Everdrive N8 in a frontloader with a brick controller (with an awful d-pad, down button didn't like working at all).

Bomb Crag jail was quick. Getting to Dhama though I lost all of my gold which bled into all the splits after it taking lots of extra fights to get up to 5,000g.

Baramos was shockingly friendly... for him and his castle.

Not a lot of problems getting to Zoma's Castle. Had a hiccup being a few hundred short of the sword.

Zoma's castle was ... awful... again. So many encounters, got wiped a lot. Wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Zoma, round 1: He just obliterated me out of the gate. Woo.

Zoma, round 2: Fighter rolled NINE on his herb, then Zoma crit the Pilgrim dead from full (overlevelled) health. Should've won, but needed one of those not to happen.

Zoma, round 3: Things went as they should. A few low herb rolls had me worried, but Hr was OP levelled and Sap was landing readily. So happy he didn't pull any awful shenanigans this try.

Overall, most time to save is just RNG being nicer I think... and/or me handling wipes and gold/inventory management better.

[Mod note: Retimed due to late split start]