ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

i had the same thought while reading over this grey - at first i was excited, but then started realizing that, due to the very situational nature of many of these runes/infusions, only classes that have a genuine surplus of inscription slots would be able to consider using them (basically archmages?...

(i somehow missed DGs earlier post - that does indeed sound good!)

haven't had a chance to play beta19 yet, but 'no selling' options in other roguelikes i've played have always been quite unpleasant to me. i fully understand the reasons why it's a desirable change (reducing scumming/grinding, eliminating the 'tedium' and weight issues of carrying gear to the shop, ...

i love the cantrips concept, although agree with shwqa that some of them seem a tad underpowered - marginally useful at the beginning of the game, but pretty quickly outclassed, even with zero cooldown (EDIT: by zero cooldown i meant instant casting time). i don't really imagine investing points in ...

i don't think burrow works in the maze (some tiles are un-burrowable)

Grey wrote:Or make Kor'Pul much easier and change it to the starting dungeon. Make most enemies rats and such, with skeletons only properly appearing later on. Would make more sense for the Shade to have the Rod of Recall than Bill.

*thumbs up*

that sounds good and all, but remember: randarts can't be TOO great. i mean, you're basically guaranteed to find half a dozen of them by the time you finish the maze. they probably shouldn't be guaranteed to be better than all double egos, unless they are made substantially rarer.

i've had several very promising characters totally blasted by confusion. in a tactical-based game, its not good to leave any element like that entirely up to luck. there needs to be a 100% reliable way to remove the status. (that is to say, i very much agree with edge's proposal). i think the way st...

i think bigger issue here is, yet again, the shortcomings of the current material system. a plain dwarven steel greatsword basically always trumps a steel greatsword, even one that is double ego or randart. the disparity of power between material types is too extreme, and characters are forced to gr...

a possessor class would be cool. although enemies dropping corpses is not really an option, as it was unwieldy and problematic even in T2. it might be cool to have a sort of cursed style possessor, who flees from body to body of his recently killed opponents. you could switch into the body of any en...

if there's one lesson one should learn playing any *band is that detection skills are probably the single most important character attribute. CON is the second. i like that skeleton mages are so dangerous - maybe their frequency could simply be dropped a bit on the early kor pul levels. (btw i also ...

i'm a tad leery about the flying castle bit, as well - agree w/ martinuzz, its very 'final fantasy'.
but on the whole, i think its an awesome idea. a great way to add basic house features (which many have been clamoring for for awhile) but also adding a whole new cool element to the game.

one immediately compelling answer is some chance to learn a trap type when you successfully disarm one. the other obvious one is 'trap teachers', perhaps at a hidden rogue guild or in a rogue-centered town, who grant such abilities for a moderate cost. the basic trap types are already kind of covere...

i try to get the trollshaws over as fast as possible. bill has been nerfed, and regen runes are powerful, so most classes shouldn't have much trouble with him. sometimes i might go back and clear a dungeon level twice to gain another character level if im feeling seriously underpowered..

it might be nice to have a way of stripping magical rings of their enchantments, turning them into plain rings.