It should get the weakest possible escort, probably just a couple snagas. It is odd that you got a quest for him that early. that's one of the hardest possible quests you could have gotten at that depth.
In NPP 060 mimics are literally going to be objects...until they change into a monster and attack you.
It is slightly different. They only have a 10% chance at 18/150, and zero chance at 18.180. I must admit I have no idea when and why this was changed. Maybe I will change it back.
In general scrolls are cheaper than staves per use. I guess the advantage of staves is that they can be recharged. Maybe this is only noticable because there are so many magic mapping scrolls in NPP stores. I will think about this one....
You are shooting through the fire. Only you can't see it. Line of sight and line of fire are calculated differently in NPP. There is an object memory, much like monster memory, that can tell you all you know about the terrains.
I didn't see much different between NPP and Vanilla as of 3.1.2v2. Once I finalize NPP 0.5.1 I am going to take a look at the latest vanilla. Maybe it is in there. I am constantly going to be adding vanilla features, in order of desirability. At the pace they are coding, I doubt I will ever catch up to them again.
It was a bug, and it is fixed. Thanks.
Wow. Looks like a mage just found a copy of Mordenkainen's Escapes, and was practicing the create stairs spell.

NPP puts a high priprity on making the stairs in the most remote part of the dungeon possible, trying to make sure the player almost has 1-2 turns before being attacked. Sometimes things like that screenshot happen. I am suprised no stairs were put over there in that corridor on the lft side. Maybe someday I can make it look better, but mostly I want to make sure the player is reasonably safe.
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