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From: rakon@aluxz.UUCP (kohler)
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Subject: Re: 2.0 hints
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Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 09:05:33 EST
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> Trading Post:  You cannot drop or sell cursed things in a trading post.
> So if you cannot carry anything else, get rid of something before you
> enter the trading post.  You can sometimes tell if something is good by
> the amount of gold you have to pay for it.  A 150 gold potion might be
> cursed, while a 450 potion might be blessed.  Items that are the same will
> cost the same amount of gold within the trading post (I believe).
>
     Trading posts can be great if you do these:
      1) Do a magic detection in the trading post to single out 
         the blessed items. 
      2) Remember the prices you pay in different games.  Scrolls,
         potions and rings cost the same from game to game.  For
         example, scrolls of enchantment are always 600, so you
         can usually find them by pricing.  However, hold monster is
         also 600, but it's good to have too, so I don't complain.
      3) There is also a system of cursed and blessed pricing: a 50%
         mark-up for blessed items and a 50% discount for cursed items.
         In the original example, the potion's base price would have
         been 300.
      4) Sometimes you can cheat the trading post.  I was carrying a
         single +3 arrow after going deep enough that bow fighting
         was pretty worthless.  When I priced it, I was offered over
         1000 gold pieces (!) which I took.
      5) You can drop or sell some cursed items, as long as the trading
         post is willing to price them, ie, a 150 cursed scroll of light.

                   RAKON ( I feel weak now ) THE MULTICOLOURED