Save scumming master race
I did indeed savescum the fuck out of that game, because combat tends to turn south against you when fighting even basic enemies like jackals, way more than you'd expect. Plus all the leprosy. ALL OF IT.
So far it seems the only way to deal with the enner beast is to try and get pat it, unless you've somehow lucked out enough to change your body materials into tougher metals. I should've either tried to look out for a polymorph wand, or maybe prayed to Scabies. Can't recall if I'd snagged her on the prayer list in that game though.
In any case, I got bored after cheating through the loud bastard with wizard mode, then tried my hand at modding the game. I'm...pissed. Why the fuck won't the game acknowledge additional items? The items are there in a script file, so WHY is it acting like the actuals are actually hardcoded?