Craig: This is one of my favorite pages.

J.D.: The events of this page actually happened to my brother the first time he tried to play Angband.

Craig: I usually play half-orc priests, and so I try not to kill townsfolk. Even so, I still manage to mow down at least a hundred by the time I hit level 30.

J.D.: Me, on the other hand, I tend to play high-elf rangers. And there was a time when my favored way of dealing with packs of Filthy Street Urchins was to Stinking Cloud them from across town. Then you made me feel guilty, so I stopped.

Craig: “Look! It’s Nadi! Flee for your lives! Aaaaaaaaahhhh—*”

J.D.: 🙂

Craig: I do hate the street urchins though. Sometimes it takes all my willpower not to Orb of Draining them all when they swarm me.

J.D.: Just repeat to yourself: “I’m a priest. I’m a priest.” I remember making Lucky’s observation the first time I played.

Craig: I remember that. You were playing Moria.

J.D.: In the computer lab. I think you had set it up for me. I used to play a lot of half-orc warriors at the time.

Craig: Yeah, you used to mine by tunneling through walls with your 18/00 strength and a broadsword. Picks? Bah!

J.D.: I didn’t need one! But I do remember if the room was dark, it was dark. I didn’t have any way of making the room light. I didn’t have any spells. Interestingly, the one half-orc warrior that survived past level 5 — I think it was my third character — is still alive. We just switched to Angband so I never finished the game with her.

Craig: It was Moria. You knew how the game was going to end. It was only a matter of time before you were a half-orc stain on the dungeon wall.

J.D.: You don’t know that!

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