ToME WikiNeilStevens: Here's yet another respectable polearmmaster. See the page Information for the history of older attempts posted here.
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Level 30
I'm starting to pull out the stops in my hopes of someday winning with a warrior. I'm now using Melkor instead of Tulkas.
To break up the monotony I turned on 98 quests. That was a mistake: quests are a pain in the Barrow-downs. I only got two decent rewards, too. The Spear of Slay Dragon isn't really special at all, and Thengel is nice but not nice enough for a Warrior to make up for the annoynace of breeders in the forest.
Level 31
Just found a pretty good shop at Moria 1700'. Dragon Slayer, Footwear, Polearm Smith, and Potion store. I bought out the all the {good} shoes from the footwear, and out came a new set of wares that included artifact shoes with resist fire, dark, sound, shards, nexus, and chaos. Suddenly my only resistance holes are Poison and Disenchant.
Level 34
Killed by a Lesser Black Reaver summoned by a Rotting Quylthulg in Orc Town. I couldn't even see the Q; I only knew it by its summons. Actually for the high rate of summoning it might have been a Greater Rotting Qulythulg, but I doubt it. So basically, I was guaranteed to die with nothing to do about it.
Chatter
ErisDiscordia: Ouch, summons are painful with a warrior, and even more painful when access to the summoner is blocked. Maybe the best tactic would have been to simply recall when things got hairy--the Stone of Lore is nice, but not risking-death nice. But then, everyone's a quarterback after the game.
It's funny how everyone enjoys different things. I find the quests in the Barrow Downs to be the most enjoyable part of the trip, and in fact one of the most depressing things for me is diving back down to the current first quest level by foot, with nothing interesting to do until I get there.
When I've taken warriors through the Downs, I've found breeders in the forest annoying, yes, but not a showstopper. The non-permanent nature of levels in *bands like ToME means that if things with breeders really get awful, you can always recall out and back in. Except if it's a God quest or a special level, that is. Lice in Melkor's temples (they see you through the glass and wake up long before you can reach them, unless you can teleport and/or have Globe of Light, which works through glass) and worms in Arena Manwe levels can really, really make life miserable. (I suppose undead masses in Eru's temples could be called similarly frustrating, but then those are ALWAYS arena levels and you need to be prepared for crowd control in there anyway, so they're less of an unpleasant surprise.)
NeilStevens: This was a no-teleport level, and recall isn't fast enough. I had no recourse when I got in line of sight with the Q, which surrounded me instantly.
MayLith: Aw, sorry to hear it! Better luck next time. *peers* Did you fail your first god quest, or just not take it yet? I'm not familiar w/ the 2.3 messages. Curse is a big help, I'm finding, though I don't have it at anywhere near full power yet.
I'm struggling w/ my Haftedmaster -- I've a Draconic (? iirc) Q quest in Mordor I'm not looking forward to. (And I'm not looking forward to Orc Town, either; I just tonight started on Moria.) So far, I've only run into one almost-out-of-control summoning (silent watcher) but my mass geno junkart saved me. I think I'm living on borrowed time.... The only good thing is that I have a fairly good detection set: almost free magic map & detect most monsters, detect traps rod, plus full ESP. I still get the occasional nasty surprise, though.
Oh yes, and for some reason, I like the quests in the BD, too. (Even that one character who got FF for 20 Stegocentipedes on BDw2. Eeesh!)
NeilStevens: I hadn't done a quest yet. And sure, I love Draconic Qs. Especially in levels that allow teleportation.
As for quests in Barrow-downs, I hate them because of the breeder issue. It took me about 10 tries to complete an adventurer quest of some form of mushroom at 50', because I could never get access to an entire level.. I might go back and try 98 again, only first doing my usual routine of not entering BDw until character level 20 or so. That way I'll get a decent stealth.
Sheet
[ToME 2.3.0(CVS) Character Sheet]
Name : Hotaru Age 90 STR: 18/70
Sex : Female Height 81 INT: 11
Race : Dunadan Weight 181 WIS: 11
Class : Polearmmaster Social Class 6 DEX: 18/50
Body : Player CON: 16
God : Melkor Bauglir CHR: 13
+ To Melee Hit 46 Level 30 Max Hit Points 349
+ To Melee Damage 37 Experience 173937 Cur Hit Points 349
+ To Ranged Hit 5 Max Exp 173937 Max SP (Mana) 27
+ To Ranged Damage 0 Exp to Adv. 180000 Cur SP (Mana) 27
AC 18+67 Gold 44077 Piety 10635
(Miscellaneous Abilities)
Fighting : Legendary[20]Perception : Bad Blows/Round: 6
Bows/Throw : Good Searching : Bad Shots/Round: 1
Saving Throw: Poor Disarming : Bad Mel.dmg/Rnd: 6d6+222
Stealth : Poor Magic Device: Legendary[5] Infra-Vision: 0 feet
Tactic: normal
Explor: normal
(Character Background)
You are one of several children of a Townsman. You are the
black sheep of the family. You have green eyes, straight
black hair, and an average complexion.
[Miscellaneous information]
Joke monsters: OFF
Maximize mode: ON
Preserve Mode: ON
Autoscum: ON
Small Levels: ON
Arena Levels: OFF
Always unusual rooms: OFF
Persistent Dungeons: OFF
Recall Depth:
Barrow-Downs: Level 10 (500')
Orc Cave: Level 22 (1100')
Moria: Level 32 (1600')
Your body is a Player.
You are currently in the town of Lothlorien.
You have defeated 2843 enemies.
You saved 10 princesses.
You found none of the relic pieces.
You started your adventure the 43rd Yavie of the 2890th year of the third age.
It is currently the 51st Yavie of the 2890th year of the third age.
You have been adventuring for 8 days.
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Add Speed : ......3.........
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Invisible : ................
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Troll.ESP : .........+......
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Skills (points left: 0)
- Combat 34.724 [0.900]
- Weaponmastery 34.793 [0.950]
. Sword-mastery 00.000 [0.300]
. Axe-mastery 00.000 [0.300]
. Hafted-mastery 00.000 [0.300]
. Polearm-mastery 34.600 [0.700]
. Archery 02.000 [0.600]
. Antimagic 00.000 [0.550]
- Sneakiness 01.800 [0.900]
. Stealth 02.000 [0.400]
. Disarming 04.100 [0.900]
- Magic 02.839 [0.300]
. Magic-Device 34.850 [1.150]
. Conveyance 01.000 [0.300]
. Udun 00.000 [0.400]
- Spirituality 09.940 [0.400]
. Prayer 20.500 [0.500]
. Monster-lore 01.500 [0.500]
Abilities
* Extra Max Blow(1)
* Extra Max Blow(2)
* Spread blows
[Character Equipment]
a) a Silence Spear of Slay Dragon (1d6) (+7,+10)
It is especially deadly against dragons.
It was given to you as a reward.
d) (nothing)
e) (nothing)
f) a Ring of Cold Resistance
It provides resistance to cold. It
cannot be harmed by cold.
You bought it from the Magic shop.
k) an Amulet of Lightning Resistance
It provides resistance to
electricity. It cannot be harmed by electricity.
You found it in the remains of a Young red dragon in The Pits of Angband.
m) a Dwarven Lantern
n) The Leather Scale Mail 'Thalkettoth' (-1) [11,+25] (+3)
It increases your dexterity and speed by 3. It provides resistance to
acid, shards and nether. It cannot be harmed by acid, cold, lightning
or fire.
You found it lying on the floor of a special level.
o) an Entish Bark of Protection [1,+18]
It provides
resistance to shards. It cannot be harmed by acid, cold, lightning or
fire.
You bought it from the Black Market.
p) (nothing)
s) The Hard Leather Cap of Thranduil [2,+10] (+2)
It increases your intelligence and
wisdom by 2. It provides resistance to blindness and sound. It
allows you to sense the presence of orcs, trolls and evil beings. It
cannot be harmed by acid, cold, lightning or fire.
You found it in the remains of a Hill orc Captain on level 21 of Orc Cave.
u) The Set of Leather Gloves 'Cammithrim' [1,+10]
It can be activated for magic missile (2d6) every 2 turns if it is
being worn. It provides light (radius 1) forever. It sustains your
constitution. It provides immunity to paralysis. It provides
resistance to light. It cannot be harmed by acid, cold, lightning or
fire.
You found it lying on the floor of a special level.
x) a Pair of Hard Leather Boots [3,+1]
z) (nothing)
{) (nothing)
|) a Pick (+1)
[Character Inventory]
a) a Potion of Speed
b) 16 Potions of Cure Critical Wounds
c) 3 Potions of Restore Life Levels
d) 25 Scrolls of Phase Door
e) 25 Scrolls of Teleportation
f) 9 Scrolls of Word of Recall {!*!*}
g) 96 Scrolls of Identify {@r1}
h) 24 Scrolls of Satisfy Hunger {@r0}
i) a Copper Rod of Trap Location (20/20) {@z0 !k!v!d!s}
j) a Moonstone Rod of Illumination (75/75) {@z8 !k!v!d!s}
k) 4 Wands of Manathrust[1|15] (26 charges) {@a0}
l) 6 Wands of Noxious Cloud[1|25] (27 charges) {@a1}
m) a Staff of Healing[2|23] (5 charges)
n) (nothing)
o) (nothing)
p) (nothing)
q) (nothing)
r) (nothing)
s) (nothing)
t) (nothing)
u) (nothing)
v) (nothing)
w) (nothing)
[Home Inventory - Lothlorien ]
a) a Potion of Cure Light Insanity
b) a Potion of Cure Serious Insanity
c) a Potion of Restore Mana
d) a Rod Tip of Trap Location (8 Mana to cast)
e) The Metal Cap of Thengel [3,+12] (+3)
It increases your
wisdom, charisma and luck by 3. It provides resistance to confusion.
It cannot be harmed by acid, cold, lightning or fire.
It was given to you as a reward.