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In article <284@sdcc7.UUCP>, ee178acb@sdcc7.UUCP (DARIN JOHNSON) writes:
> I tought that dead lizards were supposed to protect you from a cockatrice.
> Instead, I took 4 rounds to turn to stone.  Any explanations?
> (scroll of remove curse did nothing to stop this, perhaps a
> potion of healing?)
> 
> Darin Johnson

    I have found that dead lizards (while extremly delicious) are effective 
    in negating confusion.  Another lizard trivia:  If you kill a monster
    while you are confused (not an easy task) the corpse (if there is one)
    will turn into a dead lizard.  I don't know if this is always true but
    It has worked 4 times in a row for me.  

    As for your cocatrice problem, try eating an acid blob (preferably fresh).
    This should negate the stoning effects of the cockatrice.

    Good Luck...     These hints assume you are playing version 1.03.


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In article <216@mrstve.UUCP> mark@mrstve.UUCP (Mark Smith) writes:
>    As for your cocatrice problem, try eating an acid blob (preferably fresh).

Acid blobs don't "go bad"

Jeff Siegal - MIT EECS

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	"What are the differences between nymphs and leprechauns when
	eating them.  Both allow you to teleport, but it seems that
	teleporting due to eating a nymph does not consume as much food
	as does a leprechaun."

The effects of eating a leprechaun, a nymph, and a tengu are exactly
the same.  In no case does the random teleportation caused by eating
such a beast use up any food.  Wearing a ring of teleportation uses
food, as does the ^T command.

	"As for your cocatrice problem, try eating an acid blob
	(preferably fresh).  This should negate the stoning effects of
	the cockatrice."

Right.  But there is no such thing as a tainted acid blob.  They stay
fresh up until the moment that they disappear from age.  This is the
only monster for which this is true.  It sort of makes sense ... an
acid blob is an unlikely medium in which to grow bacteria or mold.

All this is true of hack version 1.0.3.

  -=- Andrew Klossner   (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew)       [UUCP]
                        (tekecs!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay)  [ARPA]

In article <216@mrstve.UUCP> mark@mrstve.UUCP writes:
>In article <284@sdcc7.UUCP>, ee178acb@sdcc7.UUCP (DARIN JOHNSON) writes:
>> I tought that dead lizards were supposed to protect you from a cockatrice.

They make it less likely that they will turn you to stone depending on the
phase of the moon!

>    As for your cocatrice problem, try eating an acid blob (preferably fresh).

Acid blobs are *always* fresh.  They still disappear after a while though.
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