My demo party was rogue/rogue/warrior/mage and I didn't get offered any joiners. AFAIK, I cleared every level before hitting the stairs, and we were getting spanked pretty badly on the bottom (3rd) floor. I used the single rezzy scroll on the 2nd floor, so once one rogue died the spiral began. Ran out of demo time before we died, but I had cleared the bottom floor short of 3 battles that we weren't likely to survive. Death is a major penalty. As was mentioned in the forum, not only do you lose the attack capability, but the encumberance hit can be quite painful.

Still, a game that was fun and generates this much "urge to discuss" in me looks like a good investment. Thanks for the info, gents.