SAng Sorcerer...

[Wisp]

Not quite after adventure, he's still alive, but I'm looking for advice to keep him that way...

[Sangband 1.0.0 Character Dump]

Anneth Age : 158 STR: 12
the Trickster Height : 5 ft, 6 in INT: 18/60
Weight : 108 lb WIS: 13
Gender : Male DEX: 14
Race : Dark-Elf Slayer of CON: 12
Realm : Sorcery Grip, Farmer Maggot's CHR: 13
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Max Hitpoints 47 Power 20 Max Mana 32
Cur Hitpoints 47 Score 19 Cur Mana 32

(Melee) Unspent Exp 3 (Missile)
Blows per round 2 Gold 882 Shots per round 1
+ to Skill 3 + to Skill 0
Deadliness (%) 14 Max Depth Lev 8 Deadliness (%) 0

(Character Abilities)
Melee : Iffy Saving Throw: Bad Magic Device: Iffy
Shooting : Fair Stealth : Very Good Dodging : Very Bad
Throwing : Bad Perception : Fair Fame : Scorned
Digging : Very Bad Disarming : Fair Infra-Vision: 20 feet

Speed : normal
Armor : 25
Kills : 355
Time Elapsed: 4 days, 5 hours, 33 minutes (423156 turns)


[Character Attributes]

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Stlth:............. STR: 13 ............1 12
Invis:............. INT: 17 ............7 18/60
Aware:............. WIS: 13 ............. 13
Disar:............. DEX: 12 ............2 14
Devic:............. CON: 14 ............2 12
Speed:............. CHR: 14 ............1 13

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Infra:............2 NFuel:.............
Tunnl:............. Steal:.............
Save :............. NoMag:.............
Mana :............. Telep:.............
Light:.....2....... Aggra:.............
Drain:.............

Curse:.............

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Acid :............. Light:............. Food :....+........
Elec :............. Dark :............. Feath:.............
Fire :............. Sound:............. Shine:.............
Cold :............. Shard:............. Regen:.............
Pois :............. Nexus:............. ESP :.............
Fear :............. Nethr:............. SeeIn:.............
Blind:............. Chaos:............. FrAct:.............
Confu:............. Disen:............. HLife:.............


[Last Messages]

You blink away.
You have used up all your blinks.
You cast Magic Missile.
The Soldier ant scuttles about.
You aim a Copper Wand of Spark.
The Soldier ant drones angrily.
You have 12 charges remaining.
You failed to use the wand properly. <2x>
The Soldier ant bites you!
You failed to use the wand properly.
The Soldier ant bites you!
*** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
You quaff a Chartreuse Potion of Cure Serious Wounds.
You feel very good.
You have 4 Chartreuse Potions of Cure Serious Wounds (e).
The Soldier ant bites you.
Illegal object choice!
Illegal object choice (inven)!
Cancelled.
You aim a Copper Wand of Spark.
The Soldier ant twitches in pain - and flees!
You have 11 charges remaining.
You aim a Copper Wand of Spark.
The Soldier ant dies.
You have 10 charges remaining.
Your light is growing faint. <6x>
You combine the torches.
Your torch glows more brightly.
You have 2 Wooden Torches [2] <Fuel: 2500> (j).
You combine the torches.
Your torch is fully fueled.
You have a Wooden Torch [2] <Fuel: 2500> (j).
You see a boulder.
You see a Gnome skeleton.
You see a Topaz Ring.
You have a Topaz Ring (j).
Autosaving the game...
done.
You read a Scroll titled "lun rathmur gavasp" of Word of Recall.
The air about you becomes charged...
You have no more Scrolls titled "lun rathmur gavasp" of Word of Recall (g).
You feel yourself yanked upwards!
You cast Sound Blast.
The Village idiot dies.
You push past the Village idiot.
There is a wall in the way.
The Aimless-looking merchant rambles on about pretty innkeepers.
You enter a maze of down staircases.
You enter a maze of up staircases.
There is a wall in the way.


[Skills]

Swordsmanship : 7%
Archery - Bows : 7%
Spellcasting : 26%
Magical Power : 22%
Wizardry : 21%
Magical Device : 11%
Stealth : 13%
Dodging : 7%
Magical Infusion : 2%

You have taken the Oath of Sorcery.


[Quests]

Failed to defeat 14 Stegocentipedes on level 8


[Character Equipment]

A Dagger (1d4) (+3,+3)
A Short Bow (x2) {average}
A Cochineal Amulet of Slow Digestion
A Wooden Torch (lit) [2] <Fuel: 4655>
Hard Studded Leather (-1) [7,+0]
A Cloak [1,+6]
A Small Metal Shield [5,+0]
A Metal Cap [3,+0]
A Pair of Hard Leather Boots [3,+0] {25% off}
26 Arrows (1d2) (+0,+0)


[Character Inventory]

a Book of Magic Spells [Apprentice Magic]
Does 2d4 thrown damage
a Book of Magic Spells [Lesser Conjury]
Does 3d7 thrown damage
4 Rations of Food
2 Ivory White Potions of Speed
4 Chartreuse Potions of Cure Serious Wounds
4 Scrolls titled "ellnont got argrath" of Phase Door
4 Scrolls titled "got al-dur runtnuth" of Learn Magic
a Copper Wand of Spark (10 charges)
a Topaz Ring
a Wooden Torch [2] <Fuel: 2500>
a Wicker Shield [2] {good}


[Special Advantages and Disadvantages]

You were rolled up 43836 times before being accepted.

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I'm wondering what I should give my Sorcerer as a backup method of fighting. IF you read the log, you'll notice that I had to resort to using a wand of spark to kill one final soldier ant... I put some points in swords, and a few in archery, but I'm on the hedge. I have a really nice mana pool with an 18/60 INT this early, however, so I haven't started having problems yet. I just got sonic blast which is a really nice change from the crappy stinking cloud... Also, what resistances/skills should I look into that I haven't already.

[Wisp]

And I died. I ran out of !CSW, and I didn't use WoR when I should've. Gang of kobold dart throwers. I exhausted a full mana pool at them as well as a whole wand of spark, a wand of MM, and alf a wand of Frost Bolt before I cast Phase Door, and found another group... I died 5 spaces from a stairwell...

[Wisp]

Can someone give me some advice as to what to lookout for? I just killed Bullroarer with another character of a similar nature...

[Satyr]

The most importent advice for any mage-type charater: don't fight everything and allways have lots of escape methods available. If you avoid anything with strong ranged attacks (kobold dartthrowers are a nice example ) magic and devices should keep you alive and going. Just add stealth, perception and magic resistance as skills and you have a nice focused character.

If you really want some melee backup, unarmed combat is probably the easiest way to go, it's pretty strong early on. I wouldn't bother with archery, you miss far too often unless you put a lot of skill points in it.

[Wisp]

Yeah, I noticed that about the archery. However, it works really well at close ranges. I have a fairly good stealth as oh right now, and I have a strong perception for where I am (about 12% and a ring of aware +2) I'm at the point where I'm getting some nice spells... Soundblast and fireflash being good examples. Confuse and sleepmay turn out to be nice as well. I get sleep in 2 magic levels or so,

[Wisp]

Damn. My guy died with a power of 40; killed by a Ghoul on 650'. I was excited about him... I usually cheat, so he was my farthest so far... Back to stat rolling. Any advice on a source of rPar, rConf, rBlind, or any of those other nasties that stop my spell casting?

[camlost]

Buy !CCW, which eliminate blindness and confusion. I'm not divining what rPar means. As for "suggestions", I suggest playing with what you've got. I find planning on getting something in Sangband impossible.

I've never had much patience for pure spellcasters in S, as they need a much slower pace. Pick up a melee attack routine; that will save your butt a lot.

As for spells, wonder and fire bolt are pretty good, and fireflash and sonic burst are also regulars. The early game for me is all about melee and phase door, with magic missile for ranged stuff.

Once you pick up elemental defense and haste self, try to hunt dragons.

[Arendil]

I think by rPar he means resistance to paralysis. Wisp, if my guess is correct, it is called free action instead. Partial answer is to pump up magic resistance if you can't find a corresponding item.

As for pure casters, I usually don't have patience for them. Sangband is extremely fun while playing melee oriented, pure warriors, or hybrid classes based on close combat.
Anyway, it seems that wands are a suplementary, or maybe even primary, way to go while playing pure casters.

[Wisp]

I enjoy casters, as playing warriors feels too boring at times, and when your in trouble, you don't have as many options. Several bookfuls of spells > a couple magical items.

[Wisp]

Oh, and I was talking about free action. Like I said, my last guy got paralyzed and got beaten to death without my being able to do anything.