Hubris got me this time, and oh it hurts. Xenon the Demonspawn Air
Elementalist was rolling along pretty well owing mostly to a longsword
of slicing pulled off Terence on the 3nd level and an unusual number of
spellbooks found just lying around on the ground. Oh, and he already had
an amulet of the gourmand and a ring of sustenance. My plan at this
point was to start milking poison cloud for all it was worth through the
Lair and Elven Halls and switching over to freezing cloud for the Swamp
and Snake Pit.
I felt like I should have smooth sailing ahead pretty much through the
mid game, but there were two small problems frustrating me. I couldn't
seem to find any resists or, more importantly, the entrance to the Lair.
I'd already cleared the Mines, which I usually save for after the lair,
and had just found the Hive on DL 13. I would have been happy to clean
out the Hive at this point but just couldn't risk it with so few HP and
no poison resistance.
So I figured I'd just map out all of DL 13, make sure the Lair wasn't on
this level, then work back up to see if I'd missed it. I even had the
option of learning magic mapping if it came down to it. But then I came
across this vault formation:
#.######.######
#.#....#.#...D#. F
#.#.[..'.#....# C
#.#..[.#C+..=.# a
#.#....#.#.Y.J#H I
#.######.######
#.#....#.#....#.
#.#....'.'...[# #
#.#....#@#....#. S
#.######.#....#.
#.#....#.######H
#.#....#.#....#. c J
#.#....'))....#.#
#.#....#.#....# c G
#.######^######H#
#{.......}{{{{#. G GGBB B
############### #
I figured at this level the D in the upper room would be a hydra and the
C would be another cyclops. So I'm thinking swiftness, deflect missiles
+ bolt of poison/cold == free XP! Yay! I opened the door to the room
with the = and the D in it ...and hmmm... that D is a shadow dragon!
It's not interested in me... OK well let's just close the door and
pretend we never saw each other. Detect creatures, OK it's not moving,
next room then.
Hmmm... that C is a Titan! I don't remember ever seeing those anywhere
but the bottom of the Vaults. (Here's where hubris kicks in...) I WONDER
IF I CAN CONFUSE HIM. Mephitic cloud, um... gulp... nope. LET'S POISON
AND RUN THEN. Poison bolt - BLAM - lightning in return. RUN AWAY!
At this point my brain simply stopped working. As you can see in the
character dump I had a couple of scrolls of blinking, so there's no
reason at all I couldn't have escaped this situation, never mind that I
shouldn't have been in it in the first place. Instead I just ran like a
scared rabbit and got gunned down a few steps later. Sigh.
I think this is as far out of depth as I've ever seen something so far
in Crawl.
Dungeon Crawl version 4.0.0 beta 26 character file.
Xenon the Cloud Mage
Race : Demonspawn Res.Fire : . . . See Invis. : .
Class : Air Elementalist Res.Cold : + . . Warding : +
Worship : Vehumet Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : +
Level : 12 Res.Poison: . Res.Corr. : .
Exp : 28838 Res.Elec. : . Gourmand : .
Next Level : 40599
Exp Needed : 11761 Sust.Abil.: . Rnd.Telep. : .
Spls.Left : 2 Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: .
Gold : 1583 Res.Slow : . Levitation : .
Clarity : . Ctrl.Flight: .
HP : -5/84
MP : 11/29
Str : 8 (9) Weapon : +5 long sword (slice)
Int : 20 Armour : +2 robe
Dex : 15 Shield :
AC : 7 Helmet :
Evasion : 14 Cloak :
Shield : 0 Gloves : +0 pair of gloves
Boots : +0 pair of boots
Play time : 06:11:12 Amulet : amulet of conservation
Turns : 27866 Ring : ring of protection from cold
Ring : ring of sustenance
You are on level 13.
You worship Vehumet.
Vehumet is exalted by your worship.
You are not hungry.
Inventory:
Hand weapons
a - a +5,+5 long sword of slicing (weapon)
w - a cursed +0 blowgun
Missiles
h - 18 poisoned +0 orcish needles
v - 2 poisoned +0 needles
Armour
e - a +0 pair of boots (worn)
i - a +0 robe
l - a +2 robe (worn)
o - a +0 robe
q - a +0 robe
O - a +0 pair of gloves (worn)
Magical devices
f - a wand of enslavement (9)
g - a wand of confusion (7)
n - a wand of fire (11)
B - a wand of cold (1)
Comestibles
d - 2 bread rations
j - 4 meat rations
H - 2 apples
Scrolls
k - 2 scrolls of identify
m - 2 scrolls of blinking
z - 2 scrolls of teleportation
E - a scroll of remove curse
Z - a scroll of random uselessness
Jewellery
p - an amulet of the gourmand
r - an amulet of conservation (around neck)
s - a ring of protection from cold (right hand)
F - a ring of invisibility
K - a ring of sustenance (left hand)
Q - an amulet of clarity
Potions
C - a potion of restore abilities
I - 2 potions of speed
Books
b - a book of Conjurations [ice]
c - a book of Air
y - a book of Wizardry
G - a book of Power
Magical staves
t - a staff of death
You have 814 experience left.
Skills:
+ Level 3 Fighting
- Level 3 Long Blades
- Level 2 Darts
- Level 1 Throwing
+ Level 8 Dodging
- Level 4 Stealth
- Level 1 Stabbing
- Level 1 Unarmed Combat
+ Level 10 Spellcasting
- Level 8 Conjurations
+ Level 5 Enchantments
- Level 2 Divinations
- Level 2 Fire Magic
+ Level 4 Ice Magic
+ Level 10 Air Magic
- Level 4 Poison Magic
+ Level 5 Invocations
You have 2 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:
Your Spells Type Success Level
a - Shock Air/Conjuration Excellent 1
b - Swiftness Air/Enchantment Excellent 2
c - Mephitic Cloud Poison/Air/Conjuration Excellent 3
d - Repel Missiles Air/Enchantment Excellent 2
e - Venom Bolt Poison/Conjuration Great 5
f - Detect Creatures Divination Very Good 2
g - Poisonous Cloud Poison/Air/Conjuration Good 6
p - Selective Amnesia Enchantment Great 3
z - Bolt of Cold Ice/Conjuration Great 5
Mutations & Other Weirdness
* You have very tough skin (AC +2).
* You have a pair of large horns on your head.
* You can raise the dead to walk for you.
Last Messages
The titan gestures wildly.
The bolt of lightning hits you!
Ouch! That really hurt!
You die...
<snip map>
Vanquished Creatures
2 stone giants (D:13)
An unseen horror (D:13)
A wizard (D:12)
2 hill giants (D:11)
2 orc knights
Erolcha (D:9)
An orc sorcerer (Orc:2)
3 cyclopes (D:12)
A giant brown frog (D:11)
3 slime creatures (D:13)
4 trolls
23 yaks
3 hungry ghosts
A manticore (D:12)
11 ogres
A yellow wasp (D:12)
6 centaurs
3 ice beasts
2 gila monsters
A warg (Orc:1)
10 orc warriors
Sigmund (D:7)
6 giant frogs
10 killer bees (D:11)
A manticore zombie (D:12)
3 imps
2 ugly thing zombies (D:12)
10 hounds
2 giant beetles
36 orc wizards
12 orc priests
9 giant ants
4 giant iguanas
3 scorpions
An electrical eel (D:11)
Ijyb (D:3)
A two-headed ogre zombie (D:12)
11 jellies
7 snakes
A big kobold zombie (D:10)
3 gnolls (D:7)
6 worms
A giant mite (D:6)
A mummy (D:11)
Terence (D:3)
A butterfly (D:13)
2 oozes
A giant eyeball (D:9)
A giant ant zombie (D:
2 giant eyeball zombies
3 giant geckos
28 goblins
19 hobgoblins
15 kobolds
139 orcs
10 quokkas
2 small snakes
17 giant bats
12 giant cockroaches
14 giant newts
9 jackals
2 orc zombies
22 rats
A snake zombie (D:7)
A fungus (D:9)
A plant (D:12)
517 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
A yak (D:13)
An orc (Orc:1)
2 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (others)
A giant frog (D:13)
3 orc warriors
A hound (D:13)
3 orc wizards
A yak zombie (D:13)
A giant centipede (D:12)
4 snakes
A giant cockroach (D:4)
3 goblins
15 orcs
A kobold (D:6)
2 rats
36 creatures vanquished.
Grand Total: 555 creatures vanquished
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