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Medar: Fix flight link.

2016-01-15T13:43:14Z

Fix flight link.

Medar: /* D:8–D:11 */ Link to player spell version of Twisted Resurrection.

2016-01-11T11:16:03Z

‎D:8–D:11: Link to player spell version of Twisted Resurrection.

Derrek: fixed broken link

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2013-08-15T16:47:07Z

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Neil: /* D:18–21 and death */ fix links

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‎D:18–21 and death: fix links

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 * Chabuom's Antique Armour Shop: mostly useless; I bought an unidentified embroidered cloak that sadly turned out to be egoless.
 * Unyheb's Distillery: I bought [[potion of strong poison|strong poison]], and might go back for [[potion of speed|speed]] and [[potion of might|might]].
-* Mnoll's Book Shop: I bought a [[Book of Spatial Translocations]] and memorised [[Blink]].  I may end up going back for the Books of [[Book of Fire|Fire]] ([[Ignite Poison]]!), [[Book of Necromancy|Necromancy]] ([[Dispel Undead]]), and [[Book of Dreams|Dreams]] ([[Alistair's Intoxication]] and [[Flight]])).
+* Mnoll's Book Shop: I bought a [[Book of Spatial Translocations]] and memorised [[Blink]].  I may end up going back for the Books of [[Book of Fire|Fire]] ([[Ignite Poison]]!), [[Book of Necromancy|Necromancy]] ([[Dispel Undead]]), and [[Book of Dreams|Dreams]] ([[Alistair's Intoxication]] and [[Flight (spell)|Flight]])).
 On the way back up, I took some of the "extra" stairs to find additional sections of the levels.  In part of Orc:3 I found [[Joseph]] and [[Josephine]] (no [[Jozef]], so the trinity was incomplete).  Josephine's zombies surrounded me at the stairs; with no good way of dealing with hard-hitting undead, I decided to take another approach.  I went back through Orc:4 to the other section of Orc:3, and cast [[Dig]] to reach her section.  I managed to lure Josephine down the stairs and killed her there.  She had, of all things, a dagger of [[holy wrath]]!  I wielded it and managed to take care of her zombies without a problem.  With the zombies gone, Joseph was a snap.
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 == [http://s-z.org/neil/crawl/SpSt-Makhleb-XL19-2011-08-13.txt Hive and Shoals] ==
-The Hive was trivial.  Each time I encountered a group of bees, I let them get as close as possible, then cast [[Ignite Poison]]; any survivors were stabbed or zapped while trying to flee.  The non-food loot was surrounded by four [[oklob plant]]s, who took off a point of AC and a point of SH the moment they came into view.  I stepped away, went invisible, and picked up the loot.  It included a [[Magical staff|staff of power]], [[disc of storms]], a second [[Evocable items#Air elemental fan|air elemental fan]], a +2 ring of strength, a ring of levitation, an anti-magic demon blade, and some consumables.  The food included 30+ honeycombs and about 15 royal jellies.  I bought the [[Book of Dreams]] on Orc:4, learned [[Flight]] and [[Alistair's Intoxication]], and headed to [[the Shoals]].
+The Hive was trivial.  Each time I encountered a group of bees, I let them get as close as possible, then cast [[Ignite Poison]]; any survivors were stabbed or zapped while trying to flee.  The non-food loot was surrounded by four [[oklob plant]]s, who took off a point of AC and a point of SH the moment they came into view.  I stepped away, went invisible, and picked up the loot.  It included a [[Magical staff|staff of power]], [[disc of storms]], a second [[Evocable items#Air elemental fan|air elemental fan]], a +2 ring of strength, a ring of levitation, an anti-magic demon blade, and some consumables.  The food included 30+ honeycombs and about 15 royal jellies.  I bought the [[Book of Dreams]] on Orc:4, learned [[Flight (spell)|Flight]] and [[Alistair's Intoxication]], and headed to [[the Shoals]].
 Shoals:1 had a [[ring of protection from cold]] and a [[rod of Striking]].  The monsters weren't too bad.  I zapped and meleed the plain [[Merfolk (monster)|merfolk]], ignited and zapped the [[sea snake]]s, and [[Petrify]]-stabbed nearly everything else.  When possible, I petrified the [[harpy|harpies]] over deep water so I wouldn't even have to stab them; I still lost a royal jelly and a few honeycombs, though.
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 == [http://s-z.org/neil/crawl/SpSt-Makhleb-XL20-2011-08-13.txt D:16–17, Vault:1] ==
-First I finished up the Shoals; there wasn't much left other than [[Ilsuiw]], who died to poison over some deep water.  Casting [[Flight]] leveled [[Air Magic]] (which I then turned off) and [[Charms]].  I then headed back to D:16 to finish it.  It turns out that the out-of-depth monsters weren't a sign of the stairs to [[the Vaults]], but rather a large minivault, <tt>little_maze_vault</tt>.  I was able to stab most of the creatures I encounted, including the [[shadow dragon]] (who had fallen asleep again), a [[deep elf annihilator]], a [[tentacled monstrosity]], a [[phantasmal warrior]], and more.  I did have to deal with a sphinx, but eventually [[Petrify]] penetrated its [[magic resistance]] and I stabbed it to death.  I leveled [[Traps & Doors]] twice, but it's still only at level 6.  The vault had all kinds of nice items, some of which I could even use.  I found a [[Book of Ice]], [[Book of Death]], two randart spellbooks, [[magical staff|staves]] of summoning and channeling, lots of gold, and a randart bow with +Lev rPois rF+.  I took them back to my stash in two trips, hanging onto the bow as my only source of [[fire resistance]].  I trained [[Translocations]] to level 1, and headed back.
+First I finished up the Shoals; there wasn't much left other than [[Ilsuiw]], who died to poison over some deep water.  Casting [[Flight (spell)|Flight]] leveled [[Air Magic]] (which I then turned off) and [[Charms]].  I then headed back to D:16 to finish it.  It turns out that the out-of-depth monsters weren't a sign of the stairs to [[the Vaults]], but rather a large minivault, <tt>little_maze_vault</tt>.  I was able to stab most of the creatures I encounted, including the [[shadow dragon]] (who had fallen asleep again), a [[deep elf annihilator]], a [[tentacled monstrosity]], a [[phantasmal warrior]], and more.  I did have to deal with a sphinx, but eventually [[Petrify]] penetrated its [[magic resistance]] and I stabbed it to death.  I leveled [[Traps & Doors]] twice, but it's still only at level 6.  The vault had all kinds of nice items, some of which I could even use.  I found a [[Book of Ice]], [[Book of Death]], two randart spellbooks, [[magical staff|staves]] of summoning and channeling, lots of gold, and a randart bow with +Lev rPois rF+.  I took them back to my stash in two trips, hanging onto the bow as my only source of [[fire resistance]].  I trained [[Translocations]] to level 1, and headed back.
 D:17 was another open level with ponds, and held the [[The Vaults|Vaults]] stairs, as well as a portal to a [[treasure trove]] (demanding a [[wand of healing]] with 8 charges).  I encountered a number of [[vampire mosquito]]es and [[ugly thing]]s, which I converted to potions.  A [[dragon]] frightened me a bit, but I switched to the bow and zapped it with spells while my zombies held it away.  After clearing the level, I used a [[scroll of amnesia]] to forget [[Call Imp]] and bought the [[Book of Necromancy]] on Orc:4, memorising [[Dispel Undead]].
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 On Vault:4 I started running into [[yaktaur]]s, [[rock troll]]s, and [[stone giant]]s (there were some of the latter on D:16, but those were [[out-of-depth]]).  Repel Missiles protected me pretty well, and [[Evaporate]] and [[Petrify]] let me take care of them effectively and quickly.  Near the end of clearing this level, I found the [[Necronomicon]].  I'm not ready to learn any of the spells yet, but [[Necromutation]] is on my to-do list.  Level 5 was more of the same, with the [[Hall of Blades]] stairs that I did not take.  I did run into a [[crystal golem]] there, but lost it somehow, and didn't feel the urge to go looking for it again.
-Vault:6 held my first hat of the game, a randart +4 wizard hat with Stealth++, excellent for me.  It also held my first [[fire giant]].  I was too arrogant about my stealth skills and didn't put on the ring; it woke up while I was a few squares away and fireballed me for half my hit points.  I blinked away and healed on Vault:5.  I assembled my undead army, put on both the bow and the ring, and headed back to fight it.  After a number of castings, [[Petrify]] took hold and I stabbed it, but it survived and the Petrify wore off.  I blinked away and zapped it with [[Iskenderun's Mystic Blast|Mystic Blast]] until it died.  At this point I noticed that all of my spells except for [[Flight]] were at Excellent even without the ring of wizardy, so kept on the rF+ ring, putting my strength up to 16 and my dexterity to 29.  The level also had a [[great orb of eyes]], but with my MR it was not a threat at all; and a [[frost giant]], which my undead dealt with.
+Vault:6 held my first hat of the game, a randart +4 wizard hat with Stealth++, excellent for me.  It also held my first [[fire giant]].  I was too arrogant about my stealth skills and didn't put on the ring; it woke up while I was a few squares away and fireballed me for half my hit points.  I blinked away and healed on Vault:5.  I assembled my undead army, put on both the bow and the ring, and headed back to fight it.  After a number of castings, [[Petrify]] took hold and I stabbed it, but it survived and the Petrify wore off.  I blinked away and zapped it with [[Iskenderun's Mystic Blast|Mystic Blast]] until it died.  At this point I noticed that all of my spells except for [[Flight (spell)|Flight]] were at Excellent even without the ring of wizardy, so kept on the rF+ ring, putting my strength up to 16 and my dexterity to 29.  The level also had a [[great orb of eyes]], but with my MR it was not a threat at all; and a [[frost giant]], which my undead dealt with.
 Vault:7 had a storm dragon, who was sleeping near a corner.  I have no source of rElec, so I approached carefully, ready to [[Blink]] and retreat around the corner should it awake.  It did not, and I stabbed it once to great effect, then [[Animate Dead|raised]] it as a zombie.  It helped me deal with a second [[fire giant]] and [[frost giant]].

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 D:11 had [[the Lair]] stairs, guarded by a [[cyclops]] and some [[yak]]s.  I also ran into Sonja, whom I stabbed before she even woke.  Her short sword of distortion might be handy should I need to take a trip to the Abyss.  Unfortunately, in stabbing her I woke the nearby jelly before I could stab it, but Minor Destruction took care of it before it got too close.  Clearing out the rest of the level netted me my first rank in [[Traps & Doors]], as well as my sixth star of [[piety]] with [[Makhleb]].
-Now to clear Lair:1 and move my stash there.  There are some good arguments for memorizing [[Animate Dead]] out of the [[Book of Power]]: my [[Necromancy]] skill and wizardry items are enough to put it to Very Good, and with six stars of piety I don't see myself needing to sacrifice too many corpses to Makhleb in the near future.  On the other hand, maybe I should wait to see if any books turn up in the Lair.  Based on my experiences with the [[User:Neil/DDNE_of_Kikubaaqudgha|DDNe]], I think I'd rather have [[Twisted Resurrection]] than Animate Dead.  And if I can find something to train [[Conjurations]], [[Iskenderun's Mystic Blast]] would be even better (with Minor Destruction as the low-mana alternative).
+Now to clear Lair:1 and move my stash there.  There are some good arguments for memorizing [[Animate Dead]] out of the [[Book of Power]]: my [[Necromancy]] skill and wizardry items are enough to put it to Very Good, and with six stars of piety I don't see myself needing to sacrifice too many corpses to Makhleb in the near future.  On the other hand, maybe I should wait to see if any books turn up in the Lair.  Based on my experiences with the [[User:Neil/DDNE_of_Kikubaaqudgha|DDNe]], I think I'd rather have [[Twisted Resurrection (player spell)|Twisted Resurrection]] than Animate Dead.  And if I can find something to train [[Conjurations]], [[Iskenderun's Mystic Blast]] would be even better (with Minor Destruction as the low-mana alternative).
 == [http://s-z.org/neil/crawl/SpSt-Makhleb-XL13-2011-08-11.txt Lair, part 1] ==

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 On D:15 I found a [[mottled dragon]], whom I sleep-stabbed.  I used the scroll of enchant armour on its hide;  it won't replace the [[robe of the Archmagi]], but I figured every Spriggan needs something bright pink and violet in his wardrobe.  I also managed to gain XL 16 here, as well as level 15 in stabbing.  The level also held the game's first batch of [[ugly thing]]s.  They started out brown (acid), so I blasted from a distance then summoned some (lesser) demons to clean up.  I managed to get hit once, corroding my buckler, so I went back to the [[Elven Halls]] to pick up another (dropping off my [[potion of mutation|potions of mutation]] on the way).  Once I returned, I took care of the remaining ugly things (now much nicer colours) and finished clearing the level.
-D:16 didn't look so bad at first: there were some vampire mosquitoes who gave me [[potion of decay|potions of decay]]; then a [[griffon]], some more [[slime creatures]], and a [[rock troll]]s; [[Petrify]]-stab worked pretty well against all of them.  I found a [[Book of Callings]] and a [[Evocable items#Lamp of fire|lamp of fire]] for the stash.  Then I encountered a vault full of nasties: a [[deep elf knight]], a [[stone giant]], another rock troll or two, and a bunch of [[shapeshifter]]s.   I confused and killed a bunch, but then a shadow dragon appeared and blasted me down to half my HP.  As I was running away (quaffing a [[potion of heal wounds]]), I encountered a [[centaur warrior]], who took me down to about 30 HP.  I cast [[Repel Missiles]] and confused him, then made my escape.  After dropping off some loot, I put on the [[mottled dragon armour]] and headed back to D:8 to kill that [[Deep Elf|DE]][[Conjurer|Cj]] ghost.  He still managed to burn a scroll or two with a [[Bolt of Magma]], but nothing terribly important.
+D:16 didn't look so bad at first: there were some vampire mosquitoes who gave me [[potion of decay|potions of decay]]; then a [[griffon]], some more [[slime creature]]s, and a [[rock troll]]s; [[Petrify]]-stab worked pretty well against all of them.  I found a [[Book of Callings]] and a [[Evocable items#Lamp of fire|lamp of fire]] for the stash.  Then I encountered a vault full of nasties: a [[deep elf knight]], a [[stone giant]], another rock troll or two, and a bunch of [[shapeshifter]]s.   I confused and killed a bunch, but then a shadow dragon appeared and blasted me down to half my HP.  As I was running away (quaffing a [[potion of heal wounds]]), I encountered a [[centaur warrior]], who took me down to about 30 HP.  I cast [[Repel Missiles]] and confused him, then made my escape.  After dropping off some loot, I put on the [[mottled dragon armour]] and headed back to D:8 to kill that [[Deep Elf|DE]][[Conjurer|Cj]] ghost.  He still managed to burn a scroll or two with a [[Bolt of Magma]], but nothing terribly important.
 The nature of the creature in the D:16 vault leads me to believe that the entrance to [[the Vaults]] is nearby.  It also means I'm a little too deep right now, especially given my lack of elemental resistances: I can get rF+ in exchange for a hit to spell power and success, or I can get rC+ at the expense of rF- and a penalty to my fire spells.  I guess that means it's time for the [[Snake Pit]].  I have six spell levels left, but am not sure what to spend it on.  Probably I should train up [[Charms]] first, then decide.

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 D:20 had some [[boggart]]s and a a vault full of [[iron golem]]s.  The boggarts died easily to confusion-stabbing.  The golems were tougher to kill, but not much of a threat; I had to recharge mana after each one, but eventually managed to kill them all.  They were guarding the [[List_of_unrands#ring of Robustness|ring of Robustness]], which I picked up but did not wear.  Then I figured I should have a better way to deal with future golems; I headed back to the stash and memorised [[Lee's Rapid Deconstruction]], as well as [[Apportation]].
-D:21 was an open level, with a portal to [[The Vestibule of Hell|Hell]] near the upstairs.  I made my way around the edges of the level, when I stepped into a [[zot trap]]; it summoned a [[Pit Fiend]].  I headed back to the stairs, summoning a demon of my own.  I was tormented once, and summoned another demon.  It blasted me with [[hellfire]] when I was just a few steps away from the stairs.  I made it to the stairs, headed up.... and was blasted once more with hellfire.
+D:21 was an open level, with a portal to [[The Vestibule of Hell|Hell]] near the upstairs.  I made my way around the edges of the level, when I stepped into a [[zot trap]]; it summoned a [[Pit fiend]].  I headed back to the stairs, summoning a demon of my own.  I was tormented once, and summoned another demon.  It blasted me with [[hellfire]] when I was just a few steps away from the stairs.  I made it to the stairs, headed up.... and was blasted once more with hellfire.
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