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annathepiperIn which I come agonizingly close to actually winning the game--but in which I die hideously on the Astral Plane!
Well, so. This last run had started out excellently enough. I came back from the save file still parked in the Wizard of Yendor's tower, so I took the opportunity to blow my last wand wish on a spellbook of finger of death. Rearranged stuff a bit to get unburdened, and, thusly prepared for Rodney to BRING IT, I headed out to find the vibrating square.
The portal in Rodney's tower took me back down to level 47. The square was down on 51, and I had no encounters with the Wizard, though I did get a couple of messages about a malignant aura surrounding Magicbane. Yet another reason why I am full of mighty love for that blade.
Went through the ritual to open the Sanctum, and a potion of gain level took me up to experience level 24. A ring of conflict helped me mow my way towards the temple, too. The ring of levitation got me over the fire traps easily enough, and a couple of spell shots took down the High Priest. I was amused that Moloch roared all pissed-off-like at me, but all he had in him apparently were a couple of lightning strikes. Me: "Dude, is that all you've got?"
Nonetheless, once the Amulet was in my possession, the next item on the agenda was to RUN AWAY!
Another potion of gain level on 42 got me to level 25, and the mysterious force actually let me off fairly lightly--I did get teleported three times on the way out of Gehennom, but each time was only to some other point on the same level. Not nearly as annoying as it could have been. I kept getting those malignant aura messages, and Magicbane kept flinging them off. I did my best not to engage any more monsters than absolutely necessary, and that especially included the green slime I saw on level 41.
A magic trap in the Valley of the Dead bumped my charisma up to 12. Har.
Finally had to cross Medusa's level next, and happened to bump into my third artifact of the game when I killed an excavator wielding Demonbane. My housemate remarked that Demonbane was not her first choice of tool when conducting excavations. ;)
On the way up from Medusa's level, I was startled to see the "sad feeling" message since as far as I'd known, I was out of pets. Then I realized that my charisma had gone up again to 13; I must have triggered another magic trap and tamed a gremlin or something.
Ran into an Angel on level 13; bit of a surprise, that. It teleported away before I could kill it, and I didn't want to waste time tracking it down.
When I finally made it back to Sokoban, the Wizard finally caught up with me--and tried to take the Amulet, of course. Finger of Death took care of that problem.
I decided to drop everything that wasn't absolutely vital, and, as per![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
risu's recommendation, blew the last magic lamp on a blessed magic marker so I could whip up a scroll of genocide to take out sea monsters--planning ahead for the Plane of Water. Left Sokoban at last when I was unburdened, picked up a crystal ball I'd previously seen lying around on the Oracle level on 8, and hightailed it up for the Plane of Earth.
The Plane of Earth was trivial. Rodney showed up again, and I was quite amused that "So thou thought thou couldst kill me, foo!" had a lot less impact when one could smack the guy upside the head with a Finger of Death spell. Me: "Are you done? I got more!"
Air was difficult, though less difficult than I actually expected. Rodney showed up again here, and the wand of death I was carrying around took him out as well as a few air elementals that might otherwise have given me serious pause.
Fire was very fast. The outgoing portal turned out to be very near the incoming one.
On Water, I learned that you couldn't cast the fireball spell there! Who knew? Not me! Fortunately, the utter lack of sea monsters, plus me having levitation, made Water fairly trivial too.
Astral... whoo boy. Got the expected tame guardian angel, and headed left to try for that altar. However, that altar turned out to be guarded by Pestilence, and that's what did me in. He made me burn through my only amulet of life saving, and the third time I killed him, I totally forgot to cure myself with the unicorn horn. To wit: ARGH!
So, yeah. Tantalizingly close, close enough that I even hadsolarbird watching my efforts and keeping tabs on my hit points. Still, though, a good game. A very good game indeed.
Man, I'm tired now. ;)
Well, so. This last run had started out excellently enough. I came back from the save file still parked in the Wizard of Yendor's tower, so I took the opportunity to blow my last wand wish on a spellbook of finger of death. Rearranged stuff a bit to get unburdened, and, thusly prepared for Rodney to BRING IT, I headed out to find the vibrating square.
The portal in Rodney's tower took me back down to level 47. The square was down on 51, and I had no encounters with the Wizard, though I did get a couple of messages about a malignant aura surrounding Magicbane. Yet another reason why I am full of mighty love for that blade.
Went through the ritual to open the Sanctum, and a potion of gain level took me up to experience level 24. A ring of conflict helped me mow my way towards the temple, too. The ring of levitation got me over the fire traps easily enough, and a couple of spell shots took down the High Priest. I was amused that Moloch roared all pissed-off-like at me, but all he had in him apparently were a couple of lightning strikes. Me: "Dude, is that all you've got?"
Nonetheless, once the Amulet was in my possession, the next item on the agenda was to RUN AWAY!
Another potion of gain level on 42 got me to level 25, and the mysterious force actually let me off fairly lightly--I did get teleported three times on the way out of Gehennom, but each time was only to some other point on the same level. Not nearly as annoying as it could have been. I kept getting those malignant aura messages, and Magicbane kept flinging them off. I did my best not to engage any more monsters than absolutely necessary, and that especially included the green slime I saw on level 41.
A magic trap in the Valley of the Dead bumped my charisma up to 12. Har.
Finally had to cross Medusa's level next, and happened to bump into my third artifact of the game when I killed an excavator wielding Demonbane. My housemate remarked that Demonbane was not her first choice of tool when conducting excavations. ;)
On the way up from Medusa's level, I was startled to see the "sad feeling" message since as far as I'd known, I was out of pets. Then I realized that my charisma had gone up again to 13; I must have triggered another magic trap and tamed a gremlin or something.
Ran into an Angel on level 13; bit of a surprise, that. It teleported away before I could kill it, and I didn't want to waste time tracking it down.
When I finally made it back to Sokoban, the Wizard finally caught up with me--and tried to take the Amulet, of course. Finger of Death took care of that problem.
I decided to drop everything that wasn't absolutely vital, and, as per
risu's recommendation, blew the last magic lamp on a blessed magic marker so I could whip up a scroll of genocide to take out sea monsters--planning ahead for the Plane of Water. Left Sokoban at last when I was unburdened, picked up a crystal ball I'd previously seen lying around on the Oracle level on 8, and hightailed it up for the Plane of Earth.The Plane of Earth was trivial. Rodney showed up again, and I was quite amused that "So thou thought thou couldst kill me, foo!" had a lot less impact when one could smack the guy upside the head with a Finger of Death spell. Me: "Are you done? I got more!"
Air was difficult, though less difficult than I actually expected. Rodney showed up again here, and the wand of death I was carrying around took him out as well as a few air elementals that might otherwise have given me serious pause.
Fire was very fast. The outgoing portal turned out to be very near the incoming one.
On Water, I learned that you couldn't cast the fireball spell there! Who knew? Not me! Fortunately, the utter lack of sea monsters, plus me having levitation, made Water fairly trivial too.
Astral... whoo boy. Got the expected tame guardian angel, and headed left to try for that altar. However, that altar turned out to be guarded by Pestilence, and that's what did me in. He made me burn through my only amulet of life saving, and the third time I killed him, I totally forgot to cure myself with the unicorn horn. To wit: ARGH!
So, yeah. Tantalizingly close, close enough that I even had
solarbird watching my efforts and keeping tabs on my hit points. Still, though, a good game. A very good game indeed.
Shenneret the Necromancer St:18 Dx:21 Co:15 In:24 Wi:24 Ch:13 Chaotic
Astral Plane $:0 HP:112(160) Pw:135(440) AC:-32 Xp:25/50052122 T:62189 Satiated
Final inventory:
P - the Amulet of Yendor
Y - the blessed Eye of the Aethiopica
Weapons
H - the blessed rustproof +2 Magicbane (weapon in hand)
Armor
b - an uncursed greased fireproof +3 cloak of magic resistance (being worn)
c - a blessed fireproof +3 pair of gauntlets of dexterity (being worn)
d - a blessed rustproof +4 helm of brilliance (being worn)
i - a blessed +3 silver dragon scale mail (being worn)
t - a blessed fireproof +3 pair of speed boots (being worn)
J - an uncursed +3 Hawaiian shirt (being worn)
Comestibles
h - a cursed lizard corpse
R - a cursed partly eaten food ration
S - a cursed partly eaten food ration
U - 3 cursed food rations
Spellbooks
k - the uncursed Book of the Dead
Rings
e - an uncursed ring of slow digestion
f - an uncursed ring of conflict
r - an uncursed ring of levitation (on right hand)
u - an uncursed ring of free action (on left hand)
Wands
p - a wand of digging (0:5)
s - a wand of teleportation (0:6)
x - a wand of teleportation (0:7)
A - a wand of digging (0:6)
F - a wand of teleportation (0:4)
K - a cursed wand of teleportation (0:4)
N - a wand of lightning (0:0)
Q - a wand of digging (0:0)
T - a blessed wand of digging (0:3)
W - a wand of teleportation (0:1)
Tools
B - an uncursed blindfold
C - the uncursed Candelabrum of Invocation (7 candles attached)
G - a crystal ball (0:0)
L - a blessed +3 unicorn horn (alternate weapon; not wielded)
V - a blessed bag of holding
Z - the Bell of Opening (0:2)
Gems
E - 3 blessed luckstones
Contents of the bag of holding:
6108 gold pieces
3 uncursed lembas wafers
an uncursed cram ration
an uncursed sprig of wolfsbane
4 cursed carrots
an uncursed pear
4 cursed cram rations
an uncursed pancake
a cursed C-ration
4 uncursed C-rations
an uncursed K-ration
4 cursed lizard corpses
19 uncursed food rations
a blessed scroll of gold detection
9 uncursed scrolls of teleportation
3 uncursed scrolls of gold detection
an uncursed scroll of taming
a cursed scroll of gold detection
an uncursed spellbook of magic mapping
a blessed spellbook of extra healing
an uncursed spellbook of magic missile
an uncursed spellbook of fireball
a blessed spellbook of finger of death
a blessed spellbook of identify
an uncursed potion of water
5 potions of holy water
a potion of unholy water
an uncursed ring of teleport control
an uncursed ring of regeneration
a blessed can of grease (0:10)
a cursed rusty skeleton key
a blessed +0 unicorn horn
a cursed wooden harp
8 uncursed jade stones
4 uncursed emeralds
an uncursed chrysoberyl stone
an uncursed chrysoberyl stone
2 uncursed amethyst stones
a cursed jet stone
an uncursed sapphire
an uncursed black opal
a cursed topaz stone
2 cursed emeralds
3 uncursed garnet stones
2 uncursed agate stones
4 uncursed amber stones
a cursed citrine stone
an uncursed jacinth stone
4 uncursed opals
a blessed touchstone
3 uncursed aquamarine stones
2 uncursed jet stones
2 cursed garnet stones
a cursed obsidian stone
an uncursed jasper stone
3 uncursed diamonds
3 uncursed fluorite stones
9 uncursed rubies
an uncursed topaz stone
3 cursed rubies
Final Attributes:
You were piously aligned.
You were fire resistant.
You were cold resistant.
You were sleep resistant.
You were disintegration-resistant.
You were shock resistant.
You were poison resistant.
You were magic-protected.
You were telepathic.
You were warned.
You had infravision.
You had teleport control.
You were levitating.
You were protected.
You were very fast.
You had reflection.
You had free action.
You were very lucky.
You had extra luck.
Good luck did not time out for you.
You are dead (2nd time!).
Vanquished creatures:
Asmodeus
Baalzebub
Orcus
Juiblex
The Wizard of Yendor (5 times)
Pestilence (twice)
a high priest
Medusa
Croesus
7 krakens
6 iron golems
a storm giant
a titan
5 glass golems
2 balrogs
5 purple worms
2 gray dragons
2 silver dragons
5 red dragons
4 white dragons
an orange dragon
4 black dragons
2 blue dragons
5 green dragons
2 yellow dragons
13 minotaurs
3 jabberwocks
The Dark One
4 baluchitheria
Vlad the Impaler
6 stone golems
14 Olog-hai
3 Nazguls
5 pit fiends
2 sandestins
4 hell hounds
5 titanotheres
2 trappers
2 baby silver dragons
21 vampire lords
3 skeletons
11 aligned priests
8 captains
6 shades
4 clay golems
8 nurses
11 ice devils
3 nalfeshnees
a lurker above
8 ettins
2 golden nagas
17 black puddings
22 vampires
14 lieutenants
52 ghosts
a barbarian
a queen bee
8 winged gargoyles
5 giant mimics
7 zruties
9 fire giants
3 ogre kings
5 ice trolls
12 rock trolls
10 umber hulks
5 flesh golems
an Elvenking
5 doppelgangers
10 hezrous
2 bone devils
3 large mimics
5 wumpuses
4 fire vortices
2 baby long worms
2 baby purple worms
8 long worms
9 couatls
13 stalkers
11 air elementals
7 fire elementals
6 earth elementals
4 water elementals
2 hill giants
3 giant mummies
4 black nagas
20 xorns
15 giant zombies
2 elf-lords
10 sergeants
12 barbed devils
5 vrocks
21 wargs
6 winter wolves
5 hell hound pups
15 small mimics
2 glass piercers
8 warhorses
4 steam vortices
5 xans
6 ettin mummies
3 ogre lords
6 quantum mechanics
12 trolls
5 sasquatches
3 wood golems
3 erinyes
4 mariliths
a djinni
4 sharks
3 electric eels
5 gelatinous cubes
2 pyrolisks
2 large dogs
8 freezing spheres
13 flaming spheres
9 shocking spheres
6 large cats
6 tigers
7 gargoyles
4 dwarf kings
12 tengu
8 ochre jellies
11 leocrottas
7 energy vortices
4 mountain centaurs
12 stone giants
3 elf mummies
2 human mummies
a red naga
2 green slimes
5 pit vipers
2 pythons
17 cobras
46 wraiths
4 carnivorous apes
22 ettin zombies
5 leather golems
a Grey-elf
101 soldiers
3 watchmen
9 horned devils
4 succubi
4 incubi
9 chameleons
4 crocodiles
10 giant beetles
7 quivering blobs
20 cockatrices
10 wolves
8 winter wolf cubs
7 lynxes
a panther
6 gremlins
2 spotted jellies
45 leprechauns
6 orc-captains
4 iron piercers
5 mumakil
13 giant spiders
9 scorpions
5 horses
4 ice vortices
10 black lights
57 vampire bats
3 forest centaurs
5 gnome kings
6 orc mummies
2 dwarf mummies
3 ogres
8 brown puddings
2 rust monsters
11 owlbears
6 yetis
2 gold golems
4 werewolves
a Green-elf
2 piranhas
12 giant eels
15 lizards
8 chickatrices
4 dogs
3 dingos
6 housecats
6 jaguars
3 dwarf lords
4 blue jellies
3 white unicorns
2 gray unicorns
13 dust vortices
17 ravens
4 plains centaurs
6 gnome mummies
4 snakes
15 apes
16 human zombies
6 rope golems
3 Woodland-elves
10 soldier ants
15 fire ants
2 bugbears
4 imps
6 lemures
7 quasits
2 wood nymphs
4 water nymphs
2 mountain nymphs
4 Mordor orcs
28 Uruk-hai
3 orc shamans
7 rock piercers
8 rock moles
6 ponies
4 fog clouds
13 yellow lights
3 shriekers
3 violet fungi
21 gnome lords
10 gnomish wizards
3 kobold mummies
a red naga hatchling
a black naga hatchling
a guardian naga hatchling
7 gray oozes
9 barrow wights
7 elf zombies
13 ghouls
2 straw golems
3 paper golems
a jellyfish
4 baby crocodiles
21 giant ants
2 little dogs
13 floating eyes
2 kittens
22 dwarves
11 homunculi
7 kobold lords
8 kobold shamans
31 hill orcs
25 rothes
2 rabid rats
4 centipedes
24 giant bats
6 monkeys
19 orc zombies
24 dwarf zombies
3 wererats
a werejackal
10 iguanas
54 killer bees
6 acid blobs
10 coyotes
3 gas spores
12 hobbits
20 manes
2 large kobolds
15 hobgoblins
6 giant rats
7 cave spiders
4 brown molds
3 yellow molds
4 green molds
4 red molds
63 gnomes
14 garter snakes
16 gnome zombies
12 geckos
8 jackals
4 foxes
3 kobolds
7 goblins
10 sewer rats
14 grid bugs
11 bats
8 lichens
6 kobold zombies
16 newts
2256 creatures vanquished.
Genocided species:
hobbits
dwarves
bugbears
dwarf lords
dwarf kings
mind flayers
master mind flayers
liches
demiliches
master liches
arch-liches
rust monsters
disenchanters
jellyfish
piranhas
sharks
giant eels
electric eels
krakens
Voluntary challenges:
You genocided 19 types of monsters.
You used 12 wishes.
You did not wish for any artifacts.
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/ REST \
/ IN \
/ PEACE \
/ \
| Shenneret |
| 6108 Au |
| poisoned by |
| Pestilence |
| |
| |
| 2008 |
*| * * * | *
_________)/\\_//(\/(/\)/\//\/|_)_______
Goodbye Shenneret the Wizard...
You were poisoned in The Astral Plane with 1631679 points,
and 6108 pieces of gold, after 62189 moves.
You were level 25 with a maximum of 160 hit points when you were poisoned.
Man, I'm tired now. ;)
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Date: 2008-08-10 04:32 pm (UTC)Re: hahahaha ...
Date: 2008-08-03 05:31 pm (UTC)See you this afternoon!
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Date: 2008-08-05 06:46 pm (UTC)Any help sites you could recommend for newbies?
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Date: 2008-08-05 07:07 pm (UTC)If you haven't already, you should read the Guidebook that came with the download you did. That's accessible on the web here at nethack.org.
Also, you should check out the Absolute Beginner's Guide to Nethack.
As for the door you can't get through, try hitting your s key to search for a bit and see if that'll actually show you a new square to move into. If that doesn't work after repeated tries, try maneuvering around the walls of the two rooms you're in and see if you can find more doors.