Kernigh: My first NAO game!

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My first NAO game!

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My experience with [[NetHack]] dates to 2004, when I set up a playground in [[FreeDOS]] (running in [[w:c:howto:QEMU|QEMU]] over [[Mac OS X]]) using a copy of [[NetHack 3.3.1]] from an abandonware archive. I played several random characters, but they would die because I never used items in the [[dungeon]], should they be [[cursed]]. In December of 2004, I built [[NetHack 3.4.3]] on a Mac OS X machine. Other than for one [[explore mode]] game (in which I finally #[[quit]] from Sokoban after dieing repeatedly to [[soldier ant]]s), then came a lull; I read ''[[Dudley's dungeon]]'' far more often than I played NetHack.

By 19 May 2005, I decided to play NetHack again. This time I moved to [[NAO]]. Now Dudley's dungeon had spoiled some things for me, and I had to consult other spoilers to understand the webcomic. To understand the webcomic, I needed to consult [[spoiler]]s. Thus, by 19 May 2005 when I moved to NAO, I used spoilers - especially http://alt.org/nethack/links.php and http://www.steelypips.org/nethack/ - to play the game. During my first game at NAO, I knew that [[pet]]s avoid [[cursed]] objects and that #[[pray]] asks my [[god]] for help.

* [[NetHack 3.4.3]]
* Kernigh the chaotic female elven [[Ranger]]
* Score: 8187
* This had been my highest-scoring game to date.

== Gameplay ==
I started with the usual elven weapons, +2 [[elven cloak]] and [[Sirius]]. In the second room, I use Sirius to test an object for curses; it is not cursed, so I wear the +0 [[banded mail]] under my cloak. This drops my [[AC]] to 1 before my first fight. Still, in my first fight, I run from the [[monster]]s to let Sirius do most of the fighting.

Sirius did not step on the [[chain mail]] on Dlvl2, so I #[[name]] it [[cursed]]. I opted to enter the [[Gnomish Mines]] at Dlvl3 (Mines 1). Due to injuries in battle, I retreated to Dlvl2. Now I tried some unusual actions showing my inexperience at the time. I ''kicked a [[fountain]]'' and when that had no effect but to harm my [[leg]], I ''kicked an up [[staircase]]''. Later, I ''drank from the fountain'', and [[pool]]s of water formed! That scared me away. I drank from the other fountain to "refresh myself", then that fountain dried. I resume my exploration of the Mines.

In the darkness of Dlvl4 (Mines 2) I switched from my +1 [[elven dagger]] to a [[broad short sword]], feeling that the latter would be a better weapon. I also started carrying and sometimes using a [[pick-axe]]. Meanwhile I collected [[arrow]]s for my [[elven bow]]. I met indiegeek's ghost, so apparently this was a [[bones level]]. The bones pile was next to a [[blue jelly]]; I was smart enough to avoid attacking the jelly. In fact, I avoided the bones pile (even leaving the [[gold]] there!).

Dlvl5 (Mines 3) was [[Minetown]]; I did much fighting including shooting a [[wood nymph]] with arrows and #[[pray]]'ing during a fight with a [[gnome lord]]. I used the [[altar]] to find the [[BUC]] of my [[inventory]].

I fled Dlvl6 (Mines 4) without Sirius to avoid a [[gray unicorn]]. My death came when some strong monsters, including several [[killer bee]]s and a [[werewolf]], surrounded me in a corridor on Dlvl5 (Mines 3). The werewolf knocked me out as I was praying.

== Recordings ==
* No dump
* [http://alt.org/nethack/ttyrec/Kernigh/ Recordings]: 2005-05-19.21:58:19.ttyrec.bz2

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