bellas@ttidcb.UUCP (Pete Bellas) (03/20/85)
When you polymorph your little dog into something mean does he have all the abilities of the new creature. I polymorphed mine into a demon (&), he seems fairly powerful and wonderfully obedient. Are there any dangers in this? -Pete-
siritzky@acf2.UUCP (Brian Siritzky) (03/20/85)
Plenty of dangers : 1. you die on a low level (of the dungeon) and leave behind a ghost and a very powerful monster for that level. Its very upsetting to get clobbered by a demon (&) or an umber hulk on level 3. (It has happened to me, although I was to blame for leaving creating them in the 1st place). 2. You may fall through a trap-door and have to come back up the stairs to get things (or for whatever reason). Try dealing with some heavy ex-dog waiting to meet you. There are a number of variations of these scenarios. ****** SPOILER ****** My strategy is to polymorph the dog into some low level monster and the kill it. It will not hit back and you will get all the points. You can jump a few levels this way. I try to do this to all converted dogs. I don't know if eating the monster that once was a dog has the same effect as eating a dog. I will not state this effect for those who don't know it. Brian Siritzky
jona@clyde.UUCP (Jon Allingham) (03/22/85)
> When you polymorph your little dog into something mean does he > have all the abilities of the new creature. I polymorphed mine > into a demon (&), he seems fairly powerful and wonderfully obedient. > Are there any dangers in this? > > -Pete- He certainly does have all the qualities of the new monster, just make sure to name him so you don't hit him by accident. There is a drawback though: If you ( or he) fall down a trap door or separate some how you will lose him. Throwing Tripe/food doesn't tame anything but a dog. Dogs are pretty good fighters, especially if they become LARGE dogs, you're better off staying with a dog but it's fun to experiment. -- Jon M. Allingham (201)386-3466 AT&T Bell Laboratories-WH "Beam me up Scotty, no intelligent life down here!"