It occurred to me while playing IWDEE (which has no SCS available for it): Mobs shuffle to attack you only when you are visible to them. So, if there 10 mobs in a hall and you were seen by 3 of them,… (View Post)

Good to hear from you again. As a fan of your posts back at the Bioware forums, I would be eager to read again your adventures. I'm sure I'm not the only one. (View Post)

*nod* This reads as very good advice on how to *survive* a noreload run. Close-call survival and escape stories almost make as memorable moments as success stories. I once had a red wizard encounter … (View Post)

I try not to meta-game. That means memorizing (or acting as if memorized) trap locations is not allowed. Combine that with how I never play thieves, solo is basically never allowed to me. One of thes… (View Post)

Oh, god.... Nethack... After a year's study and YASDs, the farthest I ever got was to *see* the pulsating square. (Now that I reflect on it, my entire RPG career had been but yearnings.) (View Post)