Lucky start!

[Estie]

Paladin it is again. I found the stairs to lvl 2 and, equipped with many oil flasks, went down in the hopes of finding Bullroarer. In the first room I was happily surprised to see a yellow ~. Equipping it revealed +5 int (!), which, alas, isnt useful to me, but the other rune which I eventually identified turned out to be FA. Hurrah!

Level 4 had a cloak of stealth (+3) lying about and I bought a sling of extra might (x3) (+9, +11) on my first return trip to town.

Eventually I found Bullroarer (he is usually accompanied by evil blue "h"s which show up on the paladin detection) and he dropped a battle axe of *slay demon*, not great but still an upgrade to my starting dagger at 24 damage/round.

Level 15 then was the next hit - first, the yeek dad dropped another phial, and this time with +4 wisdom. Better, as meanwhile I have found both a ring and boots of FA.
Then, while chasing down his son, I picked up a hard leather cap (??). After Orfax croaked (no notable drop), I equipped it to identify - a cap of Telepathy!

Returning back home I spotted a main gauche of slay undead (+7,+10) at the weaponers which I could barely afford, so damage is up to 50 now. I guess I am set.

[DrWho42]

nice i love lucky starts

[Grotug]

Not to steal Estie's thunder, but my current Hobbit Ranger is having a ridiculously good start:

a) the Lead-Filled Mace of Idramar (4d3) (+13,+14) [+8] <+5, +3, +4, +1>
Found lying on the floor at 1150 feet (level 23)

+5 wisdom.
+3 tunneling.
+4 speed.
+1 light.
Slays trolls.
Branded with poison.
Provides resistance to Acid.
Cannot be harmed by Acid, Fire.
Slows your metabolism. Grants the ability to see invisible
things.

When activated, it fires a ball of fire with radius 2, dealing 144
damage at the centre, which your device skill increases by 26% for
an average of 181.4 damage.
Takes 135 to 165 turns to recharge at your current speed.
Your chance of success is 95.8%

Combat info:
1.6 blows/round.
With +1 STR and +0 DEX you would get 2.0 blows
With +0 STR and +2 DEX you would get 2.0 blows
Average damage/round: 84.6 vs trolls and creatures not resistant
to poison, and 54.1 vs. others.


b) the Short Bow 'Vathador' (x2) (+7,+18) <+3, +6>
Dropped by a pseudo-dragon at 600 feet (level 12)

+3 dexterity.
+6 constitution.
Provides resistance to Light, Nexus.
Provides protection from fear.
Cannot be harmed by Acid, Fire.

c) a Ring of Damage (+0,+10)
Found lying on the floor in a vault at 1050 feet (level 21)

d) a Ring of the Mouse (+0,-6) <+4, +3>
Bought from a store for 0 gold at start of game! The best deal you'll ever gonna get from the Black Market.

+4 dexterity.
+3 stealth.

f) the Phial of Arianath <+3>
Dropped by Orfax, Son of Boldor at 1050 feet (level 21)

+3 strength.
+3 light.
Cannot be harmed by Fire.
Prevents paralysis.

g) Chain Mail of Elvenkind (-2) [32,+17] <+2>
Dropped by Azog, Enemy of the Dwarves at 1150 feet (level 23)

+2 stealth.
Provides resistance to Acid, Lightning, Fire, Cold, Light.
Cannot be harmed by Acid.

h) an Elven Cloak [6,+3] <+1>
Dropped by Gorbag, the Orc Captain at 1200 feet (level 24)

+1 stealth.
+1 speed.

i) the Large Metal Shield 'Huardagol' [12,+22] {??}
Dropped by Golfimbul, the Hill Orc Chief at 750 feet (level 15)

You do not know the full extent of this item's powers.
Provides resistance to Acid, Lightning, Fire, Cold, Poison.
Cannot be harmed by Acid.
Slows your metabolism.

When activated, it fires a ball of poison gas with radius 3,
dealing 12 damage at the centre, which your device skill increases
by 21% for an average of 14.5 damage.
Takes 37 to 40 turns to recharge at your current speed.
Your chance of success is 95.1%

[Character Inventory]

b) a Book of Nature Magics [Nature Craft] {@3!g}
Cannot be harmed by Fire.

Found lying on the dungeon floor at 800 feet (level 16)

Full character dump: http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=24913

[Estie]

Only rogues can steal, so no worries.

That is indeed much better; consider leaving the elven mail at home to save on weight.

Let us know what the shield does as you find out.

[Grotug]

Only rogues can steal, so no worries.

That is indeed much better; consider leaving the elven mail at home to save on weight.

Let us know what the shield does as you find out.

The shield also had rNether. Very soon after I actually found a heavier <+2> Elvenkind armor with rNexus. (-2) [45,+13]

[sffp]

Shagrat drops a tasty treat (slight upgrade to my ring of resist fire and cold)

the Band 'Silost' <+2, +3, +4> {??}
Dropped by Shagrat, the Orc Captain at 1300 feet (level 26)

You do not know the full extent of this item's powers.
+2 strength.
+3 wisdom.
+4 infravision.
+4 speed.
It brands your melee attacks with cold.
Provides resistance to Acid, Lightning, Fire, Cold,
Disenchantment.
Provides protection from fear, blindness.
Cannot be harmed by Lightning.
Sustains constitution.
Feather Falling. Grants the ability to see invisible things.
Prevents paralysis.

It was on just after I created this with a Scroll of Acquirement bought from the store:

the Blade of Chaos of Ndorot (7d5) (+6,+9) <+1> {??}
Conjured forth by magic at 1300 feet (level 26)

You do not know the full extent of this item's powers.
+1 light.
Slays demons (powerfully), giants.
Provides resistance to Fire.
Cannot be harmed by Acid.

[Estie]

hah nice combo. Now you just need your stats to go up.

[sffp]

hah nice combo. Now you just need your stats to go up.

Slowly but surely my friend

We're up to 5.2 blows a round
796 vs demons
527 vs. non-cold-resistant/giant
257 otherwise

Still haven't found a potion of strength! (or augmentation or draught of the ents)