hopp@nbs-amrf.UUCP (Ted Hopp) (11/11/85)
Damn mimics! Here I had nursed my spelunker down to level 20, just
finished off a dragon, and got swallowed by a lurker above. "No problem,"
I think, "I'll just dig my way out. This guy will be sorry he tried to
eat me." Well, I don't even get one swing in with my pickaxe, and I'm
digested by the 'mysterious monster'. Turns out I was swallowed by a
mimic! When I tried to hit it (from its inside, no less), it showed
its true colors (?-)). Of course, since a mimic doesn't have enough
of a stomach to hold a rotting gelatinous cube, that was the end of me.
The worst thing was, I had a ring of protection from shape changers
in my pack, but my fingers were all busy with other rings.
I guess there is some warped logic by which a mimic gets the ability to
swallow me just by imitating something else that does have that ability,
but you'd think it would have the decency to keep that ability. I guess
the only way out of a mimic-cum-lurker-above is to read a scroll of
teleportation. (Or will that even work?).
--
Ted Hopp {seismo,umcp-cs}!nbs-amrf!hoppandrew@orca.UUCP (Andrew Klossner) (11/19/85)
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"Damn mimics! Here I had nursed my spelunker down to level 20,
just finished off a dragon, and got swallowed by a lurker
above. "No problem," I think, "I'll just dig my way out. This
guy will be sorry he tried to eat me." Well, I don't even get
one swing in with my pickaxe, and I'm digested by the
'mysterious monster'. Turns out I was swallowed by a mimic!
When I tried to hit it (from its inside, no less), it showed
its true colors (?-)). Of course, since a mimic doesn't have
enough of a stomach to hold a rotting gelatinous cube, that was
the end of me."
Nope. You were swallowed by a chameleon. It changed from a lurker
into a mimic, spelling your doom. Mimics only mimic inanimate objects,
never monsters.
"The worst thing was, I had a ring of protection from shape
changers in my pack, but my fingers were all busy with other
rings."
It doesn't matter. If you had put on the ring, the creature would have
reverted to a chameleon, which also has a tiny stomach. Same result.
"I guess there is some warped logic by which a mimic gets the
ability to swallow me just by imitating something else that
does have that ability, but you'd think it would have the
decency to keep that ability. I guess the only way out of a
mimic-cum-lurker-above is to read a scroll of teleportation.
(Or will that even work?)."
That might work. (Is there enough light to read?) Or you can carry a
mondo weapon (like a crysknife) and carve on its stomach; this usually
works for me. Or you could have waded onto the level wearing the ring
of protection from shape changers.
-=- Andrew Klossner (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew) [UUCP]
(tekecs!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay) [ARPA]beyer@fluke.UUCP (11/22/85)
In article <1899@orca.UUCP> andrew@orca.UUCP (Andrew Klossner) writes: > "I guess there is some warped logic by which a mimic gets the > ability to swallow me just by imitating something else that > does have that ability, but you'd think it would have the > decency to keep that ability. I guess the only way out of a > mimic-cum-lurker-above is to read a scroll of teleportation. > (Or will that even work?)." > >That might work. (Is there enough light to read?) Or you can carry a >mondo weapon (like a crysknife) and carve on its stomach; this usually >works for me. Or you could have waded onto the level wearing the ring >of protection from shape changers. > > -=- Andrew Klossner (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew) [UUCP] > (tekecs!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay) [ARPA] How about using your pick-axe or wanding of digging and peirce throught its stomach? I came accross an interesting incident, I was standing on the !WORD!, and began to eat (emtpy handed) a tin. Well a monster came up to me, and I "stopped eating". Well this monster was whimpy, so I wielded my mace (letter a.), and began attacking the monster. While beating on him, I did a ')' to see my weapon, and found that I was wielding the tin (letter a.). So, how the heck did the tin that was at the end of my inventory move to the very top??? This has happened to me 2-3 times, and our version of hack (1.02, who'd want 1.03?), hasn't been tampered with. Any help would be most appreciated. Jeff {uw-beaver,decvax!microsof,ucbvax!lbl-csam,allegra,ssc-vax}!fluke!beyer Jeff Beyer; John Fluke Mfg. Co MS 223B; PO Box C9090 Everett WA 98206 (206) 356-5986
hernan@prism.UUCP (11/22/85)
+====+ Yup, teleportation will work, but it'd better be your first move.
lrj@lasspvax.UUCP (Lewis R. Jansen) (11/22/85)
In article <2919@vax4.fluke.UUCP> beyer@fluke.UUCP writes: >and began to eat (emtpy handed) a tin. Well a monster came up to me, >and I "stopped eating". Well this monster was whimpy, so I wielded my >mace (letter a.), and began attacking the monster. While beating on >him, I did a ')' to see my weapon, and found that I was wielding the >tin (letter a.). So, how the heck did the tin that was at the end of >my inventory move to the very top??? This has happened to me 2-3 times, >and our version of hack (1.02, who'd want 1.03?), hasn't been tampered >with. Any help would be most appreciated. What happened to you is this: When you pick up an item and start eating it, Hack puts that item at the BEGINNING of your inventory. If you successfully manage to finish eating it, it gets taken out of your inventory and all returns to normal. The above situation was caused by the interruption... The tin had been picked up, placed at the start of the inventory, and stayed there as item 'a'. This seems to happen when eating something from your inventory as well. Sound okay? ----- -- Lewis R. Jansen UUCP: {decvax,ihnp4,allegra,vax135}!cornell!lasspvax!lrj ___.-.___ Bitnet: uxhj@CornellA.BITNET [' `(o)' `] Arpa: lrj@lasspvax.tn.cornell.edu.ARPA Fire for'd phasers! (My opinions are mine alone, but are for sale...)
dianeh@ISM780.UUCP (11/26/85)
Zap a wand of polymorph, then attack. If you've polymorphed it into something relatively easy to off, you're out easy. It's always worked for me. Diane Holt Interactive Systems, Inc. ima!ism780 P.S. Did you know you can't genocide trappers (,). I tried it, and it just kept re-prompting for what monster I want to wipe out. D.H.