Yet another one...

[Elone]

Use ventriloquism on his what?

Not 'his' but 'him'. That was a typo, because the letter S is so close to the letter M on the QWERTY keyboard.

Edit: Yes, after you finish gambling, just go to the 'down' stairs and teleport the guard away. He wont return to his post again. You can get enough money in Casino in a single game turn... to buy whatever you wish from Casino, or all of it. With no shopkeeper issues whatsoever.

[Ars]

Though sometimes you get awfully stunned by the extended gambling, which can be shit if you can't (or don't want to) wait for 100s of turns at worst and can't use a prayer.

I prefer zapping the shopkeeper. I think he just needs to be out of your LOS. Shooting next to him probably works also, but I won't guarantee that.

[Elone]

I assume that there's no worse thing in an ADOM game than death and a crash that cant be recovered. The shopkeeper can kill you. The gambling stunning is more unlikely to. Remember... if you leave the shopkeeper alive, he may restock later, generating a whole bunch of new and different items. That itself is the main reason why I dont rob any shops in ADOM ever.

[Grey]

Not 'his' but 'him'. That was a typo, because the letter S is so close to the letter M on the QWERTY keyboard.

Yeah, that was evidently one of my more dextrous typos :/