User:MysterX

HISTORY
I first discovered NetHack in college back in the early 90's. I had started out with Moria, but didn't stick with it long. I used telnet to play, and there was no color-coding of the ASCII. I suppose it was v3.0.x back in those days. I never made it very far, I had a tendency to quaff from fountains and die, among other stupid deaths. There were no spoiler web sites back in those days, only newsgroups, irc, and the occasional txt file. I really enjoyed the dynamic nature of the game, but eventually discovered MUDs and other distractions.

I recently downloaded the windows tile-based version of 3.4.3, and decided to get back in to the game. It has held my interest enough to divert me from what I thought was an incurable Lord of the Rings Online addiction. With much help from the wiki and some other spoilers, I have finally been able to complete an ascension. One thing I really love about NetHack, is that you always learn something every time you play; there is always room for improvement no matter how well (or poorly) you play. I have waited to write this profile until I finally won the game.

FIRST TIME!
Brad the Heroine (lvl 22 Valkyrie) become immortal on Wed, Jan 9, 2008. Thanks to random character generation, I ended up ascending a girl named Brad, which I find somewhat amusing. It took 108,088 turns. I had a boatload of gold and a bag full of every valuable gemstone, plus several more amulets, but I ditched them in the top of the dungeon because I didn't want to be burdened on my first jaunt through the Elemental Planes. I had some trouble on the Plane of Air because I only had 1 potion of levitation (having previously lost a ring), but then I realized I could cover a good distance by kicking dragons, and got lucky finding the portal. I also wasted the potion by going from one side of the clouds to the other, then back, only to later read that the portal will be on the far side of the cloud bank. On the Astral, I went to the middle altar first (Odin), then the right side (Loki), before I found Tyr's altar and became a demigoddess.

ST: 18/86 DX: 16  CO: 18  IN: 12  WI: 17  CH: 13  Lawful HP: 175(188) PW: 95(95)  AC: -34  Burdened (looks like they unblessed my BOH in the end)


 * uncursed amulet of life saving (worn) (and 2 more backups in the bag)
 * the blessed rustproof +5 Excalibur (in hand)
 * an uncursed +4 gray dragon scale mail (worn)
 * a blessed fireproof +2 pair of speed boots (worn) - wished for
 * a blessed greased fireproof +5 cloak of protection (worn) -  wished for
 * a cursed greased +4 shield of reflection (worn) - thanks Perseus
 * a blessed +1 pair of leather gloves (worn)
 * an uncursed +5 Hawaiian shirt (worn)
 * a blessed greased rusty +3 helmet (worn)
 * a cursed ring of slow digestion (worn)

Thanks to some of my memorable pets (most were invisible and hasted):
 * Sylber: an Olog-hai that resulted from a dog eating a chameleon corpse, devoured by a purple worm
 * Kart: an orange dragon, came from a kitten eating a chameleon corpse, stoned by Medusa (YASPD, I had a mirror)
 * Insurance: an ogre king tamed by a scroll when I fell in a hole and was separated from the previous two pets
 * Tut: an orc mummy tamed by a scroll after a wand of create monster incident, left behind and went hostile
 * Spot: a floating eye tamed by a scroll after a wand of create monster incident, left behind intentionally
 * Flash: a yellow light tamed by a scroll after a wand of create monster incident, popped shortly thereafter
 * Mort: a trident-wielding Nazgul tamed by a scroll after a wand of create monster incident
 * Sammy: an incident-tamed orc shaman with a reflecting shield, made it quite far in to Gehennom despite being lvl 4
 * Survivor: a warhorse that made it to the Plane of Fire even though I was being selfish with healing potions
 * Gardy: a guardian angel of Tyr who didn't make it to the 2nd altar in the Astral

Final Attributes:
 * piously aligned
 * fire resistant
 * cold resistant
 * sleep resistant
 * disintegration-resistant
 * shock resistant
 * poison resistant
 * level-drain resistant
 * magic protected
 * saw invisible
 * telepathic
 * warned
 * automatic searching
 * invisible to others
 * stealthy
 * aggravated monsters
 * slower digestion
 * protected
 * very fast
 * reflection
 * life would have been saved
 * extremely lucky
 * extra luck
 * good luck did not time out
 * survived being killed once (by the Wizard's death touch)

Notable enemies vanquished: 3738 creatures vanquished
 * Asmodeus
 * Baalzebub
 * Orcus
 * Yeenoghu
 * Juiblex
 * The Wizard of Yendor (11 times)
 * Death (twice)
 * Pestilence (twice)
 * Famine (twice)
 * Croesus
 * Lord Surtur
 * Vlad the Impaler
 * Medusa
 * The Oracle  (damn pets, didn't even have time for minor consultation)

Genocides: (2 blessed scrolls)
 * hobbits
 * dwarves
 * bugbears
 * dwarf lords
 * dwarf kings
 * mind flayers
 * master mind flayers
 * liches
 * demiliches
 * master liches
 * arch-liches

didn't achieve any notable conducts... used 3 wishes, did not wish for any artifacts. I think my 3rd wish was a magic marker maybe?

You went to your reward with 4623500 points, Excalibur (worth 4000 zorkmids and 10000 points) Mjollnir (worth 4000 zorkmids and 10000 points) The Bell of Opening (worth 5000 zorkmids and 12500 points) The Orb of Fate (worth 3500 zorkmids and 8750 points) 3 amulets of life saving (worth 450 zorkmids), 1 amulet of unchanging (worth 150 zorkmids), 1 amulet of magical breathing (worth 150 zorkmids) and 0 pieces of gold, after 108088 moves. You were level 22 with a maximum of 188 hit points when you ascended. Farvel Brad the Demigoddess...

I found these guides helpful:


 * http://homepage.mac.com/mhjohnson/mag-r342.html (Ascension advice)
 * http://nh.gmuf.com/wish.html (Wish advice)
 * http://www.steelypips.org/nethack/id_faq.html (Identification advice)