Problem
Giving enough gold to a beggar to make them hail at you, then 'C'hatting with them, will freeze the game if they attempt to give you a fortune cookie message instead of dropping a potion of booze.

How to reproduce it
Give ~40gp to a beggar, then try to 'C'hat with them. If they decide to tell you a rumor, the game will freeze after the "Heed the following, my friend" message.

Notes
No error message or .err file was created, but I have the leftover tmpdat from that game if that's of any help.

Talking to beggars without having given them gold, and getting booze from them both work fine.