I've been a NetHack player since about 1990, and have ascended every class at least once, and I agree with you about the tediousness. One roguelike I'm really

I've been a NetHack player since about 1990, and have ascended every class at least once, and I agree with you about the tediousness. One roguelike I'm really enjoying these days is Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. It's very much like Nethack in many ways, but the developers have made it a conscious priority to remove all of the tedious elements or the need for spoilers. They have been mostly successful with this, IMO.