about 4 years ago - No comments
Suddenly, I’ve got a character doing quite well. He got some lucky, lucky equipment early on and that meant he could cut straight through the early enemies and earned him enough cash to get properly started, with scrolls of Identify and Recall. He’s now down deeper than I’ve ever been, killing invisible enemies and even,
about 4 years ago - No comments
I’m not sure how the scoring works. The character I talked about in my last post – Your Mam’s Face – managed to get more than a thousand points before dying stupidly. (He was killed by cave spiders. Cave spiders! I didn’t even think of them as a threat and so wasn’t paying attention.) My
about 5 years ago - No comments
After a bad, bad run of very early deaths Giles XX was doing relatively well – he’d reached level two – until he opened a door and a wildcat pounced, killing him in two hits. This game loves to kill.
about 5 years ago - No comments
The Giles clan were Vampire Mindcrafters. The first seven didn’t make it past level one, often perishing at the hands of the first enemy they came across. Then came Giles VIII. He didn’t seem to be any stronger or wiser than the rest, but somehow he won a few fights and found himself progressing to
about 5 years ago - No comments
Bow your heads in memory of Jeremy, the Nibelung Monk. He did well up to level eight, his bare fists and feet making mincemeat of foes… until he got swarmed by several thousand (ish) cave spiders and succumbed to their bites while trying to run. I need to learn how recall spells work. I tried
about 5 years ago - No comments
Oh, for pity’s sake! I was doing so well. I’d been sensible, I was up to level seven and back in town, selling stuff and buying new supplies. I was doing really well. Then I decided to try my unidentified scrolls in the relative safety of town. One of blessing… good… one of strength…. good…
