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From: christer@kuling.UUCP (Christer Johansson)
Newsgroups: net.games.hack
Subject: Re: Neophyte hack player would like help
Message-ID: <781@kuling.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 02:45:15 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 23 02:45:15 1985
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In article <299@ur-laser.uucp> of Tue, 20-Aug-85 23:28:59 GMT
james@ur-laser.uucp (James Chavin) writes:
>
>1:  Which type of charactor is the best to use?

They've all got advantages and disadvantages, and it's hard too
determine a "best" one. Many players at our site prefer the wizard.

>2:  What are gems for, and how does one use them?

You can sell them too the shopkeepers, by dropping them in a shop, and
you can throw them at unicorns, thereby increasing your luck. (Luck is
a property of your character, and affects a lot of things, among them
the chance of hiting monsters.)

>3:  How does one use wands?

With the z command. Some wands are good for atacking monsters, and
require a direction, other work without a supplied direction.

>4: Does a wizard have any magical abilities, and if so, how does one use them?

No, he only starts out with some magical items.

>5: Sometimes my charcter seems to start in a closed system.  In one or two 
>   rooms from which there is no exit. What is the procedure when there appears
>    to be no further places to move to?

Search for secret doors with the s command. On low levels some ten s
are usually needed to detect a (secret) door.

>6:  Is there a way by which one can know the properties of a ring or a potion
>    before using it?   Do the colors of the potion mean anything?

No too both questions, though,
all potions, scrolls, rings and wands of the same "class" have the same
color, name or material. You could call a "class" something with the c
command and all items of that "class" will show up called 
(e.g. a green potion called foobar). When you use some items (thoose
whose effect is obvious (e.g. potion)) hack will tell you there "real"
names, and the same thing will happen if you identify them with a
scroll of identification. 
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