What to do with Spartacus?
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:10 pm
I just recently beat RogueTouch for the first time using a non-special character. It was extremely satisfying, as I've been playing some form of Rogue on and off since the 80s and never defeated it. So now that I had won, I wanted to start searching for secret characters and try my hand at dungeon diving.
I created a character called Spartacus, hoping he might be a secret character. He wasn't. But he ended up being great. I took him down to level 33 or so, but I kept running into HP-sapping vampires that were making it harder and harder for me to survive dragon and jabberwock attacks, so I figured I might as well finally grab the amulet and start heading up.
I didn't think I'd make it back to the surface in tact and with enough food, but somehow I did. Along the way I'd managed to acquire enough experience to get to "Rogue Addict" level, and I had cleared out the entire first floor, so there was really nothing left to do but win the game again. I only had one mushroom left and was hungry, but I was wearing two rings of slow digestion, so maybe I could last a little longer if I wanted to.
I had three potions of demolition and a few unknown potions, so I figured - why not drink them? Nothing to lose. I quaffed the demolition potions (healing after each) and was surprised how many XPs they gave me. After the first one, I turned to "Rogue God" and after the next two to "Time Waster". One of my unknown potions blinded me, but the other was a "raise level", so I achieved the rank of "Bug Chaser" - hilarious.
Problem is - now I don't know what to do. What would happen if I dropped the amulet or threw it at someone so that I could start descending again? Would the amulet go all the way back to Level 26? I don't want to totally mess myself up (because I don't think I could survive all the way back to Level 26) but at the same time - I'm not ready to end the journey of Spartacus.
What do you think I should do?
I created a character called Spartacus, hoping he might be a secret character. He wasn't. But he ended up being great. I took him down to level 33 or so, but I kept running into HP-sapping vampires that were making it harder and harder for me to survive dragon and jabberwock attacks, so I figured I might as well finally grab the amulet and start heading up.
I didn't think I'd make it back to the surface in tact and with enough food, but somehow I did. Along the way I'd managed to acquire enough experience to get to "Rogue Addict" level, and I had cleared out the entire first floor, so there was really nothing left to do but win the game again. I only had one mushroom left and was hungry, but I was wearing two rings of slow digestion, so maybe I could last a little longer if I wanted to.
I had three potions of demolition and a few unknown potions, so I figured - why not drink them? Nothing to lose. I quaffed the demolition potions (healing after each) and was surprised how many XPs they gave me. After the first one, I turned to "Rogue God" and after the next two to "Time Waster". One of my unknown potions blinded me, but the other was a "raise level", so I achieved the rank of "Bug Chaser" - hilarious.
Problem is - now I don't know what to do. What would happen if I dropped the amulet or threw it at someone so that I could start descending again? Would the amulet go all the way back to Level 26? I don't want to totally mess myself up (because I don't think I could survive all the way back to Level 26) but at the same time - I'm not ready to end the journey of Spartacus.
What do you think I should do?