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[Mover#005]

Aventure Mode just got very cool.

As human adventurer, I just found a empty ghost town, with a unfinished building. There are large Roaches around.

Tell me about your findings

[subject name here]

What's up with those two extra windows on the left?

Edit: Alright, the bottom one is the minimap.

[ February 05, 2008: Message edited by: Sheogorath ]

[Kagus]

Bottom one is minimap, top one shows nearby towns/important areas.  They're compass directions.

[ElectricEel]

I started as an elf in a lone, isolated forest retreat surrounded by goblin fortresses. The druids in the area asked me to kill the demon the goblins were worshipping. I also killed the goblin high priest while I was in the goblin fortress.

It's nice to see the new historical events in art pieces. I've seen one depicting the founding of a religion, and apparently the pictures on coins frequently depict the changes in the leadership of their civilization.

[Dark]

I went into an armour shop and talked to the shopkeeper, and he welcomed me to his store! Woah, so now even shops have their own names, Toady really outdid himself this time!

[Dark]

I got a quest from a mayor to go kill a cyclops and he told me in a wise old sage style voice, "Go, with poetry".

[Mover#005]

Now I found an elven retreat, along a river... their greeting is "praise rivers"  

Toady, keep going that way. This game is gonna be a great thing.

[LASD]

I talked to a human who bid me farewell by saying: "When you return to this place, it would be wise to consider war"

And I also noticed there are elf drunks.

And I talked with Ulin, The God of Beauty.

And I that discovered this new adventure mode is great fun.

[ February 05, 2008: Message edited by: LASD ]

[Grue]

It seems that with every version there is fewer of fighter type NPCs (Swordsmen, Macemen and so on). In this version so far I have found _none_. I've got one drunk, but he is so damn useless.

[Dark]

Its not all bad, despite not getting any companions, I managed to make a Giant Cave Spider vomit by throwing a gold coin at it. Epic. I still died though, I should have remained in melee combat, but I stepped back and it shot its web at me.

[Fenrir]

Temples are a pain. I have to chase the high priest all over to join, but the god won't talk to me. Then I find myself three stories up and I don't feel like walking all the way down...

[Whiskey_Ninja]

All this complexity lends itself to a very natural but totally random world each time the game is run. I experimented with starting a human female hammer-wielder, and ran around the starting town with a horde of drunks until we found... THE ABBEY OF INKING. It was there that I met the High Priest Iwo Rujitsana (after spending half the day chasing them down. Apparently all priests express worship by running laps around the temple), and dedicated my life to Ur Greencopper, deity of jewels. Upon my dedication, Iwo exclaimed, "Fantastic! As a member of the Red Coven of Boulders, you can now seek the higher mysteries of jewels."
Upon asking for a mighty quest, Iwo gently reproached my zeal, saying, "All you need is to go with jewels."

This whole process lends itself to a much richer world, that will eventually effect the civilization-building Fortress Mode. For the moment, it's fascinating to see towns dedicated to certain deities; conversing with the Mayor of the town in which the ABBEY OF INKING resides, he casually mentioned on our parting, "It is a wise soul who ponders the depth of jewels upon arising each morning."

Then I got killed by a Giant Cave Spider.

I want to note, Toady, that it is a small comfort to be able to pray to your deity while facing down an unbeatable foe. It's only a pity that Ur Greencopper had nothing to say about my plight.

[ February 05, 2008: Message edited by: Whiskey_Ninja ]

[Greiger]

I discovered that my dracon apperantly worship a carp.
 
I find that both distressing and amusing at the same time.

[ February 05, 2008: Message edited by: Greiger ]

[JoRo]

I found a shop founded in 160.  That's one freaking old shop right there.
I recruited a drunk right off the bat and then felt bad when I found their family in town.  Sorry kids, I'm taking your elder sister off to distract spiders for me while I kill this minotaur.  There actually weren't any spiders, wonder of wonders, but the drunk still got killed (bad luck with a giant rat).  Is there any way to de-recruit the drunks?
The compass directions are so handy when you're trying to find the cave or what have you, and the minimap is great for finding your way around a town.

EDIT:  Just found a shop that was founded in year 1.  Now THAT is an old shop.

AND AGAIN:  Just found my first new version Giant Cave Spider.  I managed to kill it in melee and take no damage.  I had pretty rockin' skills at this point, but that never saved me before.  Either the rumors of GCS nerfing are true, or I just got incredibly lucky and will soon suffer some horrible fate to balance the cosmic scales.

[ February 05, 2008: Message edited by: JoRo ]

[ February 05, 2008: Message edited by: JoRo ]

[subject name here]

I found a village where everyone worshiped the god of lies, or maybe they were just lying. (It's hard to tell)