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> After dying untold deaths I have made it to the 23rd level but
> I cannot figure out how to kill the dragons there.
> I try to avoid the dragon, but it seems I can't outrun it.
> Any ideas?
> caribou!bill

Yes:

1) wear a ring of fire resistance
2) zap them with wands of sleep, death, cold, or something equally mean
3) quaff a potion of speed
4) genocide D's
5) there are others...

Bill Stoll, ..!whuxlm!wws

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Posted from  wws@whuxlm.UUCP (Stoll W William)
> > After dying untold deaths I have made it to the 23rd level but
> > I cannot figure out how to kill the dragons there.

> Yes:
> 1) wear a ring of fire resistance
> 2) zap them with wands of sleep, death, cold, or something equally mean
> 3) quaff a potion of speed
> 4) genocide D's
> 5) there are others...
> 
Of course, if you're robust enough you can just go pound on them.  I had was
running a critter the other day that had all sorts of armor (AC=-4), a mediocre
sword, 18/** strength and ~90 hitpoints when I stumbled into a zoo.  Well,
among the usual monsters (demons, trappers, urviles and other what-not) there
was this dragon.  Well, as soon as I stepped into the room the dragon flames.
The dragon was sitting at the back of the room.  The dragon's flame had to
cross the entire room to get to me.  The dragon's flame took out all of 5
monsters before it got to me.  Gee, what a stroke of luck.  It ended up with
the dragon taking out all the monsters except this one demon (well, there was
only one at the time).  So I went and start hacking at the dragon and even-
tually killed him (he brought my hp down to ~20).  And I was left facing this
one demon (no, _t_w_o... wait a minute, _T_H_R_E_E).  After
using all my heal potions, I figured out the best way to kill a demon.  Back
them into a dead end (if you're lucky enough to have one handy) and start
pounding on them.  Demons can't replicate of there's no place for the replica
to appear into.

Needless to say, I survived the level.  I had been fated to die later on.

				robert
-- 
Robert Viduya
Georgia Institute of Technology

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