Path: news1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl!newshub1.home.nl!newshub2.home.nl!home.nl!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!priapus.visi.com!orange.octanews.net!news.octanews.net!green.octanews.net!news-out.octanews.net!news.glorb.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: krysiaskrusader@sympatico.ca (Krysia's Krusader) Newsgroups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack Subject: Re: The Saga of Ellora the Elven Archer - Book 3 Date: 29 May 2004 10:13:30 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 481 Message-ID: <26ccd8a4.0405290913.71a0d7b@posting.google.com> References: <26ccd8a4.0405221126.2967d2a2@posting.google.com> <26ccd8a4.0405241159.63163f28@posting.google.com> <26ccd8a4.0405260821.172cedb7@posting.google.com> <26ccd8a4.0405270859.6200ed5e@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.157.241.244 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1085850811 14818 127.0.0.1 (29 May 2004 17:13:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 17:13:31 +0000 (UTC) Xref: newshub1.home.nl rec.games.roguelike.nethack:191436 Part 56: Mollifying Mars ------------------------ < Your sacrifice is consumed in a burst of flame! You have a feeling of inadequacy. > ? What the heck is this? Was it something like this that happened to one of my old priestesses, or wizards...? What did I do at the time...? ... I can't remember (slump shoulders). Something went wrong in the Valley of the Dead. Everything was fine before. (sigh) Need to think... ** Save game and exit. ** Fire up game. It's been two days. I can't quite put my fingers on the exact problem... Ever since I was fooling around with that shrine to Moloch... "/" "n" "Moloch" And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not: Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. [ Leviticus 20:1-5 ] That doesn't help me too much... ... Well... I'll go through the motions of identifying, sorting, etc. It'll keep me busy for now. Maybe I'll come up with something... Perseus had cursed boots of levitation (!). ... Mob of hill orcs got generated in the room with the generator. Slaughter and offer... Mars isn't very impressed (sad face)... Okay. I have to use another charge on the wand. This might help give me a clue. Zap wand of enlightenment. Current Attributes: You are the Glory of Arioch. You are piously aligned. You are fire resistant. You are cold resistant. You are sleep resistant. You are shock resistant. You are poison resistant. You see invisible. You are telepathic. You are warned. You have automatic searching. You have infravision. You are displaced. You are stealthy. You have slower digestion. You are protected. You are very fast. You have reflection. You are lucky. Mars is angry with you. Well, well, well... Something definitely went wrong somewhere (sad face). Ponder... What's with this luck stuff? How is that measured and/or acquired? What does it affect? the number of shots I get? The amount of hit points when I go up a level? My chances at seducing a succubus? I remember reading about it in the guide somewhere... And what about that new moon message I sometimes get...? ... Back to sorting and classifying stuff. Have to keep the mind busy. Let my intuition work a bit... ... OH CRAP! Did I change gods!? "CONTROL + X" Pheeew...! Nope everything is okay on that screen... Back to the task at hand... ... < You hear noises in the distance. > What's Phiona up to? Has another monster been generated? No... Well not that I can see with the deep radar. She's a little ways away. Next to Manfred. Manfred's picture disappears on the next round! What?! Did Phiona just kill Manfred?! I go take a look. No "?" showed up in her vicinity. When I got there, she was busily devouring a corpse. It could only have been Manfred's, of course... What's the story girl? You never went after any of our friends before? Man. Did something affect her too? How come she's so ferocious lately? ... Read the Guide - yet one more time!!! Mmmkay... Section 5.2 - Mentions luck... But why? Section 6.3 - Tells me something about that saddle I found the other day... Section 6.4 - Might explain those ghosts that sometimes appear with my name on it (see Part 31)... Section 7. - Tells me the encumbrance order; `Burdened', `Stressed', `Strained', `Overtaxed' and `Overloaded'. Now I'll remember what they are - or at least know where to find it again (laugh!)... Section 7.4 - Interesting... I'll have to think about a few things there... Section 7.7 - Wands can be canceled? Why would anyone want to do that? Section 7.9 - Luck affects spell casting... Section 8. - Hey! You can change the form of an object into the same type of object by polymorphing!? That's a great idea! I always used those wands to zap pets and/or nasty monsters with... I'll keep that in mind. Maybe I can get another wand of wishing (!?)... Always good to read the guide, from time to time. I mentioned it before, and I'll mention it again: There's lots of information in there, and no matter how many times I read it, I always come back with something newly learned - or a new idea to try! Nothing about my immediate concerns with ol' Mars, though... (sad face) (sigh) ... Monster alert! Rock troll just materialized three squares from me! < Your sacrifice is consumed in a burst of flame! Mars seems slightly molified. > Well... I'll take that as something positive. But... Man... Mars is still upset (sad face)... Okay. I'll see if I can make him happy again. I went to "The Cache" and pulled out all my uncursed scrolls of monster creation, 14 in all. I then dipped them in a vial of holy water. Blessed is best! That's my motto (grin). This will make them work better. Maybe they'll now make big mean monster types appear. Give ol' Mars some real nasties for his cohorts of destruction. I combined them with the four blessed ones I already had in "The Cache". Now I have 18 in all. Make sure everything is in place concerning my equipment. Remember; that a (shudder) master mindflayer, could very well get created! Next; I put Phiona on the level above. Don't want her to get in the way, or eat a corpse on me... Now then: Let's get to work on mollifying Mars... ... Burnt through all the scrolls. Couldn't get past the feeling of inadequacy... (sad face) Even offered him; a troll, stone giant, and a hill giant. Geeze... Despair is starting to set in... Still have uses left in the bag of tricks, but I don't feel like blessing that... I'll give it a rest for now. ** Save game and exit. ** Next day. Fire up game. Still haven't come up with a solution... Keep going through the motions of putsing around base camp... ... ** Computer locked up for some reason (?). Grrr... I hate that. Have to do a reboot. Gawd. Hope I didn't lose everything... There is a game in progress under your name. Do you want to recover? Yes. ** Hmmm... Things look about the same... I'm still at base camp, but the timer seems to have jumped ahead by 280 clock ticks (?). Well... Good enough. I can live with that. Back to the problem at hand... The only thing that seems to have worked is that rock troll... Hmmm... ... Urghhh... I'm depressed. Mars don't like me no more (sniffle)... I went to the "Fridge" and pulled out a potion of booze. Downed it in one shot, then laid on the altar... Pondering, whilst I lounged upon thine altar of Mars... Gazing, longingly, up at the ceiling... Reflecting, upon how, I couldst possibly molify my god... Mort, the friendly storm giant, had come to my side... To console me, in my time of despair... His enormous bulk, slowly obscuring my view... Hmmm... (scratch head) Stare at Mort... My my... You are quite a big and powerful being... Are you not...? In a moment of clarity: I was suddenly gripped by an idea! I slid off the altar and stood directly opposed to Mort... "Hey Mort!" "What's that behind you?!" Mort's face turned inquisitive, then he twisted his head to look at what was behind him... My hands flew to the scabbards, strapped - and along - my arms. The air was filled with blades flashing in the light! The silent sound of 'blessed death dealing daggers' sailing to their target, could almost be - felt! < You throw 4 daggers named BDDD. Mort gets angry! The 1st dagger named BDDD hits Mort! The 2nd dagger named BDDD hits Mort! The 3rd dagger named BDDD hits Mort! The 4th dagger named BDDD hits Mort! Mort drinks a potion of full healing! Mort looks completely healed. > My tactic had worked. Mort was caught completely off guard. Patience. I must have patience. Have to keep whittling him down. No final coup until he is standing at the altar proper... < You throw 3 daggers named BDDD. The 1st dagger named BDDD hits Mort! The 2nd dagger named BDDD hits Mort! The 3rd dagger named BDDD hits Mort! Mort picks up 7 blessed +6 daggers named BDDD. > Come on Mort... Show me what you got. I was expecting a thunderbolt to come my way. Hoping that the amulet around my neck would reflect it back to him. But none came... He did take a step towards me though... "f" < You kill Mort! > One straight striker arrow. Must have hit him between the eyes... Push boulder away from altar... There is an altar to Mars (chaotic) here. Things that are here: a blessed poisoned +7 elven arrow a storm giant corpse named Mort 7 blessed +6 daggers named BDDD Pick up my weapons... Now make an offer to Mars... < Your sacrifice is consumed in a burst of flame! Mars seems slightly molified. > Okay. (nod) Mars is demanding big time sacrifices... Or: That he still wants me to take lives for his glory... Either, or both: No problem with me (evil grin). My eyes narrow... Where is Larry? Activate deep radar... We'll just play the sequences. You guys can fill in the gaps (or ask me - laugh!). < You throw 1 dagger named BDDD. Larry gets angry! The dagger named BDDD hits Larry! > < A shiver runs down your spine. > < You were wearing an uncursed blindfold named deep radar. You can see again. > < Larry picks up a boulder. > < Larry throws a boulder! You are almost hit by a boulder. > < Larry throws a dagger named BDDD! The dagger named BDDD hits Flap! > < You throw 2 daggers named BDDD. The 1st dagger named BDDD hits Larry! The 2nd dagger named BDDD hits Larry! Larry picks up 2 blessed +6 daggers named BDDD. > < Larry throws a dagger named BDDD! The dagger named BDDD hits Vert! > < You shoot 3 poisoned elven arrows. The 1st poisoned elven arrow hits Larry! The poison was deadly... > There is an altar to Mars (chaotic) here. Things that are here: a blessed poisoned +7 elven arrow a storm giant corpse named Larry a blessed +6 dagger named BDDD < Your sacrifice is consumed in a burst of flame! Mars seems molified. > Okay. That sounds wonderful (smile)! Ring of warning has picked up an intruder! I'm excited! Is it going to be something that leaves a corpse...? Gold golem. I ignore it for now. These things are pretty useless to me. I'm going to arrange these new boulders in my base camp... Ice troll closing in from the west. Oh good! Trolls always leave a corpse (grin!). < Your sacrifice is consumed in a burst of flame! The gold golem strikes at your displaced image. The gold golem strikes at your displaced image. You glimpse a four leaf clover at your feet. > Okay. that's starting to sound better. Mars is asking for leperchauns again (smile)... Scorpion - four leaf clover. Gargoyle - four leaf clover. Excuse me for a minute. But something insists on being a real pain... BDDD's away! < You kill the gold golem! > Monkey - four leaf clover. Crocodile - four leaf clover. Gelatinus cube - four leaf clover. Purple worm - nothing. (thumbs up!) Cancel 24 useless potions. Drop them on altar. Grab everything I can hold, from the "Cursed Stuff" large box. Waddle back to altar. "#pray" < You begin praying to Mars. You are surrounded by a shimmering light. You finish your prayer. The potions on the altar glow light blue for a moment. You feel that Mars is well pleased. You are surrounded by a golden glow. > Big discovery! HP:132(132) They were; 127(127), before praying! That explains where I probably got some of those other hit points without going up a level (see Part 35). Okay! Mars is acting normal again (youpee!)! ... A little while later on; this was interesting... < You begin praying to Mars. You are surrounded by a shimmering light. Bert's ghost starts to attack you, but pulls back. You finish your prayer. You feel that Mars is well pleased. An object appears at your feet! > I seem to remember another monster not attacking me in the past, while I was praying. Could have been somewhere in the begining of this game, or in a prior one... Another spellbook of teleport away. I threw it in "The Cache" with the rest of the collection... T:145339