Hi, i'm pretty new to the Rogue-like genre of games but i've been having a lot of fun so far. Hopefully i could just ask a couple of simple questions, and perhaps if other new players have questions they could post here too.
So far i've kept it simple with a dwarf paladin, and im happily thwacking anything that gets in my way. However i am completely befuddled by the inventory interface, i have a shield sitting in my pack and i'm completely befuddled as how to get it out. Also, every npc i've attempted to talk to (with quite a high diplomacy rating) has turned into some sort of gribbly monster and tried to kill me. Is this standard fare, or am i just unlucky?