Flicker: Thanks. Also, what Factotum said. Gorgon has a point, but Crawl encourages identifying stuff by testing it, which is what I often do.. tempered by a little caution, anyway.

Vitruvian: You're too kind. I typically skip the hells, myself.. and never made it to Zot. Had a character (orc priest) with full artifact gear and three runes that was doing great, but I got as far as D26 and.. you know those forts full of humanoids? There was a draconian one, with drakes all around, and a lava moat. I tried running after a while, by means of a teleport scroll that dumped me in the heart of the fort. The rest, as they say, is rage and hair-tearing.

Tarbrush: Semi-decent, yes. Venom mages are interesting, if tricky to play. So are nagas.

Note that I'm no longer taking requests until I finish the ones I've been given. So, Vit and Tarbrush, please wait until I kill off four characters. Shouldn't be long. I'll start on an update shortly.