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[A. J. Raffles]

Well, if she was a mummy (as opposed to a mum), clearly she'd be more considerate of her son's wishes to dabble in creating undead life.

[Juni Ori]

But what if the son has mummified her?   

[A. J. Raffles]

Juni Ori, on May 10 2006, 10:09 AM, said:

But what if the son has mummified her?   

Well, she'd hardly be objecting then, would she?

Anyway, this is getting a bit spammy. After all this talk about necromancers I've been thinking that maybe I should have another bash at playing one. Or maybe a mindcrafter. I've never been any good at playing those either...

[Tom Henrik]

Would Rust Monsters be considered Neutral? Can I offer one of those?

[taikara]

They are neutral, so I'm gonna say no

[Tokyo Rose]

Well, this sucks. I'm cursed. I'm doomed. I have random teleportitus. I've gone through more items of armour than a small-town TV anchorman through insecure brunettes, and the red worms have taken over the Big room.

I only escaped last time by casting Darkness everytime I got surrounded. They can't see in the dark so they keep hitting each other, letting me hack my way out in the confusion.

I'm pretty sure I could deal with them if it wasn't for the teleportitus. If I could just stand on the stairs on "Coward" let them surround me and then run back down (letting some follow me) I could knock them out a few at a time. But as it stands every few turns I'm being zapped somewhere inconvenient.

I'm tempted to build up an army of Shadows, but I can only bring 8 up the stairs at a time, and the teleportitius kinda knocks out that idea.

[A. J. Raffles]

Pooldrinking?
Anyway: to get teleport control, go back to the ID, go to level 7 and keep going back and forth between level 6 and 7 until you come across a blink dog. Wait for it to summon other blink dogs and keep killing them until you get a corpse to eat. If you kill the summoner by mistake, you'll have to repeat this, of course, but it shouldn't take you much longer than 20-30 minutes (real time).

[Tom Henrik]

Whoo-hoo!

Just got my first ever crowned character, and got the following gifts:

• "You no longer fear the heat of all hells combined." --- Fire Immunity
  
• Blessed Electrum Amulet
  (Not sure what that is, but as soon as I get a scroll of identifying, I'm gonna figure it out).
  
• Blessed rune-covered club "Skullcrusher"
  (+12, 3d6+2) [-3, +0] {St +4}
  Weight: 120s
  Is a humanoid slayer
  Grants Stun resistance
  Grants Confusion resistance
  Is a one-handed weapon

Wheeee

In addition, I've also gotten literacy (ate a Dark Sage) - because Thundarr decided to be mean to me... "Slay me a Slow Shadow." I still haven't gone past the Living Forest (because I am hoping to complete Thundarr's quest before then. Anywhere I can find Slow Shadows?

I've also gotten the Courage skill

Edit:
This is my character right now:
(I've removed the inventory and kills listing, as Beef has requested)

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Tom           St&#58;38  Le&#58; 5  Wi&#58;10  Dx&#58;15  To&#58;32  Ch&#58; 6  Ap&#58; 5  Ma&#58; 4  Pe&#58;14 N=
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Tom    St&#58;38  Le&#58; 5  Wi&#58;10  Dx&#58;15  To&#58;32  Ch&#58; 6  Ap&#58; 5  Ma&#58; 4  Pe&#58;14  N=
DV/PV&#58; 34/16   H&#58; 161&#40;162&#41;   P&#58; 16&#40;16&#41;   Exp&#58; 11/175095   M&#58; 44149



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                            Background Information
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Name&#58; Tom                 Race&#58; male Troll          Class&#58; Barbarian
Eye color&#58; black          Hair color&#58; black         Complexion&#58; dark
Height&#58; 8&#39;11&#34;             Weight&#58; 542 pounds
Age&#58; 18 &#40;grown-up&#41;
Star sign&#58; Book           Birthday&#58; 10/Book &#40;day 40 of the year&#41;

YOUR HISTORY&#58;
        Your father was an accomplished hunter and warrior. You were
 well-respected and comparatively wealthy.
        As a child you were very active and imitated the hunters and
 warriors of your tribe at all opportunities.
        During your youth you traveled to nearby tribes and traded with
 them. You met many strangers and learned a lot about the outside world.
        As a young adult your family was killed in a raid. You became
 embittered and filled with the desire for revenge.
        At the age of 18 you left your tribe.


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Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Unarmed fighting         3    +2    +1   +0   basic                64
Daggers & knives         0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15
Clubs & hammers          2    +2    +0   +0   basic                16
Maces & flails           7    +5    +3   +2   skilled              131
Swords                   6    +4    +2   +1   skilled              23
Axes                     6    +4    +3   +1   skilled              43
Whips                    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15
Pole arms                6    +6    +2   +5   skilled              120
Twohanded weapons        3    +3    +3   +1   basic                3
Staves                   0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            15

Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Slings                   0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Bows                     6   +12    +9   +2   skilled              61
Crossbows                5   +10    +7   +1   skilled              63
Thrown axes & hammers    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Thrown daggers           0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            6
Thrown rocks & clubs     3    +6    +4   +1   basic                29
Thrown spears            0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            7
Boomerangs & scurgari    7   +14   +10   +2   skilled              147

Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
Shields                  6   +12              skilled              98


Damage caused with your melee weapons&#58;
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Right hand&#58; +45 bonus to hit, 3d6+23 damage


Damage caused with your missile weapons&#58;
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Ammunition&#58; 2, base range&#58; 8, +35 bonus to hit, 2d6+10 damage




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   Invisibility&#58;     7,  19pp     &#40;Effectivity&#58; +0&#41;


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  Athletics ................ 83    &#40;great&#41;        &#91;+2d4&#93;
  Bridge building .......... 16    &#40;mediocre&#41;     &#91;+4d4&#93; &#40;ma&#41;
  Climbing ................. 48    &#40;fair&#41;         &#91;+4d4&#93;
  Courage .................. 32    &#40;fair&#41;         &#91;+3d4&#93;
  Dodge .................... 90    &#40;great&#41;        &#91;+2d4&#93;
  First aid ................ 83    &#40;great&#41;        &#91;+1d5&#93;
  Food preservation ........100    &#40;superb&#41;       &#91;+1d5&#93;
  Gemology ................. 16    &#40;mediocre&#41;     &#91;+3d4&#93;
  Haggling ................. 21    &#40;mediocre&#41;     &#91;+3d3&#93;
  Healing .................. 88    &#40;great&#41;        &#91;+1d3&#93;
  Herbalism ................ 98    &#40;superb&#41;       &#91;+1d5&#93;
  Listening ................ 99    &#40;superb&#41;       &#91;+3d3&#93;
  Literacy ................. 30    &#40;mediocre&#41;     &#91;+1d5&#93;
  Mining ................... 19    &#40;mediocre&#41;     &#91;+3d5&#93;
  Stealth .................. 76    &#40;great&#41;        &#91;+2d4&#93;
  Survival ................. 58    &#40;good&#41;         &#91;+4d4&#93;
  Swimming ................. 44    &#40;fair&#41;         &#91;+3d5&#93;
  Two weapon combat ........ 63    &#40;good&#41;         &#91;+3d3&#93;
  Woodcraft ................ 13    &#40;mediocre&#41;     &#91;+4d5&#93;




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Total weight&#58; 5024 stones                Carrying capacity&#58; 7275 stones

He&#58; uncursed adamantium cap &#91;+0, +2&#93;                                  &#91;36s&#93;
Ne&#58; blessed electrum amulet                                            &#91;3s&#93;
Bo&#58; uncursed clothes &#91;+0, +2&#93;                                         &#91;40s&#93;
Gi&#58; uncursed metal girdle &#91;+0, +1&#93;                                    &#91;25s&#93;
Cl&#58; uncursed cloak of invisibility &#40;+0, +1&#41; &#91;+1, +0&#93;                  &#91;30s&#93;
RH&#58; blessed rune-covered club &#34;Skullcrusher&#34; &#40;+12, 3d6+2&#41; &#91;-3, +0&#93; {St+4}
LH&#58; blessed large mithril shield &#40;-1&#41; &#91;+7, +2&#93;                        &#91;96s&#93;
RR&#58; blessed ring of damage                                             &#91;1s&#93;
LR&#58; uncursed adamantium ring                                           &#91;1s&#93;
Br&#58; uncursed brass bracers                                            &#91;10s&#93;
Ga&#58; uncursed archery gloves &#40;+0, +4&#41; &#91;+0, +0&#93;                          &#91;6s&#93;
Bo&#58; uncursed leather boots &#91;+0, +1&#93;                                   &#91;25s&#93;
MW&#58; blessed light crossbow &#40;+4, +0&#41;                                   &#91;70s&#93;
Mi&#58; bundle of 2 quarrels &#40;+1, 2d6&#41;                                     &#91;4s&#93;
Tl&#58; uncursed stethoscope                                               &#91;5s&#93;

Now if only I could get some better armor than the clothes...

Edited by Tom Henrik, 12 May 2006 - 01:01 PM.

[A. J. Raffles]

Nice, but you need to train up willpower and dexterity. DV/PV is appallingly low, though; you really need better armour than that.
Don't wear your cloak of invisibility unless you actually need it to get past something. It'll make you need even more food than you already do.
Weapon skills are good, but if I were you, I'd concentrate on just two or three weapon classes, otherwise you'll never reach mastery in any of them. And you've been training missiles as well. Good.

The best place to find a slow shadow is probably either the big room or the ID. All sorts of monsters can be generated at the top level of the pyramid, too, so that might be worth checking as well.

[Tokyo Rose]

Awww...I died.

Paralysed by a dark Elf Priestess on level 10 of the ID while trying to find a cure for my teleportitus.

Incidentally, I killed over 300 red worms trying to deal with the big room infestation, but I couldn't seem to keepany decent armour for very long without getting it getting damaged. I had a suit of Mithril plate battered down to about the level of leather, and that was my fourth suit.

Oh well, learned a lot. My new boy is up to level 11 and has finished the Carpenter, puppy and Hotzenplotz quests. Current plan is to make a few slaves before taking the trek to the Coc.

[A. J. Raffles]

Tokyo Rose, on May 13 2006, 01:29 PM, said:

Incidentally, I killed over 300 red worms trying to deal with the big room infestation, but I couldn't seem to keepany decent armour for very long without getting it getting damaged. I had a suit of Mithril plate battered down to about the level of leather, and that was my fourth suit.

It's annoying, isn't it? Ultimately, that's what armour is for, though...

You don't need to go that deep into the ID to find blink dogs, by the way. Level 6 or 7 will do.

Anyway, good luck with your next character

[PrejudiceSucks]

How's you Necromancer/Mindcrafter project going, then, AJ?

[A. J. Raffles]

I had a level 10 orcish necromancer who died of poisoning, because none of the spiders he killed left a corpse. Oh well.

[PrejudiceSucks]

Wie schade...

[A. J. Raffles]

PrejudiceSucks, on May 13 2006, 04:47 PM, said:

Wie schade...

Neues Spiel, neues Glück.

I think I'm going to try a mindcrafter next...