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[Klear]

As I promised in this post, I set off to get a Gambler's shield. This was my first attempt. In the Arena I told the Arena Master to stuff it after the second round so I could go to the Chained Court variant with 3 levers. Early levels had very few levers and none of the ones that can be pulled 3 times, but I did get Deimos Lab with 6 levers, so it looked relatively good. I was counting 14 levers pulled when I found a Trigun and an invulnerability globe. Needless to say, the plan to get Gambler's shield flew right out of the window and I started nuking:

Level 14 - nuked
Spider's Lair - incinerated
Level 15 - eradicated
Cyberdemon - eliminated
Level 17 - annihilated
Unholy Cathedral - destroyed
Level 18 - liquidated

That's when I ran out of invulnerability. I had to fight an arch-vile complex, but with my super shotgun, it was easy. Next level gave me another invulnerability.

Level 20 - wasted
Mortuary - erased
Level 21 - trashed

It was a mistake to enter the Mortuary though. The stairs are quite far and I had nothing to gain (the regular stairs were within reach as well). I did have two phase devices (sadly neither one homing) so I was hoping one of them would get me close to the stairs. No such luck. I had enough charge to nuke the following level, but from then on I was on my own. No more invulnerability globes spawned from then on, sadly.

Level 23 has proven to be difficult. Lot of Viles, lot of nasties, but the worst thing is that I completely ran out of ammo. I kinda didn't need to think about ammo throughout the game, since I was using mostly my super shotgun and there was always plenty of sergeants. Well, I wasn't completely out of ammo, I still had the 6 bullets in the Trigun. You know, in case I wanted to kill myself. Well, turns out I did want to kill myself, though in a different way. I descended the stairs and said hello to the Mastermind.

Spider Mastermind - defeated and obliterated.

I know, I know. I only nuked 11 levels, 4 less than last time. Must be getting old. And it seems I had a nuke in my pocket this whole time. No idea what I was saving that one for.

So... when do I get a medal named after me?





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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Klear, level 14 Hell Baron Br. General Scout,
 sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 158166 turns and scored 303678 points.
 He played for 1 hour, 6 minutes and 23 seconds.
 He was a man of Ultra-Violence!

 He killed 989 out of 995 hellspawn. (99%)
 He was a real killing machine...

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 7
  Levels completed : 6

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

  UAC Star (gold cluster)
  Fallout Platinum Cross
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Hell Armorer Badge

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

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

  Health 0/35   Experience 94302/14
  ToHit Ranged +4  ToHit Melee +4  ToDmg Ranged +2  ToDmg Melee +2

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

  Class : Scout

    Ironman          (Level 4)
    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 2)
    Eagle Eye        (Level 2)
    Intuition        (Level 2)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 1)
    Cateye           (Level 1)

  Int->Int->SoB->SoB->TH->MCe->EE->EE->Fin->Fin->Iro->Iro->Iro->Iro->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [3/6] (30%) (P)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Trigun (3d6) [6/6]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   phaseshift boots [4/4] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [0/40] (T1)

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

    [a] super shotgun (8d4)x2 [0/2] (T1)
    [b] large med-pack
    [c] large med-pack
    [d] homing phase device
    [e] thermonuclear bomb
    [f] power mod pack
    [g] power mod pack
    [h] sniper weapon pack

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

    Bullet     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Melee      - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Shrapnel   - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Acid       - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 
    Fire       - internal 60%   torso 72%   feet 60% 
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60% 

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

    82 former humans
    90 former sergeants
    54 former captains
    90 imps
    95 demons
    319 lost souls
    32 cacodemons
    21 hell knights
    30 barons of hell
    25 arachnotrons
    20 former commandos
    44 pain elementals
    17 revenants
    16 mancubi
    35 arch-viles
    12 nightmare demons
    2 bruiser brothers
    2 shamblers
    1 Angel of Death
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena before it got too hot.
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 5 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
  He flooded the entire level 7 with acid!
  On level 7 he sneaked into the Phobos Lab.
  On level 7 he assembled a tactical boots!
  He broke through the lab.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 9 he assembled a gatling gun!
  On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
  On level 9 he found the Trigun!
  He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
  Level 14 was a hard nut to crack!
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 14!
  On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 14!
  He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 15!
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 16!
  He left level 16 as soon as possible.
  Level 17 was a hard nut to crack!
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 17!
  On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 17!
  He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 18!
  On level 19 he stumbled into a complex full of arch-viles!
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 20!
  On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 20!
  He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 21!
  Then at last he found Dis!
  He activated the Angel Arm on level 24!
  On level 24 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Mastermind.

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

 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood! There is rocket (x3) lying here.
 You need to taste blood!
 There are stairs leading downward here. You need to taste blood!
 You enter the damned city of Dis... You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood! There is a lever (woah!) here.
 You pull the lever... You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 Do you want to use the dangerous Angel Arm?? [y/n]
 You activate the Angel Arm! Your life is drained! Congratulations! You
 defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 314 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 268 of those were killed.
 2 of those were killed by something unknown.
 10 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 16 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 18 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 10 killed the bitch and survived.
 6 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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[thelaptop]

* thelaptop slow claps

Living up to your name sake eh, you gambler!  =D

[Tormuse]

You know, theoretically, you could have gotten a couple more nukes in there if you had used the Lava Element while you were standing on the stairs on Level 23, nuked it, gone down the stairs, nuked the Mastermind, homing phased to the stairs, and nuked JC.  I think the Lava Element would last juuuuuust long enough for you to do that.  :)

(Of course, all of that would require that you had cleared the Lava Pits)

[Klear]

You know, theoretically, you could have gotten a couple more nukes in there if you had used the Lava Element while you were standing on the stairs on Level 23, nuked it, gone down the stairs, nuked the Mastermind, homing phased to the stairs, and nuked JC.  I think the Lava Element would last juuuuuust long enough for you to do that.  :)

(Of course, all of that would require that you had cleared the Lava Pits)

Yeah, I had no chance to clear Mt. Erebus (which spawned instead). No boots to speak of, no envirosuits. I would have done it even without a homing phase though. The lava element only needs to last while nuking the Mastermind to be able to nuke JC =)

[Equality]

theoretically, you could have gotten a couple more nukes in there if you had used the Lava Element while you were standing on the stairs on Level 23, nuked it, gone down the stairs, nuked the Mastermind, homing phased to the stairs, and nuked JC.  I think the Lava Element would last juuuuuust long enough for you to do that.  :)

O_O lava element last for 9 turns.  homing phase not work at Dis. not a chance

[Klear]

homing phase not work at Dis. not a chance

They don't? I could swear I've used a homing phase after nuking the Mastermind and it got me to the stairs. I might be misremembering it. On the other hand, even with a regular phase I could have gotten lucky and got close enough to the stairs.

[Tormuse]

FYI, I just confirmed that Homing Phase Devices do not work on Dis, even after you nuke the Mastermind.

[thelaptop]

So... when do I get a medal named after me?

Gee I don't know.  Maybe in 0.9.9.8?

It's already in the repo as at now.

[ZicherCZ]

Gee I don't know.  Maybe in 0.9.9.8?

It's already in the repo as at now.

That would be how many? 10 levels nuked?

[thelaptop]

Double the requirements of the Fallout Platinum Cross, so at least 12 levels nuked.

[ZicherCZ]

Ao100/666 excluded, right?

[Klear]

Gee I don't know.  Maybe in 0.9.9.8?

It's already in the repo as at now.

Wow... awesome! Once again, I am in your debt.

[thelaptop]

Ao100/666 excluded, right?

Probably.  Have to alpha test it.

Wow... awesome! Once again, I am in your debt.

No, no debt.  I'm trying to incorporate more community-generated legends into DoomRL.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You make an appearance, and even Simon-v's legendary Mother-In-Law too!

[Simon-v]

You make an appearance, and even Simon-v's legendary Mother-In-Law too!

I'm flattered you remember, after all this time.

[Klear]

Could you link to whatever that refers to? I think it happened before my time...