[Ironband Beta release Character Dump]

 Name   Astar          STR:     17 +4 +0  +2  18/50
 Sex    Male           INT:     17 -4 +0  +0     13
 Race   Half-Troll     WIS:     16 -3 +0  +0     13
 Class  Adventurer     DEX:     14 -2 +0  +0     12
 Title  Dungeoneer     Con:  18/10 +4 +0  +0  18/50 18/40
 HP     -2/204         AGI:     12 +0 +0  +0     12
 SP     7/49           STE:     10 -2 +0  +0      8
 Level  15             PER:     16 -2 +0  +1     15
 Depth  9              LUC:  18/20 -1 +0  +0  18/10

 GameTurn      144288  Armor   [15,+26]
 PlayerTurn     13671  Fight(+13,+100%)
 Cur Exp         3034  Melee  (+9,+60%)
 Max Exp         3034  Shoot  (+29,+10)
 Adv Exp          566  Blows      14/10
 Gold            3214  Shots      10/10
 Burden       141 lbs  Speed     Normal
 % Burden         47%  Infra      20 ft

 Your father was a Cave-Troll Cook. You have slime-green eyes,
 oily dark purple hair, and blue scabby skin.



  [Last Messages]

> You have 4 Iron Shots (1d5) (+4,+2) (s).
> The Iron Shot (1d5) (+4,+2) hits the Black orc.
> The Black orc screams in pain.
> The Iron Shot disappears.
> The Black orc flees in terror!
> You have 3 Iron Shots (1d5) (+4,+2) (s).
> The Black orc hits you.
> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
> The Black orc hits you.
> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
> You have 2 Scrolls of Phase Door (i).
> The Black orc fires a small arrow.
> *** LOW HITPOINT WARNING! ***
> The Black orc fires a small arrow.
> You die.

  [Character Equipment Stat Modifiers, Sustains and Flags]

(+/-)          + +
      |}=="~(()] ]               |}=="~(()] ]
      abcdefghijkl@              abcdefghijkl@
 Str: ...........2.        Str:  ............s
 Int: .............        Int:  .............
 Wis: .............        Wis:  .............
 Dex: .............        Dex:  .............
 Con: .............        Con:  .............
 Agi: .............        Agi:  .............
 Ste: .............        Ste:  .............
 Per: .........1...        Per:  .............
 Luc: .............        Luc:  .............
      abcdefghijkl@              abcdefghijkl@ 
 Acid:....+........        Blind:.........+... 
 Elec:.............        Confu:............. 
 Fire:.............        Sound:............. 
 Cold:......+......        Shard:.......+..... 
 Pois:.............        Nexus:............. 
 Fear:.............        Nethr:............. 
 Lite:.............        Chaos:............. 
 Dark:............+        Disen:............. 
      abcdefghijkl@              abcdefghijkl@ 
S.Dig:...+.......+.        Sear.:..+......+...
Feath:.............        Infra:.............
PLite:.............        Tunn.:.............
Regen:............+        Aggr.:...........+.
Telep:.............        Blows:.............
Invis:.........+...        Shots:.............
FrAct:.............        Might:.............
HLife:.............              .............
      abcdefghijkl@              abcdefghijkl@
      |}=="~(()] ]               |}=="~(()] ] 

  [Character Equipment]

a) a Shortsword (1d7) (-4,-2) {cursed}
   It is cursed.  It gives you 14/10 attacks per turn.  
b) a Sling of Accuracy (x2) (+15,+8)
c) a Ring of Searching (-1) {cursed}
   It decreases your searching by 1.  It is cursed.  
d) a Ring of Slow Digestion
   It slows your metabolism.  
e) an Amulet of Resist Acid
   It provides resistance to acid.  It cannot be harmed by acid.
f) a Wooden Torch (with 704 turns of light)
g) a Wolfskin of Resist Elements [6,+7] {RCold}
   It provides resistance to cold.  It cannot be harmed by cold.
h) a Cloak of Protection [1,+7]
   It provides resistance to shards.  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  
i) a Buckler [2,-2] {cursed}
   It is cursed.  
j) a Helmet of Seeing [3,+4] (+1 to searching)
   It increases your perception by 1.  It increases your 
   searching by 1.  It provides resistance to blindness.  It
   grants you the ability to see invisible things.  
k) (nothing)
l) The Pair of Leather Boots of Lurtz [3,+6] (+2)
   It increases your strength by 2.  It slows your metabolism.  
   It aggravates creatures around you.  It cannot be harmed by
   the elements.  
   It was lying on the floor on dungeon level 4.


  [Character Equipment -- Quiver]

n) 27 Rounded Pebbles (1d2) (+4,+4)
o) 23 Rounded Pebbles (1d2) (+5,+3)
p) 43 Rounded Pebbles (1d2) (+4,+3)
q) 29 Rounded Pebbles (1d2) (+4,+2)
r) 32 Rounded Pebbles (1d2) (+0,+0)
s) 3 Iron Shots (1d5) (+4,+2)
t) a Dagger (1d4) (+1,+4)
   It can be thrown effectively.  It gives you 14/10 attacks per
   turn.  
   It was dropped by Orfax, Son of Boldor on dungeon level 9.
u) a Spear (1d6) (+5,+4)
   It can be thrown effectively.  It gives you 14/10 attacks per
   turn.  


  [Character Inventory]

a) 2 Books of Mage Spells [Magic for Beginners]
b) 2 Books of Mage Spells [Defensive Magical Theory]
c) a Book of Mage Spells [Intermediate Transfiguration]
d) a Potion of Speed
e) a Potion of Cure Serious Wounds
f) a Potion of Neutralize Poison
g) a Potion of Boldness
h) a Potion of Cure Critical Wounds
i) 2 Scrolls of Phase Door
j) 2 Scrolls of Teleportation
k) a Scroll of Light
l) a Wand of Cure Light Wounds
m) a Ring of Strength (+1)
   It increases your strength by 1.  It sustains your strength.  
   It was lying on the floor on dungeon level 7.
n) a Ring of Protection [+10]
o) a Ring of Resist Cold
   It provides resistance to cold.  It cannot be harmed by cold.
p) a Brass Lantern (with 4998 turns of light)
   It cannot be harmed by fire.  
q) a Pair of Shoes [2,+4]
r) a Shortsword of *Slay Evil* (1d7) (+10,+4) (+1)
   It increases your wisdom by 1.  It slays all evil creatures.  
   It is blessed by the gods (giving you better saving throws) 
   and slows your metabolism.  It gives you 14/10 attacks per
   turn.  

Astar the Half-Troll Adventurer
Began the quest to kill The Witch-King of Angmar on 01/13/2008 at 07:03 AM
============================================================
                   CHAR.  
|   TURN  | DEPTH |LEVEL| EVENT
============================================================
|     3344|     2 |  4  | Killed Wolf, Farmer Maggot's dog
|    12077|     2 |  5  | Reached level 5
|    12442|     2 |  5  | After a few starts with various problems, I
|    12442|     2 |  5  | was thinking that too many of the {good}
|    12442|     2 |  5  | items are cursed.  But all is forgiven now.
|    12442|     2 |  5  | You are shooting with a Sling (x2) (+15,+8)
|    12442|     2 |  5  | {excellent}
|    15566|     2 |  6  | Killed Grip, Farmer Maggot's dog
|    32077|     3 |  7  | Trouble-free start: enchanted main weapon,
|    32077|     3 |  7  | lantern, and now =Digestion
|    34237|     3 |  8  | Killed Bullroarer the Hobbit
|    36748|     3 |  8  | Killed Fang, Farmer Maggot's dog
|    58058|     4 | 10  | Reached level 10
|    63597|     5 | 10  | One apple and one strip of beef jerky do
|    63597|     5 | 10  | not a full adventurer make.  With INT 11,
|    63597|     5 | 10  | after several tries I read an unID ?Hunger
|    69984|     4 | 10  | Found The Pair of Leather Boots of Lurtz
|    84813|     6 | 12  | I like the torches and lanterns having an
|    84813|     6 | 12  | exact lighting amount.  Convenient.  Like
|    84813|     6 | 12  | the stat modification system on DL2/4/6,
|    84813|     6 | 12  | although it can be trouble if INT gets
|    84813|     6 | 12  | slashed too low.  This time it hurt my
|    84813|     6 | 12  | AGI, DEX, then STE.  The big boosts went
|    84813|     6 | 12  | to CON, WIS, then LUC.
|   124610|     8 | 14  | Got spells now for detection and ID
|   139950|     9 | 14  | Killed Orfax, Son of Boldor
|   140970|     9 | 15  | Reached level 15
============================================================
|   144288|     9 | 15  | Killed by a Black orc.
|   144288|     9 | 15  | Killed on 01/15/2008 at 02:43 AM.
============================================================
============================================================


  [Options]

GAME PLAY OPTIONS:

Expand the power of the look command         : yes (expand_look)
Expand the power of the list commands        : yes (expand_list)
Map remembers all perma-lit grids            : yes (view_perma_grids)
Map remembers all torch-lit grids            : no  (view_torch_grids)
Generate dungeons with aligned rooms         : yes (dungeon_align)
Generate dungeons with connected stairs      : yes (dungeon_stair)
Monsters exploit players weaknesses          : no  (smart_cheat)

BIRTH OPTIONS:

Adult: Maximize effect of race/class bonuses : yes (adult_maximize)
Adult: Preserve artifacts when leaving level : yes (adult_preserve)
Adult: Restrict the use of stores/home       : no  (adult_no_stores)
Adult: Restrict creation of artifacts        : no  (adult_no_artifacts)
Adult: Randomize some of the artifacts       : no  (adult_rand_artifacts)
Adult: Never stack objects on the floor      : no  (adult_no_stacking)
Adult: Have notes to written to a file       : yes (adult_take_notes)
Adult: All levels generated small            : no  (adult_force_small_lev)
Adult: Retain squelch settings               : yes (adult_retain_squelch)
Adult: Disable extra artifacts               : no  (adult_no_xtra_artifacts)
Adult: No special statgain at DL 2, 4, 6     : no  (adult_no_discovery)
Adult: Easy start (but mid game is harder)   : no  (adult_no_easy_start)
Score: Peek into object creation             : no  (score_peek)

CHEAT OPTIONS:

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)

Posted on 14.1.2008 07:08
Last updated on 15.1.2008 10:48

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On 14.1.2008 07:08 flight2q@aol.com wrote:
Haha, playing fast and loose with my main weapon after already using my initial ?Curse.

Nice game. Magic system is interesting so far.

Cosmetic bugs in character report file: (1) peek into object creation is in wrong section and (2) two unnecessary options listed, generate dungeons with connected stairs and restrict the use of stores/home.

On 14.1.2008 21:59 Antoine wrote:
Thanks for mentioning the options. Will fix.

All kudos for playing a Half Troll! I get sick of all these cheesy High Elves...

A.

On 15.1.2008 10:48 flight2q@aol.com wrote:
Well, that was an ill-advised ?PD. It seems I should have ?teleport, or !IDedCSW first.

The magic system continues to play well. The lack of regeneration makes one choose spells carefully, not just use some cheap spell like PD constantly knowing that mana will regenerate quickly. The only thing I wonder about is whether the various scroll fail rates are a nice quirk or an annoying quirk. It surprises me that it takes a while for ?Light to become reliable. Wands seem interesting. I think I'll run a high elf next to play a more magic-oriented character (and easier race, and play more carefully, so I can see what the magic stones are like).

The food/light system is good. The shortage of food gives it that old rogue feel where food can easily force diving. Create food spell is so expensive! Interesting - wonder if this makes food constraining for a long period in the game. Food is more constrained than light. I'm not sure whether that is good. I wouldn't take off a torch to cross a room in the very early game. Maybe I kinda like not being bothered. Running out of light is no big deal anyway, especially for races with infravision.

I like more of a umoria flavor for terrain and traps. Very plain terrain, and just plain arrows for shooting traps IIRC. I didn't like what was incorporated into NPP for that stuff. Oh well. NPP still has great interface and I like not having multiple towns and wilderness. But now that I'm thinking about traps, since you want less luck and this is ironman, maybe you should eliminate trap doors in the first few levels. Trap doors suck orc balls!

The very early game seems much easier than the early game. That might be due to my selection of race though. The half-troll needs to get a good weapon (mostly) in the first 2 levels, otherwise it can't even handle a hill orc on DL3 with its poor magic and perception. Maybe slightly different starting kits for each race would be in order - that would help to differentiate the races a tiny bit more too.

Stat points system looks good. I understand there are stat conversion potions, so I'd like to see more chaos in the stat points. Maybe every 5th level from the 10th through the 45th have +3,+2,-2,-3 to some random stats. I certainly enjoyed the DL2/4/6 stuff. The potential to have a stat drop could make people think twice about leaving a stat just barely sufficient to accomplish some objective (like num_blows).

Fun game. Definitely plays out like I feel a *band should. A QuickBand feel in some ways with interesting magic system, far less repetitive action, no acting like a mule to make money just in case something ubercool shows up in town. Could easily become my favorite.

P.S. @Orfax: drop something better than a Dagger (1d4) (+1,+4). I'd rather pick something up off the floor. kthxbye


On 15.1.2008 10:52 flight2q@aol.com wrote:
Ehr, the very early game seems much *harder* than the early game.

On 15.1.2008 20:54 Antoine wrote:
Glad you are enjoying it. :)

All scrolls have the same fail rate, which is 0 by the time you get to Int 13, I'm pretty sure. It was never intended that scrolls should remain unreliable into the late game, except for min/maxed Warriors.

I felt light was more constrained than food, but then I'm willing to take off my light when I'm returning through explored territory. ... Oh, but with a Half Troll you are more hungry, so yes, food would become critical.

It's good to have some trap doors because they disincentivise the tedium of using stashes. Also, it's an incentive to raise Perception (which is probably not the most useful of the stats).

Will add an option to get random stat changes later in the game, but probably make it off by default.

I did add different starting kits by race in the second Beta, which I recommend you upgrade to. HT starts with a 2d4 club (but less other stuff). That definitely helps the early killing power, though you do want a new weapon soon if you can get it.

A.

On 15.1.2008 22:31 flight2q@aol.com wrote:
For my next char, decided I wanted something with INT/WIS/LUC, but not the slow experience of the high elf. So running a gnome. Just killed my low-level gnome and got the new beta. The gnome starting kit looks cool!


On 15.1.2008 22:43 Antoine wrote:
WHat is the gnome starting kit again? I've forgotten

On 15.1.2008 23:33 flight2q@aol.com wrote:
We get a shovel. So we don't have to avoid rubble with a dagger. We wear a jerkin. 4 food, 6 torches, and the usual potions and scrolls.


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