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WEEKLY CHALLENGE: MORE MELEE EDITION
Yup, you guessed it. More melee characters this week!
As you know, I roll two random characters in the game each week. One is truly random (usually considered the "hard" choice, as you can get some really bad combos), and one is "good random" (chosen out of "good" combinations).
These characters are the WEEKLY CHALLENGE. There are three categories to win. Best random score, best good random score, and best overall score.
You can play either offline or at http://crawl.akrasiac.org/ . I trust you guys not to cheat. No cheating (save backups, etc.) will be allowed (honor system, obviously). I will use the most recent "stable" edition that's available this week. Right now please use version 0.6.1
If you haven't played this game before, it's awesome. Go to http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/ and check it out. Basically, it's a randomly generated dungeon game. You've got a wide variety of classes and races to choose from. It's very hard, and when you die, your character gets deleted. Dying is a normal and expected part of the game. These weekly challenges are a good way to get people to try new ways of playing.
THIS WEEK'S CLASSES
RANDOM: (Hard Mode) - Vampire Thief.
GOOD RANDOM: (Easy Mode) Draconian Crusader with the hand axe.
Some really interesting choices this week. Both melee again, but both are more complicated than last week's choices. Both races are something i have very little experience with. Not really sure how to play either well.
I will post the winners from last week in reply. You have until ER is posted next monday to submit scores. If you start your own score thread, please use the tag DCSS so i can find it. Good luck!
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.6.1-3-g7bc38c7 character file.
1508 dirge23 the Chopper (level 8, -1/60 HPs)
Began as a Green Draconian Crusader on June 22, 2010.
Was an Initiate of Okawaru.
Slain by a killer bee (8 damage)
... on Level 8 of the Dungeon.
The game lasted 00:35:43 (8617 turns).
dirge23 the Chopper (Green Draconian Crusader) Turns: 8617, Time: 00:35:43
HP -1/60 AC 7 Str 16 Exp: 8/1591 (42), need: 1180
MP 21/21 EV 13 Int 13 God: Okawaru [......]
Gold 395 SH 0 Dex 9 Spells: 2 memorised, 6 levels left
Res.Fire : . . . See Invis. : . a - +0,+2 orc war axe
Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . C - +2 elf robe
Life Prot.: + . . Conserve : + (shield restricted)
Res.Poison: + Res.Corr. : . (helmet restricted)
Res.Elec. : . Clarity : . (no cloak)
Spirit.Shd: . (gloves unavailable)
Sust.Abil.: . Rnd.Telep. : . (boots unavailable)
Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . e - amulet of conservation
Res.Rott. : . Levitation : . U - ring of magical power
Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: + w - ring of life protection
@: short of breath, somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, unstealthy
A: breathe poison, unfitting armour, poison resistance
a: Breathe Poison Gas, Renounce Religion
You were on level 8 of the Dungeon.
You worshipped Okawaru.
Okawaru was pleased with you.
You were not hungry.
You visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and saw 9 of its levels.
You collected 375 gold pieces.
Inventory:
Hand weapons
a - a +0,+2 orcish war axe (weapon)
b - a +2,+0 short sword of draining
j - a +0,+0 dagger
k - a +1,+3 dwarven dagger
m - a +0,+0 dagger
n - a +0,+0 orcish hand axe
p - a +0,+0 hand axe
r - a +0,+1 dwarven dagger
u - a +0,+0 dagger
z - a +0,+1 elven short sword
B - a +1,+0 elven dagger
I - a +0,+2 dagger
L - a cursed -1,-2 orcish dagger
M - a +2,+2 spear
O - a +0,+0 orcish hand axe
S - a +0,+0 spear
T - a +2,+0 spear of venom
Missiles
g - 5 +0 stones
h - 11 poisoned +0 orcish arrows
i - 21 +0 darts
l - 6 +0 orcish needles of sleeping
v - 6 curare-tipped +0 needles
D - 4 +0 orcish darts (quivered)
H - 23 +0 dwarven darts
K - 5 poisoned +0 darts
Armour
C - a +2 elven robe (worn)
P - a +1 orcish robe
Magical devices
y - a wand of fire (5)
Comestibles
d - a bread ration
f - 5 meat rations
Scrolls
x - a scroll of teleportation
A - 2 scrolls of detect curse
E - a scroll of identify
N - a scroll of enchant weapon I
Q - a scroll of noise
R - a scroll of remove curse
Jewellery
e - an amulet of conservation (around neck)
o - an uncursed amulet of resist corrosion
s - an uncursed amulet of faith
w - a ring of life protection (left hand)
U - a ring of magical power (right hand)
Potions
q - a potion of paralysis
F - a potion of porridge
G - 3 potions of healing
Books
c - a book of War Chants
Spells Type Level
*Fire Brand Enchantment/Fire 2
Freezing Aura Enchantment/Ice 2
Repel Missiles Enchantment/Air 2
*Berserker Rage Enchantment 3
Regeneration Enchantment/Necromancy 3
Haste Enchantment 6
You had 42 experience left.
Skills:
+ Level 4 Fighting
+ Level 6 Axes
+ Level 3 Throwing
+ Level 4 Dodging
+ Level 2 Stealth
+ Level 2 Spellcasting
+ Level 3 Enchantments
+ Level 2 Fire Magic
You had 6 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:
Your Spells Type Power Success Level
a - Fire Brand Fire/Ench ##........ Very Good 2
b - Berserker Rage Ench N/A Good 3
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (8/27) Temple (1/1) D:6
Orc: D:6-11 Lair: D:8-13
Altars:
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
The Shining One
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
Annotations
D:1 exclusion: 67 steam clouds
Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations
You can breathe poison.
Your body does not fit into most forms of armour.
Your scales are hard (AC +3).
Your system is resistant to poisons.
Message History
Use which ability? (? or * to list)
Press: ? - help, Shift-Dir - straight line, f - jackal
Aim: A jackal
You exhale a blast of poison gas. The poison gas hits the jackal. The jackal is poisoned.
The jackal is moderately wounded.
You feel somewhat more hungry. The killer bee stings you!
You die...
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You could see 2 killer bees and 4 jackals.
Vanquished Creatures
Prince Ribbit (D:4)
An orc warrior (D:5)
A phantom (D:5)
Duvessa (D:4)
3 killer bees (D:8)
An imp (D:5)
Dowan (D:4)
A hound (D:4)
2 orc priests (D:6)
A giant beetle (D:6)
An iguana (D:6)
2 orc wizards (D:6)
4 giant ants
3 scorpions
Ijyb (D:2)
3 jellies
4 gnolls
8 snakes
A giant mite (D:6)
4 worms
Terence (D:3)
5 giant geckos
2 oozes (D:3)
3 giant cockroaches
10 goblins
16 hobgoblins
10 jackals
18 kobolds
14 orcs
3 quokkas
10 giant bats
2 giant newts (D:1)
A hobgoblin zombie (D:6)
13 rats
3 small snakes
A toadstool (D:5)
156 creatures vanquished.
Vanquished Creatures (others)
2 hobgoblins
A kobold (D:1)
A giant newt (D:2)
A butterfly (D:2)
12 toadstools
17 creatures vanquished.
Grand Total: 173 creatures vanquished
Notes
Turn | Place | Note
--------------------------------------------------------------
0 | D:1 | dirge23, the Draconian Crusader, began the quest for the Orb.
0 | D:1 | Reached XP level 1. HP: 14/14 MP: 1/1
361 | D:1 | Reached skill 1 in Dodging
747 | D:1 | Reached XP level 2. HP: 15/20 MP: 2/3
764 | D:1 | Learned a level 2 spell: Fire Brand
1960 | D:2 | Reached XP level 3. HP: 27/27 MP: 4/4
2129 | D:2 | Reached skill 2 in Enchantments
2397 | D:2 | Reached XP level 4. HP: 15/33 MP: 3/6
2587 | D:2 | Noticed Ijyb
2590 | D:2 | Reached skill 2 in Dodging
2607 | D:2 | Defeated Ijyb
2678 | D:2 | Reached skill 3 in Axes
3620 | D:3 | Reached skill 1 in Throwing
3637 | D:3 | Noticed Jessica
3638 | D:3 | Reached skill 1 in Fire Magic
3639 | D:3 | Noticed Terence
4051 | D:3 | Defeated Terence
4428 | D:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
4553 | D:4 | Reached XP level 5. HP: 40/40 MP: 5/7
4819 | D:4 | Learned a level 3 spell: Berserker Rage
4965 | D:4 | Noticed Prince Ribbit
4965 | D:4 | Noticed Duvessa
4965 | D:4 | Noticed Dowan
5026 | D:4 | HP: 2/40 [worm (5)]
5119 | D:4 | Defeated Duvessa
5119 | D:4 | Reached XP level 6. HP: 11/46 MP: 2/9
5161 | D:3 | Reached skill 1 in Stealth
5360 | D:4 | Reached skill 4 in Axes
5410 | D:4 | Reached skill 3 in Dodging
5676 | D:4 | Defeated Dowan
5708 | D:4 | Reached skill 2 in Fire Magic
5709 | D:4 | Reached skill 3 in Enchantments
5714 | D:4 | Defeated Prince Ribbit
5714 | D:4 | Your scales start taking on a green colour.
5714 | D:4 | Gained mutation: Your system is resistant to poisons.
5714 | D:4 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 53/53 MP: 5/10
5809 | D:4 | Reached skill 4 in Fighting
6003 | D:5 | Reached skill 2 in Throwing
6133 | D:5 | Reached skill 5 in Axes
6403 | D:5 | Reached skill 4 in Dodging
7088 | D:6 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 60/60 MP: 11/12
7148 | D:6 | Reached skill 6 in Axes
7167 | D:6 | Reached skill 2 in Stealth
7286 | D:6 | Reached skill 3 in Throwing
7505 | D:6 | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
7523 | Temple | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
7583 | Temple | Became a worshipper of Warmaster Okawaru
8540 | D:7 | Found a blossoming altar of Fedhas.
8567 | D:7 | Noticed Zeor's ghost
8575 | D:7 | Reached XP level 7. HP: 47/55 MP: 19/19
8594 | D:8 | Reached XP level 8. HP: 17/60 MP: 12/12
8599 | D:8 | HP: 3/60 [killer bee (8)]
8617 | D:8 | Slain by a killer bee
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