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> Several times I have come accross a dead lizard, can someone tell
> me what they are good for?
	Food.  That's it.
> 
> Also I have not been able to get Elebreth to work, what am I doing
> wrong?
	Capital-EE el bee ee are ee tee aitch.  Elbereth.

	If that doesn't work, your hack is broken or hacked.
-- 
John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101
...!decvax!frog!john, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw%mit-ccc@MIT-XX.ARPA

"MU" said the Sacred Chao...

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The little bug hits the program --more--
The program dies

In article <2344@vax4.fluke.UUCP> t2@fluke.UUCP (Tom Thompson) writes:
>Several times I have come accross a dead lizard, can someone tell
>me what they are good for?

As far as I know, this is just another snackin' food.  I haven't seen the
source to see if there is something special about them or not.  One thing for
sure : The net rumor about killing cockatrices with dead lizards is certainly
just that, a rumor.  You might have seen something about it reading this news-
group or by eating a fortune cookie, but it is unfortunately false.

>Also I have not been able to get Elebreth to work, what am I doing
>wrong?

You should spell it correctly :  That's "Elbereth".

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				Gary Barton
			        Ohio State University
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In article <355@osu-eddie.UUCP> barton@osu-eddie.UUCP (Gary Barton) writes:
>The little bug hits the program --more--
>The program dies
>
>In article <2344@vax4.fluke.UUCP> t2@fluke.UUCP (Tom Thompson) writes:
>>Several times I have come accross a dead lizard, can someone tell
>>me what they are good for?
>
>As far as I know, this is just another snackin' food.  
According to a coder I know (a person who reads the program for hints)
on nights with full moons cockatrices are especially dangerous, 1 hisssss
and you're dead.  But if you simply have a lizard in your pack you won't be
stoned, but only on nights of full moon.
>
>>Also I have not been able to get Elebreth to work, what am I doing
>>wrong?
>
>You should spell it correctly :  That's "Elbereth".
>
What is Elbereth???

In article <523@x.UUCP> john@x.UUCP (John Woods) writes:
>	Capital-EE el bee ee are ee tee aitch.  Elbereth.
>
>	If that doesn't work, your hack is broken or hacked.

	Alright, Elbereth is a magic word, but what does it DO,
I seem to have missed this.
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				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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In article <529@ucsfcgl.UUCP> kscott@ucsfcgl.UUCP writes:
>What is Elbereth???

Elbereth is a name from Tolkien's Middle Earth that is usually invoked by
the good guys to protect them from the bad guys in times of trouble.
Don't recall exactly what it was Elbereth did to earn this honor, though.

						   Mark Trumpler -+-
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> In article <523@x.UUCP> john@x.UUCP (John Woods) writes:
> >	Capital-EE el bee ee are ee tee aitch.  Elbereth.
> >	If that doesn't work, your hack is broken or hacked.
> 	Alright, Elbereth is a magic word, but what does it DO,
> I seem to have missed this.
> 				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)
Less inflamatory this time:

If you engrave Elbereth on the floor, nothing will attack you (except
shopkeepers, confused monsters, and hostile dogs).  If you write with your
finger, then any movement or HJKL attack will scramble the name, and you
are no longer protected.  If you use a wand of fire or an edged weapon (my
experience here is Hack version 1, note) then the engraving is more or less
permanent (something like a 1 in 500 chance of scrambling it).  If you're
willing to use up a wand of fire, you can create a room in which you can
strike monsters with (near total) impunity!

--
John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101
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"MU" said the Sacred Chao...

> In article <523@x.UUCP> john@x.UUCP (John Woods) writes:
> >	Capital-EE el bee ee are ee tee aitch.  Elbereth.
> >
> >	If that doesn't work, your hack is broken or hacked.
> 
> 	Alright, Elbereth is a magic word, but what does it DO,
> I seem to have missed this.
> -- 
>> Whenever you want, (surrounded by O's A's whatever) type the 
>> upper case letter   E    . It will ask you what you want to
>> Engrave and with what. I forgot the exact syntax and order
>> but it is self explanitory when you do it. Engraving with
>> a - means barehanded. Engrave < Elbereth > and no monsters
>> will attack you. You can do anything you want ( zap, read,
>> quaff etc.) as long as you dont move off the square or get
>> involved in hand to hand combat. Dragons fire penetrates 
>> Elbereth as well as ANY other human, (shopkeeppers, nurse etc).
)) When you leave the square it is gone but you can rewrite it
>> at any time.

> >> ... Dragons fire penetrates 
> >> Elbereth as well as ANY other human, (shopkeeppers, nurse etc).

Nurses do *not* penetrate Elbereth.  I often engrave Elbereth and strip
with a nurse standing next to me.  Then to attract her attention, I give her
a little love pat.

I believe that lecrottas (sp) do violate Elbereth.

Chuck

> > Several times I have come accross a dead lizard, can someone tell
> > me what they are good for?
> 	Food.  That's it.

Note quite.  When there is a NEW moon you are reputedly safe from the little
beasts.

> > 
> > Also I have not been able to get Elebreth to work, what am I doing
> > wrong?
> 	Capital-EE el bee ee are ee tee aitch.  Elbereth.
> 
> 	If that doesn't work, your hack is broken or hacked.
> -- 
> John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101
> ...!decvax!frog!john, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw%mit-ccc@MIT-XX.ARPA
> 
> "MU" said the Sacred Chao...

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In article <343@ucdavis.UUCP> ccrdan@ucdavis.UUCP (Dan Gold) writes:
>> > Several times I have come accross a dead lizard, can someone tell
>> > me what they are good for?
>> 	Food.  That's it.
>
>Note quite.  When there is a NEW moon you are reputedly safe from the little
>beasts.
>
once again, Note (sic) quite.  To the best of my rememberance (which may indeed
be faulty)...

Dead lizards are indeed good only for food at any time EXCEPT during a new 
moon.  During the new moon (as I recall) there is a 100% chance that if you
hear a cocktrice's hissing that you will be turned to stone, (I think) the 
rest of the time there is only a twenty percent chance that you will be turned
to stone.  During the new moon, if you have a dead lizard you revert back to
the usual chance of turning to stone.  Unfortunately I am not sure whether you
have to wield the lizard or only to possess it.

I apologize for the uncertainty of my information.  I got it myself from
someone who had looked at the code and knew for sure what worked and under
what circumstances, but I consider the information to be useful under such
limited circumstances that I consider it practically worthless myself.

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