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Tried to get the amulet again. This time i made to d 23. lvl 11.

I tried out the barb class, and did nothing except upgrade my leather to 10 and found a great sword early, making it vorpal vs centaurs and +3. I i had gotten plate I couldve been a true knight...

wands were helpful. the fireball wands was excellent to dispose trolls, and i had 1 poly and tele other. that combo got me out of a hairy situation on a lower depth where i was surrounded by a griffon an troll.

my rings were excellent. cat eye is always good, but i got 2 regen rings(!) and a ring of dex, and +3 dmg! with my sword i could kill trolls in melee.

alas... i encountered a foe even my joined might and wits had no match. The fabled freeze.

A xeroc, upon being hit by a dart, made the game stop. i couldn't move or do anything requiring an action, but could still look things up?

It seems the leather clad barbarian, jeice and the xeroc he assailed from afar are fated to stare at each other, ever more... in a hateful, bloodlusted gaze...

 i got the amulet! Didn't make it back up though. I forgot that you press <+shift to ascend. Maybe that could be a tool tip once you pick it up. I descended t0 d27 and was killed by a dragon. Shame.

I had a great plythrough as well. Slow digestion was one of the first rings I picked up, so I only ever ate 2 Rations. I had a variety of powerful wands and staves, but my armour and weapons were the biggest part. I managed to protect and upgrade my ring mail (I accidentally dropped my plate I picked up) and it was plus 8 by the end of my life. I also managed to vorpalize my great sword to slay dragons. Only managed to find one weapon upgrade scroll though. 

I noticed we have 5 identify scrolls now, good change. There's lots of things you need to identify quick, like rings. With the visual changes, you really don't need to even bother picking up stuff like studded leather or ring mail, you save your id scrolls for plate to make sure it's not cursed. Rings should be id'd as soon as you pick them up.

The ring of observation is quite powerful. You can just put it on before you enter rooms, and it allows you to see traps in the room, before you step on them, then youncN take it off.

Nice game. Ever thought about having local data though?

Like, keeping the beastiary/items/weapon flavor text for the same computer? id like to read the flavour text without picking up the stuff again every time. And speakingnof picking up stuff, let us know what we step over if our bag is full

Wow. Its cool youre still updating this after a and some change!

I always wondered where the music was from... or is it an out? Either way it sounds good! All 5 tracks

And now you make it easier, heh.

I remember my last try being on depth 16. I wasnt killed, but the dark level did frustrate me enough to stop. Not being able to tell where i can from made me run in circles. 

Also, have you ever thought of implementing a click interface/menu? For a coffee break roguelike, trying to remember key commands is hard. Its your choice though.