copperwater 999222a8a4 Add minimum difficulty cutoffs to two themed rooms ...

This sets the minimum level depth of "Spider nest" to 10, somewhat above
the difficulty of an individual giant spider, because a whole room full
of them is a tougher challenge. Note that this isn't the only possible
fix to this problem; another solution would be to alter the special case
in mktrap that hardcodes a giant spider to generate with each web to
produce cave spiders if giant spiders would be too tough. Even then, a
lower difficulty cutoff is probably still warranted for this room, since
a large number of cave spiders might be too tough for level 1 or 2.

This also sets the minimum level depth of "Boulder room" to 4, based on
the fact that individual rolling boulder traps normally can't appear
until level 2, and having a bunch of them in one place which may be
required to reach the downstairs could be problematic.

This doesn't do anything to address the "Mausoleum" room problem, in
which a master or arch-lich can generate and immediately warp out and
attack the player. Even with a high difficulty threshold, it won't fix
the problem of these liches generating out of their normal difficulty
and Gehennom constraints.

Other potential candidates for difficulty thresholds:
 - "Trap room": This room might be perilous on the first few levels,
   especially if the level generates with it blocking the way to the
   downstairs.
 - "Massacre": Doesn't have any particular hazards, but might be
   interesting if it only generated at deeper levels.

2020-09-29 17:30:11 +03:00

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