Words alone simply cannot do this game justice. However, to the best of my ability, it's probably the closest you're gonna get to being a legitimate wizard.

This is easily one of my favorite roguelikes ever and I'd be willing to call it the best (at least of its contemporaries). What makes me love it is just how much there really is, and just how much freedom the player actually has. The game is so much more than what it appears to be on the surface. You could write an entire essay on the wand crafting... and that would be just one of several essays you could write on this game!

Yes, it's fucking hard as hell -- this game is challenging in every sense of the word -- but if you're a patient person, it is 100% worth it.