From: mjb@acsu.buffalo.edu (Matthew J. Bernhardt)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: We have a Winnah!
Date: 26 Jan 93 03:23:05 GMT
Organization: UB


	Well folks, after a lot of work, here's my last "perfect" character.
From now on, I play to kill the Balrog as soon as is reasonably possible (see
next post...)

	Eynstyn, so named after taking his vows, which included abstinence
from Potions of Gain Intelligence, eventually tired of avoiding the Balrog
after wandering down below 8000 ft, having sent 188 Evil Iggies, 20 AMHDs,
38 Emperor Liches to their dooms.
	Of course, killing the Balrog was not enough... so he killed three of
them:



 Name        : Eynstyn                 Age          :     30   STR : 18/100
 Race        : Half-Troll              Height       :     91   INT :      3
 Sex         : Male                    Weight       :    285   WIS : 18/100
 Class       : Priest                  Social Class :      1   DEX : 18/100
 Title       : **KING**                                        CON : 18/100
                                                               CHR : 18/100

 + To Hit    :     18        Level      :     80    Max Hit Points :    485
 + To Damage :     15        Experience : 13112082    Cur Hit Points :    485
 + To AC     :     49        Max Exp    : 13112082    Max Mana       :    161
   Total AC  :     63        Exp to Adv : 1377401    Cur Mana       :    161
                             Gold       : 1426779

(Miscellaneous Abilities)

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

Character Background
 Your father was a Hill-Troll Warrior.  You have slime green
 eyes, mangy dark purple hair, and black scabby skin.
 
 

  [Character's Equipment List]

  a) You are wielding   : a Halberd (HA) (3d4) (+9,+9) [+3] (+1 to STR).
  b) Worn on head       : a Golden Crown of Lordliness [0,+5] (+1).
  c) Worn around neck   : an Amulet of the Magi [+3] (+25).
  d) Worn on body       : Soft Leather Armor (R) [4,+7].
  e) Worn on shield arm : a Large Metal Shield (RL) [5,+6].
  f) Worn on hands      : a Set of Leather Gloves of Free Action [1,+6].
  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 Hard Leather Boots [3,+9].
  j) Worn about body    : a Cloak [1,+5].
  k) Light source is    : a Brass Lantern with 13127 turns of light.
  l) Secondary weapon   : a Broad Axe (SD) (2d6) (+9,+9).


  [General Inventory List]

a) 3 Holy Books of Prayers [Beginners Handbook].
b) 3 Holy Books of Prayers [Words of Wisdom].
c) 3 Holy Books of Prayers [Chants and Blessings].
d) 3 Holy Books of Prayers [Exorcism and Dispelling].
e) 11 Mushrooms of Restoring.
f) 17 Potions of Restore Mana.
g) 22 Potions of Restore Life Levels.
h) 10 Potions of Invulnerability.
i) 10 Potions of Healing.
j) 6 Scrolls of *Destruction*.
k) 5 Scrolls of Word-of-Recall.
l) 48 Scrolls of Identify.
m) 6 Scrolls of Rune of Protection.
n) 5 Scrolls of Recharging.
o) 24 Scrolls of Mass Genocide.
p) a Wand of Teleport Away (1 charges).
q) a Wand of Clone Monster (4 charges).
r) a Wand of Cold Balls (1 charges).
s) a Staff of Teleportation (5 charges).
t) a Staff of Curing (2 charges).
u) a Staff of *Destruction* (0 charges).
v) a Dwarven Pick (1d4) (+7,+7) (+6).


	And now, a SPOILER ALERT:


	The battle was a great one, but it was always in hand.  After filling
a room with a checkerboard pattern of Glyphs of Warding, our hero lured the
Balrog(s) to his doom.  Downing only a handful of Potions of Invulnerability
for the cloning process, he cloned the Balrog, and teleported one away.  Using
his Orb of Draining, Resist Heat and Cold, and Heal prayers (augmented by
several Potions of Restore Mana), he felled one Balrog after another, until the
third had died.
	It's going to be a dull retirement.

	BTW, how much weight does a Balrog kill have on the final experience
(after retirement) of a character?  At 13+ million, this character is head
-- 
Matt Bernhardt
University of Buffalo            If it is to be, it is up to me.
mjb@acsu.buffalo.edu