Father Christmas

[Egavactip]

I just now this minute encountered Father Christmas! I figured today's date must have something to do with it. I googled "Father Christmas" and Angband and that brought me right to this thread.

I can't bring myself to attack that right jolly old elf, so Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

[Virtua Sinner]

This is an old post, but I just met and killed Father Christmas on Dec. 24, 2018. So he appears on Xmas eve, apparently. Dropped a decent main gauche for my paladin

I run a youtube channel called ROGUELove, where I'm trying to play every free roguelike that remains in existence. The Angband series will start going up on Jan. 1, 2019, and the killing of Father Christmas should go live on Jan. 11, 2019, if anyone's curious. Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2N...LjFqu8RcYPRSzw

[Cheatah]

I just spotted and killed Father Christmas as well. I saw some red hatted elves earlier that I'd never seen before either. I didn't make the connection to Christmas, since we celebrate it slightly different here. It was funny, he was at the center of town, like the elves. He was carrying nothing special though.

[gglibertine]

Damn it! I was on holiday in Northumberland with no computer and missed out this year! I feel cheated.

[Sky]

Because a Good drop @ DL0 isnt gonna be great.

I mean, nothing like http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showthread.php?t=8823

[Muscleguy]

Saw three lots of redhatted elves over the festive period but no St Nick. I liked that just like the other townsfolk they are worth 0.00 experience points.

I had Xmas by myself for the first time in decades as I'm single again after 30mumble years. So decided to have some fun since the TV went with her (no big loss).

Playing on the laptop has been a very anti-social thing to do for as many Xmases as I could ever remember. Closest was the Xmas with the inlaws in '93 when I disappeared downstairs to do some PhD writing on a Mac LC, no games were played, honest guv.

[smbhax]

It's almost that magical time of year...



J.R.R. Tolkien, The Father Christmas Letters

[Bill Peterson]

Playing version 4.2.3 I killed him and his little red hatted companion today. He lets Angband players accomplish something tangible in the War on Christmas.

He dropped a useless weapon.

[sffp]

I recalled to the town early this morn

And who did I see?
A holly jolly green h
Waiting for me

Farther Christmas he's hailed
Or Saint Nick in his bio
He's out delivering presents
to the town's urchins

My L27 warrior
paused for a while
And observed it move (slowly)
before starting to smile

he drew a magnesium wand
and said to Santa
It's time for the war on Christmas
Let's see what this does!

[sffp]

A view to St. Nick

[Pete Mack]

He needs some reindeer for protection:
80HP, kick twice for 2d8, bite for 1d8, and gore for 1d8.
IM_COLD

[sffp]

He needs some reindeer for protection:
80HP, kick twice for 2d8, bite for 1d8, and gore for 1d8.
IM_COLD

True!

But I also found another friend - the red hatted elf!

[backwardsEric]

He needs some reindeer for protection:
80HP, kick twice for 2d8, bite for 1d8, and gore for 1d8.
IM_COLD

I'd be tempted to give one of the reindeer a BR_LIGHT ranged attack (an innate beam of strong light would be a better match to canon, but that's not available in the current monster spell list).

[Pete Mack]

Give Rudolf a short range "spark" attack, but of light.

[Selkie]

This thread is a good place to wish everybody in the group a merry Christmas. May 2022 be a rich year for balance grumbling, stupid deaths and hours of adventuring when we could be doing something more practical (like balance grumbling).