So, for this attempt I really stepped up the difficulty. I didn't do a lot of the special levels, since they wouldn't benefit me.
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DoomRL (v.0.9.9.5) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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2DeviationsOut, level 15 Arch-Vile God Hand Technician,
defeated the Mastermind on level 8 of Hell.
He survived 73428 turns and scored 738015 points.
He played for 1 hour, 7 minutes and 47 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 1041 out of 1137 hellspawn. (91%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He was an Angel of Impatience!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 5
Levels completed : 3
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Chessmaster's Token
Chessmaster's Cross
Hell Champion Medal
Hell Armorer Badge
Eagerness Bronze Badge
Eagerness Silver Badge
Eagerness Gold Badge
Eagerness Platinum Badge
Eagerness Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 98/50 Experience 118812/15
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +10 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +15
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Technician
Finesse (Level 3)
Hellrunner (Level 3)
Brute (Level 5)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Malicious Blades (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->HR->HR->DM->Fin->MMB->Bru->WK->WK->Fin->Bru->Bru->HR->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [6/6] (149%) (BP)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] enviromental protective boots [2/2] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] piercing combat knife (4d6) (B)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[b] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
[c] red armor [6/6] (192%) (BP)
[d] red armor [6/6] (100%) (P)
[e] red armor [4/4] (98%)
[f] red armor [2/4] (43%)
[g] combat knife (3d6) (BP)
[h] combat knife (2d5)
[i] piercing chainsaw (5d6)
[j] chainsaw (4d7) (P)
[k] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 0% torso 95% feet 95%
Melee - internal 0% torso 95% feet 95%
Shrapnel - internal 0% torso 95% feet 95%
Acid - internal 0% torso 60% feet 95%
Fire - internal 0% torso 95% feet 95%
Plasma - internal 0% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
109 former humans
118 former sergeants
65 former captains
202 imps
81 demons
158 lost souls
35 cacodemons
32 hell knights
50 barons of hell
48 arachnotrons
39 former commandos
11 pain elementals
19 revenants
25 mancubi
28 arch-viles
4 nightmare imps
2 nightmare cacodemons
8 nightmare demons
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 Angel of Death
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 Arena Master
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
He left the Arena as a champion!
On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 10 he assembled a piercing blade!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 17 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 18 he assembled a piercing blade!
On level 19 he assembled a enviromental boots!
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He managed to scavenge a part of the Vaults treasures.
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You need to taste blood!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You need to taste blood!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You need to taste blood!
You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
You see : a Spider Mastermind (wounded) [m]ore | pool of blood
You hit the Spider Mastermind. You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
1251 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
1137 of those were killed.
6 of those were killed by something unknown.
11 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 59 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
39 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
20 killed the bitch and survived.
17 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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Notes from this game:
Malicious Blades is a really hard path to start, but once you get there you can steamroll most everything that you would fight in the game. Since I knew that I had to play a technician, I only had a few master traits available to me. Scavenger was right out, since this is Angel of Impatience. I also wanted something that gave me a strong defensive buff, and so Sharpshooter was eliminated. Entrenchment was also out, since the 30% resistances that it gave wouldn't be enough to do the job. That left Fireangel and Malicious Blades. I picked Malicious Blades because it gave the better defensive buffs.
The HA on this run was a real pain, and the only reason that I managed to do it was that I found a zerk and a supercharge right near the stairs down to it, and I got a lucky enemy placement so that I could kill them before they started respawning.