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[H|20%|YAVP] I'm a Gold Strongman!
« on: August 26, 2013, 07:49 »

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 DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Thomas Parasiuk,
 level 5 Cacodemon Sergeant Major Scout,
 defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
 He survived 11477 turns and scored 69604 points.
 He played for 12 minutes and 16 seconds.
 He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.

 He killed 91 out of 445 hellspawn. (20%)
 Who gave him the ticket to Hell, anyway?

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

  Levels generated : 11
  Levels visited   : 2
  Levels completed : 0

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

  Malicious Knives Cross
  Major Icarus Cross
  Compet-n Gold Cross
  Strongman Bronze Badge
  Strongman Silver Badge
  Strongman Gold Badge
  Speedrunner Bronze Badge
  Speedrunner Silver Badge
  Speedrunner Gold Badge

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

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

  Health 29/50   Experience 9870/5
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +6  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +9

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

  Class : Scout

    Hellrunner       (Level 1)
    Brute            (Level 3)
    Berserker        (Level 1)

  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru->HR->

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

    [a] [ Armor      ]   red armor [2/4] (34%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   chainsword (8d2)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   protective boots [2/2] (80%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   combat knife (2d5)

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

    [a] green armor [1/1] (100%)
    [b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
    [c] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [d] small med-pack
    [e] small med-pack
    [f] phase device
    [g] homing phase device
    [h] power mod 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 85%
    Fire       - internal 60%   torso 72%   feet 60%
    Plasma     - internal 60%   torso 60%   feet 60%

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

    13 former humans
    10 former sergeants
    8 former captains
    12 imps
    36 lost souls
    1 cacodemon
    3 barons of hell
    1 arachnotron
    1 revenant
    1 mancubus
    3 arch-viles
    1 Cyberdemon
    1 Spider Mastermind

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

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
  On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
  Not knowing what to do, he left.
  On level 12 he assembled a chainsword!
  He left level 13 as soon as possible.
  He left level 15 as soon as possible.
  On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
  On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
  He came, he saw, but he left.
  He left level 23 as soon as possible.
  Then at last he found Dis!
  On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.

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

 hit! You are hit! You are hit! You are hit! You need to taste blood!
 The Spider Mastermind hits you. That hurt! You' going berserk! You need to
 taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
 taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
 taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You need to
 taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You're going
 berserk! You need to taste blood!
 You need to taste blood!
 You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
 You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
 You feel relatively safe now.

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

 80 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 62 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 3 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 5 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
 1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
 3 killed the bitch and survived.
 1 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.

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Funny how it took me 8 tries on HMP after playing the Elevator of Dimensions mod to get my Strongman Gold.

Inspired by 2birds1stone's Strongman Gold run, I decided to try my hand at this.  My original idea was to tank it out with an MVm sort of path, but that successful mortem made me reconsider that approach and I decided to do a MBm-style build instead.  Bru->Bru->Ber->Bru is a very strong start, especially when armed with Chainsword that was easily built with an early P-mod find and B-mod find.  There were three uniques that were spawned in this run, but I wisely did not tour the map to look for them.  The Red Armour is not something that I would wear normally, but given that we have a slight speed boost from the Scout class (+10%), the small boost of speed for a late A-modded Protective Boots (+10%), and the late HR (part of the progression towards MBm), we end up with a speed that is roughly equivalent to a regular "naked" marine.

Fire resistance was very important at the late levels.  It allowed me to eat up one Mancubus shot as I charge in to chainsword it up.  I was afraid of the Cybie fight, but I made it through all thanks to the Red Armour and lots of 'zerking.  The final fight with Spidey was edgy but I wasn't really in any danger of an early death, since I went in fully 'zerked and with 3xBru to deal really really large amounts of pain.

Most of the earlier failed attempts were from early deaths when going mano-a-mano with the early mobs when I had only Bru available.  Once Bru->Bru->Ber was in place though, I started to really shine.

And so, that's the Strongman Gold badge.  I suppose if I dropped the Combat Knife and thus aim for the Strongman Platinum, I would probably have to die at least 4 times as much before I can even reach Spidey for a final showdown.  But Platinum hunting is for another time.  =)
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