chuck@dartvax.UUCP (Chuck Simmons) (06/01/85)
Well, everyone out there probably already knows this, but just in case... I found out yesterday that it is real easy to take a pick-axe into a store. When the proprietor asks you to drop it, you drop it. He will take one step back, and then you can pick up the pick-axe and waltz right in. (Sometimes the storekeeper will step forward when you pick up the pick-axe and you will have to drop the pick-axe a second time, and then pick it up once more.) This is lots of fun, especially if you can't stand eating leprechauns and flitting about all over a level. No doubt everyone knows that you can use a wand of digging to dig holes in the floor. And a wand of polymorph can be used to polymorph corpses into food rations. A wand of polymorph doesn't seem to polymorph inanimate objects like rings and potions, however. Is this true? Does reading a scroll of gold detection when you are confused do really bad things? Like remove any gold from the dungeon that might be lying around? Has anyone tried teleporting to a level below level 30? What does it mean when the wizard chants spells? Isn't it about time for an updated hack.hints file? Cheers, Chuck Simmons
ccrdan@ucdavis.UUCP (Dan Gold) (07/09/85)
> Well, everyone out there probably already knows this, but just in case... > I found out yesterday that it is real easy to take a pick-axe into a store. > When the proprietor asks you to drop it, you drop it. He will take one step > back, and then you can pick up the pick-axe and waltz right in. (Sometimes > the storekeeper will step forward when you pick up the pick-axe and you will > have to drop the pick-axe a second time, and then pick it up once more.) > This is lots of fun, especially if you can't stand eating leprechauns and > flitting about all over a level. > > No doubt everyone knows that you can use a wand of digging to dig holes > in the floor. And a wand of polymorph can be used to polymorph corpses > into food rations. A wand of polymorph doesn't seem to polymorph inanimate > objects like rings and potions, however. Is this true? The wand of polymorph doesn't seem to have much effect on things like gold (I haven't peeked at the code yet though). However... If you ever had a hankering for NINE long swords whilst staring at a common pile of nine rocks. I hope I don't have to say any more. > > Does reading a scroll of gold detection when you are confused do really > bad things? Like remove any gold from the dungeon that might be lying > around? > > Has anyone tried teleporting to a level below level 30? What does it mean > when the wizard chants spells? > > Isn't it about time for an updated hack.hints file? > > Cheers, > Chuck Simmons *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***