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Incursion: d20 Roguelike
Mojo_Jojo
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Everybody likes roguelikes, and from the brief time I've spent fiddling with this one (mainly the quite in depth character generation) it looks pretty good. For those not in the know, d20 is the basic set of mechanics that Dungeons and Dragons is based on.
Like all of these things it is still in production, so new features are constantly popping up. It's a bit of an empty OP as I've only just found out about this and it is more fun to learn together as we play.
The official site has a good manual for figuring things out.
Get it now and I'll clean this up once we figure things out and we can decorate things with our hilarious deaths.
Like all of these things it is still in production, so new features are constantly popping up. It's a bit of an empty OP as I've only just found out about this and it is more fun to learn together as we play.
The official site has a good manual for figuring things out.
Get it now and I'll clean this up once we figure things out and we can decorate things with our hilarious deaths.
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How did you come across it?
So far:
This game is hard. Much harder than most roguelikes.
The control scheme is a bit baffling at first, and the general learning curve seems steep (again, even for this kind of game).
Very detailed though, the skill system is very well incorporated.
All in all, I think this could well replace ADOM for me.
AWESOME. Definitely going to play more of it this weekend.
It's taking some time.
If all those skills are well implemented, though, this game will be awesome.
In other news, I think I saw an option to make the monsters more relevant to their level. I may turn that on as I'm sick of Fiendish Kobolds turning up and raping me silly.
Also that first room always seems to have a useful menagerie of dimension door and healing potions, which is nice to know.
I'm going to hop in and die as a monk a few times, wish me luck!
Edit: Um, the main menu mentions it derives "source material" from Moria, Angband, ADOM, Omega (!!!!!!!!!!!!!), Crawl... I wonder if they're using any code from those GPLed programs, or just lore/monsters/items/etc.
This totally makes me want to go play and abuse the hell out of Omega now.
Not really. I do remember some fun stuff with Stormreaver and abusing the hell out of things. There's this one dungeon I kept entering and sneaking in and out of, it was a set dungeon, not random, and had a group of a huge number of ancient dragons hanging out in it. Well, you could, if you were lucky, steal some stuff and get out before they woke up. Do that enough times and you would be strong enough to kill them.
Granted, *I* never was, but that's not the point, is it?
Incursion is great. I suck at it, but it's great.
Still, Ill give this a try though.
Nethack is hard in that stupid unpredictable way, and I frankly never enjoyed THAT.
Greatest.
If you go over to the somethingawful thread, the dev has started posting there so you can get an insight into things (and he seems to answer questions). Sadly, he seems to be a fairly slow worker (at least compared to Toady of Dwarf Fortress fame).
I've never liked Nethack, it just ever felt right to me. ADOM overtook it as the default roguelike so olong ago that I'm kind of surprised people still play it.
They began by throwing a tanglefoot bag, and then pelting me with ranged attacks. I attempted to summon a monster with the last of my mana and, of course, failed. I managed to get myself out of the tanglefoot, and took cover in a neighbouring room until they'd gotten themselves good and stuck. Sitting ducks, thinks I.
I turned undead, destroying the skeletal warrior, and then proceeded to engage the kobold rogue. That's when things started to go south. First, a spider swarm caught me flat footed and poisoned me. The very next round, an orc rogue arrived and began pounding me with darts of numbness. I'm not sure what they did exactly, but I can't help but think they were unhelpful. I started gulping antitoxins and healing potions while attempting to disengage (Mistake, I should have been fleeing). Finally, just to make my situation even more helpless, a dark mantle dropped down on top of me. I went down a round or two after that.
I think I'm going to try a true neutral diplobard next. Lessee how many critters I can get on my side...
edit: And I have just realized that most bard abilities are currently unimplemented. Damn.
I also found out that casting entangle in an ancient tomb room is a very bad idea. Tons of undead tore me apart for defiling the place.
You have tweaked my interest. Beginning download... ^^
Press space to put the item in your hand.
You have to do a lot of work arounds to get things out of multipule containers.
What I mean is, I have nothing "In the Air" and it says to take stuff out of your bag press one of the numbers, but when I press the numbers nothing happens.
Yeah, I figured that out 5 minutes after I posted my message. :P
Otherwise, I quite like it.
Unfortouantly, they take forever to dispell, and the last three games the game killed me as i rested.
The more thieves and robbers there will be.
-Lao-tzu
1. Check the options menu if you're finding the game too hard. There are two options, one which halves the hp of enemies (or doubles if you're feeling suicidal), and one which prevents out-of-depth monsters being generated. You can also make all your HP rolls maxxed for another decrese in difficulty - all these are great for trying out and getting used to the game.
2. I've generally found that you live and die by your active abilities, unlike other roguelikes where you tend to live and die by your items. Skills, feats, and class abilities are all very important.
3. Rogues are great for checking out the skill system.
4. Warriors are great for checking out Feats ^^.
From the shadows, a gnome!
Gnome's Attack: 1d20 (18) +5 +4 surprise +2 conceal = 29 vs Def 16 -1 noDex -1 noDodge = 14 [crit]
Gnome's Damage: 5d10 + (+2PA) x5 = 48 bypassed Cov 10 = 48
Catching you unaware, a gnome fires a crossbow bolt at you, brutalizing you.
You die...
That was such overkill. Full HP to death instantly >_<
Every game I've played with this character has ended due to horrible bad luck. No dragging on, just 1 round Death.
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