scott@gcc-bill.ARPA (scott a douglass) (02/04/85)
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I have been having some success with Hack -- I made it
down to 28, got the amulet, and killed myself on level 3
with a death ray. I've been reading the news, and I have
a few questions. For one thing, what is this business
with "Elbereth" and "Orcrist" everyone's talking about?
I tried Engraving things on the ground, but it doesn't
seem to be of any use. Does anyone know why you would want
to Engrave?
I also was wondering what is special about unicorns. They
disappear when you hit them, and they don't seem to like
tripe. And is there a way to turn an ordinary "high" whistle
into a magic "strange" one? I tried using enchant weapon on
one but all it did was waste my scroll.
My last question is, is there anything interesting about gems?
I've gotten fortunes that said, "Gems are the droppings of other
dungeon dwellers" and "Don't throw gems -- they're so precious.
And besides, you might hit a roommate." I tried throwing them
at ghosts, but nothing happened. When I threw some into a roomful
of Orcs, they seemed to be confused, but I couldn't tell.
That wasn't really my last question -- is there any way to
rustproof your armour besides wearing an elven cloak? What are the
best monsters to genocide?
-- margaret
c/o ...!{seismo,godot}!harvard!gcc-bill!scottjames@ur-laser.uucp (James Chavin) (09/10/85)
A few questions about Hack.
1) How does one train the dog to do useful things?
2) How does one read a fortune cookie?
3) How much is food consumption increased when wearing a ring?
4) What are some of the best/worst rings/scrolls/potions/wands to look out for?
5) I read that it was possible to start teleporting at will when a wizard
achieves sixth level or anyone else reaches tenth level. My wizard reached
tenth level. I put on a ring of teleport control and tried ^t and ^T. It
returned unrecognized commands, but a few move later, I got the prompt
where would you like to teleport to. I gave a position using the cursor keys
and hit ".". I promptly teleported to somewhere else, and it said sorry!
I had eaten a tengu. I am hacking with version 1.0 preliminary version.
6) If anyone has a hints file, I would appreciate it very much if
they would forward me a copy.
7) I got down to level 26, which was a maze, but I was unable to find the
stairway down to the next level. I think I searched the level thoroughly.
8) Finally, how deep can one expect to find the amulet.
Thanks
James Chavin
{allegra,seismo)!rochester!ur-laser!jamesjosephs@yale.ARPA (Mike Josephs) (02/22/86)
I am a relatively experienced Hack player who would like some questions answered. 1) # commands are new to me. Are there any more besides dip and pray? 2) How do you use the boomerang? Throwing it seems worthless and wielding it causes it to splinter. 3) What good is the bow? Is it that wielding the bow will make thrown arrows more powerful, or simply that the bow is wielded like any other weapon? 4) What are the tricks involved with the potion of confusion? 5) What good is the whistle? I would be most indebted to anyone who can answer these questions. Thanks, Mike Josephs