Strategy against bad moves

[PowerWyrm]

The air about you becomes charged...
You have 2 Scrolls of Word of Recall {1300}.
You feel yourself yanked downwards!
You feel there is something special about this level.
The air about you becomes charged...
You have a Scroll of Word of Recall {1300}.
It magically summons an undead adversary!
It tries to blank your mind.
You resist the effects!
You hit the Vampire.
You hit the Vampire.
You miss the Vampire.
You hit the Vampire.
You hit the Vampire.
You hit the Vampire.
You have destroyed the Vampire.
It casts a nether bolt.
It teleports away.
Morgoth, Lord of Darkness hits you.
Morgoth, Lord of Darkness hits you.
Morgoth, Lord of Darkness hits you.
You feel weak for a moment, but the feeling passes.
You feel clumsy for a moment, but the feeling passes.
You feel sickly for a moment, but the feeling passes.
You feel stupid for a moment, but the feeling passes.
You feel naive for a moment, but the feeling passes.
You feel ugly for a moment, but the feeling passes.
Morgoth, Lord of Darkness touches you.
You hit Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
You hit Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
You hit Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
You miss Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
You hit Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
You feel something focusing on your mind.
Your mind is blasted by psionic energy.
You die.

What to say about this one except... ROFLMAO

[serina]

The Vampire lord casts a nether bolt.
You feel your life draining away!
You die.


Strategy is: Don't play the weak warrior class... HAHA sorry couldn't help it ;)

ZAL

[PowerWyrm]

You tunnel into the granite wall.
The prayer has expired.
The wall turns into mud!
You unstack your wand.
You have 1 charge remaining.
It casts a mana bolt.
The Greater basilisk breathes gas.
You are poisoned!
You miss Saruman of Many Colours.
You hit Saruman of Many Colours.
You hit Saruman of Many Colours.
It hurls a boulder at you!
Saruman of Many Colours gestures fluidly.
You are engulfed in a whirlpool.
You have been stunned.
You are confused!
You die.

Be sure you really want to do that before opening a Zoo of Concentrated Death...

[PowerWyrm]

Quaker, Master of Earth hits you.
Quaker, Master of Earth misses you.
Quaker, Master of Earth misses you.
Quaker, Master of Earth hits you.
The cave quakes! You are pummeled with debris!
You are severely crushed!
You die.

This is a situation where you need to heal yourself, even if you're still displayed as a @. Quakes can do 300 damage. You must ensure that you have at least 300 hps at any time while fighting monsters like Quaker.

[PowerWyrm]

The Gravity hound breathes gravity.
Gravity warps around you.
Gravity warps around you.
The Gravity hound breathes gravity.
Gravity warps around you.
You miss the Gravity hound.
You hit the Gravity hound.
You hit the Gravity hound.
You hit the Gravity hound.
You hit the Gravity hound.
You have slain the Gravity hound.
The Gravity hound breathes gravity.
Gravity warps around you.
You die.

See http://mangband.org/developer/ticket/651.
Gravity effect can be applied multiple times for a single breath, which makes the attack the most lethal of all breaths. Gravity hounds must me avoided at all cost due to that bug, not mentioning Kavlax which gravity breath does 200 dam for EACH time the effect is applied, which could be twice, three times...

[PowerWyrm]

The Nightwalker hits you.
The Nightwalker hits you.
The Nightwalker hits you.
The Nightwalker misses you.
You miss the Nightwalker.
You miss the Nightwalker.
You hit the Nightwalker.
You hit the Nightwalker.
You hit the Nightwalker.
You feel much better.
You have 69 Potions of Cure Critical Wounds {@q3}.
The Nightwalker hits you.
The Nightwalker hits you.
You die.

What makes you think a CCW will save you against a Nightwalker? Especially when you have Teleport Other, Teleport, *Destruction*, Heal...

[PowerWyrm]

The Undead beholder bites you.
You feel your life draining away!
You do not have enough mana.
You hit the Undead beholder.
You hit the Undead beholder.
You miss the Undead beholder.
You hit the Undead beholder.
You hit the Undead beholder.
You hit the Undead beholder.
You miss the Undead beholder.
The Water hound breathes acid.
Your Pair of Hard Leather Boots is damaged!
The Undead beholder gazes at you.
The Undead beholder bites you.
You die.

Zal, you were wondering why your macros didn't work...
If you tried to cast a spell, the Undead Beholder drained all your mana:

The Undead beholder draws psychic energy from you!
The Undead beholder appears healthier.

This guy also has the ability to drain charges... so if you tried to use Teleport Other or *Destruction*, the wands/staves were empty.
The only macros that could have worked here were heals or scrolls of *destruction*.

[PowerWyrm]

The Vibration hound breathes sound.
You have been knocked out.
Lorgan, Chief of the Easterlings is no longer stunned.
Lorgan, Chief of the Easterlings hits you.
Lorgan, Chief of the Easterlings misses you.
Lorgan, Chief of the Easterlings misses you.
Lorgan, Chief of the Easterlings misses you.
The Vibration hound breathes sound.
The Vibration hound breathes sound.
The Vibration hound breathes sound.
The Inertia hound breathes inertia.
You die.

See my thread about sound resistance...
Even priests should carry CCWs when they don't have res conf, blind and sound.

[Crimson]

The Vibration hound breathes sound.

You have been knocked out.


Lorgan, Chief of the Easterlings is no longer stunned.
Lorgan, Chief of the Easterlings hits you.
Lorgan, Chief of the Easterlings misses you.
Lorgan, Chief of the Easterlings misses you.
Lorgan, Chief of the Easterlings misses you.
The Vibration hound breathes sound.
The Vibration hound breathes sound.
The Vibration hound breathes sound.
The Inertia hound breathes inertia.
You die.


The CCW's here would not have made any difference, he didn't have res sound.

[serina]

Zal, you were wondering why your macros didn't work...
If you tried to cast a spell, the Undead Beholder drained all your mana:
The Undead beholder draws psychic energy from you!
The Undead beholder appears healthier.

This guy also has the ability to drain charges... so if you tried to use Teleport Other or *Destruction*, the wands/staves were empty.
The only macros that could have worked here were heals or scrolls of *destruction*.

Yeah. But the undead beholder doesn't drain charges before you're in melee, and I tried alot of macros as he was walking from max range up to me and killed me (at around 2500 feet) he moved quite fast. I had a macro for reading *dest* but it didn't fire.

I did use pot of healing macro as well, but I wasn't expecting my macros not to work since I've never had that problem before. I'm unsure if it could've been lag, but I did get at least some screen updates. Still baffled. All that I do know is that I did try a spell or 2 till I realized my SP were drained. Then I tried everything else except for pressing q1 or r4 ;(

ZAL

[PowerWyrm]

The Vibration hound breathes sound.

You have been knocked out.

Lorgan, Chief of the Easterlings is no longer stunned.
Lorgan, Chief of the Easterlings hits you.
Lorgan, Chief of the Easterlings misses you.
Lorgan, Chief of the Easterlings misses you.
Lorgan, Chief of the Easterlings misses you.
The Vibration hound breathes sound.
The Vibration hound breathes sound.
The Vibration hound breathes sound.
The Inertia hound breathes inertia.
You die.

The CCW's here would not have made any difference, he didn't have res sound.

CCWs would have made a difference if quaffed at "Stunned" or "Very Stunned" which happened way before the KO. Without them and no other means of teleport than spells, the doom was inevitable...

[PowerWyrm]

I did use pot of healing macro as well, but I wasn't expecting my macros not to work since I've never had that problem before. I'm unsure if it could've been lag, but I did get at least some screen updates. Still baffled. All that I do know is that I did try a spell or 2 till I realized my SP were drained. Then I tried everything else except for pressing q1 or r4 ;(

Were your macros inscribed with \e? And is \e really working now? If you pressed spells too many times without mana, did those spell macros cost energy and prevent more actions to be taken?

[eliotn]

Saruman of Many Colours concentrates on his wounds.
Saruman of Many Colours looks REALLY healthy!
You have 7 Arrows of Frost (1d4) (+9,+9) {@f1}.
Sauron, the Sorcerer casts a mana bolt.
You have 6 Arrows of Frost (1d4) (+9,+9) {@f1}.
The Arrow of Frost (1d4) (+9,+9) {@f1} hits Sauron, the Sorcerer.
Sauron, the Sorcerer shrugs off the attack.
You have 5 Arrows of Frost (1d4) (+9,+9) {@f1}.
The Arrow of Frost (1d4) (+9,+9) {@f1} hits Sauron, the Sorcerer.
Sauron, the Sorcerer shrugs off the attack.
You have 4 Arrows of Frost (1d4) (+9,+9) {@f1}.
You have 3 Arrows of Frost (1d4) (+9,+9) {@f1}.
The Arrow of Frost (1d4) (+9,+9) {@f1} hits Sauron, the Sorcerer.
Sauron, the Sorcerer shrugs off the attack.
You have 2 Arrows of Frost (1d4) (+9,+9) {@f1}.
The Arrow of Frost (1d4) (+9,+9) {@f1} hits Sauron, the Sorcerer.
Sauron, the Sorcerer shrugs off the attack.
Sauron, the Sorcerer casts a mana bolt.
You die.


Don't mistake Sauron for Lorgan... *bonks self on head HARD*

ZAL

What would you have done if you knew it was sauron?

[serina]

I would've waited till I was strong enough to kill him an used a special kind of arrows and I wouldn't have taken on 2 uniques at once... That's just suicidal.

I would prefer having 2 speed rings or 1 ring and boots of speed before taking on Sauron. Also max con. I didn't have enough speed for Sauron at all with that ranger.

ZAL

[PowerWyrm]

You hit Gorlim, Betrayer of Barahir.
You hit Gorlim, Betrayer of Barahir.
You hit Gorlim, Betrayer of Barahir.
It was a good hit!
You hit Gorlim, Betrayer of Barahir.
You hit Gorlim, Betrayer of Barahir.
You hit Gorlim, Betrayer of Barahir.
Gorlim, Betrayer of Barahir flees in terror!
Gorlim, Betrayer of Barahir casts a water bolt.
You die.

When it's not your day... it's really not your day. Both Gorlim and this char had very little hp left. Unfortunately Gorlim decided to cast a bolt spell...
A good description of a fight "to the death" though...