And thusly, SLASH'EM is defeated.
Fuck yeahThings to note about this run:
4 of those 16 wishes were me artifact wishing for the Wallet of Perseus. There were about 12 artifacts in play by that point. Yeah. 4 of those wishes were for Blessed Figurines of Solars, which are the most broken pet ever. THEY ONE SHOT A RIDER! 3 of those wishes were for magic markers. 2 of those wishes were for healthstones. 1 set of 3, and 1 set of 2. 1 of those wishes was for a shirt. 1 was for a ring of free action. And finally, 1 was for Deep Dragon Scale Mail
Either way, the main thing is by the time I got wishes, I only needed 4 of them and I was kinda at a loss for what to wish for with the wand of wishing. I didn't actually GET a wish til Floor 30 though. But yeah, SLASH'EM is very much NetHack but MORE :O!
The early game is more brutal, the mid game is more frustrating, and the end game is more stupidly easy. With 6 blessed healthstones, I was HEALING FASTER THAN AN AIR ELEMENTAL IN THE PLANE OF AIR could pummel me with Debris. I don't think I even WENT below 200 HP in the Ass Troll plane.
Also, the only reason I wished for more than one Solar was, well, before the Ass Troll plane, I lost my first one. Turns out she was level teleported. FORTY ONE FLOORS UP!!! And then I was wishing for Solars for the Ass Troll plane to cut a path. Unfortunately NEITHER figurine gave me a pet. One peaceful, one hostile, no tame. I guess that was the game's hail mary for trying to beat me up.
Yes, I know, I was a Monk and basically pretended vegetarian conduct didn't exist, wore body armor (DUE TO TERRIBLE DESIGN, BY THE WAY! TO BE ASCENSION KITTED IN SLASH'EM, you
have to have drain resist. And to have drain resist you can either get it from a weapon, armor, or amulet. Monks are kinda fucked there.), and would probably have wielded a weapon if punching things weren't so effective.
Also of note, I think after like, floor five the only time I WASN'T burdened was the Ass Troll plane, where I dropped half my wands and all my scrolls. A lot of blank ones and such.
But, that was SLASH'EM. I can rest easy knowing I never have to play it again. Ever.