[net.games] Enchanting armor/weapons in Hack

robert@gitpyr.UUCP (Robert Viduya) (01/17/85)

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> By the way, in my best game, I enchanted my mace to +7.  On the next enchant
> weapon I read, it exploded.  Has anyone else had this happen?  Does it happen
> to armor?  Is it probabilistic or deterministic?
> 

If you enchant armor or weapons too much, they explode.  Weapons can be
enchanted up to +5 or +6, then there's a chance after that that the next
enchant weapon will cause it to explode.  The same is true for armor, except
I don't know exactly where it starts getting random.

			robert
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