Roguelikes with random items


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Snake Sneak

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Post Tuesday, 18th January 2011, 20:21

Roguelikes with random items

One of my favorite things about DCSS is the random artifacts... it's like a drug (I usually go with Okawaru or Trog despite the fact their gifts are rarely useful).

Are there any other roguelikes you guys know of that have random item generation somewhat like DCSS? I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I'd like to see how other RLs deal with it.
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Vestibule Violator

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Post Tuesday, 18th January 2011, 20:33

Re: Roguelikes with random items

Elona has randomly generated artifacts, but the game is pretty strange and not a typical rougelike at all (more a jrpg / rougelike hybrid).

Ziggurat Zagger

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Post Wednesday, 19th January 2011, 05:40

Re: Roguelikes with random items

Agree on the addictive nature of randarts...I love seeing that bright white text. It's like Christmas in Hell!

Mines Malingerer

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Post Thursday, 27th January 2011, 17:37

Re: Roguelikes with random items

There's also the 2 (soon 3) Diablo games, which have pretty much the same system as Crawl -- Bland, normal white items, blue magical (branded) items, yellow randart-type items, and gold fixedart-type items.
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Swamp Slogger

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Post Thursday, 27th January 2011, 19:13

Re: Roguelikes with random items

Thats why I love the vault at the end of the Elven halls, as that Place ALWAYS has at least 5-10 of them.
I also love most of the Nonrandarts. Nothing is cooler than playing a Merfolk who was lucky enough to find a Robe of Clouds.

Dwarf fortress is pretty good but it doesn't have Randarts :c
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Spider Stomper

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Post Thursday, 27th January 2011, 19:23

Re: Roguelikes with random items

Umm, aren't all Dwarf Fortress artifacts randomly generated? Granted, most of them are stupid things like hatch covers and floodgates, but they still count :P
You see here a dire elephant corpse.
You start butchering the dire elephant corpse with your claws.
You continue butchering the corpse.
You are engulfed in roaring flames. You stop butchering the corpse.
You die...
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Swamp Slogger

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Post Thursday, 27th January 2011, 19:33

Re: Roguelikes with random items

Well yes, they are artifacts but the random effects that they have are stuff like
"This one has a picture of a burning elephant stomping on a dwarf"
Crawl randarts are a blend of several useful effects.

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