All ideas with dizzylizzy as a contributor

#950

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vanilla

Burnt offerings: via some mechanism, you get the corpse smoldering on the altar. When sacrificed, it is treated as higher difficulty.

#933

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vanilla

Lithivorous monsters can gain intrinsic speed by eating a dilithium crystal.

#931

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vanilla

Using a stethoscope on a monster requires that you succeed in making a to-hit roll against it. Otherwise, it doesn’t work.

#929

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vanilla

Healers heal monsters when meleeing with no wielded weapon or worn gloves, sort of like nurses.

You can wield artifacts in your offhand, but they must be non-intelligent, non-gifted, and non-crossaligned. (Non-wished-for is an option, but may be too exclusive.)

#769

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vanilla

Writing “Elbereth” in the prompt for writing a scroll should alias to “scare monster”.