
Bottomless Bladder: The need to use the restroom or iron-age equivalent is one of the few things not in the game. Among the buildings, the humble cellar is a simple, but highly useful structure, allowing for longer-term (but not infinite) preservation of perishable food and other supplies. Just ask any Unreal World veteran on how well they'd do without a fishing rod, nets, or a shovel. Many of the seemingly unremarkable tools that the player takes for granted can also prove indispensible or real life-savers. Knives, axes, bows and spears have you covered in most situations when you need to work, hunt, fight, or all three to varying degrees. Boring, but Practical: Sure, items like swords, mail armour, lamellar amour, maces, iron broadheads and simple crossbows all sound awesome, but they're rare, expensive, generally hard to come by. The Njerpez seem to go berserk at any life-form other than themselves. Berserk Button: Throw a rock at a villager, and the whole village will immediately hunt you down and slay you. They were feared and revered in ancient Finnish folklore and mythology for a reason. Bears Are Bad News: This game is realistic, so, bears are not to be taken lightly. Back Stab: All characters and creatures have a 180° field of vision, and it's impossible to dodge attacks coming from outside that range.
Compare the screenshots of older versions with this ◊ or this one ◊ from the most recent release, and the gradual improvement of the graphics and their details is palpable. The latest, post-3.30 releases have overhauled the NPC and object graphics and made several important updates to the lighting effects, even though the game is still a graphically lightweight 2D roguelike. Art Evolution: Since 1992, the game has gone from ASCI "graphics" to very simple drawn graphics and sprites, to increasingly sophisticated ones, with more terrain and object variations, etc."Bow and Axe in Accord" or "Bow and Spear in Accord" would be a more fitting description. Also, Bow and Sword in Accord characters are actually averted for the most part, given that all of the swords in the game are rare and expensive items. They aren't a flawless method, though, nor necessarily the strongest or only method of active hunting. Archer Archetype: Having a high archery skill and good quality bow and arrows can prove useful for ranged hunting and in ranged combat.They are also the only faction in the game to practice slavery.
Always Chaotic Evil: The Njerpez raiders, who attack all non-Njerpez on sight.