[v3.1.1] YASD - earwe the gnome ranger

[evets]

Greetings fellow angband players! Long-time lurker, first time poster here. First by way of introduction, I should say I've been playing anband and its variants for years now on and off, and when I am playing, I like to read r.g.r.a and the forums. To give you an idea of how long, I was playing angband when this website first came into existence (I remember finding it via a google search), which isn't as long as some of you old-timers, but long enough.

Anywho, I thought I'd post this char dump 'cause it was such a successful character, and there was much keyboard bashing and wailing and gnashing of teeth upon his death. ;_; I had lots of early successes and sweet finds, including a Wicker Shield of Resistance [2,+6] at 500ft, and a Pair of Leather Sandals of Speed [1,+1] (+4) at ~1500ft. and a Long Bow of Extra Shots (x3) (+12,+10) (+1) very early on (I forget when exactly).

I died attempting to open a lesser vault. It was the "V" shaped one, with several walled-off rooms and several artifacts. Unfortunately, it also contained a time vortex, and I underestimated the amount of damage it would do to me unresisted. It didn't show up on my telepathy, and so I thought I was out of its line of sight. I was wrong. It only took a few breaths and I was down.

I had just reached the beginning of stat-gain territory (I had just found my first potion on dexterity) when I stumbled on the lesser vault, but basically I was all set to go with resistances and such... FA, SI, rBasic were all found early on so I got to dive fast.

Also, I LOVED the combo of gnome ranger... innate FA is a godsend! I may try it again. For now I must mourn. ;_;

EDIT: link to this dump on the ladder here

[Sirridan]

Ah it's never fun dying!

Just one thing to note, you cannot resist time at all, which means later on in the game when you start seeing time hounds, finding a pack of them that isn't well confined usually means you should leave the level for safety and sanity reasons.

[fizzix]

vortices don't show up on telepathy at all. They're evil little buggers, especially time and aether. Luckily those two are pretty rare.

[Pete Mack]

It breathes time--more-- You die.

The classic first death below 2500'. Mine was very similar:

You have defeated Harowen the Black Hand.
There is a puff of smoke! (from a newly created trap)
The time Hound breathes time <8x>
You die.

Don't mess around with time-breathers: it's a nearly guaranteed losing proposition.

[evets]

Duly noted. Next time I wont be screwing around with it and instead zapping it with my wand of teleport other right away, like I did that big green 'D' I found in the same vault.