[V] Adventures of Antoine the kobold rogue

[azfalt]

(Not strictly an AAR, since this char is still alive...)

I just started up a kobold rogue since I heard they're fun for diving.
His name is Antoine, but it could be "should be dead already" due to his inordinate luck at avoiding death - he's already had some narrow escapes from low-level orc uniques and Orfax, both times getting away with ?WoR and wands of sleep or confusion to stall the escort.

He's already come across Boots of Speed (+2) - a small boost, but life-saving, as well as a potion of experience, which I almost sold un-ID'd...
I understand that I should hang on to this potion for a while before I drink it? When would be the best time?

The dump is attached, any comments appreciated.

[Donald Jonker]

His name is Antoine, but it could be "should be dead already"

I can think of at least one person who might have a problem with this statement.

[Pete Mack]

1. You are spending way too much time clearing levels. For a Kobold Rogue, I figure to get below dl 30 by cl 20, and to around dl 60 by cl 30.
2. keep your best dagger; at some point you will want more blows than you can get with the short sword.
3. Carry escapes, and use them!!!! (Staff of Teleportation and/or Scrolls of Teleport Level/Deep Descent and/or Scrolls of teleportation. The scrolls are often available in bulk in the black market.)

[Antoine]

(not strictly an aar, since this char is still alive...)

i just started up a kobold rogue since i heard they're fun for diving.
His name is antoine, but it could be "should be dead already" due to his inordinate luck at avoiding death

?!

A.

[azfalt]

Oops.

Any resemblance to actual forum members is coincidental... I've been using french names recently for V chars.

I often use a language/culture for a string of character names - for instance I used Japanese names for TinyAngband, given its origin.

PS Antoine just found an Amulet of ESP at 650' - how lucky is that?

[azfalt]

I've followed some of Pete Mack's advice and headed deeper, with immediate pay-off - I picked up Balli Stonehand off a balance drake, after surviving some scary chaos and disenchant breaths. With that, Celegorm, and intrinsic RPois, I've got a lot of my bases covered already. I'm steadily heading down and going after good kills - mobs of Air hounds are my friends, trolls, giants, etc.

Here's the latest dump-

[Pete Mack]

Leave some spell books at home. With 17 SP, cl 28, and INT 10 you can't use much beyond book one.

[azfalt]

Good call on ditching the spellbooks, in the end my INT bumped up a fair bit so I can cast some of the stuff in them now.

I've hanging around dlvl 45-ish, now looking to drop deeper since coming into a lot of good artifacts... Dor-Lomin, Cambeleg, Orome, Rohirrim, Evenstar, as well as Scarabtrices and Mordenkainen's. A better launcher and some good ammo would be nice, as I'm melee-ing almost everything right now - this char already deals about as much melee damage as my last winner (high-elf ranger).

the dump-

[azfalt]

Who's ready for some pain?

Just got the Glaive of Pain from an enchantress, and found a Ring of Acid shortly thereafter... this is going to be fun.

I corroded Ji Indur Dawndeath in 4-5 turns. Ancient D's are one round, maybe two

[Magnate]

Just got the Glaive of Pain from an enchantress, and found a Ring of Acid shortly thereafter... this is going to be fun.

That's Sauron sorted then - that's basically the best possible melee combo for him ...

[azfalt]

update

Just finished off Sauron, now on to Morgoth.

I had a good run with glaive of pain + ring of acid/lightning/etc, but I've dropped it now in favor of Deathwreaker, which I picked up from Gothmog's escort shortly before taking on Sauron.

I've never played such a pure melee character this far - his INT has been terrible for the entire game, so I've relied almost exclusively on rods and artifacts to cover the gaps.

It's led to a different play-style, since rather than shoot and scoot tactics, I've taken to running straight up to sleeping uniques, casting door creation around them, and then just pounding them. This has changed since I aggravate now...

I don't anticipate any problems with Morgoth - I have all resistances covered, +30 speed, and tons of healing stockpiled. Should be pretty easy.
This is also my lowest turncount ever for this depth... gotta keep on trying to pick up the pace

The dump...

[azfalt]

Winner!

Morgoth fell pretty quick, as planned.

There was a sticky moment when he summoned so many special opponents that I hadn't bothered to take out before, that his minions were doing more damage than the big P, and I was low on healing potions. But, I teleported away, and as usual the big boss outpaced his guys and ran up to me alone, so I could finish him off.

I grabbed the crown and hammer and skedaddled.

My fastest win!

[pav]

Fascinating

[Zikke]

I never actually try to kill all the uniques before fighting Morgoth, but it usually works out that almost all are dead. Did you make good use of TO and *Destruction* devices?

Glad it worked out! Grats!

[azfalt]

Thanks!

i use TO liberally and i should probably use it even more. There are some uniques that are almost always "auto-TO" like the Angels and Tarrasque, though I did go back and get them near the end.

I don't use *destruct* much cause I think it's cheesy but I can't deny it's utility. I used it once to bump the Tarrasque out of a vault when I didn't have TO. If I dived more aggressively, I think I'd *destruct* more often. Something to try for the future, I guess.