-crawl- never got this far before

External Since: Apr 26, 2005 Posts: 24

Found Orc Mines, Elven thing, Hive, and Lair.

Any suggestions for how to stay alive?

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Dungeon Crawl version 4.0.0 beta 26 character file.

Tinfang the Conjurer

Race : Spriggan Res.Fire : . . . See Invis. : +
Class : Venom Mage Res.Cold : . . . Warding : .
Worship : Vehumet Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : .
Level : 12 Res.Poison: . Res.Corr. : .
Exp : 22658 Res.Elec. : . Gourmand : .
Next Level : 37699
Exp Needed : 15041 Sust.Abil.: . Rnd.Telep. : .
Spls.Left : 25 Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: .
Gold : 1495 Res.Slow : . Levitation : .
Clarity : . Ctrl.Flight: +
HP : 48
MP : 46
Str : 6 Weapon : staff of power
Int : 19 Armour : +2 robe
Dex : 16 Shield :
AC : 8 Helmet :
Evasion : 12 Cloak :
Shield : 0 Gloves :
Boots :
Play time : 04:34:07 Amulet : amulet of controlled flight
Turns : 21271 Ring : +5 ring of protection
Ring : ring of wizardry

You are in the Mines.
You worship Vehumet.
Vehumet is exalted by your worship.
You are encumbered.
You are not hungry.

Inventory:
Hand weapons
l - an uncursed orcish flail of draining
(You took it off an orc on level 6 of the Dungeon)
y - an uncursed runed dagger of electrocution
(You took it off a kobold on level 7 of the Dungeon)
C - a +2,+3 dagger of venom
(You took it off a kobold on level 4 of the Dungeon)
O - an uncursed blowgun
(You took it off a kobold on level 7 of the Dungeon)
W - an uncursed bow
(You took it off a centaur on level 8 of the Dungeon)
Missiles
h - 24 poisoned needles
L - 31 dwarven darts
M - 55 darts
Q - 15 poisoned needles
T - 14 darts
Armour
Y - a +2 robe (worn)
(You took it off an orc wizard on level 3 of the Orcish Mines)
Magical devices
j - an encrusted bone wand {tried}
(You took it off an imp on level 11 of the Dungeon)
k - a wand of hasting
(You found it on level 5 of the Dungeon)
t - a wand of flame
(You found it on level 10 of the Dungeon)
z - a wand of draining
(You found it on level 10 of the Dungeon)
H - a wand of lightning
(You found it on level 2 of the Dungeon)
J - a wand of frost
(You found it on level 2 of the Dungeon)
U - a jeweled brass wand {tried}
(You took it off Psyche on level 1 of the Elven Halls)
Comestibles
F - a chunk of orc flesh
I - 2 meat rations
N - an apple
S - 2 bread rations
Scrolls
b - a scroll of remove curse
g - 3 scrolls of identify
i - 2 scrolls of teleportation
m - 3 scrolls of detect curse
x - 2 scrolls labeled IFUB RI {tried}
D - a scroll of enchant weapon II
Jewellery
o - a ring of fire
(You found it on level 1 of the Dungeon)
q - a ring of wizardry (left hand)
(You found it on level 1 of the Dungeon)
r - a +5 ring of protection (right hand)
(You found it on level 1 of the Dungeon)
A - a ring of protection from magic
(You found it on level 9 of the Dungeon)
E - an amulet of controlled flight (around neck)
(You found it on level 9 of the Dungeon)
K - a ring of life protection
(You found it on level 7 of the Dungeon)
P - a +3 ring of dexterity
(You found it on level 11 of the Dungeon)
Z - a ring of sustenance
(You found it on level 1 of the Elven Halls)
Potions
n - a potion of speed
p - 3 potions of heal wounds
s - 3 potions of restore abilities
u - a potion of might
v - 2 potions of invisibility
B - 5 potions of healing
Books
c - a Young Poisoner's Handbook
(Original Equipment)
d - a book of Minor Magic [frost]
(You found it on level 5 of the Dungeon)
e - a book of Wizardry
(You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)
f - a book of Conjurations [ice]
(You acquired it on level 9 of the Dungeon)
Magical staves
a - a staff of power (weapon)
(You found it on level 11 of the Dungeon)

You have 7 experience left.

Skills:
- Level 1 Short Blades
- Level 3 Darts
+ Level 2 Throwing
- Level 4 Dodging
- Level 3 Stealth
+ Level 12 Spellcasting
+ Level 13 Conjurations
- Level 2 Air Magic
- Level 8 Poison Magic

You have 25 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

Your Spells Type Success Level
a - Sting Poison/Conjuration Excellent 1
b - Mephitic Cloud Poison/Air/Conjuration Excellent 3
c - Magic Dart Conjuration Perfect 1
d - Venom Bolt Poison/Conjuration Great 5

Mutations & Other Weirdness
You are weak (Str -1).

Vanquished Creatures
439 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
23 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 462 creatures vanquished

--
Each day a man watched a donkey walk past a high wood fence with one
plank removed. First he saw the nose, then the ears, then the neck,
forequarters, back and finally the tail. He pondered this for a time
and eventually declared. “I understand now. The nose causes the tail”

External Since: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 118

David Howdon wrote:
> Any suggestions for how to stay alive?

Get Fire Magic ASAP. While you're walking around/slaughtering, pray to
vehumet and wait till the prayer times out to pray again. This ensures
maximum likelihood of receiving a book and it's good practice anyway.
With a Ring of Fire, Vehumet's spell power increase and Conjurations 13
you're going to be good with Fire right from the start.

> Inventory:
> Hand weapons
> Missiles

Dump all the darts, flails and bows, etc. They're redundant or
ineffective at this point.

> Armour
> Y - a +2 robe (worn)
> (You took it off an orc wizard on level 3 of the Orcish Mines)

Pick up all robes, leather armour and one handed weapons you see and
stash them. Later you want to read detect curse and wield/wear test for
armours with resistance or weapons with protection.

> Magical devices
> j - an encrusted bone wand {tried}
> (You took it off an imp on level 11 of the Dungeon)
> U - a jeweled brass wand {tried}
> (You took it off Psyche on level 1 of the Elven Halls)

Zap these at a wall with experience in your pool to build evocations
later(will improve your wand use and it won't cost much, esp. for a
Spriggan).

> k - a wand of hasting
> (You found it on level 5 of the Dungeon)

Nice. Make sure you use it when needed. If you use it several times in
a short time period you will Glow and may develop harmful mutations,
but that's better than dying.

> Scrolls
> b - a scroll of remove curse
> g - 3 scrolls of identify
> i - 2 scrolls of teleportation
> m - 3 scrolls of detect curse

Stash them. Otherwise you might lose them to fire.

> x - 2 scrolls labeled IFUB RI {tried}
> D - a scroll of enchant weapon II

Stash these(Lair: 1 is a good spot).

> Potions
> n - a potion of speed
> p - 3 potions of heal wounds
> s - 3 potions of restore abilities

Stash these. Cold attacks destroy potions, and you (almost)never need
these immediately. I wouldn't carry more than one at any rate.

> u - a potion of might
> v - 2 potions of invisibility.
> B - 5 potions of healing

> Books
> c - a Young Poisoner's Handbook
> (Original Equipment)
> d - a book of Minor Magic [frost]
> (You found it on level 5 of the Dungeon)
> e - a book of Wizardry
> (You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)
> f - a book of Conjurations [ice]
> (You acquired it on level 9 of the Dungeon)

Although you have two ice magic books, I'd hold out for a fire book
from Vehumet since you have the ring of fire already. Stay away from
the Lair, Snake Pits, Swamp for now until you have fire spells. Descend
as deep as you dare and play cautiously and use your superior speed to
avoid death until then. Once Fire Magic is rolling you will be a force.

> You have 7 experience left.
>
> Skills:

When you get some experience in your pool, stab some plants with a
vanilla dagger until your Fighting Skill is at 2(you will probably gain
a bunch of short blades even with it turned off). This will net you
some extra hit points and it's not too costly skill wise.

> - Level 4 Dodging
> - Level 3 Stealth

I'd turn these back on, especially stealth though. The cost/benefit
ratio is excellent. Don't underestimate stealth, it's extraordinary
when combined with conjurations--it lets you take on one monster at a
time, avoid dangerous monsters or drop a firestorm on a sleeping group
of elves, nagas, killer bees, etc. Spriggans have something like 50 or
60 aptitude in both those skills.

Make sure to set this option in your init.txt file:

stab_brand = hi:blue

Highlighted monsters are sleeping.