@ you > stairs down r rat g goblin o orc D dragon ( weapon [ armor ! potion $ gold % corpse

Walk into a monster to attack it. Walk onto a weapon, armor, potion, or pile of gold to pick it up automatically — better gear replaces worse. Standing on the > tile descends to the next level. The dragon waits on level five.

Character creation

Pick a race (Hobbit, Man, Elf, Dwarf), a class (Warrior, Rogue, Mage), and a starting ability (Tough, Heroic, Stalwart, Healer). Mages know three spells; Dwarves carve through walls; Hobbits are quick on their feet; Elves see one tile farther.

Corpses

Every time a player dies — anywhere, on any run — their corpse, gold, and final gear are stored at the depth they fell on. On every fresh dungeon level, a handful of those corpses are scattered through the rooms, marked with a %. Step onto one to read the dead player's epitaph and take what they were carrying.

Controls

• Arrows or WASD to move; YUBN for diagonals
• Click an inventory item to equip; Shift+click to drop
• Q to quaff a healing potion (also restores mana)
• Space + letter to cast a spell (Mage only)
• X + direction to carve through a wall (Dwarf only)
• . or 5 to wait one turn