From: scythe@byron.u.washington.edu (The Grim Reaper)
Subject: Obligatory Ascension post (finally)
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 05:47:06 GMT

Well.... I finally made it.  I can now stand proudly with all the other
people on this newsgroup.
Darwin the Archaeologist ascended with 2278588 points, at level 25.
(Hit n now if you don't want to hear more gloating... =)

Just a brief overview of my stuff/stats-
+8 rustproof Snickersnee-Got it on level 1, by sacrificing a goblin.
*smile*.  Took a while to rustproof, but after that sinks were
loads o' fun.
+3 speed boots
+2 fedora-had this from the start
+3 gray dragon scale mail
+2 leather gloves
+2 cloak of displacement- this was in the armor room of the castle,
so I didn't have to use a wish....
+3 small shield
ring of levitation, ring of protection +4 (two of them)
luckstone
33 gems, assorted types (including 2 dilithium)
Level 25, 202 hp (whee... I like nurses), AC -34 (and priests)
All intristics, more or less
88141 moves.  Is that good?
Stuff I never did see-
More than one priest (but that one priest was rich, let me tell ya)
a blindfold.  It sucked, but I was stuck using a wand of lighting
to blind myself.  There this bug, see.... you can engrave
with a wand of lightning that's at 0 charges and never use it up... =)
any sort of magic gauntlets.  So I had leather gloves.
A ring of conflict or a wand of polymorph.  Yep.  Sucks, don't it?
So I made it through w/out two of the biggest cheats/spoilers/whatever....
Just a few thoughts-Magic traps are reeeeal nice.  Got my charisma
up to 18 that way.  Plus, whever you feel charismatic on a trap, you 
might tame a monster that's nearby.  Another thought-watch out if
you're running from the Wiz and he is cursing you, look at your unicorn
horn before you apply it.... ack.  Got sick and had to waste
a wish on a potion of holy water. I found enough altars there, that
it was really better to be able to id gems than blessed/cursed state.
None of the demon lords were that tough, either.  I skipped
most of them, but dispater and jubilex were no prob.
Being lawful is good, but having dwarfs be peaceful is really, really annoying.
I had soo many levels that were just piles o rocks.
Stupid mistakes-
I finally got fed up with the wiz chasing me, and decided to freeze the guy.
But I spelled paralysis wrong, and ended up with a different potion.
Wasted a wish there....  
Other than that, it was a pretty easy run.  Major problem with the wiz
was I kept being surrounded by a strange force and tossed downstairs
when I was in hell.  Once I left, it stopped tho.  ANyone know why?
I never did see Double Trouble or "Destroy the thief, my pets" though....
Hmm... Guess I'll stop bragging now =)
Just one more thing-
if you're in a situation where stuff might get cursed, put the ring
you want to be able to take off on your *left* finger.  That way if your
sword gets cursed, you can still remove the ring.  Actually, having a 
ring of levitation being cursed is no fun either.  Luckily I had a lot of food
in my BoH, but it was still close....

                         --The Grim Reaper
                           (SCYTHE@U.WASHINGTON.EDU)

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