Desktop Dungeons

2011-06-17T13:03:22Z

Ayumbhara:

__NOTOC__
<big>'''Welcome to the ''Desktop Dungeons'' Wiki!'''</big>

[[File:Beta gameplay.png|right|thumb|350px|''Alpha version of Desktop Dungeons'']]

If you've never played a roguelike before, prepare to die, because you will! A lot! ''Desktop Dungeons'' was designed as a quick 5-15 minute mini-roguelike experience for you to enjoy without having to lose yourself for hours in the more complex roguelikes such as ''[[Wikipedia:Linley's Dungeon Crawl|Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup]]''. (''DD'' is also heavily inspired by ''DCSS''.)

In the coming weeks this will be established as the #1 source for information about the PC game ''Desktop Dungeons''. Registration is easier than most forums; feel free to contribute if you spot any inaccurate information.

== Game information ==
*[[New Players Guide]] - Get started here
*[[Dungeon|The Dungeon]] - An overall look at the dungeons you'll find
*[[Races]] - Descriptions of the tasty glyph eating strategies
*[[Classes]] - Descriptions and successful strategies
*[[Strategy]] - General strategies not specific to a particular class
*[[Advanced Strategy]] - Advanced strategies, addressing common scenarios
*[[Glyphs]] - Information on glyphs
*[[Level|Leveling]] - Details on how the game's leveling and [http://www.gumball-machine.com/vending-machines.html vending machines] experience system works
*[[Gods]] - The depravity of devious deities divulged!
*[[Items]] - Details on item functionality
*[[Monsters]] - Descriptions and strategies for overcoming the deadly denizens of ''Desktop Dungeons''!
*[[Boosters]] - Stat boosters found in dungeons
*[[Scoring]] - For when you've unlocked Ranked games
*[[Lothlorien]] - 3 stage quest guide

== Feedback and media ==
{{News}}
*[[Feedback]] - For discussion of existing game features and known issues
*[[Brainstorming]] - For discussion of new ideas
*[[Media]] - Collections of what has been scribed, [http://www.surgepromotions.com/74/custom-shot-glasses/ custom shot glasses] sung or shouted about the game elsewhere.
*[[Tileset]]s - New graphics sets created by the player community
*[[Playthroughs]] - Annotated playthroughs of the game

== Get ''Desktop Dungeons'' ==

* [http://www.desktopdungeons.net/?page_id=12 Pre-Order the Full Version!]
* [http://www.nag.co.za/forums/showthread.php?t=13014 Link to game thread]
* [http://www.desktopdungeons.net/?page_id=11 Desktop Dungeons v0.21 (Freeware)] - [[Change Log]]
* [http://www.gmhighscores.com/highscores.php?gameid=936 Desktop Dungeons highscores]

== Contributing ==
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]

Alpha:Dracul

2011-06-02T02:33:17Z

Ayumbhara:

Dracul, god of the Undead, is one of the gods available for worshipping in Desktop Dungeon. Dracul may be worshipped by locating his altar in a dungeon (if it appears).

==Initial Worship==

If an altar of Dracul is found in the dungeon, and the hero is not yet worshipping any other god, it is possible to pray to Dracul.

===Immediate effect===

When first worshipping Dracul, several effects occur:
* The hero's '''level is increased by 1''', without gaining the usual permanent bonuses for this level-up.
** This increase occurs regardless of your hero's current level, unless he is already at level 10.
** No level-up bonuses are applied when this occurs. That means, your Maximum Health, Attack Strength, or any item-given bonuses related to level-ups will not be acquired. Also, your Health and Mana will ''not'' be restored as normal. Earned experience won't decrease.
* The '''[[HALPMEH]] Glyph''' is destroyed.
** This occurs both if the player is holding HALPMEH at the time, or if the Glyph is anywhere else in the dungeon. If the Glyph does not exist anywhere, this effect is ignored.
* Dracul will grant you an amount of '''Piety points''' equal to the number of blood-stains ''currently'' visible in the dungeon.
** This includes blood-stains from each monster you have killed. Some characters like the [[Bloodmage]] may suck up bloodstains during their exploration, and if so those bloodstains are not included in the effect.

===Conversion===

Followers of Dracul cannot convert their religion to any other god. Followers of other gods cannot convert their religion to Dracul.

The only method to switch to or from Dracul is to first renounce your religion by help of an item.

==Religion==

Dracul is the god of the Undead. As such, he is the protector of all Undead monsters. He yearns for the blood of the living, and will reward slaying them.

The following actions will only change your Piety while worshipping Dracul. If you have not yet converted to Dracul, or have renounced your religion, you may perform these actions without triggering the listed effects.

===Gaining Piety===

Dracul will increase your Piety for performing the following actions:

* '''Kill a living creature''': +3 Piety.
** The only way to appease Dracul other than the initial piety gain is to kill "Living" creatures. This refers to any creature that does not have the Special Ability "Undead".
** The level of the creature slain or the method in which it was slain do not influence the number of piety points you gain.

===Losing Piety===

Dracul will decrease your Piety for performing the following actions:

* '''Kill an Undead creature''': -5 Piety.
** Dracul is the god of Undead creatures. As such, any Undead creature killed while worshipping Dracul will cause a drop of 5 Piety points. Undead creatures are marked by the word "Undead" in their special ability text.
** The level of the Undead slain or the method in which it was slain do not affect the number of piety points you lose.

===Retribution===

If killing an Undead creature causes your Piety to drop below 0, Dracul will '''kill you immediately'''. There is no way to avoid this death.

==Boons==

Dracul has 5 boons to offer to his worshipers at the cost of Piety. Acquiring each boon comes with an extra cost of 5 points from your Maximum Health.

===Bloodpower===
* Increases Maximum Mana by 5 points.
* Reduces Maximum Health by 5 points.
* '''Costs 10 Piety'''.
** On acquiring this boon, your hero will receive 5 extra points to his Maximum Mana, and lose 5 points from his Maximum Health.
** Mana is not replenished at all during this upgrade. You will need to fill these 5 extra points yourself by whichever means available.
** If your Current Health is above your new Maximum Health, it will be lowered to this level instantly.
===Bloodfury===
* Increases Attack Strength by +20%.
* Reduces Maximum Health by 5 points.
* '''Costs 20 Piety'''.
** On acquiring this boon, your hero receives a bonus of +20% to his Attack Strength. This adds up with all previous percentage bonuses to Attack Strength such as those acquired from the Attack Bonuses found lying around the dungeon. This effectively increases the damage caused by your Melee Attack by 20% of its base value, although this isn't always the case depending on circumstances or other effects.
** Note that only Melee damage is increased, not damage from other sources such as BURNDAYRAZ.
** If your Current Health is above your new Maximum Health, it will be lowered to this level instantly.

===Bloodshield===
* Increases Physical and Magic Resistance by +20% each.
* Reduces Maximum Health by 5 points.
* '''Costs 25 Piety'''.
** On acquiring this boon, both your hero's Physical and Magic resistance will go up by +20%. This bonus is cumulative with any existing Resistance your character may have at the time. For example, if your character has 50% Physical Resistance, they will now have 70% Physical Resistance. If your character had negative resistance, for instance -20%, it will be increased appropriately (to 0% in this example).
** This effectively reduces the attack damage done by any monster by 20% of its original quantity (alongside any other damage-reducing effects your character may have).
** If your Current Health is above your new Maximum Health, it will be lowered to this level instantly.
===Bloodhunger===
* Grants you +20% Life steal ability.
* Reduces Maximum Health by 5 points.
* '''Costs 30 Piety'''.
** After acquiring this boon, your life steal ability will increase by +20%. This bonus is cumulative, so if your character already had life steal from any source, it is increased by 20%. For example, if your character had 20% life steal, they will now have 40% life steal.
** Life steal causes some of a monster's health to transfer to your Health pool after each Melee Attack you perform. The amount of health transferred this way is equal to the ability's percentage out of the total amount of damage you cause with your attack, including temporary benefits like [[BYSSEPS]]. Note that you will still need to survive the monster's attack in order to make good on this siphoned health. Attacks that (without life steal) would bring you to 0 Health or below would still kill you with this ability.
** Life steal works normally on undead.
** ''Research info required: does killing monsters with little health left alters the stolen amount?''
** If your Current Health is above your new Maximum Health, it will be lowered to this level instantly.

===Bloodswell===
* Restores your Health to its maximum.
* Reduces Maximum Health by 5 points.
* '''Costs 40 Piety'''.
** Upon acquiring this boon, your health will be restored to Maximum.
** Note that your Maximum Health is then reduced by 5 points, and your Current Health will immediately drop 5 points along with it. Therefore, you will still have full health after this boon, but now the "full" amount is 5 points less than what you had before.
** Your mana will NOT be restored or altered in any way as a result of taking this boon.
** ''Research info required: Does this healing cure poison?''

NOTE: If acquiring a boon will reduce your max health to 0 or less, you will immediately die.

==Strategy==
*Remember, after conversion each death nets 3 piety instead of 1 that blood pools grant on conversion. The exception for this is undead, so if you kill all the undead enemies before following Dracul, but leave the non-undead ones alone, you can get the maximum possible amount of piety from him.
*Dracul is most useful when there are very few undead around (ideally none); this makes him a particular useful god in the Snake Pit, Library, and Factory special dungeons (and obviously very impractical in the Crypt). If available, use [[IMAWAL]] on undead, so you can get some extra score, assuming you can't kill them before worshipping Dracul.
*If you don't plan on using BURNDAYRAZ a lot, consider skipping the Bloodpower boon.
*Bloodshield effectively cancels the handicap of having lower hitpoint maximum. If you have any other source of resistance, it will improve your durability by a lot.
*Bloodshield + Bloodhunger make the character an effective tank. This is especially useful against bosses like [[Meat man#Boss info|Super Meat Man]] and [[Golem#Boss info|The Iron Man]]. It will help against [[Serpent#Boss info|Jormungandr]] and [[Zombie#Boss info|Frank the zombie]] as well.

==Specific Races==

{{Research}}
{{DDNav}}
[[Category:Gods]]

Talk:Alpha:Dracul

2011-06-02T02:32:34Z

Ayumbhara: Created page with 'Managed to get that stuff checked out-If will end up with 0 or less health, you die. (Just take a rogue and kill some lvl 1s after you join) ~~~~'

Managed to get that stuff checked out-If will end up with 0 or less health, you die. (Just take a rogue and kill some lvl 1s after you join) [[User:Ayumbhara|Ayumbhara]] 02:32, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

DDwiki - User contributions [en]

Desktop Dungeons

Alpha:Dracul

Talk:Alpha:Dracul