The Rogue Competition Dynasty

[Abe Sargent]

Dola - Almost took out Mim, but as He was almost dead, some gnome mages came around the bend and summoned creatures. I was low on HP and Shagrat and his orcs had just been summoned. Then another Gnome Mage brings in a pack of Earth Hounds. Didn't really have the desire to die today, so I used my Staff of Teleportation and went away. So, no Mim. But I am alive to hunt another day. (Did get Shagrat though)

-Anxiety

[Airhog]

Anxiety: curse you If I could only find a ring of see invisible, or anything that would let me see invisible

I might have to dive, just to keep up

[Thomkal]

I'm definitely diving as far as I can get. Mim though might be a good guideline to stop by. He's tough to beat, much tougher than the Orc uniques like Shagrat.

Thanks for the code tips AirHog, posted my char dump above. I've replaced the Amulet of Resist Acid with one of Charisma +2, which sadly seems to have just raised my CHR by 1.

[Airhog]

Thomkal: its the low CHR score that does that. I have found 3 potions of CHR and mine is up to 5 now I think

[Bee]

There should be a reward for the best looking Troll after the competition is finished.

[Thomkal]

Heh Bee-what three words don't go together-best looking and Troll.

Forgot to mention that I'm glad I followed my own advice-I sell un-ID'ed potions early on. Decided to start ID'ing them as I was getting lower in the dungeon-otherwise I would have sold a Potion of Constitution for chicken feed!

Just picked up a nice Dagger of *Slay Giant* that boosts my STR by 2

[JAG]

Smoked!

Evil combination...gnome mages summoning, shadow hounds blinding me...my one shot at healing and teleporting lands me smack dab in the middle of them. I love the creature to land the finishing blow though...

 [Angband 3.0.3 Character Dump]

 Name   Nuglof                                   Self  RB  CB  EB   Best
 Sex    Male              Age        30   STR:     17  +4  +5  +0  18/80
 Race   Half-Troll        Height     73   INT:     11  -4  -2  +0      5
 Class  Warrior           Weight    252   WIS:     14  -2  -2  +2     12
 Title  Veteran           Status      1   Dex:      9  -4  +2  +0      7      6
 HP     -2/322            Maximize    Y   Con:     17  +3  +2  +0  18/40  18/30
 SP     0/0               Preserve    N   CHR:     11  -6  -1  +0      4

 Level           25       Armor     [36,+31]     Saving Throw  Very Good
 Cur Exp      19107       Fight      (+1,+5)     Stealth             Bad
 Max Exp      19107       Melee     (+5,+11)     Fighting      Legendary
 Adv Exp      21000       Shoot     (+20,+7)     Shooting      Legendary
                          Blows       3/turn     Disarming          Good
 Gold         19287       Shots       2/turn     Magic Device       Fair
                                                 Perception          Bad
 Burden   159.0 lbs       Infra        30 ft     Searching          Poor

 Your father was a Stone-Troll Warrior.  You have slime-green eyes,
 mangy sea-weed green hair, and blue leprous skin.




  [Last Messages]

> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
> It bites you.
> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
> It mumbles.
> You feel less confused now.
> You have 2 Light Green Mushrooms of Cure Confusion (b).
> It tries to cast a spell, but fails.
> It claws you.
> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
> It bites you.
> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
> It bites you.
> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
> It crushes you.
> You die.

You were killed by a grey snake.

  [Character Equipment]

a) The Dagger 'Narthanc' (1d4) (+4,+6)
   It is branded with fire.  It provides resistance to fire.  It activates
   for fire bolt (9d8) every 8+d8 turns.  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  
b) a Sling of Extra Shots (x2) (+19,+7) (+1)
   It increases your shooting speed by 1.  
c) a Silver Ring of Free Action
   It grants you immunity to paralysis.  
d) a Beryl Ring of Resist Cold
   It provides resistance to cold.  It cannot be harmed by cold.  
e) a Coral Amulet of Resist Acid
   It provides resistance to acid.  It cannot be harmed by acid.  
f) a Brass Lantern (with 5292 turns of light) {40% off}
   It cannot be harmed by fire.  
g) Mithril Chain Mail (-1) [28,+0]
   It cannot be harmed by acid.  
h) a Cloak of Protection [1,+11]
   It provides resistance to shards.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.
   
i) a Small Leather Shield [2,+9]
j) a Hard Leather Cap of Wisdom [2,+3] (+2)
   It increases your wisdom by 2.  It sustains your wisdom.  
k) a Set of Leather Gloves [1,+2] {10% off}
l) a Pair of Soft Leather Boots of Slow Descent [2,+7]
   It makes you fall like a feather.  

[Airhog]

Ouch. that has to hurt. Anyways I am out of here until next week. If you guys need help just ask, I am sure that Anxiety will be happy to help ya.

Here is my character dump now.

  [Angband 3.0.3 Character Dump]

 Name   Nuglof                                   Self  RB  CB  EB   Best
 Sex    Male              Age        30   STR:     17  +4  +5  +0  18/80
 Race   Half-Troll        Height     73   INT:     11  -4  -2  +0      5
 Class  Warrior           Weight    252   WIS:     14  -2  -2  +0     10
 Title  Myrmidon          Status      1   DEX:     10  -4  +2  +0      8
 HP     383/383           Maximize    Y   CON:     17  +3  +2  +0  18/40
 SP     0/0               Preserve    N   CHR:     12  -6  -1  +0      5

 Level           29       Armor     [23,+22]     Saving Throw  Very Good
 Cur Exp      67928       Fight      (+2,+5)     Stealth            Fair
 Max Exp      67928       Melee    (+10,+11)     Fighting      Legendary
 Adv Exp      90000       Shoot    (+10,+21)     Shooting         Heroic
                          Blows       5/turn     Disarming     Very Good
 Gold         26123       Shots       1/turn     Magic Device       Good
                                                 Perception          Bad
 Burden   115.8 lbs       Infra        50 ft     Searching          Poor

 Your father was a Stone-Troll Warrior.  You have slime-green eyes,
 mangy sea-weed green hair, and blue leprous skin.




  [Character Equipment]

a) a Dagger of Extra Attacks (1d4) (+8,+6) (+2)
   It increases your attack speed by 2.  
b) a Light Crossbow of Power (x3) (+8,+21)
c) a Ruby Ring of Speed (+6)
   It increases your speed by 6.  
d) a Beryl Ring of Resist Cold
   It provides resistance to cold.  It cannot be harmed by cold.  
e) a Mithril Amulet of Resist Lightning
   It provides resistance to lightning.  It cannot be harmed by 
   electricity.  
f) a Brass Lantern (with 0 turns of light)
   It cannot be harmed by fire.  
g) Hard Leather Armour of Resist Fire (-1) [6,-1]
   It provides resistance to fire.  It cannot be harmed by fire.  
h) The Cloak 'Colannon' [1,+15] (+3)
   It increases your stealth and speed by 3.  It provides resistance to 
   nexus.  It activates for teleport every 45 turns.  It cannot be harmed
   by the elements.  
i) a Large Leather Shield [4,-1]
j) an Iron Helm of Infravision [5,-5] (+2)
   It increases your infravision by 2.  
k) The Set of Leather Gloves 'Cammithrim' [1,+10]
   It provides resistance to light.  It sustains your constitution.  It 
   lights the dungeon around you.  It grants you immunity to paralysis.  
   It activates for magic missile (2d6) every 2 turns.  It cannot be
   harmed by the elements.  
l) a Pair of Metal Shod Boots of Free Action [6,+4]
   It grants you immunity to paralysis.  


  [Character Inventory]

a) 14 Rations of Food
b) 8 Black Potions of Cure Critical Wounds
c) 6 Scrolls titled "poso blurol" of Phase Door {50% off}
d) 5 Scrolls titled "ur cosro" of Word of Recall {50% off}
e) 7 Scrolls titled "bitval dokankh" of Identify
f) a Steel Wand of Teleport Other (7 charges)
g) a Steel Wand of Teleport Other
h) a Lead-Plated Wand of Stone to Mud
i) a Maple Staff of Perception (5 charges)
j) a Coral Amulet of Resist Acid
   It provides resistance to acid.  It cannot be harmed by acid.  
k) 88 Bolts (1d5) (+1,+3) {=g}


  [Home Inventory]


e) a Gold Rod of Recall
h) an Obsidian Amulet of Charisma (+3)
   It increases your charisma by 3.  It sustains your charisma.  
i) a Metal Cap of Beauty [3,+7] (+1)
   It increases your charisma by 1.  It sustains your charisma.  
j) a Pair of Soft Leather Boots of Stability [2,+0]
   It provides resistance to nexus.  It makes you fall like a feather.  

I found a rod of recall, but my character doesnt have enough INT to activate it Still no ring of invisibility. Im just going to dive for one I guess. See you guys on monday :d

[Abe Sargent]

Damn! Cammithrim is really good. I didn't want anybody else to get it.

-Anxiety


(oh, I can active my Rod of Recall, just takes about 5-15 tries)

[Airhog]

I think Colannon is even better, that Teleportation every 45 turns is a nice bonus It has saved my life more than once

[klayman]

Bah. I suck at this game. The only ring I've gotten is a cursed ring of teleportation, which wasn't too bad until the first time it activated put me in the right in the middle of an orc lair.

[sachmo71]

Well, I doubt I'll win, but it's a decent start.

 [Angband 3.0.3 Character Dump]

 Name   Nuglof                                   Self  RB  CB  EB   Best
 Sex    Male              Age        30   STR:     17  +4  +5  +0  18/80
 Race   Half-Troll        Height     73   INT:     11  -4  -2  +0      5
 Class  Warrior           Weight    252   WIS:     14  -2  -2  +0     10
 Title  Soldier           Status      1   DEX:      9  -4  +2  +0      7
 HP     -2/102            Maximize    Y   CON:     17  +3  +2  +0  18/40
 SP     0/0               Preserve    N   CHR:      9  -6  -1  +0      3

 Level            7       Armor      [16,+2]     Saving Throw       Fair
 Cur Exp        175       Fight     (+12,+5)     Stealth             Bad
 Max Exp        175       Melee     (+12,+5)     Fighting         Superb
 Adv Exp        240       Shoot     (+12,+0)     Shooting         Superb
                          Blows       3/turn     Disarming          Fair
 Gold           200       Shots       1/turn     Magic Device       Poor
                                                 Perception          Bad
 Burden    75.0 lbs       Infra        30 ft     Searching          Poor

 Your father was a Stone-Troll Warrior.  You have slime-green eyes,
 mangy sea-weed green hair, and blue leprous skin.




  [Last Messages]

> You feel like a hero!
> You have no more Smoky Potions of Heroism (c).
> The Red naga crushes you.
> The Red naga bites you.
> You feel very weak for a moment, but the feeling passes.
> The Skeleton orc misses you.
> You hit the Red naga. <3x>
> The Red naga crushes you.
> The Red naga misses you.
> You are no longer stunned.
> The Skeleton orc hits you.
> You hit the Red naga.
> You miss the Red naga. <2x>
> The Red naga crushes you.
> You die.


  [Character Equipment]

a) a Shovel (1d2) (+0,+0) (+1) {10% off}
   It increases your tunneling by 1.  
b) a Sling (x2) (+0,+0)
c) (nothing)
d) (nothing)
e) (nothing)
f) a Wooden Torch (with 522 turns of light)
g) Chain Mail (-2) [14,+0]
h) a Cloak [1,+2]
i) (nothing)
j) (nothing)
k) a Set of Leather Gloves [1,+0]
l) (nothing)


  [Character Inventory]

a) 10 Rations of Food
b) a Grey Speckled Potion of Slowness
c) an Icky Green Potion of Slime Mold Juice
d) a Violet Speckled Potion of Boldness
e) a Clear Potion of Water
f) a Misty Potion of Confusion
g) a Purple Speckled Potion of Speed
h) a Coagulated Crimson Potion of Resist Heat
i) a Scroll titled "pluapp ingther" of Detect Invisible
j) a Scroll titled "rog ban whon" of Blessing
k) a Wooden Torch (with 3789 turns of light)
l) 5 Wooden Torches (with 3500 turns of light)
m) a Wooden Torch (with 0 turns of light)
n) a Robe [2,+0]
o) a Dagger (1d4) (+0,+0)
p) a Main Gauche (1d5) (+0,+0) {25% off}
q) a Canine Skeleton


  [Home Inventory]

a) a Shard of Pottery
b) a Broken Stick
c) a Broken Bone

[Thomkal]

Okay here's my latest char dump before I head off to bed.

 [Angband 3.0.3 Character Dump]

 Name   Nuglof                                   Self  RB  CB  EB   Best
 Sex    Male              Age        30   STR:     17  +4  +5  +0  18/80
 Race   Half-Troll        Height     73   INT:     11  -4  -2  +0      5
 Class  Warrior           Weight    252   WIS:     14  -2  -2  +0     10
 Title  Veteran           Status      1   DEX:      9  -4  +2  +0      7
 HP     289/289           Maximize    Y   CON:     18  +3  +2  +0  18/50
 SP     0/0               Preserve    N   CHR:      9  -6  -1  +2      4

 Level           21       Armor     [28,+16]     Saving Throw       Good
 Cur Exp       6611       Fight      (+4,+7)     Stealth             Bad
 Max Exp       6611       Melee     (+8,+14)     Fighting         Heroic
 Adv Exp       8160       Shoot      (+5,+4)     Shooting         Superb
                          Blows       3/turn     Disarming          Good
 Gold          5546       Shots       1/turn     Magic Device       Fair
                                                 Perception         Fair
 Burden   112.0 lbs       Infra        30 ft     Searching          Fair

 Your father was a Stone-Troll Warrior.  You have slime-green eyes,
 mangy sea-weed green hair, and blue leprous skin.




  [Character Equipment]

a) The Dagger 'Narthanc' (1d4) (+4,+7)
   It cannot be harmed by the elements.  It might have hidden powers.  
b) a Light Crossbow (x3) (+1,+4)
c) a Tortoise Shell Ring of Searching (+3)
   It increases your searching by 3.  
d) a Bronze Ring of Slaying (+5,+2)
e) an Obsidian Amulet of Charisma (+2)
   It increases your charisma by 2.  It sustains your charisma.  
f) a Brass Lantern (with 5342 turns of light)
   It cannot be harmed by fire.  
g) Metal Brigandine Armour (-3) [19,+0]
h) a Cloak [1,+5]
i) a Small Leather Shield [2,+3]
j) a Metal Cap [3,+5]
k) a Set of Leather Gloves [1,+0]
l) a Pair of Soft Leather Boots [2,+3]


  [Character Inventory]

a) 20 Rations of Food
b) 4 Flasks of oil
c) a Purple Speckled Potion of Speed
d) 2 Scrolls titled "ur cosro" of Word of Recall {25% off}
e) 9 Scrolls titled "bitval dokankh" of Identify
f) a Chromium Rod of Trap Location (charging)
g) a Willow Staff of Light (15 charges)
h) a Willow Staff of Light (2 charges)
i) a Shovel of Digging (1d2) (+3,+7) (+5)
   It increases your tunneling by 5.  It is branded with acid.  
j) 24 Bolts (1d5) (+0,+0)


  [Home Inventory]

a) a Pink Speckled Potion of *Healing*
b) a Scroll titled "evsden oxala" of Remove Curse
c) a Chromium Rod of Trap Location
d) a Zinc-Plated Rod of Drain Life
e) Chain Mail (-2) [14,+0]
f) a Dagger of *Slay Giant* (1d4) (+3,+4) (+2)
   It increases your strength by 2.  It slays giants.  It sustains your 
   strength.  
g) a Main Gauche of Frost (1d5) (+3,+4)
   It is branded with frost.  It provides resistance to cold.  It cannot
   be harmed by cold.  

[Abe Sargent]

Sachmo: You were, um, fighting with a shovel?

-Anxiety

[Syrinx]

Originally posted by sachmo71
[Home Inventory]

a) a Shard of Pottery
b) a Broken Stick
c) a Broken Bone

Ahhh... Nothing like good old Troll Decorating Sense.

[sachmo71]

Originally posted by Anxiety
Sachmo: You were, um, fighting with a shovel?

-Anxiety

Probably one of the reasons that I wasn't having much luck hitting my killer.

Disclaimer: I usually play ADOM...I'm an Angband novice. Having said that, I'd like to play Zangband next time. I like going to different towns.

[JAG]

So after my first untimely death, I figured try try again. Only one interesting thing to note, somewhere between level one and four, I found a pot of intelligence...seems like a shockingly early level to find it. Thankfully I didn't sell it to the store for 7 gps.

 [Angband 3.0.3 Character Dump]

 Name   Nuglof                                   Self  RB  CB  EB   Best
 Sex    Male              Age        30   STR:     17  +4  +5  +0  18/80
 Race   Half-Troll        Height     73   INT:     12  -4  -2  +0      6
 Class  Warrior           Weight    252   WIS:     14  -2  -2  +0     10
 Title  Soldier           Status      1   DEX:      9  -4  +2  +0      7
 HP     122/122           Maximize    Y   Con:     17  +3  +2  +0  18/40  18/30
 SP     0/0               Preserve    N   CHR:      9  -6  -1  +0      3

 Level            9       Armor      [25,+9]     Saving Throw       Fair
 Cur Exp        429       Fight      (+0,+5)     Stealth             Bad
 Max Exp        429       Melee     (+7,+16)     Fighting         Superb
 Adv Exp        456       Shoot      (+4,+5)     Shooting      Excellent
                          Blows       1/turn     Disarming          Fair
 Gold           252       Shots       1/turn     Magic Device       Poor
                                                 Perception          Bad
 Burden    95.9 lbs       Infra        80 ft     Searching          Poor

 Your father was a Stone-Troll Warrior.  You have slime-green eyes,
 mangy sea-weed green hair, and blue leprous skin.




  [Character Equipment]

a) an Awl-Pike of Slay Troll (1d8) (+7,+11)
   It slays trolls.  
b) a Sling (x2) (+4,+5)
c) (nothing)
d) (nothing)
e) (nothing)
f) a Brass Lantern (with 3350 turns of light)
   It cannot be harmed by fire.  
g) Chain Mail (-2) [14,+0]
h) a Cloak [1,+5]
i) a Small Metal Shield [3,+0]
j) a Hard Leather Cap of Infravision [2,+4] (+5)
   It increases your infravision by 5.  
k) a Set of Gauntlets [2,+0]
l) a Pair of Hard Leather Boots [3,+0]

[Thomkal]

JAG,

Don't stab yourself with your weapon by accident.

Sachmo,

Trust me we've all done that with a shovel in the weapon slot. One of the nice things about TOME is that you can put your shovel in a tool slot so you don't have to keep switching them out like that.

And yeah it'll be nice to "branch out" to other games after this round is over. Angband is nice for beginners and all, but other versions offer so much more variety.

[sachmo71]

Thomkal,

I expect to make mistakes. Is there a nice FAQ that isn't too spoily out there somewhere?
ADOM has a tool slot, also. It's nice for when you don't want to end up smacking someone with a stethoscope!

[Abe Sargent]

Heh, found Law Dragon Scale Mail. Dropped by an orc in a pit. Whoot!


Thomkal: Yeah, I'm sure each of us wants to win to create the next challenge.


-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Found this new item I've never seen before -

Amulet of Trickery (+1)

There's no spoliers on it, so I use my other *Identify* scroll on it. This amulet is amazing! Are you ready?

+1 Dex
+1 Infravision, searching, stealth and speed
Poison, Nexus Resistance
Sustain Dexterity


That is a great amulet. I need one with a bigger bonus....


-Anxiety

[JAG]

Originally posted by Anxiety
Found this new item I've never seen before -

Amulet of Trickery (+1)

There's no spoliers on it, so I use my other *Identify* scroll on it. This amulet is amazing! Are you ready?

+1 Dex
+1 Infravision, searching, stealth and speed
Poison, Nexus Resistance
Sustain Dexterity


That is a great amulet. I need one with a bigger bonus....


-Anxiety

Wow, nice.

And yes, I like the irony of using a weapon that slays trolls when our char is a half-Troll. Does that mean I become human if I use it on me?

[Abe Sargent]

Found a greater vault at 1400'. I'm going in.....

-Anxiety

[Vince]

Argh! I want to play I gotta wait until after the weekend...

[Thomkal]

Sachmo,

I posted on this thread on one on the main board about a couple places where you can find some help files. There is a FAQ or two as well-reachable on Thangorodim-through the HELP! Link I think.

Anxiety I've never seen that amulet before either, very nice indeed. 1400'? I see I have a long way to go still.

[sachmo71]

coo thanks

[klayman]

Ok how is this for a stupid death. Get down to about 600 feet and pick up some really cool items. A wicked armour, a ring of slow digestion, a hard cap of wisdom, a lot of wands, and I think it's time I better start heading to the surface to cash in. Around 300 feet I get stuck trying to find a stairway leading up and burn a lot of food. I'm beggining to worry, but feel I have enough food to easily make it out. Finally up to 50 feet and I used my last food. Now I'm worried, but all I have to do is find that up stair. No luck, I get hungry, weak, and eventually die from starvation on the 1st level. So why is it a stupid death? While looking over my character dump I notice I still had a food ration left, I was so sure I was out of food I didn't even check! Aargh!

[Celeval]

My Rule #1
Never dive without a Word of Recall scroll, preferably more than one...

My Rule #2
Start stockpiling scrolls of Satisfy Hunger.

[Abe Sargent]

Feh, that "greater" vault wasn't a greater vault at all but a minor one. Just one I hadn't ever seen before (I think it's new) and it initially had greater vault characteristics.

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

A bit more playing and here is Anxiety Nuglof as he currently stands:

[Angband 3.0.3 Character Dump]

 Name   Nuglof                                   Self  RB  CB  EB   Best
 Sex    Male              Age        30   STR:  18/21  +4  +5  +0 18/111
 Race   Half-Troll        Height     73   INT:     13  -4  -2  +0      7
 Class  Warrior           Weight    252   WIS:     15  -2  -2  +0     11
 Title  Commando          Status      1   DEX:     11  -4  +2  +1     10
 HP     400/400           Maximize    Y   CON:     17  +3  +2  +0  18/40
 SP     0/0               Preserve    N   CHR:     11  -6  -1  +1      5

 Level           31       Armor     [40,+44]     Saving Throw  Excellent
 Cur Exp     161910       Fight      (+4,+7)     Stealth            Fair
 Max Exp     161910       Melee    (+16,+19)     Fighting      Legendary
 Adv Exp     180000       Shoot    (+12,+13)     Shooting      Legendary
                          Blows       2/turn     Disarming     Very Good
 Gold         64628       Shots       1/turn     Magic Device       Good
                                                 Perception         Poor
 Burden    92.6 lbs       Infra        40 ft     Searching          Fair

 Your father was a Stone-Troll Warrior.  You have slime-green eyes,
 mangy sea-weed green hair, and blue leprous skin.




  [Character Equipment]

a) The Mace 'Taratol' (3d4) (+12,+12)
   It cannot be harmed by the elements.  It might have hidden powers.  
b) a Long Bow of Power (x3) (+8,+13)
c) a Platinum Ring of See Invisible
   It grants you the ability to see invisible things.  
d) a Ruby Ring of Speed (+5)
   It increases your speed by 5.  
e) a Ruby Amulet of Trickery (+1)
   It increases your dexterity by 1.  It increases your stealth, searching
   , infravision, and speed by 1.  It provides resistance to poison and 
   nexus.  It sustains your dexterity.  
f) The Phial of Galadriel
   It lights the dungeon around you.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.
   It might have hidden powers.  
g) Law Dragon Scale Mail (-2) [30,+10]
   It provides resistance to sound and shards.  It activates for breathe
   sound/shards (230) every 300+d300 turns.  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  
h) a Cloak [1,+4]
i) a Small Metal Shield of Elvenkind [3,+9] (+3 to stealth)
   It increases your stealth by 3.  It provides resistance to acid, 
   lightning, fire, cold, and dark.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.  
   
j) a Metal Cap of Beauty [3,+5] (+1)
   It increases your charisma by 1.  It sustains your charisma.  
k) The Set of Leather Gloves 'Cammithrim' [1,+10]
   It cannot be harmed by the elements.  It might have hidden powers.  
l) a Pair of Soft Leather Boots of Slow Descent [2,+6]
   It makes you fall like a feather.  


  [Character Inventory]

a) 9 Rations of Food
b) 4 Viscous Pink Potions of Cure Serious Wounds
c) 2 Black Potions of Cure Critical Wounds
d) 2 Lead Rods of Door/Stair Location
e) a Gold Rod of Recall
f) a Steel Wand of Teleport Other
g) a Hawthorn Staff of Teleportation (8 charges)
h) a Maple Staff of Perception (6 charges)
i) an Eucalyptus Staff of Healing (3 charges)
j) 15 Arrows (1d4) (+4,+5)


  [Home Inventory]

p) a Shield of Deflection [10,+14]
   It cannot be harmed by acid.  
q) The Pair of Soft Leather Boots of Wormtongue (-8,-8) [2,+0] (+3) {cursed}
   It increases your intelligence and dexterity by 3.  It increases your 
   stealth and speed by 3.  It makes you fall like a feather.  It is cursed
   .  It activates for phase door every 20 turns.  It cannot be harmed by
   the elements.  
r) The Dagger 'Narthanc' (1d4) (+4,+6)
   It cannot be harmed by the elements.  It might have hidden powers.  
t) a Cutlass of Extra Attacks (1d7) (+6,+7) (+2)
   It increases your attack speed by 2.  
u) The Broad Sword 'Glamdring' (2d5) (+10,+15) (+1)
   It increases your searching by 1.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.
   It might have hidden powers.  
v) a Trident of Extra Attacks (1d8) (+4,+4) (+2)
   It increases your attack speed by 2.  
w) a Lance (Holy Avenger) (2d8) (+7,+10) [+3] (+1)
   It increases your wisdom by 1.  It slays demons, undead, and all evil
   creatures.  It provides resistance to fear.  It is blessed by the gods.
   It grants you the ability to see invisible things.  It might have
   hidden powers.  

Some neat new toys there.


-Anxiety

[sachmo71]

Wow! And here I thought I was doing well on level 13! Doh!

[klayman]

I didn't realize how bad I was playing until now...thanks Anxiety

[andy m]

these guys are the pro's, i think it should have been a newbie's only comp

[andy m]

ah well, my first dude died. nothing special. i learned a lot though. i.e. do not use unidentified objects

  [Angband 3.0.3 Character Dump]

 Name   Nuglof                                   Self  RB  CB  EB   Best
 Sex    Male              Age        30   STR:     17  +4  +5  +2 18/100
 Race   Half-Troll        Height     73   INT:     11  -4  -2  +0      5
 Class  Warrior           Weight    252   WIS:     14  -2  -2  +0     10
 Title  Swordsman         Status      1   DEX:      9  -4  +2  +0      7
 HP     -5/183            Maximize    Y   CON:     17  +3  +2  +0  18/40
 SP     0/0               Preserve    N   CHR:      9  -6  -1  +0      3

 Level           14       Armor      [22,+6]     Saving Throw       Fair
 Cur Exp       1365       Fight      (+2,+6)     Stealth             Bad
 Max Exp       1365       Melee     (+5,+11)     Fighting         Heroic
 Adv Exp       1680       Shoot      (+2,+0)     Shooting         Superb
                          Blows       1/turn     Disarming          Fair
 Gold          1245       Shots       0/turn     Magic Device       Fair
                                                 Perception          Bad
 Burden   155.8 lbs       Infra        30 ft     Searching          Poor

 Your father was a Stone-Troll Warrior.  You have slime-green eyes,
 mangy sea-weed green hair, and blue leprous skin.




  [Last Messages]

> The Orc shaman misses you.
> You hit the Orc shaman.
> The Black orc hits you.
> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
> The Black orc hits you.
> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
> The Orc shaman hits you.
> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
> The Orc shaman hits you.
> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
> You hit the Orc shaman.
> You have slain the Orc shaman.
> The Black orc misses you.
> The Black orc hits you.
> You die.


  [Character Equipment]

a) a Beaked Axe of *Slay Troll* (2d6) (+3,+5) (+2)
   It increases your strength by 2.  It slays trolls.  It speeds your
   regeneration.  
b) (nothing)
c) a Jade Ring of Aggravate Monster {cursed}
   It aggravates creatures around you and is cursed.  
d) an Alexandrite Ring of Teleportation {cursed}
   It induces random teleportation and is cursed.  
e) (nothing)
f) a Brass Lantern (with 317 turns of light)
   It cannot be harmed by fire.  
g) Chain Mail (-2) [14,+0]
h) a Cloak [1,+0]
i) a Small Metal Shield [3,+0]
j) (nothing)
k) a Set of Leather Gloves [1,+6]
l) a Pair of Hard Leather Boots [3,+0]

[mrsimperless]

I am just starting out and have died a couple of times already. The last time a novice paladin blinded me (I think) and then killed be on level 4. I am exploring on around level 5 right now with my new character. My question is this: at what point do I abandon the "smaller" weapons that are providing me multiple blows? I am currently using either a rapier or a sabre which still gives me 3 hits per turn. How will I know when I'm ready to graduate up?

Great contest idea though, lots of fun. Believe it or not I have stopped playing NCAA2004 to play Angband. Blasphemy!

And yeah, a "newbie" and "veteran" competition would have been nice as well. I don't think there is anyway I can compete with you pros.

[Abe Sargent]

Remember first of all that any character can die at any moment. Only live characters are eligible at the end of the competetion.

Angband gives you some basic experience for later challenges.

I don't know whether I am going to win or not, but if I do, I intend on chaging things up a bit so that the new variant and challenge are much more leveled. Although, to be fair, he did choose a newbie-friendly character. I'd never play a fighter. Haven't since Moria until now. Fighters are good in the early game but hard to finish with.

Anyways, luck to all!

-Anxiety

[sachmo71]

Ok, I'm level 20-something. If I die, I'm not starting over!!!

I am enjoying this game, but would like to move onto something with more variety in next contest. ADOM spoiled me.

BTW...is anyone else being driven by the slot-based inventory? Let me carry my weight in magic items, for gosh sakes!

[mrsimperless]

Yeah, I am having trouble deciding what to take with me and what to leave behind. I have this urge to pack-rat all of those old skulls laying around.... one of them has to be worth something!!

[JAG]

Haven't had too much time to play lately, but I did get my guy some more levels...and a nifty weapon to boot. But the clock is ticking...

 [Angband 3.0.3 Character Dump]

 Name   Nuglof                                   Self  RB  CB  EB   Best
 Sex    Male              Age        30   STR:     18  +4  +5  +2 18/110
 Race   Half-Troll        Height     73   INT:     12  -4  -2  +0      6
 Class  Warrior           Weight    252   WIS:     14  -2  -2  +0     10
 Title  Swashbuckler      Status      1   Dex:      9  -4  +2  +2      9      7
 HP     263/263           Maximize    Y   CON:     17  +3  +2  +3  18/70
 SP     0/0               Preserve    N   CHR:      9  -6  -1  +0      3

 Level           18       Armor     [21,+12]     Saving Throw       Fair
 Cur Exp       4270       Fight      (+4,+7)     Stealth             Bad
 Max Exp       4270       Melee     (+9,+12)     Fighting         Heroic
 Adv Exp       4320       Shoot      (+8,+5)     Shooting         Superb
                          Blows       3/turn     Disarming          Fair
 Gold           982       Shots       1/turn     Magic Device       Fair
                                                 Perception          Bad
 Burden    73.2 lbs       Infra        80 ft     Searching          Poor

 Your father was a Stone-Troll Warrior.  You have slime-green eyes,
 mangy sea-weed green hair, and blue leprous skin.




  [Character Equipment]

a) a Dagger of Westernesse (1d4) (+5,+5) (+2)
   It increases your strength, dexterity, and constitution by 2.  It slays 
   orcs, trolls, and giants.  It grants you immunity to paralysis and the
   ability to see invisible things.  
b) a Long Bow (x3) (+4,+5)
c) a Jet Ring of Constitution (+1)
   It increases your constitution by 1.  It sustains your constitution.  
d) a Quartz Ring of Slow Digestion
   It slows your metabolism.  
e) a Mithril Amulet of Resist Lightning
   It provides resistance to lightning.  It cannot be harmed by 
   electricity.  
f) a Brass Lantern (with 3508 turns of light)
   It cannot be harmed by fire.  
g) Leather Scale Mail (-1) [11,+5]
h) a Cloak [1,+4]
i) a Small Metal Shield [3,+4]
j) a Hard Leather Cap of Infravision [2,-1] (+5)
   It increases your infravision by 5.  
k) a Set of Gauntlets [2,+0]
l) a Pair of Soft Leather Boots [2,+0]

[Abe Sargent]

Dagger of West is nice. Ya get three blows with it. Plus, it is slay "Stuff That Matters" for you at your level. And it has Free Action/See Invis. Good stuff.

-Anxiety

[Airhog]

Im still using a dagger of extra attacks It gives me a +8 to my damage roll. and Does 5 attacks per turn. Nice weapon to have.

[sachmo71]

I have a maine gauche of extra attacks. 4 attacks per round.

[Thomkal]

I found a weapon of West. with my guy too...sadly it was a broken sword (1d2). I'm using the artifact dagger Narthanc and have for a quite awhile now. I'd like to get a weapon that does more damage, but you can't beat the 3 attacks/round. It's still taking out uniques at 900' reasonably well, so I guess I'll keep it a while longer.

[Thomkal]

Well knew I never should have gone into that greater vault I found at 900'-completely underequipped for it-one potion of healing, no way of teleporting, no means of mass killing. Got blinded by a pack of breeding Giant Fireflies (I think), and used my one mushroom of cure blindness early. I never could get unblinded to read any scrolls of recall in hopes of getting out, and something more powerful than the fireflies came around and walloped on me until I died.

Stupid me, I should have submitted the character dump as my entry into the contest, then go on with the vault even though if I survived it, I'd no longer be in the contest. Ah well.

  [Angband 3.0.3 Character Dump]

 Name   Nuglof                                   Self  RB  CB  EB   Best
 Sex    Male              Age        30   STR:     17  +4  +5  +0  18/80
 Race   Half-Troll        Height     73   INT:     11  -4  -2  +0      5
 Class  Warrior           Weight    252   Wis:     14  -2  -2  +0     10      9
 Title  Myrmidon          Status      1   DEX:     10  -4  +2  +0      8
 HP     -3/377            Maximize    Y   CON:     18  +3  +2  +0  18/50
 SP     0/0               Preserve    N   CHR:     10  -6  -1  +0      3

 Level           27       Armor     [32,+23]     Saving Throw  Very Good
 Cur Exp      32585       Fight      (+6,+7)     Stealth             Bad
 Max Exp      32585       Melee    (+10,+15)     Fighting      Legendary
 Adv Exp      42000       Shoot     (+11,+5)     Shooting         Heroic
                          Blows       3/turn     Disarming          Good
 Gold         17194       Shots       1/turn     Magic Device       Fair
                                                 Perception    Very Good
 Burden   179.2 lbs       Infra        30 ft     Searching     Excellent

 Your father was a Stone-Troll Warrior.  You have slime-green eyes,
 mangy sea-weed green hair, and blue leprous skin.




  [Last Messages]

> You hear something appear nearby.
> You hit it. <2x>
> It was a good hit!
> You hit it.
> It blinks away.
> It hits you.
> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
> You hit it.
> You have killed it.
> You hit it.
> You have killed it.
> You hit it.
> You have killed it.
> It hits you.
> You die.


  [Character Equipment]

a) The Dagger 'Narthanc' (1d4) (+4,+8)
   It is branded with fire.  It provides resistance to fire.  It activates
   for fire bolt (9d8) every 8+d8 turns.  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  
b) a Light Crossbow (x3) (+5,+5)
c) an Opal Ring of Lightning [+8]
   It provides resistance to lightning.  It activates for electricity
   resistance (20+d20 turns) and electricity ball (85) every 50+d50 turns.
   It cannot be harmed by electricity.  
d) a Bronze Ring of Slaying (+5,+2)
e) a Bronze Amulet of Searching (+6) {10% off}
   It increases your searching by 6.  
f) a Brass Lantern (with 1 turns of light)
   It cannot be harmed by fire.  
g) Bar Chain Mail (-2) [18,-1]
h) a Cloak [1,+2]
i) a Small Leather Shield [2,+6]
j) a Metal Cap [3,+3]
k) a Set of Gauntlets [2,+1]
l) a Pair of Metal Shod Boots [6,+4]


  [Character Inventory]

a) a Ration of Food
b) 4 Flasks of oil
c) 4 Scrolls titled "ur cosro" of Word of Recall {25% off}
d) 8 Scrolls titled "prokag ashbar" of Satisfy Hunger {10% off}
e) a Chromium Rod of Trap Location
f) a Lead Rod of Door/Stair Location
g) an Iron Rod of Slow Monster
h) a Maple Staff of Perception (10 charges)
i) a Willow Staff of Light (19 charges)
j) a Silver Staff of Detect Invisible (15 charges)
k) a Dagger (1d4) (+2,+3)
l) a Broad Sword (2d5) (-2,-2) {cursed}
   It is cursed.  
m) a Broad Sword (2d5) (+5,+5)
n) a Lance (2d8) (+0,+0)
o) a Shovel of Digging (1d2) (+3,+7) (+5)
   It increases your tunneling by 5.  It is branded with acid.  
p) 21 Bolts (1d5) (+3,+5)
q) 27 Rounded Pebbles (1d2) (-1,-2) {cursed}
   It is cursed.  


  [Home Inventory]

a) 2 Light Green Potions of Healing
b) a Pink Speckled Potion of *Healing*
c) a Puce Potion of Restore Life Levels {50% off}
d) a Metallic Blue Potion of Restore Strength
e) a Dark Green Potion of Restore Constitution {90% off}
f) 2 Scrolls titled "bitval dokankh" of Identify {50% off}
g) a Scroll titled "evsden oxala" of Remove Curse
h) a Chromium Rod of Trap Location
i) a Molybdenum Rod of Disarming
j) a Zinc-Plated Rod of Drain Life
k) a Maple Staff of Perception (11 charges)
l) a Maple Staff of Perception (6 charges)
m) 2 Maple Staffs of Perception (3 charges)
n) a Willow Staff of Light (17 charges)
o) a Willow Staff of Light (9 charges) {10% off}
p) a Dogwood Staff of Cure Light Wounds (9 charges)
q) a Tortoise Shell Ring of Searching (+3)
   It increases your searching by 3.  
r) a Turquoise Ring of Intelligence (+3)
   It increases your intelligence by 3.  It sustains your intelligence.  
s) an Obsidian Amulet of Charisma (+2)
   It increases your charisma by 2.  It sustains your charisma.  
t) The Set of Gauntlets 'Camlost' (-12,-12) [2,+0] (-3) {cursed}
   It decreases your strength and dexterity by 3.  It provides resistance
   to fire and disenchantment.  It grants you immunity to paralysis, but
   it also aggravates creatures around you, drains experience, and is
   heavily cursed.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.  
u) a Dagger of *Slay Giant* (1d4) (+3,+4) (+2)
   It increases your strength by 2.  It slays giants.  It sustains your 
   strength.  
v) a Main Gauche of Frost (1d5) (+3,+4)
   It is branded with frost.  It provides resistance to cold.  It cannot
   be harmed by cold.  

[Thomkal]

Hmmm, in looking at the characted dump...I think my lantern ran out of fuel-rather than me being blinded-although some of the time I was blinded. Lovely. See even veterans make mistakes.

And the reason I wasn't carrying the potions of healing sitting at home was because I felt I wasn't in need of them yet-they were just taking up inventory slots and could have been destroyed by a breather. Perhaps I should have rethought that

I think a player who finds ways of increasing INT quickly and early on will do the best in this contest. Not being able to use many of the more powerful magic items really hurt.

T'was fun though, in the other variants out there you don't run into vaults like the one I did unless you are very lucky.

[sachmo71]

I was able to buy Gauntlets of Free Action for 1500 in the Armor Store. Methinks it's time to venture deeper.

[Airhog]

sachmo: you can probably hang around 1000' with those, if your character level is high enough.

[Airhog]

Here is my latest Character Dump. I just found some elven armour so I now have the 4 resists I need to dive to about 1400'

  [Angband 3.0.3 Character Dump]

 Name   Nuglof                                   Self  RB  CB  EB   Best
 Sex    Male              Age        30   STR:     17  +4  +5  +0  18/80
 Race   Half-Troll        Height     73   INT:     12  -4  -2  +0      6
 Class  Warrior           Weight    252   WIS:     14  -2  -2  +0     10
 Title  Myrmidon          Status      1   DEX:     11  -4  +2  +0      9
 HP     383/383           Maximize    Y   CON:     17  +3  +2  +0  18/40
 SP     0/0               Preserve    N   CHR:     12  -6  -1  +0      5

 Level           29       Armor     [23,+41]     Saving Throw  Very Good
 Cur Exp      74944       Fight      (+2,+5)     Stealth          Superb
 Max Exp      74944       Melee    (+10,+14)     Fighting      Legendary
 Adv Exp      90000       Shoot    (+10,+21)     Shooting         Heroic
                          Blows       5/turn     Disarming     Very Good
 Gold         32002       Shots       1/turn     Magic Device       Good
                                                 Perception          Bad
 Burden   134.1 lbs       Infra        50 ft     Searching          Poor

 Your father was a Stone-Troll Warrior.  You have slime-green eyes,
 mangy sea-weed green hair, and blue leprous skin.




  [Character Equipment]

a) a Dagger of Extra Attacks (1d4) (+8,+9) (+2)
   It increases your attack speed by 2.  
b) a Light Crossbow of Power (x3) (+8,+21)
c) a Ruby Ring of Speed (+6)
   It increases your speed by 6.  
d) a Beryl Ring of Resist Cold
   It provides resistance to cold.  It cannot be harmed by cold.  
e) a Copper Amulet of Slow Digestion
   It slows your metabolism.  
f) a Brass Lantern (with 14419 turns of light)
   It cannot be harmed by fire.  
g) Hard Leather Armour of Elvenkind (-1) [6,+10] (+3 to stealth)
   It increases your stealth by 3.  It provides resistance to acid, 
   lightning, fire, and cold.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.  It
   might have hidden powers.  
h) The Cloak 'Colannon' [1,+15] (+3)
   It increases your stealth and speed by 3.  It provides resistance to 
   nexus.  It activates for teleport every 45 turns.  It cannot be harmed
   by the elements.  
i) a Large Leather Shield of Resist Acid [4,+5]
   It provides resistance to acid.  It cannot be harmed by acid.  
j) an Iron Helm of Infravision [5,-2] (+2)
   It increases your infravision by 2.  
k) The Set of Leather Gloves 'Cammithrim' [1,+10]
   It provides resistance to light.  It sustains your constitution.  It 
   lights the dungeon around you.  It grants you immunity to paralysis.  
   It activates for magic missile (2d6) every 2 turns.  It cannot be
   harmed by the elements.  
l) a Pair of Metal Shod Boots of Stealth [6,+3] (+3)
   It increases your stealth by 3.  


  [Character Inventory]

a) 13 Rations of Food
b) 6 Black Potions of Cure Critical Wounds
c) 5 Scrolls titled "poso blurol" of Phase Door {50% off}
d) 4 Scrolls titled "ur cosro" of Word of Recall {50% off}
e) a Steel Wand of Teleport Other
f) a Lead-Plated Wand of Stone to Mud
g) a Maple Staff of Perception (12 charges)
h) a Maple Staff of Perception (9 charges)
i) a Maple Staff of Perception (5 charges)
j) a Cypress Staff of Enlightenment
k) a Long Sword (Holy Avenger) (2d5) (+5,+8) [+4] (+2)
   It increases your wisdom by 2.  It slays demons, undead, and all evil
   creatures.  It provides resistance to fear.  It is blessed by the gods.
   It grants you the ability to see invisible things.  It might have
   hidden powers.  
l) 81 Bolts (1d5) {=g, good}


  [Home Inventory]

a) a Gold Rod of Recall
f) a Steel Wand of Teleport Other
g) a Silver Ring of Free Action
j) Bar Chain Mail (Dwarven) (-2) [18,+11] (+2)
   It increases your strength and constitution by 2.  It increases your 
   infravision by 2.  It grants you immunity to paralysis.  It cannot be
   harmed by acid and fire.  
k) a Metal Cap of Beauty [3,+7] (+1)
   It increases your charisma by 1.  It sustains your charisma.  
l) a Pair of Soft Leather Boots of Stability [2,+0]
   It provides resistance to nexus.  It makes you fall like a feather.  
m) The Long Sword 'Elvagil' (2d5) (+2,+7) (+2)
   It increases your dexterity and charisma by 2.  It increases your 
   stealth by 2.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.  It might have
   hidden powers.  


 

I found that holy avenger, and I am taking it with me now Its the only thing that gives me the ability to see invisible creatures. I still think my dagger of extra attacks is better. Also, the dwarven armor is decent, and I would probably wear it if I hadnt found the elven mail first.

[Airhog]

Just a reminder, but your character has to be alive when you send it too me. So if it looks like you are going to die, be sure to save your game and send me the file. The reason you must be alive, is that is the only way to look at what uniques you have killed. Remember, the Unique with the deepest level will be at the bottom of the list.


You can send me a new character before you the contest ends next monday if it is better. Also, remember that you cannot continue to play on a character that you have sent me.

[Airhog]

I have finally ran into mim. he is damn impossible for me to beat. he disenchanted all of my stuff that was non artifact

My dagger of extra attacks lost all of its pluses, and I just cannot hurt him fast enough. Any ideas on what kind of stuff to throw at him?.