Matthew's Journal

My 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

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...