Apparently this party-nuking motherfucker is a 1% encounter chance at the end of this long-ass dungeon and I didn't save after looting everything and gaining a bunch of levels 
@arc congrats, Chris Houlihan
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@noyoushutthefuckupdad THAT'S RIGHT
And luckily I beat it with only two casualties and immediately left to go claim Excalibur aaa
@arc FF1, despite being a major ripoff of D&D, has some unique things that make it memorable 38 years later, like neat music and Robocop mech bosses.
@noyoushutthefuckupdad I do enjoy how much more "inspired" it feels on the NES, especially with the "fantasy but with a futuristic twist" happening like Ultima or Might & Magic... The remakes (I only played Dawn of Souls previously) kind of lose a lot of that charm stylistically. Swole class advancement sprites especially...
@arc the first Ultima game had space ships and time travel, though.
