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From: phred@gitpyr.UUCP (Will Rogers)
Newsgroups: net.games.hack
Subject: Dead Lizards
Message-ID: <561@gitpyr.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 12:33:19 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 11 12:33:19 1985
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References: <2344@vax4.fluke.UUCP> <523@x.UUCP> <343@ucdavis.UUCP>
Reply-To: phred@gitpyr.UUCP (Will Rogers)
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Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
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Summary: more info 

In article <343@ucdavis.UUCP> ccrdan@ucdavis.UUCP (Dan Gold) writes:
>> > Several times I have come accross a dead lizard, can someone tell
>> > me what they are good for?
>> 	Food.  That's it.
>
>Note quite.  When there is a NEW moon you are reputedly safe from the little
>beasts.
>
once again, Note (sic) quite.  To the best of my rememberance (which may indeed
be faulty)...

Dead lizards are indeed good only for food at any time EXCEPT during a new 
moon.  During the new moon (as I recall) there is a 100% chance that if you
hear a cocktrice's hissing that you will be turned to stone, (I think) the 
rest of the time there is only a twenty percent chance that you will be turned
to stone.  During the new moon, if you have a dead lizard you revert back to
the usual chance of turning to stone.  Unfortunately I am not sure whether you
have to wield the lizard or only to possess it.

I apologize for the uncertainty of my information.  I got it myself from
someone who had looked at the code and knew for sure what worked and under
what circumstances, but I consider the information to be useful under such
limited circumstances that I consider it practically worthless myself.

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