Hi all! I've just joined this group, having recently discovered nethack thanks to a wonderfully funny cartoon (User Friendly - http://www.userfriendly.org ),...
Forgot a question *^_^* how does one use a credit card? (I'm assuming that you'd use it at a store, not pay for stuff then, but then later pay for it or the...
... green ... Of course, I'd by happy just /getting to/ a water level - I seem to be doomed to continually die at DL 8 or 9 or so. On a good day. Bad days, my...
... Hi - welcome to addiction! ... You won't find a lot. Most Nethack discussion happens on Usenet. In particular, on rec.games.roguelike.nethack. Still, while...
... I suspect you have several hundred to go: this game has a lot of depth! ... The only use I know of for a credit card is picking locks. (In Nethack, that...
Dear Group, Now in Scotland on Hols. Brought laptop so I can play while sitting watching the rain. (addiction??) Number of pets - 2 is the most I have managed...
... Do shopkeepers get grumbly if you pick locks to their stores instead of bashing down the doors? (that's the only benefit, aside from time- wasting, that I...
... well...you get enough of 'em, they'd make a nifty shield, wouldn't they? ... dunno 'bout that (which is why i asked :) ... c'mon now! even I know this one!...
Does the time i attacked my kitten and it killed me in, like, 2 hits count? I thought it was trying to kill me, i swear! Sitting there, purring at me all...
Would anyone mind if I hunted down and slew the creator of those goddam X-10 camera ads with a plastic spork? Speaking of, how come that's not an available...
... I've had more, but they tend to get in the way. ... That's what I do. - If your good selves ... To kill is about the only thing: and that doesn't take ...
... Not quite. Falling into a pit and dying on move 1 might, though. ... There's an Option somewhere to stop you accidentally attacking your pet. safe_pet Set...
... Force, usually - I've only broken icky or corroded weapons, and only a couple of those. admittedly, I've only gotten to a place where I have an opportunity...
... Darn. ... yeah, i saw that. i did it anyway. it was, like, my second game or so, and I had no idea what the heck I was doing. (not that i do /now/. only...
... Your choice/taste: I use straight text myself though, so have no idea what little green-and-blue things are. ... Gnomes are tasty and sometimes have wands....
... idea what little green-and-blue things are. little green things are (generally) gnomes, little blue things are (generally) dwarves. in this context,...
Is there something amiss if I've been to mineworld several times (that's the "proper" term for the gnome-mine level with all the stores and the temple, right?)...
and of course, i forget to ask my other burning question all on one post...sigh... anyway. I'm reading spoilers in an attempt to become better at the game. I ...
... "The gnomish mines", I think. ... Nor have I. I don't think the Mines do Throne Rooms. ... All versions of the Mines that I know of have one at the bottom,...
... So we can make the subject lines meaningful. Not a problem. ... Yes, quite a lot. ... Anywhere in the store except for the spot just inside the door works...
... I think maybe I didn't phrase my question correctly. A spoiler mentioned that throne rooms occur at or below DL 5 (or so). Since Gnome Town has, for me,...
I have now managed to "sit"? on around 30 thrones! Each "vanishes in a puff of logic!" Selling - I ( in my humble opinion ) think that it is not worth selling...
... Sometimes they grant you other things. Like a Wish. Or a Genocide. ... I agree with you about buying things: pets are also useful. But selling diamonds is...
... That's where I've always seen them: in the "normal" dungeon, and below Mine entrance level. I usually find the Mine entrance at about level 4 or so....
... "Hacking": playing nethack, usually: the pun with the trees was too good/bad to miss :) In 3.4.0 some versions of Minetown seem to have Trees in them. As...
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