RNG giveth...

[PowerWyrm]

Newly created character, didn't leave town yet and... Farmer Maggot drops Resistance and Scarabtarices when killed. This is gonna be an easy start...

[Djabanete]

I'm interested to see when and how the RNG decides to taketh away.

[dos350]

no matter wat. 1 thing is certain w/ angband:

the rng make u eeketh!~~

please no abuse past this point:

[Starhawk]

That event probably would have led me to delete Angband in a fit of rage, since I've been playing no-selling paladins. The most amazing, utterly useless drop, that would've been... but congrats.

[LostTemplar]

My best town drop ever was a pair of boots of speed +10. http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=10421

[Timo Pietilä]

My best town drop ever was a pair of boots of speed +10. http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=10421

I don't think anything can trump that if it happens very early before you have any other speed items. Don't know if FA drops are comparable to vanilla though.

My best has been dagger (HA) (+something,~+15) (+4) dropped by BSVeteran when playing priest. +4 to WIS at near beginning of the game made rest of the game much easier.

I also swear I have seen BoS +12 in armorer at the beginning of the game at some version of the vanilla (could not buy it obviously). I think max PVAL for BoS now is +10.

[PowerWyrm]

V3.4, RoS+12 at 1900ft... clearly my best in ages at that depth!

[PowerWyrm]

V3.4, RoS+12 at 1900ft... clearly my best in ages at that depth!

RNG sorta taketh too... Next level has a nice GV (Funnel) with 6 stat pots + 2 pots of augmentation. Nothing too dangerous inside (the Learnean Hydra... but it could be teleported away easily). However before I can make my way inside the main chamber, a time vortex already crushed all the loot

[fizzix]

RNG sorta taketh too... Next level has a nice GV (Funnel) with 6 stat pots + 2 pots of augmentation. Nothing too dangerous inside (the Learnean Hydra... but it could be teleported away easily). However before I can make my way inside the main chamber, a time vortex already crushed all the loot

It wasn't the time vortex. Only elementals and xorn/xaren have KILL_ITEM. Some uniques might have it also, like polyphemus. Are you sure something didn't pick it up, like a master rogue or a dread?

[PowerWyrm]

It wasn't the time vortex. Only elementals and xorn/xaren have KILL_ITEM. Some uniques might have it also, like polyphemus. Are you sure something didn't pick it up, like a master rogue or a dread?

I thought it was the vortex... but yeah there was an Air Elemental inside too, so it must have been it instead.

[Timo Pietilä]

I thought it was the vortex... but yeah there was an Air Elemental inside too, so it must have been it instead.

One possibility is something weak that picks up things (like a ghost) and something a bit bigger that tramples over it. Something like giant fire ant can trample over any low level thief. Air Elemental OTOH is a good candidate. Fast, erratic and crushes things and tramples over weaker monsters too.

[PowerWyrm]

Same character found a GCV at 4850ft:

http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=13584

This is gonna be fun... I'm wondering how long it's gonna take to sort all the loot.

[Timo Pietilä]

Same character found a GCV at 4850ft:

http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=13584

This is gonna be fun... I'm wondering how long it's gonna take to sort all the loot.

Wait until you find two of those in same level.

"cool, a GCV, lets find out if there is something else in this level before teleporting nasties away...what's this permanent wall here...another GCV???"

This was in cool old days when artifacts from drops were a rarity (IIRC less than 10 deep uniques had DROP_EXCELLENT -flag), so one GCV was a jackpot, two was unbelievable.

Choosing what to keep and what to toss was real pain. "I can't keep all of these 10 armors, I need to leave space for these 10 weapons too, but then I would need to leave these 10 RoS out...."

[PowerWyrm]

Same character found a GCV at 4850ft:

http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=13584

This is gonna be fun... I'm wondering how long it's gonna take to sort all the loot.

RNG giveth... player kingeth
This was a very impressive set of randarts generated for this char, in the end I was able to get almost all resists, enough speed, max stats and even two immunities.