Unless you have disabled the option to get feelings you will get a message upon entering a dungeon giving you a general feel of how dangerous that level is.
The possible messages are :
| 1 | “This seems a quiet, peaceful place” |
| 2 | “This seems a tame, sheltered place” |
| 3 | “This place seems reasonably safe” |
| 4 | “This place does not seem too risky” |
| 5 | “You feel nervous about this place” |
| 6 | “You feel anxious about this place” |
| 7 | “This place seems terribly dangerous” |
| 8 | “This place seems murderous” |
| 9 | “Omens of death haunt this place” |
This feeling depends only on the monsters present in the dungeon when you first enter it. It will not get reduced to safer feeling as you kill monsters neither will it increase if new ones are summoned. This feeling also depends on your current dungeon depth. A dungeon you feel nervous about at 2000’ is way more dangerous than a murderous one at 50’.
Once you have explored a certain amount of the dungeon you will also get a feeling about how good are the objects lying on the floor of the dungeon.
The possible messages are :
| 1 | “there is naught but cobwebs here.” |
| 2 | “there are only scraps of junk here.” |
| 3 | “there aren’t many treasures here.” |
| 4 | “there may not be much interesting here.” |
| 5 | “there may be something worthwhile here.” |
| 6 | “there are good treasures here.” |
| 7 | “there are very good treasures here.” |
| 8 | “there are excellent treasures here.” |
| 9 | “there are superb treasures here.” |
| $ | “you sense an item of wondrous power!” |
The last message indicates an artifact is present and is only possible if the option to lose artifacts is on (if that option is off, an artifact will guarantee a feeling of 5 or better).
You may review your level feeling any time by using the ^f command. You may also consult it by checking the LF: indicator at the bottom left of the screen. The first number after it is the level feeling and the second one is the object feeling. The second one will be ? if you need to explore more before getting a feeling about the value of the treasures present in the dungeon.