WAR JOURNAL

DAY ONE

I will need some good weapons and good armors. I will have to distribute my progression points wisely. I have to spend 101 progression points on ruse, attack and defense, and as many as possible in each of the 4 types of magic defenses, so I am affraid I won't be able to spend enough progression points on any magic attack. That's why I will need to buy some good weapons in the shop to fight against the toughtest monsters and good armors too to avoid losing too many health points in the battles.

So far I have bought a +14 sword, which is fragile but it will be useful in the top levels, a +5 sword very fragile but with some extra defense magic and +1 against Tentrinos and a sword of kings +6 which is going to be my main weapon because is quite strong.

I also bought some fine armors;

• Armor of Chardowien +1, with +2 defens against fire, earth, water and air magic.

• Gloves Rondy +5, with +2 defense against air magic and +1 defense against water and earth magic. Also +1 counter tentrino. I hate tentrinos.

• Cloak of Bigowyn +3, with +4!!!! defense against earth magic +2 defense against air magic and +1 defense against fire magic. Also +1 counter vegetal lugdul.

• Shield Gwirraent +4, with +2 defense against water magic and +1 defense against air and earth magic. Also +1 counter against furious skeleton, Chenian and ghost.

I played 3 dungeons so far. I used one potion of learning +2 which lasted for the 3 dungeons. I am 4 XP shy for reaching level 10 and I didn't have any single unjury from the monsters, mainly because of all my shielding. So far I am doing OK but the challenging levels would be the ones above 50. and for that I have collected 13 potions of healing +1 and 6 potions of healing +5.

See you tomorrow under the tavern

DAY TWO

I was missing a good helmet, so I bought the helmet Sun +2 with +5!!!! defense against air magic and +3 defense against water magic. Also +1 counter lanthan. I have now all my protection fields filled with good shields.

I played 5 dungeons today. It took me a bit more than an hour. The last part of the fifth dungeon was played without any learning potion, but the rest was played with a potion of learning +2. I have reached level 23 without losing any live and without spending any health potion. Actually, I have been injured only 3 times, most probably because the full shielding and the magic defenses.

At this moment I have 24 potions of healing +1 and 6 potions of healing +5. I hope to collect more before I reach the toughest levels where I will have to spend them. I haven't used any experience points to raise my magic attack, I am using all my spare experience points to raise the 4 kinds of magic defense.

See you tomorrow under the tavern

DAY THREE

Our hero rested today. :P

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DAY FOUR

Things are rolling better than expected. I played 6 dungeons today and I reached level 35. The monsters weren't really a problem since I ended with 3 lives again and with only 2 wounds. I haven't used any health potion yet and I still collecting health potions for the toughest levels. I have 39 potions of healing +1 and 25 potions of healing +5. It seems that the strategy of buying very good shielding is working so far. I might be able to sell some of my health potions if everything keeps going at this pace. LOL

Also, my swords have broken only once and I have found like 5 golden keys. It has been an excellent journey.

See you tomorrow under the tavern

DAY FIVE

Our favourite hero has hangover today and he was not able to play. :( We all hope he will be better tomorrow.

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DAY SIX

OMG, OMG, OMG. I died.

It seems that from level 35 onwards, monsters are more lethal. I played 5 dungeons today. I couldn't finish the fifth one because I was killed by a ghost. The journey didn't star well. A plasma monster wounded me 5 times in the first dungeon. Then, I used a potion of healing +5 and I healed. But I didn't want to waste more potions of healing, so I played without using any other potion of healing. I managed to pass four dungeons but I lost two lives in the process. I though I was going to be able to complete the fifth dungeon and I was close to do it, but the last monster, a strong ghost, killed me.

The journey wasn't that bad, anyway. I managed to get to level 42 and I found some good health potions. Now I have 53 potions of healing +1 and 30 potions of healing +5.

See you tomorrow under the tavern

DAY SEVEN

Since things turned out badly yesterday, I decided to use my sword +14. I hadn't used it yet because it is very expensive to repair when it breaks.

I played 4 dungeons today and I finished the one I couldn't complete yesterday. It only had 2 more monsters. The journey didn't star well either, because my sword +14 broke very early and it took me forever to kill a red ghost. I used 2 potions +5 to be able to finish the first dungeon without losing any life. I managed to pass the other 3 dungeons without losing my 3 lives, I only lost 2 and I had to use other 2 potions of healing +5 and some 5 or 6 potions of healing +1. I didn't have luck finding healing potions either so my total now is 64 potions of healing +1 and 30 potions of healing +5.

I finished on level 47. I am happy with the pace I am climbing up levels, so far.

See you tomorrow under the tavern

DAY EIGHT

I am half way done. Yiiiipppppy

I played 4 dungeons again today. I used a potion of attack and a potion of defense appart from the usual potion of learning +2. And, like yesterday, the most difficult one has been the first one, mainly because a medium Gderzorm, who killed me twice. Yeah, pretty embarrasing, but that is what happened. I got 3 injuries from other monsters and when I fought against this Gderzorm, it killed me in the second strike or so, without reaching 5 wounds. So I came back and I fought against him again, it gave me 3 wounds in one strike, and I though "It is not going to kill me again, right?" well, yes, it killed me again. The next strike it killed me again without going through 5 wounds.

After that things went pretty well, I found 4 new weapons and I confronted other Gderzorms but I didn't have any problem with them. I guess it is just a case of very bad luck, like the 'spearman beats tank' civilization III effect. Having to type its name also wounds me. :D. Overall I reached lever 52 and I only used 2 or 3 potions of healing +5 and half a dozen or so potions of healing +1. I have increased the number of health potions in my equipment. Now I have 67 potions of healing +1 and 38 potions of healing +5.

See you tomorrow under the tavern

DAY NINE

I died again. also killed by a red plasma. Maybe I need protection against red plasmas.

I managed to complete almost 4 dungeons though. But I had very bad luck with the health potions, two potions of health +5 didn't work so I used too many, about 6 because those 2 didn't have any effect. I also had a lot of tentacloths and those are killers for me. Not as bad as the red plasma but they are very dangerous. I didn't find any new weapon either and mine broke quite quickly, and today they were expensive to repair, so I played with the ones I found Yesterday. I also used around 10 potions of healing +1. My total now is 75 potions of healing +1 and 40 potions of healing +5.

I finished on level 57. Five levels more, not bad.

See you tomorrow under the tavern

DAY TEN

Our fearless hero couldn't play today because he had to do the ironing. You can't fight with wrinkly underwear.

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DAY ELEVEN.

I HATE TENTACLOTHS.

I finished the dungeon I couldn't finish last day because my potions ran off. There wasn't much to explore, I had to use a potion of healing +2, though.

I didn't have any problem in my second dungeon, only the last monster, a bidorf, made me 5 wounds, so I used a potion of healing +5. I lost a life in the next one, though. a lizard man mage wounded me four times and I didn't want to heal. There is no point in finishing the day with 3 lives. I also spent a healing +5.

The fourth dungeon was a tough one. I had a couple of Tentacloths (the spider like ones) who wounded me 7 or 8 times each. I spent 4 potions of healing +5 and 2 potions of healing +1. I also killed a medium red plasma with my second strike. YAY!!!. I lost my second life in the fifth dungeon, I only spent 1 potion of healing +5, that was the good news. I couldn't finish my sixth dungeon because I ran out of time. I will finish tomorrow.

Overall, I managed to climb up to level 61, really close to 62 and I still have 40 potions of healing +5, and 97 potions of healing +1. The number of potions +5 didn't increase, but I have more potions +1, I will use more of those ones in the following days.

See you tomorrow under the tavern

DAY TWELVE.

Our hero spent too much time in the tavern today, if you know what I mean, and he doesn't quite remember what happened in the dungeons.

Apparently, he played quite well, and he managed to reach level 64 or 65. Ouch my head. Crank down the volume, please.

He also drank a few potions of healing, and those are know to contain alcohol, although in low quantities. He finished with about 41 potions of healing +5 and about 100 potions of healing +1. The exact number remains a mystery.

See you tomorrow under the tavern

DAY THIRTEEN.

I made 6 dungeons today and I reached level 70. Not bad for the day thirteen.

My first dungeon had a tought beginning. A strong Krivion caused me 4 wounds for each of its first 2 strikes. I had to use 2 potions of healing +5 to recover. The rest of the dungeon was easy, though. Dungeons second and third were esasy too, but I had to use 4 potions of healing +5 to solve them without losing any life. One potion didn't work. I also used 5 potions of healing +1.

The easiest dungeon so far was the fourth one. I even killed a red plasma with my first strike, and I only used a potion of healing +5, which, by the way, didn't work. So I started dungeon five with four wounds and I got killed the first monster in the dungeon. And, a little later, a Tentacloth killed me again. I also spent 3 potions of healing +5, and again, one of them didn't work.

THe sixth dungeon was a tentacloth nest. I had to use a bunch of +5 and +1 potions but I also found loads of them in the dungeon. I still have 42 potions of healing +5, and 103 potions of healing +1. Almost the same as the previous day.

See you tomorrow under the tavern

DAY FOURTEEN

I bought a sword +14. Let's see if it is better than the ones I had until now.

The first dungeon went really well, I found 5 potions of healing +5 and I only was wounded twice, so I didn't spend any potion. my sword +14 broke at the end, but I am not repairing it because it is quite expensive today. It was worth it.

Things are tougher without the sword +14. I had to use a potion +5 with the first tentacloth. I got really injured by a red plasma and killed by one of those birdies. I used my first potion +5 before being killed again, I don't feel like playing today. I finished my secound dungeon and I am at level 72 already. 104 potions of healing +1 and 44 potions of healing +5. I had to use one before killing the last monster of the second dungeon but I have 2 more than yesterday. YAY.

See you tomorrow under the tavern

DAY FIFTEEN

Cheap prices at the shop. YAY...

The sword +14 is really amazing. I passed the first dungeon with 3 lives and 0 wounds, and 1 only spent 1 healing potion +5 and 3 healing potion +1. I found 4 potions of healing +5 and so I am in surplus. And wow, second dungeon was even better, altough my sword +14 broke, I completed the dungeon without spending any potion and with only 3 wounds.

I was going very well in the third dungeon, but just at the end, one of these high level mosnters with a sphere for a head killed me. I could have used a potion of healing, but at this point I don't feel like finishing the day with 3 lives.

Well, I also passed dungeon fourth without having to spend a single potion. I guess I will end up sober today. The fifth dungeon was tougher. (well, that's partly because the previous one was very easy) i managed to complete it by spending only 2 potions of healing +5 and 2 potions of healing +1. Again, a red plasma was the toughest one.

A ghost killed me in my last dungeon for today. That's OK, I don't want to play more than 6 dungeons today, so I fight until a monster took away my second live. I finished the dungeon reaching level 78 and with 50 potions of healing +5 and 113 potions of healing +1. I am still collecting more potions than the ones I am using.

See you tomorrow under the tavern

DAY SIXTEEN

Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho to the dungeon I go to work...(Whistle)

Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho

(Chorus)

The first dungeon was a tough one. My sword +14 broke very early and because of that I had to use 4 potions of healing +5. Even though, I lost live fighting with a chenian. It looked like I couldn't scratch it with my swords and every time we fought it was wounding me. I used 2 potions +5 and I lost a life, then I repaired my sword +14 and I killed it with my first strike. Oh, and I reached level 79.

Second dungeon went quite well, after repairing my +14 sword, and, just like in the first dungeon, It broke near the end, but this time I didn't have problems to get rid of the few remaining monster in the dungeon. Only 1 healing potion +5 was used. The third dungeon went very well too, without using my +14 sword, I didn't see the need to repair it, until I reached the final monster, a lizard man mage, i couldn't kill it with my +6 sword and it took one of my 2 remaining lives. So I repaired the good sword and I kill it and another normal lizard man in one strike each. Man, I love this sword.

I finished in level 81 with 121 potions of healing +1 and 47 potions of healing +3. And then, a tse-tse mosquito bit me and I fell asleep in the tavern.

DAY SEVENTEEN

WOW, just wow.

The first dungeon of today was just perfect. I didn't have to use healing potions, I just were wounded 3 times and I went up to level 82.

The second and last dungeon was also easy. My sword +14 broke very early but I managed to kill all the monsters with the other swords (I have a +9 one too) I lost a life, but since I didn't want to play more, I didn't try to save it. I prefer saving health potions. I couldn't raise a level in this dungeon, I am still at level 82. I guess It will take me like 20 to 22 dungeons to reach level 100.

Potion count: 128 potions of healing +1 and 50 potions of healing +3.

DAY EIGHTTEEN

I started with 3 potions, an attack one, a defense one and the mandatory potion of learning +2. Two weapons broke in this dungeon. I only used 1 potion of healing +5 in this dungeon.

While using my sword of kings +6, an Eyorse killed me without him suffering a scratch in about 10 strikes. I wasted 2 potions of healing +5 and about a dozen potions of healing +1 and finally I killed it with my sword +14 in 3 strikes. Other monster broke my sword of kings.

I bought a very strong +9 sword. Let's see if this one doesn't break as often as the others. It went very well during my third dungeon, killing monsters with just 3 to 5 strikes but at the end of the dungeon, it broke. I used a potion of health +5.

I fixed it, and it was working very efficiently, I didn't have to use any potion in dungeon number four, but at the end of the dungeon it broke again. I barely reached level 86 at the end of this dungeon.

So, for the fifth dungeon I fixed the very strong +9 sword again, but I used the dagger Cungwen to fight against Zurg mutants. I killed 2 in 2 strikes each after using the sword +9 without any success. I only used 2 potions of health +1 but I didn't raise any level. The sixth dungeon was harder, I used 4 potions of health +5, one didn't work, and the sword +9 broke again.

For my last dungeon I used 2 potions of healing +5. and my new sword broke again. I broke 4 times today. I had a lot of Zurg mutanst to fight with today, luckily my dagger Cungwen worked wonderfully against them today. Its T.O.S. don't say anything about being good against Zurgs, but in fact it is. I reached level 89 in my last dungeon for today.

DAY NINETEEN

I used only a potion of learning +2 and the first dungeon went almost perfect, the weapons didn't break, I only suffered 1 wound and I reached level 90 with the last monster.

I didn't expect to raise level in the second dungeon, since I raised with the last monster in the last one, but I had 3 fire spirits in this dungeon, which gave me 104 + 120 + 104 =328 experience points and I reached level 91, although I had to use 1 potion of healing +5 and 5 potions of healin +1. I wasn't that lucky in my third dungeon. I lost a life and I couldn't climb up a level.

In my last dungeon for today, I had to use 3 potions of healing +5, 2 of them while fighting against a Lanthan, and one of them didn't have any effect. I reached level 92 and the number of potions of healing I have also increased by about 10. I finished the day with 135 potions of healing +1 and 49 potions of healing +5.

DAY TWENTY

Today was a tough day. I lost a life in my first dungeon fighting against a Chenian. I also had to use one potion of healing +5 to kill it and other 3 potions of healing +5 (one didn't work) against another Chenian, and an extra one fighting against a Zurg mutant. Before finishing the dungeon I reached level 93.

The second dungeon went pretty well, I only used one potion of healing +5 fighting against a Zurg Mutant, and I reached level 94. In my third dungeon I had to use four potions of healing +5 (one didn't work again) One of them against a Lanthan, which broke my very strong sword +9. The good news is that I found the dagger Mel (+10) and it is good against Zurg mutants, so it says the specifications. I also raised to level 95.

During my fourth dungeon only had to use 3 potions of healing +1, one didn't work again, It was an easy one, but I couldn't reach level 96. I finished the day with 148 potions of healing +1 and with 50 potions of healing +5.

DAY TWENTY ONE

Not much to tell about the first dungeon. I started as always, with a potion of learning +2 and this time I used a potion of attack and a potion of defense, since I have more than enough of both. I only used a potion of health +5 and I climbed up to level 96.

Two of my swords broke in this level, the sword of kings +6 and the +14 sword. I fought against two strong monsters, a Henian, who killed me, and a Heclact, where I have to use a potion of healing +5. I finishe up in level 97.

I used my very strong sword +9 in the third dungeon, but a Heclact killed my second life. I also had to use 2 potions of healing +1 to kill a Chenian, I don't want to be killed again, so I keep my wounds lower than 2. When I was finishing the dungeon, the sword +9 broke again. I didn't raise my level in this dungeon.

I changed weapons to fight in my last dungeon for today. I didn't want to repair the swords since the shops were expensive. Everything went fairly well, I spend like 10 potions of health +1 and I climbed up to level 98. The potion of learning expired and I decided to leave level 99 and 100 for tomorrow.

DAY TWENTY TWO

Today is the day.

I dresed up for the occasion and I used potions of attack, defense and learning +2, after all, it might be my last potion of learning for this month. A Lanthan makes me use my first potion of health +5. Connection is very bad today, and there wasn't many monsters at the beginning of this dungeon, so the level 99 only came after walking a while around the dungeon. I used another potion +5 cos a red plasma hit me badly.

D'oh, the second dungeon is exactly like the first one. I passed it without using any health potion but my two swords broke, including the very strong one. I have to get 297 PP to reach level 100.

Third dungeon: No monsters at the entrance. where are they? A chenian made me use a potion of healing +5, and then it killed me. I had to use 6 potions of healing +1 before killing it. Potion count: 128 potions of healing +1 and 50 potions of healing +3. And that's it LEVEL 100, MISSION ACOMPLISHED.

I bought a strong net +1 and I finished the dungeon capturing monsters. I have to wound them first, the more wounded they are, the easier to capture.

THE REMAINING OF THE MONTH

For the rest of the dungeons I want to play until the adventure ends by using just one strategy: No potions of learning. They are not necessary since I am already in the top level. Also, I attack monsters with the swords until they are wounded or seriously wounded (better) and then I capture them with my strong net +1. Ane then I sold them in the market.

I noticed that sometimes buyers at the market want certain type of monsters, say Chenians or/and Zurg mutants, when this happens, I can sell each monster for 300 gold pieces each. If buyers are not interested in the type of monsters I have, then I only can sell them for around 100 gold pieces each. But is better this way than killing them, since killing only gives me as many gold pieces as experience points I would have obtained if I were in fighting for climbing up levels. There are other monsters that can be sold by around 300 gold pieces, even if the buyers are not interested in them. I think they are the medium and strong ones. (level 101 monsters, yeah, monsters are classified in levels too, and you can find level 101 monsters too.)