Archeologist

Archaeologists are one of the harder classes, but can become powerful in the late game.

Archaeologists can be human, a gnome, or a dwarf.

Their quest artifact is The Orb of Detection, which confers magic resistance and telepathy, gives you half damage when attacked by spells, and can be invoked to toggle invisibility on and off.

Best weapons are a pick-axes, sabres, boomerangs, and whips. And you can bareknuckle pretty good too. Dwarvish mattocks are two handed pick-axes that rock pretty hard.

A good artifact weapon for you is Grayswandir, a silver sabre that really kicks ass in Gehennom. Keep an eye out for captains because they sometimes carry silver sabres as well.

Starting equipment

 +2 bullwhip,
 +0 leather jacket,
 +0 fedora,
 3 to 6 uncursed food rations,
 +0 pick-axe,
 uncursed tinning kit (30 to 99 charges),
 uncursed touchstone,
 uncursed sack.
 Following chances of ONE of:,
   10%    uncursed tin opener,
   22.5%  uncursed oil lamp,
    6.75% uncursed magic marker (30 to 99 charges).

Abilites

 XL 1 : Stealth,
 XL 1 : Speed,
 XL 10: Searching,
 You can use two-weapon combat.
 You can use uncursed touchstones as blessed.

Gods

 Lawful:  Quetzalcoatl      (humans, dwarves)
 Neutral: Camaxtli          (humans, gnomes)
 Chaotic: Huhetotl

Quest artifact

The Orb of Detection
  (lawful* Archeologist crystal ball)
  Carried
    Confers magic resistance and telepathy.
    Half damage when attacked by spells.
  Invoked
    Toggles invisibility on/off.

See main article, Archaeologist quest

Archeologist rank titles: Digger (xplvl 1-2), Field Worker (3-5), Investigator (6-9), Exhumer (10-13), Excavator (14-17), Spelunker (18-21), Speleologist (22-25), Collector (26-29), Curator (30)

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