Damp Darkness

The Damp Darkness dungeon is the  Sorcerer silver challenge. It is set in a Halls of Steel layout map with the Northern city tileset.

Preparations

Blacksmith, Mage Tower.

Resources Available

Both  PISORF and the normally fixed  BURNDAYRAZ glyph are fixed. There are no subdungeons. The dungeon will have two altars;  Jehora Jeheyu,  Glowing Guardian, and  Binlor Ironshield are possible. Shops appear but Bazaar preps are not available.

Special Rules

None. Note though that since so many monsters blink, blackspace will run out quickly.

Monsters

 Djinn: Magical Attack, Retaliate: Fireball

 Bloo Goo: Physical resist 50%

 Golem: Magical resist 50%

 Dancing Blade: Blink, Death Protection 1/level

 Imp: Blink

Monster difficulty is Vicious (40% above nominal Attack and Health).

Boss

The boss is Eeblis ( Djinn icon, Attack 105, Health 399, Magical Attack, Retaliate: Fireball).

Strategy

The recommended race:  Gnome.

The boss is ideally defeated by a combination of melee and via chaining  PISORF against him.  BURNDAYRAZ is to be avoided given his  Retaliate: Fireball. Ideally, before the boss fight, position the boss (using  WEYTWUT,  PISORF and/or  WONAFYT) at the end of a longer wall, or just next to another monster.

Depending on your altars you may choose a different approach. If you take the  Glowing Guardian, you can optionally benefit from  Humility, and maybe a  Protection or two, however you will most likely want to convert out towards the end of the boss fight latest, to allow you to drink the  Mana Potions of your  Gnome Sorcerer. You can take  Binlor Ironshield at the start, build up piety and then convert over to  Jehora Jeheyu for a bit of late-game push (you can get one full restoration with Chaos Avatar, and have a chance at a second with Last Chance). Any two of these gods can give you a bit of Magic Resistance as well as Mana (and Health) restoration.

If you are willing to forgo the more permanent bonus of other Blacksmith items, consider preparing the  Slaying Wand, this gives you a shot at killing a high-level  Dancing Blade just before the boss fight, possibly bringing you to within arm's reach of leveling up.

Binlor Ironshield

If you're willing to scum a bit, early Binlor worship makes this dungeon very easy. Prep  Bear Mace and Extra Mana (you won't be needing  BURNDAYRAZ), and choose  Orc as your race. Once you find Binlor, just blow up walls and start ratcheting your  Magic resist. Use  PISORF and  Stone Skin to take out high level  Golems and  Imps, then get the boss in position to kill around level six. With 28% MR and all three health boosters, you will be able to tank a hit from the boss. Just hit him through walls, get a midfight level up, and you should have him dead pretty easily. It's easily possible to execute this strategy  Feeling Parched with a  Gnome.

Original Strategy

This has worked at least one time. I took a  Gnome, prepped  Bear Mace and Flame Magnet, worshiped  Jehora Jeheyu early, and used his guaranteed  WEYTWUT to position the boss at one end of a very long wall. Took one shot each of Boost Health and Boost Mana. Ran out of blackspace at level 5 and fireballed him a couple times, since my health was too low to hit him. Mid-fight leveled to 6 and fireballed a couple more times. Took Chaos Avatar to level to 7, hit him once, and used  PISORF until he died, glugging gnomish mana potions along the way.