Nyge the Naga priestess

[zekk]

I've been trying out a naga priestess for a while, and now I'm trying to decide on whether to evolve or not. Here's the current character dump:


Name : Nyge Age 10 STR: 15
Sex : Female Alignment 0 INT: 61
Race : Naga Priestess Death Count 0 WIS: 23
Class : Monster DEX: 12
Element : n/a CON: 20
CHR: 5

Level 19 Max Hit Points 4444
Experience 3652 Cur Hit Points 4444
+ To Hit 196 Max Exp 3652 Max SP (Mana) 865
+ %To Damage 179 Exp to Adv. 4400 Cur SP (Mana) 865
+ To AC 427 Gold 1324
Ability P 18 Stat Points 0 Blows/Round: 2
Skill Points 5 Blows/Round(2): n/a
Class Level 8 Shots/Round: 1
Class Kills 345 Wpn.dmg: 5-33
Wpn2.dmg: n/a
Sht.dmg: n/a
Sht2.dmg: n/a
Infra-Vision: 0 feet
(Character Background) 5
You are one of several monsters that lives in caves and
dungeons. You try to visit the surface, and look for a
better life.

---------- CHARACTER'S SKILLS ---------- --- MISC. INFO ---

a) Fighting: 0 A) Polearms: 0 Wpn.dmg: 5-33
b) Spellcraft: 50 B) Daggers: 0 Wpn2.dmg: n/a
c) Shooting: 0 C) Axes: 0 Sht.dmg: n/a
d) Throwing: 0 D) Rods: 0 Sht2.dmg: n/a
e) Defense: 0 E) Martial Arts: 0 To_h : 184
f) Agility: 20 F) Bow: 0 To_d : 150
g) Stealth: 0 G) Crossbow: 0 To_a : 427
h) Combat Feats: 0 H) Firearms: 0 AC : 150
i) Dual Wield: 0 I) Elemental: 0
j) Leadership: 0 J) Alteration: 5
k) Alchemy: 0 K) Mysticism: 0 Dual Wield: No
l) Crafting: 0 L) Conjuration: 0 Press 'u' to toggle.
m) Swords: 0 M) Divination: 0
n) Blunt: 0 N) Magic Defense: 20


Remaining skill points: 5 Press one of the letters to increase the skill.
Press 'x' to view next skills page(if any).
-------------- ABILITIES --------------



















-------------- RESISTANCES --------------

Fire: 0
Cold: 0
Electric: 0
Acid: 0
Poison: 0
Light: 0
Darkness: 11
Warp: 0
Water: 0
Wind: 0
Earth: 0
Sound: 0
Radio: 0
Chaos: 0
Physical: 0
Mana: 0




[Miscellaneous information]

Maximize Mode: OFF
Preserve Mode: OFF
Autoscum: ON
Small Levels: ALWAYS
Arena Levels: ON
Persistent Dungeons: OFF

Your body was a Naga Priestess.

You have defeated 785 enemies.


[Character Equipment]

a) a Staff (2d6) (+12,+29) [1,+25]
b) (nothing)
e) a Ring of Protection [5,+13]
f) a Ring of Protection [5,+11]
k) an Amulet of Infra-Vision
m) (nothing)
n) Clothes (+4,+6) [1,+10]
o) The Cloak 'Abjurer's Cloak' (+10,+10) [5,+5]
p) (nothing)
s) a Cotton Cowl (+2,+3) [0,+0]
u) a Pair of Cotton Gloves (+1,+1) [0,+0]
{) (nothing)
|) a Crystal of Lesser Cold Bolt (Power: 15, Radius: 0, 10 charges)
A) an Essence (1d3) (+29,+51) [75,+0] (Skeleton Mage)


[Character Inventory]

a) a Crystal of Lesser Fire Ball (Power: 15, Radius: 2, 10 charges)
b) a Potion of Cure Light Wounds (30 Healing Rad: 2)
c) a Potion
d) 7 Scrolls of Phase Door
e) 2 Scrolls of Word of Recall
f) a Scroll of Teleportation
g) an Essence (1d9) (+21,+23) [30,+0] (Balgam, the Kobold Thief)
h) an Essence (1d3) (+21,+29) [45,+0] (Skeleton Mage)
i) an Essence (2d6) (+41,+31) [75,+0] (Dungeon Boss)
j) an Essence (2d7) (+39,+37) [70,+0] (Wailing Phantom)
k) a Bronze-Plated Rod (1d7) (+0,+0) {50% off}
l) a Bronze-Plated Rod (1d7) (+0,+0) {50% off}
m) a Ring of Teleportation
n) a Double Ring
o) an Amulet of Teleportation
p) Clothes [1] {good}
q) an Iron Helm [10] {good}
r) a Pair of Bronze Gauntlets [6] {good}
s) (nothing)
t) (nothing)
u) (nothing)
v) (nothing)
w) (nothing)


[Home Inventory (page 1)]

a) gold (1 golds)
b) gold (18019 golds)
c) The Bronze Mail of the Healthy (+10,+10) [25,+20]
d) a Parchement - Theodore's Journal, Part I
e) a Tavern Basement Key
f) a Monstrous Rat's Head
g) a Gorg's Head
h) (nothing)
i) (nothing)
j) (nothing)
k) (nothing)
l) (nothing)


[Home Inventory (page 2)]

a) (nothing)
b) (nothing)
c) (nothing)
d) (nothing)
e) (nothing)
f) (nothing)
g) (nothing)
h) (nothing)
i) (nothing)
j) (nothing)
k) (nothing)
l) (nothing)


I've put a single point into firebolt.
Now I'm trying to decide whether I should evolve into a high priestess. Should be a simple decision, but the high priestess gets no healing spell!
That healing spell has gotten me through a lot. I mean, I could use it while I was confused and everything.... I don't know if it would be a good idea to continue without it. I suppose I could just get a normal healing spell, but 20/int for 15 mp was pretty good.

[Variaz]

For a depth 7 monster, her healing spell is very good.

I'd say that if you're fine at the moment, then don't evolve. The extra stats gains aren't THAT much higher, especially if you use normal spells and not innate spells, and this is one of the best monster healing spells there is. With my Young Angel, item bosses in the Flow are getting rather difficult, and I often wished I had a good healing spell, so I'd say keep it.

Remember that as of now, all monsters should be fully playable(with some being easier/harder, of course), so don't worry about not evolving all that much. And when you get a higher level, perhaps consider using Small but Deadly, it will give you a nice boost(assuming you used your innate stats points to raise your Int).

[zekk]

Well, I did the evolution without saving. It did increase my INT to 81 and my sp to 12xx, and my AC by some 50 something, but that's about it... Probably not worth it, though I probably could start relying on normal spells instead of that power 5 firebolt.