Yeah, his stats didn't change, but maybe he was generated at higher DL, or something else increased his Int in the game.

That's sadly a side-effect of the new [T]aste command. You used to take half a litre from the bottle in a single gulp, but now you drink by smaller amounts. However antidote curse you with a percent chance based on amount ingested - so instead of one high chance for a single huge gulp, you get several low chances for multiple smaller gulps. As far as probability goes, you are less likely to have your leprosy cured, so we should have a look at the percentages and fix it.

There are both male and female dark knights.

A bug, his Int must have been increased somehow.

Yeah, I have seen this too, but it's rare and seems random. Most uniques are generated with their proper gear, but once in a while I find them with this strangely negative gear, even when I'm not so weak that the game should be trying to compensate for the difference in danger level.

Congrats!

That's exactly what I wanted to do as a part of my Aslona quest line.

Definitely not LIVAN, but weren't they in 0.50 already?

On the other hand, critical hits are critical for a reason - even a weak enemy can leave nasty wounds if they hit a nerve centre or a tendon. I think that's what crits simulate.

We could add radiation. Being on the same tile as anything made of a radioactive material would have a small chance of poisoning any living creature.