It’s now the second time that I got fried very early in the game by the new bombardier beetle. This one got a shot at me from far away, and I couldn’t really avoid it, so I had to close in. By the time it was dead, I was down to about half of my max health of 56, and I was on fire. I hoped to sit it out, as no monster was close by, but when I approached zero health, I quickly popped a potion of heal wounds. That wasn’t quite enough, so I had to pop my second and final potion of heal wounds. Then zero health approached again, and the two potions I still had time to blindly drink didn’t save me.
No monster on D5 should be allowed to give you a damage-over-time status that just like that defeats two potions of heal wounds. Not if the developers want people to have some enjoyment of this game.
Here the relevant section of my morgue:
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.31.0-9-g3a7656b989 (webtiles) character file.
Game seed: 14768902202484554382
578 Majang the Chopper (level 7, 0/56 HPs)
Began as a Formicid Fighter on Jan 31, 2024.
Was an Initiate of Cheibriados.
Incinerated by a bombardier beetle (3 damage)
… with a burning spray
… on level 5 of the Dungeon.
The game lasted 00:20:16 (3406 turns).
Majang the Chopper (Formicid Fighter) Turns: 3406, Time: 00:20:17
Health: 0/56 AC: 10 Str: 22 (23) XL: 7 Next: 62%
Magic: 7/7 EV: 9 Int: 7 (9) God: Cheibriados […]
Gold: 258 SH: 5 Dex: 11 (14) Spells: 6/6 levels left
rFire . . . a - +1 war axe
rCold . . . c - +0 buckler
rNeg . . . w - +2 scale mail {rPois}
rPois + (helmet unavailable)
rElec . (no cloak)
rCorr . n - +0 pair of gloves
SInv + (no boots)
Will … (no amulet)
Stlth (no ring)
HPRegen 0.29/turn (no ring)
MPRegen 0.10/turn
%: no passive effects
@: on fire, glowing, invisible (but backlit and visible), very slow
A: permanent stasis, dig shafts and tunnels, antennae 3, four strong arms
a: Dig, Shaft Self, Renounce Religion
You were on level 5 of the Dungeon.
You worshipped Cheibriados.
Cheibriados was noncommittal.
You visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and saw 6 of its levels.
You collected 258 gold pieces.
Inventory:
Hand Weapons
a - a +1 war axe (weapon)
b - a +0 shortbow
d - a +2 mace of holy wrath
Armour
c - a +0 buckler (worn)
h - +0 fire dragon scales
n - a +0 pair of gloves (worn)
w - a +2 scale mail of poison resistance (worn)
Jewellery
i - a ring of wizardry
Talismans
v - a flux talisman
Wands
m - a wand of flame (9)
p - a wand of roots (10)
Scrolls
f - a scroll of fog
s - 3 scrolls of revelation
Potions
e - a potion of lignification
j - a potion of attraction {unknown}
k - 2 potions of invisibility
l - a potion of resistance {unknown}
r - a potion of mutation {unknown}
u - a potion of degeneration
x - a potion of haste {unknown}
z - a potion of cancellation {unknown}
Skills:
- Level 5.1 Fighting
- Level 5.6 Axes
- Level 2.0 Ranged Weapons
- Level 3.7 Armour
- Level 1.1 Dodging
- Level 4.6 Shields
- Level 0.5 Invocations
- Level 1.1 Evocations
You had 6 spell levels left.
You didn’t know any spells.
Your spell library contained the following spells:
Spells Type Power Damage Failure Level
Necrotise Necr 0% 1d4 82% 1
Slow Hex 0% N/A 82% 1
Lesser Beckoning Tloc 0% N/A 91% 2
Momentum Strike Conj/Tloc 0% 3d8 91% 2
Static Discharge Conj/Air 0% 3-3/arc 91% 2
Vampiric Draining Necr 0% 2d6 99% 3
Airstrike Air 0% 2d(0-16) 100% 4
Animate Armour Summ/Erth 0% N/A 100% 4
Cause Fear Hex 0% N/A 100% 4
Martyr’s Knell Necr/Summ 0% N/A 100% 4
Summon Lightning Spire Summ/Air 0% N/A 100% 4
Borgnjor’s Vile Clutch Necr/Erth 0% N/A 100% 5
Curse of Agony Necr 0% N/A 100% 5
Lee’s Rapid Deconstruct Erth 0% 3d4* 100% 5
Blink Tloc Unusable N/A N/A 2
Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations
Branches:
Dungeon (5/15) Temple (1/1) D:5
Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Dithmenos
Elyvilon
Gozag
Hepliaklqana
Kikubaaqudgha
Okawaru
Sif Muna
Vehumet
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One
Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations
You cannot be hasted, slowed, berserked, paralysed or teleported.
You can dig through walls and to a lower floor.
You have a pair of large antennae on your head. (SInv)
Your four strong arms can wield two-handed weapons with a shield.
Message History
The bombardier beetle sprays incendiary fluid at you.
The burning spray hits you.
You are even more covered in liquid fire!
You slash the bombardier beetle!
You kill the bombardier beetle!
The liquid fire burns you!
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- LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You feel much better.
The liquid fire burns you!
You are on fire!
The liquid fire burns you!
The liquid fire burns you!
The liquid fire burns you!
The liquid fire burns you!
The liquid fire burns you!
- LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
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- LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
The liquid fire burns you!
- LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
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The liquid fire burns you!
- LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
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The liquid fire burns you!
- LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
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You feel much better.
The liquid fire burns you!
The liquid fire burns you!
The liquid fire burns you!
The liquid fire burns you!
- LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
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The liquid fire burns you!
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The liquid fire burns you!
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It was a potion of degeneration.
There was something very wrong with that liquid.
You feel weakened. You feel dopey. You feel clumsy. The liquid fire burns you!
- LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
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LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
It was a potion of invisibility.
You become transparent, but the glow from your liquid flames prevents you from
becoming completely invisible.
The liquid fire burns you!
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