Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gcc-bill.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!tektronix!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!gcc-bill!scott From: scott@gcc-bill.ARPA (scott a douglass) Newsgroups: net.games.hack Subject: Hack Questions Message-ID: <231@gcc-bill.ARPA> Date: Sun, 3-Feb-85 18:55:00 EST Article-I.D.: gcc-bill.231 Posted: Sun Feb 3 18:55:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 07:14:04 EST Reply-To: scott@gcc-bill.UUCP (scott a douglass) Organization: General Computer Company, Cambridge Ma (Home of the HyperDrive) Lines: 30 .... I have been having some success with Hack -- I made it down to 28, got the amulet, and killed myself on level 3 with a death ray. I've been reading the news, and I have a few questions. For one thing, what is this business with "Elbereth" and "Orcrist" everyone's talking about? I tried Engraving things on the ground, but it doesn't seem to be of any use. Does anyone know why you would want to Engrave? I also was wondering what is special about unicorns. They disappear when you hit them, and they don't seem to like tripe. And is there a way to turn an ordinary "high" whistle into a magic "strange" one? I tried using enchant weapon on one but all it did was waste my scroll. My last question is, is there anything interesting about gems? I've gotten fortunes that said, "Gems are the droppings of other dungeon dwellers" and "Don't throw gems -- they're so precious. And besides, you might hit a roommate." I tried throwing them at ghosts, but nothing happened. When I threw some into a roomful of Orcs, they seemed to be confused, but I couldn't tell. That wasn't really my last question -- is there any way to rustproof your armour besides wearing an elven cloak? What are the best monsters to genocide? -- margaret c/o ...!{seismo,godot}!harvard!gcc-bill!scott