Game #108

199    Bill the Mountain Dwarf Berserker (level 4, -2/38 HPs)
       Slain by Jessica on Level 2 of the Dungeon.

Argh! Stupid Jessica on an early level! I berserked to fight her, but she kept blinking away from me, which caused my berserk to quickly wear off, after which she blasted me to death with magic and wands. I was reduced to quaffing unknown potions in a vain attempt at staying alive.

Game #81

111    Bill the Mountain Dwarf Berserker (level 3, 0/31 HPs)
       Killed from afar by Jessica on Level 2 of the Dungeon.

I blame this death entirely upon the game. My only option to prevent dying was to drink a potion of healing, but there was no way to tell that based upon the information given to me at the time. I had 16 hitpoints, so I was still above 50%, but I was facing a hasted spellcaster who was several steps away from me. Jessica hit me with two magic darts, both of which did 8 damage, thus killing me.

Stupid game. The moment she blinked, I was dead, as I had absolutely no escape options, nor any way to kill her before she killed me.

Game #23

138    Bob the Mountain Dwarf Hunter (level 3, -4/29 HPs)
       Killed from afar by Jessica on Level 2 of the Dungeon.

Ah, the little things that you must remember in order to have a chance at surviving. One of the more obscure rules of playing Crawl is that you should not wear unidentified rings/amulets, even if they are not cursed, as they are not always beneficial.

In this game, I kept an unidentified ring on and encountered Jessica. While shooting her, she hit me with a magical frost and my ring turned out to be a ring of fire. Death soon followed from a magic dart, as I tried to take the ring off.

Lessons Learned
1. Don't wear unidentified jewelry.