Just a small idea. I have played another roguelike for a while, named Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. If you lack inspiration, it probably be of some help to take a look at it.
I'm personally fond of the way it depicts the player character. The player character sprite has is pretty well detailed, with male/female differences, and going as far as depicting the actual gear on the sprite. (If you wear a sword, the character is shown using a sword, not a nondescript 'beat 'em stick' )
You can take a look here. The gameplay isn't half bad either, just don't get too sucked in. (I couldn't not get sucked in)
http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/