Angband G 7/4/2022 I intend to try using a scroll of deep descent WITHOUT immediately dying To be clear, I'm not logging every item I find, just every item I interact with - btw Elvagil is (+12, +12) - read a scroll of deep descent on the surface. Immediately got sent to L29, with danger level 5. - L29: staff of haste monsters staff of starlight rod of Frost Bolts The Dagger 'Dethanc' wand of polymorph - between my gauntlets and my troll regen i heal very quickly - lower levels have a lot more hidden doors - I survived that level jump bc i'm tough but i think i probably should not do that again - staff of starlight: shoots light in all directions, dealing 6d8 damage - rod of Frost Bolts: casts a bolt of cold dealing 12d8 damage, recharges in 13 turns - The Dagger 'Dethanc' (+9, +12) [+10] "In this dagger is bound the very force of lightning" branded with lightning resistance to lightning Can be activated to shoot a beam of lightning dealing 6d6 damage - L30 2 potions of nimbleness sip of miruvor amulet of inertia ring of constitution staff of detect evil wand of confuse monster 1 potion of resist cold 1 potion of resist poison 1 potion of dexterity 1 rod of treasure location 1 wand of clone monster 2 mushrooms of clear mind ring of accuracy (+20, +0) - Potion of Nimbleness: restores dex, increases dex, reduces another stat - potion of nimbleness reduced my int ("you feel stupid"), but since my int was already at 3, it didn't get any lower - raising my dex a small amount raised my damage/round by quite a lot - wand of polymorph: polymorphs monsters into other kinds of creatures doesn't always work - amulet of inertia: -1 speed prevents paralysis - identified one item as a wand of slow monster - wand of slow monster: creates a bolt which attempts to slow monsters - ring of light: + to light provides resistance to light - ring of constitution: + to constitution sustains constitution - staff of detect evil: detects evil creatures nearby - wand of confuse monster: guess - rod of treasure location: detects gold and senses objects - mushroom of clear mind: restores some mana, cures confusion, cures fear, cures hallucination, extends confusion resistance for 50+7d7 turns - ring of accuracy boosts your to-hit - amulet of wisdom + wisdom sustains wisdom - found Brodda, the Easterling on L31 - was able to use a scroll of enchant weapon to-hit on a short bow of power (already +9), but not again (already +10) - ring of soulkeeping: sustains strength, intelligence, wisdom - recalled from L31 - wand of clone monster hastes, heals, and magically duplicates monsters - sold that wand i could never identify. turned out it was a wand of disable traps. so you should try zapping unidentified wands at traps. - bought 3 scrolls of enchant armor, a ring of reckless attacks (+4, +5) [-16], stashed stuff - recalled back to L31 - L31: ? rod potion of dexterity ring of damage (+0, +15) - the real danger of poison isn't poison, it's not healing - ring of damage boosts your to-dam value amazing with many attacks/turn - L32: mushroom of debility ring of intelligence potion of nimbleness staff of summoning ? rod 2 potions of restore life levels - I'm in something called a labyrinth. Maze of tunnels, no doors or anything. - mushroom of debility ? - I drank a potion of nimbleness while wearing a ring that sustains intelligence, and the stat that got lowered was wisdom instead (my second lowest). - ring of intelligence + intelligence sustain intelligence - staff of summoning: summons 1 floor-appropriate monster - L33: Katana (Holy Avenger) (+12, +11) [+1] <+1> ? wand 2 scrolls of magic mapping 1 scroll of teleportation - found Uldor the Accursed on L33 - some things are not quite artifacts but still have a lot of runes... Holy Avenger weapon: + wisdom slay undead, demons, evil creatures protection from fear sustains constitution grants see invisible blessed (combat bonuses for holy casters) - I'll keep the katana around for the fear protection - almost died in a fight with a black-hearted huorn. it was too fast, I could barely escape. Recalled to the surface. - bought more scrolls of recall and a staff of teleportation. I think I'll use the staff instead of phase door scrolls. Also ditched the potions of cure light wounds. - Recalled to L33 - "This place seems murderous" - danger 8 - got in a fight with a master lich, lost a lot of charges, recalled to the surface - bought a scroll of destruction, potion of restore life levels, 5 potions of cure critical wounds, 2 scrolls of recall - scroll of destruction: destroys an area around you in a circle radius 15, and blinds you for 1d10+10 turns - identified a rod i have as a rod of polymorphs - recalled back to L33 - L33: potion of cure serious wounds 1 potion of healing 1 rod of lightning bolts Fur Cloak of Stealth [3, +6] <+2> (cursed) 2 staffs of teleportation potion of heroism potion of restore life levels - found Ibun, Son of Mim on L33 - Rune of aggravation: ? - Rune of irritation curse: annoys monsters and makes it harder to hit them - Rune of chilled to the bone curse: makes you vulnerable to cold, but resistant to fire - L34: - found Beorn, the Shape-Changer on L34 with a lot of other bears - L35: 2 potions of cure critical wounds amulet of resist lightning potion of wisdom Metal Scale Mail (Dwarven) (-2) [38, +21] <+2, +1, +3> Pair of Steel Shod Boots [7, +5] Ring of Ice [+12] 2 scrolls of identify rune 1 potion of contemplation 1 wand of lightning balls 1 potion of toughness Iron Shod Boots of Elvenkind [4, +8] <+3, +5> rod of disable traps - "You feel that there are good treasures here" - loot 6 - found Ugluk, the Uruk on L35 - discovered wand of stone to mud - ring of ice: cold resistance can be activated to fire a ball of frost with radius 2, dealing 75 damage at the center - found Lugdush, the Uruk at L35 - wand of lightning balls fires a ball of lightning with radius 2, dealing 64 damage at the center - found Ulfast, son of Ulfang, Ulwarth, Son og Ulfang, and Ulfang the Black on L35 - potion of toughness: raises con, reduces other stat - boots of elvenkind: + stealth + speed cannot be damaged by acid or fire feather falling - this speed boost is quite good - rod of disable traps: disables traps in a directional beam - L36: potion of intelligence potion of healing potion of intelligence: raises intelligence when I drank it, my int did not increase from 3 i believe you have an "actual" intelligence value that can be negative and a "projected" value that cannot go below 3 - L37: ring of damage (+0, +10) short bow of power (x2) (+13, +15) 2 potions of toughness wand of lightning bolts 1 potion of healing - found Sangahyando of Umbar, Khim, Son of Mim, and Angamaite of Umbar on L37 - I drank two potions of toughness and my dexterity went down both times :( Even though dex was really high? - L38: potion of intelligence - "the nexus vortex breathes nexus. Your body starts to scramble..." - teleported me and scrambled my stats? "your body reasserts its true nature" shortly after - wand of lightning bolts: casts a lightning beam dealing 6d6 damage - L39: ring of resist poison wand of drain life - ring of resist poison: provides resistance to poison - wand of drain life: damages living monsters, dealing 150 damage if it heals, it doesn't heal anywhere close to 150 - L40: scroll of summon undead potion of *healing* - scroll of summon undead: summons a group of floor-appropriate undead - Q: what does it mean when an item has ** around it? - recalled to the surface. bought 2 scrolls of recall. stashed some stuff This seems like a good place to end things. I've just made it to floor 40. Grag the half-troll warrior, STR 18/98, INT 3, WIS 9, DEX 18/77, CON 18/121, with an AC of 122 and HP 560. In the future, I'd like to keep descending and also get better armor.