LAST EDITED ON Aug-01-06 AT 03:45 PM (Pacific)There really isnt much of a story line, so if you are really into that you might be a bit disappointed - but that makes the game a little more universally easy to play.
You basically create a character and pet (theres actually very few options as character development is all up to you and based on where you put your skill points into).
You are then given 1 main quest which is to kill a specific creature on a specific level of the dungeon. You start out in Grove, the town. Theres a dungeon entrance, some shops, a few other npc's that give you other quests for levels deeper in the dungeon then where you have been - and thats pretty much it.
Once you complete the main quest, however, you can keep exploring deeper levels of the dungeon - all levels are randomly generated and go up to 2^31-1.
When you complete main quest you can also "retire" - and pass on an "heirloom" and then create a "descendant" who inherits your "heirloom" - which is pretty cool.
Always remember the Tleilaxu Epigram:
Here lies a toppled god
his fall was not a small one
we did but build his pedestal
a narrow and a tall one.