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Yeah I really hate the text too Kong. A good example is the start of the game, because of the green grass and stuff I can barely make out what they're saying. I'm not missing much but it's still annoying.

Those puppets/dolls are the worst enemy. From my experience most roguelikes have a similar creature. I know Dragon crystal has them and they are very hard to avoid.

Be very careful of pitfalls. I've had my game ruined a few times by falling out of a monster lair full of trick bags. I know one run I missed out on about 7k. It can also screw you by making you miss a bunch of exp and being gimped on the next floor.
Besides using a scroll to reveal the map(reveals traps) you can swing your weapon and uncover traps directly in front of you. Of course you shouldn't walk around swinging all the time. I noticed pitfalls are more common in monster lairs. I limit my walking around and check each tile for traps. It slows the action down but the alternative is game breaking.

About your tips-

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1- This is very important if you wanna try for a high score. Killing yourself 21 times sounds tedious but it's much better than dieing on the trial dungeon and having to start over or wasting lots of effort on a part that doesn't count. Once you know the game you never need to worry about the trial dungeon.

2- This is good to know. I was wondering if my scores looked shady because I leave the game on for hours at a time. I do that with any game that allows me to.

4- Unless you have an abundance of elixers I wouldn't blow them on a few max hp. Medical herbs aren't as good so they can be sacrificed.

5- Yeah never waste a strength bonus to recover, wait for an antidote. Obviously if you are about to die you can use one and it may save your life.

6- I don't farm because money and items don't respawn. I think it's smarter to keep moving and get further with the food you have.

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So far every monster lair I've checked has pitfalls. Tonight I found three in one room, picture shows two of them. If you don't have a torch scroll I suggest attacking every step to be sure.

Btw I had such a great run tonight and I screwed it up. I found a babble shield on the second floor and a mb sword soon after. It was shield+5 and sword+3 when I died and I was tearing stuff up. I underestimated a group of monsters and they pwned me.

Besides those three pitfalls I mentioned above I hit about 4 more and really hurt my exp and money. I was level 18 on floor 22-23. If I didn't have such good gear I never would've made it so far. Pitfalls are fail.