So after my last big Berserker run almost came all the way to the end, I decided I'd try again, this time with a standard game instead of going for Angel of Berserk again. The RNG wasn't cooperative most of the time, and I got YASD'd several times in a row. But I persisted, and this time, I was able to kick ass and take names in a big way.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Grimskull, level 12 Cacodemon Sergeant Major Marine,
nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 198146 turns and scored 138310 points.
He played for 2 hours, 56 minutes and 26 seconds.
He didn't like it too rough.
He killed 787 out of 787 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 11
Levels completed : 11
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Medal of Prejudice
Aurora Medallion
Conqueror Badge
Grim Reaper's Badge
Hell Armorer Badge
Hell Champion Medal
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 97/60 Experience 69964/12
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Finesse (Level 2)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Juggler (Level 1)
Berserker (Level 1)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Bad->Bru->Bru->Ber->TaN->MVm->Bru->TaN->Bad->Fin->Jug->Fin->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] Angelic Armor [11/11] (84%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (89%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] double shotgun (9d3)x2 [2/2]
[b] missile launcher (6d6) [1/4] (F1)
[c] BFG 9000 (10d6) [100/100]
[d] nanofiber red armor [2]
[e] shotgun shell (x44)
[f] shotgun shell (x70)
[g] rocket (x4)
[h] power cell (x70)
[i] power cell (x70)
[j] small med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] homing phase device
[m] power mod pack
[n] power mod pack
[o] agility mod pack
[p] bulk mod pack
[q] lava element
[r] shell box (x100)
[s] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 95% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 95% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 95% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 95%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 85%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
104 former humans
60 former sergeants
29 former captains
116 imps
65 demons
207 lost souls
59 cacodemons
38 hell knights
32 barons of hell
38 arachnotrons
1 former commando
9 pain elementals
1 revenant
3 mancubi
8 arch-viles
5 elite former humans
2 elite former sergeants
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 lava elemental
1 agony elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
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 assembled a tactical shotgun!
On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
He purified his fellow comrades.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 8 he assembled a nanofiber armor!
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 10 he found the Medical Powerarmor!
On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
He emerged from the Containment Area victorious!
On level 12 he romped upon the Abyssal Plains.
He slaughtered the beasts living there.
On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He cleared the Lair, kickin' serious spider ass!
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!
Level 18 blasted him with an unholy atmosphere!
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
On level 19 he found the Lava 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, hell froze over!
On level 22 he entered the Lava Pits.
He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He nuked level 24!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You're going berserk! The lost
soul hits you. The lost soul hits you. Carmack raises his hands and summons
hellspawn! You need to taste blood!
You hit the cacodemon. The cacodemon dies. The lost soul hits you. You need
to taste blood!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. You're going berserk! You need to
taste blood!
The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit the cacodemon. The cacodemon dies. The lost soul hits you. John
Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! The lost soul hits you. You need
to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. The lost soul hits you. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
You feel relatively safe now. You're going berserk!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
104 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
90 of those were killed.
And 5 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
9 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
3 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
2 killed the bitch and survived.
4 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Just like before, I went for Vampyre, primarily relying on shotguns for ranged work until I could get my hands on the chainsaw, which I promptly bulk modded for extra damage. This time, I went for every major special level of the run. Hell's Arena went about as well as could be expected, the Chained Court had me hurting a bit near the end, and I assembled the Tactical Shotgun as I headed into the Military Base. I also found a quite early Thermonuclear Bomb, which I immediately grabbed for the inventory. I hit Vampyre earlier than usual, and it saw use against the Lost Souls and Cacos of the Anomaly, while the Tac Shotgun saw use against the Bruisers, downing one before I made the other one eat chainsaw. I also assembled my main piece of armor for a while -- the Nanofiber Red Armor.
The first major Deimos level didn't give me very many problems, and Hell's Armory allowed me to not only kick some monster ass, but bulk and power-mod two blue armors, since the Nanofiber Armor wasn't nearly as protective as I would have really liked it to be. Deimos in general was not a fun ride, and I was running low on health packs thanks largely to a certain Hell Noble ambush in the Containment Area in which Berserk didn't go off nearly as often as I really needed it to. I found the Medical Power Armor on the next level, but it didn't see a lot of use because its function is to degrade while healing you, and it's not very useful when you're in battle and taking hits.
The main Agony Elemental area this time was the Abyssal Plains, where I had to slog through Imps, Hellknights and Cacos while trying to keep my health at a manageable level and cursing the Hellknights who kept running away to throw their goddamn green fireballs like chickenshits instead of closing in for melee. The Agony Elemental battle went about as well as the last one did, and I was able to get my health to a manageable level at the end. I picked up a Blood Skull, a Fire Skull and a Hatred Skull. The Spider's Lair was the primary BFG area, and I primarily lured the Arachnotrons to my position before taking the chainsaw to their asses, though the shotgun also saw some use. Just like before, the Cyberdemon didn't last too long, and I could afford to take a hit and go berserk before introducing my chainsaw to his ugly-ass face.
The second time I entered the Unholy Cathedral, I made sure to turn on the music, as it is very kickass. After Vampyring my way through the Lost Souls and the Demons, I used my Hatred Skull to extend my berserk and duked it out with the Angel of Death, kicking his ass for a second time. This time, I left the chainsaw behind when I picked up the Longinus Spear, since I wouldn't be needing it anymore. Hell was touch and go for a while, and I used the shotgun as often as I used the spear, particularly against the Former Humans. The Blood Skull saw use in order to get my health back up to a manageable level after the damned level with the poison gas, which was very tricky. The Vaults saw me upgrading to the Assault Shotgun and leaving the Tactical Shotgun behind, and also finding the Lava Armor, which I got off a Baron of Hell that I took out with the Longinus Spear. That said, I was still rather low on Health packs by the time I got to the Mortuary, but I had enough overall health that I decided to go for it.
The Mortuary, much like Limbo, is another level where you're pretty much inundated with Archvile-resurrected demons. But this time, I was thoroughly uninterested in fucking around. I used the Fire Skull to destroy the corpses around me (which also wiped out the two Soulspheres and Red Armors in the center of the room -- c'est la vie) and deny the Viles a supply of monsters in the center to throw at me. Especially with that little measure, the Mortuary was easier on me than the living hell that was Limbo. There were no Mancubi or Revenants to give me grief unlike last time, but there were plenty of Cacos, Arachnotrons, Hellknights and Barons of Hell along with zombies and imps. Berserk and Vampyre were my primary weapons along with the Spear in laying waste to the horde of monsters, and the Soulspheres at the corners of each part of the Mortuary saw use in keeping me alive through the battle. Several of the monsters also had some much needed health packs which I immediately grabbed. When it was over, I walked away with the Angelic Armor once again.
I was in pretty good shape for the run, and only encountered one Revenant this time around, along with three Mancubi. Level 6, the level that ended me on my previous berserker run, was a level where Hell Froze Over, which I had never seen before. There were no lava pits to be found, and I could destroy pretty much all of the walls with my spear. Clearing this out was comparatively a piece of cake, and I entered the Lava Pits on an Invulnerability. I knew from my last run through the Lava Pits on HNTR that I'd be fighting Hellknights and Cacos in addition to the Lost Souls, and so I made sure to keep an Envirosuit on reserve. Thankfully, Berserk didn't have any problems in going off, so I took them down with very few problems, though I did have to double back for the other Envirosuits due to me not getting all the monsters. I put down the Lava Elemental and snagged up the Lava Element before getting the hell out of there.
The final level before Spidey saw me facing down two Viles, a couple of Hellknights and I think some Former Humans. On any other run, I would have been screwed. But with Berserk, Vampyre and my Spear of Longinus, I made quick work of all nine of the monsters with no muss, no fuss. The only problems I had near the end were a couple of Arachnotrons from afar, which I decided to break out the Missile Launcher for. While I thought I would need the Lava Element, it turns out that there was an Invulnerability in the level, which I used just before entering Dis. I was also one percent away from Level 13.
After Spidey got nuked to hell, it was on to Carmack. This time, I put on the Angelic Armor, which raised my protection and my DPS to the max. Carmack and his monsters did not stand a chance, especially once Berserk went off. He could only get to the point of summoning Cacos before I did enough damage to put him down and rack up my first Full Win on HNTR. The Spear of Longinus and the Angelic Armor really do go well together and the Spear is one of the most powerful weapons in the entire game (the others being Azrael's Scythe and the Dragon Slayer, which I've not gotten my hands on yet).
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