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
Jargon File Version 4.3.1, 29 JUN 2001 =
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