Another thing: It might be worthwhile to try out a bunch of race/class combos, pick one you like and *then* specialize. Here is a list I posted on rgrm:
<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>-Fighter-
Any Minotaur
Hill Dwarf Berserker or Gladiator
Mountain Dwarf Gladiator or Hunter
Troll* Berserker
-Spellcaster-
Deep Elf Conjurer, Fire Elementalist, Ice Elementalist or Summoner
-Evoker-
Spriggan* Enchanter or Transmuter </pre><hr />
Johan Strandell(very good player) also recommends:
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MiCK - good at melee fighting, a god that's useful right from the
start, good ranged attacks, and friends to keep you company when you
don't want to be alone with that dreadful hydra.
DSCK - Xom is probably best left alone for a beginner, but with Makhleb
it's similar to the combo above. A lot depends on the mutations you end
up with, but you'll always have fairly varied games.
MfTM - Takes a while to get the hang of, but once you get Spider Form
and Blade Hands everything becomes really easy for a while. One of the
few hybrids that's as powerful as specialists.
MD/HDHe - Elyvion is kind to beginners, both for the healings and for
taking the pain out of god management. (If you want to win you'll
probably need to collect weapons and sacrifice them, but that's only
when you get deeper down.) </pre><hr />