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At 1550' my character has encountered a Mazer vault (V 3.0.9). I've cleared most of it, teleporting away the worst nasties, and am now left with two sealed cells to consider:
* Ancient multi-hued dragon
* Gorlim, Betrayer of Barahir
Teleported away nasties include Uldor, Medusa, Vargo, and a Great Hell Wyrm, and (as you can see below) I have quite a few good finds from the vault.
I'm not going to open either of these last two cells, but I'd like to hear from you all about what would lead you to risk it (and how you would go about it)?
What would it take for you to open the AMHD cell with this character (stat potion, generic weapon/armor, enhanced weapon like my Mace 4d4)? How would you equip for doing it? I think that I'd have to go with the Resistance armor (leaving a hole on Poison) rather than the Green DSM (leaving holes on Base), but nothing looks good.
Similarly, would you open the Gorlim cell even for a enhanced weapon (probable artifact)?
Background: this trip has proceeded from 900', and I was planning on heading home in the next few levels, as consumables (particularly arrows) were getting low. Until this point, I was having terrible luck with weapons and jewelry -- I cleared half the vault with a Rapier (+2,+7) and a see invisible ring in place of the =Dam. I hadn't seen *any* rings or any amulets worth wearing since 900'. I've had decent armor luck, but I have been woefully short on resistances (had Poison before *any* base except for =RFire and =RCold found and sold before 500'). Balancing that, I've had unbelievable luck with my shooters. (The XBow I have with me now was used with a pile of Slay Dragon bolts to deal with the horde of Mature dragons in the vault.)
BTW -- the AMHD is on a potion of Constitution and Gorlim is on Metal Brigandine Armor [19]. Simply not worth the risk.
Kevin
* Ancient multi-hued dragon
* Gorlim, Betrayer of Barahir
Teleported away nasties include Uldor, Medusa, Vargo, and a Great Hell Wyrm, and (as you can see below) I have quite a few good finds from the vault.
I'm not going to open either of these last two cells, but I'd like to hear from you all about what would lead you to risk it (and how you would go about it)?
What would it take for you to open the AMHD cell with this character (stat potion, generic weapon/armor, enhanced weapon like my Mace 4d4)? How would you equip for doing it? I think that I'd have to go with the Resistance armor (leaving a hole on Poison) rather than the Green DSM (leaving holes on Base), but nothing looks good.
Similarly, would you open the Gorlim cell even for a enhanced weapon (probable artifact)?
Background: this trip has proceeded from 900', and I was planning on heading home in the next few levels, as consumables (particularly arrows) were getting low. Until this point, I was having terrible luck with weapons and jewelry -- I cleared half the vault with a Rapier (+2,+7) and a see invisible ring in place of the =Dam. I hadn't seen *any* rings or any amulets worth wearing since 900'. I've had decent armor luck, but I have been woefully short on resistances (had Poison before *any* base except for =RFire and =RCold found and sold before 500'). Balancing that, I've had unbelievable luck with my shooters. (The XBow I have with me now was used with a pile of Slay Dragon bolts to deal with the horde of Mature dragons in the vault.)
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[Angband 3.0.9 Character Dump]
Name Brin Self RB CB EB Best
Sex Female Age 22 STR: 15 +4 +5 +2 18/80
Race Half-Troll Height 84 INT: 15 -4 -2 +4 13
Class Warrior Weight 176 WIS: 16 -2 -2 +6 18
Title Myrmidon Status 1 DEX: 16 -4 +2 +0 14
HP 403/403 Maximize Y CON: 16 +3 +2 +1 18/40
SP 0/0 CHR: 18/18 -6 -1 +0 13
Level 30 Armor [41,+50] Saving Throw Excellent
Cur Exp 110296 Fight (+5,+17) Stealth Bad
Max Exp 110296 Melee (+13,+30) Fighting Legendary
Adv Exp 120000 Shoot (+10,+7) Shooting Heroic
MaxDepth 1550 ft Blows 2/turn Disarming Very Good
Turns 840502 Shots 2/turn Magic Device Good
Gold 22577 Infra 60 ft Perception Poor
Burden 215.3 lbs Speed -2 Searching Fair
Your father was a Stone-Troll Warrior. You have puke-yellow eyes,
oily dark purple hair, and blue ulcerous skin.
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Acid:+............ Blind:+............
Elec:............. Confu:.............
Fire:............. Sound:.............
Cold:............. Shard:.............
Pois:......+...... Nexus:.............
Fear:............+ Nethr:.............
Lite:+............ Chaos:.............
Dark:+............ Disen:.............
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S.Dig:............. Stea.:.............
Feath:............. Sear.:+............
PLite:............. Infra:....+........
Regen:............+ Tunn.:.............
Telep:.........+... Speed:.............
Invis:+............ Blows:.............
FrAct:..+........+. Shots:.+...........
HLife:............. Might:.............
[Character Equipment]
a) The Mace of Feinya (4d4) (+8,+13) (+1) {MazerV 1550'}
It increases your intelligence and constitution by 1. It increases
your searching by 1. It slays animals. It is branded with acid.
It provides resistance to acid, light, dark, and blindness. It
sustains your constitution and charisma. It grants you the ability
to see invisible things. It cannot be harmed by the elements.
b) a Long Bow of Extra Shots (x3) (+5,+7) (+1) {Mughash 550'}
It increases your shooting speed by 1.
c) a Ring of Free Action {Orcs 900'}
It grants you immunity to paralysis.
d) a Ring of Damage (+8) {YGoldD 1550'}
e) an Amulet of Infravision (+3)
It increases your infravision by 3.
f) The Phial of Regabel {Smeagol 550'}
It usually provides light of radius 3. It cannot be harmed by the
elements. It might have hidden powers.
g) Green Dragon Scale Mail (-2) [30,+13] {Floor 1400'}
It provides resistance to poison. It activates for breathe poison
gas (150) every 450+d450 turns. It cannot be harmed by the
elements.
h) a Cloak [1] {good}
i) The Large Leather Shield of Raurufin [4,+13] (+3) {MazerV 1550'}
It increases your wisdom by 3. It cannot be harmed by the elements.
It might have hidden powers.
j) The Hard Leather Cap 'Narethand' [2,+16] (+3) {Gorbag 1050' ESP}
It increases your intelligence and wisdom by 3. It sustains your
intelligence. It grants you the power of telepathy. It cannot be
harmed by the elements.
k) a Set of Leather Gloves of Power (+4,+4) [1,+4] (+2) {Floor 750'}
It increases your strength by 2.
l) a Pair of Hard Leather Boots of Free Action [3,+4] {Floor 1450'}
It grants you immunity to paralysis.
[Character Inventory]
a) a Book of Magic Spells [Tenser's Transformations] {MazerV 1550'}
It cannot be harmed by the elements.
b) 12 Rations of Food {@E0}
c) 9 Potions of Cure Critical Wounds
d) 2 Scrolls of Phase Door
e) 4 Scrolls of Teleportation {!*}
f) a Scroll of Word of Recall {!*}
g) a Rod of Detection {@z0 Floor 1300'}
It cannot be harmed by electricity.
h) 4 Rods of Light {@z1}
i) a Rod of Fire Bolts
j) 3 Wands of Teleport Other (15 charges)
k) 5 Staffs of Teleportation (34 charges) {!*}
l) a Staff of Perception (16 charges) {@u0}
m) 2 Staffs of Enlightenment (4 charges) {@u2!*}
n) Chain Mail of Resistance (-2) [14,+19] {MazerV 1550'}
It provides resistance to acid, lightning, fire, and cold. It
cannot be harmed by the elements.
o) an Iron Crown of Night and Day [0,+10] {MazerV 1550'}
It provides resistance to light, dark, and blindness. It usually
provides light of radius 1. It grants you the ability to see
invisible things. It cannot be harmed by acid.
p) a Golden Crown of Seeing [0,+7] (+4 to searching) {MazerV 1550'}
It increases your searching by 4. It provides resistance to
blindness. It grants you the ability to see invisible things. It
cannot be harmed by acid.
q) The Tulwar of Lagduinwe (2d4) (+5,+2) {MazerV 1550'}
It cannot be harmed by the elements. It might have hidden powers.
r) The Pike 'Eriath' (2d5) (+4,+8) {MazerV 1550'}
It cannot be harmed by the elements. It might have hidden powers.
s) a Short Bow of Power (x2) (+8,+24) {MazerV 1550'}
t) a Heavy Crossbow (x4) {good}
u) 17 Bolts (1d5) {good}
v) 26 Arrows (1d4) (+0,+0) {@f0=g}
w) 7 Arrows (1d4) {@f1=g, good}
[Home Inventory]
a) a Scroll of *Identify* {!*}
b) The Set of Leather Gloves of Lador [1,+16] (+3) {Ufthak 850'}
It increases your wisdom and dexterity by 3. It grants you immunity
to paralysis. It cannot be harmed by the elements.
c) a Sling of Accuracy (x2) (+7,+11)
d) a Light Crossbow of Extra Shots (x3) (+8,+9) (+1) {Floor 800'}
It increases your shooting speed by 1.
[Options]
Adult: Maximize effect of race/class bonuses : yes (adult_maximize)
Adult: Randomize some of the artifacts (beta): yes (adult_randarts)
Adult: Auto-scum for good levels : yes (adult_autoscum)
Adult: Restrict the use of stairs/recall : no (adult_ironman)
Adult: Restrict the use of stores/home : no (adult_no_stores)
Adult: Restrict creation of artifacts : no (adult_no_artifacts)
Adult: Don't stack objects on the floor : no (adult_no_stacking)
Adult: Preserve artifacts when leaving level : yes (adult_no_preserve)
Adult: Don't generate connected stairs : yes (adult_no_stairs)
Adult: Monsters chase current location : yes (adult_ai_sound)
Adult: Monsters chase recent locations : yes (adult_ai_smell)
Adult: Monsters act smarter in groups : yes (adult_ai_packs)
Adult: Monsters learn from their mistakes : yes (adult_ai_learn)
Adult: Monsters exploit players weaknesses : yes (adult_ai_cheat)
Adult: Monsters behave more intelligently (broken): yes (adult_ai_smart)
Score: Peek into object creation : no (score_peek)
Score: Peek into monster creation : no (score_hear)
Score: Peek into dungeon creation : no (score_room)
Score: Peek into something else : no (score_xtra)
Score: Know complete monster info : no (score_know)
Score: Allow player to avoid death : no (score_live)
Kevin
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