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[Ischaldirh]

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9.5) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Izzy, level 12 Cacodemon Sergeant Marine,
 let the Spider Mastermind pwn him on level 8 of Hell.
 He survived 136602 turns and scored 88724 points.
 He played for 2 hours and 7 minutes.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 858 out of 892 hellspawn. (96%)
 He held his right to remain violent.
 He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!

-- Special levels --------------------------------------------

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 11
  Levels completed : 9

-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------

  UAC Star (silver cluster)
  Aurora Medallion
  Explorer Badge
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Hell Champion Medal
  Hell Armorer Badge
  Armorer Silver Badge
  Heroic Bronze Badge
  Shottyman Bronze Badge
  Reaper Bronze Badge
  Reaper Silver Badge
  Reaper Gold Badge

-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------

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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------

  Health 0/70   Experience 61234/12
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +4  ToDmg Melee +4

-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------

  Class : Marine

    Ironman          (Level 1)
    Tough as nails   (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 4)
    Reloader         (Level 2)
    Badass           (Level 1)
    Shottyman        (Level 1)
    Army of the Dead (Level 1)

  Rel->Rel->SM->Bad->SoB->MAD->SoB->SoB->TaN->TaN->Iro->SoB->

-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Angelic Armor [0/7] (0%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   double shotgun (9d3)x2 [0/2] (A1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   nothing
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   tactical shotgun (8d3) [6/6]

-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------

    [a] blue armor [2/2] (89%)
    [b] shotgun shell (x50)
    [c] shotgun shell (x50)
    [d] shotgun shell (x50)
    [e] shotgun shell (x50)
    [f] shotgun shell (x50)
    [g] shotgun shell (x50)
    [h] shotgun shell (x50)
    [i] shotgun shell (x18)
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] lava element
    [n] shell box (x100)
    [o] shell box (x100)
    [p] shell box (x100)
    [q] shell box (x100)
    [r] shell box (x100)
    [s] shell box (x100)

-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------

    None

-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------

    97 former humans
    72 former sergeants
    25 former captains
    108 imps
    72 demons
    317 lost souls
    42 cacodemons
    26 hell knights
    25 barons of hell
    31 arachnotrons
    3 former commandos
    18 pain elementals
    5 revenants
    1 mancubus
    9 arch-viles
    2 bruiser brothers
    1 shambler
    1 lava elemental
    1 agony elemental
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Arena Master

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 5 he found the Arena Master's Staff!
  He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
  On level 7 he witnessed the Wall.
  Not knowing what to do, he left.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 10 he entered Hell's Armory.
  On level 10 he assembled a tactical armor!
  On level 10 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  On level 10 he found the Nano Pack!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 13 he found the City of Skulls.
  He wiped out the City of Skulls.
  On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
  He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
  On level 15 he assembled a fireproof boots!
  On level 15 he assembled a power armor!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
  On level 18 he found the Trigun!
  On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
  On level 19 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
  He cracked the Vaults and cleared them out!
  On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  On level 20 he found the Angelic Armor!
  He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
  On level 22 he found the Hellwave Pack!
  On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally let the Spider Mastermind pwn him.

-- Messages --------------------------------------------------

 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (unhurt) [m]ore | floor
 You are hit! You are hit! Your Angelic Armor is damaged! You are hit!
 You are hit!
 You are hit! Your Angelic Armor is damaged! Boom! You are hit! You are
 hit!
 You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed.
 You use a Hellwave Pack. The Spider Mastermind hits you.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (heavily wounded) [m]ore | pool of blood
 The Spider Mastermind hits you. The Spider Mastermind hits you.
 You are hit! You dodge! Boom! You are hit! You are hit!
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You see : a Spider Mastermind (severely wounded) [m]ore | pool of blood
 You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are
 hit! You die!... Press <Enter>...

-- General ---------------------------------------------------

 40 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 33 of those were killed.
 1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 5 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 1 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 1 killed the bitch and survived.

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The mortem speaks for itself, mostly. High points: Power armor, tactical shotty, found a bunch of pretties (mostly left behind), cleared Mortuary (where I lost my power armor, which partially cost me the game).

This is where things started to go wrong: with no power armor, had to use Angelic, which is woefully fragile compared. Lost my fireproof boots shortly after (went skinnydipping in lava once or ten times). Whatever whatever, kept going, pushed on through to Dis. Bring it on Mastermind, let's do this. After fighting him around a pillar a bit (jerk wouldn't get knocked back), what was left of my Angelic armor melted and I started burning Medkits. Debated taking the time to strap on my red armor but didn't know if it was worth it. A quick look at his health showed "almost dead" or similar, so I figured "Heck, I can take one more round of combat before using another medkit. Shoot him and finish this hopefully." BOOM! He's still standing. RATATATATAT! I'm not. Commence rage.

It's not over though... A few minutes later, while relating the story to a friend, it dawned on me... that item in my inventory... that shiny thing I got from the lava pits... that lava element that could have made me invulnerable. More rage. >:(

[MaiZure]

Another consideration:
Spider Mastermind has a worthless melee attack in this version and cannt be knocked back.
With a shotgun, you can probably dance around him in melee range and blast away without much fear.

[Ischaldirh]

Yeah, I haven't played roguelikes heavily in a few years so I'm not particularly good at them, and I wasn't amazing even when I did play them a lot. Never was able to beat ADOM...

[IronBeer]

Never was able to beat ADOM...

ADOM's actually really hard, even with a good race/class combo. The game is pretty long even going for a normal victory, and you need to always be really cautious.

Debated taking the time to strap on my red armor but didn't know if it was worth it. A quick look at his health showed "almost dead" or similar, so I figured "Heck, I can take one more round of combat before using another medkit. Shoot him and finish this hopefully." BOOM! He's still standing. RATATATATAT! I'm not. Commence rage.

First time I met the Mastermind in this version, I went in with ~60% health and no medkits. I did not survive. The Mastermind can deal a ridiculous amount of damage per burst, and judging by the last line of your message dump, she managed to nail you with a full volley. I have come to the conclusion that challenging her in a gunfight is actually a bad idea- it's just like classic Doom, where the Cyberdemon can deal more damage on paper, but is easily dodged, while the Mastermind can devour players with "hitscan" weaponry.

A couple of other things (I'm not trying to be dickish, just trying to point out some minor details)
-"Severely wounded" translates to about 40% health
-Agility mod on a Double Shotty doesn't do anything unless part of a certain advanced assembly
-(rhetorical) Why bother conserving resources on the last boss fight?

Your basics definitely seem solid enough though. Every game is a learning experience, and deaths often add exceptional insight.

[ZicherCZ]

... and deaths often add exceptional insight.

The first rule of roguelikes is:
Die and learn! :)

[Ischaldirh]

Haha thanks for the advice guys. No I do consider myself a roguelike "veteran" though not an especially skilled player. I started out with Nethack when... oh, I must have been 11 or 12? I've been intermittently playing them ever since (I'm 25 now).

Ironbeer: I was under the impression that ADOM was one of the easier roguelikes... Regardless, your points: Thanks for the tip about "Severely Wounded", I was going for that assembly (though I later realized I could never get it, being as Finesse (and thus Whizkid) is blocked by MAD), and the only resource I was really trying to save was my time, lol.

ZicherCZ: That's a rule I know quite well! Be it DF's "Losing is Fun" motto or IVAN's masochism (blasted kamikazie dwarves...!) I've received a lot of... erm, lessons.