I decided to try for the Gargulec Cross today and came *very* close to making it. As is typical with melee builds, the early game was the toughest part, and I managed it with lots of "gift-dropping," a technique I came up with independently, and later learned there was a name for it from watching one of Game Hunter's videos. :)
It was pretty smooth sailing once I got Vampyre trait until I started encountering Arch-Viles, who caught me out in the open a few times without berserk and I lost all my med-packs. In the end, the level was down to one injured Revenant and I managed to retreat around a corner with 2% health left. My only chance of success was for him to come around the corner and have me hit him first. I waited there for a while, alternating between pushing "," and "." so I would rest twenty turns at a time, until finally he came around and... I missed! ...ARGH! One hit from Azrael's Scythe would have finished him off; what a terrible time for the RNG to mess me up! :(
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.4) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Tormuse, level 13 Apostle God Hand Marine,
punched by a revenant on level 23 of the Phobos base.
He survived 119247 turns and scored 207914 points.
He played for 2 hours, 28 minutes and 26 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 1255 out of 1256 hellspawn. (99%)
A natural born killer!
He was an Angel of Berserk!
He saved himself 3 times.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 10
Levels visited : 3
Levels completed : 3
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
None
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/100 Experience 78314/13
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Ironman (Level 4)
Tough as nails (Level 3)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 1)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->Bad->MVm->Iro->Iro->Iro->TaN->TaN->Iro->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] modified blue armor [1/4] (22%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
[c] [ Boots ] modified steel boots [1/1] (68%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] modified combat knife (3d5) (B)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[c] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[d] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[e] nanofiber red armor [3]
[f] ballistic vest [1/1] (40%)
[g] phase device
[h] homing phase device
[i] envirosuit pack
[j] thermonuclear bomb
[k] thermonuclear bomb
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Fire - internal 0% torso 20% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
71 former humans
67 former sergeants
39 former captains
139 imps
102 demons
628 lost souls
20 cacodemons
36 barons of hell
32 hell knights
44 arachnotrons
14 former commandos
1 Angel of Death
10 pain elementals
21 arch-viles
17 mancubi
12 revenants
2 bruiser brothers
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
Entering level 4 he was almost dead...
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 12 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 13 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 15 he encountered the Phobos Hellgate.
On level 16 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 16 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 19 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 23 he assembled a tactical armor!
On level 23 he finally punched by a revenant.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Run - direction...
Run - direction...
Run - direction...
Run - direction...
Run - direction...
Run - direction...
Run - direction...
Run - direction...
Run - direction...
Run - direction...
Run - direction...
Run - direction...
Run - direction...
Run - direction...
You miss the revenant. The revenant hits you. Your blue armor is
damaged! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
676 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
517 of those were killed.
28 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 23 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
108 souls destroyed the Cyberdemon...
15 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
93 killed the bastard and survived.
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