Crawl Cosplay Challenge

Set 3 Week 2 : Aizul the Neglectful Guardian

Once the primary guardian serpent of a legendary treasure hoard, she was disgraced after thieves looted it while she slept. She now slithers about the dungeon, seeking vengeance against all would-be looters. She is an accomplished spellcaster, but no more deadly in melee combat than others of her kind.

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The Species, Background, and God choices are all mandatory. You must be worshipping one of the gods listed above before entering Lair, Orcish Mines, the Vaults or Depths, unless this isn't possible in which case you must worship them as soon as you can. Don't use faded altars (except in challenges where you can choose any god), and don't do anything to lose your religion unless otherwise specified.

NOTE: Except for Beogh, Ignis, Jiyva and Lugonu, an altar for the other gods will ALWAYS show up by D:10.

Special Rule or Notes

Cosplay conduct points

1. Weapons

Use only unarmed combat skill at 7.5 or less. (At 6 UC, your attack delay is 0.89 which rounds to 0.9 most of the time.)

2. Allies

Don't cast Mana Vipers or Blade Hands; Don't use any miscellaneous evocables that create allies: box of beasts, phantom mirror, horn of Geryon. (Wands are fine.)

3. Shield slot

Don't use a shield or an orb.

Conducts are worth +5 points each, to a maximum of half your score from milestones, rounded down. (So if you achieve 4 milestones (20 points) you can earn up to 10 points from conduct bonuses.) Small mistakes in following conducts will usually be forgiven.

Bonus challenges

1. Answers Come In Dreams

Kill The Royal Jelly in one turn. (i.e. take it from full health to zero in one action; you can take as long as you need to set this up.) If you hurt TRJ without killing it, you can retreat until it's back to full health. Beware of the jelly aftermath!

Immolation plus a good AOE attack might work. Stabbing is not the "obvious" choice, but one-shot stabbing TRJ at full health will require might (or Serpent's Lash) if you're following the Weapons conduct, even at 27 stealth. Uskayaw's Grand Finale is another choice (but watch out for Pain Bond), and there could be other options -- Chain Lightning can do it if you have very high spell power, and you're lucky. Polymorphing TRJ might help you -- the resultant monster will probably have less HP than TRJ. Polymorphing will also cause TRJ to spit out all its jellies at once, and immolation plus a good AOE attack might do the trick, though if it doesn't be careful to make sure TRJ lives.

2. Snakeskin

Don't wear amulets of reflection, and don't cast Ice Form, Statue Form, Storm Form, Dragon Form, or Necromutation.

Bonus challenges are worth one star each, similar to banners in Crawl tournaments. Small mistakes will usually be forgiven.

Milestones

• Reach XL3.
• Enter Lair, Orc, or Depths.
• Reach the bottom of Dungeon, Lair, or Orc.
• Collect your first rune.
• Find the entrance to Zot. (Just using magic mapping doesn't count.)
• Collect your third rune.
• Win the game.

The main way to score points. +5 points each, and can be done in any order.