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Crawl Relay Part 2: Dungeon Boogaloo
Psieye:
Alright, so I'm starting at turn 236.6k and... huh? Only 3 recharge scrolls? I thought I saw 10 in an earlier screenshot during barasia's turn? Were they spent recharging the heal wand?
Now about spells... wait there's corpses out there rotting? And we're in Ziggurat where a lot of enemies aren't immune to evaporate ammo? Excuse me, I must do cleanup... Oh right yeah... I forgot Fulsome Distillation didn't I?
Among the loot is... the long awaited Teleport Control ring. Oh and an rF+ Dex+3 ring which is worthless to us.
Why do we have so many enchant armour scrolls when our equipment isn't maximised? We have 3 more back in Hell for further repair works. First I fully enchant the boots back to +2. Then I decide I won't gamble on bringing this +6 troll armour any higher as we may face jellies later again so I keep them around for repair reserves.
Huh? We DO have fulsome distillation? WHAT AM I DOING?
Hmm, Flan gives us 10 runed sling bullets. Annoying gifts as always. Oh and this book of callings is unnecessary too, really Flan I hope you're having fun gifting us these things.
Ok, put on all +Stealth jewellery we have so we're now extraordinarily stealthy. Hopefully I can scout the floor's party before deciding what to use. Oh and 2 recharge scrolls are used to buff the Ice rod. I want faster recharging and higher mana pool so I can double cast freeze clouds and more sooner. The last recharge scroll is in case something goes horribly wrong somehow.
Zig:24, teleport control denial. I wish we had controlled blink which can overcome this partially but I have smoke screens so I can control myself anyway.
Damn, good spot you draconian:
I run back to the corner of the room hoping as few draconians chase me as possible. There, I make some butterflies and spam Haunt on them in preparation.
!@#!@ Ball wiped all my mana. CHANNNELLLLLLLL
Uh hey Flan, making me swap places with my wraith is a BAAAAD THING right now. You can't distinguish can you?
Shit, they got Abjuration too, I can't haunt spam so freely. I try to keep a smoke screen up in front of me as much as possible to avoid smite spam damage.
Oh right, Condensation shield is immediately broken by the steam I'm sitting in. Oh well, plan B... you know I should have been in dragon form for this fight. Oh and while this smoke screen is up... I project some noise behind to try and distract the draconians more.
Sceptre of Remilia throws out Gungnir whenever there's targets of opportunity. Oh and Degeneration potion whenever there's an opening:
Shit, Zealots call down Hellfire too do they? Another smoke screen, I melee whenever I can, but I ought to jump out of lich form, drink all these heal pots, then come back at some point. RECHARGE FASTER YOU ROD OF ICE.
So amazing how Nue can read a manual in 1 turn. Hmm... I'm thinking up of a crazy plan here but I don't know if I should risk it or not.
Ok, I killed both zealots in immediate vision with a bolt of draining (Ha ha, old chap! exp loss who cares). Let's do this thing! Actually, another zealot showed up. Damn no chance yet eh?
Hellfire, it be scary:
Screw it, I decide to abandon the plan to torment and just quaff all the heal wounds potions I can, then cast regenerate while keeping this smoke screen up.
MOAR! I NEED MOAR FREEZING VAPOUR!
OH DRAT, Freezing Vapour is blocking the steam! Smoke screen not working! Oh well, I'll continue tanking in live form, it's better than being unable to regenerate.
COOL MOVE FLAN!
Oh right, Scorchers can do Hellfire too. Incidentally, I long stopped caring about Glow:
Ok, this draconian is coming solo:
Nothing else is coming for the time being, I take the opportunity to get rid of glow and if I'm back to normal status afterwards, I'm prepping for dragon form.
Ok, 800 turns in and I'm back to normality. I suspect there's more draconians out there, this time I'll be doing it in Dragon form and probably without Haste. Glow is perfectly alright in Lich form where the explosions of energy might even come in handy.
Oh that was the last of them:
I wish potions of EXP filled up your skill pool too... This artifact book only has Agony as its useful spell... nahhhhhhhhh, we kill non-demonic things too fast. Stone skin? Nahhhhhhhh. Blink MR artefact helm? Also rejected. Mephitic Cloud... now this is tempting but......... also rejected. I prefer to have Abjuration as a spell rather than rely on 2 rods.
A DEMON WHIP OF VAMPIRISM and rC++... Very promising! Even if it's only +1, with Haste it should be useful for emergency healing.
Oops and before I forget, I must re-learn Necromutation after forgetting it while in dragon form.
Ok, let's see what Zig:25 has to offer us. Another teleport control denial area.
Cancel dragon form, we're doing this in lich form. Twink for maximum Int (40) and spam some haunts before engaging.
The dreaded thing happens:
Well... at least this fumble happened after I got my army. Time to channel more ASAP... IN HASTE OF COURSE.
HAVING FUN EH FLANDRE?
She returned us close to our starting point, after showing us just how many things we're up against. I count some 8~9 greater mummies out there. HAUNT SPAM ALL THE WAY. I also see 3 priests in the immediate vicinity who like to use Abjuration. Weak skilled though, as my 40 Int summons have quite the staying power.
Lich form comes with a grave apparently:
Incidentally, Greater mummies also Abjure. Damn, there goes Haunt spam I guess, and I can't exactly afford to channel spam when I'm at half health. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... DOH AGAIN!
Apparently Komachi didn't get word that Shiki was defeated:
Rika? Is that you?
Ok, looks like I ought to get some MP back up for extensions anyway, let me smoke screen myself in the corner... Got 2 mp back from a melee scuffle.
I just don't learn do I? MOAR HAUNT SPAM! Dah, I got drained AGAIN. Sod it, sticking with smoke screens and Remilia. That's the last of the Translocation manual too, we're at Lv 13.8 in Translocations.
MY HAND IS BURNING RED! IT IS TELLING ME TO DEFEAT YOU!
WAIT I WASN'T HASTED? I RAN OUT AT SOME POINT? HASTE AGAIN!
Damn, a Mummy hit me for some 30 damage. Which really reminds me: I've got caster jewellery on, not defensive jewellery.
Oh wait wait wait................. Shit, I've been slowed. That's why I'm like this. Uh hmm..... emergency escape plan time.
I cannot possibly blink in this state. Let's hope teleport gets me OUT OF THIS PLACE.
No heal wand charges, no recharges left. I think our Zig run ends right here, there's no way I can carry on with no healing while in lich form (essential in Torment spam floors). I guess I forgot Borgnjor's too but that's a high risk move anyway, especially with friggin torment spam always ready to undo your work.
MAGNIFICENCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Come to think, I really really should have cast Project Noise while I had smoke screens up. Now then, I have mere moments to grab the best of this loot:
By the way, when I disappeared I dropped off 2 ice clouds:
A useless amulet and a... Blink, Rage, rElec, rPois amulet. Hmm, I like that one.
Ok, I'm out of there. Time to SOMEHOW survive this mess:
I was really scared for a moment there, but it only did 3 damage:
I must heal faster than I blow up! Huh? "This thing" being a heal effect?
I didn't know Stasis amulets could talk?
Oh by the way, that manual I ran out with was a poison manual. Bahhhhhhhhhh
The fuck? The Pan lord just teleported here while I was busy trying to purge myself of this Glow?
He fails at perception. UNLIKE RUMIA! No time to wait for the last of the glow, ACTION TIME! I see, this "Bror" lord is a tank. I get a lucky crit in through his AC though and he lost 60% of his HP in 1 skeletal punch. The punch 2 after that hit him even harder for overkilllllllllllllll. It's only been 1800 turns since I started? Looks like I'll also be doing a rune run - uh let me get to the Abyss and Hell first if I can...
Hmm, I could learn Haste here, found a book... but I'm going back to the Abyss after this floor anyway so no point. Oh look, no need:
Back home in Hell, the Haste and Heal wands are recharged. Hmm... now that I'm out of Zig, I guess I can accept relying on rods for Abjuration. I shall learn Flight and Dig from forgetting that and Controlled Teleport.
Also, since this is endgame anyway, I pick up my favourite non-artifact weapon: the +6 Glaive of Reaching. AND READ ALL OUR ENCHANT WEAPONS ON IT.
19 Enchant I and 8 Enchant II later... it's a +8 glaive of reaching. Yes we have Mastered Unarmed Combat, but having a reaching weapon is nice on its own. Alright, let's get back to the rune hunt.
Hi there Pan Lord!
Gratz, your underling has better observation skills than you! Let's fight! This is his state after I land 2 hits on him, he's impressive for dodging the other 2 hits:
Manual of Maces... This game really is trying to make a point...
Ah... hte problem of forgetting Abjuration and being in dragon form: can't wield rod to abjure to remove Elly. Oh well, JUST PUNCH THROUGH
Yep, one shot that summoned Executioner. See that 65% damage? That's from 1 punch:
The fist of the dragon kills that lord in the 2nd strike.
Who summoned Tenshi here?
Leaving her alone, being vulnerable to Torment AND Holy is not nice.
Next Pan Lord, hasn't nuked me with fire storm yet so should be safe. Oh, it does poison cloud instead. Huh?
Ok, so it is a danger. Damn it must have CHAOS BRANDED FISTS:
Flandre got her lulz fix. Also, on the 2nd random teleport:
But it was close to the exit once I dug out. I drop excess loot outside the Pan portal in D:24 and resume.
Ohohohohohohohohohohoooooooo:
I'm a giant dragon. How am I extremely stealthy?
Ok, lots of Neqoxecs, this is Koishi's domain:
Resist Mutation amulet ON. Staying in dragon form for faster kills. THIS is how I protect myself from mutations while far away from a neqoxec:
I'm 2-shotting tentacle monsters. Those things are meant to be tanks. Welcome to my field of vision my girl:
Sure why not, summon some pets Koishi:
I just wanted to get Letty out of the way before I...
RED UFO OF RAGE! Koishi had 3 lives. GG. Now to get out of this place before my RAGE runs out:
Floor cleared. Saved just above a portal to the next Pan level. Yeah... I guess I could have survived longer in Zig if I was willing to burn through our Max HP at risk of torment but... I played safe. Anyone who wants to have a go at Zig:24+ has that save from barasia anyway - and Zig portals can spawn anew in Pandemonium.
Totaku:
Ok now it's time to tell you all of a story that'll go down in the course of history....
When we last left off, Nue had just collected another rune from Koishi. With the masters down....all that remained were their pets...
So she traveled down further...
What a strange place... Unyukkuri on an island surrounded by magma....I wonder if thier's a way to lure them out one by one?
As Nue kept fighting, her experience went up...time to use the manual...
At last we find the Pandemonium Lord....but...this looks really uninviting....
Apperently he sits on a volcanic island surrounded by Unyukkuri.... who can say I'll die in less than 20 seconds? Not gonig to take that chance! NEXT FLOOR!
Scroll of aquirement? Time to make a wish...for some armor...
Bah, it was junk...keep moving!
Next Floor!
This floor got ugly real quick mainly because of Ice Feinds and Elly. Because of them Nue nearly died. Last resort....Revivification!
Next Floor...
Very open ended got lots of stuff out of it. PRetty simple...moving along..
And Nue's fighting went up to 22!
Also had maxed Experience time to read...aww the book crumbled...
NEXT FLOOR!
And another Pandemonium Lord...
And we also find an exit!
Nue's prety stocked so we left the places after exploring...
We drop off the Rune and a few items and return.... Guess what?
Looks like Nue's going to fight a
Grand Pandemonium Lord, I wonder who it'll be?
And we have a way to escape so that's good.
A steel fort, this can only mean....
UTSUHO!
As expected Utusho is serious busniess. One shouldn't drop their guard against her and as expected she tries to nuke Nue from the get go!
But she forgot, I'm a MOTHER FUDGING DRAGON!!! RIP AND TEAR!!!!!
I hasted, Utsuho hasted, and most of it was a knock out drag out fight. I was forced to use revivification to stand up to UTsuho....and it payed off!
And so Nue devouers the hellraven what a way to go!
And we get her 3rd leg to boot!
And the firey rune is now ours for the taking!
But there's one other thing....
All the loot in the Chamber of the fort.
Now I hear there's a breakable wall, but I'm unsure how that works....so instead I resorted to controlled teleportation....
I got into the loot, but most of it was junk anyways.... time to head back to hell again!
And so Nue had 2800 turns left, and one rune to go. Can she do it?
Nue returns to Pandemonium once again... and....
Looks like we're at Orin's place now! Time to take out the last of the Chidenren crew!
And here's a rare sight...a toenail golem..... sure it weak, but what's it doing down here? Either way simple to beat.
What made this place more interesting? ANOTHER EXIT ALREADY! Looks like we'll be making an easy run out of here!
But first thing's first...
We reach a unique area and it's crawling with Elly. Course being a dragon....RIP AND TEAR! That's all thier is too it!
Soon enough, we get to the rune and as expected.... Orin's waiting...
Orin decides to fling Miasma into Nue's face and Nue began to slow down as she gagged at the sicking smell... Time to haste!
To be honest, Orin nearly killed her due to the fact that I failed to realize that deflect missles weren't on. Needed to fix that at once.
Also Phase shift and Revivififcation!
Now it's time to RIP AND TEAR!
And so like that Orin was snapped like a tooth pick. And she fell real quick!
Time to take the rune and RUN!
Also Nue was glowing.... and not in a good way... the kind of glowing that would ruin your body....but you know what...this is the end of the run. At this point we're going to just grab the beer, gather the runes and blow this joint!
And so Nue had 1000 turns to go for the rune.... so she grabs three runes and runs for it.
Using teleport wands and determining the shortest distants Nue teleported her way through the area...
ZUN:5 Nue battles more manly mannosukes....
And before too long Nue makes it...
The Beer of ZUN!
SO Nue grabs it and RUNS!
And so like that Nue starts to teleport. Back up stairs one after another...
She goes to hell, grabs the rare weapons, all 15 types of runes. And continues to run for the exit!
Half way out Nue develops shouting problems again...
Does that really matter now.
Either way, Nue mainly grabbed every teleport scroll from hell and used them to teleport her way to the exit. (SHe had 32!)
And so like a cheesy SOB, Nue tele'd her way through the stiars and got to the first floor and tele'd to the exit with minimual demon conflict!
And so Nue escaped with the orb!
Here's what she brought out!
And her final score....
Talk about a fun run! We went against alot of odds, went through alot of places and even made a 15 rune run...while serving under Flandre! Now that was FUN!
And what did Nue do after she got the beer of ZUN?.... well that's a secret! Why? well how do I put it...
--- Quote ---To get the ending, complete the game without continuing.
--- End quote ---
Hohohoho we died too much anyways.... maybe next time. :P
That's it for this run! Thank you for playing Touhou Crawl!
Stay tune for Touhou Crawl 0.7.1 which will likely start in a few hours or a day or two...
Psieye:
Gratz on the win! Yeah, casting Revivification once during the Okuu fight was the entire reason why I learnt that spell - I simulated that battle a few times and watched Okuu in arena mode too. She nukes at point blank range too but with dragon form and twinked Str, it's possible to melee her iwth 1 revivificaiton when both sides are hasted and summons are abjured. Oh and regarding that hellion island, I guess you didn't want to un-dragon and just spam the ice rod?
Surprised you hit Orin in dragon form, with everything dark that she does. Oh wait, she also does dispel undead, yeah it was best to be in dragon form.
Oh and pity we didn't get to use the Portal spell in teh end. Barasia was building up for the ultimate cheese of going from D:27 to D:1 in one spell. Much more cheesy than teleport scroll spam.
Anyway, I won't be signing back up for the next round of DCrawl at the start. I'll join again later but life is getting hectic again so I'll let fresh blood control whoever our player character is until mid-late game.
barasia:
i wanted to point out that Portal Spell(thats why we have high translocation skill) is possible to insta-win the game, but well, that was a fun game.
as my uni studies are getting hectic, i'll take a break from the Crawl run for now. or at least im familiarized with 0.7 demonspawn mutations. Passive Freezing mutation rocks.