Jeremy Nation

Some monsters eat amulets, and gelatinous cubes will eat containers including, I suppose, bags of holding. Could that have happened?

> and both could be removed Removing the scare monster scroll is a minor gameplay change because it lets you identify it early on, before the Castle. If it's removed...

Another problem with the word "genocide" is that genocide in the real world applies by definition to people whereas in NetHack it's also applied to, for example, ants, which trivializes...

It's unethical to have a game where a player can explicitly commit genocide without very serious penalties and without exploring the consequences. It would be extremely unlikely -- basically impossible...

The Eyes of the Overworld is sort of like a magic lamp, too. Mentioning for completeness. I'm with @latogato on this, against wishable magic lamps. Suppose blessed magic lamps grant...

To maintain the current balance -- meaning, to give something back to chaotic characters -- what about making balrogs always peaceful to chaotics? This would mirror the situation with lawful...

I agree it's a micro-change that's not worth messing with. But just to nerd out a bit: in Tolkien, balrogs were powerful "fallen angels" and so the natural opposites of...

Is it on the table to just get rid of the vampire shapeshift ability entirely? For most of the game when I'm fighting vampires, their shapeshift form is entirely trivial,...

So I'm a solo player and I don't really know how vampire shapeshifting has been received by players generally. If you know, then I would unironically/genuinely appreciate you letting me...

When you're fixing bugs is a good time to decide if you can simplify the code overall by cutting stuff out that isn't needed. If vampshifting isn't wanted then this...