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Started by steve
Thu, 07 Feb 1985 14:51
HACK HINTS AND QUESTIONS
Author: steve
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 1985 14:51
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 1985 14:51
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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
Re: HACK HINTS AND QUESTIONS *** Spoiler ***
Author: Peter Williams
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 1985 11:05
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 1985 11:05
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[Take that!] > > And now a few questions... > > 1) What is engraving used for? > (all I ever got out of it was a blunt weapon) Certain engravings (to be found in fortune cookies) do things to monsters, similar to the scare monster scroll in rogue. > > 2) Anything special about unicorns? If you throw a known gem (like a diamond) at a unicorn, it is very pleased, and I think it does something to you luck, because I could hit a bit easier afterwards. > > 3) Wand of undead turning? I got one in this game but never used it, does it > bring monsters back to life? > I would assume the wand of undead turning would work like in DND, by causing any undead monster(like a zombie, vampire, wraith) to flee. Peter Williams tektronix!reed!peterw
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