YACD - Never gotten this far, could use some advice...

So I've cleared the Lair/Snake Pit/Hive. That's the farthest I've ever
gotten folks and I've got some great gear this time. I haven't found
Tomb yet and really I have no idea how to use it or why I need it but I
hear that people need it so I've been looking for it. I've been trying
to amp my Earth but really at this point I'm not sure. I was trying to
remember to dump points into enchant so I can get the repel missles
working well. Should I be going for anything else? I've mainly been
using bolt of cold and iron for my destructive spells.

In my stashes I think I have sustain abilities and warding.

Xalek the Eclecticist

Race : Deep Elf Res.Fire : + . . See Invis. : +
Class : Conjurer Res.Cold : . . . Warding : .
Worship : Vehumet Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : .
Level : 16 Res.Poison: + Res.Corr. : .
Exp : 176293 Res.Elec. : . Gourmand : +
Next Level : 200199
Exp Needed : 23906 Sust.Abil.: . Rnd.Telep. : .
Spls.Left : 14 Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: .
Gold : 261 Res.Slow : . Levitation : .
Clarity : . Ctrl.Flight: .
HP : 67
MP : 48
Str : 5 Weapon : +4,+5 sabre (speed)
Int : 26 Armour : +0 leather armour (R-poison)
Dex : 21 Shield :
AC : 7 Helmet :
Evasion : 14 Cloak : +0 dwarf cloak
Shield : 0 Gloves : +1 pair of elf gloves
Boots : -1 pair of boots "Mufosu"
Play time : 04:05:45 Amulet : amulet of the gourmand
Turns : 49226 Ring : ring of magical power
Ring : ring "Ucivew Liwiguc"


You are in the Hive.
You worship Vehumet.
Vehumet is exalted by your worship.
You are full.

Inventory:
Hand weapons
a - a +4,+5 sabre of speed (weapon)
Armour
k - the +5 armour of the Dragon King
It protects you from magic.

m - a +0 leather armour of poison resistance (worn)
p - a +1 pair of elven gloves (worn)
u - the cursed -1 pair of boots "Mufosu" (worn)
It protects you from fire.
It enhances your eyesight.
It lets you sense your surroundings.
It has a curse placed upon it.
F - a +0 dwarven cloak (worn)
Magical devices
n - a wand of enslavement
o - a wand of paralysis
w - a wand of draining (7)
x - a wand of cold (6)
z - a wand of healing (3)
I - a wand of lightning (
Comestibles
l - 2 meat rations
q - a bread ration
A - a royal jelly
Scrolls
b - 2 scrolls of summoning
e - 2 scrolls of detect curse
f - 4 scrolls of teleportation
r - a scroll of identify
s - 4 scrolls of remove curse
t - a scroll of enchant weapon II
v - a scroll of enchant weapon III
G - a scroll of blinking
Jewellery
c - the ring "Ucivew Liwiguc" (left hand)
This ring increases or decreases the dexterity of its wearer,
depending on
the degree to which it has been enchanted.
It affects your dexterity (+6).
It enhances your eyesight.
It lets you blink.

d - a ring of magical power (right hand)
g - the ring of Power
This ring provides protection from heat and fire.
It enhances your eyesight.

i - a +2 ring of strength
y - an amulet of the gourmand (around neck)
Potions
C - a potion of restore abilities
M - a potion of heal wounds
T - 3 potions of invisibility
U - a potion of speed
V - 3 potions of healing
Books
h - a book of Annihilations
j - a book of Spatial Translocations
P - a book of Enchantments


You have 6 experience left.

Skills:
+ Level 2 Fighting
- Level 5 Short Blades
- Level 1 Staves
+ Level 10 Dodging
+ Level 8 Stealth
+ Level 2 Stabbing
+ Level 4 Traps & Doors
+ Level 17 Spellcasting
+ Level 15 Conjurations
+ Level 4 Enchantments
- Level 14 Ice Magic
- Level 1 Air Magic
+ Level 13 Earth Magic
+ Level 1 Evocations


You have 14 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

Your Spells Type Success
Level
a - Magic Dart Conjuration Perfect 1
b - Throw Frost Ice/Conjuration Perfect 2
c - Mephitic Cloud Poison/Air/Conjuration Great 3
d - Bolt of Cold Ice/Conjuration Excellent 5
e - Levitation Air/Enchantment Great 2
f - Repel Missiles Air/Enchantment Great 2
g - Freezing Cloud Ice/Air/Conjuration Poor 7
h - Bolt of Iron Earth/Conjuration Great 6
i - Selective Amnesia Enchantment Great 3
j - Iskenderun's Mystic Blast Conjuration Excellent 4

Mutations & Other Weirdness
You are dopey (Int -1).
You can spit poison.
You have a pair of small horns on your head.
You are partially covered in ridged grey scales (AC + 2, dex - 1).


Last Messages

The plant is heavily damaged.
You slash the plant!
The plant is almost destroyed.
You destroy the plant!

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Vanquished Creatures
Agnes (Snake:1)
Louise (Snake:5)
5 greater nagas (Snake:5)
12 death yaks
An ogre-mage (D:16)
7 hydras
6 grey snakes
2 griffons
4 centaur warriors
3 elephant slugs
12 naga warriors
3 unseen horrors
3 hill giants
A guardian naga (Snake:5)
A spiny worm (Lair:10)
Erolcha (D:9)
A wolf spider (D:12)
23 black snakes
7 slime creatures
Michael (D:14)
13 giant brown frogs
A rock troll (D:15)
20 naga magi
5 giant snails
10 ugly things
4 trolls
12 komodo dragons
3 queen bees
A queen bee (shapeshifter) (D:16)
Psyche (D:9)
17 spiny frogs
2 ettins
31 blink frogs
2 two-headed ogres (D:16)
51 yaks
6 giant slugs
3 giant goldfish (Snake:3)
15 hippogriffs
The ghost of Xalek the Ruinous, an average DE Cj (D:5)
4 hungry ghosts
7 yellow snakes
2 bears
2 soldier ants
A lava worm (Snake:1)
3 firedrakes
A black bear (shapeshifter) (D:16)
2 big kobolds
2 wyverns
A mottled dragon (D:13)
A phantom (D:13)
3 ice beasts
11 ogres
A dragon zombie (D:15)
6 centaurs
A necrophage (D:13)
50 nagas
The ghost of Xalek the Martial Artist, an average DG Mo (D:4)
A naga (shapeshifter) (D:16)
16 giant lizards
3 gila monsters
2 boring beetles (Lair:9)
7 yellow wasps
11 orc warriors
A boulder beetle (Lair:
18 giant frogs
35 brown snakes
2 cyclops zombies
190 killer bees
7 big fish
14 hounds
An ugly thing zombie (D:13)
5 orc priests
4 giant beetles
12 giant ants
10 imps
2 wights
11 orc wizards
2 shadows (D:9)
8 giant iguanas
18 sheep
2 troll zombies (D:14)
7 electrical eels
Ijyb (D:5)
5 scorpions
5 jellies
4 gnolls (D:2)
53 snakes
2 brain worm zombies
7 giant centipedes
91 green rats
3 giant mites
11 worms
A mummy (D:12)
4 oozes
2 giant eyeballs
2 giant ant zombies
A killer bee zombie (D:10)
28 giant bats
7 giant cockroaches
9 giant geckos
23 goblins
73 grey rats
19 hobgoblins
30 jackals
48 orcs
17 quokkas
21 rats
A giant centipede zombie (D:14)
15 giant newts
2 giant spores
62 killer bee larvae
36 kobolds
2 orc zombies (D:
5 small snakes
12 plants

1383 creatures vanquished.

Xalek wrote:
> So I've cleared the Lair/Snake Pit/Hive. That's the farthest I've ever
> gotten folks and I've got some great gear this time. I haven't found
> Tomb yet and really I have no idea how to use it or why I need it but I
> hear that people need it so I've been looking for it.

I wouldn't say "need" it, just greatly rejoice upon finding it. The
Tomb of Doroklohe puts up walls on all 8 sides of your character,
destroying any items in those squares if needed (but not monsters, so
you'll have to leave melee range for it to be really useful). Makes you
as good as invulnerable.

> I've been trying
> to amp my Earth but really at this point I'm not sure. I was trying to
> remember to dump points into enchant so I can get the repel missles
> working well.

Repel Missiles will work the best it can even without much Enchantments
skill, but you'll need a lot to get the vastly better *Deflect*
Missiles casting reliably.

> Should I be going for anything else?

Controlled Blink is so powerful it's not funny; keep an eye out for the
Book of the Warp.

> I've mainly been
> using bolt of cold and iron for my destructive spells.

Be prepared to start having to gradually depend less and less on Bolt
of Cold a few thousand turns from now.

> In my stashes I think I have sustain abilities and warding.

I don't have the feeling Warding helps much if you already have
Vehumet's protection, and besides, you don't spend much time at melee
range with a DECj. Sustain abilities is nice in some "advanced"
situations: certain parts of Hell and playing around with Decks of
Power and Decks of Wonder (with these, you'll need to keep your stats
above three, not zero). But normally it's not worth carrying around IMO
if you have any decent rings.

> Str : 5 Weapon : +4,+5 sabre (speed)

Two-rune depth is really deep to be without an enhancer staff.
Definitely a good use for your next (first?) scroll of acquirement.

There's a dilemma here: if you want the Book of Earth, you may need a
book acquirement timed for when your Earth is higher than your
conjurations; if you want a staff of conjurations, you want the
opposite. I'd advise going for the staff first, then turning off
Conjurations so Earth climbs above it.

> Int : 26 Armour : +0 leather armour (R-poison)

The RNG has been mean, it seems.

> Scrolls

> t - a scroll of enchant weapon II
> v - a scroll of enchant weapon III

You might as well read these, since you don't get better than a sabre
of speed without getting a quick blade, and those are rare. Not that
you'll be fighting much anyway, I guess.

[rings]
A ring of ice would be nice, but a ring acquirement isn't especially
likely to give you a ring of ice.

> Skills:
> + Level 2 Fighting
> - Level 5 Short Blades

So you *have* been fighting. Well then, read those scrolls now.

> You have 14 spell levels left.

You've got Selective Amnesia. Any bad choice of learned spell you might
happen to make can be repaired at your whim. Fill these up! Ice Storm
or Crystal Spear could be a good choice, or Deflect Missiles if you
have access to it; same for Controlled Blink. Your blink power is nice
and all, but there's nothing like being able to say at a moment's
notice "I want to go right there, right now."

> You can spit poison.

Nice!

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