stimac@tymix.UUCP (Michael Stimac) (03/04/86)
*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR ETCHINGS *** " P.S. I have a couple of questions for anyone on the net who would care to reply. Have you guys tried reading other scrolls while confused? Have you found any that were interesting? I have tried confuse monster and fire, but neither had interesting effects. Also, is it my imagination or can the Wizard teleport up and down levels, too. " It has been reported to me by reliable sources that something rather useful happens if you read a scroll of enchant armor while wearing armor and confused. Try it, you'll like it. I mentally kicked myself when I read a scroll of magic mapping immediately I arrived in Hell. I should have waited until I was no longer confused. Michael Stimac
barnett@im4u.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) (03/04/86)
In article <678@tymix.UUCP> stimac@tymix.UUCP (Michael Stimac) writes: > >I mentally kicked myself when I read a scroll of magic mapping immediately >I arrived in Hell. I should have waited until I was no longer confused. > Yep. The effect is less than satisfactory. Happened to me too once. I've decided that unless you're just looking to get from one place to another very fast, using mapping scrolls in Hell is not such a hot idea. This is particularly true if you're looking for that elusive wand of wishing -- once you read the scroll of mapping, how do you tell where you've looked and where you haven't? Of course, this is related to your style of play, I guess. I like to get as far down as I can and fight my way back out, exploring each maze level thoroughly. Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 "Frankly, there's something about reality that gives me the shivering willies!" -- Hank the Hallucination -- -- barnett@im4u.UTEXAS.EDU, barnett@im4u.UUCP, {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!im4u!barnett
ptraynor@bbnccv.UUCP (Patrick Traynor) (03/05/86)
In article <794@im4u.UUCP> barnett@im4u.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) writes: >In article <678@tymix.UUCP> stimac@tymix.UUCP (Michael Stimac) writes: >> >>I mentally kicked myself when I read a scroll of magic mapping immediately >>I arrived in Hell. I should have waited until I was no longer confused. >> > >Yep. The effect is less than satisfactory. Happened to me too once. >I've decided that unless you're just looking to get from one place to >another very fast, using mapping scrolls in Hell is not such a hot idea. >This is particularly true if you're looking for that elusive wand of >wishing -- once you read the scroll of mapping, how do you tell where >you've looked and where you haven't? > What?? I think you must have been REALLY confused to be teleported to hell when reading a scroll of magic mapping! My experiences are that you have to read a scroll of teleportation while confused to be popped onto another level. Reading a scroll of magic mapping while confused just prints the map all jumbled (and therefore useless). But I've found maps invaluable when looking for a wand on a maze level (aka hell). First I print out the map, then quaff an object detection, marking all the important items with little stickers. Then, when I've hit the space bar and the objects disappear, I can see exactly how to get to the important stuff. After THE WAND, the most important things to find (as far as I'm concerned) are the boulders. --pat traynor-- -- uucp: ...!harvard!bbnccv!bbncc7!ptraynor arpa: ptraynor@bbncc7
barnett@im4u.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) (03/06/86)
In article <2214@bbnccv.UUCP> ptraynor@bbnccv.UUCP (Patrick Traynor) writes: >In article <794@im4u.UUCP> barnett@im4u.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) writes: >>In article <678@tymix.UUCP> stimac@tymix.UUCP (Michael Stimac) writes: >>> >>>I mentally kicked myself when I read a scroll of magic mapping immediately >>>I arrived in Hell. I should have waited until I was no longer confused. >>> > >What?? I think you must have been REALLY confused to be teleported to hell >when reading a scroll of magic mapping! (Is this confusing enough?) Er, yes. The intent in the original posting (>>>) was that he read a mapping scroll imediately *after* arriving in hell via the confusion/teleportation method. I didn't notice that the crucial "after" was missing from the sentence. As far as my comments on reading vs. not reading mapping scrolls in hell, I guess maybe I'm approaching things a little differently. I try to draw things out for a long as possible :-) There's lots of valuable stuff down in the mazes, and I include all the monsters to be killed there as well as the $, gems, and wands in the total. Your experience points have some bearing on your final score, too. Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 "Frankly, there's something about reality that gives me the shivering willies!" -- Hank the Hallucination -- -- barnett@im4u.UTEXAS.EDU, barnett@im4u.UUCP, {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!im4u!barnett