My funky Kinesis Advantage keyboard arrived at work this afternoon. Too late to try it out properly, but it feels comfy just sitting with it.
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Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Friday, 27 February 2009
The Need For Speed
Looks like the Dvorak layout has arrived in muscle memory. I've noticed a substantial improvement in speed and accuracy this week. Still making some typos, but I seem to (usually) spot them as soon as I type them.
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Yesterday I managed to write a nine-page report in just a couple of hours. That's something I couldn't have contemplated only a week ago.
So, four weeks from starting Dvorak, and I doubt I'll return to QWERTY.
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Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Workplace assessment
I had a visit from the Occupational Health workplace assessor today. She suggested a few immediate changes:
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- Lower my chair so that my thighs are horizontal. Very uncomfortable. Soon raised my chair again.
- Use the detachable wrist rest on the keyboard and move the keyboard further away. This felt like I was stretching out too much, so that was quickly reversed.
- Raise my adjustable desk. That actually hurt more, so it's back down to very low again.
- Move my monitors about. So now, rather than having one monitor head-on and one off to the side, when I look directly ahead I now see the join - i.e. I have to turn to see either monitor. Unchanged for now but let's see how it goes.
- Take anti-inflammatories (i.e. ibuprofen). I'd been worried that this might mask problems and make them worse later, but maybe it's ok.
Since then I've lowered the chair a touch and removed its arms. I was a bit surprised that she didn't suggest that.
I'm being referred to the OH physiotherapy service, and OH are going to look at providing me with a new chair, as the seat of my current chair is too short and doesn't tilt forwards, which I need.
They're also going to look at what alternative keyboards are available. I'd like to try one from Kinesis, as that looks like it would keep my wrists and forearms at the angle I find comfortable.
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Friday, 20 February 2009
Breakthrough
This morning I came to my work Mac and tried to log in. The keyboard map is set to QWERTY on the login screen but switches to Dvorak afterwards.
For the first time, I couldn't remember how to type my password in QWERTY!
I'm still making typos, but speed is now starting to pick up, and when I stop to wonder where a key is, it usually seems quicker to just go ahead and trust my fingers, which are starting to learn.
However, I'm still getting pain and odd sensations in my hands, so I have an appointment with an OH workplace advisor on Wednesday.
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For the first time, I couldn't remember how to type my password in QWERTY!
I'm still making typos, but speed is now starting to pick up, and when I stop to wonder where a key is, it usually seems quicker to just go ahead and trust my fingers, which are starting to learn.
However, I'm still getting pain and odd sensations in my hands, so I have an appointment with an OH workplace advisor on Wednesday.
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Wednesday, 4 February 2009
The Dvorak layout
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard
The fastest recorded typing used this layout. See Wikipedia's page on Barbara Blackburn.
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The fastest recorded typing used this layout. See Wikipedia's page on Barbara Blackburn.
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Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Officer Crabtree
Five days into cold turkey. More or less know where the keys are now - it's actually easier to type with my eyes closed!
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Have just sent out first email with typos: "Startung next week - all diaries seem fill this week". Only needed to say "wook" to turn into Officer Crabtree from 'Allo 'Allo!
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Friday, 30 January 2009
Adventures with Dvorak
No, not the composer, just the keyboard layout.
At some point I experimented with the Dvorak layout, but it seemed to be awkward for programming, and since the Logitech had seemed to relieve the pain, I took it no further.
Fast forward to last summer. A coffee incident meant a new keyboard. The new Logitech Wave promised the latest in ergonomics, and it did seem quite comfy - or so I thought.
Well, the old wrist ache started to come back. I don't do so much programming these days, so I decided to give Dvorak another try. The Mac has a useful Dvorak/Qwerty mode which keeps QWERTY for command-key shortcuts which are hard-wired in my brain!
It became apparent that the Wave keyboard wasn't helping. My wrists were still kinked and I was cheating on learning Dvorak by hitting keys on the wrong half of the keyboard. So I dug a spare Cordless Desktop Comfort Pro out of storage and resolved to go "cold turkey" on QWERTY.
I have a colour Dvorak chart pasted above each monitor but haven't labelled the keycaps themselves. I installed dvorakng to learn the layout (via MacPorts); I've completed the lessons now with a 95% hit rate - not bad, but it still means 1 in 20 keypresses are wrong. However, the most frustrating bit is the speed - average 1-2cps if I'm lucky! Think I might be using the chart as a crutch but I will be keeping it around for a while.
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I work in IT, and have always been able to type pretty fast and accurately. Some years ago I started to get a niggling ache in my wrists when typing. I switched to split QWERTY keyboards - some Microsoft models, then the very nice Logitech Cordless Desktop Comfort Pro, which I used at home and work.
At some point I experimented with the Dvorak layout, but it seemed to be awkward for programming, and since the Logitech had seemed to relieve the pain, I took it no further.
Fast forward to last summer. A coffee incident meant a new keyboard. The new Logitech Wave promised the latest in ergonomics, and it did seem quite comfy - or so I thought.
Well, the old wrist ache started to come back. I don't do so much programming these days, so I decided to give Dvorak another try. The Mac has a useful Dvorak/Qwerty mode which keeps QWERTY for command-key shortcuts which are hard-wired in my brain!
It became apparent that the Wave keyboard wasn't helping. My wrists were still kinked and I was cheating on learning Dvorak by hitting keys on the wrong half of the keyboard. So I dug a spare Cordless Desktop Comfort Pro out of storage and resolved to go "cold turkey" on QWERTY.
I have a colour Dvorak chart pasted above each monitor but haven't labelled the keycaps themselves. I installed dvorakng to learn the layout (via MacPorts); I've completed the lessons now with a 95% hit rate - not bad, but it still means 1 in 20 keypresses are wrong. However, the most frustrating bit is the speed - average 1-2cps if I'm lucky! Think I might be using the chart as a crutch but I will be keeping it around for a while.
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Saturday, 20 September 2008
Stair jump
Another fantastic contraption ... this time for the level Up The Stairs. See my Stair Jump
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Saturday, 30 August 2008
Fantastic Contraption: Bulldozers
Have you seen Fantastic Contraption?
Here is my solution to Handling: a pair of bulldozers.
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Here is my solution to Handling: a pair of bulldozers.
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Wednesday, 9 July 2008
YAAD: Taltos-Hum-Mal-Cha-Mon
Short version:
Long version:
Since ascending Sof I've been trying my first conduct ascension, to ascend a vegan Monk who never hit with a wielded weapon. Taltos was looking pretty handy: he had picked up a few nice bits of clothing (Hawaiian shirt, elven leather helm, low boots), had a couple of BoH and two AoRs (one from Sokoban), a blessed luckstone and had started collecting enough zorkmids to buy some protection (3 points so far, just short of the next chat to a priest).
I have never seen so many temples in one game! Taltos had managed to find one co-aligned altar, on a level with one cross-aligned altar; there were probably another six altars in the game, all of which were cross-aligned with attendant priests. Grrr! And the only shops to be found in Minetown were Izchak's (natch) and a tiny delicatessen.
I managed to learn a fair few spells - protection, healing, sleep and slow monster were all useful. Having completed Minetown and Sokoban, I'd read that the next best thing for a Monk to do is get down to the Castle before doing the Quest.
On my way down there I met a couple of beehives (wish I wasn't vegan so I could eat that royal jelly) and a little leprechaun hall. I was exploring a shop on DL20 when suddenly:
Eek! An air elemental! I whacked it with slow monster and sleep a few times, while frantically casting healing on myself. Prayer worked briefly to bring my HP up, but I was pummeled again and that quickly dropped. "Quick, where's the air elemental FAQ?" Found it and managed to hurt it by casting sleep, hit it & cast healing on myself, but that used all my mana. I then managed to kill it ... but was immediately spat out and set upon by a kobold lord and a zruty.
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NH 3.4.3M C HP:0(72) Pw:0(84) AC:-3(7) L:12 T:16928
[+ !) i+ 2-- P S+ D+ p $+ t-- s++ W+ E PS- PP-
G+ C !I Ps+ !@W N++ !Y X++ So- Sp++ !sb !wb +1
Long version:
Since ascending Sof I've been trying my first conduct ascension, to ascend a vegan Monk who never hit with a wielded weapon. Taltos was looking pretty handy: he had picked up a few nice bits of clothing (Hawaiian shirt, elven leather helm, low boots), had a couple of BoH and two AoRs (one from Sokoban), a blessed luckstone and had started collecting enough zorkmids to buy some protection (3 points so far, just short of the next chat to a priest).
I have never seen so many temples in one game! Taltos had managed to find one co-aligned altar, on a level with one cross-aligned altar; there were probably another six altars in the game, all of which were cross-aligned with attendant priests. Grrr! And the only shops to be found in Minetown were Izchak's (natch) and a tiny delicatessen.
I managed to learn a fair few spells - protection, healing, sleep and slow monster were all useful. Having completed Minetown and Sokoban, I'd read that the next best thing for a Monk to do is get down to the Castle before doing the Quest.
On my way down there I met a couple of beehives (wish I wasn't vegan so I could eat that royal jelly) and a little leprechaun hall. I was exploring a shop on DL20 when suddenly:
It engulfs you!
You are pummeled with debris! (etc)
Eek! An air elemental! I whacked it with slow monster and sleep a few times, while frantically casting healing on myself. Prayer worked briefly to bring my HP up, but I was pummeled again and that quickly dropped. "Quick, where's the air elemental FAQ?" Found it and managed to hurt it by casting sleep, hit it & cast healing on myself, but that used all my mana. I then managed to kill it ... but was immediately spat out and set upon by a kobold lord and a zruty.
Latest messages
You are pummeled with debris!
You are pummeled with debris!
You are pummeled with debris!
The sleep ray rips into the air elemental.
Status of the air elemental (neutral): Level 11 HP 20(48) AC 2, can't move, slow, engulfed you.
You hit the air elemental.
You are pummeled with debris!
You are pummeled with debris!
Status of the air elemental (neutral): Level 11 HP 7(48) AC 2, slow, engulfed you.
You feel better.
You hit the air elemental.
You are pummeled with debris!
You are pummeled with debris!
Status of the air elemental (neutral): Level 11 HP 5(48) AC 2, slow, engulfed you.
You kill the air elemental!
The kobold lord misses.
The zruty hits!
The zruty hits!
The zruty bites!
You die...
Goodbye Taltos the Monk...
You died in The Dungeons of Doom on dungeon level 20 with 103350 points,
and 5380 pieces of gold, after 16928 moves.
Killer: zruty
You were level 12 with a maximum of 72 hit points when you died.
Voluntary challenges
You followed a strict vegan diet
You never hit with a wielded weapon
You never genocided any monsters
You never polymorphed an object
You never changed form
You used no wishes
Your skills at the end
Fighting Skills
martial arts [Grand Master]
Weapon Skills
(none)
Spellcasting Skills
healing spells [Basic]
enchantment spells [Basic]
You made the top ten list!
No Points Name Hp [max]
1 3258680 Sof-Wiz-Elf-Fem-Cha ascended to demigoddess-hood. 236 [282]
* 2 103350 Taltos-Mon-Hum-Mal-Cha died in The Dungeons of Doom
on level 20 [max 21]. Killed by a zruty. - [72]
3 36266 Boyd-Mon-Hum-Mal-Cha died in The Gnomish Mines on
level 7 [max 9]. Killed by a pyrolisk. - [75]
4 28430 Hare-Mon-Hum-Fem-Cha died in The Gnomish Mines on
level 11. Killed by a vampire. - [67]
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Tuesday, 3 June 2008
YAAP: Sof-Wiz-Elf-Fem-Cha ascended to demigoddess-hood
The short version:
The long version:
Back in the mists of time (September 2001) I managed to ascend Leela100, a Valkyrie (http://preview.tinyurl.com/5zmvpv). Since then I've been playing on and off, trying to ascend an elven wizard. Most wizards didn't get beyond level 10; a few qualified for the Quest, and I think one managed to beat the Dark One. I got bored with all this senseless murder of innocent wizards and gave up playing for a year or so. Got back into it about a month or two ago, and a lot more elven wizards started to clutter up the Mines of Menace.
This was the first wizard in ages to show some potential, so I slowed myself down and made liberal use of nethack.wikia.com to bone up on enemies before fighting (or running away from) them.
Sof went into the mines at full moon, so she could see where she was going. Armed with her knowledge of force bolt and sleep, and armed with a ring of increase accuracy and a bugle, she set off. The Gnomish Mines were to be found from level 2, which helped Sof avoid hunger, and she managed to find a bag of holding in one of the shops there. The Minetown altar was chaotic, as was a further altar on level 6, so Sof was soon wielding Magicbane. A monster had dropped a pair of speed boots, so Sof left her kitten behind somewhere around there. Sokoban provided a ring of slow digestion and another bag of holding.
It was around this point that the RNG smiled on Sof. A chaotic temple on the main branch of the dungeon was followed on the next few levels by a couple of throne rooms and an enormous leprechaun hall. This latter provided Sof with enough gold (who was L10 at the time) to get a naked AC of -9, while the second throne granted a wish (which went on a blessed +2 silver dragon scale mail). A few levels later a monster dropped a wand of wishing (0:3); Sof wished a few times for two blessed scrolls of charging but was only ever granted one. However, by now Sof was carrying a blessed luckstone from the mines and managed to find a lot of magic markers and scrolls of enchant armour. Wishes went on things like a T-shirt and spellbooks of polymorph and FoD.
An incubus on the Oracle level provided a number of very educational experiences, and Sof was soon summoned on the Quest, where she easily dispatched the Dark One. Armed with the Eye of the Tapioca Sof was becoming quite a menace in the Mines.
Things then started to slow down for Sof. Not yet ready to enter Gehennom she dawdled around for a bit, even clearing a level (which had a sink and an altar) ready for a spot of farming. However, she decided to boost her strength with some nurse dancing in Sokoban; she also decided she wanted to remember this adventure so genocided all h's. She never did settle down and start the farm in the end - itchy feet drove her downwards to Medusa's island and the Castle.
Somewhere along the line Sof became invisible, but could also see invisible, so didn't notice this until Izchak wouldn't let her into the shop to buy candles (of which he had 7).
Medusa was swiftly dispatched, and the Castle was immediately below; cone of cold dealt with the moat. Somewhere along the way Sof had found a +4 silver dagger which helped with the Valley of the Dead and Gehennom; up- and down-stairs were usually close to each other in Gehennom too, which made that pretty rapid. (A pick-axe cleared the way.) A lich appeared in a room somewhere; he, and all his L chums, bit the dust with a blessed scroll of genocide. (He was probably only a chameleon but it wasn't worth the risk!)
Sof had mislaid some of her spellbooks, so stashed those that she could find in Sokoban ready for a spot of light reading. Having found the bell and the fully populated candelabrum, and found the bottom level of Gehennom, she rashly killed the Wizard before locating the vibrating square. Fortunately he only bothered her once while trying to find it, and FoD meant he wasn't much bother either.
Once armed with the Amulet, Sof started her way back up to the surface. The mysterious force dumped her in unmapped bits of Gehennom three times - fortunately she had exactly three scrolls of magic mapping in her bags, which made life easy. The Wiz occasionally bothered her on the way up; he had an amulet of life saving a couple of times, but FoD did the trick. Sof nearly forgot to refresh her memory of spells near the top, and went back to Sokoban to do a little light reading. She got back to level 1, checked the amulet would still not go back in the bag, and ascended to the Plane of Earth (forgetting that she'd left Sting and Frost Brand back in Sokoban).
There was Rodney ready to meet her. It was at exactly this point that Sof found her knowledge of FoD growing faint! It was just about strong enough to dispatch the Wiz for the sixth and final time. Without realising it Sof was down to only 56HP; a quick draught of full healing later she was restored to her full 282HP, never to feel so weak again. A single scroll of gold detection helped to find the magic portal, and there were just about enough charges in her magic markers to find the remaining portals. The portal on Fire was only a few steps away! On arriving in Water Sof decided to genocide all ;'s, just in case, and soon she arrived on the Astral Plane.
Taking a look around Sof decided she had lots of food and so tackled the altar guarded by Famine first. Shortly after opening the door she found she'd forgotten how to cast cure sickness along with a bunch of other spells! Famine died twice on the way to the altar; he was revived a third time but by then the priests had summoned too many ants for Famine to get anywhere near Sof. Hahaha!
Lo and behold, the high priest of Anhur was waiting at this temple to greet Sof, who ended up waiting at the altar for a few hours while I managed to compile a version of NetHack with the dump patch included! [Blew my logfile away in the process, oh well, there wasn't much impressive there anyway].
Hmm, wonder what to try for the next six and a half years?
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NH 3.4.3M A Sof-Wiz-Elf-Fem-Cha
HP:236(282) Pw:270(440) AC:-44 L:25 T:
61213
[++ )++ i+ 2-- P S+ D+ p $ t+ s++ W+ E PS-- PP
G+ C I++ Ps+ @W(6)w N++ !Y X+ So- Sp++ !sb !wb +0
The long version:
Back in the mists of time (September 2001) I managed to ascend Leela100, a Valkyrie (http://preview.tinyurl.com/5zmvpv). Since then I've been playing on and off, trying to ascend an elven wizard. Most wizards didn't get beyond level 10; a few qualified for the Quest, and I think one managed to beat the Dark One. I got bored with all this senseless murder of innocent wizards and gave up playing for a year or so. Got back into it about a month or two ago, and a lot more elven wizards started to clutter up the Mines of Menace.
This was the first wizard in ages to show some potential, so I slowed myself down and made liberal use of nethack.wikia.com to bone up on enemies before fighting (or running away from) them.
Sof went into the mines at full moon, so she could see where she was going. Armed with her knowledge of force bolt and sleep, and armed with a ring of increase accuracy and a bugle, she set off. The Gnomish Mines were to be found from level 2, which helped Sof avoid hunger, and she managed to find a bag of holding in one of the shops there. The Minetown altar was chaotic, as was a further altar on level 6, so Sof was soon wielding Magicbane. A monster had dropped a pair of speed boots, so Sof left her kitten behind somewhere around there. Sokoban provided a ring of slow digestion and another bag of holding.
It was around this point that the RNG smiled on Sof. A chaotic temple on the main branch of the dungeon was followed on the next few levels by a couple of throne rooms and an enormous leprechaun hall. This latter provided Sof with enough gold (who was L10 at the time) to get a naked AC of -9, while the second throne granted a wish (which went on a blessed +2 silver dragon scale mail). A few levels later a monster dropped a wand of wishing (0:3); Sof wished a few times for two blessed scrolls of charging but was only ever granted one. However, by now Sof was carrying a blessed luckstone from the mines and managed to find a lot of magic markers and scrolls of enchant armour. Wishes went on things like a T-shirt and spellbooks of polymorph and FoD.
An incubus on the Oracle level provided a number of very educational experiences, and Sof was soon summoned on the Quest, where she easily dispatched the Dark One. Armed with the Eye of the Tapioca Sof was becoming quite a menace in the Mines.
Things then started to slow down for Sof. Not yet ready to enter Gehennom she dawdled around for a bit, even clearing a level (which had a sink and an altar) ready for a spot of farming. However, she decided to boost her strength with some nurse dancing in Sokoban; she also decided she wanted to remember this adventure so genocided all h's. She never did settle down and start the farm in the end - itchy feet drove her downwards to Medusa's island and the Castle.
Somewhere along the line Sof became invisible, but could also see invisible, so didn't notice this until Izchak wouldn't let her into the shop to buy candles (of which he had 7).
Medusa was swiftly dispatched, and the Castle was immediately below; cone of cold dealt with the moat. Somewhere along the way Sof had found a +4 silver dagger which helped with the Valley of the Dead and Gehennom; up- and down-stairs were usually close to each other in Gehennom too, which made that pretty rapid. (A pick-axe cleared the way.) A lich appeared in a room somewhere; he, and all his L chums, bit the dust with a blessed scroll of genocide. (He was probably only a chameleon but it wasn't worth the risk!)
Sof had mislaid some of her spellbooks, so stashed those that she could find in Sokoban ready for a spot of light reading. Having found the bell and the fully populated candelabrum, and found the bottom level of Gehennom, she rashly killed the Wizard before locating the vibrating square. Fortunately he only bothered her once while trying to find it, and FoD meant he wasn't much bother either.
Once armed with the Amulet, Sof started her way back up to the surface. The mysterious force dumped her in unmapped bits of Gehennom three times - fortunately she had exactly three scrolls of magic mapping in her bags, which made life easy. The Wiz occasionally bothered her on the way up; he had an amulet of life saving a couple of times, but FoD did the trick. Sof nearly forgot to refresh her memory of spells near the top, and went back to Sokoban to do a little light reading. She got back to level 1, checked the amulet would still not go back in the bag, and ascended to the Plane of Earth (forgetting that she'd left Sting and Frost Brand back in Sokoban).
There was Rodney ready to meet her. It was at exactly this point that Sof found her knowledge of FoD growing faint! It was just about strong enough to dispatch the Wiz for the sixth and final time. Without realising it Sof was down to only 56HP; a quick draught of full healing later she was restored to her full 282HP, never to feel so weak again. A single scroll of gold detection helped to find the magic portal, and there were just about enough charges in her magic markers to find the remaining portals. The portal on Fire was only a few steps away! On arriving in Water Sof decided to genocide all ;'s, just in case, and soon she arrived on the Astral Plane.
Taking a look around Sof decided she had lots of food and so tackled the altar guarded by Famine first. Shortly after opening the door she found she'd forgotten how to cast cure sickness along with a bunch of other spells! Famine died twice on the way to the altar; he was revived a third time but by then the priests had summoned too many ants for Famine to get anywhere near Sof. Hahaha!
Lo and behold, the high priest of Anhur was waiting at this temple to greet Sof, who ended up waiting at the altar for a few hours while I managed to compile a version of NetHack with the dump patch included! [Blew my logfile away in the process, oh well, there wasn't much impressive there anyway].
Hmm, wonder what to try for the next six and a half years?
You offer the Amulet of Yendor to Anhur...
An invisible choir sings, and you are bathed in radiance...
The voice of Anhur booms: "Congratulations, mortal!"
"In return for thy service, I grant thee the gift of Immortality!"
You ascend to the status of Demigoddess...
Sof, chaotic female elven Wizard
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Sof the Necromancer St:18 Dx:18 Co:16 In:19 Wi:20 Ch:13 Chaotic
Astral Plane $:0 HP:236(282) Pw:270(440) AC:-44 Xp:25/50027057 T:
61213 Satiated
Your inventory
Amulets
S - the blessed Eye of the Aethiopica (being worn)
Weapons
a - the blessed rustproof +0 Magicbane (weapon in hand)
u - a blessed +4 silver dagger (alternate weapon; not wielded)
Armor
b - a blessed +4 pair of speed boots (being worn)
c - a blessed fireproof +4 T-shirt (being worn)
d - a blessed +5 silver dragon scale mail (being worn)
e - a blessed fireproof +3 robe (being worn)
f - a blessed fireproof +3 pair of leather gloves (being worn)
g - a blessed greased fireproof +7 elven leather helm (being worn)
h - a blessed fireproof +4 small shield (being worn)
Comestibles
m - an uncursed partly eaten food ration
L - an uncursed lizard corpse named Fred
Spellbooks
W - the uncursed Book of the Dead
Rings
o - an uncursed ring of regeneration
s - an uncursed ring of levitation
v - an uncursed +1 ring of increase accuracy // started
with this!
D - an uncursed ring of shock resistance
J - an uncursed ring of conflict
Z - an uncursed ring of slow digestion (on right hand)
Wands
i - a wand of digging (0:3)
j - a cursed wand of digging (0:5)
t - a wand of digging (0:6)
N - a wand of digging (0:5)
O - a wand of digging (0:2)
Y - a wand of secret door detection (0:3)
Tools
l - an uncursed magic lamp (lit)
x - a blessed stethoscope // wasted a wish on this, when
there was one on the next level
B - a blessed greased bag of holding
C - a blessed bag of holding
E - a blessed magic marker (0:61)
K - an uncursed skeleton key
P - an uncursed towel
U - a +0 unicorn horn
Gems
q - a blessed luckstone
Contents of the bag of holding:
a can of grease (1:5)
a magic marker (0:2)
a magic marker (0:2)
a blessed magic marker (0:15)
an uncursed C-ration
an uncursed K-ration
4 uncursed food rations
5 blessed +0 daggers
a wand of wishing (1:2)
a wand of locking (0:3)
an uncursed +0 pair of leather gloves
a +0 pick-axe
a +0 unicorn horn
2 uncursed sprigs of wolfsbane
an uncursed C-ration
an uncursed amulet of life saving
a blessed potion of extra healing
a +1 dagger
an uncursed +0 oilskin cloak
a wand of death (0:3)
a wand of fire (0:3)
a cursed amulet of restful sleep
a wand of death (0:7)
2 blessed scrolls of blank paper
an uncursed ring of invisibility
a wand of magic missile (0:7)
a wand of magic missile (0:8)
a wand of fire (0:6)
a wand of digging (0:3)
a wand of death (0:3)
a wand of digging (0:8)
an uncursed stethoscope
a wand of speed monster (0:5)
an uncursed +2 mummy wrapping
a blessed +3 helmet
an uncursed +0 pair of water walking boots
6 potions of holy water
the rustproof +0 Dragonbane
a blessed luckstone
a wand of digging (0:3)
a wand of fire (0:3)
3 uncursed potions of healing
3 uncursed diluted potions of extra healing
an uncursed agate stone
a blessed ring of teleport control
2 uncursed potions of extra healing
an uncursed scroll of destroy armor
a wand of digging (0:4)
a wand of magic missile (0:7)
a wand of digging (0:8)
a blessed wand of fire (0:6)
a wand of fire (0:8)
a wand of sleep (0:7)
an uncursed ring of cold resistance
an uncursed ring of cold resistance
a cursed potion of extra healing
a cursed potion of paralysis
a cursed scroll of create monster
a cursed scroll of fire
a blessed scroll of identify
a blessed wand of polymorph (0:3)
an uncursed potion of gain ability
a blessed potion of sickness
3 uncursed potions of extra healing
2 uncursed potions of oil
4 uncursed scrolls of confuse monster
4 uncursed scrolls of fire
3 uncursed scrolls of earth
a blessed scroll of earth
2 uncursed scrolls of food detection
a blessed scroll of fire
a cursed scroll of enchant weapon
a wand of cold (0:6)
a wand of create monster (0:11)
a rustproof wand of digging (0:8)
a wand of cold (0:5)
a wand of teleportation (0:6)
a wand of cold (0:5)
2 uncursed potions of fruit juice
2 uncursed potions of object detection
a blessed potion of full healing
an uncursed potion of see invisible
a wand of magic missile (0:7)
a cursed wand of make invisible (0:5)
a wand of undead turning (0:4)
an uncursed ring of poison resistance
a cursed -1 ring of protection
5 uncursed citrine stones
an uncursed worthless piece of blue glass
a wand of teleportation (0:6)
a wand of lightning (0:6)
a wand of digging (0:5)
a rustproof wand of digging (0:5)
a wand of create monster (0:12)
a wand of lightning (0:5)
a wand of make invisible (0:7)
a wand of striking (0:6)
2 uncursed diamonds
an uncursed topaz stone
an uncursed amethyst stone
a wand of magic missile (0:6)
a wand of cold (0:7)
a wand of striking (0:3)
a wand of striking (0:7)
a wand of striking (0:4)
a blessed wand of teleportation (0:4)
Contents of the bag of holding:
a magic marker (0:6)
an uncursed spellbook of cone of cold // forgot I had this,
forgot the spell too
an uncursed +0 pair of speed boots
a wand of digging (0:3)
an uncursed amulet of life saving
a blessed +1 T-shirt
a wand of fire (0:4)
a wand of sleep (0:4)
a rusty wand of digging (0:3)
a wand of cold (0:3)
6 uncursed K-rations
a wand of digging (0:4)
a wand of magic missile (0:7)
a wand of digging (0:8)
an uncursed amulet of magical breathing // wore this a LOT earlier
in the game
8 uncursed food rations
7 uncursed C-rations
a cursed wand of fire (0:7)
an uncursed ring of conflict
an uncursed mirror
Final attributes
You were piously aligned
Your alignment was 316
You were fire resistant
You were cold resistant
You were sleep resistant
You were disintegration-resistant
You were shock resistant
You were poison resistant
You were magic-protected
You saw invisible
You were telepathic
You were warned
You had infravision
You were invisible to others
You could teleport
You had teleport control
You had slower digestion
You were protected
You were very fast
You had reflection
You were very lucky (9)
You had extra luck
Good luck did not time out for you
You survived
Spells known in the end
Name Level Category Fail
a - force bolt 1 attack 0%
b - sleep 1* enchantment 0%
c - detect food 2 divination 0%
d - stone to flesh 3* healing 0%
e - confuse monster 2* enchantment 0%
f - magic missile 2 attack 0%
g - charm monster 3* enchantment 0%
h - create monster 2 clerical 0%
i - cone of cold 4* attack 0%
j - finger of death 7* attack 0%
k - wizard lock 2* matter 0%
l - create familiar 6 clerical 53%
m - identify 3 divination 0%
n - detect treasure 4 divination 0%
o - haste self 3 escape 0%
p - cure blindness 2* healing 0%
q - detect monsters 1* divination 0%
r - cure sickness 3* healing 0%
s - healing 1* healing 0%
t - invisibility 4 escape 32%
u - fireball 4 attack 0%
v - restore ability 4 healing 0%
w - polymorph 6 matter 0%
x - remove curse 3 clerical 0%
y - clairvoyance 3 divination 0%
z - jumping 1 escape 0%
A - cause fear 3 enchantment 0%
B - light 1 divination 0%
C - extra healing 3 healing 0%
D - cancellation 7 matter 32%
E - slow monster 2 enchantment 0%
F - turn undead 6 clerical 53%
Vanquished creatures
Asmodeus
Baalzebub
Orcus
Juiblex // oops, meant to keep him around for the ascent - never
did find the upstairs from his level, c!oGL did the trick!
The Wizard of Yendor (6 times) // never had the chance to double-
trouble me
Famine (twice)
a high priest
3 mastodons
Medusa
17 krakens
5 iron golems
2 storm giants
a titan
3 glass golems
2 balrogs
6 purple worms
a silver dragon
6 red dragons
4 white dragons
2 orange dragons
6 black dragons
4 blue dragons
2 green dragons
a yellow dragon
14 minotaurs
5 jabberwocks
The Dark One
6 baluchitheria
an Angel
Vlad the Impaler
5 stone golems
2 master mind flayers
7 Olog-hai
a Nazgul
5 pit fiends
3 hell hounds
6 titanotheres
a baby gray dragon
a baby white dragon
a baby black dragon
a baby blue dragon
a baby green dragon
a baby yellow dragon
2 guardian nagas
7 disenchanters
32 vampire lords
5 skeletons
13 aligned priests
6 captains
6 shades
a lich
2 clay golems
4 nurses
6 ice devils
4 nalfeshnees
6 lurkers above
an Aleax
6 frost giants
2 ettins
4 golden nagas
5 black puddings
36 vampires
7 lieutenants
37 ghosts
a cavewoman
a tourist
a queen bee
a winged gargoyle
6 giant mimics
10 zruties
4 fire giants
4 ogre kings
13 rock trolls
7 umber hulks
2 flesh golems
4 doppelgangers
12 hezrous
10 bone devils
9 large mimics
7 wumpuses
2 fire vortices
2 baby long worms
10 long worms
10 couatls
9 stalkers
2 air elementals
6 fire elementals
7 earth elementals
7 water elementals
5 hill giants
2 giant mummies
2 black nagas
16 xorns
31 giant zombies
4 elf-lords
19 sergeants
7 barbed devils
5 vrocks
2 salamanders
14 wargs
a winter wolf
3 hell hound pups
38 small mimics
3 glass piercers
8 warhorses
7 steam vortices
15 xans
4 ettin mummies
6 ogre lords
8 quantum mechanics
17 trolls
4 sasquatches
3 wood golems
3 erinyes
4 mariliths
8 sharks
14 electric eels
8 gelatinous cubes
5 pyrolisks
7 large dogs
3 freezing spheres
14 flaming spheres
9 shocking spheres
3 large cats
15 tigers
13 gargoyles
6 dwarf kings
11 tengu
9 ochre jellies
14 leocrottas
11 energy vortices
a stone giant
4 elf mummies
10 human mummies
a red naga
5 green slimes
5 pit vipers
8 pythons
7 cobras
34 wraiths
3 carnivorous apes
13 ettin zombies
3 leather golems
37 soldiers
9 horned devils
5 succubi
5 incubi
6 chameleons
2 crocodiles
14 giant beetles
6 quivering blobs
25 cockatrices
18 wolves
11 winter wolf cubs
3 lynxes
4 panthers
16 gremlins
4 spotted jellies
61 leprechauns
8 orc-captains
8 iron piercers
6 mumakil
22 giant spiders
4 scorpions
9 horses
3 black lights
64 vampire bats
3 forest centaurs
8 gnome kings
7 orc mummies
a dwarf mummy
3 ogres
4 brown puddings
7 rust monsters
14 owlbears
7 yetis
8 gold golems
9 werewolves
6 piranhas
19 giant eels
20 lizards
8 chickatrices
3 dogs
3 dingos
4 housecats
8 jaguars
6 dwarf lords
6 blue jellies
6 white unicorns
5 gray unicorns
a black unicorn
4 dust vortices
17 ravens
4 plains centaurs
3 gnome mummies
5 snakes
14 apes
19 human zombies
4 rope golems
22 soldier ants
10 fire ants
6 bugbears
4 imps
10 lemures
9 quasits
4 wood nymphs
2 water nymphs
6 mountain nymphs
10 Mordor orcs
26 Uruk-hai
2 orc shamans
14 rock piercers
4 rock moles
a woodchuck
9 ponies
5 fog clouds
11 yellow lights
5 shriekers
7 violet fungi
26 gnome lords
7 gnomish wizards
3 kobold mummies
a red naga hatchling
3 black naga hatchlings
3 golden naga hatchlings
a guardian naga hatchling
6 gray oozes
7 barrow wights
9 elf zombies
7 ghouls
a straw golem
a paper golem
8 jellyfish
a baby crocodile
18 giant ants
a little dog
11 floating eyes
5 kittens
28 dwarves
3 homunculi
a kobold lord
4 kobold shamans
13 hill orcs
8 rothes
4 rabid rats
4 centipedes
16 giant bats
2 monkeys
18 orc zombies
24 dwarf zombies
3 wererats
10 iguanas
58 killer bees
7 acid blobs
a coyote
3 gas spores
13 hobbits
16 manes
2 large kobolds
13 hobgoblins
10 giant rats
18 cave spiders
5 brown molds
5 yellow molds
5 green molds
2 red molds
72 gnomes
8 garter snakes
11 gnome zombies
11 geckos
14 jackals
a fox
4 kobolds
5 goblins
6 sewer rats
11 grid bugs
13 bats
7 lichens
11 kobold zombies
10 newts
2308 creatures vanquished.
Genocided species:
hobbits
dwarves
bugbears
dwarf lords
dwarf kings
mind flayers
master mind flayers
liches
demiliches
master liches
arch-liches
jellyfish
piranhas
sharks
giant eels
electric eels
krakens
17 species genocided.
Voluntary challenges
You genocided 17 types of monsters
You polymorphed 115 items // and never got much for the trouble,
either
You never changed form
You used 12 wishes
You did not wish for any artifacts
Your skills at the end
Fighting Skills
bare handed combat [Basic]
Weapon Skills
dagger [Expert]
quarterstaff [Basic]
Spellcasting Skills
attack spells [Expert]
healing spells [Basic]
divination spells [Skilled]
enchantment spells [Skilled]
clerical spells [Basic]
matter spells [Skilled]
Latest messages
Restoring save file...
Hello Sof, the elven Wizard, welcome back to NetHack!
Be careful! New moon tonight.
You offer the Amulet of Yendor to Anhur...
An invisible choir sings, and you are bathed in radiance...
The voice of Anhur booms: "Congratulations, mortal!"
"In return for thy service, I grant thee the gift of Immortality!"
You ascend to the status of Demigoddess...
Goodbye Sof the Demigoddess...
You went to your reward with 3258680 points,
Magicbane (worth 3500 zorkmids and 8750 points)
Dragonbane (worth 500 zorkmids and 1250 points)
The Eye of the Aethiopica (worth 4000 zorkmids and 10000 points)
The Book of the Dead (worth 10000 zorkmids and 25000 points)
5 citrine stones (worth 7500 zorkmids),
2 diamonds (worth 8000 zorkmids),
1 topaz stone (worth 900 zorkmids),
1 amethyst stone (worth 600 zorkmids),
1 agate stone (worth 200 zorkmids),
1 worthless piece of colored glass,
2 amulets of life saving (worth 300 zorkmids),
1 amulet of restful sleep (worth 150 zorkmids),
1 amulet of magical breathing (worth 150 zorkmids),
and 0 pieces of gold, after 61213 moves.
Killer: ascended
You were level 25 with a maximum of 282 hit points when you ascended.
You made the top ten list!
No Points Name
Hp [max]
1 3258680 Sof-Wiz-Elf-Fem-Cha ascended to demigoddess-hood.
236 [282]
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Thursday, 15 May 2008
Hi
Oh whoopie do, someone else has come up with a blog to spout their ill-informed rantings to an unappreciative world. Yes, it's me.
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Why? So I can play with OpenID, that's why.
Cheerie bye until I have something interesting to say!
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Friday, 7 September 2001
YAFAP: Leela100-Val-Hum-Fem-Law ascended to demigoddess-hood (long, boring)
The short version:
The long version:
Leela couldn't help but feel some trepidation as she walked gingerly towards the cavern entrance. After all, she was the hundredth of her line to brave the Dungeons of Doom, and legends told of the whole tribe that had been lost in the Dungeons before the great devastation, known as the Reinstallation, that had wiped out all records of them, leaving only hazy memories.
Taking a deep breath, Leela turned from the tribe and made her way inside.
Blinking to adjust to the dim corridors, she and her faithful dog Fang began to make their way through the rooms and corridors that faced them. Steadily Leela moved forwards, and soon she was heading downwards into further and further caverns.
A few friendly shopkeepers offered Leela some provisions to help her along her way, but she didn't have the zorkmids to pay for them.
Luckily with her trusty hound by her side, the shopkeepers found they would soon have to restock ...
Having descended to the fifth level, Leela found herself face to face with the renowned Oracle of Delphi. But this Oracle had clearly been quaffing one or two potions of hallucination, and made no sense to Leela, and so she continued downwards.
Leela found another upwards staircase, which led to some puzzling areas. A shiny amulet waited for her at the top, and she wore it with pride for the rest of her adventure.
Feeling a little thirsty, Leela quaffed a smoky potion, and promptly fell asleep! In her dream, she dreamt of a King called Arthur, and his fabled blade, and heard the voice of a man called Patch telling her that this was her destiny also. On waking, Leela returned to the Oracle - by now alone, for Fang had bitten off more than he could chew - and waved her long sword at the fountains. To her surprise, a hand emerged from the fountain and blessed the sword!
Leela returned upwards to a second staircase she'd seen earlier, and soon found herself in the Gnome King's wine cellar, to which she helped herself, along with a few baubles she found buried in the rock. Returning upwards, a friendly priest in amongst some shops suggested she should dip it into a certain potion of water, and she felt very lucky afterwards. Feeling generous, she gave some money for the temple roofing fund, and felt much better in herself for doing so!
Leela resumed her downward journey, but it seemed that Tyr had other things to do, for he had only provided one altar. Leela sacrificed many things on this altar, until finally Tyr paid attention and gave her a shiny war hammer called Mjollnir.
Feeling hungry, Leela ate a tengu, and wore a special kind of ring so that she didn't get too misplaced.
Soon Leela tripped over a stone and found herself in a different world. A nice person called the Norn told her about the evil Lord Surtur, and Leela, being a helpful soul, went to fetch the crystal ball which he had stolen. Leela noticed that he kept hitting her then disappearing, so she hurried over to the place Lord Surtur seemed to prefer, and it wasn't long before she was returning the crystal ball to the Norn, who told her she could keep it after all!
Leela carried on downwards, swiftly dealing with the evil Medusa, and soon finding herself at a large Castle. Some special boots she'd found helped her round to the back door of the castle, and she soon dealt with the dragons, soldiers and other general nasties in the area. A wand she found locked in a box gave her some wishes! Having been granted a grey dragon scale mail from sitting in a comfy chair earlier on, she suddenly now had a helpful pair of gauntlets, a magic bag for all the nice things she'd been trying to carry around with her, and some magic markers helped her to feel better about her wardrobe.
By now Leela was feeling jumpy, wide awake, healthy, amplified, very fast and very firm (not to mention very full). She'd earlier prayed to Tyr for some holy water, and Tyr was so pleased with her that she was now known as the Hand of Elbereth - whatever that was. Unimpressed, Leela decided that if Tyr was going to ignore her, she was going to ignore Tyr.
Now Leela, with some trepidation, fell through a trap door to find herself in a spooky landscape. This was the gate to Gehennom. She felt the need for some light down there - she already had a lamp which seemed never to go out, although it didn't always light first time - so she went all the way back to the town where she'd seen Izchak's little lighting shop.
Shock! Horror! Izchak only had two candles on sale! Oh well, she'd found one earlier, surely candles must be laying around all over the place.
Down she went, back into Gehennom - but quickly reading a couple of amber scrolls before she did so. Immediately she was faced with a demon called Asmodeus, and shortly after dealing with him she found herself being engulfed by a hideous monster called Juiblex. Well, a quick blast of a wand helped to deal with him, and Leela was on her way.
After only 20 levels of hell, she found herself on a square which vibrated strangely. Back upwards she headed, to the Tower of Vlad the Impaler ... which took her a very long time to find. To her surprise, it was above the strange, deserted town she'd found earlier. Anyway, she had a candelabrum now, but still only three candles to attach to it!
A day later, a passing warg had left her one more candle.
Another day passed. Leela tried blessing and rubbing her lamp, but a djinni emerged, told her "It is about time" and disappeared.
Yet another day passed. Nurses helped Leela to feel better about herself, but she still couldn't find those candles.
Finally, fed up with killing everything in sight in the vain hope that she'd find another candle, she headed up the Wizard's Tower that she'd found earlier, but hadn't dared to explore fully. It seemed that Tyr was watching her after all, as there were six candles laying on the ground...
Having checked that the candles were OK, Leela headed up the Tower to find the Wizard of Yendor, a tall, lanky man who, she thought, looked a bit of a plonker. He kept taunting her, so she zapped him with a wand, and he dropped dead, leaving a spellbook. Leela knew what she had to do now.
Down to the vibrating square she went, and did the necessary. Soon she had the famous Amulet that Tyr had sent her for, and soon after that she was back at the entrance to the Dungeons. About to leave and show off to her tribe, she checked she had everything, and found that the Wizard had stolen her crystal ball way down at the bottom of Gehennom! Oh well, too late to worry about that now, she thought, and headed up the stairs ...
... to find herself transported to the Plane of Earth. She swiftly dealt with that, the portal being just north of where she arrived. Soon enough she was in the Plane of Air, being engulfed by those nasty air elementals. Luckily there were a few other vortices where she could rest, and equally luckily she had a few potions to quaff to bring her back to full strength. She once had to ask Tyr for help when she was down to only 35 hit points, and luckily Tyr was in a good mood, and uncursed some of her possessions. After that, she tried to keep one of those potions with her at all times.
The Plane of Fire took some time to deal with. Rodney showed up, and made a pest of himself, until his pets started disappearing. Leela took back the Amulet from his steaming corpse, and jumped through. Having swum around for what seemed ages, Leela found herself on the Astral Plane. She'd heard whispers from one of her ancestors who'd made it this far once before, but never believed she'd survive to see it. Using her telepathy she first decided to head for the leftmost altar, which was guarded by Death, and the Archon Tyr had deigned to send her helped to clear the way before sadly suffering the same fate as her beloved Fang. It was not in vain, though, as this turned out to be Tyr's altar, and Leela quickly offered the Amulet to Him ...
The Excalibur patch might be "the way The Dev Team wanted it to work," but it doesn't half make the game easier for a lawful Valkyrie! Dead easy to fight vampires and wraiths, and you get to find traps too!
There were only three altars outside Gehennom - the lawful minetown altar, one lawful altar on level 8 and a neutral temple on level 10.
And yes, it took me three days to find enough candles ...
I got an amulet of life saving from Vlad's Tower, but never wore it. I don't remember ever wearing (or owning) a ring of conflict. I used my last ?oGeno on the Astral Plane, blessing it and genociding a, in the hope that the priests couldn't surround me with anything. Oh well, they summoned snakes instead ...
No screenshot as I play the X11 port. I use the mines patch, but didn't get the new levels this time.
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NH 3.3.1U A Leela100-Val-Hum-Fem-Law
HP:253(399) Pw:89(89) AC:-25(-25) Lv:24 T:76797
[+ )++ 2++ P S+ D+ p+ $++ t- s+ W+ E- PS- PP-
G+ !C I++ Ps+ @W(w) N !Y X+ So- Sp+ !wb +0
The long version:
Leela couldn't help but feel some trepidation as she walked gingerly towards the cavern entrance. After all, she was the hundredth of her line to brave the Dungeons of Doom, and legends told of the whole tribe that had been lost in the Dungeons before the great devastation, known as the Reinstallation, that had wiped out all records of them, leaving only hazy memories.
Taking a deep breath, Leela turned from the tribe and made her way inside.
Blinking to adjust to the dim corridors, she and her faithful dog Fang began to make their way through the rooms and corridors that faced them. Steadily Leela moved forwards, and soon she was heading downwards into further and further caverns.
A few friendly shopkeepers offered Leela some provisions to help her along her way, but she didn't have the zorkmids to pay for them.
Luckily with her trusty hound by her side, the shopkeepers found they would soon have to restock ...
Having descended to the fifth level, Leela found herself face to face with the renowned Oracle of Delphi. But this Oracle had clearly been quaffing one or two potions of hallucination, and made no sense to Leela, and so she continued downwards.
Leela found another upwards staircase, which led to some puzzling areas. A shiny amulet waited for her at the top, and she wore it with pride for the rest of her adventure.
Feeling a little thirsty, Leela quaffed a smoky potion, and promptly fell asleep! In her dream, she dreamt of a King called Arthur, and his fabled blade, and heard the voice of a man called Patch telling her that this was her destiny also. On waking, Leela returned to the Oracle - by now alone, for Fang had bitten off more than he could chew - and waved her long sword at the fountains. To her surprise, a hand emerged from the fountain and blessed the sword!
Leela returned upwards to a second staircase she'd seen earlier, and soon found herself in the Gnome King's wine cellar, to which she helped herself, along with a few baubles she found buried in the rock. Returning upwards, a friendly priest in amongst some shops suggested she should dip it into a certain potion of water, and she felt very lucky afterwards. Feeling generous, she gave some money for the temple roofing fund, and felt much better in herself for doing so!
Leela resumed her downward journey, but it seemed that Tyr had other things to do, for he had only provided one altar. Leela sacrificed many things on this altar, until finally Tyr paid attention and gave her a shiny war hammer called Mjollnir.
Feeling hungry, Leela ate a tengu, and wore a special kind of ring so that she didn't get too misplaced.
Soon Leela tripped over a stone and found herself in a different world. A nice person called the Norn told her about the evil Lord Surtur, and Leela, being a helpful soul, went to fetch the crystal ball which he had stolen. Leela noticed that he kept hitting her then disappearing, so she hurried over to the place Lord Surtur seemed to prefer, and it wasn't long before she was returning the crystal ball to the Norn, who told her she could keep it after all!
Leela carried on downwards, swiftly dealing with the evil Medusa, and soon finding herself at a large Castle. Some special boots she'd found helped her round to the back door of the castle, and she soon dealt with the dragons, soldiers and other general nasties in the area. A wand she found locked in a box gave her some wishes! Having been granted a grey dragon scale mail from sitting in a comfy chair earlier on, she suddenly now had a helpful pair of gauntlets, a magic bag for all the nice things she'd been trying to carry around with her, and some magic markers helped her to feel better about her wardrobe.
By now Leela was feeling jumpy, wide awake, healthy, amplified, very fast and very firm (not to mention very full). She'd earlier prayed to Tyr for some holy water, and Tyr was so pleased with her that she was now known as the Hand of Elbereth - whatever that was. Unimpressed, Leela decided that if Tyr was going to ignore her, she was going to ignore Tyr.
Now Leela, with some trepidation, fell through a trap door to find herself in a spooky landscape. This was the gate to Gehennom. She felt the need for some light down there - she already had a lamp which seemed never to go out, although it didn't always light first time - so she went all the way back to the town where she'd seen Izchak's little lighting shop.
Shock! Horror! Izchak only had two candles on sale! Oh well, she'd found one earlier, surely candles must be laying around all over the place.
Down she went, back into Gehennom - but quickly reading a couple of amber scrolls before she did so. Immediately she was faced with a demon called Asmodeus, and shortly after dealing with him she found herself being engulfed by a hideous monster called Juiblex. Well, a quick blast of a wand helped to deal with him, and Leela was on her way.
After only 20 levels of hell, she found herself on a square which vibrated strangely. Back upwards she headed, to the Tower of Vlad the Impaler ... which took her a very long time to find. To her surprise, it was above the strange, deserted town she'd found earlier. Anyway, she had a candelabrum now, but still only three candles to attach to it!
A day later, a passing warg had left her one more candle.
Another day passed. Leela tried blessing and rubbing her lamp, but a djinni emerged, told her "It is about time" and disappeared.
Yet another day passed. Nurses helped Leela to feel better about herself, but she still couldn't find those candles.
Finally, fed up with killing everything in sight in the vain hope that she'd find another candle, she headed up the Wizard's Tower that she'd found earlier, but hadn't dared to explore fully. It seemed that Tyr was watching her after all, as there were six candles laying on the ground...
Having checked that the candles were OK, Leela headed up the Tower to find the Wizard of Yendor, a tall, lanky man who, she thought, looked a bit of a plonker. He kept taunting her, so she zapped him with a wand, and he dropped dead, leaving a spellbook. Leela knew what she had to do now.
Down to the vibrating square she went, and did the necessary. Soon she had the famous Amulet that Tyr had sent her for, and soon after that she was back at the entrance to the Dungeons. About to leave and show off to her tribe, she checked she had everything, and found that the Wizard had stolen her crystal ball way down at the bottom of Gehennom! Oh well, too late to worry about that now, she thought, and headed up the stairs ...
... to find herself transported to the Plane of Earth. She swiftly dealt with that, the portal being just north of where she arrived. Soon enough she was in the Plane of Air, being engulfed by those nasty air elementals. Luckily there were a few other vortices where she could rest, and equally luckily she had a few potions to quaff to bring her back to full strength. She once had to ask Tyr for help when she was down to only 35 hit points, and luckily Tyr was in a good mood, and uncursed some of her possessions. After that, she tried to keep one of those potions with her at all times.
The Plane of Fire took some time to deal with. Rodney showed up, and made a pest of himself, until his pets started disappearing. Leela took back the Amulet from his steaming corpse, and jumped through. Having swum around for what seemed ages, Leela found herself on the Astral Plane. She'd heard whispers from one of her ancestors who'd made it this far once before, but never believed she'd survive to see it. Using her telepathy she first decided to head for the leftmost altar, which was guarded by Death, and the Archon Tyr had deigned to send her helped to clear the way before sadly suffering the same fate as her beloved Fang. It was not in vain, though, as this turned out to be Tyr's altar, and Leela quickly offered the Amulet to Him ...
There is an altar to Tyr (lawful) here.
You offer the Amulet of Yendor to Tyr...
An invisible choir sings, and you are bathed in radiance...
The voice of Tyr booms: "Congratulations, mortal!"
"In return for thy service, I grant thee the gift of Immortality!"
You ascend to the status of Demigoddess...
Do you want your possessions identified? [ynq] (y)
Leela100, lawful female human Valkyrie
St:25 Dx:18 Co:18 In:10 Wi:18 Ch:12 HP:253(399) Pw:89(89) AC:-25 Exp:24
Your inventory
Amulets
an uncursed amulet of reflection (being worn)
Weapons
the rustproof +3 Mjollnir
the blessed rustproof +3 Excalibur (weapon in hand)
a +0 silver saber (wielded in other hand)
Armor
an uncursed +1 Hawaiian shirt (being worn)
an uncursed +4 gray dragon scale mail (being worn)
an uncursed fireproof +2 pair of speed boots (being worn)
an uncursed thoroughly corroded +3 pair of gauntlets of power (being worn)
a blessed +3 orcish helm (being worn)
an uncursed fireproof +2 elven cloak (being worn)
an uncursed +0 pair of levitation boots
Comestibles
an uncursed sprig of wolfsbane
a cursed eucalyptus leaf
a cursed lizard corpse
Scrolls
an uncursed scroll of gold detection
Rings
an uncursed ring of slow digestion (on right hand)
an uncursed ring of teleport control (on left hand)
Wands
a cursed wand of cold (0:2)
a wand of digging (0:4)
a wand of cancellation (0:5)
a wand of striking (0:3)
a cursed wand of cancellation (0:7)
a wand of death (0:6)
Tools
an uncursed rusty stethoscope
a blessed bag of holding
an uncursed skeleton key
an uncursed towel
an uncursed mirror
a blessed oil lamp (lit)
a blessed +0 unicorn horn
Gems
a blessed luckstone
Contents of the bag of holding:
a cursed wand of death named EMPTY (0:0)
a wand of death named EMPTY (0:0)
a potion of unholy water named uncursed
5 blessed potions of full healing
an uncursed scroll of taming
a cursed scroll of amnesia
a wand of digging (0:6)
an uncursed amulet of life saving
3 uncursed scrolls of create monster
a +0 pick-axe
2 uncursed scrolls of magic mapping
a +0 unicorn horn
an uncursed potion of healing
a +0 unicorn horn
a wand of digging (0:7)
4 uncursed potions of extra healing
an uncursed diamond
a cursed -1 knife
an uncursed magic whistle
a +0 unicorn horn
a wand of lightning (0:5)
an uncursed +0 mummy wrapping
an uncursed tallow candle
an uncursed wax candle
a wand of lightning (0:6)
a wand of secret door detection (0:12)
a wand of cold (0:0)
an uncursed +0 cloak of displacement
12 uncursed food rations
an uncursed thoroughly burnt +1 oilskin cloak
a wand of teleportation (0:6)
a wand of make invisible (0:6)
a wand of lightning (0:5)
a wand of lightning (0:6)
a wand of speed monster (0:7)
a wand of secret door detection (0:11)
a wand of sleep (0:7)
a wand of secret door detection (0:14)
a blessed +0 pair of speed boots
a blessed oil lamp
a blessed tallow candle
a wand of magic missile (0:4)
an uncursed ring of slow digestion
an uncursed potion of full healing
an uncursed potion of healing
an uncursed ring of teleport control
a +0 silver dagger
the +0 Fire Brand
a potion of holy water
2 uncursed scrolls of confuse monster
a wand of lightning (0:2)
3 uncursed potions of extra healing
a cursed scroll of earth
3 cursed scrolls of blank paper
2 uncursed scrolls of earth
an uncursed clove of garlic
a wand of cold (0:6)
a wand of slow monster (0:8)
a wand of magic missile (0:7)
a wand of digging (0:3)
a wand of slow monster (0:7)
an uncursed scroll of food detection
3 uncursed lembas wafers
9 uncursed C-rations
7 uncursed K-rations
3 uncursed scrolls of remove curse
a wand of magic missile (0:4)
a wand of magic missile (0:7)
a wand of striking (0:4)
a wand of magic missile (0:7)
a wand of magic missile (0:1)
a wand of magic missile (0:5)
a wand of magic missile (0:3)
a wand of magic missile (0:8)
a wand of digging (0:5)
a wand of sleep (0:3)
a wand of cold (0:3)
a wand of death (0:3)
a wand of digging (0:8)
a wand of striking (0:0)
a +0 dagger
an uncursed +0 pair of leather gloves
7 uncursed lizard corpses
Final attributes
You were the Hand of Elbereth
You were piously aligned
You were fire resistant
You were cold resistant
You were sleep resistant
You were disintegration-resistant
You were shock-resistant
You were poison resistant
You were level-drain resistant
You were magic protected
You saw invisible
You were telepathic
You had automatic searching
You were invisible to others
You were stealthy
You could teleport
You had teleport control
You had slower digestion
You were protected
You were very fast
You had reflection
You were wielding two weapons at once
You were extremely lucky
You had extra luck
Good luck did not time out for you
You survived
Vanquished creatures
Asmodeus
Baalzebub
Orcus
Juiblex
The Wizard of Yendor (4 times)
Death
a high priest
4 mastodons
Medusa
10 krakens
6 iron golems
a master lich
9 storm giants
6 glass golems
12 balrogs
13 purple worms
a gray dragon
a silver dragon
10 red dragons
9 white dragons
an orange dragon
9 black dragons
12 blue dragons
2 green dragons
4 yellow dragons
19 minotaurs
10 jabberwocks
Lord Surtur
12 baluchitheria
4 Angels
a demilich
Vlad the Impaler
17 stone golems
2 master mind flayers
21 Olog-hai
6 Nazguls
16 pit fiends
3 sandestins
10 hell hounds
12 titanotheres
14 trappers
2 baby gray dragons
a baby silver dragon
a baby blue dragon
a baby yellow dragon
11 disenchanters
27 vampire lords
5 skeletons
15 aligned priests
9 captains
6 shades
5 liches
6 clay golems
5 nurses
13 ice devils
11 nalfeshnees
8 lurkers above
a frost giant
7 ettins
27 black puddings
30 vampires
13 lieutenants
36 ghosts
a caveman
a rogue
3 queen bees
7 winged gargoyles
11 giant mimics
9 zruties
16 fire giants
13 ogre kings
12 ice trolls
21 rock trolls
12 umber hulks
7 flesh golems
12 Elvenkings
10 doppelgangers
31 hezrous
33 bone devils
10 large mimics
5 wumpuses
11 fire vortices
14 long worms
22 stalkers
18 air elementals
21 fire elementals
7 earth elementals
18 water elementals
21 hill giants
7 giant mummies
2 black nagas
5 xorns
23 giant zombies
27 elf-lords
10 sergeants
2 water demons
5 barbed devils
28 vrocks
16 salamanders
34 wargs
3 winter wolves
6 hell hound pups
30 small mimics
9 glass piercers
18 warhorses
14 steam vortices
20 xans
5 ettin mummies
13 ogre lords
24 quantum mechanics
36 trolls
a sasquatch
7 wood golems
2 erinyes
10 mariliths
2 djinn
6 sharks
10 electric eels
17 gelatinous cubes
7 pyrolisks
4 large dogs
7 freezing spheres
11 flaming spheres
11 shocking spheres
6 large cats
16 tigers
13 gargoyles
3 tengu
20 ochre jellies
14 leocrottas
8 energy vortices
12 mountain centaurs
4 stone giants
9 elf mummies
6 human mummies
14 red nagas
5 green slimes
8 pit vipers
5 pythons
14 cobras
52 wraiths
4 carnivorous apes
23 ettin zombies
7 leather golems
22 Grey-elves
52 soldiers
6 horned devils
13 succubi
8 incubi
6 chameleons
3 crocodiles
23 giant beetles
10 quivering blobs
31 cockatrices
17 wolves
6 lynxes
6 panthers
52 gremlins
13 spotted jellies
10 leprechauns
5 orc-captains
11 iron piercers
10 mumakil
19 giant spiders
15 scorpions
16 horses
2 ice vortices
5 black lights
17 vampire bats
8 forest centaurs
4 gnome kings
5 orc mummies
5 dwarf mummies
18 ogres
4 brown puddings
17 rust monsters
28 owlbears
17 yetis
8 gold golems
4 werewolves
18 Green-elves
5 piranhas
13 giant eels
29 lizards
14 chickatrices
5 dogs
4 dingos
7 housecats
14 jaguars
a dwarf lord
6 gray unicorns
3 black unicorns
11 dust vortices
11 ravens
9 plains centaurs
3 gnome mummies
11 snakes
21 apes
18 human zombies
6 rope golems
11 Woodland-elves
25 soldier ants
70 fire ants
15 bugbears
2 imps
6 lemures
15 quasits
8 wood nymphs
5 water nymphs
5 mountain nymphs
26 Mordor orcs
27 Uruk-hai
4 orc shamans
7 rock piercers
8 rock moles
3 ponies
10 fog clouds
20 yellow lights
2 shriekers
8 violet fungi
18 gnome lords
12 gnomish wizards
2 kobold mummies
4 red naga hatchlings
a golden naga hatchling
a guardian naga hatchling
8 gray oozes
10 barrow wights
22 elf zombies
10 ghouls
a straw golem
3 paper golems
6 jellyfish
25 giant ants
a little dog
9 floating eyes
6 kittens
8 dwarves
5 homunculi
a kobold lord
5 kobold shamans
40 hill orcs
18 rothes
a rabid rat
2 centipedes
5 giant bats
4 monkeys
21 orc zombies
17 dwarf zombies
3 wererats
5 werejackals
8 iguanas
136 killer bees
6 acid blobs
a coyote
4 gas spores
2 hobbits
5 manes
2 large kobolds
16 hobgoblins
9 giant rats
23 cave spiders
3 brown molds
a yellow mold
2 green molds
3 red molds
68 gnomes
5 garter snakes
14 gnome zombies
9 geckos
15 jackals
7 kobolds
5 goblins
8 sewer rats
12 grid bugs
3 bats
12 lichens
11 kobold zombies
19 newts
3196 creatures vanquished.
Genocided species
giant ants
killer bees
soldier ants
fire ants
giant beetles
queen bees
hobbits
dwarves
bugbears
dwarf lords
dwarf kings
mind flayers
master mind flayers
liches
demiliches
master liches
arch-liches
erinyes (extinct)
17 species genocided.
Voluntary challenges
You have genocided 17 types of monsters
You have never changed form
You have used 7 wishes
You did not wish for any artifact
Farvel Leela100 the Demigoddess...
You went to your reward with 5506896 points,
Mjollnir (worth 500 zorkmids and 1250 points)
Excalibur (worth 1500 zorkmids and 3750 points)
Fire Brand (worth 1500 zorkmids and 3750 points)
1 diamond (worth 4000 zorkmids),
1 amulet of life saving (worth 150 zorkmids),
1 amulet of reflection (worth 150 zorkmids),
and 0 pieces of gold, after 76797 moves.
Killer: ascended
You were level 24 with a maximum of 399 hit points when you ascended.
You made the top ten list!
No Points Name Hp [max]
1 5506896 Leela100-Val-Hum-Fem-Law ascended to
demigoddess-hood. 253 [399]
2 2072128 Leela059-Val-Hum-Fem-Law died on the Astral Plane.
Killed by a renegade priestess of Tyr (with the
Amulet). - [217]
3 522517 Leela054-Val-Hum-Fem-Law died in Gehennom on level
28. Killed by Yeenoghu. - [132]
The Excalibur patch might be "the way The Dev Team wanted it to work," but it doesn't half make the game easier for a lawful Valkyrie! Dead easy to fight vampires and wraiths, and you get to find traps too!
There were only three altars outside Gehennom - the lawful minetown altar, one lawful altar on level 8 and a neutral temple on level 10.
And yes, it took me three days to find enough candles ...
I got an amulet of life saving from Vlad's Tower, but never wore it. I don't remember ever wearing (or owning) a ring of conflict. I used my last ?oGeno on the Astral Plane, blessing it and genociding a, in the hope that the priests couldn't surround me with anything. Oh well, they summoned snakes instead ...
No screenshot as I play the X11 port. I use the mines patch, but didn't get the new levels this time.
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