Remember, Trog hates spell magic (i.e from spellbooks, he doesn't mind wands and scrolls and potions and such), so just ignore that.Ĭrate contributed a really good post going into a little more detail on how he plays his KoBe. You want to save your Enchant Weapon scrolls for such a sabre. These summons cost piety so if you spam them too hard Trog will stop giving you access to them, and he'll give you less stuff.Īt some point, Trog will start giving you buttloads of weapons of varying quality. If berserk isn't enough, Trog will grant you sick as shit summons a little bit later on, also available from the 'a' menu. Before battles, go berserk by pressing 'a' twice. If you are already engorged, 'p'ray instead to sacrifice to Trog, your bloodthirsty beserker god. But'c'her and 'e'at every single non-green (poisonous) corpse you get. Wield nothing but short blades all game, sabre is best. Even better, I hope to inspire new players to take on this fantastic game. I hope this thread can coax out a few Crawling TLers, and maybe we can trade war stories, hilarious deaths and more with each other.
That way you can play the in-development Trunk version, and get all the updates without having to constantly update your game.įor spoilers, consult the omniscient knowledge bots at either the aforementioned website, or by irc in #crawl at Freenode. I can highly recommend playing online by ssh'ing to. Interested? Visit the fine establishment at CDO to find out more. Some of the coolest magic in any game ever High difficulty and permadeath (as the genre prescribes)
A large pantheon of very different gods to further differentiate your characters A metric buttload of races and backgrounds Notable (read: awesome) features include: Along the way, you will face many dangers ranging from gangs of orcs to the wrath of the divine. The object of the game is to dive into a massive dungeon complex and retrieve the Orb of Zot. It's under active development, and in my humble opinion the best roguelike available to play today. #1 I know there's a very old Roguelike thread that talks about this, but since it deals with roguelikes generally, and since nobody will ever see it, I think (hope) I can make a new thread about DCSS.ĭCSS is a fork of the ancient and legendary Linley's Dungeon Crawl game.