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Alignment (whether you are lawful, neutral or chaotic) is also not too important; its main effect is on the artifact weapons you can obtain by sacrificing to your deity. (Sacrifice is the process of carrying recently-killed corpses to an altar and #offer-ing them to your god.)
Alignment (whether you are lawful, neutral or chaotic) is also not too important; its main effect is on the artifact weapons you can obtain by sacrificing to your deity. (Sacrifice is the process of carrying recently-killed corpses to an altar and #offer-ing them to your god.)


Gender (whether you are male or female) is unimportant; it has only a cosmetic effect on the game, and affects whether incubi or succubi will try to seduce you.
Gender (whether you are male or female) is relatively unimportant; the only real difference is that females can lay eggs if polymorphed into a suitable monster, and males can't. It also has the cosmetic effect of affecting whether incubi or succubi will try to seduce you.


Lawful Human Valkyrie is an excellent combination for several reasons.  A Valkyrie starts with a highly enchanted small shield which can remain part of their armour for a long time.  She also starts with a good weapon, and if she is lawful, then at experience level 5 (and more certainly by level 7), she can dip that weapon in a fountain to convert it into Excalibur. (The Lady of the Lake does not insist that you are a Knight, but she gets annoyed if neutral or chaotic characters try this trick.) Another weapon, Mjollnir, is their guaranteed first gift from sacrificing, meaning that if your god decides to give you an artifact gift, the first one will be Mjollnir. When the Valkyrie completes the Quest, she will win the Orb of Fate, which halves any damage that she takes, thus making it well worth lugging it around despite its weight. All three artifacts are among the best artifacts in the game.
Lawful Human Valkyrie is an excellent combination for several reasons.  A Valkyrie starts with a highly enchanted small shield which can remain part of their armour for a long time.  She also starts with a good weapon, and if she is lawful, then at experience level 5 (and more certainly by level 7), she can dip that weapon in a fountain to convert it into Excalibur. (The Lady of the Lake does not insist that you are a Knight, but she gets annoyed if neutral or chaotic characters try this trick.) Another weapon, Mjollnir, is their guaranteed first gift from sacrificing, meaning that if your god decides to give you an artifact gift, the first one will be Mjollnir. When the Valkyrie completes the Quest, she will win the Orb of Fate, which halves any damage that she takes, thus making it well worth lugging it around despite its weight. All three artifacts are among the best artifacts in the game.
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