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{{User:Kernigh/trail|p=nao/65|pt=65th game at NAO|n=brass/2|nt=2nd game of brass}}

Now after my 65th game of NAO and my 1st visit to [[Gehennom]], I took break from vanilla NetHack to play some [[SLASH'EM]] and [[ToME]]. In both games did I find many deaths. I played in the plain 0.0.7E7F2 playground through to 2 June 2006. Then on 3 June 2006 I switched to [[Slethe]]. I desired a 2nd visit to Gehennom and I wanted it to be more interesting.

Though I have not come close to that goal, my 52nd game of SLASH'EM went farther than any previous, thanks to being a [[Drow]], a [[Barbarian]], and knowing [[Elbereth]]. Yet on ''7 September 2006'' did I die in the [[Neutral quest]].

* [[SLASH'EM]] 0.0.7E7F2 + [[Slethe]] 1.5
* Kernigh the chaotic female droven [[Barbarian]]
* Score: 171625
* This is my highest SLASH'EM score to date, and only two of my vanilla NetHack games have higher scores; they are the 38th and 65th NAO games.
* This my first SLASH'EM game to reach [[Sokoban]].
* This is also my first SLASH'EM game to reach the [[Quest portal]]s.
* It was the first game during which I often consulted the [[source code]]. My activity in [[Wikihack]] had by now given me much more familiarity with vanilla source; thus could I check for different behavior in the SLASH'EM source.

== Gameplay ==
I like to play chaotic elves in SLASH'EM, as I do in NetHack, but the chaotic elves are [[drow]]. Thus the random roles for me are only [[Barbarian]], [[Flame Mage]], [[Ice Mage]], [[Necromancer]], [[Priest]], [[Ranger]], [[Undead Slayer]], [[Wizard]]. In this game I became Barbarian. I started with this [[inventory]]:

* a +0 [[two-handed sword]] (weapon in hands)
* a blessed +0 [[axe]] (alternate weapon; not wielded)
* an uncursed +0 [[ring mail]]
* 2 uncursed [[food ration]]s

I immediately went bare-handed. To survive, I combine the Barbarian's strength in melee with the [[drow]]'s bare-handed sleep attack. In combat, I discover that this works well. I replaced my [[ring mail]] with a [[plate mail]]; then on Dlvl5 I smote a [[gray unicorn]] in melee, thus obtaining the first of several [[unicorn horn]]s. However I could not defeat the [[statue gargoyle]] at Dlvl6; I checked the [[bestiary]] to learn that I needed a +1 weapon. So I went back to Dlvl3 to follow the staircase to the [[Gnomish Mines]].

=== Statue gargoyle, pixie, soldier ===
I did not fully explore Dlvl4 (Mines 1), but I gathered some [[armor]] and [[dagger]]s, excluding anything cursed. I found a dagger that did not [[stack]], brought it back to Dlvl6 ([[Dungeons of Doom]]), tested it against the statue gargoyle, named it "safe +1", killed the statue gargoyle, and proceeded to explore Dlvl6. Something charmed me, though it was invisible, and began to steal my items; I tried to fight it, but it would steal another object and teleport away. Finally, I found it, it missed me (because of my plate mail), and I hit it and put it to sleep. At turn 5736, I killed the [[pixie]]. Thus did I take back what was stolen, including my armor:

* a +0 [[dwarvish cloak]]
* a +1 [[helm of brilliance]] (a lucky find, for it was not +0)
* a +0 pair of [[iron shoes]]

Without the sleep attack, I might have never defeated that pixie, nor the [[leprechaun]] that I later encountered. I lacked a way to [[see invisible]] and did not carry [[ranged weapon]]s. However, the leprechaun gave me [[teleportitis]] and a [[tengu]] gave me [[teleport control]], a useful combination that I normally do not enjoy so early in the game. So when I encountered the [[Oracle]] at Dlvl9, I could teleport to the part of the map that I believed to hold the down staircase, despite having failed to find the secret paths.

At turn 8914, I am in a corridor of Dlvl10 when a [[frag grenade]] almost hits me. The [[soldier]] that I meet now thrusts a poisoned [[dagger]] against me, but I am [[Barbarian]], so I already have [[poison resistance]]. I make asleep and kill the soldier and reach Expert in [[bare-handed combat]]. I kill another soldier, and having not been shot, I now possess a supply of guns and [[bullet]]s. Using a [[pet]] [[pony]], I work out what is not cursed. A [[submachine gun]] and bullets become my ranged weapon. They work well enough, though I am restricted in [[firearms]]. I went back to stash on Dlvl4.

=== Sokoban, Mines, chameleons ===
When I opened my save file at ''3 September 2006'', I was near my stash on Dlvl4. I possessed the artifacts [[Orcrist]], [[Sting]], and [[Elfrist]] (useless [[bane]]s, but at least they will not later be [[sacrifice gift]]s) and wore a +0 [[elven mithril-coat]]. I chose to go to [[Sokoban]].

I decide not to consult the Sokoban spoilers, though I have seen them in the past. I readily clear Dlvl9 (Sokoban 1), but at Dlvl8 (Sokoban 2) I miscount the number of [[hole]]s and use a strategy that leaves me short with [[boulder]]s. Oops! I exit Sokoban and proceed to explore the [[Dungeons of Doom]]. A [[troll]] at Dlvl11 almost kills me, so I read a [[scroll of teleportation]] (knowing that I have [[teleport control]]) and escape upstairs to heal. Before turn 13000, I have made two more trips to my Dlvl4 stash and trapped the troll's [[corpse]] behind a boulder in a dead-end [[corridor]].

I travelled to Dlvl15, the [[reincarnation level]] where I meet Glenn Wichmann's [[ghost]]. Here do I encounter so much trouble with a [[forest centaur]] that I decide to go back up and try the Gnomish Mines again. The Mines entrance is still at Dlvl3; I finish exploring Dlvl4 (Mines 1) and start playing with a [[magic trap]] at Dlvl5. Then comes my opportunity at turn 16532: "The [[large dingo]] turns into a [[warhorse]]!" I toss a [[lichen corpse]] and voila! ''I have a pet [[chameleon]].'' Though the magic trap never raised my [[charisma]] (which stays at Ch:8), it gave me my best [[pet]]. The chameleon joins my then-current pets, two [[large cat]]s. Dlvl6 is [[Minetown]]; it is about turn 17000. I buy [[protection]] before the chameleon (as a [[water troll]]) kills the [[priest]] of Set. (I wanted to keep the priest alive in case I found another 4000 [[gold]]. He died, I took my 4000 gold back, but now I must find another temple.) After doing part of Dlvl7, I decide to go back to Sokoban, still with one chameleon and one large cat.

My other [[scroll of earth]] was cursed, so I intend to go to Dlvl8 (Sokoban 2), read a scroll of earth in a strategic location, then squeeze around boulders so I can fill both remaining holes. At Sokoban 2, I drop my other inventory except a +0 [[orcish helm]]. At turn 18622, I read the scroll. Now I notice that I dropped my inventory on the wrong square. Having filled both holes, I cannot retrieve my inventory, but have no choice but to push a third boulder over it!

Then began ''the great run for the wand of striking''. I knew that I had a [[wand of striking]] in my stash at Dlvl4; I wanted to retrieve it and use it against the boulder on my inventory (further reducing my [[luck]] after having read that scroll). I must run to Dlvl4 while bare-handed, but also naked with only a helmet. On Dlvl9 (Sokoban 1) I immediately encountered a [[leather golem]]. So I pet-tested the [[leather armor]]s and then wear a +0 leather armor. This sends me down to [[AC]] 1. Thus my run for the wand was successful. I clear Sokoban (though while losing more luck) and fight through the zoo while waiting for my bad luck to time out. My reward is an [[amulet of reflection]], but I have so much loot that I choose not to carry it. I threw some gems at a [[black unicorn]] (before my chameleon dispatches it) to restore my luck. Exitting Sokoban at turn 22310, I sought again my stash of Dlvl4.

=== My time as an asphynx ===
Returning from my stash, at Dlvl10 ([[Dungeons of Doom]]) I step on a [[polymorph trap]] that I had previously not noticed. At turn 22573 I became an [[asphynx]], breaking [[polyselfless]] conduct. "You can't even move a [[handspan]] with this load!" "Use the command #[[sit]] to lay an egg." This is good for me, because asphynx are snakes that [[stone]] (as a [[cockatrice]]) and would make good pets. I drop my inventory, lay several eggs and eat a [[food ration]]. My own pet at the time, the chameleon, became a [[basilisk]] and ate two of my eggs before it became something else. "You see an asphynx hatch." My pet asphynx ate all of my remaining eggs but one. "You see an asphynx hatch." So I had one pet chameleon and two pet asphynx (and several statues). At turn 23414, the polymorph finally times out. "You return to droven form." Now I can finally return to Sokoban and take the amulet of reflection, before going back to the Gnomish Mines.

Having two pet asphynx and one pet chameleon makes the Gnomish Mines (which I could have explored long before now) trivially easy. The hardest part is lining up [[gnome]] and [[dwarf]] [[statue]]s so that I can strike them open for loot. I even tame a second chameleon in the mines. Dlvl11 is Mines' End; Dlvl12 is the end of [[Ruggo the Gnome King]].

=== The end ===
I now encounter places which are unfamiliar. I can read enough of the [[DES-file format]] to spoil the maps, but my strategy is too uncertain.

[[Grund's Stronghold]] is at Dlvl14, a branch from Dlvl13. I explore part of the level but do not cross the drawbridge; I could have destroyed the bridge and crossed with my [[ring of levitation]]. I lose one asphynx, leaving the other asphynx and the two chameleons.

I find the portal to the [[Home Quest]], but choose not to attempt the Quest because [[the Heart of Ahriman]] is of no interest to me. I already have [[stealth]] (from [[elven boot]]s) and [[levitation]] (from the ring).

Dlvl18 has a [[cockatrice nest]]. I learn for the first time that because I have stealth, the cockatrices never awake until I attack them. So after killing off about half of the nests, I leave the other cockatrices intact should I later want a corpse; I had lost my last asphynx somewhere. I also accidentally discover the portal to the [[Lawful Quest]].

At ''6 September 2006'', I loaded my game and proceeded into Dlvl19, where something invisible curses some of my armor and my [[unicorn horn]]. I have to go to my stash (still at Dlvl4) and retrieve another horn. The two down staircases of Dlvl20 are both mysteries to me, and I start thinking about whether to proceed down or look for [[alignment quests]], for the sources revealed that there were three.

I have lost both pet chameleons when a [[dust vortex]] discovers the [[Neutral Quest]] portal at Dlvl14. I enter and decide to attempt this quest. However, I can only fight the many [[gas spore]]s by having them blow on me. This weakens me so much that an [[elf-lord]], surprising me in the dark with no pets, is able to kill me.

== Quotes from the dump ==
Your inventory
Amulets
h - an uncursed [[amulet of reflection]] (being worn) {20}
Weapons
a - the rustproof +0 [[Cleaver]] (weapon in hands) {120}
b - a +0 [[submachine gun]] named safe {25}
d - a corroded +1 [[dagger]] named safe +1 {10}
n - a +0 [[orcish dagger]] named safe {10}
Armor
y - a cursed burnt +0 pair of [[elven boots]] named safe (being worn) {15}
A - an uncursed +0 pair of [[leather gloves]] named safe (being worn) {10}
B - a cursed +0 [[dwarvish mithril-coat]] named safe (being worn) {150}
D - a cursed burnt +0 [[elven cloak]] named safe (being worn) {10}
E - an uncursed +1 [[helm of brilliance]] named safe (being worn) {50}
M - an uncursed +0 [[mummy wrapping]] {3}
...

Final attributes
You were piously aligned
You were cold resistant
You were sleep resistant
You were poison resistant
You were telepathic
You were stealthy /* [[elven boots]] */
You aggravated monsters /* ate [[large cat]] while hallucinating */
You could teleport /* ate [[leprechaun]] */
You had teleport control /* ate [[tengu]] */
You were protected
You had reflection
You were very lucky (8)
You had extra luck
Bad luck did not time out for you
Good luck did not time out for you
You are dead
/* You were fast, but slowed after eating a [[Quantum mechanic]] */

Vanquished creatures
...
2 [[asphynx]]es
...
2 [[chameleon]]s
...

== Dump and recordings ==
* [http://slashem.crash-override.net/dump/Kernigh/Kernigh.20060907000756.txt Dump]
* [http://slashem.crash-override.net/ttyrec/Kernigh/ Recordings]: 2006-09-01.22:33:30.ttyrec to 2006-09-06.19:56:24.ttyrec

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 Without the sleep attack, I might have never defeated that pixie, nor the [[leprechaun]] that I later encountered. I lacked a way to [[see invisible]] and did not carry [[ranged weapon]]s. However, the leprechaun gave me [[teleportitis]] and a [[tengu]] gave me [[teleport control]], a useful combination that I normally do not enjoy so early in the game. So when I encountered the [[Oracle]] at Dlvl9, I could teleport to the part of the map that I believed to hold the down staircase, despite having failed to find the secret paths.
-At turn 8914, I am in a corridor of Dlvl10 when a [[frag grenade]] almost hits me. The [[soldier]] that I meet now thrusts a poisoned [[dagger]] against me, but I am [[Barbarian]], so I already have [[poison resistance]]. I make asleep and kill the soldier and reach Expert in [[bare-handed combat]]. I kill another soldier, and having not been shot, I now possess a supply of guns and [[bullet]]s. Using a [[pet]] [[pony]], I work out what is not cursed. A [[submachine gun]] and bullets become my ranged weapon. They work well enough, though I am restricted in [[firearms]]. I went back to stash on Dlvl4.
+At turn 8914, I am in a corridor of Dlvl10 when a [[Frag grenade (SLASH'EM)|frag grenade]] almost hits me. The [[soldier]] that I meet now thrusts a poisoned [[dagger]] against me, but I am [[Barbarian]], so I already have [[poison resistance]]. I make asleep and kill the soldier and reach Expert in [[bare-handed combat]]. I kill another soldier, and having not been shot, I now possess a supply of guns and [[bullet]]s. Using a [[pet]] [[pony]], I work out what is not cursed. A [[submachine gun]] and bullets become my ranged weapon. They work well enough, though I am restricted in [[firearms]]. I went back to stash on Dlvl4.
 === Sokoban, Mines, chameleons ===

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 * This my first SLASH'EM game to reach [[Sokoban]].
 * This is also my first SLASH'EM game to reach the [[Quest portal]]s.
-* It was the first game during which I often consulted the [[source code]]. My activity in [[Wikihack]] had by now given me much more familiarity with vanilla source; thus could I check for different behavior in the SLASH'EM source.
+* It was the first game during which I often consulted the [[source code]]. My activity in [[NetHackWiki]] had by now given me much more familiarity with vanilla source; thus could I check for different behavior in the SLASH'EM source.
 == Gameplay ==

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-{{User:Kernigh/trail|p=nao/65|pt=65th game at NAO|n=brass/2|nt=2nd game of brass}}
+{{User:Kernigh/trail|p=nao/65|pt=65th game at NAO|52nd game at Pallas|n=brass/2|nt=2nd game of brass}}
 Now after my 65th game of NAO and my 1st visit to [[Gehennom]], I took break from vanilla NetHack to play some [[SLASH'EM]] and [[ToME]]. In both games did I find many deaths. I played in the plain 0.0.7E7F2 playground through to 2 June 2006. Then on 3 June 2006 I switched to [[Slethe]]. I desired a 2nd visit to Gehennom and I wanted it to be more interesting.
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 * [http://slashem.crash-override.net/ttyrec/Kernigh/ Recordings]: 2006-09-01.22:33:30.ttyrec to 2006-09-06.19:56:24.ttyrec
-{{User:Kernigh/trail|p=nao/65|pt=65th game at NAO|n=brass/2|nt=2nd game of brass}}
+{{User:Kernigh/trail|p=nao/65|pt=65th game at NAO|52nd game at Pallas|n=brass/2|nt=2nd game of brass}}