🚀 go-pugleaf

> In article <199@onion.cs.reading.UUCP>, bull@onion.cs.reading.UUCP (Stephen) writes:
> > 1) I wished for '3 wands of polymorth' - I got one wand of fire;
> > 2) I wished for 'a +5 crysknife' - I got a cursed (-1) crysknife;
> > 3) I wished for 'a +4 leather armor' - I got a +0 leather armor;
> > 4) I wished for '3 scrolls of genocide' - I got a scroll of bad armor;
> 
> You can't wish for anything over 3.  that is, wishing for +5 crysknife
> gives you a cursed crysknife.  if it *is* three that you are wishing
> for, there is a random chance that you won't get what you want. safest 
> best is to wish for +2 stuff.  or, 2 scrolls of...  etc.

I agree about not wishing for more than 3, but item (4) seems strange; is
it bad luck?  That's what I would have assumed, but I'm no source reader.

 
> Never wish for wands.
I disagree; I never get more than one at a time, but its a great time to get a wand of polymorph, and the more you have, the more you get.
Finding a big cane shop spells "p-a-r-t-y" to me.

> 
> Also, not many people know the power of empty wands.  If you've been using
> a wand and it is now empty, just keep zapping it until it "wrests one more
> spell out of the worn out wand."  If you like, Elbereth will keep you safe
> while you do this.

Absolutely!   But it takes up to 100+ zaps....