generating spoilers = cheating ?

[Sky]

i want to know what are yout thoughts on generating spoilers for randart games; by which, i mean generating them *before* you die.

i find there is a big difference in play style. for some reason.

there is clearly the advantage that i know what's due to come, and i can throw out artifacts otherwise clogging up my home, that i know don't work in a final kit.

[Derakon]

For me, the point of randarts is exactly that I don't know what I might find next. Pre-emptive spoilers are antithetical to that approach. But if you enjoy it, then knock yourself out.

[Philip]

Not particularly different from using spoilers for artifacts the first time you play the game, I feel. Though I wouldn't do it myself, since the surprise is part of the attraction, if your interest in randarts is for the random kits, it makes sense, and doesn't feel like cheating.

[Sky]

well, i dont need spoilers for the standart set, because i know it by heart.
if i understand correctly, at one point even scumming for good levels was considered cheating.

[Pete Mack]

If it's cheating l, it's very much at the level of a peccadillo. Knowing the randarts isn't particularly different from knowing the standarts. It hardly makes any difference to gameplay. I suppose knowing details about cursed artifacts in advance helps, but that's about it. And cursed artifacts are pretty much an abomination, at the level they are currently generated.