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Hmm.
I, too, got an arch-lich in the Mines just the other day. A polymorph
trap or a chameleon, I guess, I don't know what. I had checked the
level with telepathy earlier and found nothing to worry about; then I
was walking along, hit an arch-lich, and pressed the arrow key one more
time before my reflexes caught me. In that time, it summoned a
minotaur and a xorn which killed me before I could understand what
happened. Man, that was a good game too; wizard with two magic markers
and at least 13 spellbooks to play with. I was looking forward to it
once I got my luckstone; I've never before been able to write unknown
spellbooks with a Wizard.
I've died on T:1 from (I think) a falling rock trap adjacent to the
dungeon entrance. It's not really bad luck in the sense that I could
just start right over. But really, very unneccessary on the RNG's
part. I imagine a couple other people have had this experience.
Ooh, here's a recent one. I get lazy sometimes around nymphs; also I
hate them and wish to personally slash/bludgeon them to death whenever
possible. I was following one around the map trying to get my cloak of
magic resistance back; I ran into her in a dark tunnel so I didn't see
her coming, and she stole two items from me: my helmet and my wand of
death, and zapped me with the wand. Wouldn't have been any more than
an annoyance (wasted charges) if I had still had the cloak of magic
resistance, which was the ONLY other item she had stolen from me. The
world's craftiest nymph, or the RNG's most devious scheme.
Here's the last one I can remember, though it was my own fault. I
decided to tick off some Minetown guards to net a silver saber
(#twoweapon with Grayswandir) and a long sword (Excalibur).
Unfortunately I was unaware that though I could mop the floor with
ordinary watchmen, the watch captains could yet mop the floor with me.
I knew they were stronger, but...wow. I had two scrolls of
teleportation, but for some (certainly stupid) reason when I realized
my mistake, I decided to duck into a side room to try and make a stand,
and only teleport out if things got uglier. I think I even put a towel
around my head to check by telepathy if there were enemies inside, and
saw none. I knock down the door, and there is a dust vortex. It
blinds me before I can kill it, and now I can't read my scrolls. Death
comes shortly.
I take the blame for the last one, of course; I made so many ridiculous
mistakes in that event that I can't remember them all. But still...the
straw that broke the camel's back was a DUST VORTEX. Didn't see that
one coming.