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> Here is another vote against the "I'm going to kill you no matter what"
> monster the cockitrice.  After a little luck in killing the thing and
> avioding the corpse, my dog picks it up and mixes it up with the other
> corpses to my suprise.  (Sudden awareness frozen in stone.)  The least
> hack should do is to kill my dog if it tries a stupid trick like that.

Concurring viewpoint:
I haven't run across this particular problem yet, but I would be
VERY angry if I did.  Although the cockatrice may not (historically)
be fatal to non-humans by definition, it should certainly (from its
description in the game) scare the holy hell out of the dog and
prevent him from fooling with it even as a corpse.

Dissenting viewpoint:
It is another way to keep great players on their toes and keep them
interested.  Hack is attempting to simulate a 'real' imaginary
world (if that makes any sense), and life ain't fair either.

Overall viewpoint:
Is it not true that it is the hissing and the terrible gaze of
the cockatrice that cause death?  If so, why can a corpse affect
you anyway.

Attempting to take all sides for once (will I be flamed from all
sides or not flamed at all?),
-- 

The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3313 (Cornet 291)
alias: Curtis Jackson	...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd mgnetp ]!burl!rcj
			...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua masscomp ]!clyde!rcj

>> Here is another vote against the "I'm going to kill you no matter what"
>> monster the cockitrice. 
>Concurring viewpoint:
>I haven't run across this particular problem yet, but I would be
>VERY angry if I did.
>
>Dissenting viewpoint:
>It is another way to keep great players on their toes and keep them
>interested.  Hack is attempting to simulate a 'real' imaginary
>world (if that makes any sense), and life ain't fair either.
>
>Overall viewpoint:
>Is it not true that it is the hissing and the terrible gaze of
>the cockatrice that cause death?  If so, why can a corpse affect
>you anyway.
>			...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua masscomp ]!clyde!rcj
***********************Spoiler time***************************

Just thought you would all like to know that those who look at the
code here say the cockatrice is -especially- deadly on full moon
nights, and only needs to hiss once (I'm sure some coder out there will
double check this, I'm not a coder myself).  Also, it appears that the
way around this is to simply be carrying a dead lizard in your pack.
It's presence is all that matters.

[all hail the mighty line-eater bug]

I could not agree more!  Why is it that if * I * pick up the corpse I get
turned to stone, but if my stupid dog picks it up, "Hey! No Problem!"...
grrrr.

In article <> rcj@burl.UUCP (R. Curtis Jackson) writes:
>> Here is another vote against the "I'm going to kill you no matter what"
>> monster the cockitrice.  After a little luck in killing the thing and
>> avioding the corpse, my dog picks it up and mixes it up with the other
>> corpses to my suprise.
>
>Overall viewpoint:
>Is it not true that it is the hissing and the terrible gaze of
>the cockatrice that cause death?  If so, why can a corpse affect
>you anyway.





I ENJOY killing a cockatrice!  Anytime, especially just before confronting
Dragons or Demons!!  They are such cute little critters to have around when
fully protected!

It is obvious that your characters are not properly outfitted to deal with
the cockatrice nor have you '/' (specified) 'c' and read the whole
description of the cockatrice.

I have found that after killing a cockatrice and 'doing my thing', even a
Dragon or a Demon only requires 1 (ONE, REPEAT, ONE) hit to kill him.  Of
course, it took quite a lot of trial and error to come across the right
combinations of weather, phases of the moon, etc., to be able to survive
an encounter with the cute little beastie!  Love those critters!

Of course, I am working on my 7th character to come out of the dungeon alive,
intact, and with the Amulet!  One each of the characters and now working on
the second of each type!

I will gladly swap my knowledge about cockatrice killing and advantages for
Hack 1.02!

Reply-To: galbpa instead of galbp.  We have 2 systems and I do not read my
mail on galbp as often as I should.  Too much trouble!

Bryan Ivey