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I have played Nethack on and off non seriously for about two years, but
i recently got back into it again fully. I'm probably really really bad
at it, but i keep just telling myself that i'm just unlucky(and my
attributes said that too!) I just died with probably my most promising
character yet and felt like telling someone about the complete
unfairness of it all. It started well, first time i've played a
Valkyrie and I was quite pleased with it. Early on i found an uncursed
ring of invisibilty and drank some nice fountain water that enabled me
to see invisible. I was going well. I was wielding a +1 Longsword and
had a +3 smallshield on my arm. I lost my pet dog (phil) in a magic
trap on about level three but i wasn't worried. I went down, spoke to
the Oracle, went down a bit more. It was great. Somewhere along the way
I found a Battle-axe that wasn't cursed to my relief, and being a dwarf
i was thinking of how it suited me. But i decided to keep my longsword
as it also allowed me to wear my +3 smallshield at the same time. I
found some +3 Banded mail. I had a -4 AC and 70 Max HP.
Then upon level 11 i think, the trouble started. I went down into a few
rooms with many monsters, killed then all feeling confident. But i had
ran out of food. I survived drinking repeatedly from fountains. But
eventually i grew weak, there just didn't seem to be any food anywhere.
It was at this stage i fainted and was attacked in my sleep but a giant
Spider. After bringing my health down to 3, i regained conciousness and
murdered it. And upon seeing a tiger (yes a tiger) in the corridor in
front of me, ate the spider corpse to reduce my hunger. It brought me
back to hungry, at least i wouldn't faint whilst being attacked by a
tiger. I ran. and eventually came to an altar with priest and gladly
prayed.
But Tyr was feeling grumpy, felt pleased and didn't help at all with
any of my problems but about a second later a quasit (small demon imp
thing with poison) entered the room and started to attack. My health
was up a bit from the three just from occasionally fainting and
therefore resting, but not by much. The quasit hurt much, and i
eventually regained conciousness with 2 health in time to read one of
the unidentified scrolls in my inventory. It was teleport. I
teleported.....two steps to the right. But i was invisible, and the
quasit looked around a bit whilst i regained a whole 4 health before
finding and attacking me again. I regained conciousness again with 2
health and desperately grabbed another scroll. GENOCIDE!!! Hooray for
me. Bye bye all quasits and i was free to go on trying to find food and
avoid that tiger. Two steps out of the room and the grid bugs attack. I
managed to kill all three, just, and crept off to find an unihabited
room with maybe some food.....please?! But i didn't find any and
collapsed many times. I prayed, Tyr got angry because i had prayed to
often. I fainted, for a long time. This brought my health bacdk to a
suprising fifty three but i was fainting all over the place so it
wasn't much help.
Then a rust monster came and and attacked. I fell unconcious. After it
had rusted my +3 banded mail through and through, my orcish helm, my
long sword and any other metal it decided to keep sitting there and
rusting it more, like it was possible. Then along came a rothe. I
thought my death would be quick and painless, i was fainted right, so
it's not like i would feel anything, but despite this, and despite my
rusted armor, despite the rothe having three hits for every hit of a
normal human, the rothe missed. And missed. over and over, i assume i
was still invisible. But i spent a full five minutes pressing enter as
the rust monster and the rothe slowly and painfully, rusted me and bit
and scratched me until i finally saw the words.
You Die....
Would i like to see my possesions identified? y
Oh thats nice, a good old Blessed +3 Battle-axe i never used.
Would you like to see your attributes? y
You were invisible
Your god Tyr was angry at you
You were unlucky (i never would have guessed)
You are Dead.
I have played Nethack on and off non seriously for about two years, but
i recently got back into it again fully. I'm probably really really bad
at it, but i keep just telling myself that i'm just unlucky(and my
attributes said that too!) I just died with probably my most promising
character yet and felt like telling someone about the complete
unfairness of it all. It started well, first time i've played a
Valkyrie and I was quite pleased with it. Early on i found an uncursed
ring of invisibilty and drank some nice fountain water that enabled me
to see invisible. I was going well. I was wielding a +1 Longsword and
had a +3 smallshield on my arm. I lost my pet dog (phil) in a magic
trap on about level three but i wasn't worried. I went down, spoke to
the Oracle, went down a bit more. It was great. Somewhere along the way
I found a Battle-axe that wasn't cursed to my relief, and being a dwarf
i was thinking of how it suited me. But i decided to keep my longsword
as it also allowed me to wear my +3 smallshield at the same time. I
found some +3 Banded mail. I had a -4 AC and 70 Max HP.
Then upon level 11 i think, the trouble started. I went down into a few
rooms with many monsters, killed then all feeling confident. But i had
ran out of food. I survived drinking repeatedly from fountains. But
eventually i grew weak, there just didn't seem to be any food anywhere.
It was at this stage i fainted and was attacked in my sleep but a giant
Spider. After bringing my health down to 3, i regained conciousness and
murdered it. And upon seeing a tiger (yes a tiger) in the corridor in
front of me, ate the spider corpse to reduce my hunger. It brought me
back to hungry, at least i wouldn't faint whilst being attacked by a
tiger. I ran. and eventually came to an altar with priest and gladly
prayed.
But Tyr was feeling grumpy, felt pleased and didn't help at all with
any of my problems but about a second later a quasit (small demon imp
thing with poison) entered the room and started to attack. My health
was up a bit from the three just from occasionally fainting and
therefore resting, but not by much. The quasit hurt much, and i
eventually regained conciousness with 2 health in time to read one of
the unidentified scrolls in my inventory. It was teleport. I
teleported.....two steps to the right. But i was invisible, and the
quasit looked around a bit whilst i regained a whole 4 health before
finding and attacking me again. I regained conciousness again with 2
health and desperately grabbed another scroll. GENOCIDE!!! Hooray for
me. Bye bye all quasits and i was free to go on trying to find food and
avoid that tiger. Two steps out of the room and the grid bugs attack. I
managed to kill all three, just, and crept off to find an unihabited
room with maybe some food.....please?! But i didn't find any and
collapsed many times. I prayed, Tyr got angry because i had prayed to
often. I fainted, for a long time. This brought my health bacdk to a
suprising fifty three but i was fainting all over the place so it
wasn't much help.
Then a rust monster came and and attacked. I fell unconcious. After it
had rusted my +3 banded mail through and through, my orcish helm, my
long sword and any other metal it decided to keep sitting there and
rusting it more, like it was possible. Then along came a rothe. I
thought my death would be quick and painless, i was fainted right, so
it's not like i would feel anything, but despite this, and despite my
rusted armor, despite the rothe having three hits for every hit of a
normal human, the rothe missed. And missed. over and over, i assume i
was still invisible. But i spent a full five minutes pressing enter as
the rust monster and the rothe slowly and painfully, rusted me and bit
and scratched me until i finally saw the words.
You Die....
Would i like to see my possesions identified? y
Oh thats nice, a good old Blessed +3 Battle-axe i never used.
Would you like to see your attributes? y
You were invisible
Your god Tyr was angry at you
You were unlucky (i never would have guessed)
You are Dead.
But usually
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