[llamabeast]

This sounds very interesting. Tell me - do you use CBM? I'm aware that it doesn't address most of the issues that you mention, but I'm just interested. CBM does (almost) remove gem producing items and hammers, by making them artifacts. As for some of the other stuff, e.g. removal of slots from the Kindly Ones, that sounds as much like a bug fix as anything and should possibly be incorporated into CBM.