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Started by Eric Kwan
Fri, 31 May 1985 22:41
Re: Help! ** Spoiler **
Author: Eric Kwan
Date: Fri, 31 May 1985 22:41
Date: Fri, 31 May 1985 22:41
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In article <> t2@fluke.UUCP (Tom Thompson) writes: >>Several times I have come accross a dead lizard, can someone tell >>me what they are good for? "They" said that dead lizard helps killing corkatrices... Too bad, this is just a rumor! >>Also I have not been able to get Elebreth to work, what am I doing >>wrong? The magic word is "Elbereth" not "Elebreth"! Eric Kwan.
Cockatrices *Spoiler*
Author: Henry Chai
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1985 20:00
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1985 20:00
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In article <523@x.UUCP> john@x.UUCP (John Woods) writes:
>> Several times I have come accross a dead lizard, can someone tell
>> me what they are good for?
> Food. That's it.
In article <422@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> kwan@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Eric Kwan) writes:
>"They" said that dead lizard helps killing corkatrices... Too bad, this is
>just a rumor!
NO NO NO NO!
Dead_lizards *do* help against cockatrices!
Here is a bit of translated code from the source:
for a 1 in 5 chance:
the cockatrice hisses;
if ( ctmp > 0 OR
1 in 20 chance OR
(it's new_moon AND you don't have a dead_lizard)
)
"You get turned to stone!" .....
(ctmp is a variable that depends on you armor class, chance, whether
the 'c' was 'cancelled' by a wand or not, and various other things.)
What this means is that if there's a new moon, the chance of being
petrified on first hiss is greatly decreased if you have a dead lizard.
Also it helps a bit if you 'cancel' the darn thing with a wand first.
I don't have too much of a problem with 'c's. I Engrave Elbereth and throw at it
everything I can, and more often than not it's killed before I run out of
ammo. The most maddening experience I've had with this monstrous monster
is running along a corridor and bumping into one unknowingly, so whenever
I remember I use f(hjkl) instead of HJKL.
Happy Hacking!
--
Henry Chai
Faculty of Library and Information Science, U of Toronto
{watmath,ihnp4,allegra}!utzoo!utflis!chai
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