History Trivia / DungeonCrawl

** The [[MagmaMan Lava Orc]] race as well was officially announced as "not going to happen" with the release of 0.15. Described as {{Rock Monster}}s that look like ash-colored orcs, lava orcs had a unique aspect in their tension meter. In tense situations [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry they would get enraged]] and slowly heat up into [[MagmaMan living magma]], enhancing their fiery aspects and [[WreathedInFlames burning everything around them]]. They could also swim through lava (and were the only playable race capable of doing so) which would have the side effect of instantly heating themselves to maximum. Their damaging aura eventually proved too difficult to balance and so they were given up on.
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** One of the biggest Could-Have-Beens is the Enchanted Forest. It was considered as an alternating branch with the Crypt, the same way the Shoals alternate with the Swamp and the Snake Pits alternate with the Spider's Nest, and it was filled with [[TheFairFolk spriggans]], [[WhenTreesAttack treants and other plant monsters]], and various animals. In the end it was just too unbalanced. Worshippers of [[MotherNature Fedhas Madash]] would have an relatively easy time since all plant monsters would instantly ally with them. Fire specialists could simply burn the forest down, killing most of the enemies in the process and then walk straight to the end. Other characters would have much more trouble with the branch which was overall much more difficult than the Crypts, the branch it was meant to alternate with. The Enchanted Forest was scrapped and many of the independent elements found new homes in other branches. Most of the plant monsters were moved to the Swamp, the satyrs and fauns were moved to the Shoals, and the spriggans can now be found wandering around the Dungeon.

* FanNickname:
** "Orc Jesus" for Priests of Beogh. (Alternately called “Orcus Christ” by some of the more irreverent players.)
** Some of the names in the game are notoriously difficult to spell properly, effectively forcing nicknames into existence. (Seriously, it takes a while to learn how to spell "[[TheUnpronounceable Kikubaaqudgha]]", let alone figure out how to say it. As a result, most call them "Kiku".)
** Okawaru's role as a generic melee god is referenced by an occasionally used nickname: "Default".
** Lugonu was named "[[TomTheDarkLord Lucy]]" during its earliest development stages, and is still sometimes nicknamed that.
** Somewhat cryptically for new players, fans often use abbreviated forms of the races and classes. [=MiBe=] is a minotaur berserker, [=MfIE=] is a merfolk ice elementalist, and so on.
*** Fans will also use abbreviations for other aspects of the game, such as some of the wordier spells ([=LRD=] is Lee's Rapid Deconstruction, etc). [=IOOD=] stands for Iskenderun's Orb of Destruction, which is particularly problematic as the spell's name was eventually shortened to just Orb of Destruction.

** The [[MagmaMan Lava Orc]] race as well was officially announced as "not going to happen" with the release of 0.15. Described as {{Rock Monster}}s that look like ash-colored orcs, lava orcs had a unique aspect in their tension meter. In tense situations [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry they would get enraged]] and slowly heat up into [[MagmaMan living magma]], enhancing their fiery aspects and [[WreathedInFlames burning everything around them]]. They could also swim through lava (and were the only playable race capable of doing so) which would have the side effect of instantly heating themselves to maximum. Their damaging aura eventually proved too difficult to balance and so they were given up on.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Especially in recent versions Crawl has had a very large number of things put into trunk builds with the intention of being used, but then never fully implemented into any stable version. Some of these are actually quite interesting.

* TropeNamer: DungeonCrawling.

** The [[OurGeniesAreDifferent Djinni race]] was in development for a while but was eventually decided to never be included in any official release. The race's most unique trait was that they didn't have HP or MP, instead having [[CastFromHitPoints a single stat called Essence]]. Their other major trait, and one of the biggest reasons why they were ultimately given up on, is that they were immune to all forms of fire, including the normally unresistable {{Hellfire}} and Holy Fire.

** One of the biggest Could-Have-Beens is the Enchanted Forest. It was considered as an alternating branch with the Crypt, the same way the Shoals alternate with the Swamp and the Snake Pits alternate with the Spider's Nest, and it was filled with [[TheFairFolk spriggans]], [[WhenTreesAttack treants and other plant monsters]], and various animals. In the end it was just too unbalanced. Worshippers of [[MotherNature Fedhas Madash]] would have an relatively easy time since all plant monsters would instantly ally with them. Fire specialists could simply burn the forest down, killing most of the enemies in the process and then walk straight to the end. Other characters would have much more trouble with the branch which was overall much more difficult than the Crypts, the branch it was meant to alternate with. The Enchanted Forest was scrapped and many of the independent elements found new homes in other branches. Most of the plant monsters were moved to the Swamp, the satyrs and fauns were moved to the Shoals, and the spriggans can now be found wandering around the Dungeon.

** Near the end of Linley's time working on ''Crawl'' he worked on a set of mutations called the "marked" mutations. The intent was that the evil gods (or perhaps one specific evil god) would immediately grant their followers one of these mutations, starting with either blue sigils on the hands or a green sigil on the chest and expanding to blue writing over the hands, arms, and shoulders or green writing over the chest, abdomen, and neck. This "marked" condition gave no known benefit and would never go away, its only known effect was that the three good gods would [[HeelFaceDoorSlam always refuse worship from any "marked" character]]. Linley never finished the concept before he [[OrphanedSeries gave up the game for adoption]], and the ''Stone Soup'' team ditched the concept almost immediately.