[comp.sources.games.bugs] Nethack cursed armor detection

gil@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Gil Neiger) (03/22/88)

The "A" command in nethack allows you to take a lot of things
off.  If, for example, you type "A[", you can take off all
armor.  The bug is that you are queried for all armor you own,
not just what you're wearing.  If you tell it to take off something
you're not wearing, and that armor is cursed, you are told that it
is cursed.  Thus you can find out whether or not armor is cursed
without having to put it on.  This is a bug.

					- Gil Neiger