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RE: The Socktopus Memorial Stone Soup LP Thread: Now Playing Stabotaur
04-07-2012, 06:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-07-2012, 06:43 PM by SleepingOrange.)
Just a quick heads-up, if you post too soon after yourself, the forum automatically folds your posts in together. If you notice an update but find it seems like it's way ahead of where the last one stopped, check the post above; they might have gotten mashed up. Fortunately, the forum at least puts a big line between the original post and the one merged with it, so it's at least easy to find the break.
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Spoiler![[Image: Centwarp1.png]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/Socktopus/Centwarp/Centwarp1.png)
This is Centwarp, the most unfortunately-named adventurer to date.
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Spoiler![[Image: Centwarp2.png]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/Socktopus/Centwarp/Centwarp2.png)
These are his aptitudes. They, uh... Hmm.
Honestly, I'm more worried about the -3 to both Armor and Dodging than I am the -2 and -1 to Spellcasting and Translocations: the latter pair can be kind of overcome by just funneling as much exp into them as possible (as I have done); a -3 is preeeetty awful, though, and I don't want to divert too much exp into a black hone like that with not much to show for it. At least as a warper with high landspeed I'll be really good at running away from things!
As you can see, I have selected polearms as my weapon of choice; centaurs are equally bad with all melee weapons, so I considered just ditching whatever I ended up with and going with Unarmed Combat to take advantage oh my kickin' hooves. However, since the 0.10 update, all polearms have reach, so I decided to see how that'd work out for me. Maybe this was a bad decision!
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Spoiler![[Image: Centwarp3.png]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/Socktopus/Centwarp/Centwarp3.png)
Aww, come on. Right out of the gate, a spear-wielding gnoll? That's just not fair!
I don't really want to deal with this, as the gnoll is likely tougher and more accurate than I am, so it's time to get my flee on.
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Spoiler![[Image: Centwarp4.png]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/Socktopus/Centwarp/Centwarp4.png)
Fortunately, the hall I ran blindly down branches quickly, so I should be able to lose him.
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Spoiler![[Image: Centwarp5.png]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/Socktopus/Centwarp/Centwarp5.png)
Forgetting for the moment that I can just outrun the gnoll, I spot a room with closable doors. Perfect, I think, I can just hide in here and hope the gnoll wanders past. It'll be just like every cartoon ever, only with less slapstick and more stabbing!
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Spoiler![[Image: Centwarp6.png]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/Socktopus/Centwarp/Centwarp6.png)
Of course, that assumes the door isn't clogged by a rat AND a snake before I can close it.
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Spoiler![[Image: Centwarp7.png]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/Socktopus/Centwarp/Centwarp7.png)
And a goblin, notorious for its ability to open doors if it sees you closing them.
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Spoiler![[Image: Centwarp8.png]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/Socktopus/Centwarp/Centwarp8.png)
Still, I manage to get everyone dead and the door closed before the gnoll shows up. Surely my master plan has no chance to fail now!
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Spoiler![[Image: Centwarp9.png]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/Socktopus/Centwarp/Centwarp9.png)
Welp
Fortunately, the gnoll hadn't actually noticed me yet. I manage to play peekaboo with him around the other door out for several turns; all I need is for him to go the right way once and I'm home free.
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Spoiler![[Image: Centwarp10.png]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/Socktopus/Centwarp/Centwarp10.png)
Naturally, this doesn't happen, and the game of peekaboo becomes a lethal spear-off. I win, but barely. One roll one way or the other would have completely changed the outcome.
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Spoiler![[Image: Centwarp11.png]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/Socktopus/Centwarp/Centwarp11.png)
After some leveling, I take a time-out to learn blink, which will either save my life umpteen times or kill me embarrassingly. Given that centaurs have pretty unimpressive MP reserves, the latter seems a little more likely.
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Spoiler![[Image: Centwarp12.png]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/Socktopus/Centwarp/Centwarp12.png)
Still, level one down! It was a bigger issue than it ought to have been, but that was just bad luck.
Right?
Poisoned by a kobold with a +3/+1 dagger of venom, no curing potions. An ignominious end, and one that happened so quickly into floor two that I don't think this run got a fair shake.
Going again, but this time sticking with unarmed combat; the reach advantage isn't significant enough to counterbalance spears' mediocrity or the difficulty in finding good polearm drops.
