From: cmen@hunter-02.strath.ac.uk (Chen Yee Men IE90)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: Winner & thoughts on Half-Troll Priests
Date: 14 Dec 92 14:58:16 GMT

Before:

 Name        : Yamaca                  Age          :     21   STR : 18/100
 Race        : Half-Troll              Height       :     95   INT :  18/74
 Sex         : Male                    Weight       :    227   WIS : 18/100
 Class       : Priest                  Social Class :      1   DEX :  18/95
 Title       : High Priest                                     CON : 18/100
                                                               CHR :  18/49

 + To Hit    :     15        Level      :     38    Max Hit Points :    437
 + To Damage :     13        Experience : 2922397   Cur Hit Points :    437
 + To AC     :     41        Max Exp    : 2922397   Max Mana       :    153
   Total AC  :     76        Exp to Adv : 3500000   Cur Mana       :    153
                             Gold       : 499945

(Miscellaneous Abilities)

 Fighting    : Superb       Stealth     : Fair         Perception  : Excellent
 Bows/Throw  : Superb       Disarming   : Superb       Searching   : Good
 Saving Throw: Superb       Magic Device: Superb       Infra-Vision: 80 feet

Character Background
 Your mother was a Cave-Troll Warrior.  You have glowing red
 eyes, oily bright red hair, and blue ulcerous skin.



  [Character's Equipment List]

  a) You are wielding   : a War Hammer (HA) (3d3) (+10,+7) [+3] (+3 to STR).
  b) Worn on head       : a Metal Cap of Infra-Vision [3,+4] (+5).
  c) Worn around neck   : an Amulet of the Magi [+3] (+20).
  d) Worn on body       : Metal Lamellar Armor (R) (-3) [23,+8].
  e) Worn on shield arm : a Medium Metal Shield (RA) [4,+5].
  f) Worn on hands      : a Set of Gauntlets [2,+4].
  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 of Stealth [2,+6] (+2).
  j) Worn about body    : a Cloak [1,+4].
  k) Light source is    : a Brass Lantern with 13178 turns of light.
  l) Secondary weapon   : a Pike (DF) (2d5) (+9,+8) [+6] (+3 to stealth).


  [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) 8 Rations of Food.
f) 3 Flasks of oil.
g) 9 Potions of Restore Mana.
h) 5 Potions of Invulnerability.
i) 30 Potions of Restore Life Levels.
j) a Potion of Boldness.
k) 4 Potions of Healing.
l) 31 Potions of Cure Critical Wounds.
m) 8 Scrolls of Word-of-Recall.
n) 5 Scrolls of Rune of Protection.
o) 2 Scrolls of Mass Genocide.
p) a Scroll of Identify.
q) a Wand of Drain Life (4 charges).
r) a Wand of Drain Life (4 charges).
s) a Wand of Acid Balls (6 charges).
t) a Wand of Acid Balls (3 charges).
u) a Wand of Drain Life (5 charges).
v) a Dwarven Pick (1d4) (+0,+0) (+5).

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After:

 Name        : Yamaca                  Age          :     21   STR : 18/100
 Race        : Half-Troll              Height       :     95   INT :  18/74
 Sex         : Male                    Weight       :    227   WIS : 18/100
 Class       : Priest                  Social Class :      1   DEX :  18/95
 Title       : **KING**                                        CON : 18/100
                                                               CHR :  18/49


 + To Hit    :     15        Level      :     78    Max Hit Points :    437
 + To Damage :     13        Experience : 8075667   Cur Hit Points :    437
 + To AC     :     41        Max Exp    : 8075667   Max Mana       :    153
   Total AC  :     76        Exp to Adv : 30821978  Cur Mana       :    153
                             Gold       : 757284

(Miscellaneous Abilities)

 Fighting    : Superb       Stealth     : Fair         Perception  : Excellent
 Bows/Throw  : Superb       Disarming   : Superb       Searching   : Good
 Saving Throw: Superb       Magic Device: Superb       Infra-Vision: 80 feet

Character Background
 Your mother was a Cave-Troll Warrior.  You have glowing red
 eyes, oily bright red hair, and blue ulcerous skin.



  [Character's Equipment List]

  a) You are wielding   : a War Hammer (HA) (3d3) (+10,+7) [+3] (+3 to STR).
  b) Worn on head       : a Metal Cap of Infra-Vision [3,+4] (+5).
  c) Worn around neck   : an Amulet of the Magi [+3] (+20).
  d) Worn on body       : Metal Lamellar Armor (R) (-3) [23,+8].
  e) Worn on shield arm : a Medium Metal Shield (RA) [4,+5].
  f) Worn on hands      : a Set of Gauntlets [2,+4].
  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 of Stealth [2,+6] (+2).
  j) Worn about body    : a Cloak [1,+4].
  k) Light source is    : a Brass Lantern with 11037 turns of light.
  l) Secondary weapon   : a Pike (DF) (2d5) (+9,+8) [+6] (+3 to stealth).


  [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) 7 Rations of Food.
f) 3 Flasks of oil.
g) 7 Potions of Restore Mana.
h) 5 Potions of Invulnerability.
i) 30 Potions of Restore Life Levels.
j) 4 Potions of Healing.
k) 30 Potions of Cure Critical Wounds.
l) 7 Scrolls of Word-of-Recall.
m) a Scroll of *Destruction*.
n) 5 Scrolls of Rune of Protection.
o) 3 Scrolls of Mass Genocide.
p) a Wand of Drain Life (0 charges).
q) a Wand of Drain Life (0 charges).
r) a Wand of Acid Balls (4 charges).
s) a Wand of Acid Balls (3 charges).
t) a Wand of Drain Life (0 charges).
u) a Staff of Curing (6 charges).
v) a Dwarven Pick (1d4) (+0,+0) (+5).

I didn't use any Potions of Invulnerability or Runes of Protection because
the Glyph of Warding spell has the same effect. I cast about 12 of these
in a room (a bit of a overkill!) and lured the Balrog in. Emptied my Drain
Life wands into him and saved the Acid Balls when he summoned undead. I cast
Orb of Draining (OOD) when the Drain Life wands ran out, minimum of 76 damage
each time, which is actually better than the wand! Had to use 2 restore
manas. Had to cast Resist Heat at the beginning, because the Balrog's fire
breath does about 350 damage even when wearing a permanent Resist Fire.

My half-troll priest character had 5 charisma to start with - one ugly hero.
I didn't start making any real money until I was about Level 20, before this
all the money went into general maintenance e.g. restore stat and occasional
identify's scrolls. This lack of money was such a bummer that I abandoned my
char for a while.

OOD is one hell'va spell - I just love it! Low mana requirements, double
damage to evil creatures and does not destory items that are left by dead
creatures makes it one of the best offensive spells. The Glyph of Warding
is another spell that I used often, especially when battling
Emperor Liches and Evil Iggys. Just cast about 3 of these in a row in a long
corridor, with you at one end and the monster at the other - then pump it
full of OOD, there's no way it will manage to break through all 3 glyphs.
Dispel Evil in my opinion is too random for most uses i.e. 1 to 3 x caster's
level. However it can be used to quite good effect against Ancient
Multi-Hued Dragons (AMHD). I don't know if this technique is a spoiler or
even a bug, but what you do is find a very long corridor, one that stretches
over at least 2 sectors. Make sure the AMHD (or any evil creature) is at one
sector, and your at the other. Now cast Dispel Evil and the monster shudders.
For some reason it doesn't wake up and just sits there - so just keep on
Dispelling it until it dissolves :-)

Hope the above will persuade people to play half-troll priests - they are
damn irritating to play at low levels, but once you get OOD, "They also
happen to be fun to run..."

Merry Christmas!

cmen@cs.strath.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria