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WEEKLY CHALLENGE: PEW PEW PEW EDITION
I hope you were tired of melee characters, because they're all gone this week (mostly)!
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) - Draconian Wizard with the "frost" option.
GOOD RANDOM: (Easy Mode) Kenku Air Elementalist.
Finally some good ranged options going on. Though, you could easily go melee too with that kenku.
I will post the winners from last week in reply. If i have time tonight, i'll also do a quick newbie writeup if you want to get into the game and don't know wtf. 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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5303 dargon the Conjurer (level 10, -22/61 HPs)
Began as a Green Draconian Wizard on June 29, 2010.
Was an Elder of Sif Muna.
Killed from afar by Erolcha (29 damage)
... with a bolt of cold
... on Level 11 of the Dungeon.
The game lasted 01:19:17 (13510 turns).
dargon the Conjurer (Green Draconian Wizard) Turns: 13510, Time: 01:19:17
HP -22/61 AC 14 Str 12 Exp: 10/7071 (52), need: 3792
MP 19/23 EV 12 Int 22 God: Sif Muna [****..]
Gold 354 SH 0 Dex 7 Spells: 7 memorised, 5 levels left
Res.Fire : . . . See Invis. : . g - +3,+4 quarterstaff (protect)
Res.Cold : . . . Warding : . e - +3 robe
Life Prot.: . . . Conserve : . (shield restricted)
Res.Poison: + Res.Corr. : . b - +0 wizard hat
Res.Elec. : . Clarity : . o - +0 elf cloak
Spirit.Shd: . (gloves unavailable)
Sust.Abil.: + Rnd.Telep. : . (boots unavailable)
Res.Mut. : . Ctrl.Telep.: . (no amulet)
Res.Rott. : . Levitation : + q - ring of sustain abilities
Saprovore : . . . Ctrl.Flight: + h - +2 ring of strength
@: about to teleport, flying, very quick, hasted, somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, stealthy
A: breathe poison, unfitting armour, poison resistance
a: Breathe Poison Gas, Channel Energy, Forget Spell, Renounce Religion
You were on level 11 of the Dungeon.
You worshipped Sif Muna.
Sif Muna was extremely pleased with you.
You were near starving.
You visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and saw 12 of its levels.
You collected 586 gold pieces.
You spent 252 gold pieces at shops.
Inventory:
Hand weapons
a - a +0,+0 club
f - a +0,+0 knife
g - a +3,+4 quarterstaff of protection (weapon)
D - a cursed +0,-2 orcish spear
G - a +0,+0 blowgun
Y - a +1,+1 sling of flame
Missiles
n - 23 +3 sling bullets
s - 12 +0 arrows of dispersal
t - 5 curare-tipped +0 orcish needles
w - 21 +0 darts of reaping
A - 38 +0 darts (quivered)
V - 2 +0 dwarven darts of frost
W - 2 poisoned +0 orcish darts
Armour
b - a +0 wizard hat (worn)
e - a +3 robe (worn)
o - a +0 elven cloak (worn)
Magical devices
j - a wand of draining (0)
z - a wand of magic darts (4)
E - a wand of slowing (5)
H - a wand of polymorph other (3)
P - a wand of frost (12)
R - a wand of hasting (0)
U - a wand of random effects (9)
X - a wand of polymorph other (12)
Scrolls
p - a scroll of magic mapping
u - 5 scrolls of remove curse
v - a scroll of detect curse
I - a scroll of fear
J - 2 scrolls of immolation
T - a scroll of teleportation
Jewellery
h - a +2 ring of strength (left hand)
q - a ring of sustain abilities (right hand)
y - an uncursed ring of wizardry
L - an uncursed ring of protection from cold
Q - an uncursed ring of wizardry
Potions
i - 2 potions of magic
k - 2 potions of restore abilities
K - a potion of berserk rage
M - 2 potions of speed
N - a potion of brilliance
O - a potion of agility
Books
c - a book of Minor Magic [frost]
Spells Type Level
*Magic Dart Conjuration 1
*Throw Frost Conjuration/Ice 2
*Blink Translocation 2
*Sticks to Snakes Transmutation/Summoning 2
*Slow Enchantment 3
*Mephitic Cloud Conjuration/Poison/Air 3
*Ozocubu's Armour Enchantment/Ice 3
Miscellaneous
x - an air elemental fan
You had 52 experience left.
Skills:
+ Level 4 Dodging
+ Level 4 Stealth
+ Level 6 Spellcasting
+ Level 12 Conjurations
+ Level 1 Enchantments
+ Level 1 Summonings
+ Level 1 Translocations
+ Level 1 Transmutations
+ Level 1 Ice Magic
You had 5 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:
Your Spells Type Power Success Level
a - Magic Dart Conj ##### Excellent 1
b - Sticks to Snakes Summ/Trmt ###....... Great 2
c - Blink Tloc N/A Great 2
d - Slow Ench ###....... Very Good 3
e - Throw Frost Ice/Conj ######. Excellent 2
f - Mephitic Cloud Pois/Air/Conj ####...... Great 3
g - Ozocubu's Armour Ice/Ench ###....... Very Good 3
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (11/27) Temple (1/1) D:6 Orc (0/4) D:6
Hive (0/2) D:11
Lair: D:8-13
Poison Breath is outstanding though it didn't save me from Erolcha and his yak gang.
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