[net.games.hack] Beware of raise level potions

wws@whuxlm.UUCP (Stoll W William) (06/01/85)

Guess what?  There are only 5 bits available for storing your
experience level.  "I had a great game going..."

Suddenly my experience level was 0 !  I kept getting the message
"Your fingertips glow white!".  Killing monsters, even hefty ones
(e.g., &'s) did not change my level.  My hit points came back
very slowly.  My carrying capacity decreased.  In desperation,
I let a W hit me.

"You die..."

Killed by a Wraith.  Pretty powerful wraith, I had over 180 HP.

SOOOOO
next time you're at level 31 of experience, be careful what you
put in your food hole.

Bill Stoll, ..!whuxlm!wws
Still Trying To Beat 1.0.2, and I Had The Stupid Amulet...

davidk@dartvax.UUCP (David C. Kovar) (06/01/85)

> Guess what?  There are only 5 bits available for storing your
> experience level.  "I had a great game going..."
> 
> Suddenly my experience level was 0 !  I kept getting the message
> "Your fingertips glow white!".  Killing monsters, even hefty ones
> (e.g., &'s) did not change my level.  My hit points came back
> very slowly.  My carrying capacity decreased.  In desperation,
> I let a W hit me.
> 
> "You die..."
> 
> Killed by a Wraith.  Pretty powerful wraith, I had over 180 HP.
> 
> SOOOOO
> next time you're at level 31 of experience, be careful what you
> put in your food hole.
> 
> Bill Stoll, ..!whuxlm!wws
> Still Trying To Beat 1.0.2, and I Had The Stupid Amulet...

If you quaff another potion or eat a Wraith you go up to EL 1 and
start gaining levels very rapidly again.

-- 
David C. Kovar    
	    USNET:      {linus|decvax|cornell|astrovax}!dartvax!davidk%amber
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"I felt like a punk who'd gone out for a switchblade and come back
 with a tactical nuke.

 'Shit', I thought. 'Screwed again. What good's a tactical nuke in a
  street fight?'"
			"Burning Chrome" by William Gibson

perry@hp-dcde.UUCP (06/19/85)

If you quaff a raise-level after you go to level 0, you get back to level 1.

Moral:
If you are at 31, wait until you get two raise-levels.

Perry Scott
...{ihnp4|hplabs}!hpfcla!perry-s