[Normally tournament ascensions don't get posted (or it seems
so). However, since this monk is the 7th in my reverse-alphabetical
Geas, I figured I ought to post it, so's I can move on to Knights.]
adridg the non-conductive monk (not just because she's shock-resistant)

These are YANIs that I've had rattling around my head
awhile. I don't think I'll be making patches for them
any time soon so I thought I'd air them out here on
r.g.r.n. for the usual reasons one does such things. To

    This post has 0% signal.  It's 100% noise, with a side order
of Cunning Plan.
    My wizard got to dungeon level 13, and an arch lich showed up.
I slapped it around a bit, and it teleported to the stairs.  I used my

Angelika wakes with a start. What feverish dreams! She had had visions
of strange places, where humans like herself performed strange
activities and spoke words she did not understand. "Java," "multi-tier
distributed software," "critical deliverables." What could the visions

A potentially dumb question, but I can't find the answer . . .
I know dwarfs shouldn't blessed genocide mind flayers. . .
What about those of us playing an Elf, are we safe blessed
genociding mind flayers (I found a blessed scroll of genocide, and

My cat has fallen into a pit. I haven't played for awhile and I don't
remember how to get her out!!

Hi, I play this game without reading spoilers.
(I did a few some years ago, but now intended to go on without that)
How can I stop my armor, weapon and so on from rusting, corroding.... ?
It sucks hard, when my -13AC equipment becomes -5, after a fight with a

"You feel threatened. You hear a jackal howling at the moon."
  Raisse, killed by a werejackal

Sigh. This evening I began a chaotic male Elven wizard, expecting the
usual instadeath or death from inherent weakness. But surprisingly, a
LOT of good things happened.
First, on dlvl 2 I found two altars, one coaligned and one lawful. This

Forgotten Battle Part 3:
Dungeons of Doom & Gehennom Travelling Guide:
1 - unconverted chaotic altar
3 - Altar

 In my most recent game, I was standing right
next to a gnome lord corpse, with an egg in my
pack, when...
 You see it drop out of your pack!

Hey players -
I got a valkerie champion (Level 26 with a whopping 442,880 hp's) and
when I hop down the pit to or cursed teleport scroll w/control down to
or below - get myself down to Gehennom (or deeper via the scroll) the

It's just over a month left to x-mas and I came up with these ideas last
night:
* If you start (or load) a game on December 25:th (and 24:th, that's when
Santa comes in Sweden) there is a chance that Santa Claus (a fat red @) is

I have a somewhat successful monk going for the first time (I actually
got to level 14, not that I'm ready to take on Master Kaen yet,
though), and I have noticed several strange things:
1)  The intrinsics gained from increasing levels are not the same you

How strong do archon pets actually get?  I ask because I have my first
promising monk fresh out of Vlad's tower.  On the first level, I enter
and see a purple A.  This causes me some consternation until I
remember I'm playing a lawful monk.  This should be a peaceful archon.