Annotated Playthrough Venture Cave Monk

In Progress

It begins! My first priority is to find a suitable level 2 monster, and some sort of edge that will let me fight it.

The Mana Pendant looks like a good deal, but I don't have any glyphs yet. I'll feel like an idiot if I buy it now and then have to pass up on a set of Dwarven Gauntlets later. You always want to delay your decisions until taking action actually makes a tangible difference.

Ah, a Fireball. Now, that pendant would let me cast two fireballs at once, which is a big boost. But, I have also already found a mana powerup. If I find one more, that would also let me double cast the fireball, but not cost me any gold. For now, I'm going to hold off and do without. Also, I would normally have picked up those powerups right away. I left on the amp for illustrative purposes. Unlike shop items, there is no advantage to not picking them up right away.