Crawl Cosplay Academy
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About Crawl Cosplay Academy (CCA)
Learn DCSS the Fun Way
Want to improve your gameplay and have fun doing it?
Crawl Cosplay Academy (CCA) is a guided series of approachable challenges designed to teach core skills from a diverse range of builds while playing characters inspired by iconic
DCSS Uniques, such as our mascot, Snorg
Who is CCA For?
Whether you're chasing your first win, or simply looking for a fresh way to experience DCSS, Crawl Cosplay Academy offers a guided introduction to several major build archetypes.Each challenge is designed to teach and test, helping newer players build confidence while allowing experienced players to step outside their comfort zone and master unfamiliar strategies and playstyles.
CCA also serves as a natural stepping stone into the weekly Crawl Cosplay Challenges (CCC). By the time you've completed the Academy, you'll have strengthened your fundamentals, found a character style that suits you, and will be well prepared to tackle the weekly challenges with confidence.
Your Process
There are 4 playstyles with 3 uniques each: Strength based, Dexterity based, Intelligence based, and Miscellaneous.
Hover over a Unique's graphic to see their descriptions, click on them to open the Unique's challenge details page.----------Strength Brutes-----------
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--------------Dexterity------------- 
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------------Mostly Magic------------ 
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------------Miscellaneous----------- 
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Each CCA challenge has 3 conducts and 2 bonuses. The 3 conducts are specific to getting you to the Lair and/or Orcish Mines entrance(s).
NOTE: Do not go past D:12 before clearing the Lair and the Orcish Mines, as you will likely experience YASD!Conducts 1 & 2 will usually be related to decisions you need to take in the early game, and the 3rd conduct will usually be a small challenge to add some fun.
The 1st bonus can usually be accomplished by the time you've cleared the Dungeon (D), Lair (L) & the Orcish Mines (O), while the 2nd bonus will be a bit more challenging and will usually end with something like: "...and get your first rune!" as a caveat.
All of the conducts and bonuses are optional.
How to Get Credit for your Game
After you complete a good game (with either a win or YASD), just submit your morgue on the Unique's challenge details webpage. To track your progress, click on your name on that last page mentioned.Feel free to submit a morgue as soon as you've improved your score. Your best 2 runs for a specific challenge will be kept in the website's database.
These challenges are built around a best-practice approach. If you broke some conduct or bonus because it was "better" to do so, explain why you did when you submit your morgue.
Q&A
How Can I Look Like My Unique?
If you'd like to change the player doll to the Unique's tile, add the following to your RC/init.txt file:
tile_player_tile = tile:MONS_WIGLAF
Why aren't easy combos like Minotaur Berserker (MiBe) not one of the 12 CCA challenges?
Simple, you won't find some of the easiest combos, such as MiBe, because there are no DCSS Uniques that fill those combos.
Need more help than what's on the challenge details' page?
Ask all your questions to the Crawl Cosplay community on our Discord server. Our @VIPs group will likely be available to help!
When should I start playing the weekly Crawl Cosplay Challenges?
You can start whenever but once you have 4 wins with one in each of the 4 playstyles, you'll likely feel ready to compete at an intermediate level in the weekly Crawl Cosplay Challenge.
Miscellaneous
-To view your morgue/dump press the # key in-game.
-Add the following to your RCfile (online) or your init.txt file (offline) to have intermediate monsters show up with a yellow background:
tile_show_threat_levels = tough,nasty,unusual
tile_show_threat_levels = tough,nasty,unusual
Happy Crawling!
RoGGa, PieDemon (aka Tsarmina) for most of the 12 challenges' write-ups, our webdev team and the @VIPs in Discord.