Forum:Punished in Minetown
Hey folks!
Due to a careless sacrifice (a wereperson; I forgot it was human=my race) in the middle of battle, I succeeded in getting my god angry at myself, the altar converted to chaotic, and I received the ball and chain as punishment. That was before I entered the Gnomish Mines. I still made it to Minetown and even managed to get a Master Mind Flayer as pet (but don't ask me how, it was just there suddenly). The altar was cross-aligned. I left some money there for 5 points of protection, then my MMF proceeded to suck the priest's brains out and hand me my money back. My problem, however, is that I still have the punishment. None of the cures in the wiki (Polymorphing into nymph/metallivore/amorphous... monster; wand of opening; bell of opening; drawbridge etc.) are available to me. Praying isn't an option, I think, since I already got Crom to curse my secondary weapon when I tried that. (I didn't mention that, but due to a stupid primary/secondary switch of mine I also ended up with the cursed short sword in hand. You see, I'm a newbie :-) My idea was to wait for more monsters in minetown and sacrifice them in the now empty temple. I already succeeded in converting the altar to Crom. But I suppose I need a lot more corpse to make him happy with me again, and with the ball-and-chain it is difficult to carry the corpses back in town. Of course, there are loads of pick-axes and mattocks lying around, but I can't dig straighter routes to the temple since the sword is welded to my hands. Oh, and I also have uncontrolled teleportitis.
On the upside, I have a Master Mind Flayer, a large cat, a large dog, and several giant rats as pets. So I'm in no immediate danger until the food from the Minetown food store runs out.
If any of you have suggestions for something that could help me, I would be very thankful!
--89.244.100.66 00:45, August 19, 2010 (UTC)
- The sword is the biggest problem. With a pet master mind flayer you won't need to worry about water demons, so try dipping it into a fountain. It'll rust, but that's ok because you just want to get rid of it. Once that's done you can use a pick axe to dig a pit, move a boulder next to it, drop your ball into the pit and push the boulder into the pit. That unchains you, and doesn't leave you tethered to the ground as you might think. Crom is currently angry at you, so don't bother praying until you can sacrifice something strong enough to mollify him (look for that key word when sacrificing. Weak monsters will do nothing to lower his anger. See altar). The teleportitis is your last big problem, and the only solution for that now is to find a ring of teleport control or eat a tengu corpse and get lucky. -- Qazmlpok 01:47, August 19, 2010 (UTC)
- Or you happen to meet a nymph who will take an interest in the sword or the ball - or eventually both. Just make sure to drop everything you'd like to keep on an Elbereth square before meeting her. 62.80.22.186 10:23, August 19, 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot! When I get to play the next time, I will try out your suggestions! In between, I thought of something myself: I could find a magic trap and step on it repeatedly, hoping that eventually I will "feel someone helping me". That would uncurse my sword. But the fountain option is probably easier, since the only magic traps I know of are a few levels up. The teleportitis is not such a worry at the moment, at least when I'm free and not wielding a cursed weapon. I figured I'd find a tengu eventually, so I ate that nymph. The first tengu didn't leave a corpse, though. Just one thing: I have seen that the master mind flayer is quite potent, so I wouldn't like to have to face him as an enemy. Still I don't really know in which way he could lose his tameness (of course I keep him close to me or on my dungeon level, and I would also let him eat corpses, if the other pets let him). Is there some specific Bad Idea I should avoid in dealing with him? -- Jay 89.244.97.77 13:38, August 20, 2010 (UTC) (sorry, I can't seem to get the indent and the line break function to work correctly)
