The Angband Ladder: Inyare III, the Tribesman, Forge Giant Warrior by drchung

  [Unangband 0.6.3 Character Dump]

 Name   Inyare III, the Tribesman                Self  SB  EB  TB   Best   Curr
 Sex    Male               Age       25  STR!   18/87  +0 +10  +0 18/187
 Race   Forge Giant        Height 14' 2  INT:      10  +0  +5  +0     15
 Class  Warrior            Status     1  WIS:      10  +0  +2  +0     12
 Style  Thrown weapons                   DEX:   18/65  +0  +4  +0 18/105
 Title  Commando                         CON:   18/66  +0  +5  +0 18/116
 Home   Bilbo's House in Rivendell       CHR:       7  +0  +0  +0      7
 Target  west gates of Moria             AGI:   18/65  +0  +4  +0  18/65
                                         SIZ!   18/90  +0 +10  +0 18/190
 Level           34  HP       -19/1103  Fight   (+16,+18)  Fighting      Heroic
 Curr Exp    369836  Spell-Pts     0/0  WShld   (+28,+49)  Shooting      Superb
 Max Exp     369836  Hit die        42  Bash      [8,+13]  Throwing   Legendary
 Adv Exp     455000  Armor    [40,+59]  Blows  4/turn(x7)  Stealth     Very Bad
 Curr Danger Lev 36  Infravis    60 ft  Bow     (+28,+15)  Save Throw      Good
 Max Dungeon Lev 40  Gold       421377  Shots  1/turn(x4)  Disarming  Excellent
 Game Turn  7153160  Burden    227 lbs  Throw    (+30,+0)  Devices    Excellent
 Plr Turn    111663  % Burden      75%  Hurls  8/turn(x1)  Searching       Poor
 Act Turn    108853  Speed          +8  Weight    721 lbs  Digging    Legendary

 You are one of several children of a Giant Warrior.  You have dark brown
 eyes, wavy blond hair, and an average complexion.

 This is 9th Laire of the 2890th year of the third age.
 You are on level 36 of  west gates of Moria.

  [Last Messages]

> The Watcher in the Water misses you.
> The Watcher in the Water crushes you.
> The Watcher in the Water crushes you.
> You hit the Watcher in the Water.
> You miss the Watcher in the Water.
> You hit the Watcher in the Water.
> You miss the Watcher in the Water.
> The Watcher in the Water crushes you.
> The Watcher in the Water crushes you.
> The Watcher in the Water crushes you.
> The Watcher in the Water misses you.
> You failed to activate it properly.
> The Watcher in the Water breathes powerful darkness at you.
> You die.
> You were killed by the Watcher in the Water.

  [Character Equipment Stat Modifiers, Sustains and Flags]

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   Int:........32...         sInt:.............
   Wis:.........2...         sWis:.............
   Dex:...2..2......         sDex:...s.........
   Con:.2......3....         sCon:....s........
   Chr:.............         sChr:.............
   Agi:...2..2......         sAgi:...s.........
   Siz:.2..1.2...23.         sSiz:....s........
  Acid:......11.....        Disea:.....+....... 
  Elec:11....11....*        Blind:.........+... 
  Fire:.1....11.....        Confu:......+...... 
  Cold:.1....11.....        Sound:......+...... 
  Pois:.............        Shard:............. 
  Fear:....+.+.....+        Nexus:............. 
  Lite:.............        Nethr:............. 
  Dark:.............        Chaos:............. 
 Water:.............        Disen:....+........ 
       abcdefghijkl@              abcdefghijkl@ 
  Food:.............         Save:.............
 Feath:.............        Devic:.............
  Glow:.............        Steal:.......1.....
 Regen:.+...........         Sear:.............
 Telep:.........+...        Infra:........3....
 Invis:.............         Tunn:.............
 FrAct:....+...+....        Speed:..3..........
 HLife:.............        Blows:.............
 Activ:.....+.....+.        Shots:.............
 Throw:.............        Might:.2...........
 Undea:.............        Healt:.2........... 
 Demon:.............         Mana:-............ 
   Orc:.............        Exper:............. 
 Troll:.............        Telep:............. 
 Giant:............+        Spell:............. 
 Dragn:.............         Evil:............. 
   Man:......+......              abcdefghijkl@ 
 Dwarf:........+....              /}=="~[()]]]  
   Elf:.......+.....                            
 Natur:.............                            
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  [Character Equipment]

a) a Scythe of Slicing of Lightning (8d4) (+12,+31) <3 Storms> {vampiric}
b) The Short Bow of Amrod (x2) (+12,+15) (+2)
c) an Azurite Ring of Speed (+3) <2 Wheels>
d) a Nickel Ring of Dexterity and Agility (+2) <4 Waves>
e) a Maiden's Hair Amulet of Weaponmastery (+1,+2) (+1)
f) The Phial of Galadriel
g) The Segmented Plate Mail of the Rohirrim [19,+15] (+2)
h) an Elven Cloak of the Quendi [6,+6] (+1)
i) a Tower Shield of the Khazad [8,+13] (+3)
j) The Hard Leather Cap of Thranduil [2,+7] (+2)
k) a Set of Caestus of Power worth 10300 gold pieces (+2,+2) [2,+4] (+2)
l) The Pair of Iron Shod Boots of Aeglothor [3,+6] (+3)

  [Character Equipment -- Quiver]

n) 21 Steel Bolts of Slay Demon (2d7) (+4,+9)
o) 14 Arrows of Slay Man (1d6) (+12,+5)
p) 11 Seeker Arrows of Light (4d6) (+11,+5) (+1)
q) 15 Steel-tipped Arrows of Slay Demon (2d6) (+7,+5)
r) 18 Steel-tipped Arrows of Slay Undead (2d6) (+4,+3)
s) 24 Steel Shots (Theft proof) (1d5) (+12,+10)
t) The Dagger of Rilia (2d4) (+4,+3)

  [Character inventory]

a) a Magic Bag of Antidotes
 
 It was lying on the floor on dungeon level 33.  with b) 31 Puce Potions
  of Neutralize Poison
      c) 23 Rosy Potions of Resist Cold
      d) 26 Green Speckled Potions of Resist Heat
      f) 9 Brown Speckled Potions of Cure Serious Wounds
      i) 3 Sickly Green Potions of Resist Heat & Cold
      j) 18 Bitter Potions of Resist Acid
      k) 2 Caramel Potions of Resist Poison
      l) 11 Metallic Green Potions of Resist Lightning
      m) 19 Swirling Potions of Remove Fear & Poison
      n) 21 Viscous Pink Potions of Cure Minor Disease
      o) 3 Pungent Potions of Cure Moderate Wounds
 
b) a Magic Bag of Philtres
 
 It was dropped by Smaug the Golden on dungeon level 36.  with a) 14 Muddy
  Potions of Free Action
      b) 12 Evervescent Potions of Infra-vision
      c) 4 Metallic Purple Potions of See Invisible
      d) 19 Lincoln Green Potions of Heroism
      e) 15 Grey Potions of Berserk Strength
      g) 22 Slushy Potions of Cure Critical Wounds
      h) 7 Bubbling Potions of Strength and Size
      i) 4 Azure Potions of Intelligence and Wisdom
      j) 4 Dark Green Potions of Dexterity and Agility
      k) 2 Auburn Potions of Constitution and Charisma
 
c) a Magic Bag of Helpful Mushrooms (Fire proof)
 It is not damaged by fire.  with a) 31 Ecru Mushrooms of Cure Poison
      b) 23 Orange Capped Mushrooms of Cure Blindness
      c) 26 Slimy Mushrooms of Cure Paranoia
      d) 16 White Spotted Mushrooms of Cure Confusion
      e) 9 Tan Mushrooms of Cure Serious Wounds
      f) 15 Dark Red Mushrooms of Restore Strength and Size
      g) 22 Luminescent Mushrooms of Restore Constitution and Charisma
      h) 4 Smelly Mushrooms of Restoring
      i) 26 Light Blue Mushrooms of Mana
      j) 7 Blue Mushrooms of Cure Cuts
      k) 24 Red Mushrooms of Cure Stun
      l) 28 Black Spotted Mushrooms of Slow Metabolism
      m) 13 Lemon Speckled Mushrooms of Restore Dexterity and Agility
      n) 27 Furry Mushrooms of Bloating
      o) 34 Fuzzy Mushrooms of Haste
 
d) a Magic Bag of Scrying
 with a) 10 Scrolls titled "orgere u" of Identify
      b) 9 Scrolls titled "baraus fri ulk" of Read Magic
      c) 11 Scrolls titled "tabkho daner" of Analyze Magic
      d) 10 Scrolls titled "itum munging" of Magic Mapping
      e) 9 Scrolls titled "ivx nagfid" of Treasure Detection
      g) 11 Scrolls titled "oodcomp zunag" of Trap Detection
      h) 13 Scrolls titled "unorn doe" of Door/Stair Location
      k) 5 Scrolls titled "ski erkankh" of Detect Curse
      l) 23 Scrolls titled "nagmik skiban" of Gauge Magic
      m) 8 Scrolls titled "val nerbit sne" of Legend Lore
      n) 3 Scrolls titled "sefbyt nep mi" of Detection
      p) 9 Scrolls titled "hyd prokdan" of Value Magic
      q) a Scroll titled "sef klistri" of Feedback
      r) 2 Scrolls titled "anglen ro" of Sense Magic
      s) 22 Scrolls titled "trio fidmi" of Test Magic
e) a Magic Bag of Maps
 
 It was dropped by dropped by a Mature grey dragon on dungeon level 35.  
f) a Flame Runestone
g) 13 Rations of Food
h) a Fizzing Potion of Resistance
i) 4 Scrolls titled "ion petplu" of Word of Recall {10% off}
j) a Scroll titled "valankh abbek" of Theft Proofing
k) a Scroll titled "gre appox bin" of Alter Reality
l) 4 Iron Rods of Object Location
m) 3 Gold Rods of Trap Location
n) 4 Mithril-Plated Rods of Door/Stair Location
o) a Black Rod of Disarming
p) 4 Cast Iron Rods of Frost Bolts
q) an Elm Staff of Enlightenment (1d6) (+5,+10) (7 charges)
r) a Blackwood Staff of Cure Mortal Wounds (1d6) (+0,+0) (11 charges) (+4)
s) an Aluminium Ring of Accuracy (+9)
t) a Leather Coat of Aman (-1) [5,+6] (+5)
u) The Mace 'Taratol' (3d4) (+12,+12)

  [Home inventory]

a) 25 Flasks of Oil
b) 18 Flasks of Gunpowder (20 charges)
c) 8 Flasks of Acid
d) 3 Flasks of Web
e) 3 Tangerine Potions of Slowness
f) 20 Metallic Red Potions of Speed {75% off}
g) a Frothing Potion of Healing
h) 2 Smoky Potions of Enlightenment
i) a Fizzing Potion of Resistance
j) a Map titled 'There and Back Again'
k) 2 Maps to the citadel of Isengard
l) a Map to the temple of Elemental Evil
m) 24 Scrolls titled "erkmar rolsan" of Teleportation
n) a Scroll titled "prokpot sun" of Banishment
o) 19 Scrolls titled "rol otab" of Door Creation
p) 2 Scrolls titled "ab kho aksyerg" of Stair Creation
q) 4 Brass Rods of Detect Evil
r) a Fingerbone Amulet of Spell Resistance (+2)
s) a Leather Coat of Shadows (-1) [5,+9] (+4)
t) a Round Shield of Strength and Size [4,+4] (+2)
u) The Metal Cap of Faldor [3,+8] (+4)
v) The Pair of Steel Shod Boots of Elumhaldi [6,+8] (+3)
w) a Bastard Sword of Smite Undead (3d4) (+11,+9) (+1)

  [Farmhouse inventory]

a) a Hard Biscuit
b) a Strip of Beef Jerky
c) a Pint of Fine Ale

  [House of Elrond inventory]

a) 3 Blood Runestones
b) a Cloud Runestone
c) a Dwarven Runestone
d) an Explosive Runestone
e) an Eye Runestone
f) a Hand Runestone
g) 2 Mouth Runestones
h) a Star Runestone
i) a Shimmering Potion of Dragon's Flame
j) a Black & White Potion of Dragon's Venom
k) a Map to the mountain Caradhras
l) a Scroll titled "sanval nepban" of Poison Bolts
m) a Lead Ring of Resist Poison
n) a Mithril Ring of Free Action
o) an Obsidian Amulet of Regeneration (+2)
p) The Hard Leather Armour of Nurenele (-1) [6,+11] (+1)
q) an Elven Cloak of Stability [6,+12] (+5)
r) The Steel Helm 'Arindir' [6,+11] (+3)
s) a Set of Mithril Gauntlets of Might [5,+9] (+2)
t) a set of Bagpipes of Speed (+1)
u) a Harpoon of Lightning (1d8) (+7,+6)
v) 19 Grappling Bolts of Fire (1d7) (+6,+9)
w) a Seeker Arrow (4d6) {average}
x) 97 Steel-tipped Arrows (2d6) (+0,+0)

  [Storeroom inventory]

a) a Map to Mount Doom
b) a Bolt of Cold (1d7) (+1,+5)
c) 19 Bolts of Slay Troll (1d7) (+5,+9)
d) 5 Seeker Bolts of Fire (4d7) (+0,+0)
e) 51 Seeker Bolts (4d7) (+0,+0)
f) 5 Steel Bolts of Poison (2d7) (+10,+9)
g) 20 Steel Bolts (2d7) (+10,+9)
h) 28 Arrows of Slay Demon (1d6) (+9,+6)
i) 29 Arrows of Slay Giant (1d6) (+1,+9)
j) 24 Arrows of Slay Dragon (1d6) (+5,+1)
k) 25 Arrows of Slay Demon (1d6) (+4,+4)
l) 22 Arrows of Slay Troll (1d6) (+4,+3)
m) 18 Arrows of Slay Dwarf (1d6) (+2,+5)
n) 20 Arrows of Slay Man (1d6) (+2,+3)
o) 10 Seeker Arrows of Slay Orc (4d6) (+6,+6)
p) 66 Seeker Arrows (4d6) (+0,+0)
q) 11 Golden Arrows of Execute Demon (3d6) (+8,+7) {10% off}
r) 60 Golden Arrows (3d6) (+0,+0)
s) 9 Steel-tipped Arrows of Slay Nature (2d6) (+4,+8)
t) 51 Steel-tipped Arrows (2d6) (+0,+0)
u) 32 Grappling Arrows (1d6) (+0,+0)

  [Ranger's cache inventory]

a) Metal Scale Mail (-3) [15,+11]
b) Partial Plate Armour of Strength and Size (-3) [22,+10] (+1)
c) a Knight's Shield [6,+10]

  [House of Beorn inventory]

a) 2 Hard Biscuits
b) 5 Strips of Beef Jerky
c) a Ration of Food
d) a Pint of Fine Ale

  [newly erected statue in your honor inventory]

a) a Magic Bag of Harmful Mushrooms
b) a Magic Bag of Scrying
c) a Moon Runestone
d) a Shield Runestone
e) a Tree Runestone
f) an Earth Runestone
g) a Platinum Wand of Stone to Mud (12 charges)
h) a Locust Staff of Speed (1d6) (+5,+5) (7 charges) (+2)
i) a Locust Staff of Speed (1d6) (+0,+0) (9 charges) (+2)
j) a Bronze Ring of Strength and Size (+1)
k) a Nickel Ring of Dexterity and Agility (+2) <2 Waves>
l) Imperial Plate Armour of the Quendi (-3) [28,+18] (+1)
m) The Filthy Rag of Halasa [1,+6] (+5)
n) Hard Leather Armour (-1) [6,+11]
o) The Knight's Shield of Celegorm [4,+9]
p) a Mouth Organ of Health Regeneration (+1)
q) a Picollo of Resist Nexus
r) a Whip 'Flametongue' (2d5) (+5,+9) (+1)
s) 29 Seeker Bolts of Slay Troll (4d7) (+7,+9)
t) 18 Arrows (1d6) (+12,+11)

  [vault of the city of Erebor inventory]

a) a Set of Leather Gloves [1,+5]

  [vault of the city of Erebor inventory]

a) a Riveted Leather Coat of Sense Giants (-2) [8,+11]
b) a Buckler of Resist Shards [2,+7]
c) a Set of Leather Gloves of Stealth [1,+5] (+1)
d) a Pair of Iron Shod Boots of Stealth [3,+9] (+1)

  [vault of the city of Erebor inventory]

a) a Song Book of Snake Charming
b) Leather Scale Mail (-1) [10,+9]
c) a Pair of Ethereal Slippers [0,+5]
d) 25 Grappling Bolts of Slay Giant (1d7) (+7,+9)

  [vault of the city of Erebor inventory]

a) a Prayer Book of Divine Insights
b) a Staff of Earthquakes (2d6) (+6,+5) (13 charges)
c) a Pair of Leather Sandals [1,+1]
d) a Heavy Crossbow of Resist Electricity (x4) (+11,+3)

  [the branches of an Ent inventory]

a) a Robe of Searching [2,+10] (+1)
b) a set of Elven Dueling Pistols (x3) (+4,+4) (2 charges) (+1)
c) 23 Arrows (3d6) (+10,+7)

  [the branches of an Ent inventory]

a) Mithril Chain Mail of Resistance (-1) [28,+20]
b) a Quarterstaff of Searching (1d9) (+2,+3) [8,+11] (+2)
c) a Heavy Crossbow (x4) (+3,+7)
d) an Orcish Blunderbuss (x5) (+2,+7) (2 charges)

  [the branches of an Ent inventory]

a) a Song Book of Pandemonium
b) a Scroll titled "triu ala" of Escape
c) a Steel Helm of Charisma [6,+11] (+1)
d) a Set of Mithril Gauntlets of Poison [5,+13]
e) a Set of Caestus of Stealth (+3) [2,+5] (+1)

  [the branches of an Ent inventory]

a) a Magic Book of Enchantments
b) an Iron Crown [0,+10]
c) a Set of Caestus (+3) [2,+5]

  [Dungeons Explored]

You fought through to the other side of cellars' back exit in the Maggot's farm
 (2-6).
You emerged victorious from  Barrow-downs (4-23).
You emerged victorious from the dump outside Bree (0-4).
You emerged victorious from the Troll Cave in Trollshaws Forest (4-6).
You emerged victorious from the Midgewater Marshes (10-17).
You fought through to the other side of the crown of Weathertop (17-30).
You fought through to the other side of the Big Cavern under Misty Mountains
 (5-13).
You cleared the passage through the house of Beorn (15).
You emerged victorious from the Woodmen Village (10-13).
You emerged victorious from the Great Hall under Mirkwood the Great (13-26).
You cleared the passage through the ruins of Lake-town (17).
You emerged victorious from the Bottommost Hall under Lonely Mountain (26-36).
You cleared the passage through the Battle of Five Armies (30).
You emerged victorious from  Isengard (3-33).
You cleared the passage through the Fangorn Forest (20).
You cleared the passage through  Fangorn aflame (27).
You cleared the passage through  the Ent Moot (21).
You emerged victorious from  Hornburg (22-40).
You cleared the passage through  west Moria entrance (6-24).
You fought through to the other side of  west gates of Moria (33-36).
You emerged victorious from  east Moria entrance (13-24).
You cleared the passage through the east gates of Moria (36).
You emerged victorious from Ogre Camp beneath Redhorn pass (7-33).
You wrecked havoc at the blizzard-covered Caradhras (20-40).
You have visited the town of Hobbiton.
You have visited the East Road.
You have visited the Brandywine Ferry.
You have visited the Ford to Rivendell.
You have visited the stronghold of Rivendell.
You have visited  Lake-town.
You have visited that marketplace of the Dale.
You have visited the vaults of Erebor.
You have visited  Dunland.
You have visited  Isengard war-ready (21-40).
You have visited  emptied Isengard (30-45).
You broke through to level 9 in the town of Edoras (8-27).

  [Self-Knowledge]

You are temporarily hasted.  You are afflicted with black eye.  It must be
 treated by the appropriate remedy, or you can treat the symptoms to cure the
 disease.  
  [Options]

Randomize all of the artifacts, even fixed   : no  (adult_randarts)
Restrict the use of stairs/recall            : no  (adult_ironman)
Restrict the use of stores/home              : no  (adult_no_stores)
Restrict creation of artifacts               : no  (adult_no_artifacts)
Don't stack objects on the floor             : no  (adult_no_stacking)
Don't generate connected stairs              : no  (adult_no_stairs)
Play in Lord of the Rings campaign           : yes (adult_campaign)
Haggle in stores                             : no  (adult_haggle)
Start the game with almost no birth choices  : no  (adult_beginner)
Reduce the number of birth choices           : no  (adult_intermediate)
Ask all birth setup question at start        : no  (adult_first_time)
Reseed random artifacts on death             : yes (adult_reseed_artifacts)
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)
Score: Know complete artifact/ego info       : no  (score_lore)
Score: Auto-inscribe items as if known       : no  (score_auto)
Score: Show false colours for walls          : no  (score_wall)



Posted on 13.6.2009 16:32
Last updated on 18.6.2009 14:54

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On 13.6.2009 16:32 drchung wrote:
This attempt feels far poorer than my previous attempt. Cleared out the farms, sewers, and troll caves so far. My ammo tells me to pay a trip to the marshes next.

On 14.6.2009 16:22 drchung wrote:
Cleared a path through the Misty Mountains, will probably save the Woodman's village next.

As an aside, in an earlier run through (on windows laptop) I had very strange UI issues when going through the Brandywine path... my windows seemed stuck on the upper left corner of the map. Don't know what was causing that.

Anyway, pushing on with my middle earth tourism.

On 15.6.2009 01:52 drchung wrote:
Went through the Woodman's village and Marsh quests. Got a randart boots which gives +3 str and bod, wahoo! I think I'll try Moria next.

On 15.6.2009 15:12 drchung wrote:
I was able to get through Moria. Azog's escort gave me more trouble than he did-- lots of orc priests casting fear, and I hadn't thought to stock up on !oheroism. Found my second artifact, the trusty phial. The rest of my equipment though is pretty bad, thank goodness for the randart boots.

I decided to go after Mirkwood next, though now with =oFA, am considering the barrows. If I had found a -o door and stair detection, I'd probably do it, but don't really relish stumbling around levels 4-12 trying to find stairs.

On 15.6.2009 21:03 Roch wrote:
I made a run at Moria but got petrified at a relatively low level (~10), I think by a lesser crypt creep. Petrification was not cured by a cure fear potion, but I was able to recall to the surface. Once there though I still couldn't move and the game was effectively over. Seems like a bug, unless I was actually turned to stone, but that shouldn't happen as such a low level. Anyone know how to guard against petrification?

On 16.6.2009 03:59 drchung wrote:
I got petrified as part of a disease I think, each time I got out of it. I have noticed other buggy behavior-- fortunately for me, I've never encountered that one.

On 16.6.2009 04:03 drchung wrote:
Had a very tense but ultimately successful excursion in Mirkwood. On the town level, I was out in the open with several gravity hounds-- unfun. And elven royalty is a royal pain. Burned through lots of resources (including a ?o*Destruct*). I'm so glad that temp speed is plentiful-- went through about 7 in those last two levels (picking up 2 in the town level).

Then, took a breather in the barrowdowns. That was actually relaxing, and got some nice elven armor there.

Currently making a desparate charge up the tower again, which is proving difficult. Just got a helm of seeing, but am low in supplies. I think I'll take a bit of a breather descending down the final pass in the east before finishing the tower.



On 16.6.2009 17:43 drchung wrote:
Travel advisory-- Conditions on weathertop extremely muggy, with tight-packed conditions resulting in an avalanche of dragons and other annoying monsters with tricky LOS issues.

Redfang pass by contrast is mostly clear with the occasional rain of orcs and ogres, which are mostly fodder.

Seriously, I think I'll pass on weathertop-- didn't even realize that I had passed it (disconnected stairs makes it confusing and the crown is wide open and dangerous). The loot was also extremely poor.

Almost done with the pass now. After that, I think I'll see how Isenguard is holding up, or try the lonely mountain.

On 16.6.2009 18:34 drchung wrote:
Btw Roch-- I got petrified in the pass (after killing lizard kings I think) a couple of times. Each time, it passed pretty quickly.

On 16.6.2009 19:01 Bandobras wrote:
Seems like some professional adventuring here. :) With 100 dungeon levels, a certain NPC (wisely not yet released by you, I think) was the main scare of Wheathertop. With 60 dungeon levels, suddenly being 30 levels deep is scary by itself and the loot looks puny for the risk, indeed. I suppose Wheathertop should be made shallower and shorter, so that low-lever players may want to risk sneaking up for the loot.

On 16.6.2009 19:21 drchung wrote:
Actually, like an unprofessional adventurer, I tried to trigger the guardian of Weathertop :)

Here is what happened in detail-- I been resorting to using the stairs in Weathertop when the heat got too bad. Fortunately, there are plenty of stiars, even if it weren't disconnected.

When I got to the crown of Weathertop, I had miscounted and thought I had one more level. I also noticed I was wide out in the open (of course in retrospect, but I didn't realize it at the time, and there was some serious heat bearing down on me. I recalled, then used the stairs for good measure.

I was very surprised when I ended up in the wilderness-- and then got pulled back by the recall.

I got out, regrouped, restocked, and recalled back to the crown. I killed everything there (slowly), but there was no guardian. All I found was the ranger cache. And I got my last ?o*Destruction* burned (my fire ants) for my trouble. **sniff**.

I'm beginning to realize that there is a difference between "fought through" and "emerge victorious". I seem to have triggered it in redfang as well. Can I go back and find the guardian after I "fought through" and then later "emerge victorious" or am I stuck now? Also, does recalling yield "fought through" every time or only sometimes?

I suspect also that I missed a little bugger in the Big Cavern and one of the three trolls in the Troll Cave.

On 16.6.2009 21:34 Bandobras wrote:
> I tried to trigger the guardian of Weathertop :)

Unwise. But he's triggered by discovering his master's intentions in yet another part of the world.

> I recalled, then used the stairs for good measure.
> ...
> -- and then got pulled back by the recall.

;D Sliding down the outer wall of the tower can be quite disorienting. :)

> Can I go back and find the guardian after I "fought through" and then later "emerge victorious"

Yes, (almost?) always. Emerge, only means all guardians killed. Through, means you got to the other side, but not all guardians (but at least one?). There are some more.

> I suspect also that I missed a little bugger

A little sneak, shallow in the Misty Mountains, yes. I'm not sure you want to meet him, though. :)


On 17.6.2009 00:06 drchung wrote:
Kill Bill, heh heh.

On 17.6.2009 00:19 drchung wrote:
Bug report: the last line is in the dump. I'm going to save the game and will email it if that will help

On 17.6.2009 02:57 thorgot wrote:
Did you have nether resist on something? I'm guessing those boots had it? I always get that bug message and forget the nether when I have resist nether.

On 17.6.2009 03:01 drchung wrote:
Actually, it is the shield, I think it might be the "mark as dwarven" thing that is causing problems.

On 17.6.2009 06:20 drchung wrote:
Dawdled around Isenguard a bit, but I hate towers. Decided that Smaug would be easier :P

I didn't quite realize what would happen to Lake Town when I strolled into the mountain, and that really harshed my mellow (it's quite a long trek to Rivendell). Still, with Taratol handy and some planning (including a horn of sense dragon that Smaug toasted when I switched to regen for the actual battle), Smaug did not prove too difficult against a potion amped Forge Giant.

So now I have decisions. Several new areas have opened up, am not sure what to try next. I might head down to Isenguard to finish that up before I try out Fangorn ablaze (never did get Radagast's warning). Or I might seem what the five armies are up to. Leaning towards Isenguard right now, as I think I may not get a chance later.

On 17.6.2009 08:45 Satyr wrote:
If you set Fangorn on fire, "vanilla" Isengard will allread be gone, replaced by Isengard, war-ready.

On 17.6.2009 10:15 Bandobras wrote:
You are too late, too little... ;P

On 17.6.2009 22:23 drchung wrote:
I hadn't set Fangorn ablaze yet, so Isenguard was available. So, a furious charge up ended in an anticlimatic battle with Big Bird. Inyare decided to see what happens when you drop an avian 31 floors. The results weren't pretty.

For the tower, I decided to forge my own weapon, buying a completely non-magical scythe of slicing and pimping it up. Is it intentional that these weapons can be enchanted up to +30 damage? If so, hot damn, which I knew about that. Only three blows, but they are *sweet*. I put vampiric on it as well, not sure how that works. Does it drain hp like in quickband or gumband, or does it only drain mana? Do I get hp for each damage I do, or just some percentage? I'll experiment, pretty much just got it set up.

I think I'll back track to see how the five armies are doing and then torch Fangorn.

On 18.6.2009 05:52 andrewdoull wrote:
Yes on the damage bonus - hmm... IIRC, you shouldn't be able to do both {vampiric} and runes though.

On 18.6.2009 05:53 andrewdoull wrote:
Ah. Just realised the runes were from runic id...

On 18.6.2009 07:45 drchung wrote:
Well, tonight's session went a bit haywire.

First decided to take on the Battle of the Five Armies. Wasn't sure what the deal was, so I made sure that all the orcs were dead. Remember, only you can start forest fires.

I killed the unique there, but only cleared it. Next time I won't bother being a slow acting genocide scroll ;) Loot from Erebor was ok, but the artifact bow was actually a ?oAcquisition.

Then set Fangorn ablaze. After reviewing the options, decided to go after Siege of Hornberg, which was extremely frustrating. Some of the "up" stairs (higher in the tower) dumped me outside the tower (though on a higher level). The first three of four times this happened, I didn't understand what was happening and "fell" back to level 22. By the last time, I was wise to it and stair-scummed whenever that happened until I was back in the tower.

On the next to last level, I was nearly cursed to death by templars. I tried using ?oEscape, assuming it was like TL. I didn't expect it to have a time delay (or perhaps I was just confused?) At any rate, I ended up teleported up a level to level 40. I didn't see any guardian, but still get the emerge victorious message. I checked my unique history, and I certainly did not kill a high level unique at the siege.

Andrew-- I used three runes to get lightning brand on the scythe, then took it to one of the stores in rivendell to get it a vampriric brand. The scythe of slicing started +0,+0, and I used mainly store services to get it to about +9,+29. A few scrolls of *enchant* got it up to its current level. The effect of the vampiric brand seems to be subtle (not resulting in huge hp gains when attacking), so I am on the lookout for another big damage die weapon to try to enchant up.

On 18.6.2009 09:37 Satyr wrote:
The guardian of Hornburg is Ugluk, which you might have killed accidently with that scythe ;). You know that you can allways look up which guardian is alive/dead via the dungeon knowledge screen ( keys "~"-"7") ?

On 18.6.2009 14:54 drchung wrote:
Alas, perished to the Watcher of Water. Never fought him before in any variant, and I was kinda zoned out. I noticed that he was hitting me far harder than any melee monster before, but didn't recall out and adjust.

I need to take a short break from the comp, but I'll be back :)

Dean

On 18.6.2009 22:36 thorgot wrote:
He is brutal. The Watcher killed a few of my mages before I realized that the little bit of experience wasn't worth the almost certain death and I stopped going there until I was absolutely sure I could take him, which especially means both water and darkness resist.

Good luck on your future entries.

On 19.6.2009 07:16 baddog73 wrote:
Hrm, how exactly did you make this weapon? I apparently am missing a few tricks in my repertoire...

On 19.6.2009 07:16 baddog73 wrote:
Hrm, how exactly did you make this weapon? I apparently am missing a few tricks in my repertoire...

On 19.6.2009 08:19 Satyr wrote:
To get that double branded weapon, you first have to insert three "elemental" runes in a weapon, to get a simple branded ego weapon. For some reason the flag ("xtra1") that is used in the code for marking modified weapons is deleted in the process, so you can use a scroll/service of branding on the weapon. This sounds like a bug, so you have to make it up with your conscience whether to use it ;)

The high +dam enchants are intentional OTOH: your maximum damage (x*y with an xdy weapon) determines the amount of +dam you can enchant a weapon to.

On 19.6.2009 18:05 Bandobras wrote:
Correct. And I'd say that this trick is fair enough, considering that everybody can use it. It's not _that_overpowering, as we see in the death of this promising character, too.

On 19.6.2009 19:40 drchung wrote:
To be honest, despite a character that in many ways put to shame many of the ones I've had in other variants, I've never felt in control in the way that I have been elsewhere. Part of that I think is how easily it is to get cursed in various ways, and escape seems harder-- I'm finding ?oEscape to be unreliable, ?o*Destruct* to not give as much safety, and levels denser so that teleport seems dangerous. Also, attributes of the character (like the huge HP total certainly make me drop my guard from my usual fairly paranoid self.

On 20.6.2009 01:50 andrewdoull wrote:
The question is: Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

I think I need to tone down the frequency of disease from where it is currently. I'm also going to add in a few more escapes - I'm not convinced at the moment wther oa ?oEscape is any different to ?oStairCreation and I'm thinking of adding more effects which provide partial healing while doing something else as well.

Other than that - the level density has felt fine at lower levels - I could stop the scaling up of monster numbers at higher levels which would help here. But that 'not feeling in control' is straight from the original rogue and one of the goals of the variant. I'm interested in knowing whether it is sustainable and enjoyable over the length of the game...

On 20.6.2009 17:13 drchung wrote:
I think it is mostly good--

Although this variant can damage a character quickly, the damage isn't so fast that it is instakill-- there is usually time to react. Part of it is also that this variant is just a bit different from other vairants, so that there are new tricks to pick up and old standbys don't work quite as well (such as anti-summoning tunnels on levels that are wide open, or ?o*Destruct*).

There are a couple things though that seem troublesome to me: ?oEscape often just fail for me (I get a message that the ground shakes, but do not TL), the relative difficulty of finding FA, and (unrelated to difficulty) the struggle to find ?oRecall early on. Disease does not bother me. One thing that may be problematic are monster spells that pierce through resistances. This is not really a problem for stuff like blind and confuse, but I'm a little worried about paralysis-- I'd be really kinda bummed if I lost a character who had FA, but got hit with a paralysis spell at full HP and never got another swing. Fortunately, that scenario never really got close to happening, so maybe it is rare enough to not be such a big deal.

Dean

On 20.6.2009 20:58 thorgot wrote:
I also don't like how it is easy to run out of ?oRecall. Eventually you get rods of recall, so it's not a problem, but there's a time where you live in constant fear of a water or fire attack burning up your last one and being stuck. Or even worse, recalling back to the surface with your last one and finding that there isn't a single shop carrying them.

I've also never been paralyzed with Free Action. I'm not convinced it's possible.

On 20.6.2009 23:09 baddog73 wrote:
You can be paralysed with FA at least when you get overloaded with fear. This happened to me even when I had fear resist, once.

On 21.6.2009 00:21 andrewdoull wrote:
Re FA: I take it you never accumulated enough !FA to make it worthwhile to use them. Piercing of resistance is in for 2 reasons - firstly it makes it still worthwhile trying to improve your saving throw when you have good resistance coverage; and (as I guess you realised) most effects such as blindness make the game more tactically interesting and I don't want players missing out on this in the late game.

It's worthwhile noting that paralysis never stacks in Unangband - if you are paralyzed, you cannot be paralyzed further.

Re ?oRecall: Most of the early dungeons are designed so that they can be completed in one run. I'm surprised that this is an issue - especially with Fireproofing and Waterproofing, and scroll stacks, but will defer to your experience on this. ?oDeepDescent will be coming - which should be a great escape from towers, which tend to be the longer dungeon slogs.

Barrowdowns will be split into two dungeons at some point - with a shallower guardian on the easier dungeon.

On 21.6.2009 20:25 baddog73 wrote:
If I'm being careful I don't find Maggot's farm to be completeable in one run. Especially with this character, I may need some time to find something to throw, mushrooms, or if I'm really lucky a {great} weapon.

The main reason why I can't usually complete the Barrow Downs in one run is finding =FA.

On 21.6.2009 20:26 baddog73 wrote:
Oh, and one more thing: in the Downs I frequently have to recall to cure stat drain.

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