stimac@tymix.UUCP (Michael Stimac) (01/15/86)
In an recent game I accidently put on a cursed ring of levitation. I scurried up and down levels frantically looking for a Nymph or scroll of remove curse, but my food ultimately ran out. The interesting thing was that, after I had got to the fainting stage, I "floated gently to the ground" while still wearing the ring. This was a boon, but I fainted again, and a giant beatle came up and did me in. If I had stayed on (over?) a square with food on it, I would have eventually floated down and been able to eat it. I suppose I would have then floated up in the air all over again!? Question? Do rings run down of there own accord, or was the failure due specifically to my fainting state? Will all rings fail if one is fainting? Someone recently remarked that objects to be polymorphed can all be piled on the same square. My experience is that this does not work. When I tried it, only the top item was polymorphed. I wasted two wands of polymorph trying to make some diamonds this way. We have 1.0.3 on Berkeley 4.2. Michael Stimac
farren@well.UUCP (Mike Farren) (01/16/86)
In article <619@tymix.UUCP>, stimac@tymix.UUCP (Michael Stimac) writes: > This was a boon, but I fainted again, and a giant beatle came up ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ Wow! Paul McCartney hits! -- Mike Farren uucp: {your favorite backbone site}!hplabs!well!farren Fido: Sci-Fido, Fidonode 125/84, (415)655-0667
mark@mrstve.UUCP (Mark Smith) (01/20/86)
In article <619@tymix.UUCP>, stimac@tymix.UUCP (Michael Stimac) writes: > If I had stayed on (over?) a square with food on it, I would have > eventually floated down and been able to eat it. I suppose I would > have then floated up in the air all over again!? > > Question? Do rings run down of there own accord, or was the failure > due specifically to my fainting state? Will all rings fail if one > is fainting? > Rings eat food too. When your food supply ran out so did your ring's. A quick way to realize this is teleporting w/ Ring of Teleport Control. You can move about the level "as the crow flies" but you use the same amount of food as if you had walked the same distance plus the food your rings ate. Two rings use quite a bit of food. Good policy is to keep unnecessary rings off your fingers until you need to use them. HACK TRIVIA: If you have an Enchant Weapon Scroll but no weapon. Wield your armour and PRESTO!!! Magic Armour!! Neat, huh... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- May the Quest for the ElfSword be your ultimate goal in life... Mark Smith -|=======- GM "Game Master of a Higher Order" ihnp4!pur-ee!pur-phy!mrstve!mark =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-