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Game Discussion => Classic Roguelikes => Topic started by: vimpulse on November 21, 2010, 08:05:11 AM

Title: Former advice thread for a Crawl SpEn boxed in by enemy who took 60% HP in 1 hit
Post by: vimpulse on November 21, 2010, 08:05:11 AM

  #.........#                        J the Charm-Maker
  #.........#                        Level 8 Spriggan of Zin
 ##.........#                        Health: 14/35     =========---------------
 ......###.##                        Magic:  21/21     ========================
 ...##.# #.#                         AC:  9            Str: 6
 #####.###.#                         EV: 20            Int: 18
     #.<...#                         SH:  0            Dex: 17
     #.#####   ###                   Exp Pool: 134     Place: Dungeon:6
     #.....#####@#                   Wp: a) +6,+4 sabre of Attainder {speed, In
 #########.....#o#                   Qv: d) orc dagger (return)
 ....#   #..##.#.#                   Full
 ###.#####...#.#.#              
 #.........#.#...#                   o _ orc warrior
 #.#.#######.#####            #
 #.#.#.......##           ###.#  
 #.#.#.#......#           #<..#
 ......#......#           #####
 The orc warrior hits you with a glowing orcish great mace!
_Ouch! That really hurt!
_You climb upwards.
 There is a stone staircase leading down here.

Hi all,

My Spriggan Enchanter was at full health until an orc warrior hit me once on the way up a set of stairs.  That one hit took away three fifths of my health.  In retrospect, I should've cast Ensorcelled Hibernation or Confuse on him while he was a few grids away from me downstairs, then Stabbed him.  Well, hindsight is 20/20.

Could you please advise me on what to do now?  (Note:  I doubt Recite would be useful:  it takes three turns according to a CrawlWiki page (http://crawl.chaosforge.org/index.php?title=Zin#Given_Abilities).)

Character dump attached.  Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Please advise Crawl SpEn boxed in by orc warrior who took 60% of my HP in 1 hit
Post by: vimpulse on November 21, 2010, 09:14:52 AM

Looking again at the character dump, my scroll of fear seems perfect for this situation.

1.  I guess I should read it now?

2.  If I do, what should I then do next?  Rest until I'm back at full HP?

Title: Re: Please advise Crawl SpEn boxed in by orc warrior who took 60% of my HP in 1 hit
Post by: Skeletor on November 21, 2010, 11:57:32 AM

I'd read the scroll of fear, then the scroll of teleport, and then maybe flee downstairs without fighting the orc again.

Title: Re: Please advise Crawl SpEn boxed in by orc warrior who took 60% of my HP in 1 hit
Post by: vimpulse on November 21, 2010, 05:10:10 PM

Thank you Skeletor. Just reading the scroll of fear was enough. Then I quickly left the level. :)