robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) (01/08/85)
Wielding a cockatrice has a "King Midas" effect -- the things
you kill turn into rocks and gems, and cannot be eaten. You
can easily starve, wielding a cockatrice. But if you'd like
to try it, wish for:
dead cockatrice
pair of gloves
Other interesting things to wish for:
clove of garlic
magic whistle
expensive camera (even if you are not a tourist)
heavy iron ball
If you "throw" the heavy iron ball while you are
chained to it, you will fly across the room. This
probably has some fine uses, but I have not yet
used this maneuver to get out of trouble (or escape
from a shop).
I would appreciate comments on the fiendish problems
of playing speleologist. (After you have played hack
for a while, you appreciate the advantage of refrigerated food.)
Maybe a Nymph won't steal from an ice box either.
Since the box is so heavy, you don't carry it all the time.
But taking the box, and the rest of your inventory downstairs
while keeping your pet at heel is a bore.
There are at least 20 ways to steal from a shopkeeper.
Falling through a trap, no, at least 21...
The riskiest way I pulled off was with potions alone
to escape from a liquor shop:
(1) quaff speed potion.
(2) Hit shopkeeper. He mauls me down to 4 hp.
(3) quaff potion of extra healing. back up one step.
(4) shopkeeper mauls me down to 2 hp.
(5) quaff potion of extra healing.
(6) step around shopkeeper.
(7) another maul and another potion of extra healing.
(8) run out of the shop.
I saved the other 17 potions for later.
- Toby Robison (not Robinson!)
{allegra, decvax!ittvax, fisher, princeton}!eosp1!robisonalbert@harvard.ARPA (David Albert) (01/08/85)
> Other interesting things to wish for: > clove of garlic > magic whistle For what should these be used? -- ihnp4!ut-sally!harvard!albert (albert@harvard.ARPA)