The Angband Ladder: Gharik, Naugrim Nogrod no-class by Nivim

  [Sil 1.2.1-mpa Character Dump]

 Name   Gharik        Age       91       Str   4 =  1  +3
 Sex    Male          Height   4'2       Dex   5 =  1  +4
 Race   Naugrim       Weight   148       Con   4
 House  Nogrod                           Gra  20 =  5 +13      +3

 Game Turn   53,385   Melee (+21,2d10)   Melee       21 = 13  +5  +3
 Exp Pool     1,867          (+17,2d9)   Archery      6 =  0  +5  +2  -1
 Total Exp  101,567   Bows   (+6,1d14)   Evasion     13 =  4  +5  +4
 Burden        87.6   Armor  [+13,3-6]   Stealth      6 =  0  +5  +1
 Max Burden   207.3                      Perception  32 = 10 +20  +2
 Depth           0'   Health     41:41   Will        27 =  7 +20
 Min Depth       0'   Voice    236:766   Smithing    51 = 29 +20      +2
 Light Radius     4                      Song        45 = 21 +20  +4

 You are one of two children of a Dwarven Craftsman. You were a well
 liked child. You have dark brown eyes, straight black hair, a one foot
 beard, and a ruddy complexion.





  [Last Messages]

> You see Leather Armour [+0,1d4] 6.5 lb.
> You see a Golden Ring of Warmth.
> You see a Brass Lantern of True Sight (with 3000 turns of light).
> The Vampire flees in terror! <2x>
> You see 2 Spears (-1,1d9) 6.0 lb.
> You hit the Vampire!
> You have slain the Vampire.
> You hit the Vampire!!!
> You have slain the Vampire.
> You miss the Ururauko.
> You hit the Ururauko!
> You have destroyed the Ururauko.
> The Vampire turns to fight!
> You end your song.
> Illegal edit key! <82x>


  [Screenshot]

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  [Equipment]

a) The Mithril Longsword of Gharik (+2,2d5) [+1] <+1> 2.0 lb
   It increases your dexterity and grace by 1.  It is branded
   with flame.  It makes you encounter more dangerous creatures
   (even when not worn).  It cannot be harmed by the elements.  
   It grants you the ability: Rapid Attack.  
b) a Dragon-horn Bow of Radiance (+1,1d9) 2.0 lb
   It fires shining arrows.  It can shoot arrows 20 squares
   (with your current strength).
c) an Amethyst Ring of Dexterity <+3>
   It increases your dexterity by 3.  It sustains your dexterity.
   
d) a Sapphire Ring of Damage <+3>
   It improves your damage sides by 3.  
e) The Amulet 'Woven Willow Way' <+2>
   It increases your grace by 2.  It improves your song by 2.  
   It lights the dungeon around you.  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  It grants you the abilities: Woven Themes and Song
   of the Trees.  
f) The Feanorian Lamp of Vector <+2>
   It increases your grace by 2.  It lights the dungeon around
   you.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.  
g) The Robe of Ha Ley <+2>
   It increases your grace by 2.  It grants you great speed.  It
   cannot be harmed by the elements.  
h) The Cloak 'Notes' [+1] <+2>
   It increases your grace by 2.  It improves your song by 2.  
   It cannot be harmed by the elements.  
i) The Mithril Longsword 'Quencher' (+1,2d5) [+1] <+2> 2.0 lb
   It increases your grace by 2.  It is branded with frost.  It
   cannot be harmed by the elements.  
j) The Crown of the Overlord (+1) <+2>
   It increases your grace by 2.  It makes you encounter more
   dangerous creatures (even when not worn).  It cannot be
   harmed by the elements.  It grants you the ability: Song of
   Mastery.  
k) The Set of Mithril Gauntlets 'Mill' [+0,1d1] <+3>
   It increases your strength by 3.  It makes you encounter more
   dangerous creatures (even when not worn).  It cannot be
   harmed by the elements.  It grants you the ability: Cruel Blow.
   
l) The Pair of Boots of Taur-nu-Fuin [+1,1d1] <+2>
   It improves your stealth and perception by 2.  It cannot be
   harmed by the elements.  It grants you the ability: Master
   Hunter.  
m) 93 Arrows (+3)
   They can be shot 20 squares (with your current strength and bow).
n) 50 Arrows of Piercing
   They cut easily through armour.  They can be shot 20 squares
   (with your current strength and bow).


  [Inventory]

a) 2 Wrinkled Herbs of Sustenance
b) 12 Pale Herbs of Healing
c) 10 Pale Green Herbs of Restoration
d) a Strip of Dried Meat
e) a Fragment of Lembas
f) 11 Clear Potions of Miruvor
g) 11 Copper Speckled Potions of Voice
h) 5 Crimson Potions of Strength
i) 11 Milky White Potions of Dexterity
j) 5 Black Potions of Constitution
k) 10 Pale Green Potions of Grace
l) a Brazen Horn of Blasting
m) a Rosewood Staff of Revelations (2 charges)
n) a Sapphire Ring of Damage <+3>
   It improves your damage sides by 3.  
o) The Jewel 'Elessar' <+1>
   It increases your constitution by 1.  It speeds your
   regeneration (which increases your hunger while active).  It
   cannot be harmed by the elements.  It grants you the ability: 
   Strength in Adversity.  
p) 3 Silmarils
   It sustains your grace.  It grants you the ability to see
   invisible creatures.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.  
q) The Robe of Longevity <+4>
   It increases your constitution by 4.  It sustains all your
   stats.  It reduces your need for food.  It cannot be harmed
   by the elements.  
r) The Crown of the Open Source [+1] <+1>
   It improves your song by 1.  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  It grants you the abilities: Song of Freedom and 
   Lore-Master.  
s) The Jewelled Crown of Feanor [+0,1d1] <+3>
   It improves your will and smithing by 3.  It provides
   resistance to fire.  It lights the dungeon around you.  It
   grants you the ability to see invisible creatures, but it
   also enrages nearby creatures.  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  
t) The Set of Gloves of Gharik <+4>
   It improves your smithing by 4.  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  
u) The Pair of Mithril Greaves 'Ilatalta' [+0,1d2] <+3>
   It increases your dexterity by 3.  It grants you freedom of
   movement, but it also makes you encounter more dangerous
   creatures (even when not worn).  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  
v) The Shortsword 'Dagmor' (+2,1d8) [+1] <+1> 2.0 lb
   It increases your grace by 1.  It provides resistance to fear.
   It lights the dungeon around you.  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  
w) The War Hammer of Gharik (-2,4d1) <+4> 3.0 lb
   It improves your smithing and song by 4.  It reduces your
   need for food.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.  It does
   extra damage when wielded with both hands.  


  [Abilities]

Finesse
Two Weapon Fighting
Keen Senses
Grace
Hardiness
Weaponsmith
Armoursmith
Jeweller
Artifice
Grace
Song of Aule
Song of Sharpness
Grace


  [Artefacts]

The Ring of Melian (found)
The Amulet of Tinfang Gelion (found)
The Jewel 'Elessar' (found)
The Robe of Aredhel (found)
The Galvorn Armour of Maeglin (found)
The Mail Corslet of Fingon (found)
The Kite Shield of Fingolfin (found)
The Dagger of Azaghal (found)
The Dagger 'Angrist' (found)
The Shortsword of Amrod (found)
The Shortsword 'Dagmor' (found)
The Longsword 'Orcrist' (found)
The Greatsword 'Calris' (found)
The Deathblade 'Delmereth' (found)
The Great Spear of Ogbar (found)
The Great Spear of Melkor (found)
The Battle Axe 'Dramborleg' (found)
The Battle Axe of Hurin (found)
The Helm of Curufin (found)
The Mithril Helm of Ecthelion (found)
The Jewelled Crown of Feanor (found)
The Cloak of Maglor (found)
The Wolf-Hame of Draugluin (found)
The Bat-Fell of Thuringwethil (found)
The Pair of Boots of Finrod (found)
The Pair of Boots of Taur-nu-Fuin (found)
The Set of Gloves of Rumil (found)
The Set of Gauntlets of Gamil Zirak (found)
The Massive Iron Crown of Morgoth (found)
The Mighty Hammer 'Grond' (found)


  [Enemies]

  0 /  1  Orc scout                               
  8 /  8  Wolf                                    
  2 /  3  Grey mold                               
  3 /  4  Giant bat                               
 30 / 74  White worm mass                         
 22 / 32  Orc soldier                             
  0 /  1  Brown mold                              
  2 /  2  Metallic green centipede                
 17 / 19  White wolf                              
 21 / 21  Crebain                                 
 18 / 26  Orc archer                              
  2 /  2  Violet mold                             
  5 /  8  Sword spider                            
  4 /  4  Hummerhorn                              
  (slain) Gorgol, the Butcher 
 32 / 36  Orc warrior                             
  5 /  5  Gorcrow                                 
  1 /  1  Mewlip                                  
  5 /  5  Orc thief                               
  8 /  8  Shadow mold                             
  9 /  9  Metallic red centipede                  
  8 /  8  Easterling spy                          
102 /102  Orc champion                            
  1 /  1  Violet worm mass                        
 11 / 13  Mountain troll                          
  2 /  2  Grave wight                             
 17 / 17  Easterling warrior                      
 28 / 28  Orc captain                             
 11 / 14  Distended spider                        
  7 /  7  Giant green dragonfly                   
  9 / 11  Easterling archer                       
 46 / 56  Shadow worm mass                        
 25 / 27  Warg                                    
  8 / 10  Giant violet dragonfly                  
  (slain) Orcobal, Champion of the Orcs 
  9 / 10  Snow troll                              
  2 /  2  Giant bronze dragonfly                  
  8 /  8  Giant                                   
  (slain) Ulfang the Black 
 16 / 69  Nether worm mass                        
  4 /  5  Shadow bat                              
 18 / 21  Sulrauko                                
  1 /  1  Fire-drake hatchling                    
  (slain) Gilim, the Giant of Eruman 
  (slain) Duruin, Least of the Balrogs 
 25 / 25  Werewolf                                
 10 / 10  Shadow spider                           
  4 /  4  Shadow                                  
  5 /  5  Cave troll                              
  1 /  1  Ruby serpent                            
  1 /  1  Creeping horror                         
 18 / 19  Ringrauko                               
  5 /  5  Emerald serpent                         
  5 /  6  Oathwraith                              
  0 /  2  Deathblade                              
 74 / 76  Cat warrior                             
 24 / 26  Greater werewolf                        
  3 /  3  Amethyst serpent                        
  6 /  6  Kemenrauko                              
  3 /  3  Young cold-drake                        
  4 /  6  Grotesque                               
  (slain) Belegwath, Balrog of Shadow 
 10 / 10  Spider of Gorgoroth                     
309 /324  Troll guard                             
  2 /  2  Adamant serpent                         
 71 / 74  Lesser vampire                          
 57 / 57  Cat assassin                            
  (slain) Oikeroi, Guard of Tevildo 
  8 /  8  Young fire-drake                        
 10 / 10  Darting horror                          
114 /125  Unmourned                               
150 /200  Ururauko                                
  (slain) The Deathblade 'Delmereth' 
  (slain) Tevildo, Prince of Cats 
  (slain) Turkano, Balrog of the Hosts 
 13 / 13  Ancient sapphire serpent                
167 /184  Vampire                                 
  (slain) Dagorhir, the Elfbane 
  (slain) Maeglin, Betrayer of Gondolin 
 18 / 18  Ancient ruby serpent                    
  8 /  8  Great cold-drake                        
  2 /  4  Silent watcher                          
159 /163  Gwathrauko                              
  (slain) Draugluin, Sire of Werewolves 
  (slain) Vallach, Balrog of Sudden Flame 
 12 / 12  Ancient spider                          
 30 / 30  Ancient emerald serpent                 
192 /202  Vampire lord                            
 15 / 15  Ancient amethyst serpent                
 10 / 10  Great fire-drake                        
196 /208  Hithrauko                               
  (slain) Shelob, Spider of Darkness 
  (slain) Smaug the Golden 
  (slain) Lungorthin, Lord of Balrogs 
 46 / 47  Ancient adamant serpent                 
 60 / 60  Unrelenting horror                      
  (slain) Ancalagon the Black 
  (slain) Thuringwethil, the Vampire Messenger 
  (slain) Ungoliant, the Gloomweaver 
  (slain) Glaurung, the Deceiver 
  (slain) Gorthaur, Servant of Morgoth 
  (slain) Morgoth, Lord of Darkness 
  (slain) Carcharoth, the Jaws of Thirst 


  [Notes]

Gharik of the Naugrim
Entered Angband on 21 Feb 2014

   Turn     Depth   Note

    373    100 ft   Found lembas, some soldiers, and found a mithril shield. 
    373    100 ft   found a mithril shield.
    373    100 ft   mithril shield
    373    100 ft   MITHRAL SHIELD
    375    100 ft   Oh right, and if I'm going to be noting this game...
    375    100 ft   It's a 10100066 skill start and I will take aule.
    509    100 ft   (Slightly more xp, slightly more combat.)
    931    100 ft   (Jeweller)
    931    100 ft   (Song of Aule)
    931    100 ft   I don't think I'll be making lamps now though.
  1,085    100 ft   Made a Silver Amulet of Grace <+1>  0.1 lb
  1,087    100 ft   Anyway, the point of this game is to be a Smith...
  1,087    100 ft   ...which means a minimum of any skills and abilites
  1,087    100 ft   which aren't Smith-tastic.
  1,217    100 ft   Made a Jade Ring of Evasion [+2]  0.1 lb
  1,347    100 ft   Made a Garnet Ring of Accuracy (+2)  0.1 lb
  1,576    150 ft   !Slow, helm, and protective filthy rag get.
  1,697    150 ft   Jet.
  1,872    150 ft   Switching out both my super valuable rings to ID junk.
  1,963    150 ft   One's venom-endy.
  2,108    150 ft   White worm festivities.
  2,163    150 ft   Encountered Gorgol, the Butcher
  2,163    150 ft   Oh hi.
  2,181    150 ft   The festivities could go into full swing if I don't get
  2,181    150 ft   back to Gorgol's staircase soon.
  2,202    150 ft   Slew Gorgol, the Butcher
  2,204    150 ft   And your craft lacks any measurement! Physical or not!
  2,314    250 ft   Double-downs.
  2,373    250 ft   Violet. That is all you need to know.
  2,420    250 ft   But a violet was hiding a restoration herb so it's ok.
  4,778    300 ft   (I'll be getting two-weapon anyway, right?)
  4,778    300 ft   (Finesse)
  5,830    300 ft   (Artifice)
  5,830    300 ft   (Armoursmith)
  6,116    300 ft   Made The Crown of the Open Source [+1] <+1>  3.0 lb
  6,524    300 ft   Late again. If only I'd had some smith gauntlets...
  6,782    400 ft   Another 400 precious xp on combat.
  7,018    400 ft   Found The Mail Corslet of Fingon
  7,019    400 ft   This will help in the quest for craftdwarfship!
  7,023    400 ft   (Also the Sils, to be rescued from that awful crown, but 
  7,023    400 ft   that can wait till I've practiced for their new home.)
  7,158    400 ft   A painful 2100 xp on will...
  7,158    400 ft   (Grace)
  7,158    400 ft   ...and I'm immune to these wights.
  7,600    450 ft   *Sigh.* Time to take it like a dwarf.
  7,600    450 ft   (Hardiness)
  7,600    450 ft   (Also 400xp on ev, and currently 1158.)
  9,355    450 ft   Found The Great Spear of Melkor
  9,532    450 ft   Sulrauko, here?
  9,536    450 ft   And a giant comes up the shaft.
  9,536    450 ft   I have no idea how to deal with it.
  9,536    450 ft   I only handle trolls with very good gondolin light.
  9,557    450 ft   Turns out Melkor's piece of rust is good for something.
  9,557    450 ft   (Also, the giant had speed boots.)
  9,598    450 ft   I can make me gloves! Jes barely...
  9,876    450 ft   Interrupting warg.
  9,933    450 ft   Made The Set of Gloves of Gharik <+4>  0.5 lb
  9,934    450 ft   I Know they aren't as good as Celebrimdor's...
  9,934    450 ft   ...but they're all mine.
  9,934    450 ft   (Why did they get recorded twice in ESC-g ?)
  9,947    550 ft   (Second shaft.)
 10,041    550 ft   Second and third giant, slain...
 10,041    550 ft   ...but I am beginning to think I've delved too deep.
 10,179    550 ft   I should have forged a living composition of Mastery.
 10,179    550 ft   For how can one be a good smith without being master of
 10,179    550 ft   one's forge?
 10,232    550 ft   (2600xp on acc, !const, !quick, !heal, and I have
 10,232    550 ft   survived my first werewolf couple.)
 10,794    550 ft   I wonder if I'll ever have enough breath to Sing my best 
 10,794    550 ft   work from start to finish.
 10,914    550 ft   Made The Crown of the Overlord (+1) <+2>  2.5 lb
 11,349    550 ft   Found The Dagger of Azaghal
 11,356    550 ft   Found The Shortsword 'Dagmor'
 11,480    550 ft   Encountered Ulfang the Black
 11,484    550 ft   (1159 wielding Melkor's spear. Dagmor breaks the #ing.)
 11,496    550 ft   Encountered Gilim, the Giant of Eruman
 11,497    550 ft   Encountered Orcobal, Champion of the Orcs
 11,499    550 ft   Um, I think I have come down with a case of the hubris.
 11,546    550 ft   Seems my runes of warding are as strong as my crafts.
 11,546    550 ft   Gilim, Orcobal, and the Black cannot pass them.
 11,599    550 ft   Still trapped, though...at least until the Nethers come. 
 11,749    550 ft   So it looks like I can kill some of the things some of
 11,749    550 ft   the time, but then must rest my throat much longer.
 11,816    550 ft   Slew Gilim, the Giant of Eruman
 11,949    550 ft   Once the Nethers come to clear, all ways are out ways.
 11,949    550 ft   (Somehow my fried brain thinks the fact I have 777xp was 
 11,949    550 ft   the most important point of that encounter.)
 12,460    550 ft   Slew Ulfang the Black
 12,461    550 ft   Ulfang was an obsessive collector of shoes?
 12,588    550 ft   Slew Orcobal, Champion of the Orcs
 12,673    550 ft   Why it seems this agile cat is welded to the ground...
 12,741    550 ft   (I think I've decided to start going for perception.)
 13,595    650 ft   (Third shaft.)
 13,959    650 ft   Trolls are also, naturally, rooted to the ground.
 14,034    650 ft   Great serpents of hue...doors are my only recourse.
 14,343    650 ft   Entered the forge 'Orodruth'
 14,344    650 ft   Ye gods...I think I'm only going to get one shot--
 14,344    650 ft   --so I better clear the level and make it good.
 14,357    650 ft   (Luckily I have absurd perception and Freedom for this.) 
 14,391    650 ft   My new staff revealed a hidden cache, also Delthaur.
 14,391    650 ft   Delthaur!? He's more formidible than the stories say.
 14,886    650 ft   Another use a Foes, just to make sure...
 14,887    650 ft   Ah, yes, much better; I could even use a giant now...
 15,461    650 ft   The hidden cache held a great treasure; another forge.
 15,555    650 ft   (And upon the corpse of this fire-drake...)
 15,555    650 ft   (Grace)
 15,555    650 ft   I can feel it's loss...
 16,111    650 ft   Encountered Duruin, Least of the Balrogs
 16,181    650 ft   Destroyed Duruin, Least of the Balrogs
 16,181    650 ft   Found The Amulet of Tinfang Gelion
 16,182    650 ft   And by the time-honoured tradition, "LOL".
 17,040    650 ft   (And against a hallway of Grotesque...)
 17,040    650 ft   (Grace)
 17,040    650 ft   I can glimpse the souls of those whose eyes I lock.
 17,079    650 ft   Found The Longsword 'Orcrist'
 17,604    650 ft   Made an Obsidian Amulet of the Blessed Realm <+2>  0.1 
                    lb 
 17,609    650 ft   I feel the week is getting late...but I still have work. 
 17,915    650 ft   Interrupting cold troll!
 18,180    650 ft   Made The Feanorian Lamp of Vector <+2>  1.0 lb
 18,183    650 ft   It seems-- it seems I can Sing from start to finish now. 
 18,183    650 ft   *Wipes a tear from eye.* I got some soot in me eye.
 18,183    650 ft   (115{16} right now.)
 18,809    650 ft   Made The Robe of Ha Ley <+2>  2.5 lb
 18,813    650 ft   (Vce  128:443)
 18,813    650 ft   Judging by my belly, that took a /long/ time.
 18,922    650 ft   *Gharik comes upon a room of mere orcs.*
 18,922    650 ft   Hold a moment, please.
 18,922    650 ft   *The orcs hold.*
 19,330    750 ft   It seems my quick boots are quick obsolete.
 19,330    750 ft   They served me well.
 19,365    750 ft   Encountered Tevildo, Prince of Cats
 19,431    750 ft   Grotesques and great cats, Still all the same.
 19,432    750 ft   Slew Tevildo, Prince of Cats
 19,435    750 ft   Encountered Oikeroi, Guard of Tevildo
 19,458    750 ft   Slew Oikeroi, Guard of Tevildo
 19,638    750 ft   An ancient serpent, likely far older than I, yet, "LOL". 
 20,278    750 ft   It's almost annoying that I hold things out of sight.
 20,292    750 ft   Encountered Belegwath, Balrog of Shadow
 20,442    750 ft   Destroyed Belegwath, Balrog of Shadow
 20,464    750 ft   *Stands solemnly over the ruin.* "LOL"
 20,521    750 ft   (Two Weapon Fighting)
 20,766    750 ft   (Vce 532:532)
 20,919    750 ft   Interrrupting Kemenrauko!
 20,919    750 ft   And...if I'm going to be breaking that crown anyway...
 20,919    750 ft   (Song of Sharpness)
 21,019    750 ft   Interrupting oathwraith!
 21,379    750 ft   Made The Cloak 'Notes' [+1] <+2>  2.0 lb
 21,381    750 ft   (Speaking of, I forgot to note the last >; shafty.)
 21,381    750 ft   (Counting them up, I've had a high rate of forges/floors 
 21,381    750 ft   , although the constant diving/danger was hard on the
 21,381    750 ft   nerves.)
 21,381    750 ft   (Anyway, I wonder if horn-cost is scaled-percentage...)
 21,510    750 ft   Made a Brazen Horn of Blasting  1.0 lb
 21,576    750 ft   I am in awe of my own...that great chasm...jus gone...
 21,949    800 ft   (Even now that this "build" is off the ground, I can
 21,949    800 ft   still die easily to a mistype; Mastery is my only good
 21,949    800 ft   defense; low ev, low armour, no resistances.)
 21,949    800 ft   ((Or maybe the lesson is I should use SoM constantly?))
 21,962    800 ft   Found The Shortsword of Amrod
 22,302    800 ft   Found The Robe of Aredhel
 22,304    800 ft   Cold drake of Angband, I know it may be hard, but Bow.
 22,336    800 ft   So many treasures I must leave down here...for now.
 22,582    800 ft   I think I may be on time again. Barely.
 22,585    900 ft   Wait, was that another shaft? Oh, twas.
 22,586    900 ft   And revelations says there's another Great Treasure here 
 22,683    900 ft   I have two more tools to make before reaching bottom.
 22,683    900 ft   (Weaponsmith)
 22,684    900 ft   Starting now.
 22,723    900 ft   Interrupting gwathrauko!
 23,239    900 ft   Made The Mithril Longsword 'Quencher' (+1,2d5) [+1] <+2> 
                     2.0 lb 
 23,249    900 ft   Something's missing...not quite as good...
 23,249    900 ft   (20 ix maximum grace rharghlefarghlblarzzfffzztuuugh.)
 23,358    900 ft   (Keen Senses)
 24,029    900 ft   Encountered Thuringwethil, the Vampire Messenger
 24,032    900 ft   Do you have my message, Thuringwethil? Can you speak?
 24,065    900 ft   Slew Thuringwethil, the Vampire Messenger
 24,065    900 ft   Found The Bat-Fell of Thuringwethil
 24,065    900 ft   Found The Jewel 'Elessar'
 24,725    900 ft   Found The Dagger 'Angrist'
 24,765    900 ft   Entered the Hoard of the Worm of Greed
 24,862    900 ft   Encountered Glaurung, the Deceiver
 24,864    900 ft   Ah, hello, Don't Mind Me, I'm checking the selection.
 24,930    900 ft   Slew Glaurung, the Deceiver
 25,077    900 ft   Out of all that, I mostly just found Strong gauntlets.
 25,180    950 ft   No shaft of course, but the staves say Ancalagon.
 25,231    950 ft   Found The Cloak of Maglor
 25,343    950 ft   Encountered Ancalagon the Black
 25,368    950 ft   Slew Ancalagon the Black
 25,402    900 ft   Up again, staves say no forge, but maybe an artifact.
 25,568    900 ft   Found The Battle Axe 'Dramborleg'
 25,758    900 ft   Heh; staves say not one, not two, but four of Morgoth's
 25,758    900 ft   strongest reside here...and...
 25,758    900 ft   /two/ Great Treasures are built here.
 25,758    900 ft   Uh, scratch the four; I somehow missed Lungorthin.
 25,777    900 ft   Encountered Vallach, Balrog of Sudden Flame
 25,853    900 ft   Destroyed Vallach, Balrog of Sudden Flame
 26,216    900 ft   Encountered Lungorthin, Lord of Balrogs
 26,222    900 ft   Too bad I can't command you to be nice, Lungy.
 26,275    900 ft   Destroyed Lungorthin, Lord of Balrogs
 26,276    900 ft   Found The Ring of Melian
 26,352    900 ft   Found The Mithril Helm of Ecthelion
 26,510    900 ft   Encountered Draugluin, Sire of Werewolves
 26,610    900 ft   Slew Draugluin, Sire of Werewolves
 26,610    900 ft   Found The Wolf-Hame of Draugluin
 26,721    900 ft   Found The Pair of Boots of Taur-nu-Fuin
 27,372    900 ft   Made The Mithril Longsword of Gharik (+2,2d5) [+1] <+1>  
                    2.0 lb 
 27,375    900 ft   (I forgot to name this one =[ .)
 27,375    900 ft   (I'm tired enough I'm not even sure what it would be.)
 27,423    900 ft   Encountered Smaug the Golden
 27,453    900 ft   Slew Smaug the Golden
 28,066    900 ft   Made The Set of Mithril Gauntlets 'Mill' [+0,1d1] <+3>  
                    1.5 lb 
 28,104    900 ft   Encountered Shelob, Spider of Darkness
 28,118    900 ft   Slew Shelob, Spider of Darkness
 28,148    950 ft   (We have lifdoff!-- I mean--)
 28,148    950 ft   This last floor holds Great Treasures! Bless the staves! 
 28,148    950 ft   (I have no idea what to do with them.)
 28,148    950 ft   I must use this boon carefully, as I Know Morgoth may
 28,148    950 ft   still simply be too durable.
 28,148    950 ft   (I'm going to go sleep.)
 28,148    950 ft   (Although it magically occurs to me I haven't given due
 28,148    950 ft   respect for the uniques.)
 28,148    950 ft   (So, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL.)
 28,148    950 ft   (Gharik probably forgot too but he doesn't care much.)
 28,148    950 ft   (Several days have passed in no time at all.)
 28,198    950 ft   Found The Jewelled Crown of Feanor
 28,205    950 ft   (So I guess I've also gotten an artifact.)
 28,205    950 ft   (Somehow I thought it was a Feanorean branded crown.)
 29,085    950 ft   Found The Battle Axe of Hurin
 29,887    950 ft   I feel I need just a little more understanding.
 29,887    950 ft   (325xp away from +3 damage ring possible.)
 30,150    950 ft   (61xp away.)
 30,344    950 ft   Bah, I think I'll make a ring while I figure it out.
 30,347    950 ft   (It's a normal 4-use and an enchanted 2-use.)
 30,920    950 ft   Made an Amethyst Ring of Dexterity <+3>  0.1 lb
 31,039    950 ft   (Dang, 9xp away now.)
 31,071    950 ft   Amazing how relaxing it is cut these foul vapours.
 31,071    950 ft   (Hithrauko and 63xp over! Was getting AdaSerps and CHs.) 
 31,841    950 ft   Made a Sapphire Ring of Damage <+3>  0.1 lb
 32,490    950 ft   Made a Sapphire Ring of Damage <+3>  0.1 lb
 33,196    950 ft   Made The Pair of Mithril Greaves 'Ilatalta' [+0,1d2] 
                    <+3>  4.0 lb 
 33,227    950 ft   Ah, the Songs of Smithing, I think, I'm just going to
 33,227    950 ft   sing them all the time.
 33,227    950 ft   (My stealth is too high; I'm not finding enough things.) 
 33,504    950 ft   Well, I guess this is it.
 33,504    950 ft   I feel like I should make an Ode, but I'm better at
 33,504    950 ft   singing than I am at making new Songs.
 33,506  1,000 ft   Entered Morgoth's throne room
 33,743  1,000 ft   Found The Kite Shield of Fingolfin
 33,745  1,000 ft   Yet another thing I will need to send someone back for.
 33,745  1,000 ft   Cleaning up after Angband is going to be hard.
 33,772  1,000 ft   Encountered Morgoth, Lord of Darkness
 33,811  1,000 ft   Encountered Gorthaur, Servant of Morgoth
 33,814  1,000 ft   Found The Pair of Boots of Finrod
 33,902  1,000 ft   (Just idling around the hall, killing Morgoth's servants 
 33,902  1,000 ft   before his eyes.)
 33,915  1,000 ft   Gorthaur, you may stop dodging now.
 33,937  1,000 ft   Now.
 33,970  1,000 ft   Slew Gorthaur, Servant of Morgoth
 33,994  1,000 ft   There is some lembas bread, here.
 34,033  1,000 ft   Found The Greatsword 'Calris'
 34,180  1,000 ft   Encountered Ungoliant, the Gloomweaver
 34,193  1,000 ft   Slew Ungoliant, the Gloomweaver
 34,424  1,000 ft   Morgoth forgot about me, din't he?
 34,575  1,000 ft   Found The Massive Iron Crown of Morgoth
 34,576  1,000 ft   (One more point of song, and...
 34,576  1,000 ft   ) Morgoth, ye are carved of stone.
 34,670  1,000 ft   Morgoth, how many tons of sheet iron are you wearing?
 34,670  1,000 ft   (Spending 2500xp on attack, cause this is too slow.)
 34,721  1,000 ft   *The halls sound with rending metal.*
 34,766  1,000 ft   Slew Morgoth, Lord of Darkness
 34,766  1,000 ft   Found The Mighty Hammer 'Grond'
 34,796  1,000 ft   Cut a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown
 34,886  1,000 ft   Cut a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown
 34,887  1,000 ft   It is fortunate that Sils cannot shatter like the stone. 
 34,909  1,000 ft   Cut a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown
 34,910  1,000 ft   Spirit of Morgoth, please be quiet.
 34,910  1,000 ft   (First two sils gained with grond and +6 sides.)
 34,910  1,000 ft   (Third Sil gained with a B-axe of Doriath and Song.)
 34,910  1,000 ft   (I also broke a shortsword of Doriath.)
 34,910  1,000 ft   (RIP shortsword, turn 34,766-34,89#, I knew you barely.) 
 34,910  1,000 ft   Crown isn't any less an awful piece of junk.
 34,910  1,000 ft   Guess we'll cart it off and melt it down on clean-up.
 34,910  1,000 ft   Also, I hope Arda isn't mad at me now; I was just trying 
 34,910  1,000 ft   my best!
 35,133  1,000 ft   Did I break open some bad earth with all the commotion?
 35,133  1,000 ft   (Another hithrauko once every 3-6 turns.)
 35,609    950 ft   Found The Great Spear of Ogbar
 37,003    950 ft   First adornment of the game.
 37,003    950 ft   (Add parens to that last.)
 37,051    950 ft   Despite my skill, I feel unread to house the Sils.
 37,051    950 ft   (There's an enchanted forge here, and there will
 37,051    950 ft   probably be more to come, so I'm finishing my kit.)
 37,089    950 ft   Interrupting vile hordes of darkness!
 37,222    950 ft   Interrupting vile hordes of brightness and undead!
 37,394    950 ft   Interrupting-- interrupting-- interrupting--
 37,514    950 ft   Encountered Maeglin, Betrayer of Gondolin
 37,559    950 ft   Int. Terr. Upting!
 37,602    950 ft   Slew Maeglin, Betrayer of Gondolin
 37,602    950 ft   Found The Galvorn Armour of Maeglin
 37,611    950 ft   At least his armour could help...maybe...looks like not. 
 38,099    950 ft   Found The Set of Gloves of Rumil
 38,801    950 ft   Ok, a few acts of Blasting and things are blocked off.
 39,236    950 ft   Or at least I /thought/ they were.
 39,393    950 ft   Encountered Turkano, Balrog of the Hosts
 39,467    950 ft   Destroyed Turkano, Balrog of the Hosts
 40,591    950 ft   Interrupting unmourned!
 40,607    950 ft   Things within walls cannot hear my song.
 40,673    950 ft   Made The War Hammer of Gharik (-2,4d1) <+4>  3.0 lb
 40,840    900 ft   Bah, staves say just a small forge; useless to me now.
 41,104    900 ft   Encountered Dagorhir, the Elfbane
 41,177    900 ft   Slew Dagorhir, the Elfbane
 41,367    850 ft   Ah, there's a good forge.
 42,057    850 ft   More interruptions; time to wall myself off.
 42,880    850 ft   Made The Amulet 'Woven Willow Way' <+2>  0.1 lb
 43,238    800 ft   No forge this floor.
 43,521    800 ft   Found The Helm of Curufin
 43,957    750 ft   No forge here, but a lot of strange structures.
 44,480    750 ft   Found The Set of Gauntlets of Gamil Zirak
 45,389    700 ft   I guess I'll just have to get my forges back home.
 46,003    650 ft   Ah, another forge.
 46,003    650 ft   What do I do with it?
 47,096    650 ft   Made The Robe of Longevity <+4>  3.0 lb
 48,078    550 ft   Nothing of note this level.
 48,081    450 ft   And nothing much of note this level either.
 49,823    200 ft   Seems I'm almost up, and only a 2-use seen.
 50,224    150 ft   Ah, Delmereth is on this level.
 50,431    150 ft   Encountered The Deathblade 'Delmereth'
 50,459    150 ft   Subdued The Deathblade 'Delmereth'
 50,459    150 ft   Found The Deathblade 'Delmereth'
 51,023     50 ft   Ran out of Treasures, so I must check personally.
 51,263     Gates   Entered The Gates of Angband
 51,263     Gates   Well, here I am; the gates.
 52,715     Gates   Encountered Carcharoth, the Jaws of Thirst
 52,766     Gates   Slew Carcharoth, the Jaws of Thirst
 53,078     Gates   (Spending 11kxp on smithing to finish the point.)
 53,383     Gates   Okay, so I have food, restoratives, my tools, my gift... 
 53,383     Gates   ...I guess I should get on the road then.

 53,385     Gates   You escaped the Iron Hells on 05 March 2014.
 53,385     Gates   You brought back all three Silmarils from Morgoth's 
                    crown! 

 53,385     Gates   Now, I want to get a small army of dwarves and elves
 53,385     Gates   back to Angband to do cleanup with me.
 53,385     Gates   Hopefully by the time I get it together, word will have
 53,385     Gates   traveled about Morgoth and his greatest servants.
 53,385     Gates   Which should mean many rauko could be convinced to stop
 53,385     Gates   being irresponsible and start being constructive.
 53,385     Gates   Any rauko would be valuable, but I'm hoping to set up a
 53,385     Gates   forge complex filled with skilled ururauko acting as
 53,385     Gates   inexhaustable and precise smelters.
 53,385     Gates   I may even be able to pay them; I know there are metals
 53,385     Gates   more heat resistant than any now forged, and they could
 53,385     Gates   be enchanted into shapes useful to those creatures...
 53,385     Gates   *Gharik takes out a Sil as he continues walking.*
 53,385     Gates   Not so sure what to do with these anymore, though.
 53,385     Gates   I had many plans about making a fine crown for them, but 
 53,385     Gates   now that I know their basic powers, know their curse,
 53,385     Gates   and know the potential of a good Forge...I think the
 53,385     Gates   housing should be something better than the Jewels, in
 53,385     Gates   its' own way. Craft that may focus and enhance their
 53,385     Gates   their power instead of merely holding it--
 53,385     Gates   Craft that can encourage wise use instead of just being
 53,385     Gates   used-- And Craft that may restrict the curse, if it
 53,385     Gates   cannot be washed away or sanctified...or maybe undone by 
 53,385     Gates   separating the Sils? I was only hit upon joining them
 53,385     Gates   in my possession...I'll need to find a better historian. 
 53,385     Gates   *Gharik resecures the Sil, and blinks off bright-eyes.*
 53,385     Gates   "One needs no hoard if the world is full of treasure."



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On 8.3.2014 06:16 Nivim wrote:
Wait...it looks like...I found all the artifacts generated! There weren't any on the early floors I skipped! Now I can say this game couldn't have gone bett-- oh, no; I could have remembered (learned?) that 20 is stat maximum and spent more smithing time/uses on Song. Or maybe I could have gotten away without barely any perception at all?

On 8.3.2014 06:39 Nivim wrote:
Oh right, I also totally forgot to laugh over the corpse of many (more) uniques, but... was there really any question at that point of what was going to happen?

On 8.3.2014 09:41 taptap wrote:
Most impressive dwarf!

On 8.3.2014 11:44 Scatha wrote:
Great character, and thanks for the notes.

On 8.3.2014 21:11 Philip wrote:
I would like to see what would happen with a masterpiece sword or something. You could probably make it sharp, triple branded, extra dice, extra attack, extra evasion and some other things.

On 9.3.2014 06:05 Nivim wrote:
Well, I certainly could have done something like that, and it would have been a strategically sound choice so far as normal play is concerned, but if I had lost my Smithing somehow or made a thing only really good for destruction, I would have lost the game for me. Roleplaying coloured with sisu and all that.

His masterpiece will be something taking him many years to conceive, more to understand, and many more to realize. I'm not going to make guesses as to what shape it would take (least until I've figured out more of his life), but I'm sure Hofstadter would approve.

On 9.3.2014 12:48 debo wrote:
#1 on the sil notes ladder

On 9.3.2014 19:55 taptap wrote:
What I don't understand is how you survive early in the game. You had 4 / 4 skill in melee evasion at 400 if I understand correctly, +2 each by ring, 1 strength and 1 dexterity - is that sufficient?

On 10.3.2014 08:12 Nivim wrote:
Well, usually, it isn't. The Gharik line goes back at least a couple hundred, and I was trying desperately to figure out any spare advantage I could get during that time, because there were several points where it felt like I was just punishing myself.
I should have included my current kit in my notes too, but here's some of what I remember; three spears of Gondolin (for throwing at/under enemies and dropping), a bow of gondolin (or was it a longbow? I think first one then the other), a light +1 longsword, a very light battleaxe, then that shield and decent basic armour. I remember having [+6, 7-13] or so around that point (take a look at the next 400xp spent; I'd had 4/3 melee/EV), but I also remember it varying a lot as I switched out to different weapons/armours based on what I was fighting at the time (like the Crown was part of my evasion set of armour).
I memorized escape routes, doors, corner halls and possible sources of enemies; I payed attention every time a seen door opened/broke (I closed doors behind me much of the time, even going back to close some of them); if there was a dark place I shot first; I took on light-vulnerable enemies with two lit weapons under us, one wielded, after Radiance (I remember keeping an orc of some kind alive to take on shadow things); I mercilessly abused the archer AI to make them like experience popcorn; I abused melee AI versus darkness to make them dance around in/in-front-of hallways while I shot/threw-at them; I did things I'm not even sure how to write down here to control turns and monster movement; and perhaps most importantly, I took breaks-- whenever it felt like I needed inspiration for the current problem, or felt doomed, or felt like I would start making mistakes, I left for exercise, for food, for water, or just for something different for a while.

Then, when all else was probably going to fail, I buffed up as best I could and hoped.

Writing all this out somehow felt more exhausting than doing it.

On 10.3.2014 08:42 taptap wrote:
Taking breaks :)

Yes, many a char would have survived with an alert operator.

On 11.3.2014 18:05 half wrote:
Wow, what a story! And reaching the stat cap is always impressive.

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