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>>Playing as a caveman, I found a wand. Not knowing what it was, I zapped a
>>homonculous that was clobbering me. It turned out that the wand was a wand
>>of polymorph and I had polymorphed the 'h' into a nurse.
>>With only a couple of hit points left, I was hit by the nurse. Instead of
>>getting better, however, I was killed.
>>What happened? Is a polymorphed nurse not the real thing?
>  I think (and someone will probably verify this from source) that polymorph-
>ing creatures only alters the mode of attack, and probably hit points. I
>once polymorphed a shopkeeper into a xorn; when the xorn killed me, it took my
>possessions! This would indicate that it was still attacking as a shopkeeper?
>Does anyone have similar experiences? What about polymorphing the dog into
>something more useful? Does it still attack as a dog?
>Pete Strover
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The mode of attack may remain the same, but the attributes *do* change
to the new monster.  In order to be healed by a nurse, you must not
be wielding a weapon or wearing armor.  Otherwise, the nurse hits you.
Hard.

I once polymorphed my dog into a nurse.  It wouldn't hit me until I
abandoned it on it's own level for awhile until it untamed itself.
Then it worked like a real nurse.

Similarly, if you 'morph your dog into a unicorn and toss a gem to
him, he'll thank you for the gift and disappear.



				Ron
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