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emperor at 05:17pm on 05/03/2005
emperor at 05:17pm on 05/03/2005My current Angband game is going significantly better than any previous ones. So I thought I'd curse it to immediate death by posting about it
Currently on depth level 29. Generally, things are going well. I can take on troll pits and orc pits without really worrying, as well as some of the lesser vaults; I ran away from a balrog, though. My problems currently are mostly resistances: things which breathe fire or shoot acid are a PITA, because even if I cast the appropriate resistance spell too, they still destroy my stuff; acidic cytoplasms are the reason I still run away from jelly pits. Can you get "ignore" things for such attacks? Also, getting blind/confusion resistance would be good. Nexus I'm not too worried about, because I have a pile of stat restore things in my house.
It would also be good to get the other spell books at some point...
Character info
Name Matthew Self RB CB EB Best
Sex Male Age 113 STR: 18/74 +1 -5 +2 18/54
Race High-Elf Height 87 INT: 18/63 +3 +3 +5 18/173
Class Mage Weight 198 WIS: 16 -1 +0 +2 17
Title Conjurer Status 31 DEX: 18/44 +3 +1 +5 18/134
HP 220/220 Maximize Y CON: 17 +1 -2 +2 18
SP 233/233 Preserve Y CHR: 18/91 +5 +1 +0 18/151
Level 31 Armor [20,+89] Saving Throw Superb
Cur Exp 323067 Fight (+9,+3) Stealth Excellent
Max Exp 323067 Melee (+16,+12) Fighting Superb
Adv Exp 345000 Shoot (+17,+9) Shooting Superb
Blows 6/turn Disarming Superb
Gold 91021 Shots 1/turn Magic Device Legendary
Perception Good
Burden 122.5 lbs Infra 40 ft Searching Fair
Equipment
a) Wielding : The Small Sword 'Sting' (1d6) (+7,+9) (+2 attacks) 7.5 lb b) Shooting : a Heavy Crossbow (x4) (+8,+9) 20.0 lb c) On left hand : a Beryl Ring of Intelligence (+3) 0.2 lb d) On right hand : a Platinum Ring of Acid [+16] 0.2 lb e) Around neck : a Driftwood Amulet of Resist Acid 0.3 lb f) Light source : The Phial of Galadriel 1.0 lb g) On body : The Leather Scale Mail 'Thalkettoth' (-1) [11,+25] 6.0 lb h) About body : The Cloak 'Holcolleth' [1,+8] (+2) 1.0 lb i) On arm : a Small Metal Shield of Resistance [3,+14] 6.5 lb j) On head : an Iron Crown [0,+2] 2.0 lb k) On hands : a Set of Gauntlets of Free Action [2,+9] 2.5 lb l) On feet : a Pair of Hard Leather Boots [3,+6] 4.0 lb
Selected inventory
e) a Book of Magic Spells [Resistance of Scarabtarices] 3.0 lb f) a Book of Magic Spells [Mordenkainen's Escapes] 3.0 lb h) 2 Slimy Mushrooms of Cure Blindness 0.2 lb i) 3 Furry Mushrooms of Cure Confusion 0.3 lb j) 4 Vermilion Potions of Healing 1.6 lb k) 2 Grey Potions of Restore Mana 0.8 lb n) 7 Scrolls titled "toxner tabevs" of Light 3.5 lb o) a Gold Rod of Acid Balls 1.5 lb p) a Chromium Rod of Cold Balls 1.5 lb v) 5 Bolts of Frost (1d5) (+10,+5) 1.5 lb
Currently on depth level 29. Generally, things are going well. I can take on troll pits and orc pits without really worrying, as well as some of the lesser vaults; I ran away from a balrog, though. My problems currently are mostly resistances: things which breathe fire or shoot acid are a PITA, because even if I cast the appropriate resistance spell too, they still destroy my stuff; acidic cytoplasms are the reason I still run away from jelly pits. Can you get "ignore" things for such attacks? Also, getting blind/confusion resistance would be good. Nexus I'm not too worried about, because I have a pile of stat restore things in my house.
It would also be good to get the other spell books at some point...
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Blindness and confusion resistance are indeed really useful about now; aside from various artifacts which confer these, you should *Identify* any Robes of Permanence, Armour of Elvenkind or Cloaks of Aman which you find - these have a random high resistance (though it's usually something you already have or don't need...). Relevant colours of dragon scale mail also provide these resistances, as do a number of artifacts (mostly helmets for blindness e.g. Thranduil, Holhenneth, Dor-Lomin, Gondor; and body armour for confusion e.g. Isidur, Rohirrim, Caspanion). A few potions of CCW and staves of teleportation may need to tide you over until you find something permanent though.