h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Okay heres the situation

Myself vs Mughash the Kobold lord

His followers are dead except for one kobold who I could kill easily.

The terrain is a block (3 by 9) which we are running around. At any point I can run around enough to replenish my health and SP but obviously he heals as well. Eventually I'd run out of light (5 flasks of oil) but not food (Can create it)

I got here by word of recall so there are no stairs up. I have cast detect doors and stairs and there are no stairs up anywhere near by. The rest of the level is unexplored. Running is not an option.

My character
High-Elf mage lvl 11
AC 24
Htp 56
SP 23
Offensice Spells:
Magic missile, stinking cloud, lightning bolt, spear of light and frost bolt
Wands:
Sleep monster and slow monster.
Potions&Scrolls:
None
Weapon:
Cutlass (+5/+4)

Wait a minute. As I write this I rember that I also have teleport self. Duh. I can run away - in fact it looks like I'll have to. Still I'll leave this up for a bit in case anyone can see a way to kill him)

(He seems immune to slow&sleep, can someone confirm this?)

I quite like the mental-image this gives me of a sort-of underground Benny-Hill chase.

Did the teleport thing work?

Dunno. It might have.

Instead I worked out which spell would make me lose enough SP so that the recovery time would match that for the average HP I lost in one attack then found that this recovery time was less than the recovery time for him taking the damage from that spell. I repeated till I ran out of light and then some - but eventually emerged triuphant with my spangly new +7 cloak.

In fact making blocks to run around (with the stone to mud spell) seems a fine way to beat normal speed melee bosses. I've managed another four uniques that way since then. Including one on lvl16. Speaking of which I've a new record: lvl20 character lvl17 in the dungeon.

Only problem is that I have five learn spells qeued up and I can't find any books to learn from. I have everything in the first three books and as much as it'll let me have from the fourth. Ahh the joys of intelligence 18/70

And no sooner do I post the record than the character dies. Got up to intelligence 18/90 though. Killed by being blinded every round so I spent every round taking blindness cures until I eventually died.

And no sooner do I post the record than the character dies. Got up to intelligence 18/90 though. Killed by being blinded every round so I spent every round taking blindness cures until I eventually died.