Ironband, out of light

[camlost]

So, I ran out of light in Ironband. On dungeon level 7, level 13. Apart from using my scrolls/spells of light, is there any real potential for continuing this game? I managed to find 2 lanterns and no oil, clearing more or less all the prior levels (just went down staircase). Is this normal, should I be taking off the lantern/torch to rest, or was I just unlucky?

  [Ironband Pre-release Character Dump]

 Name   Eowyn          Str:     17 +0 +0  +0     17    15
 Sex    Female         INT:     17 +0 +0  +0     17
 Race   Human          WIS:     13 +0 +0  +0     13
 Class  Adventurer     DEX:  18/50 +0 +0  +0  18/50
 Title  Dungeoneer     CON:     11 +0 +0  +0     11
 HP     102/102        AGI:     18 +0 +0  +0     18
 SP     67/67          STE:     10 +0 +0  -1      9
 Level  13             PER:     11 +0 +0  +0     11
 Depth  7              LUC:  18/20 +0 +0  +0  18/20

 GameTurn       97283  Armor   [10,+17]
 PlayerTurn     11082  Fight  (+4,+40%)
 Cur Exp         1838  Melee  (+9,+60%)
 Max Exp         1838  Shoot    (-1,+0)
 Adv Exp         2200  Blows      31/10
 Gold            1862  Shots      15/10
 Burden        75 lbs  Speed         +3
 % Burden         44%  Infra       0 ft

 You are one of several children of a Townsman. You are a credit
 to the family. You have brown eyes, curly brown hair, and an
 average complexion.


  [Character Equipment Stat Modifiers, Sustains and Flags]

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  [Character Equipment]

a) a Broadsword (2d5) (+5,+1)
   It gives you 31/10 attacks per turn.  
   It was dropped by Brodda, the Easterling on dungeon level 5.
b) a Sling (x2) (+0,+0)
c) a Zircon Ring of Resist Cold
   It provides resistance to cold.  It cannot be harmed by cold.
d) a Marble Ring of Resist Fire
   It provides resistance to fire.  It cannot be harmed by fire.
e) an Agate Amulet of Resist Acid
   It provides resistance to acid.  It cannot be harmed by acid.
f) a Brass Lantern (with 0 turns of light) {@w0@t0}
   It cannot be harmed by fire.  
g) Lacquered Leather (-1) [7,+6]
   It was dropped by Brodda, the Easterling on dungeon level 5.
h) a Cloak [1,+0]
i) (nothing)
j) a Leather Cap [2,+1]
k) (nothing)
l) (nothing)


  [Character Equipment -- Quiver]

n) 28 Arrows (1d4) (+5,+5)
o) 8 Arrows (1d4) (+0,+0)
p) 26 Rounded Pebbles (1d2) (+0,+0)
q) 7 Iron Shots (1d4) (+0,+0)


  [Character Inventory]

a) a Book of Mage Spells [Magic for Beginners]
b) 2 Rations of Food
c) 2 Green Potions of Infravision
d) 2 Smoky Potions of Detect Invisible
e) 3 Coagulated Crimson Potions of Heroism
f) a Bubbling Potion of Berserk Strength
g) 3 Pungent Potions of Cure Serious Wounds
h) a Cloudy Potion {tried}
i) a Pink Potion
j) a Scroll titled "arzela fu" of Identify
k) 5 Scrolls titled "ta alaiv" of Light
l) 2 Scrolls titled "murrhov shu" of Magic Mapping
m) a Scroll titled "mardan mansno" of Object Detection
n) 2 Scrolls titled "fupo gopfu" of Door/Stair Location
o) a Bloodstone Ring of Teleportation {uncursed}
   It induces random teleportation.  
p) an Alexandrite Ring of Slow Digestion
   It slows your metabolism.  
q) a Rhodonite Ring of Searching (+1)
   It increases your searching by 1.  
r) a Rhodonite Ring of Searching
s) a Golden Amulet
t) a Spear of *Slay Animal* (1d6) (+3,+7) (+1)
   It increases your intelligence by 1.  It slays animals.  It 
   can be thrown effectively and slows your metabolism.  It
   gives you 31/10 attacks per turn.  

Eowyn the Human Adventurer
Began the quest to kill The Witch-King of Angmar on 04/09/2011 at 10:48 AM
============================================================
                   CHAR.  
|   TURN  | DEPTH |LEVEL| EVENT
============================================================
|    19108|     2 |  3  | Killed Wolf, Farmer Maggot's dog
|    27134|     2 |  4  | Killed Fang, Farmer Maggot's dog
|    27652|     2 |  5  | Reached level 5
|    39353|     3 |  6  | Killed Grip, Farmer Maggot's dog
|    65793|     4 | 10  | Reached level 10
|    76128|     5 | 11  | Killed Brodda, the Easterling
============================================================


  [Options]

GAME PLAY OPTIONS:

Expand the power of the look command         : yes (expand_look)
Expand the power of the list commands        : yes (expand_list)
Map remembers all perma-lit grids            : yes (view_perma_grids)
Map remembers all torch-lit grids            : no  (view_torch_grids)
Generate dungeons with aligned rooms         : yes (dungeon_align)
Generate dungeons with connected stairs      : yes (dungeon_stair)
Monsters exploit players weaknesses          : no  (smart_cheat)

BIRTH OPTIONS:

Adult: Maximize effect of race/class bonuses : yes (adult_maximize)
Adult: Preserve artifacts when leaving level : yes (adult_preserve)
Adult: Restrict the use of stores/home       : no  (adult_no_stores)
Adult: Restrict creation of artifacts        : no  (adult_no_artifacts)
Adult: Randomize some of the artifacts       : no  (adult_rand_artifacts)
Adult: Never stack objects on the floor      : no  (adult_no_stacking)
Adult: Have notes to written to a file       : yes (adult_take_notes)
Adult: All levels generated small            : no  (adult_force_small_lev)
Adult: Retain squelch settings               : no  (adult_retain_squelch)
Adult: Disable extra artifacts               : no  (adult_no_xtra_artifacts)
Score: Peek into object creation             : no  (score_peek)

CHEAT OPTIONS:

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)

[buzzkill]

Haven't played a ton of Ironband (or ironman), but I can also recall running out of light in Ironband. It sounds like you were probably diving too slowly and were also a little unlucky. If you're low on light, you should definitely be taking it off whenever it's not necessary.

My last comment from competition 72, Ironband.

Doh! It's just sad. I was killed by an Air Spirit, after I ran out of light. This character had so much potential and a great turn count. I had a plan, I'd use my ring of teleportation to get around (quickly) and then light rooms using spells, while I searched for light sources, stairs, or any enemy that has a drop. My plan, quickly fell apart when, alone in the dark, I realized that I needed a light source to cast a spell. I ditched all my torches once I had my lamp fully fueled. 6000+ turns without a find, I'm dead. Well, at least I learned the importance of saving those last 100 turns of light.

[Antoine]

Originally Posted by camlost

So, I ran out of light in Ironband. On dungeon level 7, level 13. Apart from using my scrolls/spells of light, is there any real potential for continuing this game? I managed to find 2 lanterns and no oil, clearing more or less all the prior levels (just went down staircase). Is this normal, should I be taking off the lantern/torch to rest, or was I just unlucky?

Perhaps this character can survive. Next time, try to conserve your torches more carefully - you probably should not clear entire levels until you feel more comfortable about food/light.

A.