After having not played for about 10 years, I went and did a few runs of my old reliable, gargoyle fighter, with a couple runs going to 5 runes before my discipline failed them. What are some fun new combos to try out? I used to enjoy high elves sword&sorcery but I see that this race is gone, anything that would fill that kind of fantasy?
That still sounds like Tengus fit the bill, but if you want even more flexibility, then Gnolls are the way to go.
All of their skills always level simultaneously. So, if you’re a sword fighter and you find a cool axe, you can just swap to it. Disadvantage is that they’re kind of mid at everything.
In a way, you can also think of them as “What if DCSS didn’t have a skill system?”