I swear, it seems like I can only get decent stuff in NetHack when I'm procrastinating. If I try to play it when I'm not putting something off, the RNG keeps giving me a big middle finger and not giving me any shops/randomly cursing every fucking item I find/pulling a water demon out of a fountain, then having said water demon summon a demon prince that throws death rays around like candy. But if I'm delaying writing this essay, HEY! crystal plate mail in the first room, wand of speed monster on the second floor, Excalibur on the first dip, why the fuck not?