Finishing the L12 quest was trivial. Then I had to return to the L11. I ate the high-level war rations, but I missed my semi-rare due to the irritating hidden city.
I had the quests finished and had 50 adventures left when the lair opened. If I had the pixels, things would be great. But I don't.
The lair:
Gate of Humility - fine
Gate of Mystery - 200 meat
Gate that is Not a Gate - had to experiment, but being on Teetotaler path has this one advantage that I do not need to fear the alcohol potion.
Pixels... 23 adventures (one adventure wasted - I forgot to remove teleportitis).
25 adventures left - all I need is luck ;-).
Hedge maze... 7 adventures
20 adventures left
The tower
Tyrannosaurus Tex - damn! I used my only butterfly in the farm - 5 adventures
endangered inflatable white tiger - 1 adventure
giant fried egg - 4 adventures (+2 clovers)
concert pianist - 1 adventure
Big Meat Golem - 1 adventure
Enraged Cow - 1 adventure
The shadow
I lost the first time despite using +100% potion. With no red pixel potions, this fight is tricky.
The familiars - as usual using pet buffing spray and sugar shield.
OK, I am in the chamber, having 4 adventures left. My low health is a risk, but with a bit of luck...
Try #1 - I almost made it. The first form went down after one critical spell hit and I managed to land 2 spells on the second form. If I had the kickback cookbook, this could have been a victory.
Try #2 - bad. The first form blocked a lot and I beat it with 20 HP left.
Try #3 - similar to try #2. I hope the block rate gets down I I get finally lucky. But I guess I'd rather buy the kickback cookbook. Or...I'll try a shield.
Try #4 - block rate was down and I made it (using shield). My first Teetotaler run. Hooray!
Stats when fighting NS:
Class: Sauceror
Level: 13
Muscle: 130 (96)
Mysticality: 199 (151 without equipment)
Moxie: 155 (96)
Max HP: 182 (Low HP is killing me, I'll have to do something about that soon)
Equipment:
sugar chapeau
tuxedo shirt
Staff of the Soupbone
wicker shield
sugar shorts
Iron Beta of Industry
tap shoes
bejeweled pledge pin
Familiar:
Kruger, the Misshapen Animal Skeleton with sugar shield
Run length: 11 days, 1332 adventures. I actually made it to top 100 for HCT Sauceror ascensions. And if you are interested, I am #1 for HCT Sauceror under Blender sign - because no one plays that combination. If you wonder why I picked that, it is due to the gnome skills I'll use in aftercore.
So, now I can drink and finally collect a bounty and play with my new toy - the little box of fireworks - in aftercore. Too bad I do not have enough meat for a Bag o' Tricks.
Uh, I overdrunk. I am not used to not having liver of steel. Damned bounty. Oh, well, tomorrow then.
Crimbo 2009: I got 12941 meat yesterday. I thought both actions will be failures and people would end in the mall. That did not happen, but the meat is still good.
Almost there
Hippy pile
Most of the day, I adventures on the battlefield (that is after I started the island war). Reaching over 25 bonus spell damage was impossible (well, uneconomical), but it did not matter. The cold sauce spells did enough damage to the hippies to deal with them fast enough. I had +10ML on almost all the time as usual in my myst runs.
I managed to reach the farm and since I'll spend more time in aftercore this time, I'll invest the 9 adventures (and my single chaos butterfly - risky!) to clear the dooks.
Food was troubling today, I used my reagent ingredients (2 knob sausages) and I oly have a single spices and single lime left (though no pie tin). On the other hand I have 3 tasty tarts and I should be able to get some food from the war rations.
The L11 quest remains almost as it was - now I am looking for stone rose. It takes long.
Final stats:
Level: 12
Muscle: 85
Mysticality: 140
Moxie: 86
Days played this run: 10
The plan:
- finish L12 quest - 36 adventures
- pixels - 30 adventures
- hidden city - 40 adventures
- pyramid - 60 adventures
- tower - 30 adventures
Ascending tomorrow seems unrealistic. I need over 200 adventures and I'll manage to get about 150 with teetotaler restrictions. But if I am extremely lucky...
Crimbo 2009: I did not do that bad yesterday. My hobos brought 17737 meat about 2/3 of tha maximum. Today, the newspaper offers 2 possible places to be: the market (where flea circus is performing) or right side of the tracks (where people can take a tour through Spookyraven manor). The weather predictions indicate chilly weather.
Short myst day
Myst day. A bit of leveling and mostly questing. 2/5 of the L11 quest are done. I'll still need to find the hidden city and then find and clear the pyramid.
I reached level 12 and collected one part of the uniform.
Final stats:
Level: 12
Muscle: 73
Mysticality: 126
Moxie: 76
Days played this run: 9
If I am very lucky I'll be able to break the prism in 2 days. 3 are more realistic, the teetotaler path is tricky and I am once again out of ingredients.
Crimbo 2009: Mall was correct, but my other choices sucked.
Pre-myst day
So, I adventured in the valley to get lowercase ns and assemble another 31337 scroll (got 2 clovers and 2 trinkets and bought 2 more clovers). Food was easy today - 2x fettucini, 2x lo mein, 1x fortune cookie. I have one more cheese for tomorrow and enough spices and also 2 limes, so no problem there.
3 locked doors in the daily dungeon convinced me another trip is worth those 5 adventures. I got second Boris's key. Not ideal, I'll have to zap it tomorrow.
Then I leveled up, did the airship and collected a bounty in the castle and saved the remaining (40) adventures for tomorrow.
With Wave of sauce, spellcasting is fun and I have more than enough MP. A sugar fruit fairy would be a nice familiar to have at this point. I expect problems on the battlefield, where I would not be able to wear the epic hat. I hope the effect from twinkly wads counts towards the 25 bonus spell damage limit. (Because I only have +20 bonus spell damage +75% from chefstaff.)
Final stats:
Level: 10
Muscle: 62
Mysticlaity: 92
Moxie: 60
Days played this run: 8
Tomorrow is mysticality day. I still have to get some insults, to open F'c'le and then adventure there. Then it is probably hole in the sky or bathroom and L11 quest.
Crimbo 2009: Well, my hobos got 7919 meat yesterday. At least I guessed correctly that the Mall was a trap. But why market square and caroling was correct is above me. For today I am going to pick...Mall, Wine Coolers and Candy. I guess frat boys will make an appearance in the mall - and what else give them than free candy ;-).
An ordinary day
So, I got my spooky mushrooms and found the hidden temple (in 20 adventures :-(), reached level 9, got my hippy outfit, ate omelette, fettucini and spooky lo mein.
I spent some time in the bathroom, but stat gains were bad and so I abandoned the hope to get to level 10 in time to get an inhaler from my semi-rare adventure. Instead I adventures in the valley. I finished the quest and also got the 31337 scroll, but I'll have to return there, because I have no lowercase ns (lots of pr0n legs though).
Then I got the wand and some DoD potions and adventured in the Barrr (5 insults collected).
I used one clover in the hippy camp and got a needed cherry (for my staff of soupbone) and also 2 limes and one papaya. What a nice surprise. Together with the spices I have and 3 saved goat cheeses, this looks to be enough ingredients for my meals for 2 or 3 days. I have not yet decided whether I'll be on the hippy or the frat boy side. The pies will be nice, but the 3x +1000MP per day in aftercore looks useful as well.
Final stats:
Level: 9
Muscle: 53
Mysticality: 83
Moxie: 55
Days played this run: 7
I need more meat for the skills, the quests and a cookbook. The saucespheres, wave of sauce, saucegeyser and impetuous sauciness cost 48000 and I only have 12000 available for skills right now. Tomorrow, I should probably save adventures for the mysticality day after tomorrow.
Crimbo 2009 stuff: My yesterdays guess was pretty bad, my hobos only brought 6159 meat, the correct choices seemed to be Market Square, Wine Coolers and Signs. Today, I have chosen Tracks, Wine Coolers and Signs. I do not think people would respond to the threats.
Catching up
With stomach of steel, situation was a bit better toady. I completed a bounty on goats and collected more than enough milk (being a Sauceror) and some spare cheese for reagent food. I had to use another clover in the kitchen though, because I had to level up first.
The bonerdagon fell and trapper is satisfied. I made myself a yak anorak, but I cannot wear it due to its muscle requirement. But right now, I am just 5 substats away.
Final stats:
Level: 8
Muscle: 41
Mysticality: 64
Moxie: 43
Days played this run: 6
Tomorrow, I must obtain 2 spooky mushrooms, so I'll visit the spooky forest and maybe find the temple. Then I should finally build a boat, obtain a swashbuckling uniform, reach level 9, get a hippy outfit and do the LOL quest. Maybe a bit more.
Crimbo 2009 is continuing. My guess yesterday was lucky and my hobos collected 19417 meat. The weather is supposed to get cold again. Today I have chosen The Right Side of the Tracks, Hot Chocolate and Informative Signs.
Like those old day
Being on a teetotaler path is really slowing me down. If I at least had a spleen familiar, but I don't.
I managed to do the remaining trips and I tried to get the hippy outfit from the road to the white citadel, but no progress there and encountering the sign in Whitey's grove took over 10 adventures (got several bird ribs but no lion oil on the way). I guess I'll wait for level 9 and get the outfit from the noncombats at the hippy camp.
I eliminated the goblin king and got the glass balls (for the staff of soupbone, of course), I opened the 2nd floor of the manor, got the ballroom key and set the +5% noncombats song.
Secrets of Dungeons of Doom are revealed, but I do not have enough meat for the wand.
I had to get another grab bag, fortunately the hermit had 3 clovers, but I should secure another food source, I'll probably go for goat cheese while bounty hunting.
Final stats:
Level: 7
Muscle: 32
Mysticality: 50
Moxie: 34
Days played this run: 5
I should try to finish the bonerdagon quest tomorrow, but without fruits, I am limited to one spared philter of phorce potion and that is not enough with 32 muscle.
Crimbo 2009 is continuing. I did pretty bad tomorrow. Like most people, I believed, the newspaper was referring to today's situation, but in fact it was yesterdays. So my hobos got mere 3000 meat in donations.
So, the people were in the mall yesterday (it was a cold day), and they liked free candy while the hobos would prefer hot chocolate. Today the weather is supposed to improve. I guess I bet on market, cooler and caroling (again).
Bad luck
December 1st is today and the advent calendar appeared. I got candy knuckles today and used it until it broke down. Pretty scary - I was relying on its +25 damage and suddenly nothing - fortunately the sleazy gravy fairy decided to do the job for me.
First I collected my epic hat and then I adventured at the gate. Terrible luck there. No hellion cubes, no demon skin, but 4 wussiness potions, 3 Ws, 30 imp ale and 24 hot wings. Thanks a lot. I had to use another clover at the kitchens. Although I obtained the steel lasagna, I could not eat it today. The steel margarita has its advantages.
That's it. I managed to do one more shore trip, pick up one clover (it took 7 adventures in the sewer) and get Boris's key.
Final stats:
Level: 7
Muscle: 28
Mysticality: 41
Moxie: 28
Days played this run: 4
Tomorrow shall be better.
Crimbo 2009 has started. We are supposed to organize hobos to collect donations.
Kind of weak
I leveled up on the battlefield. I know that speeders do not recommend this, but I guess getting steel organ and eating reagent pasta ASAP is important. Just like getting to level 9 and its rewards. Leveling took 31 adventures, that is not too bad. But what now? Should I try the friars right now?
I used one clover to get a grab bag and luckily got 2 mushrooms and 1 spices from it. That means reagent pasta today (I have chef and enough reagents from yesterday).
Now, the question remains how to fight the demons. My spells are weak, I do not have any fruits for potions. My stainless steel skullcap is not usable yet, I only have 20 muscle points.
But since I took the effort to level up, I should also do the quest. Otherwise, the adventures would be wasted. Sugar shorts, hair spray and tomato power would bring me close to winning the fights but not close enough. Lemon from the fun house? Another route would be to buy saucestorm, but I do not have the meat and getting it from beefy bodyguards would take too much time. Considering the options, I do not think I'll get the steel stomach today.
So I fought the beefy bodyguards and bought Gazpacho's Glacial Grimoire and Saucestorm (of course I forgot to get Expert Panhandling before the bodyguards).
Then I went into the fun house and got remaining clownosity items and fought Beelzebozo. (I also got 2 lemons.)
2 shore trips are done and I also found the dusty book.
Final stats:
Level: 6
Muscle: 23
Mysticlaity: 34
Moxie: 23
Days played this run: 3
The gate is priority #1 tomorrow. I might try to go for the epic hat before to make the fights easier.
Early chefstaff is good
I have gathered the components for a chefstaff to make use of my Spirit of Rigatoni as soon as possible. Unlike in my previous Pastamancer run, I just let Rodoric build the Staff of the Short Order Cook.
Jiggling the chefstaff actually kills monsters at this level. I managed to kill Baron von Ratsworth with it in one turn. Well, not just with it, my sleazy fairy hit him and the Throbbing rage gland finally made a difference.
Then I found Fernwarthy's grave and collected a diembodied brain. Hence I built the EW and went after a box and finally built myself a chef-in-a-box.
I have also built the bitchin' meatcar and found the screwdriver.
Final stats:
Level: 5
Muscle: 13
Mysticality: 21
Moxie: 13
Days played this run: 2
Being teetotaler and not having access to inside of degrassi knoll is slowing me down. I did not reach my first semi-rare yet. Tomorrow I might try to level up on the cola battlefield and obtain stomach of steel. Or I may collect meat from beefy bodyguards and leave the stomach for the day after that.
In the lair
No big surprises. I finished the island quest, the LOL quest and collected needed stars and lines.
I needed almost 800 substats to get to level 8 and so I used 2 clovers and then hit the Louvre on first adventure in the gallery.
The lair...
Gate of Morose Morbidity and Moping
Gate of Intrigue
Gate that is Not a Gate
Extreme luck!
Thin black candle is no problem, I got handsomeness potion during my long teleportitis and the correct DoD potion is the only one I know.
Now, I have to farm for pixels. I kind of never get them in the early days of my runs. 20 adventures gone.
Topiary golems - 8 adventures.
The tower:
the darkness - 8 adventures
malevolent crop circle - 1 adventure
Big Meat Golem - 1 adventure
fancy bath slug - 1 adventure
possessed pipe-organ - 1 adventure
Enraged Cow - 1 adventure
Not that bad. If I had the inkwell, it would be perfect.
3x lost to lower the block rate (although the first try without using any skill almost looked like I could win).
Stats when fighting NS:
Class: Turtle Tamer
Level: 13
Muscle: 219 (151 without equipment)
Mysticality: 145 (100)
Moxie: 162 (101)
Max HP: 374
Equipment:
nasty rat mask
tuxedo shirt
Chelonian Morningstar
painted shield
sugar shorts
bejeweled pledge pin
Nickel Gamma of Frugality
pirate fledges
Familiar:
Kruger, the Misshapen Animal Skeleton with sugar shield
Run length: 7 days, 1342 adventures. With 2 feasts of Boris and 2 muscle days, it is not that spectacular, but still my fastest run day-wise.
With 2 adventures and 6 drunkenness left, I still need to:
- tame some more turtles
- finish mayor Zapruder quest and get mushroom fermenting solution
- finish bounty
I managed to do it all with the help of the spooky putty sheet.
This time, I permed Wisdom of Elder Tortoises. The level 14 or level 15 skills would probably be better choices, but I want to ascend today and extra MP will make my day 1 with non-myst classes easier.
A Sauceror is me, a female teetotaler Sauceror - there seem to be advantages in aftercore ;-).
Witout muscle sign, things are tough - I did not beat Baron von Ratsworth.
Final stats:
Class: Sauceror
Level: 4
Muscle: 8
Mysticality: 16
Moxie: 8
Days played this run: 1