Newbie questions?

[Sovisus]

Any ideas why the casino shop keeper would become hostile?
lvl 21 dwf dru
Balance crowned
very high level moloch companion
never stolen from any shop
Contemplating calm monster, and if that doesn't work i'm going to have to kill him, but i'm afraid that'll ruin my alignment and i'll lose my crown. Any ideas are most welcome. thanks

[Silfir]

Wear your blessed amulet of balance; that should minimize the alignment hit enough if you're at N=. If you want to be safe, get some more levels; alignment becomes harder to change as you increase in level. Might as well wear a blessed amulet of order for a while to get to NL, too, just don't get caught at LN.

Re-check your corruptions for unholy aura? I don't know what happened either. Maybe your companion picked a fight with something and that caused it, but that doesn't sound right either.

[Sovisus]

i do have 2 corruptions, unholy aura and thin and nimble. is the first one what is causing the fear response? i managed to make it to the stairs.. everything in my way ran away in fear, lucky me i thought i was dead.

[wheals]

Unholy aura makes shopkeepers hostile, yes (they say something about you scaring off their customers).

[Blasphemous]

Imho unholy aura and shopkeepers getting hostile is a ridiculous and annoying feature that should be removed.
But that's not going to happen I guess, too many people like it.

[Silfir]

I think the assertion that the feature is ridiculous and annoying is ridic-

Wait, did you pop into this thread and throw that out specifically so someone would engage you over it? That second sentence oozes passive-aggressiveness. Did something happen?

[GordonOverkill]

I hereby declare war on anybody who considers this amazing feature ridiculous.

[SinsI]

I'd say it should only be a temporary effect, removed if you leave the level (as opposed to attacking the shopkeeper) or if a number of turns passes.