dim@cbuxc.UUCP (Dennis McKiernan) (01/07/85)
My sincere apologies; I meant to post THIS file:
[Actually from Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan]
Some people don't seem to realize that there are previous generations of
dogs lurking in the hack-dungeon, and it is these previous dogs (not your
latest dog) which are attacking you (In your absence, they have been running
with a bad crowd). I begin my game by naming my dog (via the C command, quod
vide), choosing a different name each game. For example: My last dog was named
"Biff 19"; when I ran into Biff 9 (you can tell at a distance by again using
the C command), I knew to kill the son of a bitch.
To be fair: Sometimes your dog will go bad on you. I once left Biff
behind in going from one level to the next; realizing my mistake, I immediately
went back for him; either he had forgotten who I was, or he was outraged at my
negligence; in either event, he attacked.
("Biff", incidently is the name of my girlfriend's dog. For some of you,
it might be appropriate to simply use the names of your girlfriends. Sorry: I
just couldn't resist.)
My admiration to the clever chap who zapped his dog with a haste-monster
staff; I don't know that I would have thought of it. But it may be that the
dog will still be hastened when he shows-up in a future game, in which case:
Watch out!
Perhaps the pragmatic thing to do is to is to, whenever possible, kill
your dog when his usefullness has ended (If dead dogs aren't poisoned, you may
even want to emulate Amundsen); I find such ruthlessness personally
unacceptable (If there are ghost-dogs, it might also prove impractical).
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/ REST \
/ IN \
/ PEACE \
/ \
| Kian |
| 3 Points |
| killed by |
| the dog he loved |
| 1985 |
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________)/\\_//(\/(/\)/\//\/|_)______jaap@mcvax.UUCP (Jaap Akkerhuis) (01/09/85)
In article <165@cbuxc.UUCP> dim@cbuxc.UUCP (Dennis McKiernan) writes: > >..... I knew to kill the son of a bitch. No, don't kill it, tame it. Then you have two dogs to do useful things. BTW, some other animals can be tamed as well (ever seen a tame dragon?), and killing your own dog will have some (bad) influence on the person you are. Stop hacking and play quest. A sure way to be hacked!
sean@ukma.UUCP (Sean Casey) (01/10/85)
Aww now, there's way to tame those dogs! Just because they attack you doesn't mean they'll hate you forever! By the way, MY favorite trick is to reach in my bag, pull out my staff of polymorph, and turn my dog into something fancy like a Dragon. They make great fighting companions, except those flames bounce sometimes (ouch!, BAD dog!). I once turned him into a long worm with the last charge. That was MOST annoying (Would you HURRY UP and get OUT of the damn corridor!). Sean Casey
hether@qtlon.UUCP (Heather Dyer) (01/11/85)
Beware of naming dogs. Without a name, hack will refer either to a 'little dog' which doesn't attack L's or N's, a 'dog' which attacks L's but not N's, or a 'large dog' which attacks both L's and N's. It does NOT say 'little Fido', 'Fido' and 'large Fido' (a bug?? certainly a bothersome feature). By the way, how the hell do you get a ring of teleport control to DO anything having put it on????
rjc@snow.UUCP (R.caley) (01/12/85)
> No, don't kill it, tame it. Then you have two dogs to do useful > things. > BTW, some other animals can be tamed as well (ever seen a tame > dragon?), and killing your own dog will have some (bad) influence > on the person you are. How about "polymorph"ing it - A tame Troll called Tiny walked all over things at level 4. only thing was I got no experience,fell down a trap and got stomped on by something mean (boo-hoo). Watch out for reading scrolls when confused in one game I got teleported to level 18 as a first level knight (not healthy). -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "In the beginning was a flame ...... " Paul Kantner. .......... mcvax!ukc!flame!ubu!snow!rjc [ Any opinions in the above crawled in while I wasn't looking ]