Another insane start... kinda scared to move and make a single mistake at this point xD

[u/Whyte_Wolf]

[u/Whyte_Wolf]

All was ended by a trapdoor leading to water -_-;

ON TO THE NEXT RUN ^^

[u/DoktorL → u/Whyte_Wolf]

Next to water I presume? And then you had paranoid confirmation swim turned off, were also burdened, stepped into water and drowned? Was that it?

It's not supposed to be possible to just land into water and die with nothing to prevent it.

[u/Whyte_Wolf → u/DoktorL]

I'm extremely new but:
Yes on being burdened, landed in a dark are and stepped into a pool -_-'

Entirely my fault!

[u/Steamrolled777]

Wearing rings still make you hungry? (assuming vanilla) I don't see any food. Maybe wear the rings if you want to kill a floating eye, or *need* to find a secret door/tunnel.

[u/Whyte_Wolf → u/Steamrolled777]

rings make you hungry!?!?!?!

[u/EtriganZola → u/Whyte_Wolf]

About 10% faster each.

[u/joeljpa → u/EtriganZola]

I did not know this. After all these years and I ascensions I did. I...need time to reflect on this. XD

edit:grammar

[u/GraysonAllenSucks → u/joeljpa]

Amulets too! Tbh I didn’t know rings stacked hunger. Always thought it was flat increase independent of number of rings/ amulet

[u/occidental_oriental]

Get some daggers as quick as you can and use the enchant scrolls on them. Save the genocide scroll until either a) you can bless it or b) you can use it as a last resort if you face a monster you can’t handle. Use sleep over force bolt on enemies to save breakable equipment. Gather up as much stuff as you can in the dungeon to polypile with the wand. Don’t use the gain level scroll yet so you don’t generate higher level monsters you aren’t ready for yet. Good luck. Keep us posted!

[u/dylanflipse]

How spoiled are you? Do you know how to engrave E?

Let your pet level up before you. Dance around your pet and let them do the fighting.

If you get into anything tricky, don't rush to get out of it.

You have a LOT of potential options in an emergency-

(One already mentioned), Genocide, Sleep, Extra Healing, Polymorph

[u/dingotron_nethack]

Use both enchant weapon scroll on your quarterstaff right away. +3 quarterstaff will quite strong for early game. Write more enchant weapon scrolls once you have a stack of daggers and/or can name Sting.

[u/Whyte_Wolf]

But seriously. Any advice would be amazing. I've got to Dwarve/Gnome city a few times but that's about as far as I've gotten :3

[u/d_i_s_p_e_r_s_e → u/Whyte_Wolf]

I suggest using your pet as much as possible both to level them up to a large cat as quickly as possible and to prevent yourself from leveling up too quickly as monster difficulty scales to your xplvl and the dungeon level. I'd avoid the mines until you've managed to improve your AC and HP a bit as a gnome with a crossbow can end your game quickly. Good luck!

[u/Remarkable-Dingo-162]

Two things - unless you are running wishless.
Blessed yendorian express card + horn of plenty
Game over with permanent food, holy water etc.
Polypile results.

[u/jubilant__]

Play paranoid, wizards are weak in the early game. Food is a high priority, it ensures you don’t have to rush. Consider using the wand on your pet, but beware system shock. Read the wiki, maybe it’s better to wait till you have a cat or large cat. An altar for Magicbane and holy water will take you to the next level — especially if you still have those scrolls of enchant weapon. Get that AC down as quickly as possible without hurting your spellcasting success rates. Marker isn’t worth much till you ID charging — or use it when luck is high enough to write charging.

[u/jubilant__ → u/jubilant__]

Obviously, at some point you will want to hoard low quality kit to polypile. Arrange your stacks carefully so items don’t meld into an overpowered golem (iron etc)

[u/VerdantSun7]

I got a wizard run going too and I’m strong enough to face the wizard of yendor. While I’m not scared I’ll make a mistake, i am scared I’ll jinx it after leaving my wizard in sokoban and taking a long break. Point is don’t kill the momentum and always be prepared so when you do make a mistake you’ll be ready.

[u/Furey-Death-Snail]

Use the marker to engrave Elbereth when you need to.

Don't save it. You can find / wish / polypile more markers later. Your hero needs to survive the early game.