Random idea out of nowhere - what if you could "reserve" an item in the stores? That is, pay some fraction of the item's price now, and by doing so the item is not destroyed when the store restocks - come back and pay the rest of the price later!
Damn -- I like this idea a lot. I really do think it fixes most of the concerns people have with no selling (other than the "no consolation prizes for unusable equipment" problem.)
Wow, you are lucky. I developed the standing-on-stairs technique after losing dozens of chars to OOD monsters in the first few dlevs - baby dragons being particularly difficult for low level chars to get away from or defeat.
I am similarly paranoid, Magnate, but I take it up a notch: I only read unidentified scrolls if the staircase I'm on is also in a dead end.
I don't like the frustration no-selling adds to finding a good item that I won't be able to use. For instance, yesterday: I'm attacking with an enchanted rapier for 70 points a round, and I find a nice ego maul. The maul will do less damage because I only get one attack a round. In a selling game, I get the satisfaction of carting it back, turning it into AU, and buying something I want. In a no-selling game, I sigh and dump it on the floor. Lame.
I usually dump said item in my house, and hope any stat gain pots (or shuffle ones) will give me enough blows, so the maul gets better.
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