Why Isn't There a Watcher?

[Oramin]

http://xkcd.com/1218/

Check out the mouse-over.

I got 20 bucks on the Balrog of Moria.

And why isn't there a Watcher in the Water unique?

[scud]

JRR's Balrog of Moria would be sitting down to extra-large calamari within minutes.

[Derakon]

There's no aquatic monsters in Angband in general, due to the lack of terrain for them to live in.

[scud]

Perhaps its passage could be lubricated (so to speak) by a retinue of water elementals?

[Nick]

And why isn't there a Watcher in the Water unique?

There is in ToME 2, IIRC.

[AnonymousHero]

Indeed, and it is great fun if you can snag its corpse for Possession .