🚀 go-pugleaf

I've played rogue (ultra, super, 5.*) and just started playing hack
version 1.0 (december 1984).  It's got a dog...

Tell me about the dog... How do you talk to him... or what does he
do?  Does he distinguish between poisoned food or not...(he seems
to eat good food and leave bad stuff...but one animal of species
seems to be poison and another of the same species seems not...???)
Give me some clues...  Does the dog fetch good things from the shopkeepers?
Can the dog be told not to attack the leprechans (is there anyway to
stop them from robbing you blind)... why do shopkeepers get angry
other than not paying them? Tell me about engraving things.
Is the dog that important?  Is there another vicious dog?  Is there
some way not to get splashed by the acid blob other than wearing
leather armor - but what about protecting your weapons from acid?
Is there some general strategy?  Should one just plunge downward at
the earliest opportunity?  And how much are those gems worth?
(I ask for all these spoilers because I only have access
to this game for only a short period and I'd like to see what its about...
and as ken thompson says (roughly), "the serious use of computers
IS games."

never below level 4,
	jg

ps: mail me please.
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jeffrey greenberg
614-263-0065
cbosgd!osu-eddie!green
and after march 15: ihnp4!allegra!phri!dolphy!jmg