Least Favorite Monster

[Marble Dice]

I hold a grudge against Cave Spiders for all the characters of mine they killed in my early days of playing, across Angband and just about every single variant, spanning over a decade. I've become a cautious enough player to deal with them one way or another now so they aren't much of a menace anymore, but when I see the pack of black Ss I still scowl.

Good call, I forgot about these guys, but I'm the same way. These days I just avoid 'em like the plague until I'm powerful enough to walk through them naked without blinking (which, granted, doesn't take long).

[Phoenix21692]

Anything that has Time attacks is annoying and to be hated.

Yep. I second that. Before, I used to hate Gravity Hounds the most. But, that changed recently after a scary experience with some Time Elementals that chased me in the Z+Angband wilderness while at char lvl 20-22. Because of this, I am now convinced that I hate 'Time' monsters the most (e.g., Hounds, Elemental, Vortices, etc.).

[Mondkalb]

As of today for a rogue at dungeon level 20 it is definitely crebain in a room with dark hounds.

[Fenrir]

Salamanders are like miniature Tarrasques. In Ironman.

[Pete Mack]

You need to spend points on stats--you can't expect to win every ironman game, only those in which you get lucky. And your chances of getting lucky with a weak character are much, much lower.

[PowerDiver]

You need to spend points on stats--you can't expect to win every ironman game, only those in which you get lucky. And your chances of getting lucky with a weak character are much, much lower.

To clarify, that's "spend *all* points on stats". If you care about money, play something that can kill townfolk, and scum the town for as long as it takes.

IMO escape is the most important thing, so I've been playing ironman priests while I work on ID-via-use. I have no patience, so I buy an extra ?PB1 and 2 ?PB2 and maybe a ?phase or some arrows if I have any extra money, and then I go down.

I don't think ironman is ready without my mods. You cannot squelch things until you id them, and id is in short supply. You'd better keep a text editor open to write down notes on which flavors do what.

[Fenrir]

Salamanders are like miniature Tarrasques. In Ironman.

I meant inventory-destroying-wise.