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{{User:Kernigh/trail|p=pallas/52|pt=52nd game at Pallas|2nd game of brass|n=pallas/53|nt=53rd game at Pallas}}

During my work with the [[brass interface patch]], I played several test games, mostly in [[debug mode]]. Thus this is my 2nd game of brass after my final installation (erasing the [[playground]] for the last time). I played this game at ''22 September 2006''.

== Gameplay ==
As in vanilla, I play [[elf]] thus randomly choosing between [[Priest]], [[Ranger]] and [[Wizard]]. For this game I rolled Wizard. I started this way:

[[Image:Kernigh brass 2 start.png|500px|Screenshot of my starting inventory.]]

My first setback occured at turn 703, when [[Morris]] discovered a [[falling rock trap]]. "Morris is hit by a rock! Morris is killed!" Thus I had no pet. Difficult situations would now require [[Elbereth]] and [[force bolt]].

At turn 1192, I discovered a [[general store]] at Dlvl3. This interested me because in my last game of SLASH'EM, there were no [[shop]]s but two in [[Minetown]].

[[Image:Kernigh brass 2 store.png|500px|"Hello, kernigh! Welcome to Asidonhopo's general store!"]]

At Dlvl4 there was a [[magic whistle]], but I had not pet to use it with. I found another general store at Dlvl4. Then at Dlvl5 when at turn 1993 I tamed a [[kitten]] and found an armor store. Now things became interesting, for I could use my pet and the whistle to steal armor! By turn 2787, in addition to the [[CoMR]] that I started with, I also had:

* a +0 green [[robe]]
* a +0 [[plumed helmet]]
* a [[polished silver shield]]
* a [[slippery cloak]]

The robe seemed to be a plain robe, and I could wear it under my cloak in the body armor slot, like in [[SLASH'EM]]. The plumed helmet seemed to be an ordinary cheap helmet. I had no boots because I sold back the [[fumble boots]]. I knew that the shield was a [[shield of reflection]] and that the cloak (not being worn) was an [[oilskin cloak]].

I had to visit my Dlvl3 stash to store some things before I could start carrying the shield. Upon wielding it, I discovered that it was a ''+2 polished silver shield''. This gave me an additional incentive to wear the shield, though I would have to remove it to cast spells – both [[force bolt]] and [[detect monsters]] reached a 54% failure rate despite the robe.

Things seemed to go well, with one problem: at experience level 4 I still had only 18 max HP. Sometimes I poked [[monster]]s with [[Sting]] and took damage before I switched to [[force bolt]], so I often had to retreat and heal.

I returned to Dlvl5 and finally convinced my pet, now a [[housecat]], to grab that expensive [[conical hat]] from the shop. At turn 5047 I wore it; it was a +0 [[cornuthaum]]. Having armor so good, so early distracted from my HP, lower than it would be in vanilla or SLASH'EM.

Things started to become bad at Dlvl6, when I went to melee a [[rabid rat]] and its first bite (at turn 6383) poisoned me. My stats had read "St:6 Dx:12 Co:9 In:20 Wi:15 Ch:7", with 21 max HP at experience level 5. As I now know, NetHack brass has three types of poison, reducing [[strength]], [[dexterity]], or [[constitution]]. NetHack brass also scales max HP with constitution. This rabid rat's poison ''dropped my constitution by five points'' to Co:4. My max HP fell by 3 to HP, and my max unburdened carrying capacity dropped from 330 to 230, leaving me [[burdened]] because my inventory weighed 236. I needed a [[unicorn horn]], but it was too early in the game. I decided not to #[[pray]], because a read through src/pray.c showed that (as bad as it was for me) reduced constitution is only a ''minor trouble'', so I would need to raise my [[luck]] before prayer could heal it.

Now I could not fight a group of [[hill orc]]s (even with Sting) because they went into the Dlvl6 weapons shop and equipped themselves gratis. I left the orcs in the shop, so I could not shop there.

I went down to Dlvl8 anyway (exercising my consitution back up to Co:5). There, a [[soldier ant]] surprised me at turn 9625. I was between my new pet [[little dog]] and the place where I expect a hidden [[door]]:

---
..|@d#f#
..| a
...####
--- #
HP:18(22)

I pressed '''[s]''' once and the door appeared. (I might not have noticed the soldier ant yet.) "The soldier ant bites! (6pts) The soldier ant stings!--More-- The soldier ant's sting was poisoned! (14pts)--More-- You die..." In less than one turn, the solder ant had taken 20 HP.

I had not even tried to attack the soldier ant, yet it killed me in one turn. Some features of NetHack brass might be unique, but the soldier ants are as problematic as they were in [[vanilla]].

== Quotes from the dump ==
Your inventory
Weapons
y - 6 +0 darts named safe
z - a +0 boomerang named safe
E - the +0 Sting (weapon in hand)
J - 4 +0 shuriken named safe
Armor
b - an uncursed +0 cloak of magic resistance
q - an uncursed +0 cloak of displacement named safe (being worn)
B - an uncursed +0 pair of water walking boots named safe (being worn)
I - an uncursed +0 cornuthaum named safe (being worn)
K - an uncursed +0 robe of power named safe (being worn)
Q - an uncursed +0 pair of gauntlets of power named safe
...
Wands
c - a wand of teleportation (0:6)
h - a blessed wand of magic missile (0:6) /* recent find,
unidentified */
M - a wand of locking named safe (0:3)
...

Final attributes
You were piously aligned
Your alignment was 57
You were sleep resistant
You were aware of the presence of orcs
You were clairvoyant
You had infravision
You were displaced
You could walk on water
You are dead

Your skills at the end
Fighting Skills
bare handed combat 9% /* when forgetting to wield weapon */
Weapon Skills
dagger group 43%
staff group 56%
throwing group 59%
Spellcasting Skills
attack spell 60%
divination spell 16%
enchantment spell 50%

== Dump and recordings ==
''I might provide dump and recordings later. --[[User:Kernigh|Kernigh]] 03:26, 24 September 2006 (UTC)''

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