Stupid question... but where are the normal people?

[Derakon]

I wonder what is worse - killing them, or Banishment (t). What exactly happens to banished entities?

They go to a nice farm and a loving family, of course. Same thing that happens to ones hit by Destruction.

[Egavactip]

This is the town in that Rick Santorum commercial!

[buzzkill]

This is the town in that Rick Santorum commercial!

I don't know if I'm offended by that or not .

[Shockbolt]

What other townspeople would you guys like to see in Angband then?

[fizzix]

What other townspeople would you guys like to see in Angband then?

Honestly, I just would like townspeople to randomly move from one store to another and then disappear. All the town people that are currently there can remain, but in about 25% numbers of what they currently are. The rest of the townspeople are just average people that wander around.

While many of us could probably code this up, the amount of gameplay improvement is so minor, it's not a high priority.

[buzzkill]

A little randomization wouldn't hurt. The composition of the town is pretty much the same every time you visit. A pack of street urchins over there, a squint eyed rogue over there. Mix it up a little. Who's to say that the mangy lepers aren't having a convention, or that the non-denominational colored egg hunt didn't draw in visitors from out of town.

[Shockbolt]

A little randomization wouldn't hurt. The composition of the town is pretty much the same every time you visit. A pack of street urchins over there, a squint eyed rogue over there. Mix it up a little. Who's to say that the mangy lepers aren't having a convention, or that the non-denominational colored egg hunt didn't draw in visitors from out of town.

I could easily paint 10 new types of townspeople: for example blackmith, fletcher, armorer, the strolling lady, the kid that fetches water, gentleman, various apprentices, baker and so on. The problem is that it would take the better half of 2012 before anyone added them to the code

[HallucinationMushroom]

Occupy Angband!