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From: rik@den.mmc.com (Rick Nelson)
Subject: I forgot the secret name in a vault?
Originator: rik@sandia
Keywords: vault, gold, Hello Stranger, who are you
Organization: Martin Marietta Astronautics, Denver
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:13:15 GMT


FIRST QUESTION...

Well, I landed in a vault, but I forgot what the name
was that I saw in the newsgroup just a few days ago.
This was in reply to the message...

"Hello stranger, who are you?" 

When asked by the guard (gold vault)

I believe it started with a "C" ..??...
Apparently, by using this name you could 
leave with the gold instead of without it.

SECOND QUESTION...

How do I make use of the credit card??? shopkeepers
won't take them...

THIRD QUESTION...

Does anyone have a list of all the creatures and their
associated letter (ie; A=Carniverous Ape) and possibly 
some description/details about them?  This would be
really handy.

If there is no such list, I will compile one, if you 
send me what you know 
(Letter - Creature - Description - Attack - etc...)

Send input to: rik@den.mmc.com   using the subject line,
Subject: Letter List

I'll post the results of this undertaking....

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thanks, 

Rik

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Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 23:21:04 -0500 
From: David Reeve Sward <sward+@CMU.EDU>
Subject: PC: color question

I just got nethack for the pc from linc, installed it and tried to play.
 Unfortunately, it has the most god-awful color scheme.  I looked in the
group and in all the filed I found, plus the spoilers, and I couldn't
find any way to fix this without completely turning off the colors
(color:off or somesuch in .cnf).  Is there any way to fix this without
hacking the source and recompiling?  I've played Larn & Moria and this
looks fun, but I can't stand the damn colors...

From: neal@neal.CND.HP.COM (Neal Bauer)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:35:13 GMT
Subject: Re: Wish for 1st levl mage
Organization: HP Network and System Management Division
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack

dif@bhprtc.scpd.oz.au (David Faulkner) writes:

> The biggest weakness of wizards is their pathetic armor class. Therefore
> the best wish for a first level wizard has to be:

There simply isn't a single best wish for any character.  Much depends
on your playing style.  Personally, I usually go for the weapon first...

Neal
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: rbrooks1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Rob Brooks)
Subject: v3.1 (again)
Organization: Swarthmore College
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 17:50:30 GMT

Humblest apologies for bringing this up yet again but I'm a recent nethack
(v3.09) addict and I was wondering where or if there is an FTP site where I
could get my hands on a copy of v3.1?  Please E-mail responses.

Hmm, even a site with another copy of 3.09 would be appreciated since the
one available from the computer net here at Swarthmore has a rather
annoying bug which freezes some of my games just when they're becoming
exciting...

"You hear the sound of icebergs moving nearby"

Thanks n' advance,
Rob (rbrooks1@cc.swarthmore.edu)



Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 19:29:43 -0500 
From: Joshua John Buergel <jbbb+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: dumb question
	<1992Nov15.210337.13302@u.washington.edu>

>how many charges the magic marker has.  You won't be able to write a
>scroll you haven't identified (Calling one works as well as id'ing
>it).  Nor will you be able to write a scroll that drains the m.m. of

Actually, you can write a scroll you haven't identified.  It is a long
shot, but if you're desperate (need to get something uncursed or charged
up REAL FAST) it can be worth a try.  Wizards have a better chance than
normal everyday people, but it is a long shot.  If you fail to write it,
you will write "@ was here!" (or whatever your name is) and the scroll
will disappear.

Joshua Buergel - allroy@cmu.edu - jbbb@andrew.cmu.edu
From: kim@mother.anu.edu.au (Kim Sebo)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: Unusual Death...
Date: 17 Nov 1992 06:19:35 GMT
Organization: Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories
NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.89.42

In article <0f1h3b_00iV383HFdL@andrew.cmu.edu> Joshua John Buergel <jbbb+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
[stuff deleted]
>I find a lock pick on the first level.  "Great," I think, knowing I
>wouldn't have to boot the heck out of chests to open them.  On the
>second level, I stop a chest.  # loot.  "Hmmm...this chest is locked." 
>"No problem," I think, whipping out my trusty lock pick.  (a)pply.  q. 
>"You succeed in picking the lock."  "Groovy shoes," says I.  # loot. 
>"You are zapped by a jolt of electricity! -more-"  "Your ring of
>invisibility turns to dust! -more-"  "Your wand of cold explodes!
>-more-"  "You die..."
>
>@-W died on level 2
>Killed by exploding wand.
>
>In all my time playing nethack, I have never seen an electricity trap. 
>Fire traps, yes.  Electricity?
>
>
>Joshua Buergel - allroy@cmu.edu - jbbb@andrew.cmu.edu

Speaking of booby trapped chests....
Just what is the deal with #untrapping chests? This just happened to me:

#untrap
You find no traps on the chest.
#loot
A tower of flame erupts from the chest! -more-
You die.
 
Kim-P died on dungeon level 4.
Killed by a tower of flame.

I thought that if you couldnt find a trap on the chest, then you were
safe to #loot it. Obviously not.
So what determines whether or not you can #untrap a chest?
Stats? Luck?



-- 
--
Kim Sebo
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, A.N.U.
Email: kim@merlin.anu.edu.au or kms100@cscgpo.anu.edu.au
From: yqdx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Best Wish for 1st level Mage: the TRUTH
Date: 18 Nov 92 21:04:16 EST
Distribution: rec
Organization: Cornell University

Hi-
  I have ascended many a Wizard, and I am surprised that nobody else
mirrors my opinions on the best first wishes for young Mages.

SPOILERS FOLLOW:






  Wizards are by far the SINGLE EASIEST CHARACTER to win with, once
you know their tricks.  Of course, this may involve certain well-known
spoilers, that some consider cheating, but are well within the scope of
the game.
  There is a reason why the ATHAME cannot be gained by either polypiling
or sacrificing.  Only Wizards, and the finders-of-dead-wizards can get
one.  I have been known to wish for an Athame when playing less well-
endowed characters, such as Barbarians and Tourists. :)
  This much said, when your first level wizard is granted a wish, do
not wish for +3 back dragon scale mail.  Do not wish for speed boots,
Mjollnir, Excalibur, Fire Brand, a Helm of Telepathy, Amulet of Life
Saving, cursed scrolls of genocide, blessed potions of gain ability, or
any other such minor trinkets.
  Wish first and foremost for a ring of LEVITATION.  If you have this
already, get a ring of conflict too.  You will now win the game.  Don't
forget that that nice cloak of magic resistance also comes in handy.  If
you still feel that a Wizard's best wish is for Fire Brand or whatever,
go play a Barbarian and leave the Wizarding to the Wizards.

  Once you have these items, go ahead and wish for the weapons and armor
that are so prized by the other mortals.

-Chris B.
yqdx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu

Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: gregs@eskimo.com (Greg Sumner)
Subject: Re: A couple questions...
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 00:57:13 GMT

mm884030@LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Marek Marasch) writes:


>	Hi.  I've of course read the FAQ, and the spoilers, but I can't find
>	a couple things...  Exactly how do you go about breaking a statue
>	that's laying around?  And what can I use a unicorn horn for, (Yes,
>	I killed the unicorn, and I reallize that is - luck.  Oh well.)

>	Thanks.

>	Marek

Spoilers...

Just Apply the unicorn horn.  It does some really nice things for you,
like cure blindness and hallucination, among other things.
It does not matter what alignment type unicorn the horn comes from;
a horn is just a horn.

As for killing unicorns, it is not always minus luck to kill a one.
Just don't kill a unicorn of your own alignment.  
-- 
Gregory Sumner       _   _                              
gregs@eskimo.com    (,) (,)    Look!  He has a new      
Seattle, WA            "       EMAIL address!           
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From: m4tangla@student.business.uwo.ca (Michael Tanglao)
Subject: hacklite help
Organization: University of Western Ontario
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 01:01:12 GMT

I  have been playing Hacklite v. 1.00 for years on end.  I can always get 
down to the 27th level (the first level of the maze) but I CAN"T GET TO 
HELL!!!   How do I get down?  I have a wand of digging and a wand of 
wishing but the floor is too hard!!!   Any hints would be greatly 
appreciated.  I also play Nethack and may be able to help people out 
there...
Michelle - I will be getting mail from the following address...

m4tangla@student.business.uwo.ca (Michael Tanglao)
Western Business School  --  London, Ontario
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: gregs@eskimo.com (Greg Sumner)
Subject: Re: Best Armor poll
Keywords: armor,  spoiler
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 04:46:25 GMT

m@soto-next.Stanford.EDU (mike horansky) writes:

>The best armor setup, based on mine own experience:

>Hawaiian shirt (+ whatever)
>Gray dragon mail (magic resistance)
>Speed boots (2X speed)
>Helm of brilliance (+4 or 5 to help with spells)
>    (Helm of telepathy could also be useful; I say its a toss-up)
>Gauntlets of Dexterity (increase to hit)
>Cloak of Displacment (reduce hits on you)

>My assumptions for the above list:

>Str 18/** can be attained intrinsically, is better than str 25
>Stealth intrinsic can be attained after ALOT of sacrifices and  
>prayers
>Invisibility can be gotten from stalker

It's probably the second easiest intrinsic to get, behind telepathy.
(Ever have one of those no-floating-eyes-anywhere games?  Uugh.)
Try a blessed potion of invisibility.

Always answer "y" unless you're in a shop.


>-Mike Horansky
> m@leland.stanford.EDU

>I don't want to be President, but will serve if asked to by my  
>country.
-- 
Gregory Sumner       _   _                              
gregs@eskimo.com    (,) (,)    Look!  He has a new      
Seattle, WA            "       EMAIL address!           
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From: perlman@acsu.buffalo.edu (Scott H. Perlman)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Macintoch Nethack
Date: 22 Nov 92 06:40:43 GMT
Organization: UB

Hello, I have been playing Nethack (not well) on an IBM for a while and a very 
good friend of mine is interested in the game.

He has a Mac.  Does anyone know an FTP site where I could get a Mac compiled 
version of Nethack?

Please either post or E-mail to perlman@acsu.buffalo.edu

Thanx
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: madmax@cellar.org (Alex Strumpf)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: Wish for 1st levl mage
Date: 17 Nov 92 05:27:44 GMT
Organization: The Cellar BBS and public access system

d_jaracz@oz.plymouth.edu (David R. Jaracz) writes:

> Twice within the last 2 weeks I've played a wizard that got a wish
> from a water demon.  Noe, since that I can *NEVER* get the gdsm or
> Excalibur to come out right (I know, I know, it's me.  It always says
> "That item doesn't exist" or somesuch) so I wondered what to wish for.
> If I was playing my Valkyrie instead of the wizard (these are the 2 I
> usually play) I might've wished for something different, but both
> times I wished for blessed gauntlets of power.
> 
> So.  Here's the deal:
> 
> What do you think is the best wish for a 1st level wizard (or any
> other character)
> 
> P.S. I still say a tinning kit!  ;) ;)

1-3 blessed scrolls of genocide are kinda nice. I love wiping out those 
nymphs(always stealing my stuff and I have to chase 'em around <sigh>), o 
types(especially when they come at you in packs <grin>), and those L's(unlike 
the shaman types, the liches' spells are 90+% effective..well, at least 
that's true in my case. :-) )  Also, x Wraith corpses can help you end those
1st level blues. ;-)

madmax@cellar.org

PREFERRED mailpath: madmax%cellar@tredysvr.tredydev.unisys.com




"Well you know what they say about hyperspace..they say it's a hypothetical
 absurdity and that's something I've always wanted to be lost in."
From: ralf@ark.abg.sub.org (Ralf Stephan)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: YAFM
Date: 20 Nov 92 17:43
Organization: Not Very Ltd.

Just got this:

"It contains a decaying green substance."

How?


ralf
--
***********************************************************************
PLEASE NOTE: Some Quantum Physics Theories Suggest That When the Reader
Is Not Directly Observing This Message, It May Cease to Exist or Will
Exist Only in a Vague and Undetermined State.
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu (Alec Habig)
Subject: Re: ATHAME
Organization: Indiana University Astrophysics, Bloomington, IN
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 19:43:36 GMT

In article <1eh67rINNj1t@crcnis1.unl.edu> ksoutor@unlinfo.unl.edu (kevin soutor) writes:
>I'm just starting to play Nethack.  What's so big about this
>item?

Let me add to this...

What the heck IS an athame?  I've scoured many a dictionary looking for it, but
have had no luck.

	Alec
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu (Alec Habig)
Subject: Re: YAFM
Organization: Indiana University Astrophysics, Bloomington, IN
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 19:23:38 GMT

In article <2b0d862cwnr070@ark.abg.sub.org> ralf@ark.abg.sub.org (Ralf Stephan) writes:
>Just got this:
>
>"It contains a decaying green substance."
>
>How?

Opened a cursed tin of spinach?

	Alec


Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: buie@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (willie.j.buie..jr)
Subject: Re: Incredible.  Simply.
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 13:32:52 GMT

Spoilers!


What to wish for early in the game?  Here's my generic wish list.  I work
my priorities from top to bottom, for as many wishes as I am fortunate
enough to get:

1) 3 blessed scrolls of charging
2) blessed ring of teleport control
3) blessed luckstone
   (for spells; if you can't be smart, get lucky)
4) a blessed rustproof +2 long sword named Frost Brand
   Notes: only certain hacked versions support wishing for rustproof items;
              if you can't get it rustproof, rustproof it ASAP
          get it to rustproof +5 enchantment by any means necessary, then
              wield it while reading a blessed scroll of enchant weapon
          I haven't found level draining to be a significant problem
          If I already have Stormy or Excalibur, I don't wish for Frost Brand
5) a blessed magic marker (more cost effective than wishing for scrolls)
6) armor to fill missing intrinsics
   * magic resistance
	blessed +3 cloak of magic resistance
	blessed +3 gray dragon scale mail
   * disintegration resistance
	blessed +3 black dragon scale mail
   * double speed
	blessed rustproof +3 speed boots
   * extra dexterity (gauntlets of dexterity)
	blessed +3 gauntlets of dexterity
   * super telepathy 
	blessed rustproof +3 helm of telepathy
   * displacement
	blessed +3 cloak of displacement
   * reflection
	blessed +3 shield of reflection

		--Bill
From: nemesis@pcuf.fi (Ville Salo)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: Unusual Death...
Date: 16 Nov 92 17:50:50 GMT
Organization: PCUF

Ever seen electric eel? or got an ability called shock resistance?
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: nwang@black.clarku.edu (The freak)
Subject: Abilities after polymorphing
Organization: Clark University (Worcester, MA)
Date: 15 Nov 92 23:30:20 GMT


Hit a trap today and got polymorphed into some sort of an Ape (the
goblin corpse tastes delicious!).  Anyway, I was playing priest, so I am
wandering if I would still retain priest abilities, namely the ability
to see blessed/cursed status of an item.

Thanks in advance

Andy

Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: nick@eskimo.com (Nick Adami)
Subject: intrinsic phase?
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:15:23 GMT

I was browsing through the spoiler text when I noticed there was an asterix
next to phase in the list of intrinsics you could get from eating
monsters.  Phase is the ability to walk through walls etc, like a xorn.
Is this really possible or is it a typo in my spoiler file?

Nick Adami
aka Ben Dover

Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: adam@microware.com (Adam Goldberg)
Subject: Re: More 3.1 suggestions
Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:52:33 GMT

gyugyi@leland.Stanford.EDU (Paul Gyugyi) writes:

>In article <1992Nov18.132833.20548@yang.earlham.edu>, marcs@yang.earlham.edu (Marc Seebass(Thunderbolt)) writes:
>|> Student: Starts with a lot of spell books and scrolls, and a magic marker. 
>|>    Stats: str:10 int:15 dex:10 wis:12 con:12 chr: 14
>|> Has intrinsic sleep resistance, and has a percent chance of having poison 
>|> resitance from exposure to school food. 

>And a six pack of potions of confusion!

Not confusion, booze!

>Not to mention eye glasses.

-- 
Adam G.
adamg@microware.com, or ...!uunet!mcrware!adamg
The above is not to be construed in any way as the official or unofficial
statements of Microware, or any Microware employees.
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: dif@bhprtc.scpd.oz.au (David Faulkner)
Subject: Re: Wish for 1st levl mage
Organization: BHP Steel, Sheet & Coil, Research & Technology Centre
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 23:11:05 GMT

buie@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (willie.j.buie..jr) writes:

>(David R. Jaracz) writes:
>
>>> What do you think is the best wish for a 1st level wizard (or any
>>> other character)
>
>For a starting wizard, I'd *never* wish for gray dragon scale mail.  Look,
>the only reason you wanted gray was so you could have magic resistance,
>right?  And a starting wizard already has magic resistance!  Best to go
>for another dragon intrinsic.  I'd take *black* dragon scale mail.
>
>Yeah, yeah, flame breath, I've heard all the arguments about cloak of
>displacement & gray dragon scale mail vs. cloak of magic resistance &
>black dragon scale mail, but in my playing experience, I've found:
>
>	1) if you don't cheat or do "abuses", you can't always count on
>	   getting everything you need
>	2) magic resistance and disintegration resistance are *mandatory*
>	   intrinsics, and displacement is not (actually, I'm usually
>	   invisible and so heavily protected by the time I hit the
>	   castle, I don't even miss displacment if I don't have it).

Disintegration resistance is *NOT* mandatory. REFLECTION is mandatory.
You need not worry about disintegration if you have reflection, and
reflection does have benefits beyond protection from disintegration.
The ideal is magic resistant (via gdsm), displaced, permanently
invisible and reflective (via shield).
If you are short on wishes you can do without displacement. So, already
having gdsm from your early wish, and invisibility being no problem to
get, all you need is one wish for the shield.

Your black dragon scale mail isn't much good against my flame breath,
is it! What you need is a shield of reflection. Then again, if you were
displaced, I might have missed.

  -dif-
-- 
Dave Faulkner, Research Engineer                    (dif@bhprtc.scpd.oz.au)
BHP Coated Products Division, Research and Technology Centre
Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia.
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: jstark@mcshh.Hanse.DE (Jens Stark)
Subject: HELP! My pet killed the Shopowner !
Organization: Point of Presence & MCS Hamburg
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:15:33 GMT
Summary: Robbing stores with pet
Keywords: HACK



Well, one way to kinn a Shopkeeper is having the wrong pet...
My ***ned tame Balrog named Morris ( lucky(?) polymorph )
just killed that poor guy...
No more shops in further levels ?

   Jens

Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: griller@bluemoon.use.com (Scott Hout)
Subject: Re: A Cryptic Message.....
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 09:46:42 EST

"Bruno W. Repetto" <br0w+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

> Excerpts from netnews.rec.games.hack: 13-Nov-92 A Cryptic Message.....
> by The Troll Master@copper. 
> > Subject: A Cryptic Message.....
> > From: swatkins@copper.denver.colorado.edu (The Troll Master)
> > Date: 13 Nov 92 10:14:51 GMT
> >  
> >  
> >         What is on the level or occured on the level when you hear a distan
> > explosion?
> >  
> > thanks,
> > the troll.
> 
> A monster was blown to pieces by stepping on a land mine in *another*
> room.  Did you a favor.
> 
> Bruno.  br0w+@anrew.cmu.edu
> 

It could also be a trapped door.  Many a time I have stumbled
across a black cap and orcish dagger, or a sling or elvish dagger
laying in a doorway after seeing the above message! ;-)

 This is from
     griller@bluemoon.use.com
who doesn't have his (or her) own obnoxious signature yet
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: snelling@bnr.ca (Peter Snelling)
Subject: Re: Disintegration Resistance
Keywords: Disintegration resistance, tinning kit
Reply-To: snelling@bnr.ca (Peter Snelling)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:21:17 GMT

In article <By48wL.83L@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu (Alec Habig) writes:
>Ah, but a tinning kit has the following advantages :

>2) Bless that kit, and it gives any monster intrinsics automatically when you
>eat the resulting tins.
>
>	Alec

I don't think this is true.  Otherwise a blessed tin of tengu meat would
be a very good wish.  I think you get exactly the same chance of getting
an intrinsic from a blessed tin, an uncursed tin, and a corpse.
-- 
Peter Snelling
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: gregs@eskimo.com (Greg Sumner)
Subject: Re: I forgot the secret name in a vault?
Keywords: vault, gold, Hello Stranger, who are you
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 05:03:38 GMT

scythe@stein.u.washington.edu (The Grim Reaper) writes:

>>THIRD QUESTION...
>>
>>Does anyone have a list of all the creatures and their
>>associated letter (ie; A=Carniverous Ape) and possibly 
>>some description/details about them?  This would be
>>really handy.
> Try typing '/' and then 'n'.  then you can type in a letter.
>>
>>If there is no such list, I will compile one, if you 
>>send me what you know 

... Good luck.

>>Thanks, 
>>
>>Rik

That information is provided (in detail) in the Spoiler file.  To find
out where to get one of these files, read the book!  (read: FAQ.)

Compiling a list of all of the monsters is a much larger task than one
might think.
-- 
Gregory Sumner       _   _                              
gregs@eskimo.com    (,) (,)    Look!  He has a new      
Seattle, WA            "       EMAIL address!           
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