I think it is a matter of critical mass. Crawl had so few instances of "you need to be spoiled or try random stuff to get this" that pressure got them removed (

I think it is a matter of critical mass. Crawl had so few instances of "you need to be spoiled or try random stuff to get this" that pressure got them removed (although always controversial). Nethack lives and breathes it, and it has so many that you are likely to feel the benefits of this whimsy