[Chengband 0.0.137 Character Dump]

                          Name  : Ordinary Blinkyblink

 Sex      : Male             Kills            4089   STR :   18/18
 Race     : Gnome            Uniques            39   INT :  18/***
 Class    : Mage             Artifacts          12   WIS :       9
 Magic    : Chaos, Nature                            DEX :      16
                             Align          Lawful   CON :   18/72
                                                     CHR :      13

 Right hand     (-136,+11)   Hit point    336/ 336   Fighting   : Good
 Left hand      (-114,+23)   SP (Mana)    314/ 314   Bows/Throw : Superb
 Blows/Round           1+1                           SavingThrow: Superb
 AverageDmg/Rnd      18+26   Level              35   Stealth    : Heroic
                             Experience     579203   Perception : Excellent
 Shooting      (+18,+15+7)   Max Exp        579203   Searching  : Excellent
 Multiplier          x3.06   Exp to Adv     729000   Disarming  : Superb
 Shots/Round          1.25   Gold           112768   MagicDevice: Legendary[7]
                                                     SpellPower : +0%
 AC               [19,+36]   Time     Day 20 10:41   DevicePower: +0%
 Speed                (+4)   Play time    05:32:36   Infravision: 100 feet


                         (Character Background)
          You are one of several children of a Gnome Warrior.  You
          are a credit to the family.  You have blue-gray eyes, wavy
          brown hair, and a dark complexion.


          ...Now, you are exploring level 36 of Giant's Hall.


                                                               Modification
 Sex   : Male          Stat    BaseRacClaPerMod ActualCurrent  abcdefghijkl@
 Race  : Gnome         STR :  18/68 -1 -4  0  0  18/18         .............
 Class : Mage          INT : 18/107  2  3  0  7 18/***         s....3.4.....
 Level : 35            WIS :     10 -1  0  0  0      9         .............
 Hits  : 336/336       DEX :     13  2  1  0  0     16         .............
 Mana  : 314/314       CON :  18/82  1 -2  0  0  18/72         .............
                       CHR :     16 -1 -2  0  0     13         .............

         abcdefghijkl@            abcdefghijkl@                abcdefghijkl@
 Acid  : +.+..........    Sound : .......+.....    Speed     : .+...........
 Elec  : +......+.....    Nether: .............    FreeAction: +...........+
 Fire  : ++...........    Nexus : .............    SeeInvisi.: +............
 Cold  : +............    Chaos : ...+.........    Hold Life : .+...........
 Poison: +............    Disnch: .......+.....    Warning   : +............
 Light : ....+........    Fear  : ..+..........    SlowDigest: .............
 Dark  : ....+........    Reflct: .............    Regene.   : .............
 Shard : .............    AuFire: .............    Levitation: +............
 Blind : .............    AuElec: .............    Perm Lite : .+...........
 Conf  : ...+.........    AuCold: .............    Cursed    : .............


             ab@                abcdefghijkl@                  abcdefghijkl@
 Slay Evil : ...    Telepathy : .............    Add Blows   : .............
 Slay Und. : .+.    ESP Evil  : .............    Add Tunnel  : .............
 Slay Demon: ...    ESP Noliv.: .............    Add Infra   : .........+...
 Slay Drag.: ...    ESP Good  : .............    Add Device  : .............
 Slay Human: ...    ESP Undead: .............    Add Stealth : +.....+.+....
 Slay Anim.: ...    ESP Demon : .............    Add Search  : ........+....
 Slay Orc  : ...    ESP Dragon: .............
 Slay Troll: ...    ESP Human : .............    Riding      : .............
 Slay Giant: ...    ESP Animal: .............    Throw       : .............
 Acid Brand: ...    ESP Orc   : .............    Blessed     : .............
 Elec Brand: ...    ESP Troll : .............    No Teleport : .............
 Fire Brand: .+.    ESP Giant : .............    Anti Magic  : .............
 Cold Brand: ...                                 Econom. Mana: .............
 Poison Brd: ...    Sust Str  : .............
 Sharpness : ...    Sust Int  : +............    Drain Exp   : .............
 Quake     : ...    Sust Wis  : .............    Rnd.Teleport: .............
 Vampiric  : ...    Sust Dex  : .............    Aggravate   : .............
 Chaotic   : ...    Sust Con  : .............    TY Curse    : .............
 Force Wep.: ...    Sust Chr  : .............


  [Option Settings]

 Preserve Mode:      ON
 Small Levels:       OFF
 Arena Levels:       OFF
 Random Artifacts:   ENABLED


  [Recall Depth]

    Angband         : level  12
    Camelot         : level  28
    Anti-melee cave : level  40
    Giant's Hall    : level  36


  [Quest Information]

< Completed Quest >
  Thieves Hideout                          (Danger  level:   5) - level  8
  Meng You, the Brother of Meng Huo        (Dungeon level:   6) - level 17
  Lady Zhurong, the Avatar of Flame Spirit (Dungeon level:  12) - level 18
  Orc Camp                                 (Danger  level:  15) - level 19
  The Sewer                                (Danger  level:  15) - level 21
  Doom Quest 1                             (Danger  level:  15) - level 21
  Old Man Willow Quest                     (Danger  level:  22) - level 33
  Logrus Master                            (Danger  level:  25) - level 33
  Dark Elven Lords Quest                   (Danger  level:  25) - level 33
  Vapor Quest                              (Danger  level:  25) - level 33
  The Mimic's Treasure                     (Danger  level:  25) - level 33
  Tengu and Death Swords                   (Danger  level:  25) - level 33
  The Vault                                (Danger  level:  30) - level 33
  The Barrow Downs                         (Danger  level:  35) - level 33

< Failed Quest >
  Nothing.


 Arena: 20 Victories


  [Defeated Monsters]

You have defeated 4089 enemies including 39 unique monsters in total.

< Unique monsters top 10 >
  Ulfang the Black                         (level  34)
  That @$^%& Black Bat                     (level  33)
  Jaian, the Boss of the Kids              (level  29)
  The Ultimate Dungeon Cleaner             (level  28)
  Grendel                                  (level  27)
  Kharis the Powerslave                    (level  26)
  Sangahyando of Umbar                     (level  24)
  Hagen, Son of Alberich                   (level  24)
  Mime, the Nibelung                       (level  24)
  Old Man Willow                           (level  22)


  [Virtues]

Your alighnment : Lawful

You are a great champion of Knowledge.
You have strayed from the path of Mysticism.
You are somewhat virtuous in Justice.
You have strayed from the path of Chance.
You are the polar opposite of Nature.
You are virtuous in Honour.
You are the living embodiment of Temperance.
You are an enemy of Valour.


  [Character Equipment]

a) a Beaked Axe (Defender) (2d6) (+6,+5) [+3] (+2 to stealth) {Po;LvWr(In, $}
b) The Small Sword of Flame (1d6) (+16,+18) (+4 to speed) {Sp;Fi;HlLu|F/L}
c) The Sling 'Acid Rain' (x3) (+10,+15) {AcFe;Xm}
d) a Ring of Chaos Resistance
e) a Ring of Light and Darkness Resistance
f) an Amulet of Intelligence (+3)
g) The Feanorian Lamp 'Silverlight' (+7,+7) (+4 to stealth) {Sl}
h) The Leather Scale Mail 'Sign of Brilliance' (-1) [11,+20] (+4) {In;ElSoDi}
i) an Elven Cloak [4,+10] (+4 to stealth)
j) a Jingasa of Infravision [4,+2] (+6)
k) (nothing)
l) (nothing)


  [Melee Damage]

 Beaked Axe (Defender) (2d6) (+6,+5)    Small Sword of Flame (1d6) (+16,+18)
 Number of Blows: 1                     Number of Blows: 1
 To Hit:  0  50 100 150 200 (AC)        To Hit:  0  50 100 150 200 (AC)
          5   5   5   5   5 (%)                  5   5   5   5   5 (%)
 Possible Damage:                       Possible Damage:
   Criticals: 1.00x +0.00                 Criticals: 1.00x +0.00
  One Strike: 18 (13-23)                 One Strike: 26 (24-29)
  One Attack: 18 (13-23)                 One Attack: 26 (24-29)
                                             Undead: 33 (26-41) [x3.00]
                                               Fire: 31 (25-38) [x2.50]


  [Character Inventory]

a) 2 Chaos Spellbooks [Sign of Chaos] {@ma!k}
b) 2 Chaos Spellbooks [Chaos Mastery] {@mb!k}
c) a Chaos Spellbook [Chaos Channels] {@mc!k}
d) a Chaos Spellbook [Armageddon Tome] {@md!s!d!k}
e) 2 Nature Spellbooks [Call of the Wild] {@me!k}
f) 2 Nature Spellbooks [Nature Mastery] {@mf!k}
g) 26 Potions of Cure Critical Wounds
h) 45 Scrolls of Teleportation
i) 2 Rods of Recall {@zr!s!d!k!!}
j) a Rod of Detection (charging) {@z3!s!d!k!!}
k) a Rod of Cold Balls {!s!d!k}
l) 6 Wands of Drain Life (42 charges) {@al!s!d!k}
m) a Wand of Disintegrate (4 charges) {@ad!s!d!k}
n) a Staff of Perception (20 charges) {@u1}


  [Home Inventory]

 ( page 1 )
a) 4 Chaos Spellbooks [Sign of Chaos] {@ma!k}
b) 2 Chaos Spellbooks [Chaos Mastery] {@mb!k}
c) 9 Nature Spellbooks [Call of the Wild] {@me!k}
d) 4 Nature Spellbooks [Nature Mastery] {@mf!k}
e) 2 Thieve's Guides [Great Escapes]
f) a Necromancy Spellbook [Necromatic Tome]
g) a Craft Spellbook [Note of Acting Master]
h) an Arcane Spellbook [Manual of Mastery]
i) a Sorcery Spellbook [Grimoire of Power]
j) a Life Spellbook [Book of the Unicorn]
k) 3 Mushrooms of Restoring {!E}
l) 4 Potions of Detect Invisible

 ( page 2 )
a) 3 Potions of Boldness
b) 7 Potions of Speed {!k!q}
c) 25 Potions of Cure Critical Wounds
d) 13 Potions of Healing {!k!q}
e) 2 Potions of Restore Mana {!k!q}
f) 4 Potions of Enlightenment
g) 7 Potions of Resistance {!k!q}
h) a Potion of Curing
i) 8 Scrolls of Phase Door
j) 2 Scrolls of Teleportation
k) a Scroll of Teleport Level
l) 4 Scrolls of Word of Recall

 ( page 3 )
a) a Scroll of Identify
b) 5 Scrolls of Remove Curse
c) a Scroll of *Remove Curse*
d) 3 Scrolls of Protection from Evil
e) a Scroll of Acquirement {!*}
f) a Rod of Drain Life {@zd!s!d!k!!}
g) a Rod of Acid Balls {!s!d!k}
h) 5 Rods of Lightning Balls {!s!d!k}
i) a Rod of Cold Balls {!s!d!k}
j) 3 Wands of Dragon's Frost (15 charges) {@ac!s!d!k}
k) a Wand of Dragon's Breath (5 charges) {@ab!s!d!k}
l) a Staff of Perception (20 charges) {@u1}

 ( page 4 )
a) a Staff of Perception (19 charges) {@u1}
b) a Staff of Perception (18 charges) {@u1}
c) a Staff of Perception (10 charges) {@u1}
d) 2 Staffs of Perception (2x 0 charges) {@u1}
e) a Staff of Starlight (8 charges)
f) a Staff of Object Location (11 charges) {@uo}
g) 2 Staffs of Curing (2x 8 charges)
h) a Staff of Speed (8 charges) {@us}
i) a Ring of Acid [+9]
j) a Ring of Flames [+11]
k) a Ring of See Invisible
l) a Ring of Lightning [+9]

 ( page 5 )
a) a Ring of Fear Resistance
b) a Ring of Light and Darkness Resistance
c) a Ring of Confusion Resistance
d) 3 Rings of Shard Resistance
e) an Amulet of Intelligence (+2)
f) The Phial of Mordenkainen (+3 to infravision) {If(Dx}
g) The Phial of Alhazred (+4 to infravision) {If}
h) The Stone of Mordenkainen (+2) {WiCn}
i) The Soft Leather Armour of Azriel [4,+8] (+4 to speed) {Sp;FiPoDkNt;Hl}
j) Padded Armour of Elvenkind [5,+7] (+3 to stealth) {Sh}
k) The Cloak 'Cool Boy' [1,+24] {Co[C}
l) an Elven Cloak [4,+7] (+4 to stealth)

 ( page 6 )
a) a Large Leather Shield of Resistance [6,+9]
b) a Large Metal Shield of Resistance [8,+13]
c) a Dragon Shield [8,+12] {ElFe}
d) The Broad Sword of Rage (4d6) (+17,+18) (+4) {StCn|V}
e) The Spear 'Pure Mischief' (2d7) (+16,+13) [+7] (+4 to infravision) {If/*PUL}
f) a Halberd (Crusade) (3d5) (+3,+10) [+1] (+3)
g) a Whip (Trump) (1d6) (+8,+10) (+1 to searching) {Dk, .}
h) The Whip 'Angel's Love Song' (1d6) (+13,+4) {Dk~Evil}
i) The Quarterstaff 'Red Hot Chili Pepper' (1d9) (+7,+5) (+4) {Ch;Fi|FV/pPUL}
j) The Flail of Tips (2d6) (+4,+20) (+4) {InCn;Ca|A}
k) a Wizardstaff (1d2) (+4,+3)
l) 3 Wizardstaffs (1d2) (+0,+0)

 ( page 7 )
a) a Capture Ball (empty)
b) The Skeleton of Freesia {Wanted!k!k!k}
c) The Corpse of Grip, Farmer Maggot's dog {Wanted!k!k!k}
d) The Corpse of Smeagol {Wanted!k!k!k}
e) The Corpse of The Variant Maintainer {Wanted!k!k!k}
f) The Corpse of Old Man Willow {Wanted!k!k!k}
g) The Corpse of Mime, the Nibelung {Wanted!k!k!k}


  [Check Sum: "67754757ee67cc6bec"]

Posted on 10.10.2012 15:02
Last updated on 12.10.2012 16:40

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On 10.10.2012 15:02 chris wrote:
[CL12:DL5] 00:21
More early game testing, this time with a gnome mage.

The early fear code is brutal on my little gnome as take one got insta-killed by a single touch from a Novice Warrior. With low hp, the damage fear checks are pretty much guaranteed on any hit, and with low charisma/level, death is fairly assured. At least 50% likely, I think. I might need to boost the low end of the Charisma fear table.

Gnome Mage take two survived a bit longer. I dive in Camelot right away, clear full sized L1, and jump to full sized L3. With Detect Monsters, I figure I can evade, and this time the town stocked ?Teleport. Clearing L3 is usually good for CL8 or more, which is usually enough fear power to have a chance at surviving the Thieve's Hideout.

I'm on the Wargs now, beginning to feel optimistic as my early Int boosts have gone well. Con is up next: Can I go two for two?

On 10.10.2012 23:00 chris wrote:
Restart. I was ashamed of farming undead masses in the Sewer all the way up to L24. So I made a change to that quest ...

[CL15:DL8] 00:50
This time I was able to handle the dreaded Novice Warrior insta-fear-death at L5, but not without getting my charisma drained. Sad, but a mage *must* start with max Str/Int/Con. Leaving just 12 in each of Dex and Chr and letting Wis (the new dump stat) do what it must.

After a trip to DL2, I bought a shovel and dug out a copy of Nature Mastery. En route, I ran into Farmer who dropped a +4 digger (Mace of Earthquakes) so I dug a bit more. But without Treasure Detection, this was a bit annoying so I didn't do too much. Just enough to get some Teleport, some CCW and a copy of Chaos Mastery.

Thieves were easy by the time I got to them, and even the Wargs weren't too bad. Diving down to DL8 in Camelot I got a good level feeling, but never figured out what it was. My pack was full and I had to leave behind a dozen or so unidentified objects. And this after reading all 10 of my identify scrolls. Yuk. I hate the early junk barrage!

I'll wait a bit before The Sewer (hint hint). With this lucky wand of fire balls, I might be OK. Crocodiles don't resist fire, right? But I really want my Chaos Bolt first.

On 10.10.2012 23:40 chris wrote:
[CL21:Sewer] 01:23
No sweat ... Just a couple fireballs were all that was needed. The Croc got a chaos bolt, but it didn't do the polymorph. Still, a confused crocodile is a quick kill! Chaos Bolt is pretty darn powerful early on as not too many early uniques resist confusion.

Now, back to Camelot I guess. My next major obstacles are FA, RConf, and RBlindness.

On 10.10.2012 23:41 chris wrote:
Oh wait, Gnomes have FA :)

On 11.10.2012 02:41 chris wrote:
[CL27:Giants L20] 02:34
Onto the giants! Hey, at least this guy can see them coming :)

First trip down had a big vault stuffed with giant ogres and Grendel in the middle. Also inside were 4 other giants and various assorted monsters, probably 200 in all. (It was a wide open random vault room). So, I spent 30 minutes or so leading things out and killing one at a time. Typical mage tactics. Grendel got confused and I was almost out of mana when 8 or 9 other monsters joined the fray. So I fell back on my dragon frost to kill Grendel and my Disintegrate to mop up (away from the loot of course). These early uber wands are quite powerful, as my spells currently are in the 50 to 65 range (Fireball for 85 is just starting to be castable, but that's hardly overpowering). The big reward was a !Int and this nifty helm of Infravision. Rock On!!

On 11.10.2012 17:43 chris wrote:
[CL33:Giants L30] 03:49
I'm getting my Con On! (Int too :). Thanks to that, my hp are nice and I even managed to recover from the loss of those early extra first level hp. Don't worry, I playtested a couple hobbit mages and had no problems getting up to L6, though it requires a bit of care. Actually, with the early fear code, I don't think having less hp in the early going matters much for a mage as you definitely don't want to get hit in melee anyway. Especially not by a Novice Warrior or a stray puppy.

I started to skim the top of the Anti-melee caves and had a change of heart. Returning to the Giant's Hall, I received 2 special items and 2 potions of charisma in short order, so the RNG approves my decision.

Can I ask: Do people dislike the early game? If so why? Any ideas on making the early game more fun?

On 11.10.2012 18:17 dzhang wrote:
The early game is pretty fast for me. I usually manage to finish Barrow Downs by the 1:30 mark. This applies both for melee types and archers. With mages, I generally tend to pick Apollo for early game offense, so maybe I'm not the best person to survey. Maybe that means I should try a mage?

I generally like the pace of the current game--with the Tengu and Mimic quest swapped, there's not really a fixed stumbling block for me anymore.

The game tends to get dangerous and interesting after CL 25. I do agree that removing the ability to scum the Hoard and the Bat would probably be good for the game in the long run, though in the short term, I'll need to figure out a new way of getting through the mid levels.

Fundamentally if you want the players to spend longer on the early game, then probably Barrow Downs needs a bit of a makeover. Currently, the main hesitation for me to charge straight into that quest is because Sting is pretty useful, but for classes where that's not true, it's all to easy to go in there and level from CL 15 to 25.

On 12.10.2012 16:40 chris wrote:
[CL35:Giants L35] 05:32
Con = Off. Ah well, its much more important to be able to cast my spells at this point. Too bad I can't work in a wizardstaff, but defenders are like super glue. I just can't seem to take 'em off!

I now have all 4 Chaos books, but am still missing all of the high nature books. The third book would be especially nice about now but I can wait a bit longer at this depth.

No Storm giant kills yet, and Rich the Thief proved well beyond my capabilities to kill ... But that was before my Rocket. Still, he seems to teleport away 1 in 1 and regens to full before I can find him again. I really need more speed, I guess.

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