The goal is to see how fast you can get to DL 20. Here's a sample starting character:
Half-Orc Warrior, STR/DEX/CON 17/18/10. With this combination you get 4 blows with a dagger or main gauche.
Birth options:
No selling, no starting kit. With this you start with significantly more gold.
Connected stairs for a basic escape option.
Gear:
Enough cheap armor for AC ~20.
Extra torch
10 flasks of oil for projectiles
7 ?PD
6 CLW
1 !Hero
1 ?Recall
With this gear, you could pretty easily kill Bullroarer at CL 1 if you happen to see him before leveling up.
I tried running this character.
Game log
DL 1. Found another 3 phase door and 4 CLW on DL 1. Leveled to CL 3 while looking for stairs. Had to kill more monsters than usual because everything is waking up. (i don't bother killing anything on early levels unless it's unavoidable.)
DL 2 Kill Grip to reach CL 4. Now have 14 CLW and 12 PD.
DL 3: Reach level 5 looking for stairs.
DL 4: Reach CL 8 cleaning up after summoning trap.
DL 5: Dagger(+5,+3) and ? Mapping. Damage now 34/turn and find stairs fast.
DL 6: Downstairs in starting room. Take it immediately
Dl 7: torch of brightness, CL 9
DL 8: Lantern. Dump all torches.
Mobbed by orcs, coming in from two directions, while trying to fight Wormtoungue. Fail to escape and die. Total time elapsed: ~10 minutes.
Failed ecape after ambush is number one cause of early Warrior death.
Post mortem: I'd have done better to chug CLW while boxed in by Wormtongue and orcs, then have only one attacker after Wormtongue teleported. Phase door was wrong choice.
Attempt 2 to follow.
Half-Orc Warrior, STR/DEX/CON 17/18/10. With this combination you get 4 blows with a dagger or main gauche.
Birth options:
No selling, no starting kit. With this you start with significantly more gold.
Connected stairs for a basic escape option.
Gear:
Enough cheap armor for AC ~20.
Extra torch
10 flasks of oil for projectiles
7 ?PD
6 CLW
1 !Hero
1 ?Recall
With this gear, you could pretty easily kill Bullroarer at CL 1 if you happen to see him before leveling up.
I tried running this character.
Game log
DL 1. Found another 3 phase door and 4 CLW on DL 1. Leveled to CL 3 while looking for stairs. Had to kill more monsters than usual because everything is waking up. (i don't bother killing anything on early levels unless it's unavoidable.)
DL 2 Kill Grip to reach CL 4. Now have 14 CLW and 12 PD.
DL 3: Reach level 5 looking for stairs.
DL 4: Reach CL 8 cleaning up after summoning trap.
DL 5: Dagger(+5,+3) and ? Mapping. Damage now 34/turn and find stairs fast.
DL 6: Downstairs in starting room. Take it immediately
Dl 7: torch of brightness, CL 9
DL 8: Lantern. Dump all torches.
Mobbed by orcs, coming in from two directions, while trying to fight Wormtoungue. Fail to escape and die. Total time elapsed: ~10 minutes.
Failed ecape after ambush is number one cause of early Warrior death.
Post mortem: I'd have done better to chug CLW while boxed in by Wormtongue and orcs, then have only one attacker after Wormtongue teleported. Phase door was wrong choice.
Attempt 2 to follow.
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