So, I got the feeling I'm not doing too bad so far, but I'm kind of at a loss what to do next. Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.12-a0-804-gfbe0e60 (console) character file. Oki the Imperceptible (Vampire Enchanter) Turns: 86595, Time: 09:41:38 HP 138/138 (143) AC 14 Str 8 XL: 20 Next: 7% MP 36/36 ...

Ah thanks, that makes sense. I didn't realise background influenced stats as well.

Why is starting out as a wizard recommended if summoning is the main objective? I made a MuSu of Sif, and spamming spammals/imps worked fine for keeping me alive until I got channeling, and now I'm at lvl9, happily spamming decent canines. Wouldn't starting out as wiz mean I'd have lower summoning s...