monster order rules

monster order rules

<Someone> wrote:
> From the mkclass() comments:
>
> /*      Assumption #2:  monsters of a given class are presented in ascending
> *                      order of strength.
> */
>
> And monst.c:
>
>  *      Rule #2:        monsters of a given class are presented in ascending
>  *                      order of strength.
>
>  *      Rule #4:        monster subclasses (e.g. giants) should be kept
>  *                      together, unless it violates Rule 2.  NOGEN monsters
>  *                      won't violate Rule 2.
>
> Inspecting my monster-difficulty spoiler, I see the following places
> that these precepts are violated: do they cause potential problems?
> (Insofar as occasionally incorrectly miscalculating the probabilities
> for monster generation is a "problem", that is...)
>
> SPECIES                DIF
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
> d                  dog   5
> d            large dog   7
> d                dingo   5
>
> d                 warg   8
> d      winter wolf cub   7
> d          winter wolf   9
>
> u        white unicorn   6
> u         gray unicorn   6
> u        black unicorn   6
> u                 pony   4
>
> H          frost giant  13
> H          storm giant  19
> H                ettin  13
>
> P        black pudding  12
> P          green slime   8
>
> S            pit viper   9
> S               python   8
> S                cobra  10
>
> Z         giant zombie   9
> Z                ghoul   5
>
> @                nurse  13
> @              soldier   8
> @             sergeant  10
>
> &         horned devil   9
> &             succubus   8
>
> &               balrog  20
> &            sandestin  15
>
> (I've just realised that these may have already been fixed, and
> waiting on a file-compatibility-breaking release; if so, ignore me :-)