Status ailments piss me off.

So I was having one hell of a run with Azure Dreams, up until about the..twenty-first floor of the monster tower. Still had my best familiar in the bag, because I figured that if I waited a bit to summon it, it would probably last a lot longer, which in turn, would help me to last a lot longer and get further in the Tower.

Mm. So one stupid monster was coming after me, no big deal, except as I was moving to get in position to deal with it, I get nailed with a Slow Trap, halving my speed. No big thing, as I figure I can still handle this thing and not summon my ultra-cool Kewne.

Miscalc.(ulation, but I often use just miscalc) Ok, it wasn't at first. The stupid thing starts casting LoBlind on me repeatedly (because my agility is halved, this guy gets to whacks before I get one) and then I worsen the pain by finding another random trap and getting poisoned. Ok. HP is still up there, so I figure I can handle it.

Even after his LoBlind spell, no problem. The poison stops after some of my HP has been depleted, and a few whacks, and I've got this guy. Miscalc number two.

I'm down to six HP at this point, and my options are: whack this thing one more time, since it's my turn (Hell, I've hit it three times already, and it should be just about dead, so if I hit it once more...), or I could summon Kewne...wasting my turn to put the familiar out as a target (But what if the thing doesn't go after Kewne?), or I can use a Wind Crystal and bail on the tower several levels earlier than I want to.

I think we all agree what the logical reply to that is. Whack it again, that should be that. Except that I forgot about the OTHER status ailment; my lowered attack power (due to an earlier encounter) which made the number of whacks I would have needed go from four to five.

Then it just...killed me.

Bastard.