Well, my first Diamond and probably my last - at least for a long, long time. Somehow I figured this Diamond was the only one within range of my current skill and experience with the game so I gave it a try. I have been wondering how to clear the Vaults "by luck" but after giving it some thoughts I had an idea how to go about it. Luckily for me it worked. I don´t know if this is considered a spoiler (as with the Dragonslayer) so I am keeping it vague here...
As you can see I didn´t bother with every special floor (nothing on earth would ever get me to enter the spider´s lair when I don´t have to lol) only the ones that spawn rewards I wanted.
Anyway, actually I almost died on the third or fourth floor due to being spawned extremely unlucky between the line of fire of two Barons and a couple Imps with no cover in actual sight, yeah great fun. Somehow (= some health packs and a lucky teleport along the way) I managed to get away after all.
I found my first power mod in the Armory and decided to build a tactical shotgun instead of going for the piercing chainsaw. So, that was the first time in who knows how long that I had to kill Cybie with a regular unmodded chainsaw (I don´t even remember IF I ever had to do that before). To be honest I wasn´t quite sure how that would go down but no big problem luckily after all.
Ok, Unholy Cathedral, Azrael´s Scythe, yeah! So, no need for that chainsaw anymore and glad I didn´t waste that power mod on it.
No problems clearing the Vaults.
Found another power mod AND a nano pack (what a nice surprise!) later on - powered red armor here I come. Breezed through the rest of the game, nothing worth writing about anymore.
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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chag, level 15 Cyberdemon Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 100646 turns and scored 344398 points.
He played for 2 hours, 12 minutes and 46 seconds.
He was a man of Ultra-Violence!
He killed 990 out of 990 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He saved himself once.
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 7
Levels completed : 7
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Mastermind's Brain
Medal of Prejudice
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Hell Armorer Badge
Hell Champion Medal
Scavenger Platinum Badge
Scavenger Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 55/55 Experience 109495/15
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 3)
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 3)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Blademaster (Level 1)
Int->Int->Bru->Bru->Ber->HR->HR->Bru->MBm->Fin->Fin->Iro->HR->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] powered red armor [5/5] (100%)
[b] [ Weapon ] Azrael's Scythe (9d9)
[c] [ Boots ] tactical boots [0/0] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] tactical shotgun (8d3) [5/5]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
[b] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[c] red armor [4/4] (100%)
[d] shotgun shell (x50)
[e] shotgun shell (x45)
[f] rocket (x8)
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] homing phase device
[n] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 85% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Fire - internal 60% torso 95% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
117 former humans
74 former sergeants
60 former captains
207 imps
50 demons
209 lost souls
33 cacodemons
25 hell knights
50 barons of hell
15 arachnotrons
16 former commandos
21 pain elementals
32 revenants
27 mancubi
27 arch-viles
7 elite former humans
5 elite former sergeants
5 elite former captains
2 elite former commandos
2 bruiser brothers
1 shambler
1 lava elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
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.
He defeated the Hell Arena Master!
On level 7 he marched into the Military Base.
On level 7 he assembled a tactical boots!
He purified his fellow comrades.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 9 he entered Hell's Armory.
On level 9 he assembled a tactical shotgun!
He destroyed the evil within and reaped the rewards!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 17 he found the Azrael's Scythe!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
He managed to clear the Vaults completely!
On level 20 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 21 he assembled a power armor!
On level 22 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 24 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You pull the lever...
You use a lava element. You feel invincible! You are hit! You are hit! You
are hit! Boom! You are hit!
You start running!
The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! You feel like
a killing machine! You're going berserk! You need to taste blood! You feel
vulnerable again.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind flinched! 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. Next!
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
579 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
507 of those were killed.
9 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 33 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
30 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
23 killed the bitch and survived.
5 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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