It occurs to me that we haven't compiled a ranked list of common causes that is the bane of charnames for noreloaders to benefit in posterity. Here are some of my own most common charname killers: - … (View Post)

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)

Okay, folks, new thread rule: Anyone who dies as a no-reload CHARNAME gets re-incarnated once as an AI opponent, but only *once* as that dead charname and at that same spot when a new CHARNAME walks … (View Post)

I think NETHACK gives you *some* of the dead as encounters, not all. (I think Nethack calls them "bones files".) So, you may find a coveted Wish wand (probably horribly cursed) from one far… (View Post)

No-reload challenge #147: Beat BG via instilling in Sarevok a social and political awakening that respects all races (orc, goblin, duergar), all colors (green, yellow, gray) , and all orientations (c… (View Post)