Loricatus is great if you're having bad luck with scrolls. Not only does he harden the iron chain of materials, there's the odd enchantment and, even more rarely, scrolls of hardening/enchantment. As well as the fact that you can make use of him even when he doesn't like you

Mellis is quite handy as well. With the free bottle/can refills there's the odd chance you'll get stat-improving stuff. Not to mention you'll never go hungry. If I remember aright, he also fixes broken bottles and regenerates bananas if you have the peels.

It's one of the oldest known tricks and well known to many of us, so it hasn't been discussed in a long while. Most effective way to make use of it is to wield an empty, large chest. Enough food to fill you up many times over. That said, it really isn't worth pissing off Loricatus unless you're starving or you're going for lawful/chaos.

If I remember aright, there's a small chance for healing liquid to regenerate multiple limbs too.

Invisibility is also a major offender. Not only does that allow you to hit & run, the game adjusts the difficulty so you have to hit & run.

Nice swords there.

What are the odds of that, though? I've never had so much as 10k, let alone a million.

Elpuri's head doesn't count, but I've seen zombies attach dwarf, kobold, orc, mistress, mage and guard heads.

If you want normal armour, wish for plate mail.

This sounds fun. You can count on me to do the testing.

If I remember aright, there's a note in the code regarding this. Somewhere along the lines of "mwahahahaha I'm so evil, I'm gonna give you this awesome sword to rely on, and have it disappear on you, hopefully in the middle of a tough fight spawned because of this sword".