From: iceman@nic.cerf.net (David Cook)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: YAWN! (Yet Another Winner - Nuts!!)
Date: 29 Aug 92 00:51:00 GMT
Organization: CERFnet


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                          | Another Moria Winner!! |
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Here's my stats - for the record (as if you cared :-)

BOARD JUST AFTER I WON:


                     %#%#%########### # ################.###.#'####
Dwarf                %              # # #             #...........#
Priest               %              # # #             #...........#
Patriarch            %              # # #             #...........#
                     %              #############     #...........#
STR :  18/96         #              + ' #       ###   #...........#
INT : 18/100         #              #####         #   #...........#
WIS : 18/100         #%%#############   ######### #####...........#
DEX :  18/89                                    #     .#.###.#.####
CON : 18/100                                    ###### ### # # #
CHR : 18/100                                         # #   # # #   
                                                     # #   # # #   
LEV :     37                                       ###.#####.#.####
EXP : 1098265                                      #...=-.-\......#
MANA:    149         ####################          #...?..........#
MHP :    418 %##%##%#%..................############,..=/,$.......#
CHP :    418 :       '...................#         ......[?.......#
             #%%####%%..................############...@^.,.......#
AC  :     40         %+##############.###          #.....^........#
GOLD: 444230    ###### #            # #            #....$.........#
                #      #            # #            #####.#.#.######
*Winner*        # ######            # #
                                                 Fast            2500 feet



STATS AFTER THE WIN:

 Name        : Indigo                 Age          :     42  STR : 18/96  18/98
 Race        : Dwarf                  Height       :     44  INT :18/100
 Sex         : Female                 Weight       :    123  WIS :18/100
 Class       : Priest                 Social Class :     82  DEX : 18/89
                                                             CON :18/100
                                                             CHR :18/100

 + To Hit    :     14        Level      :     37    Max Hit Points :    418
 + To Damage :     14        Experience : 1098265   Cur Hit Points :    418
 + To AC     :      6        Max Exp    : 1098265   Max Mana       :    149
   Total AC  :     40        Exp to Adv.: 2100000   Cur Mana       :    149
                             Gold       : 444230

                         (Miscellaneous Abilities)
 Fighting    : Superb       Stealth     : Poor         Perception  : Superb
 Bows/Throw  : Superb       Disarming   : Superb       Searching   : Excellent
 Saving Throw: Superb       Magic Device: Superb       Infra-Vision: 50 feet



INVENTORY AT TIME OF WIN:

You are using:   You are carrying: -more-
a) a Holy Book of Prayers [Beginners Handbook].                          3.0 lb
b) a Holy Book of Prayers [Words of Wisdom].                             3.0 lb
c) a Holy Book of Prayers [Chants and Blessings].                        3.0 lb
d) a Holy Book of Prayers [Exorcism and Dispelling].                     3.0 lb
e) 14 Rations of Food.                                                  14.0 lb
f) 3 Mushrooms of Restore Constitution.                                  0.3 lb
g) 9 Potions of Invulnerability.                                         3.6 lb
h) 3 Potions of Restore Mana.                                            1.2 lb
i) 2 Potions of Restore Life Levels.                                     0.8 lb
j) 2 Potions of Restore Constitution.                                    0.8 lb
k) 3 Scrolls of *Destruction*.                                           1.5 lb
l) 7 Scrolls of Word-of-Recall.                                          3.5 lb
m) 17 Scrolls of Identify.                                               8.5 lb
n) 13 Scrolls of Genocide.                                               6.5 lb
o) 2 Scrolls of Recharging.                                              1.0 lb
p) a Staff of Speed (0 charges).                                         5.0 lb
q) a Ring of Lordly Protection (FIRE) [+5].                              0.2 lb
r) 14 Wooden Torches with 4000 turns of light.                          42.0 lb


EQUIPMENT AT TIME OF WIN:

You are using -
a) Wielding      : a Morningstar (2d6) (+9,+8).                         15.0 lb
b) On head       : a Metal Cap [3,-3].                                   2.0 lb
c) Around neck   : an Amulet of Resist Acid.                             0.3 lb
d) On body       : Full Plate Armor (-3) [25,+0].                       38.0 lb
e) On arm        : a Medium Leather Shield (R) [3,+6].                   7.5 lb
f) On hands      : a Set of Gauntlets of Slaying (+1,+1) [2,-2].         2.5 lb
g) On right hand : a Ring of Searching (+20) {My ring}.                  0.2 lb
h) On left hand  : a Ring of See Invisible.                              0.2 lb
i) On feet       : a Pair of Soft Leather Shoes of Speed [1,+1] (+1).    0.5 lb
j) Light source  : a Wooden Torch with 2681 turns of light.              3.0 lb
k) Spare weapon  : a Pick (1d3) (+2,+3) (+2).                           15.0 lb


SOME HINTS TO THOSE WHO HAVN'T DONE IT YET:

I let my Priest go up and down levels, collecting and drinking as many GAIN
potions as I could.  Instead of moving through the maze, I simply Pray "BB"
(teleport), and if I end up in a room, I Pray "AE" (light) and then clean up
with some Pray "CB" (Orb of draining).  I then do a Pray "CG" to see if there
are any rooms close by (one or two steps - I'm lazy), if not, I repeat the
sequence by again teleporting.  I never walk the maze - too boring and too
dangerous.

In the end game, I simply laid down a couple of Runes of Protection and then
kept throwing Pray "CB" (Orb of draining) at the nasty Belrog.  Quaff and Drain,
Quaff and Drain, Quaif and Drain... no matter what the Belrog threw at me, it
never hurt me once (eg., both MHP and CHP never budged an inch).  I also
quaffed several Restore Mana potions to keep it up.  Finally, I quaffed about
6 Potions of Invulnerability - which is probably why I never felt anything.
The Belrog threw lots at me, and broke most of the stuff in my backpack, but 
after about 3 Restore Manas, he simply laid down and died!


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                          Veni, Vidi, Vici!
                     I came, I saw, I conquered!
                      All Hail the Mighty Queen!



               _______________________
              /                       \         ___
             /                         \ ___   /   \      ___
            /            RIP            \   \  :   :     /   \
           /                             \  : _;,,,;_    :   :
          /            Indigo             \,;_          _;,,,;_
         |               the               |   ___
         |           Magnificent           |  /   \
         |                                 |  :   :
         |             *Queen*             | _;,,,;_   ____
         |           Level : 77            |          /    \
         |           6098265 Exp           |          :    :
         |            694230 Au            |          :    :
         |        Died on Level : 0        |         _;,,,,;_
         |            killed by            |
         |          Ripe Old Age.          |
         |           Fri Aug 28            |
        *|   *     *     *    *   *     *  | *
________)/\\_)_/___(\/___(//_\)/_\//__\\(/_|_)_______