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[flame99]

Unless you get really unlucky, melee characters can kill all ghosts they meet by drinking a potion of might.

Early dungeon. Ghost with venom brand.

"There's no hope."

Also dropping through two or three floors next to a powerful ghost with no useful potions, no nearby stairs, and in a dead-end passage.

Ahh, shafts. Probably the only trap that has killed me.

[EnigmaticHat]

Shadow traps have come very close on occasion.  But I can't specifically remember a shadow trap ever doing me in, just extreme scenarios where one triggers when there was already a dangerous unique nearby.

[ZeroGravitas]

Unless you get really unlucky, melee characters can kill all ghosts they meet by drinking a potion of might.

Early dungeon. Ghost with venom brand.

"There's no hope."

Unless you have !curing ID'd?

[TheDarkStar]

Spoiler: Fell 1 floor through a shaft and ended up here. (click to show/hide)

I actually managed to survive by reading a teleportation scroll, but it was close. And it dumped me next to a herd of yaks and I almost got killed all over again.

[KingofstarrySkies]

I met Sigmund for the first time. FUCK

[TheDarkStar]

(see title)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Although Sigmund is surprisingly squishy when you get him in melee. Just be ready to rush for him, quaff any useful potions you have, and run away instead if there are any other nearby monsters.

[Sarrak]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Although Sigmund is surprisingly squishy when you get him in melee. Just be ready to rush for him, quaff any useful potions you have, and run away instead if there are any other nearby monsters.

Invisibility! Confusion! T-t-triple kill!!!

Game tries its best to obliterate me:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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12577 | D:14     | Noticed a frost giant // Close call, read fear scroll, several teleports from bad to worst
 12620 | D:14     | Noticed Frances
 12638 | D:14     | Noticed Sonja
 12666 | D:14     | Killed Sonja
 12996 | D:14     | Killed Frances
 13058 | D:14     | Noticed Kirke

[EnigmaticHat]

Spoiler: Fell 1 floor through a shaft and ended up here. (click to show/hide)

I actually managed to survive by reading a teleportation scroll, but it was close. And it dumped me next to a herd of yaks and I almost got killed all over again.

I read that as "fell through a shaft on floor 1" and was wondering how the fuck you survived that.

I met Sigmund for the first time. FUCK

Discretion is the better part of valor.

[Antioch]

Is there a list of what monsters are the most lethal at each experience level?

I know there is a total list, but I am curious as to what the mid and late game killers are.

[Sarrak]

I'd say giants/yaks/hydras for pre-Lair. Afterwards, its not a single enemy that gets your head on a pike, but a whole horde of bloodthirsty creatures.

[Ozarck]

Not having resistances seems to be a good killer late game.

[Dozebôm Lolumzalìs]

At all depths: overconfidence, boredom, and not realizing that most battles are optional.

[TheDarkStar]

This list is by place and for a melee character. The deadliness will vary based on your branch order and the type of weapon/spell you use.

Spoiler: List by place (click to show/hide)

Lair: Hydras. Also, death yaks earlier on.
Orc: Not really anything, but orc summoners can be annoying. Just don't let every monster notice you at once.
Shoals: The unique merperson at the bottom, Tesla, sometimes annoyingly placed krakens, and of course endless waves of javelineers (bring something with reflection if possible!).
Swamp: Lerny/Hydras, unless you have a fire-branded blade and rPois and then everything is easy.
Snake: Nothing really, although there are some casters that can banish you.
Spider: Nothing really, although I've died to ghost moths a few times because they are invisible. Just don't get surrounded.
Slime: TRJ + endless waves of slimes. Enough said.
Lower dungeon: Basically nothing (I tend to clear it immediately after Lair)
Vaults: Nothing specific, usually. There are a few really really deadly uniques (Mara), and it can be bad if the entire floor gets alerted to you or too many poltergeists show up, but melee characters can tab through a lot of it (except Vault:5 of course).
Depths: Poltergeists and large groups of deep trolls/dragons.
Abyss: If you got banished before clearing Lair, you're probably dead. If you got banished pre-Vaults, getting the rune will be hard and you should get out. Post-vaults and especially post-Depths, it's easy. Just be careful of the starcursed masses and the purple star things.
Vestibule: Not really anything. I've heard of people going from Lair to clearing the Vestibule.
Gehenna: Smite-happy demons - assuming you have rF+++ and can ignore a lot of the fire-related monsters.
Cocytus: I don't have enough experience with it, but anything that smites you is a serious danger.
Tartarus: Same as above.
Dis: Same as above.
Pan: Anything with smite is bad; the Pan lords tend not to be too bad, even the rune ones, but you could get really unlucky. Just bring all your resistances.
Zot: Nothing, unless you don't have rF+++ and then OoF can kill you.

Basically, swarms of high-HP high-damage creatures are dangerous early on. Later, anything with Smite can kill you if you aren't careful. The only unique who is dangerous all the time is Mara, which is because Mara summons a copy of you.

[frostshotgg]

I'll go ahead and call out caustic shrikes. I've lost a disproportionate number of characters to how threatening they should be, but it turns out bees covered in jelly can make a high armor character into tissue paper really fast.

[Arcvasti]

Spoiler: Additions (click to show/hide)

Snake: Black mambas if you lack rPois, Guardian Serpents[Venom Bolt+Blink Surround] and Greater Nagas[Haste+Poison Arrow+Constrict] any day
Spider: Nothing individually besides ghost moths[Invis+Stat Drain+StrongPois+MP Drain], but swarms of spiders[All with different debilitating effects] can be quite nasty in tandem
Lower Dungeon: Giants and special vaults are basically it
Vaults: Sentinals and Convokers both escalate fights into huge brawls quite quickly, dangerous if you lack Regen
Elf: Nasty enemies with high damage, rude summons and banishment[Annihilator and Demonologist/Sorcerer]. Shout-out to the Quickblade of Distortion, which can banish you the turn after you get back out of the Abyss. Once got banished three times fighting one of those things
Gehenna: Brimstone Fiends[Torment+Damnation] and Hellions[Damnation+veryfast]
Tartarus: Tzimitciulskodsi[Unspellable name+Torment] and Executioners[veryfast+Haste+highdamage]
Cocytus: Shard Shrikes[miniLCS+veryfast] and Ice Fiends[Torment+lotsofcolddamage]
Dis: Basically everything else in the Hells as well as Iron Giants[Throw+miniLCS+highdamage] and Hell Sentinals[veryrobust+Damnation+miniLCS]
Crypt: Ancient Liches[LCS+lotsofotherstuff], Curse Skulls[Torment+Summon+Robust]
Tomb: Swarms and swarms of Greater Mummies[Smite+Torment+Summon]