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[Dwarmin]

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I found this roguelike game awhile ago-I recommend it!

The premise is your a trainee mage sent down into the depths of the dungeon-if you should pass all the levels, you'll become a master etc. etc.

Interesting things:

Non-standard level system, you don't go experience or stats in this game btw...to gain levels and learn new spells you have to find and orb of knowledge on every level, then find the exit.

Indeed, you'll have to fight alot (hordes of monsters surround the orb), but it gains you very little benefit. It is very hard to replace hit points in the start of the game, so being a weakling wizzard you are, you'll have to use your head and intelligently use spells and spell points.

As for offense, you've got your basic staff shot, which doesn't do much damage but can be charged up for a big blast. There's 5 spell schools, and 4 spells in each. In the beginning you choose 2 schools, along with a skill and your dungeon master, essentially.

To top it all off, its got an interesting alchemy system-you can combine potions with other potions, items or monster parts to produce a wide variety of different effects.

Here's a few of the ones I found, please share yours

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Magic Mirror+Inversion+Permanence=Twisted mirror that wont break with use (Allows you to invert spells-ex: gravity normally holds enemies in place-inverted it turns into a flight spell )

Permanence+Life=Gain Life

Change+Monster Part=Polymorph into that creature

Death+inversion=Life

[Sowelu]

Hm!  Roguelikes are often great 'thinky' games, so a roguelike with no XP from killing monsters is very welcome.

[Tormy]

Hm I will give it a shot. 

[a1s]

Here's a few of the ones I found, please share yours

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obviously: [potion of]Permanence+[potion of]energy= [potion of]Gain energy  (+2 MPMax)
amulet+energy=amulet of energy (+10 MPMax?)
body part+death=that creature as undead servant? (tested on a wolf)
body part+life=resurrect that creature as neutral? (tested on gargoyle) it will NOT be your ally! (but won't attack you)
energy+ball= change infused crystal ball (one time, detect "mutable world"- i.e. door, fountains, etc.)


body part + absorption= potion of absorbed [aspect] (gain aspect of that creature for a time)

• ruby- fire resistance
• stringje (or whatever it's called) - flight

things of no immediate use:
ruby+energy=charged ruby

full list of found inversions:
life<->death
dissolution<->duplication
energy<->absorption
change<->permanence
ruby<->saphire
combining the two (f.e.: life+death gives a potion of inversion)

more to come...

[rickvoid]

So, first time through, first impressions.

The message system needs some work. It seems to mirror itself, and I don't see the most recent message until I get a new one. This is bad, especially when I want to know right away what I just picked up.

Loving the "No XP for monster kills" system. Lots of fun. Also digging the character creation.

I didn't bother with the tutorial, so I missed some explanations, I think. Really like the "I charge my staff and it shoots my raw power out" thing. Very neat concept.

I'll be keeping an eye on this. 

[BishopX]

Has anyone figured out how long resistances last?

Also, starting with luxas as a mentor gives you a mirror which can be useful to new folks.

New recipes:

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combining absorbtion and gargoyle corpses give hp
combining your staff with a potion of energy gives 7 charges
combining staff plus ruby,saphire,crystal ball all create a temporarily improved weapon.

[Mad Larks]

Well, this is a fun little thing I'll have to obsess about for a while.

Also, protip:

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Using a potion of change on a crystal ball and then putting that ball on the staff results in transmogrifying of the monsters when you shoot them with a charge. Imagine my surprise when the gobber I found turned into a gargoyle.

[Soulwynd]

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Crystal ball can be charged with any potion that will give it its aspect, like a crystal ball charged with life will heal, if attached to a staff, the staff will heal instead of hurt.

Any charged crystal can be double charged with permanency then attached to the staff so you can shoot for quite a while without wasting mana and doing extra damage of the type of gem.

[Dwarmin]

Whoops!

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Just touched a charged ruby to a token of Sateja-turned every hex in a 5x5 area into magma

I was doing good on that game too  *restarts*

Edit: Further experimentation showed that doing the same thing a token of Ath made a health fountain

[Dwarmin]

One last bump 

[IndonesiaWarMinister]

I can't play this! I can't play mage class...
Give me a 2 handed agi warrior (or dual wielding) and I can GENOCIDE a species race!

[deadlycairn]

Combine a potion of death/life with a mirror and you get a dark/bright mirror. Not quite sure of the effects of this yet, but when I used the dark mirror on a gargoyle, I undeadified it (it healed from a death potion, and when I threw a life potion at a subsequent gargoyle expecting it to die it was healed, so i assume the first was undeadified)

[Jack_Bread]

I just played this.
I died when I used a potion of Naiad transformation on a crystal ball and then attaching that to my staff and firing at a wolf. D:

[Neonivek]

Before I play it... How much am I going to need to rely on these tips your giving?

Please tell me I can do decently just playing for fun (even if it is 50 times in a row)... I don't want to play another WikiRogue

[Sowelu]

This sounds kind of more like Zork, in terms of "the discovery IS the adventure".  What does that thing do?  I MUST TRY IT!  Oh, THAT'S what it does.  New character...

But it also sounds like games are short, so death is not so bad