The following bug was reported on the Vulture's claw bug tracker ( http://github.com/clivecrous/vultures/issues#issue/5 ) but it looks like a Slash'EM problem:
Happened about three times already, it just seems to crash at random. Always at the Gnomish Mines, after camping the altar in Minetown, at around turn 20k, although it might happen at other places or turns. Apparently it happens due to...
2009-07-18 14:15:06 UTC in SLASH'EM