subtitle: no Hellrunner, Pacifism Diamond fail
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.3) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Dave, level 8 Mancubus 2nd Lieutenant, incinerated by an arch-vile
on level 17 of the Phobos base.
He survived 8084 turns and scored 98848 points.
He played for 56 minutes and 5 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 110 out of 800 hellspawn. (13%)
Who gave him the ticket to hell, anyway?
He was an Angel of Pacifism!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 9
Levels visited : 4
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/80 Experience 5502/8
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +2 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Ironman (Level 3)
Tough as nails (Level 3)
Brute (Level 1)
Badass (Level 1)
TaN->TaN->Bad->Iro->Iro->Iro->TaN->Bru->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] chainsaw (4d6)
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] blue armor [1/2] (17%)
[b] thermonuclear bomb
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
13 former humans
10 former sergeants
5 former captains
34 imps
10 demons
33 lost souls
1 arachnotron
4 nightmare demons
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He cowardly fled the Arena.
On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
He left the Armory without drawing too much attention.
On level 12 he witnessed the Wall.
Not knowing what to do, he left.
On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
On level 17 he finally was killed by a arch-vile.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The arachnotron fires! You dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron. The
missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron. You
dodge! The missile hits the arachnotron. The missile hits the arachnotron.
The arachnotron fires! Boom! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit!
Boom! There are stairs leading downward here.
You enter Phobos Hell, level 2. Khe, he, he, this will be a mess...
You start running!
There is a Small Health Globe lying here.
You feel better. The arch-vile raises his arms! You are engulfed in flames!
You start running!
The lost soul hits you.
The arch-vile raises his arms! You dodge! The barrel explodes! The lost
soul dies. The barrel explodes! The lost soul dies. The arch-vile
raises his arms! You dodge! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 24 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
17 of those were killed.
1 of those was killed by something unknown.
1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 1 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
Is he immortal? 4 souls claim to have killed him...
2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
2 killed the bastard and survived.
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Not sure what I can say, I found it really difficult without Hellrunner, Dodgemaster & FireAngel (not that I find AoPc easy anyway). Didn't have a phase device for level 15, so I made a straight break for the hellgate. Level 16 turned out to be a heavily guarded Arachnotron Cave, without any way to dodge, I was repeatedly near-killed and finally had to make a mad dash when it was clear I couldn't heal my way out. Made it to level 17 barely alive and steps away from the stairs, but had no way to get past the Arch-Vile (with nearby acid barrels).
Is this really considered an easy Diamond? Lack of running speed & dodge makes me feel like a sitting duck for most nightmare level enemies.
I tried Marksman Diamond earlier, but wasted vital supplies trying to clear HA. I think that it's not worth attempting (clearing HA on a Marksman Diamond run, that is), it's difficult to make safe kills and beat the rate of respawn with a single pistol and no SoG.