Post your last instadeath

[Mondkalb]

Just plain stupid:

> The Demilich magically summons an undead adversary!
> 3 Liches are destroyed.
> 3 Archliches grunt with pain.
> 3 Demiliches grunt with pain.
> The Black reaver grunts with pain.
> 2 Master liches grunt with pain.
> 3 Demiliches are immune.
> The Black reaver is immune.
> 2 Master liches are immune.
> 2 Archliches are immune.
> Feagwath, the Undead Sorcerer invokes a mana storm.
> The 71 gold pieces worth of silver is destroyed!
> The 123 gold pieces worth of gold is destroyed!
> The War Hammer is destroyed!
> You die.

[Timo Pietilä]

Just plain stupid:

> The Demilich magically summons an undead adversary!
> 3 Liches are destroyed.
> 3 Archliches grunt with pain.
> 3 Demiliches grunt with pain.
> The Black reaver grunts with pain.
> 2 Master liches grunt with pain.
> 3 Demiliches are immune.
> The Black reaver is immune.
> 2 Master liches are immune.
> 2 Archliches are immune.
> Feagwath, the Undead Sorcerer invokes a mana storm.
> The 71 gold pieces worth of silver is destroyed!
> The 123 gold pieces worth of gold is destroyed!
> The War Hammer is destroyed!
> You die.

What happened here?

[Mondkalb]

Tried out a Staff of Dispel Evil. Didn't notice, that someone stroke back.

It would have been completely avoidable. If I only had teleported or healed. ^^

As I said: Plain stupid.

[buzzkill]

It's an entirely misleading title. Maybe a disclaimer* is in order.

* This staff does not actually dispel evil. The chance of any evil creature actually ceasing to exist because of the effects of this staff is minimal. Multiple uses may be required for any noticeable effect. Not intended for use on dragons, demons, greater undead or uniques (or anything more powerful than your typical orc). Test effectiveness on an inconspicuous lone enemy before attempting to use on a large group. Use of this staff in a dungeon environment may result in serious injury or death.

Alternatively, the staff judged you to be evil.

[Mondkalb]

In future it will be autoinscribed with {Staff of detect stupid}.

[Bostock]

Heh. Reminds me of the Bar Door spell (in Sangband only perhaps?) and door barring in general:

Do not expect this action to be worth the turns, let alone the mana, invested in it when it is used against monsters that can unlock doors, break down doors, or even just look disapprovingly at doors, or, more generally, anything worth the effort of trying to restrain behind a door in the first place.

[Max Stats]

Heh. Reminds me of the Bar Door spell (in Sangband only perhaps?) and door barring in general:

Do not expect this action to be worth the turns, let alone the mana, invested in it when it is used against monsters that can unlock doors, break down doors, or even just look disapprovingly at doors, or, more generally, anything worth the effort of trying to restrain behind a door in the first place.

Which is why my first item squelch in almost every game is spikes. I have never found them even the slightest bit useful. They aren't even worth lugging up to sell.

[Therem Harth]

Kavlax the Many-Headed wakes up.
Kavlax the Many-Headed says: ‘Take this, you sissy!'
Kavlax the Many-Headed breathes fire.
The Young black dragon cries out in pain.
Et tu, Brute! Then fall, Caesar!

That was... memorable.

[PowerDiver]

Which is why my first item squelch in almost every game is spikes. I have never found them even the slightest bit useful. They aren't even worth lugging up to sell.

You can throw them for a tiny bit of damage. I've used spikes to kill floating eyes or to finish of fleeing foes, saving my oil and ammo for later.

[Nomad]

Just got killed by a nether wraith... on dungeon level five. Wasn't quite instant, but it was pretty dang fast. Got exp-drained out of nowhere, detected invisible expecting an OOD banshee that I could try to run from - death.

Guess that explains the 'superb' feeling...

[Timo Pietilä]

Just got killed by a nether wraith... on dungeon level five. Wasn't quite instant, but it was pretty dang fast. Got exp-drained out of nowhere, detected invisible expecting an OOD banshee that I could try to run from - death.

Guess that explains the 'superb' feeling...

That requires a vault somewhere nearby. At dlvl5 it is possible, just not likely.

[buzzkill]

Just got killed by a nether wraith... on dungeon level five. Wasn't quite instant, but it was pretty dang fast. Got exp-drained out of nowhere, detected invisible expecting an OOD banshee that I could try to run from - death.

Guess that explains the 'superb' feeling...

Sucks to be you, but I think that kinda thing every once in a while is awesome. It would have been better if you were able to escape.

[thapper]

The Phoenix after forgetting the I had switched out my =rFire.

[Scraper]

Last "instadeath" was a priest who had just found telepathy. Thought I was on the gravy train by casting OoD from a long long corridor at an angel of some type (Cherub I think). It summoned a few things, they didn't look too dangerous, so I thought they would all just die in the OoD. Little green 'g's have now earned themselves a 1000 fold increase in respect.

The reason I mention the telepathy is that I (player) didn't know there was a drolem there. But, the tombstone definitely had drolem written on it, so I guess the character did.

The time before that was a HE mage. A death knight or black knight summoned what I thought was an ancient White dragon. Big white D. Turned out to be an ancient multi-hued. Boom! The unfortunate thing about it was that I got caught out to a stupid keyboard error that I make conastantly. When the screen burst with colour and letters, I immediately go for the "look direction" command. This has the effect of
a) clearing the -more-
b) makeing me attack again in the direction I had wanted to look in.

argh

[Derakon]

The reason I mention the telepathy is that I (player) didn't know there was a drolem there. But, the tombstone definitely had drolem written on it, so I guess the character did.

The tombstone always showed what killed you, even if it's invisible and you don't have SI. Drolems can't be detected by telepathy.