let's make angband "easier"

[Sky]

so this is what happened; i had cleared a minor vault, and was about to recall. i decided to move away from my spot with 3 rooms leading to it, so that no mobs would show up when i'm recalling.

i took two steps in a corridor, foolishly double-tapping the movement. move 1 - step on a not-yet-spotted rune of summoning, move 2 - the Ancient Multi-Hued Dragon breather, you die.

How about we add per-event delay. Losing a large percentage of hp adds a fixed delay of 100ms. Triggering a trap adds a similar delay. And so on, with all those critical events which demand immediate action, such as fainting due to lack of food.

Another thing that really could help the game a lot, is to have a new "window" on the bottom of the screen (just a superimposed line of text), where important messages remain for a set amount of time, rather than flashing once in the same area where every combat message happens.

[Derakon]

Have you enabled the Low Hitpoint Warning? IIRC it can't be cleared by stuff like movement keys, only by e.g. spacebar or Enter, precisely for this kind of situation.

[nikheizen]

Adding an ms delay to certain events is a bad idea.
However, adding a -more- prompt to certain events instead of just "when the message log fills up" would make the game a lot more playable.
DCSS has a highly configurable set of force_more_message options and would be a good place to take inspiration from.

Stepping on a trap, going below your HP warning, Big Bad Summons, and more could all get folded into a set of -more- prompts.

[PowerWyrm]

In my current game, I recalled on a level with half of it being a huge open area filled with Qs. That was fun...

[Sky]

i recalled in an open level within spitting distance of a group of time hounds and another of plasma hounds.
i did manage to TS but that was a 5% flat chance of dying right there and then.

[Pete Mack]

@Sky--it happens. I strongly recommend carrying scrolls for such situations. And if you're at Plasma Hound depth, Teleport Self itself is a significant risk of death.