YASD(FAangband edition) or trapdoors are your friends...

[Fendell Orcbane]

So my hobbit rogue met his death at the hands of a black Orc. I was mashing the buttons a bit and hadn't noticed that his hit points had gotten so low. But the good thing was that I discovered that trapdoors lead to a dungeon. The dungeon is a great source of xp, plus you can contain crowds. I was trying to do this when I got overwhelmed by The Black Orcs. I had a Main Gauche of the Noldor and had 3 blows with 24hps of damage and I thought that I could handle the crowd. Guess not. Oh well live and learn I guess. Since then I have been using the trapdoors to my advantage though.

[buzzkill]

If you can't find a trap door, TL has a similar effect 1/2 the time, but I'm guessing you already figured that out.

[Fendell Orcbane]

If you can't find a trap door, TL has a similar effect 1/2 the time, but I'm guessing you already figured that out.

I've only gotten to a mountain top with TeleL. Didn't know that it could send you to a dungeon as well. Thanks!

[Pete Mack]

?Tele Level and ?Tele Self are available in towns in FA. Without them, it's almost impossible to survive the early levels. (You probably have a higher survivability rate with thrall mode.)

[Fendell Orcbane]

?Tele Level and ?Tele Self are available in towns in FA. Without them, it's almost impossible to survive the early levels. (You probably have a higher survivability rate with thrall mode.)

Oh I've been using Tele level a lot, its just that it seems like money is tight in this game and its hard to buy stuff since its pricier than in V. Even on sale.

[Pete Mack]

Well, if money is a problem, you can start at dl 20 and lose a bunch of characters very quickly. Soon enough you'll get lucky, and get off to a decent start. Not to mention you start out with better stats, and potentially a nice weapon or ESP. And always remember the rule for a starting FA character:

In Soviet Russia, stairs scum you!