ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

I just killed the Minotaur on level 7 of the Maze. It's a long way back up, especially since the Maze is... well.. a maze. I miss Word of Recall.

Actually there is a way out on that level...

It takes you straight back to the surface.

I kind of miss it too, to the point where I find myself using mages more than any other class, simply because the Teleport: Angolwen spell is so convenient. It's really tedious, having to walk back up to ten levels because you ran out of potions or whatever just before the quest level. I suppose the lack of WoR is for balance reasons, but I don't really see how it adds a lot in the way of having fun.

I am planning something like it

One nice thing about no word of recall is that the temptation to collect almost every bit of loot, then WoR in and out to sell it is reduced. Reduces tedium for OCD people like me, and makes a dungeon feel more "whole" (instead of popping in and out of it).

Perhaps the ideal thing IMHO would be just something that teleports you out of a dungeon (but can't be used to teleport you back in), and dungeons with max 10 or so levels.

I quite like the lack of WoR since it makes me think a little more: With the way levels are zealously re-populated, you have to think about getting out of a dungeon before your resources are exhausted, or you might have an unfortunate accident on the way back out (like my first character did). Mind you, I've only been playing ToME 4 for a little while, so maybe I haven't started missing it yet .

Maybe the bigger areas could have checkpoint/waypoint things at a few intervals, to get you back quickly?

Yeah those are the reasons there is no WoR currently.
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