Getting out of touch with everything.

[prime]

Definitely! And instead of teleport traps, lets have them add death ray traps!

Just replace all traps with teleport traps! One of them teleports you into the lake of piranhas, one of them teleports half your body across the level and leaves the other half, one of them teleports you several kilometers into the sky, one of them teleports all your stuff into the Casino shop's inventory, one of them teleports you on top of the chaotic altar in an elemental temple, one of them teleports your weapon into the nearest cat...

[prime]

The astral plane is like a small child. Staying "in touch" with it keeps its attention and lets you play with it more. Seeking other sources of power to play with (such as playing with yourself) will cause the astral plane to cry and wander off.

I'm not sure how much I should be reading into this...

[_Ln_]

I'm not sure how much I should be reading into this...

My thoughts exactly. I'm starting to suspect there is a reason why ADOM community is quite small.

[anon123]

death ray traps!

That might not be a bad idea, actually. Say, if the danger level is above 35, arrow/spear/pit traps (which are very unlikely to kill a highly-experienced PC), are replaced with death ray traps. To prevent extreme unfairness, the PC could have a chance to dodge or shrug off the ray like with arrows, based on Alertness or Luck, but if it connects without resistance, it's game over.

Or even better, you can add a petrificating sleep trap, so that those two underused effects are "balanced" too

one of them teleports all your stuff into the Casino shop's inventory

Inventory scattering is a (please don't hate me) pretty cool negative effect that should be available without hacking your savegame. I suggested a scroll with this effect in the item thread some time ago. For a creative player, it could double as improvised uncursing, if you're okay with those items potentially being picked up and equipped by monsters. And if non-cursed, maybe it'd just scatter your worn equipment.

[Maul]

Inventory scattering is a (please don't hate me) pretty cool negative effect that should be available without hacking your savegame. I suggested a scroll with this effect in the item thread some time ago. For a creative player, it could double as improvised uncursing, if you're okay with those items potentially being picked up and equipped by monsters. And if non-cursed, maybe it'd just scatter your worn equipment.

For features like that, there is IVAN.

[JellySlayer]

Inventory scattering is a (please don't hate me) pretty cool negative effect that should be available without hacking your savegame. I suggested a scroll with this effect in the item thread some time ago. For a creative player, it could double as improvised uncursing, if you're okay with those items potentially being picked up and equipped by monsters. And if non-cursed, maybe it'd just scatter your worn equipment.

I think in its current state, inventory scattering is probably too dangerous/buggy for it to be a regular feature, but I like the idea of having it around. Maybe a weaker version (say, 1d50 random non-artifact items are scattered every 20d100 turns) would be nice for one of the new corruptions.

[Kyreles]

I like the idea of having it around. Maybe a weaker version (say, 1d50 random non-artifact items are scattered every 20d100 turns) would be nice for one of the new corruptions.

I think you may have reached a point in your ADOM career that you are just too good at this game.

[Silfir]

I think he crossed that point, went all the way around to reach it again and then crossed it once more.