- Monsters deal 59% of normal damage
- You deal 187% of normal damage
- 2 × Scroll of identify in the starting inventory
- 1 × Wand of probing in the starting inventory
- 2 × Manuals and Catalogues in the starting stash
- Hints are shown during gameplay
- Lindisse, elven bard, has a 20% (1 in 5) chance of appearing in the game on each dungeon level (beyond the first), unless there is a shop on the level