I ascended for the first time in any NetHack variant today, including vanilla. It was quite an experience. The variant I ascended in is FIQHack, which I mentioned earlier. Here's the log, if anyone is interested: https://www.hardfought.org/userdata/M/MiseryMyra/fiqhack/dumplog/2018-03-24%2000%3A02%3A26%2C%20MiseryMyra-Val-Hum-Fem-Law%2C%20ascended.txt