YAVP: SpCj of Vehumet (10 runes)

After a couple of splats with different chars, my next winner turned out to be a Spriggan Conjurer. Once again, I bailed out at 10 runes. The hells and Tomb just scared me too much as usual.

D:4 had Vehumet and Chei. It was an easy decision to go with the former.

I found a hat on D:8. Turned out that that was the only hat in the whole game.

It’s been a long time since I last did Desolation (I died there once and have neglected it since), but with this character it didn’t pose any problems.

The Abyss is so nice now with the rune detection. Only 653 from enter to exit with the rune.

The first level in Pan was Holy Pan, so no need to search further for the demonic rune.
Cerebov gave a decent fight, the other rune guardians obeyed Fire Storm without too much trouble.

Reading the morgue, I realized that I forgot to visit the Trove after getting the Abyssal rune… Oh well, this has happened before.

Only one hopgoblin killed.

My 95th victory, first SpCj played. Spriggan is now my 10th best species, with 5/20 = 25% win rate. Conjurer is tied for 6th best background with Hunter, both have 6/34=18% win rate.

 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.30.0 (tiles) character file.

Game seed: 3922577419494573664

6240340 Nonjurer the Archmage (level 27, 135/135 HPs)
             Began as a Spriggan Conjurer on Aug 3, 2023.
             Was the Champion of Vehumet.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 10 runes on Aug 18, 2023!
             
             The game lasted 14:13:42 (123911 turns).

Nonjurer the Archmage (Spriggan Conjurer)         Turns: 123911, Time: 14:13:42

Health: 135/135    AC: 28    Str: 13    XL:     27
Magic:  64/64      EV: 26    Int: 45    God:    Vehumet [******]
Gold:   2726       SH:  0    Dex: 18    Spells: 2/80 levels left

rFire   + . .        c - staff of fire "Poiru" {rElec rF+ Dex+3 SInv}
rCold   + . .        (shield currently unavailable)
rNeg    + . .        A - +10 pearl dragon scales
rPois   +            H - +2 hat
rElec   +            g - +1 cloak "Jakkeyf" {rPois Will- Int+6}
rCorr   .            (gloves unavailable)
SInv    +            (boots unavailable)
Will    +++..        P - amulet "Bissax" {RegenMP Str+6 Int+3}
Stlth   +++          G - ring "Fuohon" {Str+2 Int+6}
HPRegen 0.42/turn    R - ring of Hard Scrabble {Fly rC+ MP+9 SInv}
MPRegen 0.79/turn

%: no passive effects
@: flying, studying Maces & Flails, very quick
A: very small, no large weapons, unfitting armour, see invisible, speed 3,
mutation resistance 1
0: Orb of Zot
}: 10/15 runes: serpentine, barnacled, slimy, silver, abyssal, demonic, glowing,
magical, fiery, dark
a: Renounce Religion


You escaped.
You worshipped Vehumet.
Vehumet was exalted by your worship.
You visited 13 branches of the dungeon, and saw 57 of its levels.
You visited Pandemonium 5 times, and saw 16 of its levels.
You visited the Abyss 3 times.
You visited 1 ziggurat, and saw 13 of its levels.
You also visited: Ice Cave and Desolation.

You collected 12734 gold pieces.
You spent 10008 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand Weapons
 b - a +9 lajatang of speed
   (You found it in the Desolation of Salt)
 f - a +4 dagger of electrocution
   (You took it off a wight on level 8 of the Dungeon)
Missiles
 E - 13 curare-tipped darts (quivered)
Armour
 g - the +1 cloak "Jakkeyf" (worn) {rPois Will- Int+6}
   (You found it in Pandemonium)   
   
   Int:       It affects your intelligence (+6).
   rPois:     It protects you from poison.
   Will:      It decreases your willpower.
 A - +10 pearl dragon scales (worn)
   (You took it off a seraph in Pandemonium)
 H - a +2 hat (worn)
   (You found it on level 8 of the Dungeon)
Magical Staves
 a - a staff of conjuration
   (You found it on level 7 of the Dungeon)
 c - the staff of fire "Poiru" (weapon) {rElec rF+ Dex+3 SInv}
   (You found it on level 3 of the Elven Halls)   
   
   [staff of fire]
   
   Base accuracy: +5  Base damage: 5  Base attack delay: 1.2
   This weapon's minimum attack delay (0.6) is reached at skill level 12.
   
   Dex:       It affects your dexterity (+3).
   rF:        It protects you from fire.
   rElec:     It insulates you from electricity.
   SInv:      It lets you see invisible.
   
   It falls into the 'Staves' category. It is a two-handed weapon.
 e - the staff of poison "Caanupp" {rPois rF++ Int-3 SInv}
   (You found it in the Desolation of Salt)   
   
   [staff of poison]
   
   Base accuracy: +5  Base damage: 5  Base attack delay: 1.2
   This weapon's minimum attack delay (0.6) is reached at skill level 12.
   
   Int:       It affects your intelligence (-3).
   rF:        It greatly protects you from fire.
   rPois:     It protects you from poison.
   SInv:      It lets you see invisible.
   
   It falls into the 'Staves' category. It is a two-handed weapon.
 T - the staff of air "Midoju" {rElec Str+3 Dex+3}
   (You found it on level 8 of a ziggurat)   
   
   [staff of air]
   
   Base accuracy: +5  Base damage: 5  Base attack delay: 1.2
   This weapon's minimum attack delay (0.6) is reached at skill level 12.
   
   Str:       It affects your strength (+3).
   Dex:       It affects your dexterity (+3).
   rElec:     It insulates you from electricity.
   
   It falls into the 'Staves' category. It is a two-handed weapon.
Jewellery
 r - the ring of a Billion Xenophobes {Will+ rCorr EV+5 Dex-5}
   (You found it in the Desolation of Salt)   
   
   [ring of evasion]
   
   EV:        It affects your evasion (+5).
   Dex:       It affects your dexterity (-5).
   rCorr:     It protects you from acid and corrosion.
   Will:      It increases your willpower.
 G - the ring "Fuohon" (left hand) {Str+2 Int+6}
   (You found it in the Desolation of Salt)   
   
   [ring of intelligence]
   
   Str:       It affects your strength (+2).
   Int:       It affects your intelligence (+6).
 P - the amulet "Bissax" (around neck) {RegenMP Str+6 Int+3}
   (You found it in an ice cave)   
   
   [amulet of magic regeneration]
   
   It increases your rate of magic regeneration.
   Str:       It affects your strength (+6).
   Int:       It affects your intelligence (+3).
 R - the ring of Hard Scrabble (right hand) {Fly rC+ MP+9 SInv}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 3 of the Snake Pit)   
   
   [ring of magical power]
   
   rC:        It protects you from cold.
   MP:        It affects your magic capacity (+9).
   SInv:      It lets you see invisible.
   Fly:       It grants you flight.
Wands
 j - a wand of digging (37)
   (You found it on level 2 of the Shoals)
 t - a wand of acid (72)
   (You found it on level 4 of the Dungeon)
 u - a wand of roots (36)
   (You found it on level 10 of the Dungeon)
 v - a wand of flame (186)
   (You took it off Eustachio on level 4 of the Dungeon)
 w - a wand of paralysis (54)
   (You found it on level 4 of the Shoals)
 B - a wand of polymorph (19)
   (You found it on level 4 of the Shoals)
 Y - a wand of mindburst (31)
   (You took it off an orc wizard on level 12 of the Dungeon)
Scrolls
 d - 2 scrolls of amnesia
 k - 2 scrolls of magic mapping
 o - 20 scrolls of immolation
 y - 38 scrolls of teleportation
 C - 3 scrolls of butterflies
 M - 4 scrolls of poison
 O - 13 scrolls of fear
 Q - 15 scrolls of vulnerability
 U - 13 scrolls of fog
Potions
 l - 2 potions of haste
 m - 11 potions of mutation {!q}
 q - 6 potions of invisibility
 s - 6 potions of brilliance
 z - 19 potions of lignification
 D - 3 potions of cancellation
 F - 3 potions of resistance
 K - 3 potions of ambrosia
 L - 12 potions of curing
 S - 2 potions of heal wounds
 V - 19 potions of might
 W - 3 potions of magic
Miscellaneous
 i - a tin of tremorstones (2/2)
   (You found it on level 2 of the Shoals)
 p - a box of beasts
   (You found it in an ice cave)
 J - a phial of floods
   (You found it on level 4 of the Shoals)
 N - a lightning rod (4/4)
   (You found it on level 9 of the Dungeon)
 Z - a phantom mirror
   (You found it on level 4 of the Snake Pit)


   Skills:
 - Level 11.0 Fighting
 - Level 10.0 Staves
 - Level 8.1 Armour
 + Level 22.4 Dodging
 O Level 27 Stealth
 O Level 27 Spellcasting
 * Level 20.5 Conjurations
 - Level 10.0 Hexes
 - Level 11.0 Summonings
 - Level 7.0 Translocations
 - Level 22.3 Fire Magic
 - Level 3.0 Ice Magic
 - Level 4.0 Air Magic
 - Level 11.0 Earth Magic
 - Level 1.0 Poison Magic
 - Level 21.0 Evocations


You had 2 spell levels left.
You knew the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power      Damage    Failure   Level
b - Fire Storm            Conj/Fire      77%        8d20      4%          9
c - Iron Shot             Conj/Erth      58%        9d11      1%          6
d - Spellforged Servitor  Conj/Summ      58%        N/A       1%          7
e - Orb of Destruction    Conj           64%        9d15      1%          7
f - Apportation           Tloc           100%       N/A       1%          1
g - Iskenderun's Mystic   Conj/Tloc      100%       2d19      1%          4
h - Plasma Beam           Fire/Air       66%        2x1d90    1%          6
i - Fireball              Conj/Fire      77%        3d29      0%          5
j - Freezing Cloud        Conj/Ice/Air   48%        6-21      1%          5
k - Airstrike             Air            38%        2d(6-22)  1%          4
l - Starburst             Conj/Fire      77%        6d20      1%          6
m - Ignition              Fire           78%        3d20      1%          8
n - Lehudib's Crystal Sp  Conj/Erth      58%        10d13     3%          8
o - Blink                 Tloc           100%       N/A       1%          2

Your spell library contained the following spells:
[snipped]

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
-------+----------+-------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1      | Nonjurer the Spriggan Conjurer began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 9/9 MP: 5/5
[snipped]
123388 | Zot:5    | Got the Orb of Zot
123667 | D:15     | Noticed Kaxadghue the pandemonium lord
123911 | D:$      | Escaped with the Orb!

Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (15/15)            Temple (1/1) D:5            Lair (5/5) D:9         
 Shoals (4/4) Lair:3        Snake (4/4) Lair:3        Slime (5/5) Lair:5      
    Orc (2/2) D:12            Elf (3/3) Orc:2        Vaults (5/5) D:13        
  Crypt (3/3) Vaults:3       Tomb (0/3) Crypt:3      Depths (4/4) D:15        
   Hell (visited)             Dis (0/7) Hell            Geh (0/7) Hell        
    Coc (0/7) Hell            Tar (0/7) Hell            Zot (5/5) Depths:4    
  IceCv (visited)         Desolation (visited)      

Shops:
D:9 [   Orc:2 (:*[   Snake:1 ?   Snake:3 =(?   Vaults:3 ?=   Vaults:4 (
Vaults:5 !!?::[!   Depths:1 =*[**(   Depths:2 [   Depths:4 ?=

Portals:
Hell: Depths:1 Depths:2 Depths:3 Depths:4
Abyss: D:11 Depths:1 Depths:3
Pandemonium: Depths:2
Trove: Vaults:2 (show abyssal rune of Zot)

Annotations:
D:15 Roxanne


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You are very small and have problems with some larger weapons.
You are too small for most types of armour.
You have supernaturally acute eyesight. (SInv)
You cover ground extremely quickly. (Speed+++)
You are somewhat resistant to further mutation.

Message History

There is a stone staircase leading up here.
You fly upwards.
There is a stone staircase leading down here.
There is a stone staircase leading up here.
You fly upwards.
There is a stone staircase leading down here.
There is a staircase leading out of the dungeon here.
Unknown command.
Unknown command.
You have escaped!

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Action                     |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-18 | 19-21 | 22-24 | 25-27 || total
---------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
  Melee: Long sword        |       |     6 |     5 |       |       |       |       |       |       ||    11
         Staff             |       |       |     4 |    30 |    21 |    15 |     6 |    10 |    64 ||   150
         Dagger            |       |       |       |     3 |       |     6 |    11 |    18 |     5 ||    43
         Quarterstaff      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    19 |       ||    19
         Lajatang          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    15 |       ||    15
  Throw: Dart              |     3 |       |     4 |     2 |       |       |       |       |       ||     9
   Cast: Magic Dart        |    75 |    47 |   120 |   112 |   117 |    69 |     7 |       |     1 ||   548
         Searing Ray       |     6 |    16 |    70 |   105 |   106 |    65 |    23 |     8 |     5 ||   404
         Dazzling Flash    |       |       |     4 |     1 |       |       |       |       |       ||     5
         Static Discharge  |       |       |     6 |     2 |       |       |       |       |       ||     8
         Fulminant Prism   |       |       |     3 |    80 |    94 |    32 |       |       |       ||   209
         Mephitic Cloud    |       |       |       |    19 |    24 |       |       |       |       ||    43
         Iskenderun's Myst |       |       |       |    59 |   150 |   218 |    79 |    53 |   121 ||   680
         Apportation       |       |       |       |     2 |     5 |    26 |    15 |    18 |    42 ||   108
         Fireball          |       |       |       |       |   130 |   219 |    54 |   406 |   180 ||   989
         Freezing Cloud    |       |       |       |       |   154 |   178 |    87 |    18 |    48 ||   485
         Airstrike         |       |       |       |       |    37 |    26 |    39 |    51 |    52 ||   205
         Starburst         |       |       |       |       |     2 |     7 |     4 |       |       ||    13
         Iron Shot         |       |       |       |       |       |    40 |   341 |   285 |   625 ||  1291
         Spellforged Servi |       |       |       |       |       |    14 |    54 |    46 |    70 ||   184
         Plasma Beam       |       |       |       |       |       |     4 |   121 |   154 |   225 ||   504
         Ignition          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     7 |    69 ||    76
         Fire Storm        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |   163 ||   163
         Lehudib's Crystal |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    40 ||    40
         Orb of Destructio |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    15 ||    15
  Evoke: Wand              |       |     3 |     3 |     1 |    13 |    19 |     9 |    41 |    34 ||   123
         Lightning rod     |       |       |       |     4 |     7 |    13 |     4 |     1 |     4 ||    33
         Piece from Xom's  |       |       |       |       |     1 |       |       |       |       ||     1
         Box of beasts     |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |       |       |     3 ||     4
         Phial of floods   |       |       |       |       |       |       |     2 |     1 |       ||     3
         Phantom mirror    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
         Tin of tremorston |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     2 ||     2
    Use: Scroll            |     7 |     1 |    12 |    13 |    13 |     9 |     5 |    10 |    46 ||   116
         Potion            |       |       |     2 |       |     2 |     6 |     3 |    11 |    63 ||    87
   Stab: Paralysed         |       |     2 |       |     7 |       |       |       |     3 |       ||    12
         Sleeping          |       |     1 |     1 |     4 |       |     6 |    11 |    14 |     5 ||    42
         Confused          |       |       |       |     3 |     1 |       |       |       |       ||     4
         Distracted        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |     1 |     1 ||     2
 Armour: Robe              |     2 |     7 |    20 |    22 |     7 |       |       |       |       ||    58
         Steam dragon scal |       |       |       |       |    18 |    43 |    12 |    28 |    61 ||   162
         Pearl dragon scal |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |    27 ||    27
  Dodge: Dodged            |     5 |    20 |    86 |   117 |   140 |   237 |   138 |   211 |   578 ||  1532

There were no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  Cerebov (Pan)
  the Royal Jelly (Slime:5)
  Dissolution (Slime:4)
  A seraph (Pan)
  Gloorx Vloq (Pan)
  Mnoleg (Pan)
  Lom Lobon (Pan)
  6 dread liches
  5 ancient liches
  3 orbs of fire (Zot:5)
  2 royal mummies
  The ghost of Lexer the Eclecticist, a veteran DsEn of Nemelex Xobeh (Crypt:2)
  3 Killer Klowns
  Vv (Crypt:3)
  Bai Suzhen (Vaults:5)
  Geryon (Hell)
  Xtahua (Vaults:5)
  5 caustic shrikes
  3 curse toes
  3 profane servitors
  8 golden dragons
  5 Brimstone Fiends (Pan)
  2 bone dragons (Zot:3)
  2 pandemonium lords (Pan)
  2 electric golems (Zot:5)
  15 tentacled monstrosities
  3 Tzitzimimeh (Pan)
  An Ice Fiend (Pan)
  A walking crystal tome (Depths:3)
  3 Hell Sentinels (Pan)
  7 titans
  2 deep elf blademasters (Elf:3)
  A walking frostbound tome (Depths:3)
  19 Orb Guardians (Zot:5)
  4 liches
  A walking earthen tome (Depths:2)
  A walking divine tome (Depths:4)
[snipped]
2969 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (collateral kills)
  An orb of fire (Zot:1)
  A juggernaut (Depths:3)
  A Killer Klown (Zot:3)
  A pandemonium lord (Pan)
  Parghit (Zot:3)
  Saint Roka (Vaults:5)
  A golden dragon (Vaults:5)
  Nikola (Depths:1)
  A walking crystal tome (Depths:3)
  3 tentacled monstrosities
  2 Orb Guardians (Zot:5)
[snipped]
269 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  Asterion (Depths:2)
[snipped]
766 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 4004 creatures vanquished

Skill      XL: |  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 |
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Conjurations   |  3        4              5              6  7     9    10 13 17 18          19 20 | 20.5
Fighting       |     1                 2     3     4     5     6        7  8        9       10 11 | 11.0
Hexes          |        1  3  5     7  9 10                                                       | 10.0
Stealth        |           4        6  7  8  9 11 12 13 14 15 17    18 19 20    21 22    24 25 27 | 27.0
Evocations     |           1  2  3  4     5  7  8  9 10    12    13 14    15 16 17    18 19    21 | 21.0
Dodging        |              3  4        7  8  9 10    11 12    13 15       17    18 19       22 | 22.4
Spellcasting   |                 3  4  5  6  8 11 12 16          17             18    19 21 22 27 | 27.0
Staves         |                       2        3        4     5        6        7     8     9 10 | 10.0
Translocations |                          2  7                                                    |  7.0
Air Magic      |                             1           4                                        |  4.0
Poison Magic   |                             1                                                    |  1.0
Fire Magic     |                                3  7        9       10 12 13    14 17 19 20 21 22 | 22.3
Ice Magic      |                                      1  3                                        |  3.0
Armour         |                                         3                                      8 |  8.1
Summonings     |                                            4  9 10 11                            | 11.0
Earth Magic    |                                                     5                         11 | 11.0

3 Thanks

Congrats on the win and finding a (single) hat.

Thanks! I remember a game long time ago where I found only a single pair of boots, but that was only a 3-runer. It was in DCSS 0.14, and those boots got corroded by yellow dracs in Zot, so after that I had no boots…

1 Thank

That is horrible. I love how the game gives you these things that you can remember like 10 years down the road. It is a little story generating machine that does it all without any overall narrative.