When Artifacts and Monsters match

[Timo Pietilä]

Yes, I like this. I also like it when creatures drop appropriate items.

I think themed drops are planned. Like orc archers dropping arrows and mages dropping spellbooks.

[krazyhades]

In those cases I usually assume that you somehow mysteriously use that very dragon's own mail, but thanks to the graphical "richness" of the game, you can't see yourself skin, cure, and work the raw materials over the course of one quick game round. Or something.

And yeah, emotes for flavor are a good idea.

[Zireael]

Oh yeah, an emote for those cases would be brilliant!

[Carnivean]

And it's always weird when a dragon drops the wrong kind of mail.

While I wonder why a black dragon would be carrying chaos dragon mail, I'd wonder more why they were carrying black dragon mail.

"They killed my pa, and turned him into a suit of armour!"

[krazyhades]

Yes, I like this. I also like it when creatures drop appropriate items. The earliest example that most players ever see is Wormtongue and his boots, or a dragon and its armor. And it's always weird when a dragon drops the wrong kind of mail.

edit: eww I used "it's" instead of "its"

[Timo Pietilä]

Does anyone else get a kick out of defeating:

• Shelob while wielding the Phial of Galadriel
• Glaurung while wielding the Main Gauche of Azaghal
• Sauron with Anduril
• Taking on Morgoth with Ringil

And other weapons and enemies that are associated from Tolkien's stories? (There must be many more - can you think of some?)

Sting - Shelob (Sam wielded this when he wounded Shelob perhaps fatally)
Glaurung - Gurthang (Turin used this to slay Glaurung)
Glamdring - Balrog of Moria (Gandalf wielded this when he faced the Balrog)
Bard - Smaug (should be black arrow, but Bard is closest)

[Malak Darkhunter]

Yup and I love wielding the great Axe of Durin to kill the balrog of moria...Durins Bane.

[Mark]

Does anyone else get a kick out of defeating:

• Shelob while wielding the Phial of Galadriel
• Glaurung while wielding the Main Gauche of Azaghal
• Sauron with Anduril
• Taking on Morgoth with Ringil

And other weapons and enemies that are associated from Tolkien's stories? (There must be many more - can you think of some?)

It would be nice if there was some in-game 'dothing of the cap' to such moments. Maybe uniques could have a flag which specified an artifact, and if the player was attacking the Unique with the artifact, the unique lost a single turn, just emoting:
"<Shelob> notices your <Phial>, and eyes it suspiciously."

It wouldn't improve the game much, but perhaps is the sort of detail the average Angband player (being a strange breed) really appreciates.