ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Heh. So, my first b28 character is a halfling brawler. Got Trollmire and Bill done, went on to Kor'Pul 1. No escort quest on K'P1. Thought I had cleared it, went down to 2, got a seer escort quest. Forgot I had seen a vault on 1, so did the escort quest, and went back to 1. Was immediately greeted by a rogue who'd gotten lost and prompltly escorted him to the portal (with absolutely nothing attacking us whatsoever). Seems kinda... hokey if I can stair-scum levels with escort possibilities until I get an escort on an otherwise empty level.

nope, escorts levels are generated on birth and scumming wont help you : P

its probably same thing:
http://forums.te4.org/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=23437

If an escort would be generated but it cannot place a portal with a clear route, it won't start the escort. This happens once a while in Kor'pul and Dreadfell if your starting room is locked. It can be useful to pass each level in Dreadfell and Kor'pul twice just to make sure.

oic, thanks

Hmmm, we had fixed this at some point but I guess I'll take another look...

While you're fixing escorts, it would be nice if they didn't spawn on boss levels, or levels with open enemy pits.

instead of complicating escort spawning conditions maybe it would be better to make them spawn in closed room it should be easy to implement using valuts and also make more sense than it is now (like mentioned many times its funny to meet escort in pit room) as for clearing level of monsters and then saving escort you can summon some mobs all over level (the chase - some monsters or Zigur or whatever you like ) after opening valut doors.
You can also make door open after certain time limit. etc. etc.