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Several weeks ago I posted the outcome of a game in which I had
retrieved the amulet, only to find out upon leaving the dungeon
that it was a cheap, imitation amulet, worth only a couple of Zorkmids.

No one offered any suggestions why this had happened. Since then,
rather, I have seen more discussion about going down to level 39
(via confusion, certain rings, and a scroll of teleportation),
killing the wizard and his dog, and thereby gaining the amulet.

I obtained my amulet by precisely this method. I know that amulets
obtained from a wishing wand are imitations, but everyone still
seems to think that the one from the Hound of Hell is the real McCoy.

Not so! At least not so under certain unknown conditions. My suspicions:

1) I had taken advantage of the postman. Maybe the game punishes the
player for this by making the real amulet into a fake ???

2) I had read a scroll of mapping to find the Wizard and his Hound.
In the middle of the moat I noticed an "@" which I did not go near.
It puzzled me, but I did not want to take a chance on some 39th level
shopkeeper doing me in after I had gotten what I thought was THE
amulet. Maybe this "@" character was the true key to the amulet?
Why would a shopkeeper be on level 39 in the middle of the wizards moat?

3) Maybe all the net chatter about the Wizard and his Hound is just
a red herring. Those who have REALLY won the game are just teasing
the rest of us???

I have not been able to get to level 39 without the postman to test
theory 1.

Can anyone shed some light on what happened to me? We have version 1.0.3,
on Berkeley 4.2.  I am willing to accept any and all spoilers at this point.

Michael Stimac