[Sil 1.1.0 Character Dump]

 Name   Prosopagnosia Age      738       Str   2
 Sex    Female        Height  5'10       Dex   4
 Race   Noldor        Weight   175       Con   5
 House  Fingolfin                        Gra   3

 Game Turn   21,548   Melee  (+26,1d6)   Melee       26 = 23  +4  +1  -2
 Exp Pool       455          (+26,1d6)   Archery      6 =  0  +4  +1  +1
 Total Exp   64,955   Bows    (+6,1d8)   Evasion     22 = 19  +4  -1
 Burden       112.7   Armor [+22,8-23]   Stealth      3 =  0  +4  -1
 Max Burden   144.0                      Perception  10 =  7  +3
 Depth         950'   Health     -5:49   Will        10 =  6  +3      +1
 Min Depth     800'   Voice      34:34   Smithing    11 =  4  +3  +4
 Light Radius     3                      Song         3 =  0  +3

 Challenge: Monster blindness. All enemies are red D's named 'Monster'
 What I really want are completely random monsters, but other than
 perma-hallucination, which distorts items, this is the best I got.





  [Last Messages]

> You feel bolder now.
> You see a Bastard Sword of Hador's House (-2,3d5) [+1].
> The Monster stares deep into your eyes!
> You stare back unafraid!
> You hit the Monster!!
> You hit the Monster.
> The Monster claws you...
> You hit the Monster!
> You hit the Monster.
> The Monster bites you.
> You are enveloped in flames!
> You hit the Monster.
> You hit the Monster!!!
> The Monster claws you!
> You die.


  [Screenshot]

    #_.  
    #...|
    #.D  
    #@###
    #.|  
    #'###
    #..  


  [Equipment]

a) The Dagger 'Angrist' (+0,1d5) 0.8 lb
   It cuts very easily through armour.  It can be thrown
   effectively (10 squares).  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  
b) a Shortbow (+0,1d7) 1.9 lb
   It can shoot arrows 12 squares (with your current strength).
c) a Moonstone Ring of Protection [+0,1d2]
d) an Onyx Ring of Accuracy (+2)
e) a Driftwood Amulet of Constitution <+0>
   It increases your constitution by 0.  It sustains your 
   constitution.  
f) a Feanorian Lamp
g) a Mail Corslet of Protection (-1) [-3,2d6]
   It cannot be harmed by the elements.  
h) a Cloak of Stealth [+2] <+3>
   It improves your stealth by 3.  
i) a Round Shield of Deflection [+2,1d3]
   It cannot be harmed by the elements.  
j) a Dwarf Mask of Clarity [-2,1d2]
   It provides resistance to fire, confusion, stunning, and 
   hallucination.  
k) The Set of Gloves of Celebrimbor [+0,1d1] <+4>
   It improves your smithing by 4.  It grants you freedom of
   movement.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.  
l) a Pair of Mithril Greaves [+0,1d2]
   It cannot be harmed by the elements.  
m) 30 Arrows (+3)
   They can be shot 12 squares (with your current strength and bow).
n) (nothing)


  [Inventory]

a) 6 Russet Herbs of Sustenance
b) a Mottled Herb of Healing
c) 2 Pale Herbs of Emptiness
d) a Fragment of Lembas
e) 2 Clear Potions of Miruvor
f) a Yellow Potion of Clarity
g) 4 Black Potions of Healing
h) a Violet Potion of Quickness
i) 2 Brown Potions of Elemental Resistance
j) 4 Sparkling Potions of Strength
k) a Sparkling Blue Potion of Dexterity
l) 2 Pale Green Potions of Constitution
m) an Ashen Staff of Light (0 charges)
n) a Golden Staff of Revelations (7 charges)
o) a Golden Staff of Revelations (7 charges)
p) a Golden Staff of Revelations (3 charges)
q) a Birch Staff of Treasures (0 charges)
r) The Shadow Cloak of Luthien [+4] <+4>
   It improves your stealth by 4.  It sustains your grace.  It 
   creates an unnatural darkness.  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  It grants you the ability: Song of Lorien.  
s) a Bastard Sword of Hador's House (-2,3d5) [+1] 4.4 lb
   It grants you the ability: Follow-Through.  It does extra
   damage when wielded with both hands.  
t) a Battle Axe of Nargothrond (-3,3d4) 5.5 lb
   It slays dragons and raukar.  It does extra damage when
   wielded with both hands.  
u) a Mattock (-4,5d3) <+2> 15.3 lb
   It improves your tunneling by 2.  It requires both hands to
   wield it properly.  


  [Notes]

Prosopagnosia of the Noldor
Entered Angband on 7 Sep 2012

    Turn     Depth    Note

       7     50 ft    (Inner Light)
     494    100 ft    (Hardiness)
   1,810    200 ft    Wow, a +2, 1d3 shield of deflection. Nice.
   1,877    200 ft    Orcs roar, apparently. Never noticed before.
   2,084    200 ft    Aha! A purple mold. That '10' in Will just paid off.
   2,389    250 ft    (Power)
   2,568    250 ft    Aha, another purple mld
   2,591    250 ft    My glee is simply because my two previous incarnations 
   2,591    250 ft    Went to -1 Con pretty quickly, as I fight *everything* 
                      to the death 
   2,591    250 ft    For the most part
   2,955    300 ft    A Mewlip! And can bypass my '10' on fear, hasn't 
                      blanked me yet 
   3,975    350 ft    Yes! First staff was of Sanctity.
   5,621    400 ft    (Lore-Keeper)
   5,621    400 ft    (Lore-Master)
   7,226    450 ft    (Parry)
   7,820    500 ft    (Riposte)
   8,933    500 ft    Took my first upstair.
   9,193    550 ft    Slew Monster
   9,193    550 ft    Found The Serpentine Ring of Barahir
   9,748    550 ft    Okay, 550'... Time for fire resistance.
   9,748    550 ft    Some of the capital red D's really *are* dragons.
   9,748    550 ft    (Crowd Fighting)
  10,447    550 ft    Slew Monster
  11,720    650 ft    Found The Dagger 'Angrist'
  11,817    650 ft    (Finesse)
  11,907    650 ft    (Subtlety)
  12,181    600 ft    Found The Mail Corslet of Fingon
  12,876    600 ft    This must be one of those damned new Balrogs
  12,876    600 ft    Fire attack + Disarm
  12,878    600 ft    Destroyed Monster
  13,209    600 ft    Found The Set of Gloves of Celebrimbor
  13,505    600 ft    Slew Monster
  13,633    600 ft    Burning a *lot* of time at 600'
  13,633    600 ft    Tried Angrist for many turns... I'm never really 
                      comfortable 
  13,633    600 ft    Going shieldless and subtle.
  14,257    600 ft    The monster passes *under* the door... wtf is this?!
  14,895    650 ft    Damn, first dwarf mask if of terror
  15,130    650 ft    Another Balrog? Fire plus disarm
  15,130    650 ft    Time to buff
  15,147    650 ft    Destroyed Monster
  15,178    650 ft    They dropped a defender glaive and bow of radiance
  15,262    650 ft    My notes declare all the uniques as 'Monster', but, I 
                      can recall 
  15,262    650 ft    Details... I have killed Delthaur and Valururaukerakak 
  16,484    650 ft    No fire resist yet... gonna get my face melted off.
  16,484    650 ft    Also, nothing better than lamp for light.
  16,951    650 ft    Close call with a Kemraukar? and a H that acid damages 
  17,154    650 ft    Ooh, a dwarf mask of clarity, here I come.
  19,109    800 ft    Found The Shadow Cloak of Luthien
  19,802    800 ft    (Rapid Attack)
  20,287    900 ft    Hmm, Angrist with rapid attack, even with a shield
  20,287    900 ft    Seems okay enough
  20,287    900 ft    I wish I had some damage rings
  20,894    900 ft    Slew Monster
  20,959    900 ft    (Jeweller)
  21,060    900 ft    Made a Feanorian Lamp  1.0 lb
  21,252    950 ft    This must be an ancient red, or unique dragon
  21,271    950 ft    (Keen Senses)
  21,375    950 ft    Damn, Balrog!
  21,399    950 ft    Destroyed Monster
  21,400    950 ft    Damn, that was a *tough* fight
  21,400    950 ft    At least he breathed fired and killed the shadow thing 
  21,400    950 ft    Behind me
  21,400    950 ft    Bastard Sword of Hador's House, -2, 3d5
  21,470    950 ft    Okay, more than likely, Lungorthin
  21,470    950 ft    That also resonates with my beta fights with him
  21,480    950 ft    Found The Greatsword of Saithnar

  21,548    950 ft    Slain by a Monster.
  21,548    950 ft    Died on 07 September 2012.




  ['Score' 019078452]

Posted on 7.9.2012 17:47
Last updated on 7.9.2012 19:16

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On 7.9.2012 17:47 HallucinationMushroom wrote:
This sort of odd challenge came about when I was pondering different responses on the forum from people who use monster recall, rods of probing, and outright monster spoiling through edit files and the differing opinions therein. I would be the opposite end of the spectrum, not bothering to ever garner any information other than game display messages, damage feedback, and my own shoddy memory from previous encounters. I think it would be highly interesting to have randomly generated monsters, but as I cannot even code, "Hello World", this is about as good as I can experience that. The problem is, I can deduce pretty quickly what I'm fighting, especially in Sil where the list is so short.

I've pulled this stunt before, with Monster Blind 3, in Vanilla. http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=11292 I managed to kill some of the hardest uniques, like the Tarrasque, but fell short... as I often do on my stupid challenges.

When it comes down to it, I'd rather pit my tried and true warrior archetypes against ridiculous hurdles than to explore the myriad of game play options other classes have to offer.

On 7.9.2012 19:16 HallucinationMushroom wrote:
Aw man, I had just killed Lungorthin? too. It was something that could breathe fire and guarded a fair bit of treasure. I had turned the corner power wise... I was really started to melt through everything. Oh well. Same old me, stumbling at the last hurdle.

On 7.9.2012 23:18 Scatha wrote:
This is kind of hilarious. I like the fact that what killed you may have been the first time you met something that would be a red 'D' regularly (of course it may not, but I'm allowed to hope).

Would it be better if you had a version of the game where you were permanently hallucinating? We could compile one for you ...

On 7.9.2012 23:33 half wrote:
This is crazy. I'm kind of surprised it is even possible. I'm somewhat satisfied that the monsters in Sil are distinct enough that you can determine what they are from their behaviours/abilities. We did work at that, but I'd never thought of testing it like this. Well done!

On 7.9.2012 23:38 HallucinationMushroom wrote:
That would be awesome. I've always wanted to do that, but I never even attempted to learn how to go about making the game do it. The only problem I can foresee with that though, is that the items would be distorted as well... but, I think I can handle that! I might bump into a few more molds than usual but I think I killed all the molds I ran into it in this game anyway.

On 7.9.2012 23:39 HallucinationMushroom wrote:
Ah, thanks. I noticed more things like, monsters roaring, and things going under doors, and attack descriptions like bite and claw and such... I often sort of glaze over when I'm playing but with so little to go on I paid more attention than usual.

On 7.9.2012 23:44 HallucinationMushroom wrote:
Things like group tactics, status affects, group vs individual, likely strength based on special room, etc... I pretty much could tell you with a good bit of certainty when I was fighting cats, or wolves, or pretty much anything after a round or two. I should probably mention I didn't have any other window but the main screen... I didn't consult combat rolls because I never use those anyway.

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