On Oct 30, 8:51 pm, James Of Tucson <james0tuc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, the situation.
> 17th Level Tourist in Gehennom just got Cleaver cursed. No holy > water, no scrolls, can't loot my bag.
> I am considering dropping the PYEC in order to step on a level > teleport trap.
Never mind. I held out for a while with a cursed two-handed weapon and a cursed towel on my head. But what did me in was a fight against Demogorgon and an Arch-Lich. I was actually doing fine until then.
On Oct 31, 8:11 am, hcobb <henry.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 30, 8:51 pm, James Of Tucson <james0tuc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ok, the situation.
> > 17th Level Tourist in Gehennom just got Cleaver cursed. No holy > > water, no scrolls, can't loot my bag.
> > I am considering dropping the PYEC in order to step on a level > > teleport trap.
> Why did you let go of Magicbane?
Cleaver was the only weapon I had (ever) that would do any decent amount of damage, so I used it often.
The game was really boring before this sequence of events, though. And what was surprising is how long I held out. Finally, I lost a fight with Demogorgon because my unicorn horn was cursed.
Even though I know better, it didn't occur to me not to wield the two- handed weapon in Gehennom until it was too late.
Until Demogorgon showed up, I actually thought the death would be to brainlessness. I thought I could make my way up to the castle, and I would have made it too, except for those pesky mmf's, arch-liches, and Big D.
> On Oct 30, 8:51 pm, James Of Tucson <james0tuc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Ok, the situation.
>> 17th Level Tourist in Gehennom just got Cleaver cursed. No holy >> water, no scrolls, can't loot my bag.
>> I am considering dropping the PYEC in order to step on a level >> teleport trap.
> Never mind. I held out for a while with a cursed two-handed weapon > and a cursed towel on my head. But what did me in was a fight against > Demogorgon and an Arch-Lich. I was actually doing fine until then.
You had no clairvoyance at 17th level?
*never* use a bag of holding when you can use a sack or oilskin sack. You just learned why.
>> On Oct 30, 8:51 pm, James Of Tucson <james0tuc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Ok, the situation.
>>> 17th Level Tourist in Gehennom just got Cleaver cursed. No holy >>> water, no scrolls, can't loot my bag.
>>> I am considering dropping the PYEC in order to step on a level >>> teleport trap.
>> Never mind. I held out for a while with a cursed two-handed weapon >> and a cursed towel on my head. But what did me in was a fight against >> Demogorgon and an Arch-Lich. I was actually doing fine until then.
> You had no clairvoyance at 17th level?
> *never* use a bag of holding when you can use a sack or oilskin sack. You > just learned why.
I guess I shouldn't respond to trolling, but: you're kidding, right?
-- John Gregory ashbury at skypoint.com http://www.skypoint.com/ tilde ashbury Today's palindrome: He won't, ah, wander, Edna. What now, eh?
>>> On Oct 30, 8:51 pm, James Of Tucson <james0tuc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Ok, the situation.
>>>> 17th Level Tourist in Gehennom just got Cleaver cursed. No holy >>>> water, no scrolls, can't loot my bag.
>>>> I am considering dropping the PYEC in order to step on a level >>>> teleport trap.
>>> Never mind. I held out for a while with a cursed two-handed weapon >>> and a cursed towel on my head. But what did me in was a fight against >>> Demogorgon and an Arch-Lich. I was actually doing fine until then.
>> You had no clairvoyance at 17th level?
>> *never* use a bag of holding when you can use a sack or oilskin sack. >> You just learned why.
> I guess I shouldn't respond to trolling, but: you're kidding, right?
You're relying on a whole bunch of wrong assumptions there.
No of course not. The OP had his holy water *in* the bag of holding which completely defeats the purpose of carrying them around.
> >>> On Oct 30, 8:51 pm, James Of Tucson <james0tuc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> Ok, the situation.
> >>>> 17th Level Tourist in Gehennom just got Cleaver cursed. No holy > >>>> water, no scrolls, can't loot my bag.
> >>>> I am considering dropping the PYEC in order to step on a level > >>>> teleport trap.
> >>> Never mind. I held out for a while with a cursed two-handed weapon > >>> and a cursed towel on my head. But what did me in was a fight against > >>> Demogorgon and an Arch-Lich. I was actually doing fine until then.
> >> You had no clairvoyance at 17th level?
> >> *never* use a bag of holding when you can use a sack or oilskin sack. > >> You just learned why.
> > I guess I shouldn't respond to trolling, but: you're kidding, right?
> You're relying on a whole bunch of wrong assumptions there.
> No of course not. The OP had his holy water *in* the bag of holding which > completely defeats the purpose of carrying them around.
In this situation, if his holy water was in a sack or oilskin sack it would still be of no use to him - wielding a cursed two-handed weapon leaves you with no free hands to open any kind of container.
> On Nov 2, 1:06 pm, APLer <AP...@floor.tilde> wrote: >> John Gregory <ashb...@skypoint.com> wrote >> innews:20091101111351.T4498@mir > age.skypoint.com:
>> >>> On Oct 30, 8:51 pm, James Of Tucson <james0tuc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> Ok, the situation.
>> >>>> 17th Level Tourist in Gehennom just got Cleaver cursed. No holy >> >>>> water, no scrolls, can't loot my bag.
>> >>>> I am considering dropping the PYEC in order to step on a level >> >>>> teleport trap.
>> >>> Never mind. I held out for a while with a cursed two-handed weapon >> >>> and a cursed towel on my head. But what did me in was a fight agai > nst >> >>> Demogorgon and an Arch-Lich. I was actually doing fine until then.
>> >> You had no clairvoyance at 17th level?
>> >> *never* use a bag of holding when you can use a sack or oilskin >> >> sack. You just learned why.
>> > I guess I shouldn't respond to trolling, but: you're kidding, right?
>> You're relying on a whole bunch of wrong assumptions there.
>> No of course not. The OP had his holy water *in* the bag of holding >> which completely defeats the purpose of carrying them around.
> In this situation, if his holy water was in a sack or oilskin sack it > would still be of no use to him - wielding a cursed two-handed weapon > leaves you with no free hands to open any kind of container.
Well yes. However my point is still there: attempting to remove them from the cursed bag of holding has a very high risk of making the holy water disappear. You could make the point that the OP was very lucky to have lived that long.
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