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| + | I'm a big fan of variants. If you haven't tried variants, you might be surprised how easy most of them are to play! You don't need to learn a whole new skillset. In fact, many of them are less frustrating to play, because they give you a yes/no prompt before allowing you to do something foolish. | ||
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| + | Here are some fun things you can try if you want to sample a variant! | ||
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| + | ===[[FIQhack]]=== | ||
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| + | * try a monk! thanks to FIQhack's power regen formulas, you can actually use your starting spells regularly! | ||
| + | * as you play, you'll start to notice that the UI is trying to help you, instead of getting in your way. select items from your inventory for a full menu of interaction options! | ||
| + | * did you forget something? watch a replay of your most recent actions... WITHOUT LEAVING THE GAME! or, press control+f to search for objects on the floor. it searches the '''whole dungeon''' for that thing you lost! these features are, as far as i know, completely unique to FIQhack, and extremely helpful. | ||
| + | * Also fun: play a '''gnome''' tourist, and try to do the [[protection racket]]. Much more fun than doing it as a healer! And you'll be pleasantly surprised what you see in the shops. | ||
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| + | ===[[Fourk]]=== | ||
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| + | * valkyries have intrinsic [[flying]]. very convenient, very cool, very fun. | ||
| + | * a [[sylph]] healer starts with a [[magic harp]]. if you were to say, use a [[fountain]] or a [[smoky potion]] to wish for a [[PYEC]], then you can get a nice little army of pals to fight for ya! | ||
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| + | ===[[dnethack]]=== | ||
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| + | * A dwarf [[anachrononaut]] can gun down a shopkeeper with just their starting machine gun. Go have fun in [[minetown]]! Generally, any anachrononaut will start the game with something fun and powerful: drow have vicious unarmed strikes and some magical powers (press control+f), incantifiers have a lightsaber, elves have [[reflection]], etc... | ||
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| + | ===[[Splicehack]]=== | ||
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| + | * a [[dragonmaster]]'s starting pet can usually take out most shopkeepers by itself, especially shopkeepers that spawn in early Dungeon floors. | ||
| + | * you can not only play the common and popular vampires and convicts, but there's some really neat original ideas, like angels, infernals, cartomancers, and dancers! see here: https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Roles_and_races_(SpliceHack) | ||
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| + | If you think you have to "master" vanilla first, you're missing out! Suggestion: win a game in each variant, instead of punishing yourself by forcing yourself to win every vanilla role first. (Due to [[ascension kit]] requirements, all those roles play extremely similar anyways.) | ||
Revision as of 16:29, 16 July 2020
Variants
I'm a big fan of variants. If you haven't tried variants, you might be surprised how easy most of them are to play! You don't need to learn a whole new skillset. In fact, many of them are less frustrating to play, because they give you a yes/no prompt before allowing you to do something foolish.
Here are some fun things you can try if you want to sample a variant!
FIQhack
- try a monk! thanks to FIQhack's power regen formulas, you can actually use your starting spells regularly!
- as you play, you'll start to notice that the UI is trying to help you, instead of getting in your way. select items from your inventory for a full menu of interaction options!
- did you forget something? watch a replay of your most recent actions... WITHOUT LEAVING THE GAME! or, press control+f to search for objects on the floor. it searches the whole dungeon for that thing you lost! these features are, as far as i know, completely unique to FIQhack, and extremely helpful.
- Also fun: play a gnome tourist, and try to do the protection racket. Much more fun than doing it as a healer! And you'll be pleasantly surprised what you see in the shops.
Fourk
- valkyries have intrinsic flying. very convenient, very cool, very fun.
- a sylph healer starts with a magic harp. if you were to say, use a fountain or a smoky potion to wish for a PYEC, then you can get a nice little army of pals to fight for ya!
dnethack
- A dwarf anachrononaut can gun down a shopkeeper with just their starting machine gun. Go have fun in minetown! Generally, any anachrononaut will start the game with something fun and powerful: drow have vicious unarmed strikes and some magical powers (press control+f), incantifiers have a lightsaber, elves have reflection, etc...
Splicehack
- a dragonmaster's starting pet can usually take out most shopkeepers by itself, especially shopkeepers that spawn in early Dungeon floors.
- you can not only play the common and popular vampires and convicts, but there's some really neat original ideas, like angels, infernals, cartomancers, and dancers! see here: https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Roles_and_races_(SpliceHack)
If you think you have to "master" vanilla first, you're missing out! Suggestion: win a game in each variant, instead of punishing yourself by forcing yourself to win every vanilla role first. (Due to ascension kit requirements, all those roles play extremely similar anyways.)
