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!linus!decvax!wanginst!bbnccv!ptraynor From: ptraynor@bbnccv.UUCP (Patrick Traynor) Newsgroups: net.games.hack Subject: Re: Why wasn't I invulnerable? (*SPOILER*) Message-ID: <383@bbnccv.UUCP> Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 11:36:13 EDT Article-I.D.: bbnccv.383 Posted: Fri Oct 25 11:36:13 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 07:53:13 EDT References: <333@bbnccv.UUCP> <3716@dartvax.UUCP> <631@h-sc1.UUCP> Reply-To: ptraynor@bbnccv.UUCP (Patrick Traynor) Distribution: net Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, MA Lines: 41 Summary: In article <631@h-sc1.UUCP> gts@wjh12.HARVARD.EDU (G. T. Samson) writes: >>In article <333@bbnccv.UUCP> ptraynor@bbnccv.UUCP (Patrick Traynor) writes: >>> >>>Ok, I got a wand of wishing! After Christmas was over, I was the prowd >>>owner of: >[Many wonderful magical items.] >>> >>>Not too long after that, I came upon David's treasure zoo. I was kicking >>>butt like nobody's business and after eating four Wraiths, found myself at >>>experience level 12 with 89 hit points and 18/76 strong. >>> >>>Several dungeon levels later, I started noticing that I wasn't as tough as I >>>thought. As a matter of fact, I was having a really rough time with every- >>>one. I survived, but it was taking three or four direct hits to put away >>>monsters as mundane as Yetis and killer bees. If not for the incredible >>>armor class of -21 I would not have gotten as far as I did. >>> >You had so many magic items, I'm assuming that you squeezed the extra wishes >out of your wands of wishing, and wished for extra wands of wishing. >I believe that squeezing the extra wish out costs you one luck point from >your total; receiving a fully-charged wand of wishing from a wish does the >same, too. >So by the time you finished you were pretty down on luck. Had you killed any >defenseless monsters, or your dog, or something? Yes, that is exactly what I did. After wasting every shopkeeper I came accross (lots of loot & experience points) I accidentally killed my dog while I was blind (I hadn't eaten a Floating Eye yet). If that wasn't bad enough, I mistook a unicorn for an Umber Hulk and death-rayed five luck points. From then on, I landed about one in every thirty blows. So let that be a lesson for you youngsters: "Do unto others before \e\r\o\f\e\b as you would have them do unto you..." Don't piss off the shopkeepers (Someone gave a great method of getting all their money, not too long ago). BE NICE TO THE UNICORNS!! Luck plays an important part in the game. Thanks for the tip, G.T. Sampson! --pat traynor--