoint (level  28)
  Alice Margatroid, Seven-Colored Puppeteer (level  28)
  The Ultimate Dungeon Cleaner             (level  28)
  Grendel                                  (level  27)
  Red Helm, the King of Bear               (level  25)
  It                                       (level  24)
  Sangahyando of Umbar                     (level  24)
  Angamaite of Umbar                       (level  24)

  [Skills List]
Skill          Aptitude  Skill Level
Martial Arts   ( B )     10 
Shields        ( C )     5 
Riding         ( C )     5 
Dual Wielding  ( C )     5 
Throwing       ( C )     6 

Short Blades   ( B )     10 
Long Blades    ( B )     10 
Katanas        ( A )     41 
Blunt Weapons  ( C )     5 
Staves         ( C )     5 
Axes           ( C )     5 
Spears         ( C )     5 
Polearms       ( C )     5 
Bows           ( C )     5 
Crossbows      ( C )     5 
Guns           ( B )     10 


  [Character Equipment]

a) * Ancient Katana of Watatsuki no Yorihime (4d8) (+15,+15) [+10] (33/33) {AcElFiCo|AcElFiCoShp/Ch~Dt}
b) (weapon held with both arms)
c) a Black Hachimaki [1,+6] (+5 to speed)
d) a Ring of See Invisible and Damage (+0,+9) {Si}
e) a Ring of Speed (+11) {+Sp}
f) * Torque of Kitsune [+7] (+3) {+InWi;EsSi}
g) * Lantern 'Hitodama Lantern' {Nt;Si[C}
h) * Chain Mail of Arvedui (-2) [14,+15] (+2) {+StCnCh;rAcElFiCoPoSh}
i) a Fur Cloak of the Saint [3,+21] (+3 to stealth) {+Sl;rCoCa;Sw}
j) a Shinigami Witch Cap [2,+10] (+1 to searching) {+Sr;rNt;SiBl~Tele~Hm}
k) an Oni Set of Gauntlets (+5,+9) [9,+9] (+4)
l) * Pair of Leather Boots of Shiva's Avatar (+5,+5) [4,+16] (+4 to speed)


  [Character Inventory]

a) 3 Books of Hermit Arts of Mysticism - Volume 1 {@ba@ma@Ga}
b) 2 Books of Hermit Arts of Mysticism - Volume 2 {@bb@mb@Gb}
c) 2 Books of Hermit Arts of Mysticism - Volume 3 {@bc@mc@Gc}
d) 2 Books of Hermit Arts of Mysticism - Last Volume {@bd@md@Gd}
e) 34 Sentans of Satisfy Hunger {25% off}
f) 53 Potions of Cure Critical Wounds {25% off}
g) 2 Potions of Healing
h) 50 Scrolls of Teleportation
i) 3 Wands of Stone to Mud (35 charges)


  [Home Inventory]

 ( page 1 )
a) an Ability Card 'Maid Knife'
b) an Ability Card 'Safe Return Amulet'
c) 4 Peach Fruits
d) 15 Potions of Speed
e) a Potion of Resist Heat
f) a Potion of Resist Cold
g) a Potion of Antidepressant
h) 6 Potions of Healing
i) 2 Potions of *Healing*
j) 2 Potions of Restore Mana
k) 5 Potions of Enlightenment
l) 9 Potions of Resistance

 ( page 2 )
a) a Mushroom of Restoring
b) 2 Piles of Broken Needles
c) Bird's Nest
d) 5 Scrolls of Word of Recall
e) 2 Scrolls of Monster Confusion
f) 3 Scrolls of *Destruction* {25% off}
g) a Rod of Enlightenment
h) 2 Rods of Disarming
i) a Rod of Light
j) a Rod of Stone to Mud
k) 2 Wands of Teleport Other (24 charges) {75% off}
l) a Staff of Summoning (3 charges)

 ( page 3 )
a) a Staff of Starlight (10 charges)
b) a Staff of *Destruction* (4 charges)
c) Amulet of Resist Electricity
d) Amulet of the Magi [+6] (+6 to searching)
e) Amulet of Resistance and Protection [+1] {AcElFiCoDi}
f) * Amulet of Faramir (+12,+0) (+3) {+Sl;Co(Dx}
g) * Torque of Boromir (+0,+8) {Fe(St}
h) * Pendulum of Nazrin [+7] (+7)
i) Hakurei Amulet {~Yk}
j) a Ring of Levitation {Lv}
k) a Ring of Resist Cold
l) a Ring of Dexterity (+4)

 ( page 4 )
a) a Ring of Acid [+8]
b) a Ring of Flames [+14] {Fi}
c) a Ring of Ice [+9]
d) a Ring of Free Action
e) a Ring of Light and Darkness Resistance
f) a Great Fairy Pair of Leather Boots [3,+5] {Po;FaLvLu}
g) a Tsukumogami Pair of Metal Shod Boots [5,+11] {Po;FaWr~HmDm(Dx}
h) a Set of Cloth Gloves of Mastery (+5,+5) [1,+5]
i) a Set of Gauntlets of the Small Devil [6,+8] (+3) {+Md}
j) a Witch Cap of Satori [2,+6] {~Uniq~HmDtYkDm}
k) a Mask of the Magi [3,+11] (+1) {+InWi;rAcElFiCoSo;CoBl(InWi}
l) a Metal Cap (Defender) [4,+10] (+2) {+Cn;rDk;FaSiBlWr(StCn}

 ( page 5 )
a) * Metal Cap 'Holhenneth' [4,+10] (+2) {+InWiSr;SiBl}
b) a Steel Helm (Defender) [10,+11] (+2) {+Cn;rAc;FaSiBlSd(CnCh}
c) * Steel Helm of Hammerhand (+0,+5) [10,+20] (+3) {+StDxCn;rAc;Fe}
d) a Golden Crown of the Princess [0,+9] (+8) {+Ch;rAcElFiCoShHoDi;RgLu(Ch}
e) a Shinigami Golden Crown [0,+8] (+6 to searching) {+Sr;rNt;SiBl~Chs~Un}
f) a Shinigami Golden Crown [0,+9] (+1 to searching) {+Sr;rNt;SiBl~Law~HmAn}
g) a Bamboo Hat of Satori [1,+5] {~Uniq~HmDtDmUn}
h) * Fur Cloak of Mook [3,+20] {AcCoCa;Lv}
i) a Cape of the Saint [1,+20] (+1 to stealth) {+Sl;rSh;Sd}
j) Tengu Metal Brigandine Armour (-2) [13,+18] (+1 to stealth) {+Sl;rAcElFiCoDk}
k) Tengu Partial Plate Armour (-3) [15,+10] (+1 to stealth) {+Sl;rAcElFiCoNt}
l) Oni Full Plate Armour (-4) [45,+10] (+3) {+St;rAcElFiCoHo(St}

 ( page 6 )
a) * Full Plate Armour of Isildur [30,+25] (+2) {+Cn;rAcElFiCoSoNt;Co}
b) * Incandescent Light of Yeduson (+3 to infravision)
c) * Phial of Galadriel (+1 to searching) {+Sr}
d) a Black Ribbon [1,+7] (+3 to speed)
e) a Patterned Scarf [1,+9] (+2 to stealth) {+Sl;rTiDi;Si}
f) a White Scarf [1,+7] (+3 to stealth) {+InSl}
g) a Large Leather Shield (Defender) [6,+13] {AcElFiCoPoLi}
h) * Large Leather Shield of Celegorm [6,+20] {AcElFiCoLiDkSo}
i) a Lucerne Hammer of the Dragon God (3d9) (+19,+10) (+3) (25/25) {+StDxCn;rDi;FaSiBs/ChDmUn}
j) * War Scythe 'Avavir' (5d3) (+8,+8) [+10] (+3) (18/18)
k) * Long Spear 'Til-i-arc' (2d7) (+10,+12) [+10] (+2) (20/20)
l) * Broad Axe of Balli Stonehand (2d8) (+8,+11) [+5] (+3) (20/20) {+StCnSl;rAcElFiCo;FaSiBlRgLv/Dm}

 ( page 7 )
a) * Wizardstaff 'Eriril' (1d2) (+3,+5) (+4) (6/6)
b) a Mace (Defender) (2d4) (+11,+9) [+5] (+4 to stealth) (14/14) {+Sl;rAcElFiCoPo;FaSiFeRgLvBs(Cn}
c) a Hakurei Pestle (2d10) (+16,+17) (+2 to searching) (28/28) {+StInSr;rLiHo;FaSiFeBs/ChYkDmUn~Chs~Yk}
d) a Katana of the Dragon God (3d4) (+18,+12) (+3) (19/19) {+StDxCn;rCa;FaSiBs/ChDmUn~Un}
e) * Rapier 'Quickthorn' (1d7) (+27,+9) (+3 attacks) (13/13)
f) a Chaotic Long Sword (2d5) (+8,+12) (18/18)
g) a Dragonscale Dagger (2d6) (+9,+8) (15/15) {CaDi}
h) 2 Poison Needles (1d1) (+0,+0) (1/1)
i) a Book of Sorcery Arts of Darkness - Last Volume


  [Entrance Decorations]

 ( page 1 )
a) an Envelope from Remilia (empty)
b) an Expensive wooden box (empty)


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