Made him a wizard just for the heck of it, this run got me kinda curious how score is calculated since it was significantly higher than my other victories despite the handicap.
Character Dump for MageGuild version 1.9.6.0
Benjamin the Weak - Level 1 - Winner!
Final Score: 10741
on floor 16 of Ath's dungeon.
Turns: 16057
HP: 20/22
MP: 19/20
Schools: Cosmic, Arcane
Spells: Push
Edges: Shaped Bolt (Cone)
Inventory: Mage Staff
Bright Mirror
Amulet of Reversal
Amulet of Undeath
Wand of Death
Wand of Energy
Wand of Life
Wand of Life
Black Gothic Choker (worn)
Ring of the Titan (worn)
Ring of the Titan (worn)
Shamanic Mask
Vest of Explosives (worn)
Potion of Life
Potion of Life
Crystal Ball
Token of Sateja
Scroll of Contagion
Scroll of Teleport
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You are granted full-master status in the mage guild!
Congratulations, you have escaped the dungeon!
You climb down the stairs, into a blaze of light!
Your staff discharges harmlessly.
You gather power into your staff.
You gather power into your staff.
A set of stairs appears where Archmage Ath was standing.
You hear Archmage Ath's disembodied voice announce, "You have passed."
shards fading away to nothing.
Archmage Ath collapses to the ground, and shatters like glass, the
You hit the Archmage Ath!
The Archmage Ath seems to be paralyzed!
the Archmage Ath passes through your aura!
The Archmage Ath swings a warhammer at you!
The white shield fades from the Archmage Ath.
You gather power into your staff.
You gather power into your staff.
the Archmage Ath passes through your aura!
The Archmage Ath swings a warhammer at you!
You gather power into your staff.
You hit the Archmage Ath!
the Archmage Ath passes through your aura!
The Archmage Ath swings a warhammer at you!
You gather power into your staff.
You gather power into your staff.
The Archmage Ath looks better!
The Archmage Ath smiles, and is suffused by a golden glow.
The golden armor fades from the Archmage Ath.
You gather power into your staff.
You hit the Archmage Ath!
The Archmage Ath looks better!
The Archmage Ath smiles, and is suffused by a golden glow.
You gather power into your staff.
You gather power into your staff.
the Archmage Ath passes through your aura!
The Archmage Ath swings a warhammer at you!
You gather power into your staff.
You hit the Archmage Ath!
The Archmage Ath looks better!
The Archmage Ath smiles, and is suffused by a golden glow.
The Archmage Ath catches on fire!
The Archmage Ath looks better!
The Archmage Ath smiles, and is suffused by a golden glow.
You gather power into your staff.
You gather power into your staff.
his body.
The Archmage Ath gestures quickly, and a brilliant white film covers
You gather power into your staff.
The flames covering the Archmage Ath die out.
The white shield fades from the Archmage Ath.
his body.
The Archmage Ath gestures quickly, and a suit of golden armor covers
You hit the Archmage Ath!
You gather power into your staff.
You gather power into your staff.
You gather power into your staff.
The golden armor fades from the Archmage Ath.
You hit the Archmage Ath!
The Archmage Ath looks better!
The Archmage Ath smiles, and is suffused by a golden glow.
The Archmage Ath catches on fire!
The flames covering the Archmage Ath die out.
You gather power into your staff.
You gather power into your staff.
his body.
The Archmage Ath gestures quickly, and a brilliant white film covers
You gather power into your staff.
the Archmage Ath passes through your aura!
The Archmage Ath swings a warhammer at you!
You hit the Archmage Ath!
You gather power into your staff.
You gather power into your staff.
You press the token to your forehead...
Pick an item to use.
Pick an item to use.
You resist.
You project a searing ball of flames!
Pick a direction. (directional keys, <, >, or 'numpad 5')
You read the Scroll of Fireball.
Pick an item to use.
Scroll the map... (directional keys scroll the map)
Pick an item to combine.
his body.
The Archmage Ath gestures quickly, and a suit of golden armor covers
You hit the Archmage Ath!
The Archmage Ath catches on fire!
You gather power into your staff.
You gather power into your staff.
You gather power into your staff.
The flames covering the Archmage Ath die out.
Pick a direction. (directional keys, <, >, or 'numpad 5')
Scroll the map... (directional keys scroll the map)
You project a bolt of arcane force from your hand!
Pick a direction. (directional keys, <, >, or 'numpad 5')
Casting Push...
The white shield fades from the Archmage Ath.
You hit the Archmage Ath!
You gather power into your staff.
You gather power into your staff.
You gather power into your staff.
Until you figured out the cause of the crashes? Is this the depth 7 crash you reported some time ago, or something new?
Something new, although it might related to those old crashes , except those were from combat. The cause of these was mapping out a majority of a level and trying to save, the solution was to only save right after entering a new level. Sometimes saving in the middle of one would work, but better to play it safe. Unfortunately I lost the error log and another victory to computer problems, But I will let you know if it pops up again in .4, or I could recreate it if I could get a copy of .3
Ok; certainly let me know if it crops up again in 1.9.4. If you feel like rechecking 1.9.3, I've put a copy of it back up, here.
first is the 1.9.3 log, I also found out its still in 1.9.4(second log) which is a bummer. It also seemed like I needed to explore a larger amount of the level than usual for it to crash when I nova'ed away a lot of the walls
OK; I think I've got this guy nailed down. I'm not sure how the situation that's causing it is arising, but it should be fixed in the dev code. I'll drop a 1.9.5 (with this fix, among other things) later this afternoon.
The main reason the score is higher, I would guess, is because you get a bonus at the end for each character level less than 15 you are. You also get a bonus for each spell you learn, but that one is pretty small.
I've gotta say, I'm very surprised you could pull this off. No spells but Push, no edges but bolt shape, and never gained a level? That's tough. What tactics let you succeed with this?
Well I don't wanna get too specific because it would be really spoilery but it was my usual strategy of turning almost everything possible into a source of permanence, just a lot more difficult to do, and quite a few things happened because of luck. As for what all that permanence gos to, Fire resist is almost necessary since so many things are fire, armor overcame the lack of health, lightning/paralysis resist was third priority, and for this character an aura was pretty important since there wasn't much to boost damage.
As for where luck came in, finding wands/crystal balls, changing items and getting what i wanted, not getting shapeshifted when a chaos mote got me and most of the Ath battle.
Cool! I'm glad auras were actually helpful for the run; most of the time, they don't get a lot of love.