🚀 go-pugleaf

I just finished my best game in Hack as a caveman. I was killed on level
20 by a Xorn after accumulating 46,855 points, and thought I'd pass on
some observations and thoughts about the game.

Poison resistance: If you find a potion of healing or extra healing, save it.
                   When you kill a killer bee, eat it and then quaff the potion
                   on your next turn. 

Zoos: I read on the net a while back that only people with David as their login
      see zoos. I came across 2, one on level 10 and one on 17. Beware of these
      though, both times there was a trap located just inside the doorway, one
      a sleeping gas trap (not so bad), the other a beartrap (nearly the death
      of me).

Raise level: Eat a Wraith

Monsters to avoid: Avoid Vampires like the plague. "Vampire hits, goodbye level
                   13  Vampire hits, goodbye level 12"

Monsters to genocide: Rusties if your armour is excellent, Vampires (see
                      above), or cockatrices.

Large dogs: Throw tripe at them to tame them.


And now a few questions...

1) What is engraving used for? 
   (all I ever got out of it was a blunt weapon)

2) Anything special about unicorns?

3) Wand of undead turning? I got one in this game but never used it, does it
   bring monsters back to life?

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Steve Grice
philabs!micomvax!steve