Got teleport control from the first blinkdog killed, didn't scum for it. Found a scroll shop on PC:2. Got "Ratling Master Thief" as Thrundarr's quest. Figured that wasn't going to be happening any time soon. Decided I wanted to raid Darkforge. I usually wait until I can take the Steel Golems out, but I wanted to head to the TotHK prepared. I usually go there right before the ToEF.
Well, I learned that, in one of these recent pre-releases, Thomas has made a small change to DF. I 'z'apped my wand to find that "a mysterious force wrenches control from you" landing me in the middle of DF. Got pummeled pretty hard by Golems. I was almost strong enough to take them, but not quite. Apparently they don't really succumb to blindness, confusion, or potions of exchange. Too bad. RIP.
I guess you're supposed to dig your way to the Crown of Science now?