Another contest

So, the NS is here
Muscle: 141 (93)
Mysticality: 275 (151)
Moxie: 121 (99)

1st form: CRITICAL fettucini for 765 - funny
2nd form: noodles and 2x fettucini, bu not a lot HP left

So hooray - I defeated the NS on the first try. This really SUCKS - winning using the first adventure of the day.

Total length: 6 days :-(, 1180 adventures. I blame it or my bad luck. This could and should have been my first 5-day HC run, but it is at least possible to do it without olfaction or a lot of expensive familiars (I have hebo and llama).

And then I permed Powers of observation and ascended into another contest.

Seal Clubber under Bad Moon for the first time.

Progress was slow, I opened manor, got encryption key, got gravy (and 3 spooky mushrooms :-(). I cleared the tavern cellar and found the grave at the end of the day.

Final stats:
Muscle: 17
Mysticality: 6
Moxie: 7
Days: 1

Almost the first 5-dayer

Bad luck again, finding the pyramid took ages. Over 20 adventures to meet Gnasir for the first time...

The beach was troubling as well.

Nevertheless, I made it to L13 with 19 adventures left.

Maze was not bad. Only 3 adventures.

The tower:
Flaming Samurai - 3 adventures
Electron Submarine - 3 adventures
Pretty Fly - 5 adventures
possessed pipe-organ - 1 adventure
giant fried egg - 1 adventure
giant bee - 1 adventure

Guess what - I have 1 adventure left. This SUCKS. I can beat the shadow and then look at the NS laughing at me. If I only had the torpedo, or that tattered paper worked or if I used that fortune cookie with milk... Never mind.

Should I use the last adventure to fight a sand worm and hope for spice melange? That's not really worth it. I guess I'll wait for olfaction.

Long leap

With 195 adventures at the start of the day I reached level 12 and started the war. But I still have to find the pyramid and the holy MacGuffin.

Whatever

Final stats:
Level: 8
Myst: 61

Free beer

I got liver of steel and finished all the older quests. I did my vacations and unexpectedly got beer.

Final stats:
Level: 6
Muscle: 30
Mysticlaity: 36
Moxie: 30
Days played this run: 2

Some adventures saved for tomorrow. Moxie day is better than nothing.

Slow start

I have problems reaching level 4 in time but at least I did not forget the karma this time.

Final stats:
Class: Pastamancer
Level: 5
Muscle: 19
Mysticlaity: 21
Moxie: 18
Days played this run: 1

Not spectacular

I finished the war, skipping the nuns and dooks. The hippy chief was not a big problem - 3 boom boxes, 3 gas balloons, noodles and fearful fettuccini.

The I had to collect ruby W, that went relatively well. And after gettin ~1000 substats, I reached level 13.

Then trouble with chewing gum and DoD potion - it was the last one and I have to get lots of boxes. Getting 3 drunkenness from the wrong potion goes without saying.

Tower:
the Fickle Finger of F8 - 1 adventure
El Diablo - 20 adventures
an Electron Submarine - 1 adventure
a Flaming Samurai - 6 adventures
a malevolent crop circle - 1 adventure
a giant bee - 1 adventure

familiars needed:
sabre-toothed lime - good
potato - bad, another ~20 adventures gone

The NS was standard. Beaten up 3 times (not really trying to win), won on the 4th time without much problems. My Animated Macaroni Duck did its part.

Muscle: 117 (97) (~230HP)
Mysticality: 177 (150)
Moxie: 106 (95)

Equipment:
big bad voodoo mask
white hat hacker T-shirt
Staff of the Soupbone
kickback cookbook
flowing hippy skirt
Nickel Gamma of Frugality
rusty chain necklace
bejeweled pledge pin

Familiar:
Tofflesby, the 10 pound Animated Macaroni Duck

Run length: 12 days, 1560 adventures

I am not proud of this run and I see no chance to win anything, but getting the extra karma when breaking the prism was sweet.

Not enough

I was relatively lucky today, but it was not enough. If I used all adventures I would finish the island war and maybe reach level 13. But since I am missing ruby W and 3 familiars, I gave up and collected my arrrbor day rewards planted 2 Crotchety Pine saplings.

Final stats:
Level: 12
Muscle: 92
Mysticality: 139
Moxie: 89
Days played this run: 11

Finishing tomorrow should not be too hard.

Chances getting down

My chances to finish tomorrow are very slim. I reached level 12 and got 1 piece of war outfit. That is not enough. Only extreme luck can help me finish tomorrow.

Final stats:
Level: 12
Muscle: 86
Mysticality: 125
Moxie: 83
Days played this run: 10

Damned Whitey

No bird rib, 4 lion oils. What can I say? I doubt I'll manage a 11-dayer.

Final stats:
Level: 11
Muscle: 78
Mysticality: 109
Moxie: 72
Days played this run: 9

Airship troubles

This is the first muscle day.

In the airship, I got the 4 immateria pieces and had more than 10 adventures to a semi-rare. No sock. I had to pick up a lunchbox.

I got the pirate fledges and Staff of Soupbone - setting proper +ML is weird in BM.

I bought a couple of skill and I must save some meat for leash.
Final stats:
Level: 10
Muscle: 61
Mysticality: 89
Moxie: 61
Days played this run: 8

Boring day

I got the wand, pirate outfit and mining outfit today. Mining was slow - I got multiple chunks of each ore.

I bought gluttony and fortune cookie and was left with 1 meat at the end of the day.

Final stats:
Level: 9
Muscle: 45
Mysticality: 71
Moxie: 48
Days played this run: 7

Some adventures saved.

On the trail

Today, I did used my filthy lucre and hunted fruit golems. 7 limes, 8 cherries, 9 oranges, 3 grapefruits - I would be happy if oranges and limes numbers were swapped.

4 locked doors in daily dungeon and I got Jarlsberg's key.

Then I headed into the cyrpt and slaughtered the sub-bosses.

Final stats:
Level: 8
Muscle: 39
Mysticlaity: 64
Moxie: 43
Days played this run: 6

Days 2 to 5

I am getting lazy...

So, this is day 5 of my run. A lot of bad luck, I am not going to win this contest :-(. No ruby W, but lots of wussiness potions :-(. I guess I try to zap another letter, but the chances are bad.

I used the Dependence day buff to gain temporary access to the haunted bedroom. This proved a good move. I got good amount of meat from purses and good moxie and mysticality substats on the following myst day.

Right now, I managed to get the steel margarita, epic hat (& killed 2 thugs), one lucre, Boris's key and KGE. I wasted all my saved spices. Tomorrow, I should obtain the hippy outfit and limes.

I learned shurikens, cannon, noodles, fettucini and bought kickback cookbook.

Final stats:
Level: 7
Muscle: 31
Mysticality: 51
Moxie: 35
Days played this run: 5

No trinkets

I finally picked my 8 black mushrooms, reached level 15 using a couple of dance cards, bought Superhuman Cocktailcrafting, and ascended as Pastamancer into Bad Moon. Another competition has started.

Bad luck everywhere. No faucet, no trinkets, no grave robber, no fairy. That's it.

Final stats:
Class: Pastamancer
Level: 4
Muscle: 9
Mysticality: 18
Moxie: 9
Days played this run: 1

Trivial

30 adventures to end the war and reach level 13.

Trivial questing...and then the tower:
Tyrannosaurus Tex - 1
Beer Batter - 1
malevolent crop circle - 1
possessed pipe-organ - 3 (pick-pocketed it!)
concert pianist - 2 (lucky 2nd zap)
Enraged Cow - 1

The rest was trivial, using fire-poi, sugar shorts, and sombrero.

Run summary: HCO Disco Bandit, 16 days, 1070 adventures

Now a bit of aftercore and preparation for the contest.

Almost good

Luck was on my side today. I have found the holy MacGuffin and the island war is in progress. I managed to do all the side-quests up to the nunnery. That leaves ~30 adventures to end the war. I need 1600 substats to reach level 13 - that is no big problem. I will not need my stock of 16 clovers and 2 dance cards. I seem to be a pack rat.

Final stats:
Level: 12
Muscle: 94
Mysticality: 91
Moxie: 142
Days played this run: 15

If I did not made stupid mistakes, I might have finished today.

Plus half a day

Half day. That's the price for going after guy made of bees in birdform.

Currently, I am in the pyramid, looking for the wooden wheel. Concert advertising is done.

Final stats:
Level: 12
Muscle: 87
Mysticality: 85
Moxie: 132
Days: 14

~40 adventures saved.

Too lame

I have been making stupid mistakes today and let myself beat up 3 times.

I collected all the needed stars, got Staff of Fats and started the island war.

Final stats:
Level: 12
Muscle: 84
Mysticality: 81
Moxie: 126
Days played this run: 13

It is a chore

The MacGuffin quest I mean. I am half way there, and expect it is going to take 2 more days, then 3 more days the island war and 1 day the sorceress and hole in the sky. I hope.

My first visit to the daily dungeon - I broke 3 of my 4 keys. And I got Boris's ring.

Llama dropped only 2 gongs.

Final stats:
Level: 11
Muscle: 81
Mysticality: 77
Moxie: 117
Days played this run: 12

The long quests

I opened the way to Lord Spookyraven, got access to the Palindome and I am currenlty looking for the worm riding manual. I guess it will take 2 more days to find the holy MacGuffin.

With the missed inhaled yesterday, I am considering skipping the nuns.

Final stats:
Level: 11
Muscle: 78
Mysticality: 72
Moxie: 112
Days played this run: 11

My fault

I missed my semi-rare in the castle - most likely while I was swimming in the superfluous fountain.

I have collected bounty in the valley and got 2 31137 scrolls. 18 clovers so far - that seems enough.

I am still missing giant needle.

No daily dungeons keys so far.

Final stats:
Level: 10
Muscle: 73
Mysticality: 67
Moxie: 102
Days played this run: 10

Slowdown

Progress was slow today. At lest llama gave me 4 gongs.

I collected immateria and SOCK and also my first filthy lucre. Then I did not go into the castle - I'll wait for my semi-rare window. Instead I collected the antique mirror and said guy made of bees 4 times. And then headed back to the ballroom.

Final stats:
Level: 10
Muscle: 66
Mysticality: 63
Moxie: 93
Days played this run: 9

The keys! I skipped them because the NO calendar was not working today.

Is it sleeping?

Baaaad llama. Only 2 gongs, again.

I opened and cleaned the F'c'le, got another 31337 scroll and 2+2 total clovers. Then I went back to ballroom an collected 2 dance cards.

I reached level 10 when I was out of adventures, thanks to BRICKO monsters.

I bought a field and started planting to get some black mushrooms.

I am actually considering going to bathroom and preparing GMoB. The pollen would be handy and it will allow me to do as much quest stuff as soon as possible.

Final stats:
Level: 10
Muscle: 60
Mysticality: 58
Moxie: 85
Days played this run: 8

The daily dungeon is overdue. No keys yet.

Lazy llama

I only got 2 gongs from my lazy llama today. Bad llama.

Other than that, I obtained the wand, the swashbuckling outfit, 5 insults and did the L9 quest. I had to use 2 clovers to reach level 9 in time to adventure in the valley in the semi-rare window.

I made a hipposkin poncho using Inigo's today.

Final stats:
Level: 9
Muscle: 51
Mysticality: 52
Moxie: 73
Days played this run: 7

I shall start planting mushrooms tomorrow.

Just another day

So, I mined asbestos ore and luckily got semi-rare when opening the goatlet. Then the goats. Llama gave the usual 3 gongs.

The island is finally accessible and I zapped a hippy jeweler and made a Bonerdagon necklace.

While hacking pirates, I got 2 pants and headed into the >. More tomorrow.

Finals stats:
Level: 8
Muscle: 44
Mysticality: 46
Moxie: 62
Days played this run: 6

I have 11 disassembled clovers. Ouch.

Steady pace

I managed to finish friars and cyrpt today. When I reached level 8, I zapped a miner and mined for a while. Trapper wants asbestos and that I did not found.

I have skipped spleen of steel.

2 more trips to get the price.

Final stats:
Level: 8
Muscle: 39
Mysticlaity: 42
Moxie: 54
Days played this run: 5

Extra long frying

I still have not finished the friar quest - one item is missing. Though I did set the ballroom song and did 2nd shore trip. Lousy progress.

Final stats:
Level: 7
Muscle: 31
Mysticality: 34 (myst day)
Moxie: 42
Days played this run: 4

Bad luck is back

I did the second guild challenge, built a meat car and did one shore trip today. Then I obtained the book from tower ruins and built a meat maid.

I have killed the Goblin king and got its cape. I reached level 6 and tried the gate, but after spending over 20 adventures there, I did not found any items. I also visited the library, but no luck encountering noncombat adventures there as well.

I have finished the digital key. I used llama 90% of time, getting 4 gongs. The He-Boulder got me KGE.

Final stats:
Level: 6
Muscle: 25
Mysticlaity: 25
Moxie: 34
Days played this run: 3

More or less OK

I have finished the boss bat (->bling) and zapped a harem girl. Llama was kind of slow today.

I got the key from the cemerety, but then I forgot about it. That is a shame, because a meat maid would be handy - tomorrow then.

I decided not to go to the cola battlefield just yet and maybe never and collected ~20 pixels and opened haunted library.

Final stats:
Level: 5
Muscle: 18
Mysticality: 18
Moxie: 24
Days played this run: 2

Starting stupidly

After spending long time in aftercore obtaining VIP key, I finally ascended. Into HCO. As a Disco Bandit - and I forgot my good karma :-(. +1 day for me.

I used my new lama almost the whole day and after spending my 40 adventures I was 5 substats from level 4. So I bought 3 moxie weeds in the mall - I should have joined my guild instead.

I managed to open spookyraven, get encryption key, obtain mosquito, clear the tavern cellar and find 3 sonars. I also got 2 clovers.

I obtained and used 2 feathers and I have 1 spare gong waiting.

Final stats:
Class: Disco Bandit
Level: 4
Muscle: 10
Mysticality: 11
Moxie: 16
Days played this run: 1

Painful end

I tried spells few more times and failed. And then I took the didgeridooka and finally won. Painful, terrible. Almost 3 days of moxie leveling! I would have to try this again some time and try different strategy. Like attack items.

Stats when fighting NS:
Muscle: 121 (109)
Mysticality: 179 (163)
Moxie: 209 (158)

Equipment:
worn tophat
bronze breastplate
didgeridooka
leather chaps
Nickel Gamma of Frugality
tap shoes
pirate fledges

Run length: 14 days / 1808 adventures (very bad)

I suck

Did not defeat her. Was very very close. BM Sauceror evidently needs a different strategy than BM Pastamancer.

Saucing the way

2 adventures and I am in the tower:

Giant Desktop Globe - 1 adventure
El Diablo - 1 adventure
Tyrannosaurus Tex - 1 adventure
darkness - 10 adventures (including 2 skippable and semi-rare)
Ice Cube - 1 adventure
collapsed mineshaft golem - 1 adventure

Shadow with scented massage oil & one filthy poultice...

Familiars: angry goat and barrrnacle were needed. No problem here and I saved the 2nd irradiated snacks.

Now, the real problem. 1st try: beaten by the first hit of the 2nd form. With my spells doing like <150 damage, I needed 3 hits to defeat the first form.

A dance card, 2 more quick loses and then another real try - lost to 2nd form again.

A bit of moxie leveling and I tried again using item after running out of MP. And I lost again. I guess, more moxie or luck is needed.

I tried and leveled and tried. On the last adventure I almost won. I managed to land 3 hits on the 2nd form, one of them critical, but it was not enough. Tomorrow then. BM Sauceror really sucks compared to BM Pastamancer against the NS. If I only had not wasted all the healing items...

Final stats:
Level: 13
Muscle: 99
Mysticality: 154
Moxie: 126
Days played this run: 12

My closest but failed run

With war frat uniform what can I do? Join the frat boys - the nursery with MP recovery is better for aftercore anyway.

I did the junkyard, stupidly forgetting to pick up the magnet first.

27 lengthy adventures in the orchard, the first gland took over 20 advs. The rock concert will be full of filthworms.

I am forgetting the BM adventures...

A star collector is me.

The battle field - finished with 24 adventures and 3 drunkenness left. But 1500 substats are missing. And a potato.

Reached level 13 with 8 adventures left. Thinking about it now, I should have eaten better food today.

Thinking some more...it would not help much - I miss the chewing gum and I have not enough potions. I got all the other gums before the right one. At least I also got a half-sized guitar.

So 4 adventures left :-(, and I am inside the lair. I ended on the courtyard, having obtained the key and I am one rotation away from the tower gate. This sucks. With ~20 more adventures my chance at ascending today would be good.

Final stats:
Level: 13
Muscle: 94
Mysticlaity: 148
Moxie: 97
Days played this run: 11

Sauceror on myst day

I have to say, BM Sauceror is tricky. First, it was a MP problem and now it is a HP problem. I had to buy the sauce spheres, but with a bit of bad luck, I lose more HP than I recover when fighting higher level monsters.

Anyway, I finished the MacGuffin quest and started the island war. Forgetting this is a BM run, I stupidly got the fratboy war uniform. Now what?

Final stats:
Level: 12
Muscle: 81
Mysticality: 127
Moxie: 85
Days played this run: 10

Before mysticality

Tomorrow is myst day, but I had lots to do, namely getting to level 11 and obtaining dusty bottles and collect a bounty. I managed to do the first part, but then drank a couple of wrong bottles. Oh dear.

Final stats:
Level: 11
Muscle: 66
Mysticlaity: 105
Moxie: 71
Days played this run: 9

Island and more

Lots and lots of 334 scrolls, no 30669's. They seem to drop less in later runs.

I collected 6 insults (~ 35% chance of winning) and played the beer pong for whole 10 adventures. F'c'le was fast though (another 10 adventures with Hella Smooth).

Some leveling up...

Final stats:
Level: 10
Muscle: 57
Mysticlaity: 87
Moxie: 62
Days played this run: 8

This is better

Good food and decent drinks, hippy outfit and drinks. MP regeneration is still a problem. Need more meat for better spells fast. I finished the loose ends except trapper quest - cold resistance is needed.

Final stats:
Level: 8
Muscle: 44
Mysticlaity: 65
Moxie: 51
Days played this run: 7

Jarlsberg fest

Jarlsberg is nice for a BM Sauceror.

I opened DoD and got a wand, zapped bugbear beanie. Then I got Jarlsberg's key and went fruit-golem-hunting. 9 limes, 7 cherries. Not too bad.

Got chrome staff from the trapper. Do not have enough muscle :-(.

Final stats:
Level: 8
Muscle: 37
Mysticality: 55
Moxie: 43
Days played this run: 6

Finally some action

I did the needed vacations and then the hippy outfit. Now I can kick some demon ass.

I got the steel margarita. Getting enough drinks may prove difficult. I ate stir fries today. I guess I'll have to do try to obtain a key and limes tomorrow.

Final stats:
Level: 7
Muscle: 31
Mysticlaity: 47
Moxie: 36
Days played this run: 5

Working on the Nemesis quest...

And so slow

Bad luck in the tower again - no brain. But I do not have the skull anyway, so it kind of cancels itself out.

Final stats:
Level: 6
Muscle: 25
Mysticality: 37
Moxie: 25
Days played this run: 4

2 more vacations.

Getting lazy

Oh, I am so lazy.

Final stats:
Level: 6
Muscle: 21
Mysticality: 33
Moxie: 21
Days played this run: 3

Sucky

Being a Bad Moon Sauceror is a poor state. I spent a lot of time in spooky forest unlocking the temple and getting torso. At least I collected 6 vampire hearts, 4 spices and 18 mushrooms.

I got 3 mimics in the barrel instead of mixed drinks. So I finally finished the tavern, found Fernwarthy's grave and adventured on the Cola battlefield.

Final stats:
Level: 5
Muscle: 17
Mysticality: 28
Moxie: 17
Days played this run: 2

I really should build the cheff.

Boring end and boring beginning

So, I finished what was needed. Then I realized I have pulverized all my star hats and weapons and I had to return to the castle and into the hole. Sucks.

NS fight was not hard. 1 critical first form, 2 normal hits second form. With a little bit more +spell damage, I would 1 hit kill the second form as well.

Run length: 5 days / 888 turns (my first SOFTcore).

Now, Mayor Zapruder, sea skill, bounty and Bad Moon as Sauceror. Wow, 3 Sauceror ascensions in a row, that cannot end well.

I spent virtually all time in spooky fores and now I am waiting for the torso-giving adventure.

Final stats:
Class: Sauceror
Level: 4
Muscle: 7
Mysticlaity: 16
Moxie: 6
Days played this run: 1

Tomorrow's priority is getting normal food.

Slowish

I did not bother to pull expensive consumables and saved my lunchbox. I would be possible to finish today, bu since I want to get Deep Saucery this run, I would not be able to ascend anyway, so there is no rush. Tomorrow I can pull more of the PADL phones and stuff I forgot to exchange in my previous runs. I need to spend 25 more turns on the battlefield and then NS awaits.

Final stats:
Level: 12
Muscle: 93
Mysticality: 140
Moxie: 85
Days played this run: 4

Is it just RNG and Spookyraven?

I wonder whether softcore play is just waiting for RNG to roll the right number and leveling up in Spookyraven. Probably not, but I am too lazy to push ML too high. Not that the fights would be too hard, but the accessory slots are limited.

So, I did the LOL quest and took care of the garbage - the castle was pretty long. Then I managed to collect 2 of the 3 staff parts. And then leveled up in attempt to start the island war today, but I wasted my yellow ray elsewhere.

I did not really know what to pull today and I pulled junk. Even some DoD potions (have no boxes).

Final stats:
Level: 12
Muscle: 82
Mysticlaity: 125
Moxie: 71
Days played this run: 3

I am not sure I'll be able to finish tomorrow, playing so lazily. But there is no rush.

Soft as not hard

Playing with pulls is like not playing. Everything but leveling is shorter. I use the sombrero familiar much more than in HC.

Anyway, I cleared the crypt and made the trapper happy. I'll probably use a semi-rare in the valley. I also collected the immateria.

Final stats:
Level: 10
Muscle: 58
Mysticlaity: 87
Moxie: 53
Days played this run: 2

Is this going to be a slowish SC 4-day run? I guess so.

Sauce, sauce everywhere

I finished the updated Nemesis, got the friendly cheese blob, the cutest of the Nemesis familiars. The fight with the last form of the Nemesis was not easy.

Time to ascend. I am sick of mysticality classes. Just kidding, let's do another Sauceror run, but this time in softcore. I need to try it, my next run is going to be Bad Moon and I want Deep saucery for my aftercore adventures. Thinking about it...I should have picked Tempuramancy first, but it is too late now.

I wonder how useful are these pulls going to be (I was too laze to prepare anything and I usually pulverize common equipment, so it is going to be funny).

So, I pulled my little box of fireworks and spooky putty sheet - damn, I should have squished it before. Mitre or snake? I guess mitre, but a MP-regenerating item would be a nice thing too. More Mr. Store equipment would be nice.

Let's look at some guides and keep pulling...

Dope wheels - lucky, I had them.

I am thinking and reading the wiki...what if I pulled pressurized potion of proficiency? 8 stats for 15 adventures is not that bad. But 15k meat is 15k meat and this is just a practice, not a speed run. I pulled a papaya instead; and a chef. And that's enough +stat giving items.

Dictionary? OK, I am lame enough for that.

And eye of newt ;-). I kind of do not have a good attribute booster and +25 moxie should allow me to equip C.A.R.N.I.V.O.R.E. soon.

Uhm, and I pulled Gravyskin Belt of the Sauceblob - am I too pully?

Final stats:
Class: Sauceror
Level: 7
Muscle: 26
Mysticality: 40
Moxie: 27
Days played this run: 1

With a little help from Boris

So, I finished the pyramid, collected 2 star charts (that took long) and fought the war. Nothing out of ordinary.

Cavern:
Handsomeness potions took a long time - I used yellow ray, but the monster played hide and seek.

Tower:
giant fried egg - 1 adventure
malevolent crop circle - 7 adventures
Giant Desktop Globe - 1 adventure
Ice Cube - 1 adventure
Tyrannosaurus Tex - 1 adventure
Enraged Cow - 1 adventure

The NS:
I lost the first time on the last spell and won the second time.

Stats:
Muscle: 128 (92)
Mysticality: 209 (151)
Moxie: 135 (94)

Equipment:
sugar chapeau
tuxedo shirt
Staff of the Soupbone
wonderwall shield
sugar shorts
bejeweled pledge pin
solid baconstone necklace
Iron Beta of Industry

Familiar: Slimeling

Run length: 6 days / 1167 adventures - a tiny improvement, thanks to Inigo's? I have 89 adventures left - 6 days does not seem to be a problem anymore.

Would I be able to do Nemesis quest today? No. Tomorrow...

Not so strong

So, I was looking for the MacGuffin, but did not find it. RNG was not very kind to me. Wave of sauce is too strong and kills almost anything with a single cast.

I found the pyramid, leveled up and started the island war, then did the concert advertising quest.

Final stats:
Level: 12
Muscle: 78
Mysticality: 126
Moxie: 79
Days played this run: 5

I still need 2 star charts and some lines and stars, find the McGuffin, win the war and defeat the sorceress. My telescope predicts, I'll need a goblin juice, so I might need a yellow ray early. Guitar is troubling me. I cannot rely on Zim Merman and might need the other tomorrow's yellow ray.

Since it is Feast of Boris tomorrow, I think ascending should not be a problem. Whether I manage to find and beat Nemesis is another question.

Spoiled by noodles

So, I rayed a fruit golem for a cherry for my chefstaff and a key lime. The 2nd ray was knob goblin master chef for knob lo mein. Good rays I say.

I dealt with the pirates, collected insults and opened F'c'le. Sounds easy ;-).

I did most of the L9 quest and zapped the last needed scroll when no better zaps were needed.

I leveled up fast and started L10 quest. A lucky moment occured - I got S.O.C.K. exactly on time and collected inhaler on the next adventure.

I bought Wave of sauce. I managed to use Stream of sauce with Entangling noodles, slimeling and a love song as a backup. I guess, perming a spell soon would be handy.

Then I dealt with the castle and got quantum egg. A short stay in the hole, but then I decided to use the myst day to the max. Hermit had 3 clovers and I burned them in the bathroom reaching level 11.

2 black picnic baskets were exceptionally good this time - I got 2x black pepper and 3x black & tan. Last action of the day was getting the diary for MacGuffin quest.

Final stats:
Level: 11
Muscle: 62
Mysticality: 105
Moxie: 60
Days played this run: 4

I have no drum and no guitar. There is still a chance to get them.

Wand and milk

Fights were not easy, but somehow I managed. I have the digital key + 5 extra red pixel potions (lucky!) and I have found the hidden temple.

Crypt is clear and trapper is happy (asbestos ore). I did my vacations and got the hippy outfit and KGE.

Crafting without chefs is tricky, 5 casts of Inigo's is not really enough for all the tasks. At least one servant would be handy - I suppose if one is on a dietary path, the song is enough, but in normal HC 8 casts per day is needed.

Final stats:
Level: 8
Muscle: 38
Mysticality: 55
Moxie: 40
Days played this run: 3

I should have saved adventures for tomorrow, but I wanted to use the second yellow ray.

Margarita? Indeed

Playing as a sauceror under a mysticality was probably not the smartest choice, but I also wanted to test the new skill fully.

Yesterday, I did not have enough MP, but today I managed to cook my 2 Hell Ramens and 2 fruity girl drinks with Inigo's Incantation of Inspiration active. The downside is I had to built AT EW in addition to the Sauceror one. I planned to skip the sauce pan, but the hat and the new Nemesis content is too tempting to skip. Anyway, the cost to cast Inigo's proves manageable and I'll try to make some jewelery later too.

At least, I am skipping tower ruins for now.

I made a chefstaff and then I zapped a harem girl and a shaky clown. Boss bat and goblin king are down.

The friar quest was tough. I had to level up on the battlefield and farm one tomato and make a tomato power potion. When the potion wear off, fights were even tougher and I relied on the slimeling, love songs and entangling noodles. Fortunately, the gate items came relatively quickly.

3 of the 5 shore trips are done. I have the library key.

Final stats:
Level: 6
Muscle: 26
Mysticality: 38
Moxie: 27
Days played this run: 2

Defeating Somerset Lopez, the Demon Mariachi

I finished the Nemesis quest as Accordion Thief today. Fighting in the barracks was tricky - the always hit attack is nasty. I hope there is a trick to avoid it. Entangling noodles was handy. The last fight was pretty tough - I had to use a lot of love songs of vague ambiguity.

And then...back to ascending. I am perming Inigo's Incantation of Inspiration to try it out in a myst run. 100 MP is a lot, but I trust my slimeling with my life.

In my next life, I am goiing to be a Sauceror. I feel the need for Impetuous Sauciness. While its ascension value is low, my packrat instincts are preventing me to use reagent potion in aftercore without it.

I found the manor, an encryption key, ate 3 boring spaghetti and drank some average cocktails - I did not finish the tavern quest yet, because of bad luck. I found the faucet with only 3 fields left so I went after the Baron. Then I needed 3 ice-cold ice-cold Sir Schlitzs for a chefstaff, but no luck. When I had enough drinks, I stopped playing.

Final stats:
Class: Sauceror
Level: 4
Muscle: 11
Mysticality: 17
Moxie: 12
Days played this run: 1 (some adventures saved for tomorrow)

Lazy finish

I lazily finished the NS quest - the fight was easy with moxie class and sugar shorts.

The I wanted to explore the new Nemesis content, but I only managed to get the map. The noncombat on the Pook deck did not come soon enough.

Total run length: 7 days / 1191 adventures. If I kept on playing yesterday, I would have had a good chance to free the king. I only needed 6 more adventures than I had banked and I did not play as good as I could.

Too lazy to finish

I finished the holy MacGuffin and did part of the war, but there was not much time to play and so I banked the remaining turns for tomorrow.

Days played this run: 6

What did I do?

I did not have time for blogging - RL, you know. And now I do not remember what I did on this day.

Dyas played this run: 5

No time for Nemesis

Another part of the Nemesis quest was introduced today. Sadly, I do not have time to do it right now. It'll have to wait a few days.

I collected the insults, opened and cleaned up F'c'le.

Then the valley - I was not there in time for the semi-rare and it took relatively long, but it is done.

Leveling up for L10 and the airship - I collected bounty while I was there. I got the S.O.C.K. and stopped adventuring to spare a zap for tomorrow.

Final stats:
Level: 10
Muscle: 58
Mysticality: 62
Moxie: 89
Days played this run: 4

Boring tasks

Fighting in the ballroom was taxing. I used some love songs and then I had to go elsewhere. In the fun house hunting for Beezelbozo. It took a lot of time and it was probably not worth it.

I cleared the cyrpt and collected missing white pixels.

I got the wand and none ! potions.

Then I did the vacations and was ready for the island.

When I reached Level 8, I did not have a yellow ray ready and I had to collect mining outfit the old way. Zap failed.

I finished L8 quest and got chrome crossbow and collected bounty on goat. Now I have lots of milk and cheese.

Final stats:
Level: 8
Muscle: 44
Mysticality: 48 (myst day)
Moxie: 59
Days played this run: 3

Workoholic

No time for vacation.

I zapped a harem girl and then used red ray and a love song on goblin king.

Boss bat fell shortly after that.

Lacking smart skull I wasted a lot of adventures in the cemerary. When I finally got it, I built chef-in-a-box.

Running out of adventures, I spent some time on the cola battlefield to get to the friars soon enough. I did the quest and got steel margarita. Hellions were giving and I got total of 6 cubes (and ate 2 of them already). I am not going to buy a mushroom field this run.

After that I went into the manor and unlocked library, and also the ballroom. Adventuring there was too difficult and I had to use love songs. I'll have to return there and meet the quartet (and get ).

Near the end of the day, I did 2 vacations. I was really close to 30 mysticality, so I used my brick and fought 5 bats (lost the last fight due to criticals) and also almost all my love songs to get to the magical mark to be able to equip stainless steel solitaire for +2 adventures tonight.

I reached level 7 drinking nightcap.

Final stats:
Level: 7
Muscle: 29
Mysticality: 30
Moxie: 40
Days played this run: 2

Tomorrow, I should zap a shaky clown, get lots of booze and clownosity items. Then The level 7 quest and level 8 if possible. I must not forget the bartender.

Pick up that accordion

I finished turning the wheel and dealt with Ed. Then I have to level up.

The war was exceptionally fast. I did the Beach in 8 adventures and GmoB in 1 and turned +NC song int another 1. I also did the Orchard (11 adventures) with help of slimeling and a love song.

On the battlefield, I met Zim Merman and Slow-talking Elliot. Good luck, it seems.

The problem was, I needed over 3500 substats to L13 when the war ended. I have 4 spare clovers and used 3.

The maze was fast as well - the golem only stole the piece one time.

The tower:
1. giant fried egg - ouch. Zapping once, twice, for the 3rd time - got black pepper and it still did not explode! - 2 adventures
2. concert pianist - 1 adventure
3. best-selling novelist - 1 adventure
4. Ice Cube - 1 adventure
5. darkness - problem, I have no inkwell despite spending so much time in the library. Ray, my trusty He-Boulder will get it for me now. - 5 adventures
6. Enraged Cow - 1 adventure

I am just lucky, the wand made it.

I kind of feared the shadow and so I used philter of phorce to be on the safe side. I did not even need my single red pixel potion - I guess I was lucky (and prepared with 500HP).

NS fight was quick. Noodles and Fearful Fettucini on 1st form and Noodles and 2x Fearful Fettucini on 2nd form.

Stats when fighting NS:
Class: Pastamancer
Level: 13
Muscle: 132 (98)
Mysticality: 274 (151 without equipment)
Moxie: 115 (94)
Max HP: 282

Equipment:
sugar chapeau
tuxedo shirt
Staff of the Soupbone
wonderwall shield
sugar shorts
Brimstone Brooch
Nickel Gamma of Frugality
bejeweled pledge pin

Familiar:
Stalky, the Slimeling with sugar shield

Run length: 6 days, 1178 adventures. Wow, my first 6-dayer and I had some spare adventures left. The Brimstone Brooch made run very easy. I guess I was faster mainly because I did not rush to level up and did quests first.

Now, I'll try finish the bounty and do Mayor Zapruder's quest.

What to perm, that is the question. I was really tempted to perm Candyblast to finally have some fun with the Crimbo skills, but then I decided to take Entangling Noodles to finally have more options in combat. You now, what if I actually encountered an ultra-rare monster? Noodles will be handy in that case.

I planned a Sauceror run, but since the Inigo's Incantation of Inspiration is so cool, I'll be an Accordion Thief next.

I adventured in the alley and got a gourd potion. Tavern was very long, barrels did not give me anything mixable.

I zapped a brain sweeper, but I do not have any smart skulls or boxes yet. I am undecided whether to get the epic hat this time.

Final stats:
Class: Accordion Thief
Level: 5
Muscle: 15
Mysticality: 15
Moxie: 20
Days played this run: 1

Pyramid block

I collected stars and lines, then found hidden temple and missing white pixels and leveled up.

L11 quest was messy - bad luck in Palindome and in the Desert. I ended up in the pyramid, collecting the token.

Final stats:
Level: 11
Muscle: 84
Mysticality: 118
Moxie: 79
Days played this run: 5

Winning tomorrow is extremely unlikely.

Clicking and clicking

Brimstone Brooch & slimeling make the run boring. I can defeat anything I encounter and make some MP.

I reached level 9 and collected a bounty in the valley, but I did not finish the quest. The least useful 33xxx scroll did not come. Then I spent time in the bathroom and started the level 10 quest. Unfortunately, I reached the castle 2 adventures after a semi-rare. After that, I adventured in the castle and opened the hole in the sky.

Final stats:
Level: 10
Muscle: 63
Mysticality: 90
Moxie: 57
Days played this run: 4

Dooming dungeons of doom

Fighting with Brimstone Brooch is certainly fun. Canelloni Cannon kill almost anything with one hit. I was even able to kill some nightstands just before reaching level 7.

I built myself a chef, did L7 and L8 quests, opened F'c'le, got wand and zapped Boris's ring.

I have all the components for Staff of the Soupbone, but I do not have enough mysticality yet.

Final stats:
Level: 8
Muscle: 49
Mysticality: 61
Moxie: 46
Days played this run: 3

Slow advancement

I am only level 6, but things are not too bad overall. I made a bartender in a box, got steel margarita and hippy outfit.

Casting Ravioli Shurikens with Brimstone Brooch is fun. Too bad, there is a cap.

Finals stats:
Level: 6
Muscle: 31
Mysticality: 37
Moxie: 27
Days played this run: 2

Tower falls

[1378-1380] The Hatching Chamber - got 1st gland.

[1381-1384] The Feeding Chamber - got 2nd gland.

[1385-1386] The Royal Guard Chamber - got last gland. With 2 adventures here yesterday, it took 11 adventures to get the 3 glands. With 134% item drop, it is an slightly better than expected.

[1387] The Filthworm Queen's Chamber.

Bought Spirit of Ravioli.
Cooked and ate Sneaky Pete's key lime pie.

[1388-1446] The Battlefield (Frat Uniform) - encountered Glass of Orange Juice and got the orange peel hat. Nice, but currently useless.

I was using fairy and got 80 quarters from the windchimes and beads. There is also a lot of stuff to pulverize after breaking the prism (traveling trader is here today and this makes me want to break the prism today even more).

2300 substats left to level 13. And I need to kill the Big Wisniewski. That is not going to be easy. Delivering withstanding massive amount of damage. I'll need ~9 casts of fearful fettucini or ~7 casts of Weapon of the Pastalord if I bought it. Things would be easier with the Man. I can try buying some superamplified boom boxes to bring him down to a better manageable level. Or play is save with the pirate juice. I have 18 adventures until semi-rare and I still need to level up.

[1447-1454] The Haunted Conservatory - looking for potato but got none.

[1455-1464] The Haunted Wine Cellar - getting great wines and almost completing bounty.

[1465] Collected irradiated pet snacks. Considering the trouble with the potato and that I do not have an agry goat, I guess, +10 fam weight boost will save more.

[1466-1467] The Haunted Wine Cellar - bounty completed.

[1468-1480] The Haunted Ballroom - turning +5NC back on. Got 2x worn tophat and 2x dancecard.

[1481-1513] The Haunted Bathroom - leveling up. 58 substats to level 13.

[1514] The Haunted Ballroom - Matilda.

[1515] Hippy Camp - Big Wisniewski down, reached level 13. I used 7 superamplified boom boxes and then noodles and fearful fettucini. Less would probably suffice. Thinking about it, I forgot to use Hella Smooth.

Hmmmm... I have 3 adventures, 7 fullness and 5 drunkenness left. Things are looking grim.

Gates: I need adder bladder, tamarind-flavored chewing gum and potion of mental acuity. Fortunately, I have the first 2. I have 6 of the 9 ! potions, none of them identified and none of the 2x.

I say - take the risk. Bingo! 2nd potion I tried was the right one (1st one gave me teleportitis, but that is no problem). The hope lives. I am behind the gates.

Perpexing door - skeleton key cost me a lot of MP. I decided to be greedy and not to buy Cocoon.

[1516-1520] The Sorceress' Courtyard - 5 adventures is not too bad.

The tower, ouch.
[1520] Tower floor 1 - possessed pipe-organ - this is really bad, used green smoke bomb. Powdered organs are tricky - 1/3 chance to encounter the right monster, 30% item drop and then <50% to get them. No zapping :-(. Untinkering meat engine, building 4-d camera.

[1520] The Middle Chamber - good luck. Got the servant, the jar and the organs. Too bad, I wasted a 4-d camera, but the chances were low.

[1521] Tower floor 1 - possessed pipe-organ again.

[1522] Tower floor 2 - giant fried egg - I am ready for you (yesterday's lucky zap).

[1523] Tower floor 3 - Bronze Chef - damn, using my last green smoke bomb.

[1523-1530] The Haunted Kitchen - bad luck, delayed by a bad moon adventure and a pastamancer adventure as well.

[1531] Tower floor 3 - Bronze Chef again.

[1532] Tower floor 4 - darkness.

[1533] Tower floor 5 - endangered inflatable white tiger

[1534] Tower floor 6 - giant bee.

Shadow - 1 scented massage oil + 2 gauze garters.

1st familiar: potato - need barrrnacle.

Brother Corsican's Blessing

[1536-1545] The Cake-Shaped Arena - hoped for lead necklace, but got sucky decal.

2nd familiar: giant mosquito - need sabre-toothed lime. Good. If I could have saved 10 adventures by using irradiated pet snacks before, but the risk was too high.

And now for the final task. Eating my final meal - Sneaky Pete's key lime pie. 20 adventures remaining. Fullness and drunkenness at maximum.

Using dance card to collect moxie after 3 loses to NS.

Going in to try her defenses and lower the block rate. And guess what...I won. Unbelievably good luck. In all my previous runs, the block rate was simply too high to succeed and I had better equipment. Not this time. I even ran out of MP at the end of the combat, because I did not bother to go in with full MP. In total:
1st form: 1x noodles, 2x fearful fettucini doing ~230 damage per hit
2nd form: 1x noodles, 2x fearful fettucini, 1x canelloni cannon, 1x super-amplified boombox (+ some blocked spells)
She was hitting for 40-50 HP, and I was left with <50 HP at the end of the combat.

Stats when fighting:
Muscle: 110 (94) ~240 HP
Mysticality: 175 (149)
Moxie: 117 (101)

Equipment when fighting NS:
reinforced beaded headband
bronze breastplate
Staff of the Black Kettle
kickback cookbook
bullet-proof corduroys
bejeweled pledge pin
Nickel Gamma of Frugality
pirate fledges

Familiar: 10 pound barrnacle with sucky decal

Total length: 11 days, 1546 adventures. I am happy with this result.

Now, let's play traveling trader and with BRICKO.

Bad moon aftercore is not that cool, so I ascended once more to make use of the BM reward in another Pastamancer run. I permed Leash of Linguini.

The new run went OK, I managed to make 2 gourd potions and collect a bounty in the Haunted pantry. Then I cleaned the tavern and built the basic chefstaff - 2-3 MP regeneration and +20% spell strength is nice.

I had enough max. MP to drink with Ode to Booze and adventure gains were good. I even managed to collect a oxy-dropped semi-rare.

Hermit had 3 clovers today and so I got them.

Finally, I found Fernwarthy's grave (that took a long time) and then exchanged clover for a brain and made a meat maid.

Final stats:
Class: Pastamancer
Level: 5
Muscle: 13
Mysticality: 20
Moxie: 13
Days played this run: 1

Tomorrow, I should build EW and in-boxes. Getting steel margarita would be good as well. The Brimstone Brooch should be fun. Though, I might need Springy Fussily to compensate the moxie penalty.

On the beach

2nd mysticlaity day of this run.

Auto-selling dictionary, buying Leash.

[1134-1139] The Haunted Wine Cellar - 4 great wines (and also 2 spices and 2 wine-soaked bone chips). Now, I also have 11 out of 20 corks for bounty hunter. I should return here and collect the rest later today.

Hella smooth ran out.

[1140] The Poop Deck - saying the password.

[1141-1150] Belowdecks - got snakehead charrrms and another spices. 10 adventures is more then average.

[1151-1163] The Palindome - got hard-boiled ostrich egg, photograph of God, ketchup hound, stunt nuts, 2 leather chaps, jumbo olive, 3 olives and spices. That's 4 spices today with just 1 yesterday and the day before. Time to abandon the swashbuckling pants. The last item is elusive and I am out of MP/HP now.

[1164] The Arid, Extra-Dry Desert - found the oasis.

[1165-1169] The Hidden Temple - recharging MP, spelled Bananas.

[1170-1176] The Palindome - another hound, and another stunt nuts and then finally hard rock candy. And then twice Sun at Noon, Tan Us and Elf Farm Raffle ticket - damn. Finally Drawn onward.

[1177-1178] Cobb's Knob Laboratory - Mr. Alarm on 2nd adventure. Why?

[1179-1187] Whitey's Grove - lion oil curse continues. 5 bird ribs for 1 lion oil. I wished they were zappable.

[1188] Cobb's Knob Laboratory - got Mega Gem.

[1189] The Palindome - Dr. Awkward is down.

[1190] The Hidden Temple - hidden city unlocked.

[1191-1210] The Hidden City - finished the quest and bottle of alcohol, pygmy pygment, jungle drum, pygmy blowgun and fat stacks of cash from briefcase. I'd say this is a pretty good hidden city turncount and drops.

Pasting Staff of Ed.

[1211-1249] The Oasis & The Arid, Extra-Dry Desert - drum machine was a biggest delay, it took like 15 adventures to get. Another problem was me not finding a bronzed locust. And Mafia auto-ultrahydrated me when I did not wish it and hence wasted an adventure and a chance to get anticheese.

[1250-1252] The Upper Chamber - finding the wheel.

I am out of the rollover and saved-from-yesterday adventures now. Dinner time. 1x spooky lo mein, 3x olive lo mein, 1x brown sugar cane. Finally a decent diet - 65 adventures + a MP boost from the noodle dishes for my Pastamancer.

Using deodorant.

[1253-1275] The Middle Chamber - turning the wheel.

Buffed a bit for the fight. Maybe I should have saved the ant agonist for the shadow. The fight went well.

[1276-1282] Dealing with Ed.

1250 stats left to level 12. Luckily, mysticality day is today. Although there are minor tasks to do, I guess I'll level up as fast as possible, because the battlefield won't take me to whole way to level 13.

[1283-1287] The Haunted Bathroom - thumb war on 1st, 3rd adventure, mirror gazing on 4th, 5th. 175 substats left. I guess I get those in the cellar.

[1288-1291] Cellar - no great wine, 3 corks. 80 substats left.

[1292] Harem - getting 3 vials of scented massage oil. Better be on the safe side with the shadow. It can also be useful during the final war boss fight.

[1293-1295] Cellar - 2 great wines, no corks. Reached level 12.

[1296-1311] The Orcish Frat House - in frat boy ensemble disguise. Got the uniform (and 2/3 of hippy uniform from a spy).

Using deodorant. I guess there is not many places left, where it is useful.

[1312-1315] The Hippy Camp - got the last part of war hippy fatibues, then war has started.

Since I have both uniforms, I can decide which side to support. I planned to be a frat boy recruit, do the beach (with the help of 3 reodorants) and skip the nuns, because I have no leprechaun and I would not be able to get 2 inhalers in time. I'll probably stick to this plan although taking the hippy side has numerous advantages as well, mainly the +5 familiar weight boost and frat boy vulnerability to spooky (though I did not pick up fearful fettucini yet).

Well, let's play it risky as a frat boy. The beach will decide my fate in this contest.

Drinking some wine, some Supernova Champagnes and remaining thermos full of Knob coffee.

[1316-1319] The Haunted Bathroom - defeated guy made of bees & placed rock band flyers.

[1320-1331] Junkyard - got wrench bracelet and gremlin juice on last adventure. Used a lot of restorers.

Now, I need to: turn off -5% NC ballroom song. I can also gamble in the tavern and look for beer lens. I have box and a spring. Another option is building monster bait. OK, bad joke, but I'll try the tavern. The first beer lens often come after 1-2 adventures.

[1332-1334] The Typical Tavern - 2 drunkenness and beer lens on 3rd adventure. That is ~ 9 adventures lost. I hope the 4-d camera used on the beach would compensate this.

Using my last deodorant.

[1335] The Haunted Ballroom - got the song adventure on first try - switched to +5 item drop.

[1336-1346] The Haunted Library - hoping for ancient evil scroll, an elemental cookbook and fearful fettucini. Got inkwells, pens, Sinful Desires and fearful fettucini. No tattered scrap of paper. Maybe later.

Using reodorants.

[1347-1359] Sonofa Beach + 1 4-d camera fight - good luck I say. I also got 3 limes, so food is not going to be problem tomorrow.

Using guy made off bee pollen.

[1360-1366] The Dungeons of Doom - burning remaining +combat runs. Got some ! potions.

[1367-1375] The Battlefield (Frat Uniform) - fights are relatively easy at this point.

Hella smooth, Peeled Eyeballs. (+130 item drop)

[1376-1377] The Hatching Chamber - no drops.

Zapped ancient spice and got black pepper this time.

Final stats:
Level: 12
Muscle: 86
Mysticality: 133
Moxie: 89
Days played this run: 10

I might be able to finish tomorrow if I do not run into a black pepper problem or something similarly problematic. I am still missing lots of ! potions, potato, goat and some tower and gate items. The NS fight won't be easy, although with a cookbook and fearful fettucini and a bit of luck, I should be able to win.

Kingdom ride

[1040-1041] The Hole in the Sky - 2 lines. I am out of MP and HP again. The hole is a bit too hard for me now.

[1042-1046] The Haunted Bathroom - got a towel and that You Look Flushed bad moon adventure right when I did not need it. What now?

[1047-1060] The Hole in the Sky - fights are pretty tough here with -20 penalty to attrs, but that +100% to item drop is too precious. It did cost me 3 phonics down, but I got 13 lines, 18 stars and 2 star charts. I made all the needed star accessories and was left with 4 lines - I guess that's OK.

Now, I really need to level up fast to get to a good source of booze. 1900 substats to go. There are few things left undone tough - I could use few turns in the library to get my Fearful fettucini.

Another thing to consider is the fact that tomorrow is a mysticality day and saving as much adventures would be good.

[1061-1083] The Haunted Bathroom - said guy made of bees 4 times.

[1084-1086] The Haunted Bedroom - got antique hand mirror, chintzy noodle ring and half of a memo.

[1087-1098] The Haunted Bathroom - reached level 11.

[1099-1102] The Black Forest - got map, broken wings, sunken eyes, adder bladder and black pension check.

Semirare - knob goblin lunchbox. I decided to gamble and skip nuns this run. I'd rather level up my familiars in the cake arena.

[1103-1109] I stupidly forgot to buy forged documents and had to do 2 vacations to get the diary.

[1110-1112] The Haunted Ballroom - opening cellar.

Booze drop blessing.

[1113-1114] Cellar - got the needed wines.

Oil of Parrrlay.

[1115] Fighting Lord Spookyraven. Pastamancer really rocks against Spookyraven.

Hm, I really wanted some wine to drink today.

[1113-1132] Cellar - until enough wines. Got that damned Cupshotten.

Zapped dehydrated caviar, but got ancient spice :-(.

Saving adventures for tomorrow.

[1133] Mixing and drinking vodka and cranberry.

Final stats:
Level: 11
Muscle: 70
Mysticality: 107
Moxie: 74
Days played this run: 9

Pastamancer in the sky

[888-900] The F'c'le - got barrrnacle. Still no rigging shampoo.

[901-935] The Valley of Rof L'm Fao - finishing the quest took very long and despite the bad ascii art. I only got one extra 30669, but a lot of sandwiches.

Cooked spooky lo mein and Sneaky Pete lime pie (zapped a cherry).

[934-966] The F'c'le - getting rigging shampoo was really painful. 3 barrrnacles in total, even some pieces of clingfilm.

[967-968] Mixing 2 old-fashioneds.

[969-970] The Beanbat Chamber - getting enchanted bean.

Hella Smooth

[971-1004] The Penultimate Fantasy Airship - got metallic A, torpedo, bronze breastplate, S.O.C.K. and lots of other stuff.

[1005-1010] The Castle in the Sky - got D, G, and giant needle.

[1011-1014] Mixing eggnog, 2x monkey wrench, and strawberry daiquiri. I hope to drink wine from the cellar tomorrow.

[1015-1028] The Castle in the Sky - got chaos butterfly, plot hole and all quest items for quantum egg.

[1029-1039] The Hole in the Sky - 7 lines, 8 stars, 2 star charts.

Final stats:
Level: 10
Muscle: 65
Mysticality: 92
Moxie: 68
Days played this run: 8

Some of the quests took quite long. I only got only single spices today. More is needed!

Chefstaffing

[731-739] The Goatlet - got the remaining cheese and 2 bottles of whiskey.

Finished trapper quest with help of a double-barreled sling.

[740] Cobb's Knob Kitchens - finally collecting my KGE outfit.

[741-743] The Goatlet - hoped for another cheese for an angry goat while blessing is on, but no luck.

[744-746] The Defiled Cranny - got the first noncombat.

[747-750] The Defiled Alcove - got the first noncombat.

[751-755] The Defiled Niche - got shimmering tendrils and the first noncombat.

[756-763] Barrrney's Barrr - got mere 3 insults. Insulting was unexpectedly successful and repeating.

[764-776] Whitey's Grove - hoping for catgut, but got loads of white snake skin and bird ribs instead. Also white lightning.

Out of initial adventures - drinking white lightning.

[777-779] Mixing 2 old-fashioneds and 1 sangria.

[780-781] Whitey's Grove - got catgut, but sadly no lion oil.

Cooking menudo. There goes the only spices I got from the spice ghost today. Still need cup of hippy herbal tea.

[782] The Batrat and Ratbat Burrow - got bat guano and bat wing.

Now I need 7000 meat for Spirit of Rigatoni, 1500 for big stirring stick and 300 for magical mystery juice. That 1000 meat more than I have. Auto-selling shimmering tendrils and yeti furs. Damn - I auto-sold my concentrated magicalness pill back then when meat was scarce.

Drinking remaining white lightnings.

[783-790] Barrels - got the pill and also jug-o-magicalness while I was at it. Costly trip.

And now I have my shiny Staff of the Teapot Tempest. The Staff of the Black Kettle is close, but I do not have 75 mysticality yet, so trying to get it now would be counter-productive.

[791-796] Barrrney's Barrr - one more insult, map, some mixed drinks and rums.

[797] Mixing eggnog.

[798-801] Barrrney's Barrr - 6 insults should be enough.

I am low on MP and the crab seems to tough now. Furthermore, I'll have problems in the frat house.

[802-806] The Defiled Cranny - some more non-combats.

[807] The Defiled Niche - another non-combat -> level 9.

Doing the strange leaflet side-quest - stats gained. Using house, cooking omelette.

[808] Booty crab.

[809-811] The Haunted Bathroom - burning some excess MP (who would expect that) in a higher-level zone.

[812-821] The Orcish Frat House - 3x deodorant, some (mostly useless) drinks and frat outfit.

[822-826] Barrr, Dentures, Beer Pong.

Hella smooth.

[827-832] The F'c'le - mizzenmast mop.

Runned out of MP and HP.

[833-839] The Valley of Rof L'm Fao - recharging MP - no interesting drops.

Zapped Boris's ring into Sneaky Pete's key. Cooking & eating 2 lime pies (and I am out of limes now).

[840-844] The Valley of Rof L'm Fao - frustrating. Total 2x 33398 scroll, 2x pr0n legs, 2x fedora. No useful drops.

[845-851] The Defiled Niche - 2x tendrils for nice money boost, some myst substats. Lihc down.

[852] The Defiled Alcove - conjoined zombies ate my brain, but fell.

[853-858] The Defiled Cranny - ghoul down.

[859-864] The F'c'le - got some substats - myst at 75. Going for a chefstaff update.

[865] Mining - got asbestos ore.

The mighty Staff of the Black Kettle is mine. I am invincible. Sort of.

[866-876] The Spooky Forest - found hidden temple, 3 spooky mushrooms (hoped for spices) and Torso Awaregness. I'll get a shirt from bad ascii art and possibly from penultimate airship.

[877-881] The F'c'le - got ball polish. Ravioli Shurikens are actually powerful enuough to kill the pirates with the new chefstaff and noodles.

[882] Bonerdagon down.

[883-887] The F'c'le - nothing of interest.

Final stats:
Level: 9
Muscle: 56
Mysticality: 78
Moxie: 58
Days played this run: 7

Problem with food is back, but not that much urgent. I am out of limes again and I need more spices per day. Maybe I'll be able to zap a cherry tomorrow.

Quest rush

[583] The Haunted Ballroom - beaten up by first hit (critical, I suppose).

[584-586] 8-Bit Realm - 1 blue, 1 white, 6 green.

[587] The Haunted Ballroom - combat frequency decreased.

[588-594] Itznotyerzitz Mine - got the mining gear (relatively fast, I guess).

[595-596] The Defiled Alcove - got another loose teeth - I should have gambled more with the skeleton keys yesterday.

[596-614] The Dark Neck of the Woods - another 19 adventures until I got the dodecagram. Am I cursed.

[615] The Dark Heart of the Woods - got box of birthday candles. Maybe I am not cursed.

[616-624] The Dark Elbow of the Woods - eldritch butterknife. Partially cursed. Or more, if I count in the adventures spent here yesterday.

[625-632] The Obligatory Pirate's Cove - got pants and parrot. I already had the eyepatch from Degrassi Knoll.

[633] The Haunted Bathroom - adventuring here at this point would be feasible, although MP exhausting. There are more pressing issues. Food and drinks.

[634-635] The Haiku Dungeon - got second bugbear beanie - zapping time.

Bought odor extractor. Hella Smooth (for the +item).
Going after cherries and limes. Pastamastery is nice, but with 2 spices and few mushrooms, I also need alternative food source. Besides, I need cherry for a chefstaff and a better drink now and then is handy as well.

[636-676] Cobb's Knob Menagerie, Level 1 - 9 cherries, 5 limes. With over +80% item drop, I expected better results.

[677-708] The Deep Fat Friars' Gate - getting the 3 items + mixing drinks (have no bartender and I am not getting one, one brain nightmare was enough).

[709-721] Itznotyerzitz Mine (in Disguise) - mining linoleum ore.

[722] The Goatlet - opening goatlet.

[723] The Deep Fat Friars' Gate - got steel margarita.

[724] Cocktailcrafting.

[725-730] The Goatlet - 2x cheese and 1 bottle of whiskey.

Final stats:
Level: 8
Muscle: 43
Mysticality: 61
Moxie: 45
Days played this run: 6

Well, things are slow, but I hope things will change soon. I should kill bonerdagon and finish the trapper quest tomorrow. Then the level 9 quest.

Badly needed tools

[435-441] The Haunted Library - tattered scrap of paper + second floor open.

[442-460] Tower ruins - finally my first disembodied brain. I spent roughly 50 turns getting it. Definitely not worth it. Now I need my hippy outfit.

[461] Whitey's Grove - found the road to white citadel.

[462-466] The Road to White Citadel - got herbs and my second filthy knitted dread sack, that is annoying. Need more meat to be able to get the wand.

[467] Whitey's Grove - got those 5000 meat and -20% to attrs.

[468-481] The Enormous Greater-Than Sign - getting book and teleportitis.

[482-486] Teleporting without success. Used my single tattered scrap of paper on last adventure, but oracle did not come anyway.

[487-488] The Enormous Greater-Than Sign - runned out of adventures.

Cooking Knoll lo mein, buying Gluttony.

[489-498] The Enormous Greater-Than Sign - finally got teleportitis and oracle next turn - 4 turns of teleportitis remaining.

[499-502] Barrels - 3 drinks, 1 stat item.

[507-508] The Dungeons of Doom - getting the wand and obtaining filthy corduroys.

Is steel margarita worth a try? I guess so.

[509-518] The Dark Elbow of the Woods - no luck.

[519-528] The Dark Heart of the Woods - no luck here either.

[529-530] The Dark Neck of the Woods - nothing of importance.

Is it actually required to talk to the friars?
Cooking and eating ravioli della hippy. I need some MP.

[531-533] The Dark Neck of the Woods - 2 stupid hellions & W-imp - wussiness potion. I am out of MP.

[534-539] The Haunted Bedroom - got spectacles, English to A. F. U. E. Dictionary, 2 wallets & moxie substats.

[540-541] The Dark Neck of the Woods - ruby W.

[542] The Outskirts of Cobb's Knob - false semi-rare number.

[543-546] The Dark Neck of the Woods - nothing of interest. Since I do not have any of the items, getting steel margarita today is not realistic anymore.

[547-552] The Haunted Bedroom - I had to run away 4 times.

[553] Barrels - strawberry wine.

[554] The Outskirts of Cobb's Knob - lunchbox.

[555-556] The Haunted Bedroom - got ballroom key.

Hella Smooth & simple buffs.
Buying Cannelloni Cannon.

[557-558] The Haunted Ballroom - tap shoes, then beaten up.

[559-561] 8-Bit Realm - 3 red and 6 white.

Looking at the daily dungeon, I see 4 locked doors, but I have no key.

[562-566] The Defiled Nook - 1 skeleton key.

[567-569] Daily dungeon - the key just had to break in the first door.

[570] The Defiled Nook - got 1 skeleton key and lost it on the next door.

[571-572] The Defiled Nook - giant skeleton defeated. Now I have lots of bones, but no teeth. I hope I get some in the alcove.

[574-577] The Defiled Alcove - got the teeth and also coffin lid and the watch. Hm, should I gamble?

I did and guess what - the key broke in the next door as well. This sucks so much. I force the last one and pray the teeth come before the noncombat.

[578-579] Daily dungeon - Boris's key (& beaten up by the sturdy door).

[580-581] 8-Bit Realm - 4 green, 1 white, 1 black. Now I have all I need for the digital key, but I would be left with just 1 red pixel potion. That does not sound so good.

[582] The Defiled Alcove - got the teeth and reached level 8. Trapper wants linoleum :-(.

8 adventures left, I am low on both HP and MP. Since I cannot achieve anything significant right now, I guess I'll wait for tomorrow. Priorities are the ballroom song and (finally!) the steel margarita. I should start thinking about a chefstaff.

Final stats:
Level: 8
Muscle: 36
Mysticality: 53
Moxie: 38 (moxie day today)
Days played this run: 5

Damned

Let's start.

[310] Beaten up by goblin king - I just had to try to get meat. No big deal, because I have one more perfume.

[311-313] Tower ruins - no disembodied brain, but at least the quest is finished.

[314-316] South of the border - some chewing gum and 4000 meat + beaten up.

[317-318] 8-Bit Realm - 4 blue, 1 white.

[319-321] Sewers - spices & trinket -> planks.

[322-325] Barrels - margarita, monkey wrench, salty dog, tequila sunrise - good.

[326] The Spooky Forest - beaten up is gone now.

[327-343] 8-Bit Realm - 8 red, 10 blue, 4 green, 14 white, 13 black.

[344-349] Vacation - barbed-wire fence, 3 (useless) little paper umbrellas and the plans.

[350-351] Remaining guild challenges. Buying kickback cookbook.

[352-353] The Orcish Frat House - got I Just Wanna Fly.

Hella Smooth, hair spray, etc.

[354] Pirate's Cove - Remembarrr the Main (the buff was kind of unnecessary.

[355] The Knob Goblin King (while I am buffed).

[356-362] The Hippy Camp - filthy knitted dread sack, 2 greasy dreadlocks, 2 Spanish flies.

[363] Semi-rare - 3 bottles of distilled fortified wine.

[364-376] The Hippy Camp - some more flies and dreadlocks. Caught Socialismydia :-(.

[377-383] Daily dungeon - key broke in first door. Got Boris's ring, damn.

[385-386] Cooking 2 bowls of evil spicy noodles. Socialismydia did wear off.

[387-408] The Hippy Camp - more flies and bounty finished. Sadly no pants.

[409] The Defiled Nook - got smart skull.

[410-412] Tower ruins.

[413] Cooking another evil spicy noodles.

[414-419] Tower ruins. No brain (no sweeper).

[420-421] Cooking evil delicious spicy noodles (found herbs in the hippy camp).

[422-430] Tower ruins. No brain (1 sweeper).

[431-432] The Orcish Frat House - swapped the flies.

[433-435] Tower ruins. No brain (no sweeper).

That's all for today - no chef-in-a-box (or any other in-a-box), no hippy outfit, no steel margarita, low stats...

Final stats:
Level: 7
Muscle: 30
Mysticality: 44
Moxie: 29
Days played this run: 4

Things left undone

Buying Envy for 800 meat.

[209-215] Degrassi Knoll, found screwdriver and the missing meat car parts.

[216-220] Sewers (bad luck really). -> Sweet rims. -> Meat car.

[221-223] Vacation.

[224-235] The "Fun" House, got bugbear beanie, 3x clown skin, long skinny balloon, 2x box, 2x lemon, big red clown nose and some other stuff.

[236] The Dark Elbow of the Woods - lost a fight with L imp.

[237-239] Crafting clown clownskin belt and clown wig.

[240-242] Cobb's Knob Harem, got Knob Goblin harem pants.

[243-246] The Haunted Billiards Room, got 8-ball and Spookyraven library key. Good luck I guess.

[247-248] The "Fun" House, got high-octane olive oil.

[249] Smiting Greek Pasta of Peril.

[250] Cooking spicy noodles.

[251-256] Barrels, 3 drinks, 1 explosion, 1 super-seltzer.

[257] Beanbat chamber for enchanted bean.

[258-260] Vacation - stick of dynamite.

[261-263] Sewers. trinket -> jabanero pepper.

[264] The Haunted Pantry -> tomato.

[265-268] Cooking insanely spicy enchanted bean burito and boring spaghetti. I wish I had the chef.

[269-271] Nemesis Cave - no drops :-(.

[272] Cooking spicy noodles.

[273-274] Degrassi Knoll - got 2000 and -20 myst and mana.

[275-276] South of the Border hoping for more meat.

[277-278] Crafting lemon meringue pie.

[279-284] Nemesis Cave - evil noodles, 4 paper strips.

[285] Crafting margarita.

[286-288] Barrel full of barrels for schnapps.

[289-300] Nemesis Cave - 3 evil noodles, 4 paper strips -> Colander of Em-er'il.

Eating Lord of the Flies-sized fries.

[301-305] Cobb's Knob Kitchens, nothing of value.

Eating another Lord of the Flies-sized fries.

[306-308] Vacation -> tropical orchid.

[309] Beaten up in The Haunted Library :-(. It was close.

Final stats:
Level: 6
Muscle: 24
Mysticality: 36
Moxie: 23
Days played this run: 3

Bad day. I need a cookbook badly.

Troubles on the mysty day

Mysticality day - meat is want I need.

[90-92] Tavern rats and turning off the facet, I do not feel like spending up to 18 adventures hunting the baron.

[93-96] Degrassi knoll trying to get a screwdriver and make the meatcar, but no luck. Got toolbox (3 springs), knoll mushroom and Gnollish slotted spoon.

[97-100] Cola battlefield reaching level 5.

[101-112] Cola battlefield some more - got mainly moxie.

[113] Resting - ugh.

Hella Smooth.

[114-129] Harem - hoping for a non-combat, but getting beaten up a lot. Got 2 perfumes and finally a harem veil.

[130-138] Guano Junction looking for 3 sonar biscuits.

[139] Entryway - Onna Stick +3000 meat, -20 moxie for 10 adventures.

[140-150] Barrels - 2 mimics, 3 explosions, bloody mary, some stats to sell.

[151-152] Boss bat's lair - the beefy bodyguards are too tough.

[153-159] Barrels - 1 mimic, 1 explosion, I am desperate - I need meat for Pastamastery before I run out of adventures.

Eating ghuol egg to get 1 adventure for cooking. 5001 meat after auto-selling everything I can spare. -> buying Pastamastery.

[160] Cooking spicy noodles.

[161] Resting - no other way to get HP.

[162-168] Tower ruins, no brain.

[169] Cooking spicy noodles.

[170-174] The "Fun" House - got some base drinks, 1 box.

[175] Cooking spicy noodles.

[176-180] Cola battlefield. It is a stat day after all.

[181] Knob goblin lunchbox.

[182-185] Battlefield again.

[186-207] The Boss Bat's Lair using Harold's Bell. Bought Lasagna Bandages and Entangling Noodles on the way. Finally killed the Boss Bat.

[208] Crafting whiskey and soda.

Final stats:
Level: 6
Muscle: 21
Mysticality: 31
Moxie: 21
Days played this run: 2

I still need to neutralize the goblin king, find the hidden temple, built a meat car and go on vacation. And the steel margarita...I need a MP source to be able to get it soon.

Arrrbor day and contest start

I finished my trip to the see and planted 100 saplings and the underworld acorn, time to start working on the . I am going to ascend today into Bad Moon as Pastamancer and take part in a contest. There are 10 great prizes and around 50 participants.

The permed skill is Musk of the Moose. Ascending now...

[0-5] I adventured in the Haunted pantry and luckily found the manor on 5th adventure. I also got quasi-ethereal macaroni fragments and magicalness-in-a-can - and sold them. I really want the spice ghost this run and 300 meat is just what I need for the Lord of the Flies-sized fries.

Now I am level 2, but my moxie is at 0.

[6-16] The spooky forest. Got beaten up a lot, collected spices. I actually met 3 trifids and lost to each of them. That sucks, because the bounty is on. Then I finally got the larva. 500 meat is nice and terrarium would be great, but I guess I'll gambe a bit more and get another Lord of the Flies-sized fries. Wooden stakes and bar skin are a nice bonus.

Level 3. Moxie is back to 0.

[17-20] Still in the spooky forest looking for meat and receiving it. Another 2 packages of Lord of the Flies-sized fries for me and Pride.

[21-25] The Outskirts of Cobb's Knob - stats are coming much faster now with Pride. Got chef's hat, Knob Goblin scimitar and the encryption key. What now?

[26-27] The Haunted Kitchen are tough for me, I lost to paper towelgeist.

[28] Guild challenge. 1000 meat for epic weapon.

[29-30] Sewers, 1 worthless trinket. Hermit -> pertified noodles. Hammer for 500 meat.

[31] Haunted kitchen - scintillating powder. Nice, but what now? With muscle of 3 and moxie of 2, there are not many places I can go.

[32-36] The haiku dungeon. Fights are easy and I actually got what I came for - gravy and mushrooms. Now I need more 1000 meat for terrarium and oven. And I only have 400. Auto-selling enchanted barbell and one of the concentrated magicalness pills got me another 250. Where to get the rest?

Buying terrarium and putting mosquito larva in. Poor 1 pound fellow.

[37-41] Barrel full of barrels. Got 2x vodka and cranberry, martini, bloody mary, suntan lotion of moxiousness (autosold for 150).

Drinking the vodkas and martini took me to level 4. The problem is that my muscle and moxie are at 4 as well.

[42] Sleazy back alley - poisoned on first adventure ;-).
[43-45] Barrels - killed by a mimic, got and autosold 2 stat items.

[46] Bought a oven and made baby gravy fairy.

[47-52] Sleazy back alley. Got Harold's bell, dented harmonica and finally the Chronologically Pummeled buff.

Got Hella Smooth from the pixie. Autosold everything I could and bought Ravioli Shurikens.

[53-62] The Misspelled Cemetary. Bad luck got Grave Mistake first and a shovel on the 9th adventure. I also got the Braaains buff, now I do not know what to do with it. Then the 10 adventures with +mox ended.

[63-64] Smiting Pasta of Peril.

[65-66] Killed one rat and beaten up by another one.

[67-72] Barrel full of barrels. Got some drinks and one pill.

[73-74] Beaten up by smart skeleton and finding Fernwarthy grave; got 500 meat reward. Although I need 3 more myst points to get the second part of the quest, I was actually there for the temporal rift.

[75-78] Collected Dyspepsi outfit.

Bought cocktailcrafting kit.

[79] Made extra-spicy bloody mary.

[80] 2nd guild challenge.

[81-84] Cola battlefield. Muscle/moxie on 9.

Drink one Imp Ale -> moxie down to 8. Muscle -> 10.

[85-89] Degrassi Knoll. Got Gnollish slotted spoon, Knoll mushroom, Knoll teeth and Gnollish toolbox (empty meat tank and spring).

Made and used a barskin tent and that is all for today.

Final stats:
Class: Pastamancer
Level: 4
Muscle: 10
Mysticality: 17
Moxie: 8
Days played this run: 1

All considered, I was extra lucky today. I got beaten up a lot, but it was worth it :-).

Lazy tower day

The nuns quest was one of the fastest - with 2 inhalers, preternatural greed, nasal spray, love song and 30lb leprechaun, it took 16 adventures.

Rest of the war was easy and I used tomato power on the boss fight. The I had to collect pixels and level up a bit.

DoD potion came quickly, chewing gum needed clover and I already had Black Nr.2 due to my telescope.

The tower was ugly - I had to farm pygmy blowgun and powdered organs.

The NS fight was not too hard, but I had to lose 3 times to lower the block rate.
Stats when fighting NS:
Muscle: 153
Mysticlaity: 99
Moxie: 103

This run took 7 days and 1271 adventures. More than the previous one, I should probably start using a sombrero.

Now I'll be waiting in aftercore until arrrbor day.

A little bit of good luck and a lot of bad luck

While yesterday, there was a tiny chance for this to be my first 6-day run, that chance is now gone. Terrible luck - 40 adventures looking for a hidden temple, another forty in the white grove...

Anyway, no locked doors in the dungeon today, I skipped it again.

Right now, I am in the pyramid and I yet have to rotate the wheel and deal with Ed. Still no pixels, stars or !potions.

Final stats:
Level: 11
Muscle: 118
Mysticality: 78
Moxie: 78
Days played this run: 5

Damn it.

Stupid mistakes

Forgetting to use a meat maid sucks. So does picking wrong Louvre tour.

I collected insult responses in the pirate bar and opened F'c'le. Then I did the valley quest and leveled up, adventured in the airship to open the castle for a semi-rare.

I skipped the castle and leveled up instead to get my hands on better booze. That plan partially succeeded.

I have a wand and I used it to get a black pepper from caviar. I skipped the daily dungeon today - there were no locked doors.

I also got the frozen seal spine and abyssal ember. With LTS, the damage is massive.

Final stats:
Level: 11
Muscle: 106
Mysticality: 65
Moxie: 64
Days played this run: 4

I guess this is the highest level I reached on day 4 so far, but I am behind on quests. No pixels, no temple, no castle, no ! potions.

Good luck, with a bit of bad luck

I cleared the crypt and adventured in the gallery. I also did my 5 shore trips (after finally building a meat car). Then I got my LEW and continued with level 8 quest. Luckily, the goats gave me 5 milks this run.

By the end of the day, I zapped a hippy and tried to reach level 9 in time for a semi-rare, but failed. I needed 3 Louvre tours in 20 adventures, but I only got 1.

I smashed 2 ancient seals today and I'll try to get frozen seal spine tomorrow. I had to use 2 potions (well, to be on the safe side). I hope that effort will not be in vain.

Final stats:
Level: 8
Muscle: 65
Mysticality: 47 (myst day)
Moxie: 44
Days played this run: 3

The day would be perfect if I reached level 9 and smashed ascii art on semi-rare, but it is still good enough. I have chef, bartender, meat maid, and Jarlsberg's key. I'll have to get wand soon and start zapping dehydrated caviar.

M-242

So, I still do not have bartender nor chef nor meat maid. Tomorrow.

I got steel margarita today and decided not to but a mushroom field, because I collected 5 total hellion cubes.

Beach is not yet open, but Spookyraven is partially open. I even managed to kill few high-level monsters using love songs.

Final stats:
Level: 7
Muscle: 40
Mysticality: 27
Moxie: 29
Days played this run: 2

I had enough max MP to cast Ode to Booze and slimeling got me enough actual MP.

Thief in the tower

Finishing the war was easy and I did not need a reagent potion to defeat the boss this time - I tried love songs instead.

But then I had to find the MacGuffin.

The lair:
Meleegra pills and ! potion took a lot of time...
Maze was swift.

The tower:
Giant Desktop Globe - 1 adventure
Flaming Samurai - 5 adventures
Big Meat Golem - 1 adventure
giant fried egg - 2 adventures (lucky zap)
Fickle Finger of F8 - 1 adventure
collapsed mineshaft golem - 1 adventure

The NS fight was trivial with over 240 moxie.

This run took 7 days and 1231 adventures. I hoped for a better result with the boulder and love songs libram at my disposal. They only saved me about 100 adventures.

In the remaining ~60 adventures I managed to collect a bounty (with putty after overdrinking), obtain guy made of bees pollen, find the El Vibrato trapezoid and quite successfully adventured beyond the shimmering portal - I got 2 104 cards and then used them to get the 2 missing into parts of the El Vibrato outfit.

In my next life, I am going to be a Seal Clubber. It has been too long since my first seal clubber run and I'd like to give it a try again. I permed the Ode to Booze.

As a seal clubber things were a bit harder than with the accordion thief. I managed to reach level 5 and zap a harem girl. I had enough max MP to cast ode to booze at the end of the day, but I did not collect an accordion. Stupid songs.

Final stats:
Class: Seal Clubber
Level: 5
Muscle: 22
Mysticality: 17
Moxie: 17
Days played this run: 1

I wonder if I am able to get liver of steel tomorrow.

Beach, beach, beach

I usually skip the beach, but since I had 2 reodorants this run, I tried it out - 80 adventures! I should not have done that. At least I got my last demon name: Rip'funk'z'k.

MacGuffin is unfinished, need last part of worm riding manual and then clear the pyramid.

Island war is in progress, I am close to nunnery.

Final stats:
Level: 12
Muscle: 83
Mysticality: 84
Moxie: 141
Days played this run: 6

Well, I would not be able to ascend even if I did not waste those 80 adventures on the beach. But still, it looks like my first proper 7-day run.

Love songs

I finally used some love songs. In combat. I still hesitate to use them to buff myself, but I probably should.

Anyway, the progress was adequate today. While the MacGuffin quest is incomplete (I only have the easiest 2 parts), the island war has started and I bought Ode to Booze.

I am overloaded with stuff. I even got the grungy bandana.

Final stats:
Level: 12
Muscle: 72
Mysticality: 72
Moxie: 129
Days played this run: 5

If I by a miracle managed to ascend tomorrow, it will be a significant progress. But I doubt it. I still need stars, pixels, DoD potions, find the hidden temple, oasis, pyramid, and finish the war. A 7-day run is more likely and that's an improvement for me as well.

To eat or not to eat

The moxie day. Good. I had to do a lot today.

I started in the ballroom until level 8. The the trapper quest (chrome ore, good). Mining was troubling, but goat gave up the cheese quickly (milk not so much).

More leveling up, getting the swashbuckling outfit, collected 3 insults and then into the valley. I spent a long time there bounty hunting and getting 31337 scroll for stat script.

More leveling up and the garbage quest. I did not complete it, but I collected 4 pieces of immateria.

I used 5 love songs while milking goats, but I have 40 spare in my inventory. I am doing something wrong.

My boulder rayed a miner and a booze giant today.

Final stats:
Level: 10
Muscle: 55
Mysticality: 57
Moxie: 87
Days played this run: 4

I have 1 key and tomorrow I'll try to zap my breath-spray. I'll try to reach level 12 tomorrow and let the boulder give me a war uniform.

Trying the new toys

I used a couple of love songs today - to adventure in haunted ballroom and to kill one of crypt sub-bosses. Not bad, but not great either. The sugar tome made a bigger difference in the early days. I hope the love songs libram will show its strength later.

Slimeling gives me MP like crazy and boulder got me KGE and hippy uniforms today.

Final stats:
Level: 7
Muscle: 38
Mysticality: 40
Moxie: 49
Days played this run: 3

All the available council quests are done and I have the wand. Tomorrow is a moxie day and I should level up fast. Retenez L'Herbe Paté is waiting.

On the track

I made use of my new boulder and zapped a harem girl. Then I used my new libram of love songs and killed the goblin king. I have built chef and bartender and used my spare clover in the process.

By the end of the day, I made one shore trip, obtained steel margarita and used Harold's bell on boss bat. More meat for me tomorrow.

Final stats:
Level: 6
Muscle: 25
Mysticality: 28
Moxie: 35
Days played this run: 2

The fights were easy today although I stupidly lost twice. The day after tomorrow is a moxie day, I should probably save some adventures. On the other hand, if I spent over 150 adventures tomorrow, I may zap two monsters.

I decided not to but a mushroom field this run and farm goat cheese instead.

Basement and back to ascending

I completed my first as a level 33 Sauceror. I only had to use the +200% potions at the end of the run. The MP drainage test were the most annoying, because I had to left some fullness

Back to as ascending. I am perming Slimy Synapses this time; +10MP should make day 1 mana management much easier.

This time, I am going to be an Accordion thief, my least favorite class. Why? The moxious madrigal feels like cheating to me. I only played it once and I permed torso at that time.

Despite new fancy familiars, the He-Boulder and the Slimeling, my day 1 was poor. I had trouble reaching level 4 in time, but finally I did it with the help of 1 gourd potion and some basic spleen items.

The tavern was another nightmare. I found the faucet in the last possible location. The 2 needed squares were hiding in the lower left corner. BTW, the probability to do this bad is 1/600 ~ 0.17%. It can only be better in future runs. It mad total sense to invest 1 adventure and kill the baron - my boulder did it for me. I forgot to set the +ML properly, but I would have chosen the monocle anyway.

I managed to summon 8 love songs, but used none. I hope they will be useful later.

Final stats:
Class: Accordion Thief
Level: 4
Muscle: 13
Mysticality: 16 (myst day)
Moxie: 18
Days played this run: 1

Not the best start, my skills are probably somehow rusty. I have ~10 pixels, Harold's bell, decryption key, access to manor and I found the grave. Tomorrow, I'll try the steel margarita and the servants.

Slimeling

I finished a slime tube and obtained a slimeling today. It was a bit unnerving and costly. Bitter pills and a pile of tattered scraps of paper was most like the most expensive part. I had a bit of trouble with mother slime since I buffed my moxie too high and I was doing over 500 damage with each of my hobopolis spells. I lost once and I had to lower my mysticality and try again. Fortunately I had 3 total tries.

The slimeling is nifty, I'd love to test it in a HC run, but I still wish to do a basement dive. I am close to level 150 of the basement now, so I hope I can finish it in two days. That is if I'll be able to as a L32 Sauceror missing without important skills.

More of the same

The last days were similar to each other. I did a couple of tubes, farmed the marinara trench and octopus's garden. I did not bother with the crimbux too much - the slime tube was probably giving the same amount of meat and also some stats.

Crimbo 2009 gift was of of 3 misfit presents giving a small bonus to damage and one attribute. Nice if someone started their run on that day, but not useful elsewhere.

Today, I started my first attempt to get a slimeling. If all goes well, I should have it tomorrow.