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[chaoticag]

For some reason, my highest score is the ghoul death night posted here. I really have no idea why.

[Kagus]

Wow...   Finally managed to get a Spriggan transmuter into the good graces of Nemelex Xobeh.  He's not that great in the beginning, but sacrifices are easy to come by (everything, really).  I turn bodies into potions for use with the evaporate spell (mmm...  Magic grenades), and everything else gets sacrificed to Nemelex.

At first he just gave me some minor decks, including two very big decks of escape (not quite that useful, since I haven't been in too many big jams yet.  But they're nice to have around just in case) and some rather small decks of destruction.  But damn, those decks of destruction are fun while they last.  Even if you do end up poisoning yourself every now and then.


Anyways, he wasn't that useful until just recently.  I bumped up another level in favor, and then ended up with another deck.  This time, I'd earned a legendary stack.


So I'm being chased by an ice beast, I've just unloaded all the charges of my rod of striking into him without leaving a scratch, and I'm running a little low on mage-bombs (destructive potions), so I'd rather not use those.  Just to see what happens, I whip out my new legendary deck (I don't even know what type it is yet, but I figure it's probably destruction), and draw a card.  The Spark.

I figure, hey, at least it's damage, and invoke its power on the icy beast.

The damn thing shattered in one shot.  "Spark" my ass, that was a goddamn lightning storm (it actually filled the corridor).


And since I'm still in good graces with the trickster god, I'll probably be getting more of this kinda stuff.  Hoo-ah.


EDIT:  Aaand, he's dead.  Damn.  Got stuck between two orcish warriors while polymorphed into a bat, which means I could neither read my scrolls of teleportation nor drink a healing potion.

Level 9, 4266 points.

[inaluct]

How was Blade Hands? I've heard that it's really powerful, but I'm trying to stop playing Spriggan Venom Mages/Assassins/Stalkers/any non-melee class. I want to be good at playing something cool, not venomous leprechauns.

[Kagus]

Didn't try blade hands, I used an enchanted venom-dripping knife I found somewhere for finishing off critters.  I also managed to get a small pair of horns (that actually fit the image remarkably well.  I was sorry to lose that guy) through a potion of mutation, so I'd give them the occasional headbutt as well.

However, fulsome distillation + evaporate?  Bloody awesome.  It's actually kinda fun "ripening" corpses to make sure you get the most out of them.


If you want a fun melee class, take a trollish berserker.  Just eat everything you see until you're practically bursting at the seams, and then sacrifice the rest to Trog to make him happy.  You'll eventually be able to obliterate people with your bare hands, which is great fun.

Other cool choices include mummy death priests, ogrish berserkers (stomachs made out of iron instead of the steel stomach of a troll, but they don't need to eat quite as often.  Also, you can effectively use weapons other than just fists and stones), vampire necromancers (careful with these, they can be very fragile), demonspawn chaos knights (Makhleb's the smartest choice), minotaur warriors, and a few others that escape my mind right now.


A few more you could try would be Dwarven warriors/hunters for that DF experience, or a Gnomish transmuter (even better at evocations than Spriggans, but not as fast). 


Or, if you've played Dominions II, you could make a ghoul chaos knight of Lugonu for that story aspect.  If you don't feel very story-ish, you can do just about anything ghoulish to get a kick out of their unique hunger needs and capabilities.  Don't take death knights, necromancers or transmuters though, you'll have a hard time splitting corpses between your magic and your stomach.

[inaluct]

I've tried trollish berserkers. They're pretty fun, but I also want to play something unusual. I think I'll play as wanderers and thieves for a while.

Speaking of which, kobold thieves are pretty fun. Especially if you name them things like "Frilbris" and "Jreengus."

[LASD]

Speaking of unusual class/race combinations, I have an amazingly successful Spriggan Necromancer (!) at the moment. I ended up playing it completely by accident:

I read the post by Kagus about Spriggan Evokers and Nemelex Xobeh and I thought "Is there such a thing as Evoker class?" I opened telnet, chose Spriggan and saw that there wasn't such a class and pressed 'q' to quit. However when choosing a class, 'q' does not quit, so I found myself staring at the text "Welcome, LASD the Spriggan Necromancer".

"No way I'm playing that", I thought and hit the X on the upper left corner.

But, on the next day, I opened telnet, pressed play and noticed that the Necromancer had been saved and was ready to conquer the Dungeon. "Why not?", I thought as I was sure that he would die in amazingly quick fashion.

The Spriggan aptitude for Necromancy is 120, so no wonder that this combination is not recommended. Still, Pain and Animate Skeleton helped me through the first dungeon levels, especially Pain turned out to be very effective.

Then I found a Book of Callings. The Spriggan aptitude for Summonings is 150. However, Summon Small Mammals and Call Imp made my life easier as the summoned beings took the blows I would have otherwise died to. Call Imp was in fact for a long time the only thing that kept me alive.

Then, I found a Book of Conjurations (Ice). Well, the Spriggan aptitude for Ice Magic is 140 and for Conjurations a whopping 160. Nevertheless, Throw Frost became my primary means of damage and it served well in this role until I finally got something better.

Then, I found a Book of Charms. The Spriggan aptitude for Enchantments is 50. I didn't end up using much of this book at all.

As Sif Muna started liking me more and more as my Spellcasting and other magic skills grew, I ended up with a large heap of spellbooks from which could pick the spells I wanted (Like Mephitic Cloud, Venom Bolt, Detect Creatures and Dig). I got farther and farther in the game and at some point it struck me that this little guy is already my 2. best character ever.

Now having a character level of 18, Spellcasting at 17, a total of 92 levels in magic skills, spamming level 5 spells with no hunger at all and well on the way of becoming my best character ever, I must say my initial reaction was totally wrong.


It's an interesting thing in Crawl that the class you choose at the start isn't unconditionally the class you end up being. With this guy (Necromancy is at 11, Conjurations at 14, and Poison at nearly 12) the only spells I have left of Necromancy is Pain that I occasionally use for small critters and Dispel Undead, which is at the moment so powerful that even though this guy has taken the most time and effort to play of all characters, I'm quite glad he started as a Necromancer.

TL;DR (I accidentally took a Spriggan Necromancer and although using the wrong branches of magic, I'm at level 18)

P.S. And no, I haven't been particularly lucky with equipment, I have a +2 robe (starting equipment), +1 cloak, a knife that boosts ST and IN, a ring of wizardry, an amulet of resist corrosion, and a ring of magical power. The ring of wizardry being the only thing I found early in the game.

P.P.S. I'll definitely keep you posted on what happens to this guy.

[inaluct]

I hate elves.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.4.4 (crawl-ref) character file.

2621 Tiny Giant the Nimble (level 9, -6/42 HPs)
             Began as a Spriggan Chaos Knight on Jan 6, 2009.
             Was a Plaything of Xom.
             Mangled by a deep elf fighter
             ... wielding an elven scimitar (11 damage)
             ... on Level 3 of the Orcish Mines.
             The game lasted 00:17:46 (4000 turns).

Tiny Giant the Nimble (Spriggan Chaos Knight)       Turns: 4000, Time: 00:17:46

HP  -6/42        AC 10     Str 11      Exp: 9/2922 (0), need: 2160
MP  18/18        EV 21     Int 12      God: Xom
Gold 576         SH  0     Dex 14      Spells:  0 memorised,  8 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : +   n - +3,+7 sabre "Kis Keq"
Res.Cold  : + . .   Warding    : .   b - +2 robe
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .   (shield restricted)
Res.Poison: .       Res.Corr.  : .   (helmet restricted)
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   (no cloak)
                                     (gloves unavailable)
Sust.Abil.: .       Rnd.Telep. : .   (boots unavailable)
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   (no amulet)
Res.Slow  : .       Levitation : .   (no ring)
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .   (no ring)

@: very quick, quite resistant to magic, stealthy
A: unfitting armour, herbivore 3, slow metabolism 3, speed 3, see invisible,
-10% hp, Str -1
a: Renounce Religion


You were on level 3 of the Orcish Mines.
You worshipped Xom.
You were full.

You visited 3 branches of the dungeon, and saw 13 of its levels.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 a - a +1,+3 short sword
 g - a +0,+1 orcish great mace
 j - a +0,+0 bow
 m - a +1,+3 dwarven hand axe of freezing (quivered)
 n - the +3,+7 sabre "Kis Keq" (weapon)
   (You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)   
   It affects your AC (+6).
   It affects your dexterity (-2).
   It protects you from cold.
Missiles
 k - 24 +0 arrows
 q - 25 +0 orcish arrows
Armour
 b - a +2 robe (worn)
 d - a +0 animal skin
 f - a +0 orcish spiked helmet
Magical devices
 i - a wand of fire (4)
 w - a wand of confusion (0)
Comestibles
 h - 2 bread rations
 p - 6 sultanas
 v - a honeycomb
Scrolls
 r - 2 scrolls of identify
 s - a scroll of detect curse
 u - 2 scrolls of remove curse
 x - a scroll of magic mapping
Jewellery
 y - the ring "Pecvess" {god gift}
   (Xom gifted it to you on level 3 of the Orcish Mines)   
   [ring of magical power]
   It affects your strength (-5).
   It affects your dexterity (+4).
Potions
 c - a potion of porridge
 l - a potion of slowing
 t - a potion of heal wounds


 You had 0 experience left.

   Skills:
 + Level 4 Fighting
 + Level 8 Short Blades
 + Level 4 Bows
 + Level 9 Dodging
 + Level 4 Stealth
 + Level 1 Stabbing


You had 8 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.

Overview of the Dungeon

Branches:
Orc   : D:8       Elf   : Orc:3     

Altars:
Vehumet: Orc:2
Beogh: Orc:2

Shops:
D:6: [


                    Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

Your body does not fit into most forms of armour.
You are a herbivore.
You need consume almost no food.
You cover ground extremely quickly.
You have supernaturally acute eyesight.
You are weak (Str -1).
You are frail (-10 percent hp).


Message History

You miss the deep elf fighter.
The deep elf fighter misses you.
You hit the deep elf fighter.
The deep elf fighter is moderately wounded.
The deep elf fighter casts a spell.
The magic dart hits you!
The deep elf fighter hits you with an elven scimitar!

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You could see a deep elf fighter.

Vanquished Creatures
  The ghost of Dorf the Cleaver, an experienced MDFi (D:
  A troll (Orc:3)
  3 ogres
  An ice beast (D:6)
  A centaur (D:5)
  A giant frog (D:5)
  5 orc warriors
  2 orc priests
  A hound (D:4)
  4 orc wizards
  A giant iguana (D:7)
  5 snakes
  2 worms
  2 oozes (D:3)
  3 giant cockroaches
  A giant gecko (D:
  7 hobgoblins
  65 orcs
  A quokka (D:7)
  6 giant bats
  2 giant newts
  7 goblins
  2 kobolds
  2 rats (D:7)
126 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  A giant ant (D:6)
  2 orc wizards (D:6)
  A snake (D:6)
  2 orcs (D:6)
6 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A hobgoblin (D:7)
  An orc (Orc:3)
2 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 134 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place   | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1     | Tiny Giant, the Spriggan Chaos Knight, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1     | Reached XP level 1. HP: 11/11 MP: 2/2
   145 | D:2     | Reached XP level 2. HP: 9/15 MP: 3/4
   468 | D:3     | Reached XP level 3. HP: 8/18 MP: 5/6
   903 | D:4     | Reached XP level 4. HP: 23/23 MP: 7/8
   941 | D:5     | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  1066 | D:5     | Reached XP level 5. HP: 26/26 MP: 9/10
  1090 | D:5     | Reached skill 1 in Bows
  1210 | D:6     | Got a polished sabre
  1234 | D:6     | Reached skill 4 in Short Blades
  1246 | D:6     | Identified the +3,+7 sabre "Kis Keq" (You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)
  1305 | D:6     | Reached XP level 6. HP: 28/29 MP: 11/12
  1414 | D:6     | Gained mutation: You are weak (Str -1).
  1414 | D:6     | Gained mutation: You are frail (-10 percent hp).
  1491 | D:6     | Reached skill 1 in Stealth
  1549 | D:5     | Reached skill 1 in Stabbing
  1586 | D:6     | Reached skill 5 in Dodging
  1639 | D:6     | Reached skill 5 in Short Blades
  1715 | D:6     | Reached XP level 7. HP: 30/30 MP: 13/14
  1803 | D:7     | Noticed Sigmund
  1892 | D:7     | Reached skill 6 in Dodging
  2006 | D:8     | Defeated Dorf's ghost
  2006 | D:8     | Reached XP level 8. HP: 16/34 MP: 15/16
  2253 | Orc:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
  2288 | D:8     | Reached skill 7 in Dodging
  2573 | Orc:2   | Reached skill 8 in Dodging
  2885 | Orc:3   | Got a slimy marble ring {god gift}
  2888 | Orc:3   | Identified the ring "Pecvess" {god gift} (Xom gifted it to you on level 3 of the Orcish Mines)
  3282 | Orc:4   | Entered Level 4 of the Orcish Mines
  3561 | Orc:4   | Reached skill 9 in Dodging
  3607 | Orc:3   | Reached XP level 9. HP: 30/42 MP: 17/18
  3986 | Elf:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Elven Halls
  4000 | Orc:3   | Mangled by a deep elf fighter

[Boksi]

Yeah, the elves are incredibly annoying. Especially when there's more than one of them.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.4.3 (crawl-ref) character file.

18277 Boksi the Slicer (level 12, 0/104 HPs)
             Began as a Mountain Dwarf Fighter on Jan 4, 2009.
             Was a High Priest of Okawaru.
             Succumbed to poison
             ... on Level 2 of the Elven Halls on Jan 6, 2009.
             The game lasted 02:34:49 (20582 turns).

Boksi the Slicer (Mountain Dwarf Fighter)          Turns: 20582, Time: 02:34:49

HP   0/104       AC 14     Str 22      Exp: 12/25071 (3), need: 12628
MP  15/15        EV 14     Int  7      God: Okawaru *****
Gold 728         SH  9     Dex 14      Spells:  0 memorised, 13 levels left

Res.Fire  : . . .   See Invis. : +   h - +3,+1 elf short sword (drain)
Res.Cold  : . . .   Warding    : .   M - +2 dwarf ring mail (R-magic)
Life Prot.: . . .   Conserve   : .   c - +1 dwarf shield
Res.Poison: .       Res.Corr.  : .   F - +0 mask of the Dragon
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   l - +0 cloak
                                     u - +2 pair of dwarf gloves
Sust.Abil.: .       Rnd.Telep. : .   (no boots)
Res.Mut.  : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   q - amulet of resist slowing
Res.Slow  : +       Levitation : .   B - ring of levitation
Saprovore : . . .   Ctrl.Flight: .   L - +3 ring of evasion

@: mildly poisoned, very resistant to magic, very unstealthy
A: no striking features
a: Might, Haste, Renounce Religion, Evoke Levitation


You were on level 2 of the Elven Halls.
You worshipped Okawaru.
Okawaru was exalted by your worship.
You were not hungry.

You visited 5 branches of the dungeon, and saw 23 of its levels.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 h - a +3,+1 elven short sword of draining (weapon)
 s - the +1,-7 hand crossbow "Baogo" {god gift}
   (Okawaru gifted it to you on level 3 of the Orcish Mines)   
   It affects your strength (-1).
   It protects you from fire.
   It makes you angry.
 U - a +4,+0 sabre of flaming {god gift}
Missiles
 Q - 30 +0 dwarven darts
Armour
 c - a +1 dwarven shield (worn)
 l - a +0 cloak (worn)
 u - a +2 pair of dwarven gloves (worn)
 v - a +1 dwarven scale mail
 F - the +0 mask of the Dragon (worn)
   (You bought it in a shop on level 7 of the Dungeon)   
   A blue mask.
   It affects your accuracy (+2).
   It affects your damage-dealing abilities (+2).
   It increases your resistance to enchantments.
   It enhances your eyesight.
 M - a +2 dwarven ring mail of magic resistance (worn)
Magical devices
 b - a wand of disintegration (0)
 e - a wand of flame (4)
 j - a wand of lightning (
 o - a wand of flame (16)
 r - a wand of draining (0)
 A - a wand of enslavement (
 C - a wand of paralysis (4)
 K - a wand of disintegration (6)
 O - a wand of cold (5)
 R - a wand of frost (24)
 T - a wand of paralysis (7)
 V - a wand of frost (14)
Comestibles
 d - 2 bread rations
 p - 3 meat rations
Scrolls
 a - 2 scrolls of remove curse
 g - a scroll of recharging
 m - 4 scrolls of teleportation
 n - 2 scrolls of detect curse
 y - 2 scrolls of fog
 D - a scroll of fear
Jewellery
 q - an amulet of resist slowing (around neck)
 B - a ring of levitation (right hand)
 L - a +3 ring of evasion (left hand)
Potions
 f - 3 potions of restore abilities
 w - a potion of mutation
 z - a potion of confusion
 H - 2 potions of speed
 J - 2 potions of levitation
 P - a potion of experience
 Z - a potion of invisibility
Magical staves
 i - a staff of death
 t - a rod of venom (9/9)
   (You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)
 G - a staff of enchantment


 You had 3 experience left.

   Skills:
 + Level 10 Fighting
 + Level 14 Short Blades
 + Level 3 Axes
 + Level 7 Armour
 + Level 8 Dodging
 + Level 10 Shields
 + Level 6 Traps & Doors
 + Level 1 Spellcasting
 + Level 4 Evocations


You had 13 spell levels left.
You didn't know any spells.

Overview of the Dungeon

Branches:
Temple: D:4       Orc   : D:9       Elf   : Orc:3     Lair  : D:9   

Altars:
Okawaru: D:6

Shops:
D:7: [  D:9: (  D:10: !  Lair:1: /

Message History

The orc wizard is moderately wounded.
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You feel sick.
You block the orc wizard's attack.
You hit the orc wizard.
You drain the orc wizard!
The orc wizard is moderately wounded.

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.......oo...#
.......@)...#
............#
#############


You could see an orc, and an orc wizard.

Vanquished Creatures
  2 centaur warriors
  6 deep elf knights
  3 skeletal warriors (D:13)
  4 hill giants
  An orc sorcerer (Orc:1)
  Urug (D:14)
  A mimic (D:13)
  Michael (D:12)
  2 wolf spiders
  A cyclops (D:12)
  The ghost of Layla the Chopper, an experienced DSCK (D:6)
  3 giant brown frogs
  A komodo dragon (Lair:2)
  2 trolls
  2 spiny frogs
  A hungry ghost (D:12)
  2 hippogriffs
  Edmund (D:
  5 deep elf conjurers (Elf:1)
  9 deep elf fighters (Elf:1)
  5 deep elf summoners
  A wraith (D:13)
  A wyvern (D:10)
  2 deep elf priests
  2 big kobolds (D:13)
  4 ice beasts
  7 ogres
  5 wolves
  8 centaurs
  A phantom (D:12)
  2 gila monsters
  5 wargs
  2 giant lizards
  10 orc warriors
  A yellow wasp (D:12)
  7 giant frogs
  2 brown snakes
  13 killer bees
  5 deep elf magi (Elf:1)
  5 imps
  9 orc priests
  2 elf zombies (Elf:1)
  8 hounds
  2 giant beetles
  5 giant ants
  10 orc wizards
  3 wights
  2 shadows
  15 deep elf soldiers
  A yak zombie (D:12)
  3 giant iguanas
  A scorpion (D:9)
  Ijyb (D:6)
  4 sheep (D:12)
  4 jellies
  A soldier ant zombie (D:13)
  A big kobold zombie (D:12)
  21 snakes
  A worm (D:10)
  A wyvern zombie (D:10)
  A lemure (Elf:1)
  A white imp (Elf:1)
  3 giant centipedes
  A manes (Elf:1)
  A centaur zombie (D:13)
  4 oozes
  2 giant eyeballs
  A killer bee zombie (D:12)
  8 ufetubi (Elf:1)
  16 giant bats
  7 giant cockroaches
  6 giant geckos
  23 goblins
  28 grey rats
  28 hobgoblins
  7 jackals
  20 kobolds
  158 orcs
  3 quokkas
  17 rats
  4 giant newts
  4 orc zombies
  A small snake (D:4)
  A snake zombie (D:
  A fungus (Elf:1)
578 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  A killer bee (D:11)
  A jelly (D:10)
  A kobold (D:11)
3 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A deep elf knight (Elf:1)
  A deep elf mage (Elf:1)
  2 deep elf soldiers (Elf:1)
  An ufetubus (Elf:2)
  4 grey rats (Lair:2)
  A kobold (D:13)
  2 orcs (Orc:1)
  A quokka (D:11)
  3 rats
16 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 597 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place   | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1     | Boksi, the Mountain Dwarf Fighter, began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1     | Reached XP level 1. HP: 16/16 MP: 0/0
   253 | D:1     | Reached XP level 2. HP: 16/25 MP: 1/1
   862 | D:2     | Reached skill 1 in Short Blades
   988 | D:2     | Reached XP level 3. HP: 31/32 MP: 1/1
  1741 | D:3     | Reached XP level 4. HP: 36/38 MP: 2/2
  2213 | D:3     | Reached XP level 5. HP: 43/44 MP: 3/3
  2692 | D:4     | Reached skill 1 in Traps & Doors
  2817 | D:4     | Reached skill 5 in Armour
  3008 | Temple  | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
  3047 | Temple  | Became a worshipper of Warmaster Okawaru
  3136 | D:4     | Reached XP level 6. HP: 48/49 MP: 3/3
  3823 | D:5     | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  3855 | D:5     | Acquired Okawaru's first power
  3877 | D:5     | Reached skill 5 in Short Blades
  3947 | D:5     | Reached skill 5 in Fighting
  4051 | D:5     | Reached XP level 7. HP: 41/59 MP: 4/4
  4282 | D:5     | Reached skill 6 in Short Blades
  4522 | D:6     | Defeated Layla's ghost
  4739 | D:6     | Reached XP level 8. HP: 63/65 MP: 5/5
  4879 | D:6     | Noticed Ijyb
  4883 | D:6     | Defeated Ijyb
  5042 | D:6     | Reached skill 7 in Short Blades
  5397 | D:7     | Reached skill 5 in Shields
  5917 | D:7     | Identified the +0 mask of the Dragon (You bought it in a shop on level 7 of the Dungeon)
  5959 | D:8     | Reached skill 8 in Short Blades
  6123 | D:8     | Noticed Edmund
  6142 | D:8     | Defeated Edmund
  6303 | D:8     | Identified a rod of venom (You found it on level 6 of the Dungeon)
  6643 | D:9     | Reached XP level 9. HP: 70/71 MP: 5/5
  6672 | D:9     | Reached skill 9 in Short Blades
  7344 | Lair:1  | Entered Level 1 of the Lair of Beasts
  7601 | Lair:1  | Reached skill 10 in Short Blades
  7908 | Orc:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Orcish Mines
  7930 | Orc:1   | Reached skill 1 in Dodging
  8585 | D:9     | Reached XP level 10. HP: 78/81 MP: 6/6
  8601 | D:10    | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
  9042 | D:10    | Noticed a centaur warrior
  9051 | D:10    | Defeated a centaur warrior
  9221 | D:10    | Reached skill 11 in Short Blades
  9235 | D:10    | Reached skill 5 in Traps & Doors
  9482 | D:11    | Reached skill 1 in Evocations
 10644 | Lair:2  | Reached skill 12 in Short Blades
 11145 | Lair:1  | Reached XP level 11. HP: 47/90 MP: 12/12
 11524 | Orc:4   | Entered Level 4 of the Orcish Mines
 11881 | Orc:4   | Acquired Okawaru's second power
 12717 | Orc:3   | Received a gift from Okawaru
 12723 | Orc:3   | Got a brightly glowing hand crossbow {god gift}
 13417 | Orc:1   | Reached skill 5 in Dodging
 13420 | Orc:1   | Reached skill 13 in Short Blades
 13783 | Lair:2  | Received a gift from Okawaru
 13793 | Lair:2  | Got a thin dagger {god gift}
 13857 | Lair:2  | Identified the +27,-1 Knife of Accuracy {god gift} (Okawaru gifted it to you on level 2 of the Lair of Beasts)
 14667 | D:12    | Noticed Michael
 14678 | D:12    | Defeated Michael
 16072 | D:13    | Reached skill 14 in Short Blades
 16445 | D:13    | Reached skill 10 in Fighting
 16516 | D:12    | Reached XP level 12. HP: 56/104 MP: 12/12
 16932 | D:14    | Received a gift from Okawaru
 16959 | D:14    | Reached skill 1 in Spellcasting
 17541 | D:14    | Noticed Urug
 17562 | D:14    | Defeated Urug
 17878 | Elf:1   | Entered Level 1 of the Elven Halls
 19899 | Elf:1   | Reached skill 10 in Shields
 20580 | Elf:2   | HP: 3/104 [orc/glowing orcish hand axe (6)]
 20581 | Elf:2   | HP: 1/104 [poison]
 20582 | Elf:2   | Succumbed to poison

[inaluct]

I actually went into the elven halls, saw 6 or so elves, let one get into melee with me, staired out, and fought it one on one. They're overpowered.

[Kagus]

Waaay overpowered.  At least for how early you see them.  I remember going into the halls with my orcish horde, and just watching in horror as they all dropped like flies.  Barely made it out of there with my skin intact and still attached to my body.

Also, interesting to see that I wasn't the only weirdo who created a Spriggan chaos knight of Xom.  Unless, of course, you just used the random character thingy.

[inaluct]

Nope, you're not alone. I actually tried a spriggan chaos knight after experimenting with super-turtle mummy fighters. I wanted a god that wouldn't give me shit about not doing anything, and Xom fit the bill. Even if you get a "Xom is getting BORED" message, it only means that he's going to start doing stuff.

"Stuff" usually means giving you god gifts, minions, or random miscast effects, which mummies generally aren't harmed by. Pretty much all of the non-good gods demand that you constantly kill things or cast spells. A mummy that could worship The Shining One could just turtle along forever with ever increasing piety. It'd be awesome.

[Kagus]

Xom always struck me as the most "godly" entity.  Exceptionally fickle and unpredictable.  He's really the only one with a personality, the others are just input-output machines. 

Even so, I've very rarely dared to create a character under his thumb...  Might just have to do it again sometime.

[inaluct]

Anyone try an Ogre-Mage Fighter yet? Surprisingly enough, they're reasonably good.

Also, have you guys managed to do well with a Naga yet?

[LASD]

The little bugger really pulled it off! The Spriggan Necromancer in my previous post managed to become my best character ever, by a ridiculously small margin of 177 points. Scoring 227 546 points in total.

On the last ten minutes I managed to kill the hardest things I have met ever in Crawl, but still I got shot down by a (not-that) lowly yaktaur captain that I failed to confuse having run out of potions of heal wounds.

I'm quite glad that he's dead now, although the death made me stop on the spot for a while (and he had the chance to go a lot farther). I think I'll start some better character when I get to that so that the whole game isn't such a struggle all the way.

Character file here for anyone interested: http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/LASD/morgue-LASD-20090109-172552.txt It's most likely the best damn SpNe you have ever seen.

P.S. I apparently beat Crawl.akrasiac.org's former best Spriggan Necromancer by around 220 000 points.

[DJ]

I started playing melee characters (gladiators, mostly) a couple of days ago, and I'm getting my ass served to me. Orcish Warriors make me nervous even in a 1v1 fight, and they usually come supported by lesser orcs and priests. I have to turn tail and run as soon as I see one of them, but sometimes I just can't run away. Any tips? I am already throwing things at them, but their armour is just too good, and they never seem to get poisoned.