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I'm torn between my desire for tiny fictional murderhobos to do well, and my desire for needless drama.

Yeeep. That's how any games I've tried with mist elves or merchants typically go. Death really early. Never tried mist elf+merchant together though, wow that's squishy. I didn't kill anything and survived for not even 2 days.

That sums up just about all I know about ADOM.

How about Droozt the male Dark Elf Ranger for another go?

Pretty much everything can learn Dig, if you picked up the TM for that on Route 4. It won't help against Emolga, but it does good damage.

Also, if you have trouble with bone shield specifically, try to get some extra damage types. For weapons that's easy enough, but for spells you pretty much need the few artifacts that add damage conversion. Every tick of every type of damage counts as a different attack as far taking out layers of bone shield.

I like LOTR. Read all the books several times when I was younger. I've never been much into fighting/action games in general, though I do enjoy Skyrim (set on one of the easier difficulties). Basically, if I can cut through everything without dying often (keeping in mind that I really kind of suck at this type of game), I might have fun. If it makes me feel like a badass.

When you do die, it's usually a slap on the wrist. Some orcs end up with really powerful combination of traits (e.g. immunity to easy takedowns, a fast ranged weapon, and poison) that can make them hard to beat, but I think in principle they can mostly be avoided until you've leveled up enough to change things up. The skills and combo system definitely leave you feeling pretty badass once you've leveled up, and you can often beat groups of enemies without charging in and taking them out one-by-one.

Holy cow. Does that EXP actually match up with the difficulty or are you just a steamroller now?

On normal at least I don't think that Crystals are worse than Rhaloren camp. It comes down to whether you have good ranged damage or closers. A few points in Rush and enough patience (always, always 'R'est before moving on after a fight) are usually enough even for pure melee characters. Heart of Gloom is a crapshoot because sometimes the level generator will plunk you down in the middle of a giant room filled with enemies, possibly including the boss. If you're okay missing out on the loot sitting on the floor (does anyone know what zones will despawn your loot?), you can always hop back up a floor if things look dicey.

That advice about Trollmire 4 is good in general: if a door gives you a warning, take it seriously. Those are vaults, and they can mess up your day if you do them too early. The really gnarly early non-scripted vaults are in Kor'Pul and Rhaloren Camp.

The Graveyard is actually kind of funny, because waiting too long will probably make it harder in my experience. Rare Eternal Bone Giants are no joke! I'm not really sure what the sweet-spot is, aside from the fact that it will vary by class.