Let's Play ADOM
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Chapter 4: Caverns of Chaos II
It's good to keep track of what different sounds mean in the distance. Slurping is the sound of a spider-type enemy creating a tile of webs.
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Doppleganger Lord
Threat Level: 5/10
Special: Confusion in melee, deflects projectiles
Corpse: Can't eat
Oh fucks.
I can't get out of this corner without coming into melee range of that thing. Do I risk fighting it up close?
Fuck no!
Kill from MAXIMUM DISTANCE.
Whew!
A river blocks the floor! Dare I swim it?
I DARE NOT
This is the hidden awesome function of Frost Bolt. Be careful, though - if you bring more than 2000s of equipment onto an ice bridge, it'll collapse.
And then I find what the floor feeling promised! A vault.
A VAULT FULL OF SPIDERS.
Dozens of spiders of various species swarm the vault!
By alternating bolt spells and melee in strategic chokepoints...
...the vault is cleared!
Nothing too great in the lootpile, though.
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Stone Golem
Threat Level: 4/10
Special: High PV, hard to hit with bolts
Corpse: N/A
Fortunately, Burning Hands hits all.
GODDAMNIT
HIDE IT IN A ROOM
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Master Swordsman
Threat Level: 3/10
Special: Disarms
Corpse: No effect
Yeah, only really a threat against fighter classes.
TWO down staircases!
This means we have come to an important choice.
The Dwarven Halls
A shortcut past the Animated Forest
Threat Level: 4/5
The Dwarven Halls are two floors of hell almost ANYTHING can spawn here, most of it is deadly, and I'm not ready for any of it. The only advantage here is the possibility of getting shit lucky.
Or I can take the other path...
...greatest surprise of all is that you are surrounded by a forest! Moments later you are even more surprised, when you notice that all the trees seem to be animated!
The Animated Forest
A huge, unnatural cavern
Threat Level: 3/5
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Animated Tree
Threat Level: 4/10
Special: Usually not hostile, weak VS fire
Corpse: N/A
I'll be taking this route, as I have some tricks to help me navigate it.
Primarily this one! Teleport's destination is random, so I can't count on getting any closer to my goal than this.
The thing about the Animated Forest is that all of these trees are non-hostile. For the moment.
I just need to squeeze my way through.
Fortunately, thanks to that lucky teleport, I'm able to reach the far end before they start to get unruly or oppressive!
Mission complete!
Cleaning up the trees that followed me down! Not that hard when there's only four of them.
Never, EVER use fire magic on the forest floor itself - it makes the ENTIRE forest hostile to you.
Now for the trip back!
Even normally you'll sometimes encounter hostile trees in your wanderings. Best to push past them and hope the crowd leaves them behind.
Almost there...!
And done!
Time to genocide these five trees and head back to THRUNDARRRRR
Lots of dangerous monsters down here!
LEVEL UP
Spell costs now reduced by 20%.
Almost maxed Healing!
New Talent: Quick (+2 Speed)!
Next Level: 66,022 experience!
Ooooh.
And back!
My reward for this quest is a blessed wand of fireballs - an item that will be immensely useful to me in the future.
GIVE ME MORE QUEST
Ogre tribe!
What ogre tribe?
This ogre tribe.
HEY DWARVEN GUARDIAN
HELP A BROTHER OUT
The Ogre Cave
Tribe threatening the dwarven city
Threat Level: 3/5
The loser won't even fight! I'm on my own here.
Okay! Time to kill a whole lot of ogres.
Also time to equip a ring of cold resistance.
There are a lot of the things! They die easy, though.
ICE BAAALLLLLL
And out of PP! RETREAT
Let it recharge a bit...
...and back into the fray!
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Ogre lord
Threat Level: 4/10
Special: Throws rocks
Corpse: Trains strength
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Vapor rat
Threat Level: 2/10
Special: Corruption
Corpse: N/A
It IS possible to encounter non-ogre monsters in the ogre cave, but it's rare.
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Ogre Magus
Threat Level: 5/10
Special: Ice magic, invisibility, regen
Corpse: +1 St, +1 Ma, +PP
Hard to take pictures of, ogre magi are by far the most dangerous thing in this dungeon.
Bonus strength!
Oho.
Oho, I say.
Even hazarding some anti-ogre melee now!
And down goes the last ogre!
As a side point, I can use this place as a sort of temple of solitude now - the monster generation rate here is extremely close to zero.
Reward: 5000 gold!
GUESS WHERE THAT'S GOING
First, I sell various things, including a dozen new sis!
Mmm, religion.
Next: The battle for dwarftown!
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