The Hengband Screenshots Gallery: My First Greater Checkerboard Vault cleared! by <NeoTiamatI@fuse.net>

                                                                                                            
Shadow-Fairy                                                                                    ^^^^^  ^    
Assassinator                                                                                   ^^   ^ ^^    
LEVEL     42                                                                                   ^  ^   ^     
Exp  2308931                                                                                ^^^^ ^^^^^^     
AU   1435572                                                                    ^^^^^   ^^^^^)|( ^          
||}=="~((]]]                                                               ^^^^^^{[/^^^^^  =^[^/ ^          
Str!: 18/135                                                              ^^  ^^ /^\|  s  ^(~/^^^^          
Int!:  18/30                                                         ^^^^^^      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^             
Wis :     13                                                   ^^^^^^^ M ^  ^^^^^^                          
DEX!: 18/210                                                   ^ H^ W  ^ %p^^                               
CON : 18/219                                                   ^B^RL^^^^^^^^                                
Chr : 18/121               ^######################################^^^                                       
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                              PassWall Acid Stealth                                  Fast(+14)        Lev 32


Shadow-Fairy               a) ? 5 Song Books [Harps of Rivendell]                                    15.0 lb
Assassinator               b) ? 2 Life Spellbooks [Book of the Unicorn]                               6.0 lb
LEVEL     42               c) , 20 Pieces of Elvish Waybread                                          6.0 lb
Exp  2311500               d) - 2 Rods of Recall {!d!k!v=g}                                           3.0 lb
AU   1434572               e) - a Rod of Enlightenment {!!}                                           1.5 lb
||}=="~((]]]               f) - 3 Rods of Stone to Mud {@z3!d!k!v=g!!}                                3.0 lb
STR!: 18/140 #             g) _ a Staff of Mana Storm (0 charges) {!d!k!v=g}                          5.0 lb
INT!:  18/40 ##            h) " an Amulet of the Magi [+4] (+2 to searching)                          0.3 lb
WIS :  18/04 ##            i) " The Torque of Boromir (+0,+8)                                         0.2 lb
DEX!: 18/210 ##            j) ( The Cloak of Jack of Shadow [1,+19] (+7 to stealth)                   1.0 lb
CON : 18/219 #             k) ) The Small Metal Shield of Perseus [5,+15] (+2)                        6.5 lb
CHR : 18/136               l) ) The Large Leather Shield of Celegorm [6,+20]                          6.0 lb
Cur AC   123               m) ] The Pair of Metal Shod Boots of Thror [6,+20] (+3)                    8.0 lb
HP  750/ 750               n) | The Rapier 'Forasgil' (1d6) (+12,+19)                                 4.0 lb
                           o) | The Long Sword 'Werewindle' (2d5) (+8,+12) (+2)                      13.0 lb
                           p) | The Two-Handed Sword 'Gurthang' (3d6) (+13,+17) (+2)                 20.0 lb
                           q) | The Blade of Chaos 'Stormbringer' (6d6) (+16,+16) (+2) {cursed}      18.0 lb
                           r) / The Battle Axe 'Lotharang' (2d8) (+4,+3) (+1)                        17.0 lb
                           s) } The Heavy Crossbow of Irmo (x4) (+13,+15) (+5 to speed)              20.0 lb
                           t) { 20 Arrows of Holy Might (1d4) (+12,+12) (138/138) {@f5!d!k!v=g}       4.0 lb
Day 37 23:58               u) { 24 Sheaf Arrows of Holy Might (2d4) (+10,+8) (132/132) {!d!k!v=g}     9.6 lb
  Morivant                 v) { 24 Sheaf Arrows of Holy Might (2d4) (+8,+9) (136/136) {!d!k!v=g}      9.6 lb
                           w) { 22 Seeker Arrows of Slaying (7d4) (+17,+16) (222/222)                 4.4 lb


You have slain Julian, Master of Arden Forest.                                                              
Shadow-Fairy                                                                                    ^^^^^  ^    
Assassinator                                                                                   ^^   ^ ^^    
LEVEL     42                                                                                   ^  ^   ^     
EXP  2345099                                                                                ^^^^ ^^^^^^     
AU   1434139                                                                    ^^^^^   ^^^^^)|( ^          
||}=="~((]]]                                                               ^^^^^^{[/^^^^^  =^[^/ ^          
STR!: 18/140                                                              ^^  ^^ /^\|     ^(~/^^^^          
Int!:  18/35                                                         ^^^^^^      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^             
Wis :     14                                                   ^^^^^^^   ^  ^^^^^^                          
DEX!: 18/210                                                   ^  ^    ^ % ^^                               
CON : 18/219                                                   ^ ^  ^^^^^^^^                                
Chr : 18/131                   ###################################^^^                                       
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                                  PassWall Acid                                      Fast(+15)        Lev 32

> You have slain the Great Wyrm of Many Colours.                                                            
Shadow-Fairy                                                                                   ^  ^   ^     
Assassinator                                                                                ^^^^ ^^^^^^     
LEVEL     42                                                                    ^^^^^   ^^^^^)|( ^          
EXP  2238074                                                               ^^^^^^{[/^^^^^  =^[^/ ^          
AU   1432272                                                              ^^  ^^ /^\|     ^(~/^^^^          
||}=="~((]]]                                                         ^^^^^^      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^             
STR!: 18/140                                                   ^^^^^^^   ^  ^^^^^^                          
Int!:  18/35                                                   ^  ^    ^ %p^^                               
Wis :     14                                                   ^ ^ R^^^^^^^^                                
DEX!: 18/210                   ###################################^^^                                       
CON : 18/219                  )#|#[#{#\#/#/#S#C#o#F#P#{#]#]#\#I#p# ^              ##########################
Chr : 18/131                 ######################################^            ^ #            (_           
Cur AC   123                 #=#]#}#)#-#|# #/#|#/#?# #|#?#|#/# #\#           ^^%^ #               #### #### 
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                                  PassWall Acid                                      Fast(+15)        Lev 32


[??]Target:Nyogtha, the Thing that Should not Be(Level ???, almost destroyed) [r, q,t,p,o,+,-,<dir>]        
Shadow-Fairy                                                                                   ^  ^   ^     
Assassinator                                                                                ^^^^ ^^^^^^     
LEVEL     42                                                                    ^^^^^   ^^^^^)|( ^          
Exp  2112777                                                               ^^^^^^{[/^^^^^   ^[^/ ^          
AU   1426175                                                              ^^  ^^ /^\|     ^  /^^^^          
||}=="~((]]]                                                         ^^^^^^      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^             
Str!: 18/135                                                   ^^^^^^^   ^  ^^^^^^                          
INT!:  18/40                                                   ^  ^    ^ % ^^                               
Wis :     16                                                   ^ ^  ^^^^^^^^                                
DEX!: 18/210                   ###################################^^^                                       
CON : 18/219                  )#|#[#{#\#/#/#S#C#o#F#P#{#]#]#\#I#p# ^              ##########################
Chr : 18/131                 ######################################^            ^ #            (_           
Cur AC   123                 #=#]#}#)#-#|# #/#|#/#?# #|#?#|#/#.#\#           ^^%^ #               #### #### 
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                                  PassWall Acid                                      Fast(+15)        Lev 32



My First Greater Checkerboard Vault cleared!
This was an insane vault. I spent probably an hour and a half clearing it. The worst parts were teleporting out to follow an almost-dead unique, then landing right next to the Lord of Change, who decided it would be fun to follow me every time I teleported when I had 300 hp left. Gah. You can't see from the screenshots, but when I went in, I was at level 41.

Uniques slain:
Julian of Arden Forest
The Lernean Hydra
Ahtu, Avatar of Nyarlathotep
Jisisl of Ice
Meneldor the Swift
Nyogtha, the Thing that Should not Be
The Stormbringer

Worst part that has me rather annoyed:
Losing a pair of Metal Shod Boots of Speed (+10) early on because I didn't realize they wouldn't resist acid. Oh well. I'll see some again before long probably.

Toughest fights I had to run from:
a Lord of Change
2 Keepers of Secrets (almost got one)
Kenshirou the Fist of the North Star (wow he hits hard)
Lems the Cyborg whose earthquakes destroyed probably a lot of awesome loot.
Dworkin Barimen who evaded me one last time. When next I see him, he will fall! I swear it! This is the LAST TIME!

Posted on 28.11.2005 20:55



Comments?

On 29.11.2005 02:39 Elliott946@aol.com wrote:
Nice work! Very satisfying to get those things cleared, though deciding what to bring home can be time consuming.

On 29.11.2005 06:00 NeoTiamatI@fuse.net wrote:
Actually, I managed to bring back every single artifact, and then three additional items! :D

Most of the stuff was junk.

On 29.11.2005 06:01 NeoTiamatI@fuse.net wrote:
PS: Dworkin was in the next vault, but got away yet again because I had to run from something else. :\ Didn't feel like hunting him down unless I had him trapped, so I let it go. I've decided he's my arch nemesis.

On 6.12.2005 16:11 chriskousky@hotmail.com wrote:
Late piece of advice: Things that follow you when you teleport do not themselves resist being teleported. So teleport them away :)

Congrats on the vault!

On 6.12.2005 20:42 NeoTiamatI@fuse.net wrote:
Well, I had no means of teleporting anything. :P I now carry four rods of Teleport Other, which have served me VERY well in clearing checkerboards! Mostly because they get rid of Kenshirou the Fist of the North Star and summons that're all in a line like in these vaults. He's tough! Well, I beat Dworkin a few vaults later in a bubble vault. Hurray! :D I think I have all but two of the Amberites dead, too. Corwin and Gerard I believe.

I also beat Scaellya or whatever in another vault, AND the Mouth of Sauron (same vault as Dworkin). So I'm moving up! But I'm running into uniques now that I'm a ways away from killing, and even at Clvl 50 now, I'm having trouble. x.x Need... better... equipment! Having to waste a ring on Shard Resistance stinks. Is swapping it out as I need for a Ring of Extra Attacks +1 worth the risk of losing one?

I know it's worth losing the damage to keep my potions of curing, healing, speed, and resistance intact. :P

Is there any list of equipment sets? I have a ton of artifacts and things, but I don't know any good combinations to hunt for.



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