From: pre@cs.nott.ac.uk (Phillip Edwards)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: *Winner*
Date: 14 Aug 92 09:07:49 GMT
Organization: Nottingham University

I finally managed to win (Umoria5.4 on a PC), it took many weeks,
 although the final stages happened quite quickly.

Mandrake was getting bored, there were only three creatures which
he hadn't destroyed - two of them he hadn't met as the deepest he
had been was level 2450 feet.  Emperor liches were a distraction
but only for a while.
Two reasons caused a reluctance to go down to 2500 feet, low AC
(the store failed to produce anything interesting), and no free
action.  I decided to risk it.  On level 50 there was no Balrog
the first time, but I decided to take on my first AMHD and then
quite literally ran into an Evil Iggy.  These were dispatched without
much trouble leaving only one adversary to deal with...
One of the dragons provided me with an Amulet of the Magi, I now
had free action.

On the third trip to 2500 feet a genocide spell revealed the 
presence of the Balrog.  The first encounter was when it appeared in
an adjacent wall.  It breathed on me, leaving me with only 10 hit
points, I teleported to safety and recovered.  The next encounter
was in an open room, I decided this was the time.
I used one of my speed staffs half a dozen times, quaffed some
invunerability and cast a rune of protection.  I used the rune
(in a similar way to the AMHD trick) to keep the Balrog one space
away while I emptied all of my mana in frost balls and all of my
offensive wands into it.  Only a few creatures were summoned, the
worst being a Wraith which got destroyed by the fallout from by
cold balls and the Balrog's fire breaths.
Once my wands were empty I ditched all of the staffs and prepared
to attack with my Katana (HA).  At this point my invunerability
ran out and started getting damaged by fire breaths.  About three
breaths later my hit points were getting uncomfortably low so I
teleported out.
After recovering, I realized that I would have to find and finish
off the Balrog quickly before he recovered, as invunerability potions
are hard to find.  I quickly returned to the scene of the battle
and recovered my detect evil staff - the staffs of speed were gone!
A bit of searching and I found the Balrog, again in a room.  I 
used up all of my mana in haste self spells followed by a salvo of
frost balls.  I then got out my trusty Katana and attacked.
The Balrog breathed fire at me, and I noticed that the damage was
only a few hit points, he must be on the way out.  A few rounds
later and the room was full of treasure and I was a KING!

The details... (the Katana HA started out +2 to AC, but then I
had a tangle with a disenchanter bat...)



 Name        : Mandrake                Age          :    109   STR : 18/100
 Race        : Elf                     Height       :     59   INT : 18/100
 Sex         : Male                    Weight       :     94   WIS : 18/100
 Class       : Mage                    Social Class :     34   DEX : 18/100
 Title       : **KING**                                        CON : 18/100
                                                               CHR : 18/100

 + To Hit    :     20        Level      :     77    Max Hit Points :    341
 + To Damage :     18        Experience : 6679331    Cur Hit Points :    341
 + To AC     :     28        Max Exp    : 6679331    Max Mana       :    149
   Total AC  :     61        Exp to Adv :  98305    Cur Mana       :    149
                             Gold       : 704971

(Miscellaneous Abilities)

 Fighting    : Superb       Stealth     : Fair         Perception  : Superb
 Bows/Throw  : Superb       Disarming   : Superb       Searching   : Good
 Saving Throw: Superb       Magic Device: Superb       Infra-Vision: 30 feet

Character Background
 You are one of several children of a Green-Elf Ranger.  You
 have light grey eyes, straight black hair, and a fair
 complexion.
 

  [Character's Equipment List]

  a) You are wielding   : a Katana (HA) (3d4) (+10,+10) (+2 to STR).
  b) Worn on head       : a Silver Crown of the Magi [0,+3] (+3).
  c) Worn around neck   : an Amulet of the Magi [+3] (+10).
  d) Worn on body       : Metal Lamellar Armor (R) (-3) [23,+6].
  e) Worn on shield arm : a Large Metal Shield (RF) [5,+4].
  f) Worn on hands      : a Set of Gauntlets of Slaying (+4,+2) [2,+3].
  g) Right ring finger  : a Ring of Speed (+1).
  h) Left  ring finger  : a Ring of Speed (+1).
  i) Worn on feet       : a Pair of Soft Leather Boots [2,+1].
  j) Worn about body    : a Cloak [1,+3].
  k) Light source is    : a Brass Lantern with 4177 turns of light.


  [General Inventory List]

a) 10 Books of Magic Spells [Beginners-Magik].
b) 9 Books of Magic Spells [Magik I].
c) 8 Books of Magic Spells [Magik II].
d) 10 Books of Magic Spells [The Mages Guide to Power].
e) 32 Rations of Food.
f) 4 Mushrooms of Restoring.
g) 12 Flasks of oil.
h) 12 Potions of Restore Mana.
i) 3 Potions of Restore Life Levels.
j) 9 Potions of Cure Critical Wounds.
k) 5 Scrolls of Word-of-Recall.
l) a Scroll of Genocide.
m) a Wand of Cold Balls (0 charges).
n) a Wand of Drain Life (0 charges).
o) a Wand of Cold Balls (0 charges).
p) a Wand of Acid Balls (0 charges).
q) a Wand of Fire Balls (0 charges).
r) a Staff of Detect Evil (0 charges).
s) a Two-Handed Great Flail (SA) (3d6) (+3,+8).
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Dr Phill Edwards, Lecturer in IT, University of Nottingham, UK
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