From: aranta@milton.u.washington.edu (Aaron Ranta)
Subject: Re: Incredible.  Simply.
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 00:09:40 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.204515.18545@csi.uottawa.ca> u519876@csi.UOttawa.CA (U. N. derGrad) writes:
>
>The obvious question:  what do I wish for?  I've go 6 wishes left (I've already
>wished for a blessed scroll of charging (I wished for 3, but only got one. ?),
>so 2 (left) + 3 (recharge) + 1 (wrestle out of wand).  SIX!  :-)
>
>My own suggestions:  amulet of life saving (more than 1, perhaps?), 3 blessed 
>scroll of enchant armor, ring of levitation, 3 blessed scroll of genocide
>(liches, et al), 3 cursed scroll of genocide (nurses, wraiths), ring of teleport 
>control.
>

hmm... must be nice.. *sigh*... well in the same situation these are the
things I'd wish for (though perhaps others have better suggestions)...

1) blessed luckstone (definitely one of THE nicest things to have and I always
   have a bitch of a time finding them laying about)
2) blessed magic marker (not sure if you can specify charges, but if so, give
   it 99) ... priests make great scrolls (helps knowing ahead of time if it's
   cursed/blessed
3) wand of polymorph (again with max charges if possible). It's amazing what
   a couple of well thought out polypilings can accomplish.
4) most definitely snag at least one amulet of life saving (cause you just
   KNOW that you're going to do something stupid if the games going this well)

 these things I'd definitely get (unless you have reservations about
 polypiling, in which case, ignore #3).
 Other things to consider:
  - if you get an amulet of life saving, you will no longer be able to wear
    the amulet of reflection... (so perhaps a blessed +3 shield of reflection
    would be in order)
  - I very rarely, if ever, wish for a ring of any sort (unless I'm on the
    castle level, and am missing something important) At lv 7, you've plenty
    of time to find the ones you need, or non-ring substitutes (ie: don't
    wish for a ring of levitation)
  - a blessed +3 helm of telepathy would be nice as well...
  - scrolls of enchant armour would be nice to rust-proof all this nice armour
    you've managed to aquire (nothing more annoying than -3 gauntlets of power)
    But a blessed magic marker should gain you a number of these, so are not
    neccessary (and having your AC lower isn't essential at lv7)
  - definetly rust-proof the weapon! (again, the magic marker should help you
    manage this feat)
  - and going for 3 blessed genocide scrolls would be nice as well (get those
    damn L's (and R's if you can't rust-proof your stuff)) otherwise, don't
    bother because alot of the monsters you want to keep around till you have
    all the appropriate intrinsics.. (ie: don't take away any options you don't
    have to), and by the time they become a problem, you should be able to
    make another, or find one.

  The thing about having wishes at early levels, is that you usually end up
wishing for something you're going to get eventually anyway... So once you've
got the basic good weapon armour (to keep you alive), you should try to wish
for things that will help you out now and later (if you find more). This is
where the magic marker, amulet of life saving, and polymorph wand come in
quite handy. With a blessed luckstone and a handy altar around lv7-10, I can
usually become the Hand of <whomever> in no time flat (and get a ton of
spellbooks and artifacts as well. Plus verious intrinsics et al)...


Aaron.