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[Robsoie]

After clearing Lair and Orcs completely, just before going into a rune-branch from the Lair, i decided to explore a bit of the 1st Depths and i was surprised by the amount of monsters in there.

I already knew from the past versions since the introduction of the Depths that to make it different from the upper part of the dungeon, those floors had seen an increase of difficulty with the powerful monsters starting to spawn in it, but in this 0.21.x i wasn't prepared by the sheer amount of them jumping on my character and his lava bolt-totting ancestor.

Barely escaped alive and went back to Lair in order to start its branches then (as there's nowhere else to go for more XP)

Was it just just bad luck, or did they up-ed a lot the amount of monsters in the Depths for some reason ?

[Inarius]

It really depends on the type of Depths you have. Some are very opened, and noise can therefore attract a LOT of monsters. But some are more empty, or at least not so much.

BTW, you should really avoid these incursion (unless you want another stupid death ), Depths are really harder than dungeon (and you should even do Lair before D:14 or D:15 which can be deadly for you).
Always remember : it's not because it seams easy that it will still be in 2 corridors
 

[FakerFangirl]

That's a loaded trove, Ozarck.

Barely escaped alive and went back to Lair in order to start its branches then (as there's nowhere else to go for more XP)

Was it just just bad luck, or did they up-ed a lot the amount of monsters in the Depths for some reason ?

Depths has some hard-hitting monsters and a lot of passageway corners with short line of sight. When I'm playing elementalist I often do vaults:4 and the easier branches before depths:1, and get three runes before trying depths:3. Even then, I sometimes get oneshot. Be ready to stair-dance after depths:1

[Robsoie]

After dealing with the Spider Nest, i am now certain there are much more monsters in a floor than in past version.
Currently on the floor with the rune


And before killing those 2 scorpion kings, i had to deal with an absurd amount of spiders in there. It's not my first time in the Spider Nest but i never had to face so many monsters on there before.

I guess this may have to do with making branches shorters , they certainly upped (a lot) the amount of monsters by floor to balance with the loss of potential XP from branches losing floors.
I remember in the last version i played feeling there were more naga already in the naga pit, but still nothing comparable with what i see in this 0.21.x run

I gave a google search about this, and apparently it's part of the feature list in this 0.21.x

Monsters no longer spawn after level-generation in most places, which includes the nasty out-of-depth monsters that formerly spawned after many turns. Instead a few more monsters generate on each level, and monsters have a small chance to generate awake, although never near stairs. Air elementals have a short-range, short-duration Tornado-like Vortex ability. Player ghosts now are all speed 10 and never spawn with chaos melee. Finally, random Pandemonium Lords no longer can have the Shatter spell.

Probably explaining why i saw so many monsters in this run, as i guess "a few" more of them + more of them being actually awake make their assault on you (especially when you're not playing a stealth type of character or in my case have an ancestor that use those super noisy bolts regularly) looking like it's on a larger scale than before.

edit : once the giant massive assault finally stopped by lack of enemies, walking to the rune felt like an easy walk as out of those pesky invisible ghost moth, there was only a few spiders left in the rune vault.

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[Not good with names]

TBH, unless I'm going for extra runes I usually just skip a fair amount of depths and Zot.  Depends on consumables/whatever but if you've already gone through 3 rune vaults you're usually close to full power.  They have definitely added some late game threats that just murder if with the right combination of monsters (Quicksilver dragons I'm looking at you).  But if you've got a few haste and a wand of digging, just find your way down and skip the tedium.

[Robsoie]

Found an amulet of reflection and decided to wear it as i couldn't find unfortunately a shield of reflection, only normal ones.

And with high shield skill (i have it currently at 15, maybe i'll up it more as reflection benefit from having more blocking success) reflection is a great thing.
Especially when you decide it's time for Shoals.

And then you love having reflection and high shield skill

In Shoal i ran into a new unique (again new to me as it's been long time since i last went there) "Bai Suzhen" that looked like a draconian in robes.
Having no idea if that was a monster i could take on or should run away, along with my ancestor we engaged a fight.
Only to finally use a blink scroll in order to flee the area and get to the nearby stairs, as there were a bit too many hydras he was regularly summoning for me to stay in melee.
And he seemed to be very resilient to my strikes and ancestor actions, i guess another unique with huge hp pool :/

So i went back from another stair, but this time with the intention to keep the fight ranged, with the very good evocation skill, it was time to give a try to shoot that damn thing to death with the many wands i had collected.

And what a good time it was to use that nice wand of clouds i had (a recent addition to the wand line in dcss i guess) and it did a great job as a lots of fire clouds were killing the hydras and hurting the unique (while i was bombarding him with my wand of flame and my wand of acid)
That along my ancestor shooting lava bolt (and his very strong melee attack as the monster was corroded by my acid wand) very likely helped , and finally the unique went down.

On the floor below was the rune , as usual i ran into the witch but to my surprise she went down fast, not from my strikes but from my ancestor that i buffed a bit with the related power and he utterly annihilated her (while she was in a cloud of ice from my wand), while my amulet of reflection combo with my shield blocks were killing those minions of her that were throwing their spear only to get them back in their faces.

And finally the rune :

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In the shadows on the south of the rune, there's a kraken simulacrum he took a few hit from my ancestor but i prefer to not try my luck with it, going to fetch the rune and get the hell out of there.

After that i'll aim for the Vaults in the hope to fetch the 3rd rune, i wonder how the difficulty will be then if they increased the amount of monsters in each floors, Vaults always had a bunch of them in the past.

[Ozarck]

That's a loaded trove, Ozarck.

It really was. I hope to make good usze of it.

Found an amulet of reflection and decided to wear it as i couldn't find unfortunately a shield of reflection, only normal ones.

And with high shield skill (i have it currently at 15, maybe i'll up it more as reflection benefit from having more blocking success) reflection is a great thing.
Especially when you decide it's time for Shoals.

And then you love having reflection and high shield skill

I do love me some reflection and shield!

[Robsoie]

stupid, stupid , stupid yasd.

After entering Vaults and getting welcomed by a bunch of orcs and yaktaurs on the same small room (fortunately they weren't a threat to my character anymore at that point) i started to explored around.
Then ran into a single fire giant.

Hmm, ok by now i'm sure i can take them.
So i tell the ancestor to target it, hoping it would not use lava bolt but his other spell instead, and then we move close to it and bludgeon that damned fire giant to oblivion.

3 turns later, my character is destroyed.

After the initial "what the hell just happened" i remembered that i came from shoals , i remembered the witch and my preparation against her ice shots that can deal high damage if unlucky (for me) damage rolls, that involved those 2 rings of ice that i was wearing to get max ice resistance (as my plate armor brand gave me one level already).
Those 2 damned rings that gave each -1 level of fire resistance ... i completely forgot i was wearing them instead of my usual stuff.

stupid stupid stupid.

Oh and why the hell have they removed cure mutation potion and replaced it with a potion that remove mutation and give you a positive one and negative one, how is that even remotely fun ?
 
In my character case i took a mutation potions i found so far to remove that damned uncontrollable shout i had still my (fortunately) short Abyss banishment but it gave me the "frail" one instead of the "shout" (and due to gargoyle + the ancestor guy that takes you 10% more, frail on top is just too crippling).
As i had 2 more of those potions, i decided to take them to remove that frail.
And guess what i ended with, frail again + deteriorating body on damage ! , so obviously took the last potion of mutation and then ... frail again.

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39041 | Elf:1    | Lost mutation: You occasionally shout uncontrollably at your foes. [potion of mutation]
 39041 | Elf:1    | Gained mutation: You are frail. (-10% HP) [potion of mutation]
 39041 | Elf:1    | Gained mutation: You have sharp toenails. [potion of mutation]
 39041 | Elf:1    | Gained mutation: Your spells are a little harder to cast, but a little more powerful. [potion of mutation]
 39126 | Orc:2    | Bought a potion of mutation for 120 gold pieces
 39126 | Orc:2    | Lost mutation: You have sharp toenails. [potion of mutation]
 39126 | Orc:2    | Lost mutation: You are frail. (-10% HP) [potion of mutation]
 39126 | Orc:2    | Gained mutation: Your body sometimes deteriorates upon taking damage. [potion of mutation]
 39126 | Orc:2    | Gained mutation: You are agile. (Dex +2) [potion of mutation]
 39318 | D:13     | Bought a potion of mutation for 312 gold pieces
 39318 | D:13     | Lost mutation: Your body sometimes deteriorates upon taking damage. [potion of mutation]
 39318 | D:13     | Lost mutation: You are agile. (Dex +2) [potion of mutation]
 39318 | D:13     | Gained mutation: You are agile. (Dex +2) [potion of mutation]
 39318 | D:13     | Gained mutation: You are frail. (-10% HP) [potion of mutation]
 39318 | D:13     | Gained mutation: You are partially covered in rugged brown scales. (AC +1, +3% HP) [potion of mutation]
Oh well, i guess i'm back to an older version then.

[Arcvasti]

Ouch, that's some pretty awful luck with the mutation potions. They're usually better at removing bad mutations then that. Honestly, level 1 or 2 of shoutitis isn't worth removing unless you're a cat or something.

[Robsoie]

Bad luck is one of my characters traits anyways, along with making stupid mistakes

I'm not sure why that mutation isn't worth removing ?

While in the "normal" dungeon there's not much of a problem with your character waking up every monsters around and from nearby rooms, when you start to get into the branches (or the depths), in which the difficulty is jumping with stronger and better monsters than in the dungeon, you don't really want to have all the surrounding monsters being suddenly awake and coming for you as if you had a permanent "mark" brand (like you do in the Vault).

[Arcvasti]

Low levels of shoutitis trigger pretty rarely in my experience. And shouting doesn't make nearly as much noise as you think it does, certainly not enough to be anywhere near as dangerous as a mark trap is.

[Inarius]

I agree. Shoutitis is not really bad. You should have kept your potions.
It's not luck, it's bad decision.

For your stupid death, well....it happens to everybody. Next time better !!

Bai Suzhen is very strong. Avoid him if you can, and if not, drink all the potions you can before fight. And have rElec !!

[wobbly]

Finally updated to the latest version. Balance seems easier so far? I seem to be finding a lot more good early drops. Also are gnolls as ridiculous as they seem? Anyway got this guy running, this is how you Sif Muna, right?

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.21.1 (tiles) character file.

Riroril the Grappler (Troll Monk)                  Turns: 10420, Time: 01:00:34

HP:   117/117 (118) AC: 23    Str: 22    XL:     12   Next: 5%
MP:   12/12         EV:  0    Int: 10    God:    Sif Muna [***...]
Gold: 229           SH: 21    Dex: 14    Spells: 12/13 levels left

rFire    + . .     SeeInvis +     - Unarmed
rCold    + . .     Gourm    +   k - +5 large shield
rNeg     . . .     Faith    +   e - +0 gold dragon scales
rPois    +         Spirit   .   (helmet restricted)
rElec    .         Reflect  .   G - +0 cloak of the Country {+Inv Dex+2}
rCorr    .         Harm     .   (gloves unavailable)
MR       .....                  (boots unavailable)
Stlth    ..........             P - amulet of faith
HPRegen  0.69/turn              w - ring of see invisible
MPRegen  0.13/turn              X - +5 ring of protection

@: no status effects
A: large, unfitting armour, claws 3, fast metabolism 3, gourmand, regeneration
1, shaggy fur 1, tough skin 2
a: Divine Energy, Channel Magic, Renounce Religion, Evoke Invisibility


You are on level 11 of the Dungeon.
You worship Sif Muna.
Sif Muna is most pleased with you.
You are completely stuffed.

You have visited 2 branches of the dungeon, and seen 12 of its levels.
You have also visited: Ossuary.

You have collected 709 gold pieces.
You have spent 480 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand Weapons
 i - the +6 long sword of the Lamprey {pain, Stlth+}
   (You found it on level 10 of the Dungeon)   
   
   In the hands of one skilled in necromantic magic, it inflicts extra damage
   on living creatures.
   
   It makes you more stealthy.
 q - a +1 hand crossbow of freezing
 s - a +2 trident of piercing
 y - a short sword of freezing
 D - an enchanted mace
Missiles
 d - 34 arrows
 f - 81 stones
 h - 57 bolts
 p - 14 tomahawks
 r - 15 javelins (quivered)
 H - 3 silver tomahawks
 O - 9 poisoned needles
 U - 2 throwing nets
Armour
 a - a +0 robe
 e - +0 gold dragon scales (worn)
 k - a +5 large shield (worn)
 G - the +0 cloak of the Country (worn) {+Inv Dex+2}
   (You found it on level 5 of the Dungeon)   
   
   It affects your dexterity (+2).
   It lets you turn invisible.
Magical Staves
 Q - a twisted smoking staff
Jewellery
 g - a glass ring
 w - a ring of see invisible (left claw)
 F - an uncursed ring of stealth
 P - an amulet of faith (around neck)
 X - a +5 ring of protection (right claw)
 Z - an uncursed ring of ice
Wands
 x - a wand of acid (7)
 z - a wand of paralysis (25)
 E - a wand of iceblast (11)
 I - a wand of digging (12)
Scrolls
 l - 9 scrolls of teleportation
 m - 2 scrolls labeled RIMUHUUGOF
 o - 4 scrolls of remove curse
 t - 9 scrolls of magic mapping
 u - a scroll labeled JYCEOM ZYPASK
 v - 2 scrolls labeled OZUFAEPAYCK
 C - a scroll labeled OGAMUS CECU
 J - 4 scrolls of blinking
 W - a scroll labeled LONNYUDUNO
Potions
 c - 5 potions of curing
 j - 4 potions of might
 n - 2 potions of heal wounds
 A - a potion of invisibility
 B - 2 murky pink potions
 K - a potion of ambrosia
 M - 3 potions of haste
 N - a cyan potion
 R - a potion of berserk rage
 S - a potion of agility
 T - a murky coppery potion
 V - 2 glowing inky potions
Books
 L - a book of Cantrips   
   
    Spells                           Type                      Level
    a - Confusing Touch              Hexes                         1
    b - Animate Skeleton             Necromancy                    1
    c - Summon Small Mammal          Summoning                     1
    d - Apportation                  Translocation                 1
Comestibles
 b - 23 rations


   Skills:
 + Level 7.2 Fighting
 - Level 2.0(2.2) Short Blades
 - Level 1.4(2.0) Long Blades
   Level 0.7(2.0) Axes
 - Level 2.0(2.2) Maces & Flails
 - Level 2.0(2.2) Polearms
 - Level 0.8(2.0) Staves
 - Level 2.0 Crossbows
 - Level 3.1 Throwing
 + Level 4.2 Armour
 - Level 5.0 Dodging
 - Level 2.0 Stealth
 * Level 7.6 Shields
 * Level 10.8 Unarmed Combat
 - Level 1.0 Spellcasting
 - Level 1.0 Invocations
 - Level 2.5 Evocations


You have 12 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Confusing Touch       Hex            #.....       100%        1    ##.....


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (11/15)            Temple (1/1) D:6            Lair (0/6) D:11
    Orc (0/2) D:9         

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Dithmenos
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Gozag
Hepliaklqana
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Qazlal
Ru
Sif Muna
Trog
Uskayaw
Vehumet
Wu Jian
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
The Shining One

Shops:
D:7 =


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You are too large for most types of armour.
You have claws for hands.
Your metabolism is lightning-fast.
You like to eat raw meat.
Your natural rate of healing is unusually fast.
You are covered in fur. (AC +1)
You have very tough skin. (AC +2)


Message History

Confirm with . or Enter, or press ? or * to list all spells.
Okay, then.
Things that are here:
a dire flail; a giant spiked club
r - 12 javelins (gained 1)
r - 13 javelins (gained 1)
Things that are here:
a dire flail; a giant spiked club
You can't carry that many items.
r - 14 javelins (gained 1)
r - 15 javelins (gained 1)
Char dumped to 'C:/Users/Win 7/AppData/Roaming/crawl/morgue/Riroril.txt'.
Eat a chunk of flesh? (ye/n/q)
You eat the chunk of flesh. This raw flesh tastes great.
Saving game... please wait.
Welcome back, Riroril the Troll Monk.
Sif Muna whispers: I know many secrets...
Press ? for a list of commands and other information.
Char dumped to 'C:/Users/Win 7/AppData/Roaming/crawl/morgue/Riroril.txt'.
Saving game... please wait.

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There are no monsters in sight!

Vanquished Creatures
  A hydra (D:11)
  3 two-headed ogres
  An unseen horror (D:10)
  A wizard (D:11)
  A wolf spider (D:11)
  A manticore (D:9)
  An ugly thing (D:11)
  An oklob plant (D:11)
  The ghost of Dius the Twirler, a novice TeGl of Sif Muna (D:4)
  2 freezing wraiths (D:11)
  3 trolls
  A slime creature (D:11)
  2 hippogriffs
  9 yaks
  2 wraiths (Ossuary)
  A shadow (D:11)
  2 wyverns (D:11)
  A hungry ghost (D:
  Grum (D:10)
  Duvessa (D:7)
  2 orc warriors
  2 water moccasins
  An eye of draining (D:10)
  4 ice beasts
  5 sky beasts
  2 necrophages
  4 ogres
  3 wolves (D:10)
  A phantom (D:6)
  5 centaurs
  A big kobold (D:11)
  A wyvern zombie (D:10)
  7 bullfrogs
  Dowan (D:7)
  3 scorpions
  A water moccasin skeleton (D:7)
  9 killer bees (D:9)
  13 wights
  An electric eel (D:7)
  3 howler monkeys
  2 crimson imps
  A centaur zombie (D:11)
  A bullfrog zombie (D:10)
  4 hounds
  2 jellies
  A gnoll shaman (D:2)
  11 orc priests
  4 centaur skeletons
  6 orc wizards
  4 bullfrog skeletons
  Ijyb (D:5)
  5 iguanas
  10 worker ants
  A hound zombie (D:6)
  6 gnolls
  10 adders
  2 shadow imps
  An ooze (D:1)
  2 adder zombies
  An adder skeleton (D:
  2 worms
  A dart slug (D:1)
  3 leopard geckos
  40 orcs
  A ball python (D:4)
  9 bats
  2 giant cockroaches
  10 goblins
  5 hobgoblins
  14 jackals
  13 kobolds
  2 quokkas
  A ball python skeleton (D:4)
  3 frilled lizards
  2 hobgoblin skeletons (Ossuary)
  3 hobgoblin zombies (Ossuary)
  A kobold zombie (Ossuary)
  3 orc skeletons (Ossuary)
  An orc zombie (Ossuary)
  A quokka skeleton (D:5)
  6 rats
  4 plants (D:11)
307 creatures vanquished.

Vanquished Creatures (others)
  A quasit (D:6)
  An orc wizard (D:6)
2 creatures vanquished.

Grand Total: 309 creatures vanquished

Notes
Turn   | Place    | Note
-------+----------+-------------------------------------------
     0 | D:1      | Riroril the Troll Monk began the quest for the Orb.
     0 | D:1      | Reached XP level 1. HP: 22/22 MP: 0/0
    58 | D:1      | Reached XP level 2. HP: 27/29 MP: 1/1
   865 | D:1      | Reached XP level 3. HP: 35/36 MP: 2/2
  1141 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Shields
  1196 | D:2      | Reached XP level 4. HP: 42/44 MP: 3/3
  1200 | D:2      | Reached skill level 4 in Unarmed Combat
  1374 | D:2      | Reached skill level 1 in Throwing
  1845 | D:3      | Reached XP level 5. HP: 53/53 MP: 4/4
  2518 | D:4      | Noticed an ogre
  2536 | D:4      | Killed an ogre
  2536 | D:4      | Reached XP level 6. HP: 18/61 MP: 5/5
  2557 | D:4      | Reached skill level 5 in Unarmed Combat
  2607 | D:4      | Noticed Dius's ghost (novice TeGl)
  2621 | D:4      | Killed Dius's ghost
  2621 | D:4      | Reached XP level 7. HP: 49/68 MP: 6/6
  3121 | D:5      | Entered Level 5 of the Dungeon
  3255 | D:5      | Reached skill level 1 in Armour
  3255 | D:5      | Reached skill level 6 in Unarmed Combat
  3255 | D:5      | Reached XP level 8. HP: 62/78 MP: 7/7
  3280 | D:5      | Noticed Ijyb
  3289 | D:5      | Killed Ijyb
  3486 | D:5      | Got a scorched cloak
  3492 | D:5      | Identified the cursed +0 cloak of the Country {+Inv Dex+2} (You found it on level 5 of the Dungeon)
  3642 | D:5      | Found a bloodstained altar of Trog.
  3775 | D:5      | Reached skill level 1 in Evocations
  4310 | D:6      | Reached skill level 7 in Unarmed Combat
  4380 | D:6      | Reached skill level 1 in Maces & Flails
  4380 | D:6      | Reached skill level 1 in Polearms
  4394 | D:6      | Reached XP level 9. HP: 51/84 MP: 9/9
  4828 | D:6      | Found a staircase to the Ecumenical Temple.
  4837 | Temple   | Entered the Ecumenical Temple
  4844 | Temple   | Became a worshipper of Sif Muna the Loreminder
  4844 | Temple   | Reached * piety under Sif Muna
  4844 | Temple   | Reached ** piety under Sif Muna
  5232 | D:7      | Reached skill level 5 in Fighting
  5444 | D:7      | Found a sand-covered staircase.
  5482 | Ossuary  | Entered an ossuary
  5670 | Ossuary  | Reached skill level 1 in Crossbows
  5977 | D:7      | Reached skill level 8 in Unarmed Combat
  6008 | D:7      | Found Pitam's Jewellery Shoppe.
  6011 | D:7      | faith 480
  6398 | D:7      | Noticed Dowan
  6406 | D:7      | Killed Dowan
  6421 | D:7      | Noticed Duvessa
  6430 | D:7      | Killed Duvessa
  6754 | D:8      | Reached skill level 1 in Invocations
  6778 | D:8      | Noticed a two-headed ogre
  6792 | D:8      | Killed a two-headed ogre
  6792 | D:8      | Reached XP level 10. HP: 97/97 MP: 10/10
  6825 | D:8      | Reached skill level 1 in Short Blades
  6825 | D:8      | Reached skill level 5 in Shields
  7295 | D:9      | Found a staircase to the Orcish Mines.
  7379 | D:9      | Found an ornate altar of the Wu Jian Council.
  7546 | D:9      | Noticed a manticore
  7555 | D:9      | Killed a manticore
  7555 | D:9      | Reached skill level 9 in Unarmed Combat
  7804 | D:7      | Bought an uncursed amulet of faith for 480 gold pieces
  8062 | D:9      | gold dragon scales
  8086 | D:9      | shame I used the 5 ?enchant armour on my large shield
  8375 | D:9      | Noticed a two-headed ogre
  8386 | D:9      | Killed a two-headed ogre
  8386 | D:9      | Reached XP level 11. HP: 106/106 MP: 11/11
  8571 | D:10     | Entered Level 10 of the Dungeon
  8596 | D:10     | Noticed an unseen horror
  8601 | D:10     | Killed an unseen horror
  8658 | D:10     | Reached skill level 1 in Long Blades
  8700 | D:10     | Reached skill level 10 in Unarmed Combat
  8722 | D:10     | Noticed Grum
  8727 | D:10     | Killed Grum
  8898 | D:10     | Reached *** piety under Sif Muna
  8944 | D:10     | Got a smoking falchion
  8945 | D:10     | Identified the cursed +3 falchion "Juomoufu" {flame, *Drain rF+++ rN+ Stlth-} (You found it on level 10 of the Dungeon)
  9138 | D:10     | Got a crude long sword
  9139 | D:10     | Identified the +6 long sword of the Lamprey {pain, Stlth+} (You found it on level 10 of the Dungeon)
  9481 | D:11     | Found a staircase to the Lair.
  9481 | D:11     | Noticed an oklob plant
  9508 | D:11     | Killed an oklob plant
  9647 | D:11     | Noticed an unseen horror
  9766 | D:11     | Reached skill level 1 in Spellcasting
  9829 | D:11     | Noticed a six-headed hydra
  9837 | D:11     | Noticed a wolf spider
  9839 | D:11     | Killed a six-headed hydra
  9850 | D:11     | Killed a wolf spider
  9859 | D:11     | Noticed a wizard
  9875 | D:11     | Killed a wizard
  9891 | D:11     | Got a steaming steel amulet
  9909 | D:11     | Identified the amulet of Freedom {Gourm Int+2} (You took it off a wizard on level 11 of the Dungeon)
 10084 | D:11     | Noticed a cyan ugly thing
 10106 | D:11     | Killed a cyan ugly thing
 10195 | D:11     | Learned a level 1 spell: Confusing Touch
 10388 | D:11     | Noticed a two-headed ogre
 10395 | D:11     | Killed a two-headed ogre
 10395 | D:11     | Reached skill level 5 in Dodging
 10395 | D:11     | Reached XP level 12. HP: 113/117 MP: 12/12

Skill      XL: |  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 |
---------------+----------------------------------+-----
Shields        |        1     2  3     4     6  7 |  7.6
Unarmed Combat |           4     5  6  7  8  9 10 | 10.8
Fighting       |           3        4     6     7 |  7.2
Throwing       |           1     2              3 |  3.1
Dodging        |                    3     4     5 |  5.0
Armour         |                    1           4 |  4.2
Evocations     |                       1  2       |  2.5
Stealth        |                       2          |  2.0
Maces & Flails |                       1  2       |  2.0
Polearms       |                       1  2       |  2.0
Crossbows      |                          1  2    |  2.0
Invocations    |                          1       |  1.0
Short Blades   |                             2    |  2.0
Long Blades    |                                1 |  1.4
Spellcasting   |                                1 |  1.0
Axes           |                                  |  0.7
Staves         |                                  |  0.8

Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 | 10-12 || total
-------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------++-------
Melee: Unarmed           |    94 |    57 |   293 |   449 ||   893
       Punch             |     1 |       |       |       ||     1
       Trident           |       |       |       |     9 ||     9
 Fire: Hunting sling     |     4 |    71 |   145 |     8 ||   228
       Hand crossbow     |       |       |       |   123 ||   123
Throw: Stone             |     5 |     1 |       |       ||     6
       Javelin           |       |       |    39 |     9 ||    48
       Tomahawk          |       |       |     2 |       ||     2
 Abil: Evoke Berserk Rag |       |       |     1 |       ||     1
  Use: Scroll            |       |       |    18 |     5 ||    23
 Stab: Sleeping          |     3 |       |     8 |       ||    11
  Eat: Chunk             |    14 |    16 |    29 |    43 ||   102
       Ration            |       |       |       |     2 ||     2
Armor: Robe              |    37 |     9 |    45 |    25 ||   116
       Gold dragon scale |       |       |       |   126 ||   126
Dodge: Dodged            |    25 |    13 |    46 |    40 ||   124
Block: Large shield      |    57 |    39 |   204 |   399 ||   699

[Not good with names]

I dunno if you're throwing shade at my girl Sif, but I just want to note that TrMo of Wu Jian is always the way to go.  Wall Kicks are beautiful because it's basically a binary 'You explode your enemies into chunks of meat hurled across the room' or 'you're dead'.

Think I'll have to fire up a game.

[Ozarck]

The +2 boots of the assassin do not synergize well with a +12 Crystal plate armor.