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From: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison)
Newsgroups: net.games
Subject: Re: Misc. hack spoilers.
Message-ID: <1332@eosp1.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 10:22:56 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  9 10:22:56 1985
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Summary: 

I hastened a pet and it soon starved.  It may be
that a hastened pet has trouble getting enough to eat.

When polymorphing my pet, I prefer speed to
absolute strength, unless I have a magic
whistle (makes a "strange" sound).  A
leucrotta does very well, for example.
If a tamed dragon breathes fire, you might get
accidentally burned. Anyone have this experience?

You can do really interesting things with the ball
and chain.  For example, if you are in a shop,
away from the door, and the shopkeeper isn't blocking
the door: throw your ball at the door.  You will
fly through the air, following it, and be able to sneak
out of the shop.  The ball makes a terrific weapon, too.

I have gotten to level 6 as a speleologist, by being careful
to carry the icebox as little as possible.  I think the
icebox is really a handicap.

The tourist can do very well.  You must be very careful
about gaining experience points, since the tourist can
only afford to fight alone when s/he will win.  Blind
everything with the camera, stay close to your pet, and
let it do most of the fighting until you get a weapon,
armor, and experience.

Ghosts of tourists will bequeath their cameras to posterity,
so for more interesting dungeons, its a good
idea to play as a tourist sometimes.


NOTES FOR FUTURE VERSIONS OF HACK:  Here's an idea for
a new type of character.  He starts with the HP, strength,
etc, of a tourist and an inventory consisting of only:
2 wands of wishing.  Call him the "Svengali".

  - Toby Robison (not Robinson!)
  {allegra, decvax!ittvax, fisher, princeton}!eosp1!robison