If only Timo played S!

Ok so I know he does sometimes, but the damage calculations are
different, making weapon comparison more difficult. I want to keep only
one of the polearms - Osondir, Theoden and the Scythe of Slicing of
Frost. Stats are as follows:

Osondir: 5 attacks, 3d5, +159% damage, fire brand (+14), slay undead
and giants (+18)
Theoden: 6 attacks, 2d6, +154% damage, slay dragons (+18)
SoSoF: 5 attacks, 7d3, +178% damage, frost brand (+14)

None of the other attributes really matter (eg. the ESP on Theoden or
the SI on Osondir), because I swap weapons a lot. My reckoning is this
(apologies if this looks awful, I'm working in a proportional font):

Osondir Theoden SoSoF
dragons 117 215 195
undead 207 107 195 (also giants)
!resfire 186 107 195
!rescold 117 107 265

This seems to indicate that the SoSoF is by far the more dangerous
weapon, but have I overlooked anything? It has the smallest dice, so it
gets least benefit from critical hits. If we assume one extra die per
hit (averaging out the extra dice from criticals), the SoS still comes
out 25% ahead on normal damage and only just behind against dragons,
undead and non-fire-resistant creatures.

Things are going well now. I bothered to clear out a pit and was
rewarded with Theoden, Luthien, Rohirrim and Primal Forces, as well as
my first rod of probing and staff of holiness. I've junked the former -
should I keep the latter? It seems to just give prot from evil and
boldness - does it do anything else?

The pit was really really weird - two sets of hounds, a few wraiths, a
few demons, a few animals, quite a few dragons, sundry giants and
trolls, a couple of molds and quylthulgs and my first druj. Couldn't
see a theme there anywhere. Did get my first great wyrm (storm), first
master mystic and my first balrog though. Killed everything except the
druj, which was at +20 speed and summoned undead 1in1 - no thanks. Also
met an undead mystic - killed it twice but it kept getting back up - do
these ever die or are you just supposed to send them away? I tried
killing it with both fire and acid and neither finished it off. Do you
just have to kill them a certain number of times?

Leon - I found a bug with Sting, btw. I enchanted it up to (+8,+8) but
it went back to (+7,+8) as soon as I re-equipped it after taking it
off. I have enchanted other artifacts successfully (eg. the Mace of
Rhonas started at (+15,+8)) so I suspect this is related to the
set-completion code.

[Sangband 0.9.9, beta 20 Character Dump]

Marbury Age : 23 STR! 18/210
the Mystic Guildmaster Height : 3 ft, 2 in INT! 18/150
Weight : 60 lb WIS! 18/***
Gender : Male DEX! 18/200
Race : Hobbit Slayer of CON! 18/210
Realm : Nature Magic Scatha the Worm CHR! 18/90

Max Hitpoints 826 Power 91 Max Mana 218
Cur Hitpoints 826 Score 684 Cur Mana 218

The scoring algorithm seems to have improved since early-teen betas -
it's creeping up gradually, with no wild shifts. Very difficult fights
usually yield an increase, as I'd expect.

(Melee) Unspent Exp 22115 (Missile)
Blows per round 6 Gold 2019714 Shots per round 1.5
+ to Skill 7 + to Skill 12
Deadliness (%) 154 Max Depth 3050 ft Deadliness (%) 182

(Character Abilities)
Melee : Legendary Saving Throw: Heroic Magic Device: Heroic
Shooting : Legendary Stealth : Heroic Dodging : Superb
Throwing : Legendary Perception : Legendary Fame : Storied
Digging : Excellent Disarming : Legendary Infra-Vision: 30 feet

Speed : +8
Armour : 138
Kills : 8632
Time Elapsed: 30 days, 15 hours, 36 minutes (3065069 turns)


[Character Attributes]

abcdefghijkl@ Stat Intrnl abcdefghijkl@ Adjust
Stlth:2..........31 STR! 18/100 2.....2.42..1 18/210
Invis:............. INT! 18/100 ......22.s..1 18/150
Aware:............. WIS! 18/100 ....5.s2..3.3 18/***
Disar:............. DEX! 18/100 2........s..8 18/200
Devic:............. CON! 18/100 2.......4..32 18/210
Speed:...7.......3. CHR! 18/100 .......2....3 18/90

abcdefghijkl@ abcdefghijkl@
Infra:............3 NFuel:.....+.......
Tunnl:............2 Steal:.............
Save :............. NoMag:.............
Mana :............. Telep:.............
Light:.....3....... Aggra:.............
Drain:.............

Curse:.............

abcdefghijkl@ abcdefghijkl@ abcdefghijkl@
Acid :........*.... Light:..........+.. Food :+............
Elec :......+...... Dark :.....+....... Feath:..........+..
Fire :......+..+... Sound:........++... Shine:.............
Cold :......+...+.. Shard:..........+.. Regen:+............
Pois :......+...... Nexus:............. ESP :.............
Fear :+............ Nethr:............. SeeIn:+............
Blind:.........+... Chaos:........+.... FrAct:+.......+.+..
Confu:......+..+... Disen:.........+... HLife:.............

As you can see, I've got everything except nexus covered with this
combo (when I swap in the ring for rnether, that is), so I'm looking
for very good artifacts to supersede the current equipment. I will *ID*
Luthien when I get home, to see if it has any high resists ...

[Last Messages]

You have a Dark Red Potion of Healing (d).


[Skills]

Swordsmanship : 78%
Clubbing : 78%
Jousting : 78%
Archery - Xbows : 78%
Archery - Bows : 78%
Archery - Slings : 11%
Throwing : 78%
Wrestling : 76%
Karate : 80%
Spellcasting : 68%
Magical Power : 78%
Wizardry : 75%
Holy Alliance : 32%
Nature Lore : 78%
Magical Device : 78%
Burglary : 78%
Perception : 78%
Stealth : 78%
Disarming : 78%
Dodging : 78%
Spell Resistance : 78%
Weaponsmithing : 1%
Bowmaking : 1%
Armor Forging : 78%
Alchemy : 78%
Magical Infusion : 78%

You have joined the Burglar's Guild.

Yes I am keeping all the skills going - I've decided to try my hand at
writing some spoilers. For example, alchemising scrolls of mass
genocide is noticeably easier at my current alchemy skill than it was a
mere 8% ago.

[Quests]

To fulfill your task, you must kill 26 Chaos vortices at a depth of
3150
feet.

Defeated 7 Novice paladins at 150 feet
Defeated 16 Cave orcs at 250 feet
Defeated 11 Gnome mages at 350 feet
Defeated 14 Tigers at 500 feet
Defeated 11 Werewolves at 650 feet
Defeated 9 Dark elven cultists at 750 feet
Defeated 14 White wraiths at 900 feet
Defeated 13 Hardened warriors at 1050 feet
Defeated 26 Mountain ogres at 1200 feet
Defeated 21 Ice trolls at 1350 feet
Defeated 16 Colbrans at 1450 feet
Defeated 19 Manticores at 1600 feet (still the only really hard quest)
Defeated 20 Bodaks at 1750 feet
Defeated 16 Mystics at 1850 feet
Defeated 21 Acidic cytoplasms at 1950 feet
Defeated 16 Giant chieftains at 2100 feet
Defeated 13 Erinyeses at 2200 feet
Defeated 23 Balance drakes at 2350 feet
Defeated 21 Magma elementals at 2500 feet
Defeated 19 Hezrou at 2650 feet
Defeated 26 Ancient red dragons at 2750 feet
Defeated 28 Stone serpents at 2900 feet
Defeated 15 Dracoliches at 3050 feet (this was very hard because I lost
~10 power levels due to life draining!)


[Character Equipment]

the Small Sword 'Sting' (2d6) (+7,+8) (+2) {@w0}
+2 STR, DEX, CON, Stealth. Slay Animal, Evil, Orc.
Resist Fear.
Slow Digestion; Regeneration; See Invisible; Free Action.
a Long Bow of Extra Might (x4) (+12,+20) {@w2!k, Itangast}
+1 Might.
a Jade Ring of Combat (+14,+11)
Does 4d10 thrown damage
a Jasper Ring of Speed (+7) {@w4!k pit 3050'}
+7 Speed.
a Copper Amulet of Wisdom (+5) {floor 1800'}
the Phial of Galadriel [3]
Activates for illumination, burst of light (4d22 damage),
and some curing every 10-20 turns. [0% fail]
Resist Dark. Permanent Light (radius 3)
the Leather Scale Mail of Halaranen [10,+12] (+2) {@w3 Dread 2950'}
+2 STR, INT. Sustain INT, WIS.
Resist Lightning, Fire, Cold, Poison, Confusion.
the Shadow Cloak of Luthien [4,+20] (+2)
Activates for restore skills every 450 turns. [0% fail]
+2 INT, WIS, CHR.
the Small Metal Shield of Thorin [5,+20] (+4) {GV, 2450'}
+4 STR, CON. Immunity to Acid.
Resist Sound, Chaos. Free Action.
a Hard Leather Cap (iron) [2,+9] (+2)
+2 STR. Sustain STR, INT, DEX.
Resist Fire, Sound, Disenchantment, Blindness, Confusion.
the Set of Steel Gauntlets of Bellirrin (+10,+10) [3,+10] (+3)
+3 WIS. Sustain WIS. Resist Cold, Light, Shards.
Feather Falling; Free Action.
the Pair of Hard Leather Boots of Nevrast [3,+13] (+3) {Cytoplasm}
+3 CON, Stealth, Speed.
a Pouch (holding 493 essences of 19 types)
18 Arrows of Wounding (2d3) (+7,+8)
Piercing.
11 Arrows of Frost (2d2) (+9,+12)
8 Fellblades (2d5) (+9,+9) {@v3}
27 Seeker Arrows of Acid (2d4) (+12,+9) {Gorlim}
14 Seeker Arrows (2d4) (+5,+5)
13 Seeker Arrows (Poisoned) (2d4) (+8,+9)
10 Bolts of Flame (2d3) (+11,+10)
7 Bolts (Impact) (2d3) (+11,+8)
Impact.
28 Seeker Bolts (2d5) (+12,+13)
30 Seeker Bolts (2d5) (+15,+8)


[Character Inventory]

a Stone of Nature [Druidic Transformations] {@m4@b4!k!d}
a Stone of Nature [Primal Forces] {@m6@b6!k!d}
20 Wrinkled Mushrooms of Heroism
a Dark Red Potion of Healing
a Dark Green Potion of Restore Mana
43 Scrolls titled "vok-u warthgad" of Teleportation {@r1}
29 Scrolls titled "mudkal" of Holy Prayer {@r2}
2 Scrolls titled "nun runtmud" of Mass Genocide
Unusually durable
2 Verdigreed Rods of Recall {!z!d!k!v}
10 Electrum Rods of Acid Balls {@z0}
3 Ivory Wands of Teleport Away (14 charges) {@a1}
a Banyan Staff of Cure Medium Wounds (21 charges) {@u1}
Unusually durable
a Maple Staff of Speed (6 charges) {@u3}
Unusually durable
2 Rose Quartz Rings of Nether Resistance {@w4!k}
the Brigandine Armour of the Rohirrim (-2) [18,+15] (+2)
+2 STR, DEX.
a Robe (runegold) [2,+10] (+1 to stealth) {@w3!k, uncursed}
+1 WIS, Stealth. Sustain CHR. Immunity to Fire.
Resist Sound, Fear. Regeneration.
the Broad Axe of Theoden (2d6) (+10,+10) (+3)
Activates for drain life (damage 120) every 10 turns. [0% fail]
+3 WIS, CON. Slay Dragon. Slow Digestion; ESP.
the Halberd 'Osondir' (3d5) (+9,+12) [8,+0] (+3) {@w0}
+3 CHR. Slay Undead, Giant. Brand Fire.
Two hands required. Resist Fire, Sound.
Feather Falling; See Invisible.
Permanent Light (radius 1)
a Scythe of Slicing of Frost (7d3) (+11,+20) [3,+0]
the Mace of Rhonas (2d4) (+15,+10) (+2 to stealth) {@w0, Colbran quest}
Activates for orb of frost (damage 131) every 110 turns. [0%
fail]
+2 CHR, Stealth. Sustain CHR. Slay Animal, Giant.
Brand Frost. Resist Cold, Dark. Free Action.
a Light Crossbow of Extra Shots (x3) (+16,+15) (+2) {@w2!k}
+2 Shots.


[Home Inventory]

a Stone of Nature [Weather Mastery] {@m5@b5!k!d}
53 White Spotted Mushrooms of Mending
12 Sprigs of Athelas
45 Lavender Potions of Invisibility
51 Cyan Potions of Speed {!q!d!k!v}
48 Dark Red Potions of Healing {!q!d!k!v}
3 Greenish Potions of *Healing*
2 Dark Green Potions of Restore Mana
32 Yellow Dappled Potions of Restore Experience
28 Scrolls titled "rast-g" of *Identify*
16 Scrolls titled "hanont ashwerg" of Genocide
Unusually durable
3 Scrolls titled "nun runtmud" of Mass Genocide
Unusually durable
the Amulet of Carlammas (+2)
Activates for banishment and protection from evil (duration
50-100) every 225-450 turns. [0% fail]
+2 CON. Resist Fire.
the Augmented Chain Mail of Caspanion (-2) [16,+20] (+3) {Itangast}
Activates for door destruction every turn. [0% fail]
+3 INT, WIS, CON. Resist Acid, Poison, Confusion.
a Robe (runegold) [2,+14] (+4, +1)
+4 STR, WIS; +1 INT. Sustain STR, WIS.
Resist Acid, Dark, Blindness, Confusion. Free Action.
the Soft Leather Armour 'Hithlomir' [4,+20] (+4 to stealth)
+4 Stealth.
Resist Acid, Lightning, Fire, Cold, Dark.
a Hard Leather Cap (iron) [2,+16] (+2 to devices)
+10 Device; +2 STR, WIS. Sustain STR, WIS.
Resist Acid, Shards, Confusion. Permanent Light.
a Set of Leather Gloves (iron) (+8,+8) [1,+10] (+2 to devices)
+10 Device; +2 CON, Tunneling. Sustain CON.
Resist Lightning, Dark.
the Set of Mail Gauntlets 'Paurnen' [2,+12] {normal drop ~1700'}
Activates for lance of acid (damage 5d20) every 5-10 turns.. [0%
fail]
Resist Acid.
the Scimitar 'Haradekket' (2d5) (+9,+11) (+4, +1) {@w0}
+4 DEX; +1 Blows. Slay Animal, Evil, Undead.
See Invisible.
27 Bolts of Hurt Evil (2d3) (+5,+6)
18 empty Bottles (Agate)
Unusually durable
13 chunks of Steel
Does 3d9 thrown damage
9 chunks of Runegold
Does 3d16 thrown damage


[Special Advantages and Disadvantages]

You were rolled up 4669 times before being accepted.

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Relevant Pages

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