Random Number God

Random Number God


   [rec.games.roguelike.angband; often abbreviated `RNG'] The malign
   force which lurks behind the random number generator in {Angband} (and
   by extension elsewhere). A dark god that demands sacrifices and toys
   with its victims. "I just found a really great item; I suppose the RNG
   is about to punish me..." Apparently, Angband's random number
   generator occasionally gets locked in a repetition, so you get
   something with a 3% chance happening 8 times in a row. Improbable, but
   far too common to be pure chance. Compare {Shub-Internet}.