I've been playing for years, and this game still manages to surprise me.

I'm playing a female HE wizard named Luthien. Doing OK so far, found a quarterstaff of devastation and book of Lightning Ball in the puppy cave and a scroll shop in the upper levels of the CoC. No dungeon altars yet, which is annoying, but I just found a book of Acid Ball and I'm heading back to Terinyo to kill the dark druid.

Anyway, I stopped by the Barbarian Glade, got the Courage quest, then chatted to him a second time:

You talk to the old barbarian.
"A bit lazy us is, isn't us?"
The old barbarian watches you with a doubtful expression.

Nice touch, there.

Ben