Re: odd start to a game-no monsters?

"K.V.C" <kvc627@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "me" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > I started a game as a male tourist, and there was a altar on the
> > first level, so I figred I'd wait around to sacrifice some corpses...
> > trouble is, I passed almost 5000 turns (eating all my food in the
> > process), and not a single monster ever showed...what's up with
> > that?
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> Are you sure your pet is killing them before they get to you?

yep, not the pet. I had him locked in a room and it died of starvation
sometime around 1000 or 1500. Never saw "you hear some noises"
when your pet is fighting either.


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