Heh-heh - yeah, I guess you could. I've tinkered with it, and sometimes, the changes make the game crash (actually, it won't load).
Re: making better characters for Ironman: charcater editor available from Sorcerer's Place - you can changes stats, alignments, feats, and more (but don't exceed skill points as determined by intelligence or it'll crash the game):
http://sorcerers.net/Games/ToEE/index_editors.htm
It's the one by Ferros (first one). You can edit created characters.
The one by Kharamkazy is for editing platinum (in-game, as described below) and you can edit stats (ability scores) with it during character generation only (you alt-tab during character generation, run the trainer, change stuff, and alt-tab to bring the game back up).
Good stuff.
