HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: hedden@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jerry Hedden)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: System Shock
Date: 13 Apr 92 20:30:07 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


The question comes up:  What does it mean when I am "killed by a
system shock"?

Let's check the code...

SPOILER ALERT


When the game attempts to polymorph you (either because of a ring
of polymorph or a polymorph trap), and you do not have polymorph
control (i.e., you're not wearing a ring of polymorph control), a
check is made against your character's constitution.  A random
number between 0 and 19 (inclusive) is generated.  If this is
less than or equal to your constitution, then the polymorph
succeeds.  (Thus, the higher your constitution, the better your
chances of polymorphing successfully.)

If the random number is greater than your constitution, the
polymorph fails.  In this case, you get the message "You shudder
for a moment", you take from 0 to 29 hit points of damage, and
you remain as you are.  If the damage kills you, then your epitaph
will read "Killed by a system shock."  In other words, you died
because your "system" wasn't tough enough to withstand the shock
of being polymorphed.
From: weeks@astroatc.UUCP (Pat Weeks)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Healing Ghosts?
Date: 15 Apr 92 14:56:13 GMT
Reply-To: weeks%astroatc.UUCP@spool.cs.wisc.edu (Patrick Weeks)
Organization: Astronautics Technology Cntr, Madison, WI


	OK!  What's goin' on?!?!?!

	1.  Simple questions:  What are gems for?

	2. Tougher question:  I'm a healer and I have , from the
		start of the game, four potions of healing(uncursed)
		While fighting a nasty monster I quaff one to rejuvenate myself
		All of the sudden a ghost named Emile comes from the 
		bottle and frightens me,literally as well as in game terms!
	I get scared stiff, and the monster kills me!
		Where did Emile come from and why??


						Ghostwheel
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: act31797@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (The Procrastinator  P1000)
Subject: Re: Discerning weapon enchantments
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 01:08:36 GMT

rchaunce@occs.cs.oberlin.edu (Rob Chauncey) writes:
>	No offense, but I think these are really stupid ideas.  How,
>if you had a sword, would you be able to determine if it's +1?  Do you
>know your to-hit rolls?  Can you figure it out?
>
	Well you know your AC and ability scores, why not your to-hit rolls?
You know what kind of enchantment your armor has when you put it on, why 
can't you know the enchantment of a weapon?  If anything, a weapon should be
easier because you can see how dull and rusted or sharp and smooth the blade 
is.  (Or how weak the club, etc.)
--
Andrew Trapp       atrapp@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu
dreamer@uiuc.edu   act31797@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

"He who restricts another's right to self-defense is accomplice to any crime
committed because of the lack of self defense."
From: richard@iesd.auc.dk (Richard Flamsholt S0rensen)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Cursing items
Date: 17 Apr 92 17:42:01 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Aalborg


  Apart from #dipping items into unholy water, is there any other way
of *cursing* scrolls etc?  I have yet to find a "cast curse" scroll
and such a scroll would probably be hard to direct at the appropriate
item too.

  In case you're wondering why, it's a Good Thing to have cursed
scrolls of e.g. genocide, enchant armor/weapon etc ...

  Richard
--
Richard Flamsholt
richard@iesd.auc.dk
From: weeks@astroatc.UUCP (Pat Weeks)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: Gauntlets of Dexterity
Summary: level draining, aggh!!
Keywords: level-draining
Date: 13 Apr 92 14:39:41 GMT
Reply-To: weeks%astroatc.UUCP@spool.cs.wisc.edu (Pat Weeks)
Organization: Astronautics Technology Cntr, Madison, WI


	OK, maybe I'm ignorant, but I'm new to this game!  Why, oh why are you
people always so excited when you meet up with a wraith or some other level
draining creature!  I've never met on, but I can't understand why in the hack
you'd be happy about it!!


							Ghostwheel
From: fievel@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Good but not that good
Date: 17 Apr 92 18:46:49 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

I've been playing for a couple of months now, and on my own, I've been able to  generate a fairly descent set of characters [down to level 22 or so in the 
maze and about a level 14+ character] but I'm still confused about a lot of
things.  If someone could e-mail me some information on Intrinsics, Spoilers,
and such I'd appreciate it!  Thanx.

Fievel
From: hayes@ddemo3.aero.org (Brian Hayes 74-35 x65129)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: STORY: Vendik's Tale Part I
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:32:52 GMT
Followup-To: hayes%bh_ddemo3@hac2arpa
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hughes Aircraft Company; El Segundo, CA

regarding Vendik as a baby in a tattered cape...

that tattered cape wouldn't have happened to be a cloak of displacement???

-- 
<<<<<<<<<< Brian Hayes hayes%bh_ddemo3@hac2arpa (310) 616-5129 >>>>>>>>>>>>
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: KOPS + STUFF
From: sbgros@skcla.monsanto.com
Date: 17 Apr 92 11:37:36 GMT
Organization: Searle, Skokie, IL
Nntp-Posting-User: sbgros

someone wrote a bit ago about kicking stuff out of the shop after breaking in
with a pick-axe.  how do you keep the KOPS from coming?  they are easy to kill
but then my god is mad at me when ever I pray.

also.

  how do you turn cursed items into uncursed?
   i have about ten things that are cursed including a remove curse scroll.
   do this scroll work on item you are not wearing or holding?

thanks

scott g

Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: dif@bhpcpd.kembla.oz.au (David Faulkner)
Subject: Re: Beartraps 'R' Us
Organization: BHP Coated Products Division, Research & Technology Centre
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 92 09:14:45 EST

binders@carr113.alleg.edu (Simon Binder) writes:

>Alright, is it just me or has everyone had the experience of working a  
>character up to a high level only to have him/her get stuck in a beartrap  
>to starve to death?
>I have the feeling that there is some trick that I'm missing to escaping  
>this particular trap.  Any good samaritans out there want to e-mail me to  
>help me out (no pun intended)?


I'm not sure whether this works for bear traps, but it does for pits.
Levitate out.

  -dif-
-- 
Dave Faulkner, Research Officer                     (dif@bhpcpd.kembla.oz.au)
BHP Coated Products Division, Research and Technology Centre
Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia.
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: silly@molest.ugcs.caltech.edu (Brad Threatt)
Subject: Re: THE ONLY USELESS ITEM IN THE GAME
Keywords: Useless Mail
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 03:55:50 GMT

lbkruij@cs.vu.nl (Kruijswijk LB) writes:

>Also scroll of mails are very usefull to read your mail. If you have no fancy
>window-system with automatic mail notifiers and you are waiting for mail, then
>you can play nethack in the meanwhile.

>So, this makes the iron chain more useless than the scroll of mail.

Well, I personally think that the mail checking option should be just that
(an option) in the next version of nethack.  Occasionally, our file system
gets confused, and nethack is on a stable platform, but mail isn't, so every
20 moves I get this horrible pause while it says that a file query timed
out.  Annoying.  I don't like it.


>Greetings,

>Lucas B. Kruijswijk					lbkruij@cs.vu.nl
--
Brad Threatt | MISSING! Single white male Jesus look-alike in blue 
             | Members Only jacket.  Answers to the name 'Dave Gillespie'.
Safe sex is  | Last seen with roller-skating couple in Pasadena.  
for wimps.   | If found, please return to the cs10 lab immediately.
From: proppi@veeble.han.sub.org (Paul Lenz)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: I don't believe it!
Date: 13 Apr 92 17:40:15 GMT
Reply-To: proppi@veeble.han.de (Paul Lenz)
Organization: veeble Hannover, Germany

In article <753@uknet.ac.uk> tlg@uknet.ac.uk (Tim.Goodwin) writes:
>Pharmaceutic% the Valkyrie just found a wand of wishing on level 1.  Five
>wishes later, she was one of the best kitted out characters I've ever had.
>
>By level 3, she was dipping her (rust proofed) long sword.  She
>unleashes a water demon.  No problem: with Ac -8 he can do little
>damage, and with her speed boots, Pharmaceutic can easily escape.
>
>So the demon calls on Yeenoghu.  Even with grey dragon scale mail, and
>an amulet of reflection, she stands no chance.  Almost before I realize
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>what's going on, it's all over.

IMHO it would be better to wish for an amulet of life saving!

Proppi


proppi@veeble.han.de  ***  ....!unido!veeble!proppi
Paul Lenz    Friesenstrasse 22    D-3000 Hannover 1
=--> Remember: Rock'n'Roll and CP/M never die! <--=
From: agrimm@slate.mines.colorado.edu (Snarf)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: can anyone help me?
Date: 12 Apr 92 06:17:21 GMT
Organization: Colorado School of Mines

In article <1992Apr11.223021.20085@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> ap531@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jessica Fox) writes:
>
>
>	I know you all are total nethack gods and
>	goddess, so would you mind answering a few
>	questions that I have?  Just started playing
>	a bit ago and can't seem to live long. 
>	(sure - they may be obvious to you but be
>	patient! ) :)
>
Well, just Snarf the Demigod, actually :)

Rather mild spoilers follow...


>	1)  how can you open up boxes with the key?
>	    had hexagonal key for a hexagonal lock but
>	    now what the hell do I do?
>
(a)pply the key in the direction of the box (a "." if you're standing on the
box).  Beware, a hexagonal key will not necessarily open a hexagonal lock...
at least on my version.  Odd.  If you id it as a skeleton key, it will open
any box, chest, door, etc.

>	2)  why won't the shopkeeper let you 
>	    out of the shop once you're in?
>
You're probably carrying something from the shop that you haven't paid for.
"P" pays the debt (okay, exact key depends on version and customization).  Or,
perhaps you zapped a wand or ate some food he owned, and he wants paid.

>	3)  what good are statues? 
>
Not much.  If you (a)pply a pickaxe at them, the rubble will occasionally
contain a spellbook (very rare).  If you see a bunch on the same level, watch
out for Medusa (better yet, don't watch...)!

>	4) will your pet follow you down to other levels?
>	   a few times I came back up and the kitten/dog
>	   turned nasty on me.  Do you need a leash? 
>	
Yes, but they must be adjacent to you when you use the stairs.  Whistles
(especially magic ones) can help you get them to tag along.  If you abandon
your pet, he'll eventually go wild (tame them by throwing food...tripe is
best).  Leashes can be useful, but pets tend to break out of them rather
quickly.

>	these need answers! :)  please email to help
>	a new player!
>
>				thanks,
>					Jessica
>
>-- 
>| "The golden rule is, to help those we love to escape from us, | jess  fox | 
>/ and to never try to begin to help people, oe influence them   /   ap531   / 
>| till they ask, but wait for them." - Freidrich von Hugel      |  	    |
>/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/

Glad to help, hack on!
-- 
Snarf (alias Andy Grimm)                         agrimm@slate.mines.colorado.edu
"And if I refuse?"				 |  Cheery thought for the day:
"You die, the girl dies, EVERYBODY dies."	 |   Jump off a cliff, 20,000
"Sounded reasonable to me!"         -Heavy Metal |   lemmings can't be wrong!
From: lbkruij@cs.vu.nl (Kruijswijk LB)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: THE ONLY USELESS ITEM IN THE GAME
Keywords: Useless Mail
Date: 6 Apr 92 10:07:33 GMT
Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

Suppose you have only your weapon and a nymph have stolen all your items. Then
it makes sense to send yourself mail. If you carry junk then the nymph will
steal the wrong item (read the rumors!). This can not be done with iron chains
(from a iron golem). They are too heavy and you can't send them to yourself.

Also scroll of mails are very usefull to read your mail. If you have no fancy
window-system with automatic mail notifiers and you are waiting for mail, then
you can play nethack in the meanwhile.

I could not find any use for the iron chain (except weight). I checked the
spoilerfile, but I couldn't find something. I tried to polymorph it, but
nothing heapens (BTW I expected a chain mail, maybe a wand of manufacturing
should be added, for making a dragon scale mail, a crysknife and a chain mail).

So, this makes the iron chain more useless than the scroll of mail.

Greetings,

Lucas B. Kruijswijk					lbkruij@cs.vu.nl
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: 92ajh@vax.cc.williams.edu (HENRY, ANDREW J)
Subject: Re: Changes for 3.1
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Organization: Williams College Center for Computing
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 04:36:00 GMT

In article <1992Apr14.011855.8318@u.washington.edu>, aranta@milton.u.washington.edu (Aaron Ranta) writes...
>>
>># bunches of MACOS changes
>># rarely allow death by over-eating
> 
>There already is a safety valve of sorts built in ( ie: Do you want to
>continue eating [Y/N]? ) If you overeat anyway then it was pure carelessness
>on your part. You shouldn't be making modifications to counteract stupidity.
> 
My characters in hack are chronic over-eaters, and I used to die all the time   
from over-eating before I understood the food system.  Not only is the prompt 
not a perfect safety valve, but I've died from overeating :
  - immediately after answering N to the prompt
    this has happened a few times, so I'm pretty sure about it, and

  - without ever getting the prompt at all! 

The current system just seems too nasty, and too complicated.
From: aranta@milton.u.washington.edu (Aaron Ranta)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: Changes for 3.1
Date: 15 Apr 92 17:13:57 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

In article <15APR199200363629@vax.cc.williams.edu> 92ajh@vax.cc.williams.edu (HENRY, ANDREW J) writes:
>> 
>My characters in hack are chronic over-eaters, and I used to die all the time   
>from over-eating before I understood the food system.  Not only is the prompt 
>not a perfect safety valve, but I've died from overeating :
>  - immediately after answering N to the prompt
>    this has happened a few times, so I'm pretty sure about it, and
>
>  - without ever getting the prompt at all! 
>
>The current system just seems too nasty, and too complicated.

I still believe that anyone who dies from overeating is just careless... and
making it so that this could not occur would be taking away an 
integral part of the game (Might as well make it so you can't starve to
death either, since this is far more common ( and annoying ))

AR
From: jma@aber.ac.uk (Jonathan Michael Ashley)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: Stimpy's spoiler of the day (how to get in)
Date: 8 Apr 92 10:03:14 GMT
Organization: University of Wales, Aberystwyth

Spoiler

In article <1992Apr6.031612.14331@beaver.cs.washington.edu> pullen@cs.washington.edu (Walter D. Pullen) writes:
>In article <1992Mar30.160022.1581@seq.uncwil.edu> brant@seq.uncwil.edu (Stimpson J. Cat) writes:
>>How to get into the castle:
[various methods deleted]
>2) What you need: A pick axe/wand or spellbook of digging, jumping boots --
>   Go *AROUND* the moat (at the top of the screen only) by digging through the
>   squares just above the moat, to reach the rear of the castle. To get over
>   the pits, (s)earch for them and #jump over them with your boots.
>
I've never been able to dig round the moat, but I guess it might be
possible on some versions. However, jumping the pits doesn't work. You
can't see where to land.
>-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
>|     Walter D. "Cruiser1" Pullen     |     pullen@lynx.cs.washington.edu     |
>-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-

--
ash
From: majestix@dartpub.abg.sub.org (Walter Hafner)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: YASD
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 92 00:14:51 MEZ
Organization: eAUmamV

Hi all!

Here comes just another YASR !

(possible spoiler)


I was down at level 18. There a lich came up and I killed him. A short
time later I ate a rotted corpse and got blinded. No problem, I had
a unicorn horn. I applied it and:

I GOT SICK.

My God was pissed, because I killed a friendly gremlin, a short time
before so I couldn't even pray.

... Three turns later I died of my illness ...

I hate those liches! Of course I didn't look at my possessions whether
the lich cursed them before I killed him.

-Walter

  ,eSEHBg.                               | Walter "IMHO" Hafner
 &HP'ZNF'       Hit any key to continue, |
 NZv1K'    ()                            | hafner@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
 ?ZHXMZ%_         any other to abort.    | hafner@forwiss.tu-muenchen.de
  `*YZHB*'                               | majestix@dartpub.abg.sub.org
From: "fred thinhball" <fred.thinhball@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: question.
Date: 13 Apr 92 13:05:53 EST
Reply-To: "fred thinhball" <fred.thinhball@canrem.com>
Distribution: rec
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

PA>  Newsgroup: rec.games.hack
PA>    Subject: Question.

PA>Possible spoiler alert!

PA>How do I steal back the money from a priest when I'm a Leprechaun?
PA># monster  doesn't work, and i refuse to leave until I get my money
PA>back!  Thanks

Have you ever observed how a Leprechaun steals money from YOU?

it's very simple, really.......

just hope the priests don't get too angry by hitting them.

          frog
---
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From: jwd2@seawolf.owlnet.rice.edu (Joseph William DeVincentis)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: THE ONLY USELESS ITEM IN THE GAME
Keywords: Useless Mail
Date: 5 Apr 1992 07:46:59 GMT
Organization: Rice University

In article <1992Apr5.025643.9080@math.ucla.edu>, abe@oak.math.ucla.edu (Clifford B. Abe) writes:
 
> Nothing in the dungeon is totally useless to the hacker with the knowledge
> of how to use it.
> 
> On the other hand, my nomination for most useless item is a figurine of a 
> yellow light.

I once found a figurine of a yellow light, and used it. I didn't apply
it right away, but instead held on to it until my other pet discovered a
polymorph trap on the next level. So I stood next to the trap and applied
the figurine, and it worked -- I ended up with a pet giant eel.

-- 
\       Joseph  De Vincentis            jwd2@owlnet.rice.edu       /
 \        Go Rice!      Trevor Cobb for Heisman in 1992!!!        /
  \         Rice vs. UT: 103-97                Go Rice!          /
   `------------------------------------------------------------'
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: jablin@unlv.edu (Doug Jablin)
Subject: Spoilers?
Originator: jablin@lil-ed.cs.unlv.edu
Organization: UNLV
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 08:56:12 GMT

Being fairly computer illiterate, I was hoping somebody could help me
with this. I easily found the spoilers, but didn't know what to do
with them after I got them. Are they zipped and if so, in what format:
unix, ibm, etc? I got stuck at the gates of the castle the last time
I played and knew I needed to play a musical instrument, but didn't 
know the notes.

                         Doug
From: rob@wzv.win.tue.nl (Rob J. Nauta)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: cursed vs uncursed objects
Keywords: curse stripping
Date: 6 Apr 92 09:55:18 GMT
Organization: Sex, UNIX & Rock 'n Roll

In article <1992Apr3.180552.14220@pellns.alleg.edu> test writes:
>Can anybody out there tell me ways to get rid of cursed objects?  I'm a  
>barbarian stuck with enough cursed armor to make my AC as poor as if I  
>weren't wearing any armor at all, and I have crystal plate mail that I want  
>to put on.

Hm let me think, there are (as with everything) lots of ways to do this,
read destroy armor, or let a nymph steal it. You can remove cursed boots
by levitating, and then flying over a sink, which will remove your boots
(how the h*ll did they invent THAT ??), I believe eating salmon from a tin
will make your hands slippery, and remove a cursed weapon (but will leave
cursed rings on, unfortunately). Also, try rusting it, with water or a
rust monster till it becomes -6, hopefully it'll crumble away after that.
Finally, you can remove the curse itself, by praying, reading 'remove curse',
dipping it into a fountain (this works even if you're wearing the armor),
and finally dipping in holy water. Good luck !

>Also, any spoilers on how to tell if an object is cursed or not would be  
>greatly appreciated.  The only way I know is by seeing if my pet will pick  
>it up or by using a scroll of identify, which is difficult to come across.

>				Thanks in advance,
>				Simon Binder
>				binders@alleg.edu

That's easy, drop it on an altar.

Rob
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+-----------------------+
| Rob J. Nauta          |       "In the end, all time spent is wasted time."
| rob@wzv.win.tue.nl    |
| Phone: +31-40-833777  |
From: eexmsj@unicorn.nott.ac.uk (M.S.Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: Nethack in Win3.0 Enhanced mode
Date: 15 Apr 92 09:14:57 GMT
Organization: Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham

Sorry, mistake !!!
Icon properties:
name Nethack
startup nethack.pif

and then the pif contains NETHACK.EXE and c:\games\nethack and whatever else 
you may want.

Martin S.Jones
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: Re: FAQ
From: adrian@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (cantva)
Date: 7 Apr 92 11:16:57 +1200
Reply-To: adrian@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz

From article <glock.7@glock.chip.cba.ufl.edu>, by glock@glock.chip.cba.ufl.edu (Joe Granto (BACL)):
> Could someone send me a copy of the FAQ or tell me where to find a copy.  
> Also, where can I get a list of all the SPOILERS?
					  ^^^^^^^^

I need these also - no ftp. Tex version preferred (if exists ;-).
Thanks.

Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
From: aranta@milton.u.washington.edu (Aaron Ranta)
Subject: The nutritional value of the undead.
Keywords: level-draining
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 20:03:15 GMT

>
>  Is it really possible to choke on a dead wraith?  I had a pile of
>them at my feet the other day but was already full.  I tried to can
>'em but the game said I couldn't tin 'something insubstantial.'  I
>went ahead and ate them hoping I couldn't choke on something
>insubstantial.  I didn't choke, but maybe I was just lucky.  
>
>  Dan

Hmmm.....??  Good point, it has happened to me before on an older version of
the game ( as well as the tainted meat thing ) but I perhaps erred in assuming
the newer versions were the same in this regard...

Something to check out I suppose...

 Aaron.
From: kavuri@mixer.ecn.purdue.edu (Surya N Kavuri )
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: blessed useless stuff
Date: 9 Apr 92 18:10:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: noose.1992Apr9.181031.18734
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network


 blessed potion of sickness
                   confusion
                   paralysis


 What do I do with these ?


  Does it matter if my rings are blessed ?
  If my weapon is blessed ?
  Armor is blessed ?

 Surya Kavuri
 (FIAT LUX)
From: tlg@uknet.ac.uk (Tim.Goodwin)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack
Subject: I don't believe it!
Date: 11 Apr 92 15:59:27 GMT
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.

Pharmaceutic% the Valkyrie just found a wand of wishing on level 1.  Five
wishes later, she was one of the best kitted out characters I've ever had.

By level 3, she was dipping her (rust proofed) long sword.  She
unleashes a water demon.  No problem: with Ac -8 he can do little
damage, and with her speed boots, Pharmaceutic can easily escape.

So the demon calls on Yeenoghu.  Even with grey dragon scale mail, and
an amulet of reflection, she stands no chance.  Almost before I realize
what's going on, it's all over.

Sob!  I'm off home now for a cup of tea.  Sometimes I think I'm *never*
going to beat this game.

Tim.

% I got bored with always playing characters with the same name, so I
knocked up a shell script to pick a name at random from /usr/dict/words.