Board 8 > Kingdom of Loathing Topic 11

(+) Yeah! (+)

It's interesting to me, because I don't have putty. But if you already have putty (or if you play exclusively HC) then there's not much reason to get it.


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14 muscle, still level 24.

And the blackbird doesn't fly away anymore. I wonder if that could speed up ascensions by a few turns.

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Various ascension plans:
- 100% MicroMechaMech SCNP for the AFH contest
- possibly a 100% Obtuse Angel SCTrendy, because the angel goes out of style after this month
- El Dia (Feb 11): AT Bad Moon run. Aiming for a 9-day run. Not sure if I want El Dia to fall on day 2 or day 3 of the run. I'll decide based upon bounties (gogo triffid bounty).
- Feast of Boris (Apr 4): 2-day SCNP. I'm excited about this one. My current diet plan will generate 631 turns (including borrowed time) over two days. However, the plan still needs tweaking because I'm currently leaving only 4 pulls for tower items, which is unlikely to be enough. The proper speedster way to do the tower in softcore is to just kill the tower monsters, but I don't have the gear for that.


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{Drakeryn}

It's Oyster Egg Day!
The Enchanted Flying Oyster came last night and hid his magical eggs all over the Kingdom!

Grab a basket at the Market and go egg-hunting!

20 muscle, level 25.

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11 muscle, still level 25.

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9 muscle, still level 25.

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9 muscle, still level 25.

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9 muscle, level 26.

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8 muscle, still level 26.

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8 muscle, still level 26.

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11 muscle, still level 26.

Also, one of my alts just got their fifth brimstone item.

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woo brimstone!

Just ascended into an AT bad moon run. El Dia tomorrow. Should be fun times.

--Day 1--

My two main goals for today:
(1) Reach level 5, or close enough that I can hit level 5 at the start of tomorrow with brimstone food, because low-level El Dia drinks are lame.
(2) Bank as many turns as possible for tomorrow.

Working backwards from those goals, my biggest concern is getting enough booze to fill my liver. So my quest priorities are mosquito + 1000-meat adventure, Typical Tavern, and Pretentious Artist (rat whiskers = more meat for overpriced beer).

-- Autosell pork gems
-- Eat brimstone chicken sandwich x5 (+22 adv)
-- Level 3 (Turn 0)
-- Accept bounty: Sleazy Back Alley
[1] Haiku Dungeon

Hoping for fairies so I can do a 100% baby gravy fairy run, but no dice. Seeing 1 substat gain makes me realize I forgot Pride.

-- Buy Pride
[2-14] The Spooky Forest
-> Get mosquito larva (Turn 9)
-> Familiar: volleyball (Turn 9)
-> BM adventure: 1000 meat (Turn 14)
[15-20] The Sleazy Back Alley
-> Level 4 (Turn 15)
-> Get pail of pretentious paint (Turn 17)
-> Steal pants (Turn 20)

Only 1 chunk of hobo gristle, unfortunately. I decide not to spend any more time here today in hopes of getting a better bounty tomorrow.

-- Buy Envy
[21-22] Smith rock and roll legend
[23-28] The Haunted Pantry
-> Get pretentious palette (Turn 28)
[29-33] The Outskirts of Cobb's Knob
-> Get pretentious paintbrush (Turn 33)
-- Buy moxious madrigal
[34-41] Typical Tavern Cellar
-> Turn off faucet (Turn 41)

I'm still 5 moxie away from level 5. The next three areas on my agenda are the haiku dungeon for a gravy boat, the knoll, and the fun house (I'm getting my LEW because I am a wuss). The fun house has the highest ML, so I'm heading there first.

[42] The "Fun" House

And I promptly fumble myself to death.

[43-45] Degrassi Knoll
-> Get tires (Turn 45)
[46-61] The "Fun" House
-> Get bugbear beanie (Turn 50)
[62] Smith clownskin belt

60 substats from level 5. Two brimstone chicken sandwiches (25-30 substat each) will get me almost there, and I have three moxie weeds that I can use to top up.

-- Drink typical tavern swill x3, overpriced beer x5, whiskey sour (+32 adv)

Status:
- Level 4 (18 moxie)
- Made epic weapon; got 4 clownosity
- Need bugbear bungguard; have beanie
- Need all meatcar parts except for tires
- Banked 32 adventures


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You put your RESOLVE HAT back on, which conveniently is the same hat as your NORMAL HAT.
{Drakeryn}

10 muscle, still level 26.

It's El Dia de los Muertos Borrachos in the Kingdom of Loathing.

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22 muscle, level 27.

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Meat Farming

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17 muscle, still level 27.

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Meat Farming.

Also, new challenge path. Become an Avatar of Boris.

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Boris path looks really fun. Can't wait until I finish my current run so I can try it.


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You put your RESOLVE HAT back on, which conveniently is the same hat as your NORMAL HAT.
{Drakeryn}

also, more logdump (currently day 6)

-- Buy polka of plenty
-- Drink overpriced beer (+1 adv)
[560-576] Barrrney's Barrr
-> Familiar: volleyball (Turn 560)
[577] Cap'n Caronch's Map
-> Familiar: leprechaun
[578] Barrrney's Barrr
[579] The Infiltrationist
[580-581] Barrrney's Barrr
[582-589] The Haunted Bathroom
-> Familiar: volleyball (Turn 582)
-> You Look Flushed (Turn 589)
-- Styx Pixie buff: Hella Smooth
[590-597] The F'c'le
-> Familiar: baby gravy fairy (Turn 590)
-> Get rigging shampoo (Turn 590)
-> Get barrrnacle (Turn 591)
-> Get mizzenmast mop (Turn 594)
-> Get ball polish (Turn 596)
-> Get pirate fledges (Turn 597)
[598] The Haert of the Cyrpt
-> Familiar: volleyball
[599-608] The Haunted Ballroom
-> Familiar: baby gravy fairy (Turn 601)
-> Play noncombat song (Turn 601)
-> Level 9 (Turn 605)

Just in time for my semi-rare. Heading there a bit early because there's delay on the adding machine anyway.

[609-647] The Valley of Rof L'm Fao
-> Familiar: volleyball (Turn 609)
-> Familiar: baby gravy fairy (Turn 610)
-> Semi-rare: bad ASCII art (Turn 611)
-> Get 64735 scroll (Turn 618)
-> Get plastic guitar (Turn 621)
-- Get Corsican's blessing (Turn 632)
-> Get lowercase N (Turn 647)

Turns out to be a waste of a semi-rare because the pr0ns refuse to drop an N until I'm swimming in scroll drops. I guess this balances out the 8-turn f'c'le (and then some).

[648-650] The Haunted Ballroom
[651-653] The Spooky Forest
-> Familiar: volleyball (Turn 651)
[654-685] The Haunted Ballroom
-> Familiar: baby gravy fairy (Turn 654)
-> Level 10 (Turn 685)
-- Eat cherry pie x4 (+37 adv)
[686-737] The Penultimate Fantasy Airship
-> Get ocarina of space (Turn 689)
-> Get tissue paper immateria (Turn 718)
-> Get tin foil immateria (Turn 723)
-> Get gauze immateria (Turn 726)
-- Drink flute of flat champagne x6, cream stout, overpriced beer x5 (+46 adv)
-> Get plastic wrap immateria (Turn 735)
-> Get giant castle map

I was running a fairy and eyedrops the entire time and didn't get a titanium assault umbrella. But on the plus side, I got 11 sgeeas.

Going to wait to do the castle until my semi-rare window begins.

[738-769] The Haunted Ballroom
-- Buy gluttony
-- Eat cherry pie (+9 adv)
-- Drink strawberry daiquiri (+6 adv)

Status:
- Level 10 (99 moxie)
- L9 quest complete
- Pirate fledges acquired
- Castle unlocked
- Food supplies: 4 cherries
- Booze supplies: 2 corpse drinks, white lightning

semi-rare will not occur before turn 771

d6: tapdancing skeleton


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You put your RESOLVE HAT back on, which conveniently is the same hat as your NORMAL HAT.
{Drakeryn}

16 muscle, still level 27.

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Day 7. There's an outside chance I might be able to make this a 9-dayer, if I pump turngen. But it's most likely to end up as a respectable 10 days.

also more logdump

Long castle. (I rejected the second wheel turn because I didn't yet have a giant needle or a D. Turned out to be a bad idea.) So now I have a lucre. But my food situation is fine -- cherry pies, a possible grue egg omelette, and oasis junk should last me until I clear the orchard. Guess I'll save the lucre for tower backfarming.

[814-825] The Black Forest
-> Get black market map (Turn 825)
-- Buy forged ID, can of black paint x2
[826-828] Muscle Vacation
-> Get your father's MacGuffin diary
-- Drink blackberry schnapps x5, white lightning (+18 adv)

Rough plan is this: Oasis first, for food (oasis drops > cherry pies). Then cellar for booze.

[829-831] The Arid, Extra-Dry Desert (Unhydrated)
-> Let's Make a Deal! (Turn 831)
[832-835] The Spooky Forest
-> Familiar: volleyball (Turn 832)
[836-839] The Hidden Temple
[840] The Oasis
-> Familiar: baby gravy fairy
[841] The Arid, Extra-Dry Desert
[842-44] The Oasis
-> Get stone rose (Turn 842)
-> Get drum machine (Turn 844)
[845] The Arid, Extra-Dry Desert
[846] The Oasis
[847-851] The Arid, Extra-Dry Desert
[852] The Oasis
[853-857] The Arid, Extra-Dry Desert
-- Eat brown sugar cane, cactus fruit, centipede eggs (+19 adv)
[858] The Oasis
[859-863] The Arid, Extra-Dry Desert
[864-871] The Oasis
-> Get worm-riding manual page 1 (Turn 864)
-> Get worm-riding manual page 2 (Turn 867)
-> Get worm-riding manual pages 3-15 (Turn 870)
[872] The Arid, Extra-Dry Desert
-> Get worm-riding hooks
-- Eat centipede eggs x3, cherry pie, fortune cookie (+27 adv)
[873] The Haunted Ballroom
-> We'll All Be Flat
-- Get Smothers' blessing
-- Styx Pixie buff: Hella Smooth
[874] The Haunted Wine Cellar (Northwest)
[875] The Haunted Wine Cellar (Northeast)
[876-877] The Haunted Wine Cellar (Southwest)
-> Summoning chamber unlocked (Turn 877)
[878-883] The Haunted Ballroom

Leftover Hella Smooth turns spent in the ballroom for dance card hunting.


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You put your RESOLVE HAT back on, which conveniently is the same hat as your NORMAL HAT.
{Drakeryn}

Meat Farmin'

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21 muscle, level 28.

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I had 54 ten-leaf clovers set up for today. I love stat days.

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18 muscle, still level 28.

Today is Generic Summer Holiday!

Go get some pool toys at the Market, and go for a swim in Market Square!

and one of my alts started an avatar of boris run.

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Finished my AT BM run at a solid 10/1310. The end was a bit disappointing because I ran out of adventures on day 9 at floor 5 of the NS tower. But it's still 100 turns off my previous best BM run, which is nice.

Boris is lots of fun. Easily my favorite challenge path so far.


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You put your RESOLVE HAT back on, which conveniently is the same hat as your NORMAL HAT.
{Drakeryn}

Mafia isn't letting me log on, it's just giving me an unexpected error. So I just logged onto Xevabis and used his adventures in the hobopolis trainer.. First time I've had to use vanilla KoL in a while.

Also, Xevabis is now level 29.

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Got a new release build for mafia and it works. Xevabis also meat farmed today.

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Meat farmin'

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17 muscle, still level 29.

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Meat Farmin'

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17 muscle, still level 29. 4 muscle away from 30.

Also, there's a trophy for getting to level 30 as an Avatar of Boris.

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Finished my HC Boris run yesterday at 7/1193. Now I'm in a SC Boris run. I'm aiming for three days, but I've got my doubts -- at the end of day 1, I had only barely reached level 7, and I wasn't able to get stomach.

The Rain-Doh combat items are so good for SC Boris. Blue balls is a stun, and orange agent is high damage auto-hit. There's no way I'd be able to run decent +ML otherwise.


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Level 30 SC, finally. Gonna meat farm and make some stuff with super-advanced meatsmithing before I ascend.

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Meat farmin'

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Meat Farmin'

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New IotM, a Spirit Medium that can make booze.

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Meat farmin'

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I'm really liking the Avatar of Boris challenge path thus far.

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Xevabis is now a level 5 pastamancer.

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Xevabis has liver on his second day and is level 7. woo.

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I got day 2 stomach on my Avatar of Boris run, so it sounds like we're about even.


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{Drakeryn}

Today was bad, got held up because my moxie is low.

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Almost through the level 9 quest.

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I beat the level 10 quest, working on getting to level 11.

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Out of Ronin and working on the war quest.

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Finished my second HCBoris ascension. Turncount's about the same as my first attempt, but I managed to shave off a day (from 7 days to 6). So far I've been doing cleave + 5 feasting + the rest in shouting. Going to switch things up next run, though. Plan is 3 shouting, then 10 feasting, then the rest in shouting. I'm betting that Gourmand will generate me more turns than lack of early Solitude will cost me.


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You put your RESOLVE HAT back on, which conveniently is the same hat as your NORMAL HAT.
{Drakeryn}

7 days 1239 adventures. first 7-dayer. but I seem to be plateauing at 1200ish adventures.

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What kinds of stuff do you usually pull? I can give you some tips, if you'd like.


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Day 1
pull: 2 spicy noodles
pull: 3 margarita
pull: 2 strawberry daiquiri
pull: 1 clockwork maid
pull: 1 cottage
pull: 1 solid gold bowling ball
pull: 1 facsimile dictionary
pull: 1 Staff of the Teapot Tempest
pull: 1 Colander of Em-er'il
pull: 1 kitty sheet music
pull: 1 Angelhair Culottes
pull: 1 Knob Goblin harem veil
pull: 1 Knob Goblin harem pants
pull: 1 leather aviator's cap
pull: 1 Mr. Accessory Jr.
pull: 1 fudgecycle

Day 2
pull: 5 delicious spicy noodles
pull: 2 strawberry daiquiri
pull: 3 margarita
pull: 1 badass belt
pull: 1 Bandolier of the Spaghetti Elemental
pull: 1 nurse's hat
pull: 1 mullet wig
pull: 1 miner's helmet
pull: 1 7-Foot Dwarven mattock
pull: 1 miner's pants
pull: 1 eyepatch
pull: 1 swashbuckling pants
pull: 1 stuffed shoulder parrot

Day 3
pull: 5 delicious spicy noodles
pull: 5 roll in the hay
pull: 1 strawberry daiquiri
pull: 1 vinyl shield
pull: 1 square sponge pants
pull: 1 General Sage's Lonely Diamonds Club Jacket
pull: 1 snailmail hauberk
pull: 1 ring of conflict
pull: 1 Order of the Silver Wossname
pull: 1 heart of the volcano
pull: 1 The Big Book of Pirate Insults
pull: 1 ketchup hound

Day 4
pull: 5 delicious spicy noodles
pull: 5 roll in the hay
pull: 1 strawberry daiquiri
pull: 1 Mace of the Tortoise
pull: 1 Rock and Roll Legend
pull: 1 Staff of the Black Kettle

Day 5
pull: 5 delicious spicy noodles
pull: 1 strawberry daiquiri
pull: 5 roll in the hay
pull: 9 disassembled clover

Day 6
pull: 5 delicious spicy noodles
pull: 5 roll in the hay
pull: 1 strawberry daiquiri
pull: 9 disassembled clover

My biggest problem was I pulled things I ended up not using, like the vinyl shield and the pasta pants. I also forgot to pull the wet stew I had on the last day, so I had to spend adventures waiting for me to get out of ronin.

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