Taking the Wall seemed like a serious risk, but I managed to pull through with a few rockets and my (unmodified normal) shotgun. Sidestepping and running helped a lot so I wasn't hit most of the time there, and thanks to taking Shottyman so soon I could keep on firing without stopping to reload.
The AM was seriously threatened when I landed between a mancubus, a revenant and a baron, but two phase devices brought me out of their reach and placed me in a room with a shiny white inv globe in it (and one step from a large lava field, gulp)
I wouldn't have risked the lair normally, but I found another inv globe just beside the entrance so it was actually a milk run.
Cybie was a bit too tough though, partly because I didn't have enough medkits left when I got to him. When it became obvious I wouldn't make it I started up the nuke.
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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MedO, level 7 Demon Sergeant, sacrificed himself to kill the Cyberdemon
on level 12 of the Phobos base.
He survived 67379 turns and scored 1750 points.
He played for 1 hour, 19 minutes and 11 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 277 out of 277 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He was an Angel of Haste!
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Medal of Prejudice
Veteran Bronze Badge
Runner Bronze Badge
Runner Silver Badge
Brick Bronze Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health -6009/50 Experience 21322/7
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +0
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Reloader (Level 2)
Badass (Level 1)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Army of the Dead (Level 1)
Rel->Rel->SM->TaN->TaN->Bad->MAD->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] advanced shotgun (9d3) [0/1] (P1T1)
[c] [ Boots ] modified plasteel boots [4/4] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] advanced rocket launcher (6d6) [0/1]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] modified shotgun (9d3) [1/1] (P1)
[b] modified green armor [1/1] (100%) (A)
[c] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[d] shotgun shell (x45)
[e] shotgun shell (x70)
[f] shotgun shell (x70)
[g] shotgun shell (x70)
[h] shotgun shell (x70)
[i] rocket (x12)
[j] rocket (x14)
[k] rocket (x14)
[l] envirosuit pack
[m] thermonuclear bomb
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
59 former humans
29 former sergeants
3 former captains
59 imps
28 demons
53 lost souls
5 cacodemons
10 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
7 hell knights
15 arachnotrons
3 former commandos
3 pain elementals
1 mancubus
1 revenant
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 2 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 4 he witnessed the Wall.
He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
On level 9 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
He nuked level 12!
On level 12 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Cyberdemon.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
thermonuclear bomb. Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds! The
Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher. Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
You use a small med-pack. You feel healed. The Cyberdemon fires! You are
hit! Your blue armor is completely destroyed! Warning!
Explosion in 8 seconds!
Your weapon is empty.
You start running!
The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
Fire -- Choose target...
Warning! Explosion in 7 seconds!
Warning! Explosion in 6 seconds!
Fire -- Choose target...
The Cyberdemon hits you. You die!... You hear an explosion! You hear
an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear
an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 15 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
10 of those were killed.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 2 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
Is he immortal? 2 souls claim to have killed him...
1 killed the bastard and survived.
1 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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