Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site ttds.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!mcvax!enea!ttds!notis From: notis@ttds.UUCP (Petter Notstrand) Newsgroups: net.games Subject: Re: Steeling from shopkeeps in hack Message-ID: <770@ttds.UUCP> Date: Wed, 2-Jan-85 15:25:37 EST Article-I.D.: ttds.770 Posted: Wed Jan 2 15:25:37 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Jan-85 01:53:38 EST References: <616@cbosgd.UUCP> Reply-To: notis@ttds.UUCP (Petter Notstrand) Distribution: net Organization: The Royal Inst. of Techn., Stockholm Lines: 19 Summary: Yes, as a matter of fact I know of yet another way of handling shopkeepers; Use a wand, either a very powerfull one such as cold, fire et c, or a teleport wand, and "play billiards", using the walls to direct the ray at the greedy shopkeeper. (He is clever enough not to stand in your direct line of fire.) You could probably polymorph him, too, but then you run the risk of ending up with something a lot more agressive... By the way, has anybody out there been able to lay hands on a crysknife? /NPN