Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bbnccv.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!bbnccv!ptraynor From: ptraynor@bbnccv.UUCP (Patrick Traynor) Newsgroups: net.games.hack Subject: hungry dogs Message-ID: <105@bbnccv.UUCP> Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 12:52:47 EDT Article-I.D.: bbnccv.105 Posted: Wed Oct 2 12:52:47 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Oct-85 06:39:25 EDT References: <76@druhi.UUCP> Reply-To: ptraynor@bbnccv.UUCP (Patrick Traynor) Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, MA Lines: 37 Summary: I've yet to make it past five levels with a faithful dog at my side. Sometimes it's just inconvenient to keep him, especially if you have a dead Nymph or Leppie in your gut, because you keep teleporting away from him. Getting him to follow you successfully to the stairs without one of those turbo-whistles is a little much to ask of the poor bugger. But even if I'm not randomly popping around, I always find out that he's gone too long without food when it's too late, and he's chewing on my ankles. I've seen the message 'You feel worried about your dog' on occasion, but usually after the damage is done. Is there some control character that I don't know about to check on your dog's present state of hunger? If not, does someone have any handy rule of thumb to feed him? Does he like food rations? Is he getting enough vitamin B12 in his tripe ration? Perhaps even more important, after I've past the first few levels and have 30-40 hit points to play with, do I really need him? (Sorry if that sounds heartless...) I've heard rumors about taming a dog to rip off a shop, but in all the games I've played, I've found a grand total of ONE scroll of taming (and that was long after my dog starved). --pat traynor-- arpa-=> ptraynor@bbncc7.arpa ptraynor, didn't you forget to feed your dog? --more-- --------------- |.............| |......@......+ |..%..@.......| |.............| --+------------