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DoomRL => Post Mortem => Nightmare! => Topic started by: micerang on July 29, 2025, 16:09
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You'd think I'd get tired of doing Vampyre runs. I wanted to make extra sure I could beat Unholy Cathedral, so I did that instead of mixing it up.
I never realized how good Longinus spear was at gibbing enemies, since I think it does plasma damage. I wanted to get ripper but I didn't get a single technical pack the entire game. Ripper is slightly higher DPS than the 9d9 weapons and its shorter attack time triggers berserker faster and can clear groups faster as well.
Anyway, I wasn't able to get lava immunity but I got Mt. Erebus which was the less punishing of the two possibilities there. Mortuary was tedious because even though I had plasmatic shrapnel, most of the corpses weren't getting destroyed until the first time they respawned. I had an acid spitter but struggled to use it in an efficient way, despite it being theoretically very powerful to make hazardous terrain in the mortuary.
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DRL (0.9.9.8a) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Hundo, level 18 Cyberdemon Sergeant Major Marine,
nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 1352500 turns and scored 1115849 points.
He played for 2 hours, 28 minutes and 21 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 1802 out of 1802 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 Won with 100% kills
UAC Star (bronze cluster) 25+ kills without taking damage
Aurora Medallion Found more than 3 uniques in one game
Conqueror Pin Completed all generated levels
Grim Reaper's Pin Clear the Mortuary/Limbo
Hell Armorer Pin Clear Hell's Armory/Deimos Lab
Hell Champion Medal Clear Hell's Arena
UAC Bronze Badge Win standard game on any difficulty
UAC Silver Badge Win standard game on Hurt Me Plenty
UAC Gold Badge Win standard game on Ultra-Violence
UAC Platinum Badge Win standard game on N!
Veteran Bronze Badge Win game on any difficulty w/100% kills
Veteran Silver Badge Win game on Hurt Me Plenty w/100% kills
Veteran Gold Badge Win game on UV/100% kills
Veteran Angelic Badge Fully win on N!/100%
Elite Platinum Badge Win standard UV game as Conqueror
Elite Diamond Badge Win standard N!/90% kills
Elite Angelic Badge Win standard N!/100% as Conqueror
Demonic Platinum Badge Win standard N! as Explorer
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 120/60 Experience 184852/18
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +10 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +15
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Finesse (Level 3)
Tough as nails (Level 3)
Brute (Level 5)
Juggler (Level 1)
Berserker (Level 1)
Whizkid (Level 2)
Badass (Level 2)
Vampyre (Level 1)
Fin->Jug->Bad->Bru->Bru->Ber->MVm->Fin->WK->WK->Bad->Fin->Bru->Bru->Bru->TaN->TaN->TaN->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [4] (AO)
[b] [ Weapon ] tactical rocket launcher (6d6) [0/5]
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%) (A)
[d] [ Prepared ] Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] plasmatic shotgun (8d3) [1/1]
[b] BFG 9000 (10d6) [220/220] (B3)
[c] Jackhammer (8d3)x1 [10/10]
[d] Acid Spitter (10d10) [10/10] {a}
[e] medical armor [2/2] (200%) (B)
[f] Lava Armor [4/4] (100%)
[g] Angelic Armor [7/7] (100%)
[h] chainsaw (5d7) (BP)
[i] shotgun shell (x20)
[j] power cell (x70)
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] homing phase device
[o] envirosuit pack
[p] power mod pack
[q] power mod pack
[r] agility mod pack
[s] steel boots [1/2] (47%) (AP)
[t] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
acid - internal 80% torso 80% feet 80%
fire - internal 80% torso 95% feet 80%
plasma - internal 80% torso 80% feet 80%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
208 former humans
144 former sergeants
95 former captains
195 imps
144 demons
453 lost souls
86 cacodemons
35 hell knights
80 barons of hell
46 arachnotrons
29 former commandos
47 pain elementals
67 revenants
49 mancubi
37 arch-viles
10 nightmare imps
8 nightmare cacodemons
16 nightmare demons
13 nightmare arachnotrons
4 nightmare arch-viles
7 elite former humans
5 elite former sergeants
7 elite former commandos
2 bruiser brothers
8 shamblers
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 marched into the Military Base.
He purified his fellow comrades.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Deimos Lab.
On level 9 he assembled a plasmatic shrapnel!
On level 9 he assembled a tactical boots!
On level 9 he assembled a tactical rocket launcher!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 11 he arrived at the Containment Area.
He emerged from the Containment Area victorious!
On level 12 he found the Lava Armor!
On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he found the Jackhammer!
On level 17 he entered the Vaults.
On level 17 he found the Acid Spitter!
He cracked the Vaults and cleared them out!
Level 19 was a hard nut to crack!
On level 19 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 19 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
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 arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 24!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You see : floor
You need to taste blood! Fire -- Choose target...
You see : floor
You need to taste blood! Fire -- Choose target...
You see : floor
You need to taste blood! Fire -- Choose target...
You see : floor
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You are hit! That hurt! You're going berserk! You need
to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John
Carmack! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
24 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
17 of those were killed.
And 1 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
6 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
2 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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You'd think I'd get tired of doing Vampyre runs. I wanted to make extra sure I could beat Unholy Cathedral, so I did that instead of mixing it up.
Well if you want the path of least resistance with farming Diamonds/Angelics in 0.9.9.8, Vampyre is the way to go for any where Hellrunner won't be required. Hell you might even have had an easier time doing a fist run with Vampyre in AoSh and especially AoMr rather than playing them with an actual Shotgun/Pistol build.
I never realized how good Longinus spear was at gibbing enemies, since I think it does plasma damage.
Yes both the Spear and Scythe do plasma damage, which doesn't really matter for damage-dealing purposes, as doing 1 or more 2 points of damage from halving armor is negligible when you're dealing so much damage in a single hit anyway, but it does matter with making them extremely effective gibbing tools (though with some enemies getting plasma res in 0.9.9.9, there will be some instances where their plasma damage will be a hindrance). The Subtle Knife also deals plasma damage, but with how weak it is, you'll hardly notice that other than with gibbing Formers and Imps.
If you did all the special levels, how did you not find a single Tech mod for the Ripper though, did some of the mods get destroyed in crossfire? That's incredibly unlucky if legit none spawned at all (not that you really needed it though, when it's 0.9.9.8 Vampyre we're talking about here).
Anyway, I wasn't able to get lava immunity but I got Mt. Erebus which was the less punishing of the two possibilities there.
With Marine berserk resistances and a single level of TaN, you would have been reducing all lava damage to 1 anyway regardless of footwear and had Pain Elementals to farm, so you would have been in the clear here regardless, just another point for why Vampyre is so broken in 0.9.9.8 :p
I've updated the Badge Hunters thread with your new Diamonds and Angelics, congrats on taking the lead for having the most Angelics in 0.9.9.8 (though I'll be back to compete for that title in 0.9.9.9!).