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MadLad the level 5 Dwarf Berserker by terawing

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GameTales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.7.6
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CampaignMaj'Eyal
ModeNormal Roguelike
SexMale
RaceDwarf
ClassBerserker
Level / Exp5 / 98%
Sizemedium
Lifes / Deaths
Killed by The Mouth at level 5 on the 18th Voratun 122nd year of Ascendancy at 12:29
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Primary Stats

Strength29 (base 25)
Dexterity9 (base 11)
Constitution21 (base 18)
Magic8 (base 10)
Willpower16 (base 10)
Cunning10 (base 10)

Resources

Life-47/245
Stamina27/127
Healing Factor1.094804467222
Regeneration0.27370111680551

Speed

Mental0%
Attack0%
Movement0%
Spell0%
Global+100%

Vision

Sight10
Lite5

Offense: Mainhand

Damage48
Accuracy20
Crit Chance2%
APR7
Speed1.00

Offense: Spell

Spellpower8
Crit Chance1%
Speed1

Offense: Mind

Mindpower15
Crit Chance1%
Speed1

Offense: Damage Bonus

Mind+6%

Defense: Base

Armour (hardiness)6.3350939529706 (47.857809501309%)
Defense1
Ranged Defense1
Fatigue12
Physical Save17
Spell Save18
Mental Save9

Defense: Resistances

Cold+ 3%( 70%)
Arcane+ 6%( 70%)
Mind+ 3%( 70%)
All 0%( 70%)

Defense: Immunities

Instadeath Resistance100%
Knockback Resistance10%

Inscriptions (3/3)

Infusions
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 15
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
Is: a nature gift
Description: Activate the infusion to heal yourself for 131 life over 5 turns.
Its effects scale with your Constitution stat.
Infusion: Regeneration
Infusions
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 14
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
Is: a nature gift
Description: Activate the infusion to cure yourself of one random physical effect and reduce all damage taken by 14% for 4 turns.
Also removes cross-tier effects of the affected types for free.
Infusion: Wild
Infusions
Effective talent level: 1.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 12
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
Is: a nature gift
Description: Activate the infusion to instantly heal yourself for 50 then cleanse 1 wound, poison, and disease effect.
Infusion: Healing

Class Talents

Technique / Two-handed assault1.30
  • Effective talent level: 2.6
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 9
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Hit the target twice with your two-handed weapon, doing 64% damage. Each hit will try to stun the target for 4 turns.
    The stun chance increases with your Physical Power.
    Stunning Blow
2/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 22.4
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 0
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Take a step toward your foes then use the momentum to cleave all creatures adjacent to you for 120% weapon damage.
    Fearless Cleave
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 33.6
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Spin around, extending your weapon in radius 2 and damaging all targets around you for 140% weapon damage.
    At level 3 all damage done will also make the targets bleed for an additional 0% damage over 5 turns
    Death Dance
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 28
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Takes advantage of a wounded foe to perform a killing strike. This attack is an automatic critical hit that does 1.0% extra weapon damage for each % of life the target is below maximum.
    (A victim with 30% remaining life (70% damaged) would take 170.0% weapon damage.)
    If an enemy dies from this attack then two of your talent cooldowns are reduced by 2 turns and Execution's cooldown is reset.
    Execution
0/5
Technique / Berserker's strength1.30
  • Effective talent level: 3.9
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 33.6
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 18
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Shout your warcry in a frontal cone of radius 7. Any targets caught inside will be confused (50% confusion power) for 7 turns.
    Warshout
3/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 20
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 10
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: You enter an aggressive battle rage, increasing Accuracy by 10 and Physical Power by 15 and making you nearly unstoppable, granting 22% stun and pinning resistance.
    Sustaining this rage takes its toll on your body, decreasing your life by 2% each turn, but for every 1% of life missing you gain 0.5% critical hit chance.
    Even when sustained, this talent is only active when foes are in sight.
    The Accuracy bonus increases with your Dexterity, and the Physical Power bonus with your Strength.
    Berserker Rage
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 13.4
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 20
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Hits the target with your weapon, doing 80% damage. If the attack hits, the target's armour and saves are reduced by 0 for 2 turns.
    Also if the target is protected by any temporary magical or psionic damage absorbing shields there is -56% chance to shatter a random shield.
    Armor reduction chance increases with your Physical Power.
    Shattering Blow
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: 10
    Cooldown: 25
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Search your inner strength for a surge of power.
    For 2 turns you gain 8 stamina per turn and 7% movement and attack speed.
    Only usable at 30% or lower stamina.
    Stamina regeneration is based on your Constitution stat.
    Relentless Fury
0/5
Technique / Combat techniques1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 24.6
    Range: 6
    Cooldown: 35
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Rush toward a target enemy with incredible speed and perform a melee attack for 120% weapon damage that can daze the target for 3 turns if it hits.
    You must rush from at least 2 tiles away.
    Rush
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 30
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 30
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: You focus your strikes, reducing your attack speed by 10% and increasing your Accuracy by 4 and critical chance by 4%.
    The effects will increase with your Dexterity.
    Precise Strikes
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 28
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 25
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: You have learned to focus your blows to hit your target, granting +19 accuracy and allowing you to attack creatures you cannot see without penalty for the next 1 turns.
    Perfect Strike
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Stamina cost: 28
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 55
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: Through rigorous training, you have learned to focus your actions for a short while, increasing your speed by 0% for 5 turns.
    Blinding Speed
0/5
Technique / Combat veteran1.30
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your combat focus allows you to regenerate stamina faster (+0.8 stamina/turn).
    Quick Recovery
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your combat focus allows you to regenerate life faster (+1.4 life/turn).
    Fast Metabolism
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Rigorous training allows you to be more resistant to some spell effects (+0 spell save).
    Spell Shield
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You revel in the death of your foes, regaining 0.0 stamina with each death you cause.
    Unending Frenzy
0/5

Generic Talents

Cunning / Survival1.00
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You notice the small things others do not notice, allowing you to "see" creatures in a 2 radius even outside of light radius.
    This is not telepathy, however, and it is still limited to line of sight.
    Also, your attention to detail increases stealth detection and invisibility detection by 0, and you gain the ability to detect traps (+0 detect 'power').
    The detection abilities improve with Cunning.
    Heightened Senses
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your cunning manipulations allow you to use charms (wands, totems and torques) more efficiently, reducing their cooldowns and the power cost of all usable items by 8%.
    In addition your knowledge of devices allows you to disarm known traps (0 disarm 'power', improves with Cunning).
    Device Mastery
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 20
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
    Description: Sense foes around you in a radius of 5 for 1 turns.
    The radius will increase with your Cunning.
    Track
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You have an enhanced sense of self preservation, and your keen intuition allows you to sense dangers others miss.
    Your ability to detect traps is enhanced (+0 detect 'power').
    Critical attacks against you have 0.0% reduced bonus damage, and damage bonuses attackers gain against you for being unseen are reduced by 10%.
    You also gain an additional chance (at your normal save -20, effective) to resist detrimental status effects that can be resisted.
    The detection and additional save chance improve with Cunning.
    Danger Sense
0/5
Race / Dwarf1.00
  • Effective talent level: 5.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 25
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: Call upon the legendary resilience of the Dwarven race to increase armour (+11), armour hardiness (+35%), spell (+15) and physical (+15) saves for 8 turns.
    The bonuses will increase with your Constitution.
    Resilience of the Dwarves
5/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Dwarf skin is a complex structure; it can automatically react to physical blows and harden itself.
    When you are hit in melee, you have a 15% chance to increase your armour total by 0 for 5 turns and fully ignore the attack triggering it.
    There is no cooldown to this effect; it can happen while already active.
    Stoneskin
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Money is the heart of the Dwarven Empire; it rules over all other considerations.
    Increases Physical, Mental and Spell Saves based on the amount of gold you possess.
    +1 save every 95 gold, up to +0. (currently +0)
    Power is Money
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 53
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn)
    Description: While the origins of the dwarves remain clouded in mystery to the other races, it is obvious that they share strong ties to the stone.
    You can target any wall and immediately enter it, appearing on the other side.
    This can pass through up to 1 tiles (increases with Constitution and talent level).
    Stone Walking
0/5
Technique / Conditioning1.30
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Cooldown: 15
    Description: You recover faster from poisons, diseases and wounds, reducing the duration of all such effects by 4%.
    Whenever your life falls below 50%, your life regeneration increases by 3.8 for 8 turns (30 total). This effect can only happen once every 15 turns.
    The regeneration scales with your Constitution.
    Vitality
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You've learned to recover quickly from effects that would disable you. Each turn, you have a 10% chance to recover from a single stun effect.
    At talent level 2 you may also recover from Blindness, at level 3 Confusion and Pins, and level 4 Disarms and Slows.
    Effects will be cleansed with the priority order Stun > Blind > Confusion > Pin > Disarm > Slow.
    Only one effect may be recovered from each turn, and the chance to recover from an effect scales with your Constitution.
    Unflinching Resolve
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Sustained
    Sustain stamina cost: 20
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 8
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Weapon (100% of a turn)
    Description: Enemies are intimidated by your very presence.
    Enemies within radius 6 have their Physical Power, Mindpower, and Spellpower reduced by 2.
    The power of the intimidation effect improves with your Physical power
    Daunting Presence
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Activated
    Range: melee/personal
    Cooldown: 24
    Travel Speed: instantaneous
    Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
    Description: You release a surge of adrenaline that increases your Physical Power by 1 for 2 turns. While the effect is active, you may continue to fight beyond the point of exhaustion.
    You may continue to use stamina based talents while at zero stamina at the cost of life.
    The Physical Power increase will scale with your Constitution.
    Using this talent does not take a turn.
    Adrenaline Surge
0/5
Technique / Combat training1.30
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Your skin becomes more resilient to damage. Increases resistance to all damage by 0.0%.
    Thick Skin
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You become better at using your armour to deflect blows and protect your vital areas. Increases Armour value by 2, Armour hardiness by 18%, and reduces the chance melee or ranged attacks critically hit you by 3% with your current body armour.
    (This talent only provides bonuses for heavy mail or massive plate armour.)
    At level 1, it allows you to wear heavy mail armour, gauntlets, helms, and heavy boots.
    At level 2, it allows you to wear shields.
    At level 3, it allows you to wear massive plate armour.
    Heavy Armour Training
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: You learn to maintain your agility and manage your combat posture while wearing robes or light armour. When wearing armour no heavier than leather in your main body slot, you gain 4 Defense, 0% Armour hardiness, and 5% reduced Fatigue.
    In addition, when you step adjacent to a (visible) enemy, you use the juxtaposition to increase your total Defense by 2 for 2 turns.
    The Defense bonus scales with your Dexterity.
    Light Armour Training
0/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases the accuracy of unarmed, melee and ranged weapons by 18.
    Combat Accuracy
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 1.3
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases weapon damage by 34% and physical power by 30 when using swords, axes or maces.
    Weapons Mastery
1/5
  • Effective talent level: 0.0
    Use mode: Passive
    Description: Increases weapon damage by 0% and physical power by 30 when using daggers.
    Dagger Mastery
0/5

Effects

Quests

Your escape from Reknor got your heart pounding and your desire for wealth and power increased tenfold.
Maybe it is time for you to start an adventurer's career. Deep below the Iron Throne mountains lies the Deep Bellow.
It has been long sealed away but still, from time to time adventurers go there looking for wealth.
None that you know of has come back yet, but you did survive Reknor. You are great.
From bellow, it devours		active
It is time to explore some new places -- dark, forgotten and dangerous ones.
The Old Forest is just south-east of the town of Derth.
The Maze is west of Derth.
The Sandworm Lair is to the far west of Derth, near the sea.
The Daikara is on the eastern borders of the Thaloren forest.
* You must explore the Old Forest and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
* You must explore the Maze and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
* You must explore the Sandworm Lair and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
* You must explore the Daikara and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained!
Into the darkness		active
You were part of a group of dwarves sent to investigate the situation of the kingdom of Reknor.
When you arrived there you found nothing but orcs, well organized and very powerful.
Most of your team was killed there and now you and Norgan (the sole survivor besides you) must hurry back to the Iron Council to bring the news.
Let nothing stop you.
Reknor is lost!		done

Equipment

On fingers
copper ring
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: jewelry / ring ; tier 1



Rings make your fingers look great!
copper ring
Around waist
rough leather belt
1.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / belt ; tier 1



A belt that goes around your waist.
rough leather belt
Main armor
iron mail armour 'Issatar' (2 def, 4 armour)
Requires:
- Heavy armour training
- Strength 14

Powered by arcane forces
14.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / heavy ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +4
Defense: +2 (+2 eff.)
Fatigue: +12%
Changes resistances: +3% cold / +6% arcane / +3% mind
Spell save: +10 (+6 eff.)
Knockback immunity: +10%


A suit of armour made of mail.
iron mail armour 'Issatar' (2 def, 4 armour)
Light source
bright brass lantern of focus
Crafted by a master
Infused by psionic forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: lite / lite ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +3 Wil
Changes damage: +6% mind
Light radius: +5


A brass container with a wick emerging from it, protected from draughts by a sheet of greased paper. It can be carried by a handle.
bright brass lantern of focus
In main hand
Bill's Tree Trunk (30-51 power, 7 apr)
Requires:
- Strength 25

Crafted by a master
5.00 Encumbrance.

[Unique]
Type: weapon / greatmaul ; tier 1
It must be held with both hands.

Base power: 30.0 - 51.0
Uses stat: 130% Str
Damage type: Physical
Mastery: Weapons Mastery
Accuracy bonus: +0.2% base dam (max 20%)
Armour Penetration: +7
Crit. chance: +1.5%
Attack speed: 100%
When wielded/worn:
It can be used to activate talent Shattering Blow (costing 20 power out of 11/20) :
Effective talent level: 2.6
Power cost: 20 out of 11/20.
Range: melee/personal
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Description: Hits the target with your weapon, doing 130% damage. If the attack hits, the target's armour and saves are reduced by 14 for 6 turns.
Also if the target is protected by any temporary magical or psionic damage absorbing shields there is 51% chance to shatter a random shield.
Armor reduction chance increases with your Physical Power.

This is a big, nasty-looking tree trunk that Bill the Troll used as a weapon. It could still serve this purpose, should you be strong enough to wield it!
Bill's Tree Trunk (30-51 power, 7 apr)

Inventory

shielding rune of the sneak (absorb 118; dur 3; cd 14)
Powered by arcane forces
0.10 Encumbrance.

Type: scroll / rune

When inscribed on your body:
Effective talent level: 0.0
Use mode: Activated
Range: melee/personal
Cooldown: 14
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn)
Is: a spell
Description: Activate the rune to create a protective shield absorbing at most 118 damage for 3 turns.
Its effects scale with your Cunning stat.
It can be used to inscribe your skin with the rune.

Magical runes may be inscribed onto your body, granting you an on-demand spell talent.
shielding rune of the sneak (absorb 118; dur 3; cd 14)
iron mail armour (2 def, 4 armour)
Requires:
- Heavy armour training
- Strength 14

14.00 Encumbrance.

Type: armor / heavy ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +4
Defense: +2 (+2 eff.)
Fatigue: +12%


A suit of armour made of mail.
iron mail armour (2 def, 4 armour)
agate
0.00 Encumbrance.

Type: gem / black ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +1 Str / +1 Dex / +1 Mag / +1 Wil / +1 Cun / +1 Con
When used to imbue an object:
Changes stats: +1 Str / +1 Dex / +1 Mag / +1 Wil / +1 Cun / +1 Con
Latent Damage Type: Acid


Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals.
agate
iron pickaxe (dig speed 39 turns)
3.00 Encumbrance.

Type: tool / digger ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +1 Str
When carried:
Talent granted: +1 Dig


Allows you to dig a wall, remove a tree, create ways.
iron pickaxe (dig speed 39 turns)
brass lantern
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: lite / lite ; tier 1

When wielded/worn:
Light radius: +3


A brass container with a wick emerging from it, protected from draughts by a sheet of greased paper. It can be carried by a handle.
brass lantern
Scrying Orb
Powered by unknown forces
1.00 Encumbrance.

[Plot Item]
Type: orb / orb

When carried:


This orb will automatically identify items you find.
Scrying Orb
Rod of Recall (1/1)
Powered by unknown forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

[Plot Item]
Type: charm / rod

It can be used to recall the user to the worldmap after 40 turns

Activation costs 202 power out of 400/400.

This rod is made entirely of voratun, infused with raw magical energies that can bend space itself.
You have heard of such items before. They are very useful to adventurers, allowing faster travel.
Rod of Recall (1/1)
Transmogrification Chest
Powered by unknown forces
2.00 Encumbrance.

[Plot Item]
Type: chest / sher'tul

When carried:
It can be used to transmogrify all the items in your chest at once (also done automatically when you change level)

Activation costs 0 power out of 1000/1000.

This chest is an extension of old Sher'tul places of power. Any items dropped inside are transported to an other place, processed and destroyed to extract energy.
The byproduct of this effect is the creation of gold, which is useless to process, so it is sent back to you.

When you possess the chest all items you walk upon will automatically be put inside and transmogrified when you leave the level.
Simply go to your inventory to move them out of the chest if you wish to keep them.
Items in the chest will not encumber you.
Transmogrification Chest
evasive elm totem of summon tentacle [power 95] (25 cooldown)
Infused by nature
2.00 Encumbrance.

Type: charm / totem ; tier 1

It can be used to summon a resilient tentacle up to 5 spaces away for 3 turns. Each turn the tentacle will strike a random enemy in range 3 dealing physical damage and attempting to pin them.

(Tentacle Stats)
Life: 190
Base Damage: 95
Armor: 1
All Resist: 1

Activation puts all charms on cooldown for 25 turns.
When used:
* Gain a 10% chance to evade weapon attacks for 2 turns.


Natural totems are made by powerful wilders to store nature power.
evasive elm totem of summon tentacle [power 95] (25 cooldown)

Achievements

Squadmate (Roguelike) Escaped from Reknor alive with your squadmate Norgan.
By MadLad the Dwarf Berserker level 5
17th Voratun 122nd year of Ascendancy at 09:39 see stats

Log

MadLad is pulled in!

MadLad uses Stunning Blow.
Slimy crawler is stunned!
MadLad hits Slimy crawler for 57 physical, 45 physical (102 total damage).
Slimy crawler is confused and fails to use Attack.
The Mouth is confused and fails to use Drain.

As Slimy crawler falls you notice that The Mouth seems to shudder in pain!
MadLad hits Slimy crawler for 90 physical damage.
The Mouth's armour is more intact.
The Mouth casts Drain.
MadLad killed Slimy crawler!
The Mouth hits MadLad for 54 blight damage.

The Mouth is confused and fails to use Call of Amakthel.
MadLad speeds up.

The Mouth is confused and fails to use Call of Amakthel.

The Mouth is confused and fails to use Call of Amakthel.

The Mouth uses Call of Amakthel.
MadLad is pulled in!

The Mouth seems more focused.
The Mouth casts Drain.
The Mouth hits MadLad for 54 blight damage.
MadLad the level 5 dwarf berserker was infected to death by The Mouth and revived as a screeching drem bat on level 3 of The Deep Bellow.
MadLad's rage subsides!