dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) (12/29/83)
From: lmeck@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Loren Meck): -- Winning is everything; gold is nothing (you can always get more by -- going up and down repeatedly through levels 7-14 on the way up to -- kill leprechauns if you want more gold). Therefore, never leave a -- leprechaun standing; just walk up and attack (save arrows for numphs). -- Even if your gold is stolen, you get whatever the leprechaun might have -- been standing on, and it might be that two handed sword or slow monster -- staff you need to win. In 5.3 this is no longer correct, in my view - leprechauns can drop HUMUNGOUS amounts of gold. I just had one on level 9 drop 685 pieces, and 200-400 is not at all uncommon. Also, I usually don't run out of arrows/darts/shurikens etc., and saving them is pointless. Even in 5.2 I have always attacked Leprechauns with arrows and found it to work. And going up and down between 7 and 14 is so tedious as to be impossible - the L's only show up once in a while. Dave Sherman Magnifibeast (still trying to win on 5.3 after many 5.2 successes) -- {allegra,cornell,decvax,ihnp4,linus,utzoo}!utcsrgv!dave