Which characters have the option to die or not to die after haver been slain by a monster. I experienced this while playing a level 4 Monk and being killed by ...
... I would guess that you were in Explorer mode (or possibly even Wizard mode) the first time. I've never tried these myself, but what you describe sounds...
Dear Richard & Jane, While I am in no way an expert - I have seen this before!!! Richard may have a "glitch" on his version of Nethack (and to not waffle on...
... Nope. The amulet offers no choice in resurection. If a player dies wearing one, it glows, re-animates the player, then crumbles to dust. ... Explore (-r)...
Hi Rosaline, In explore mode you start with a wand of wishing (0:3) in your inventory. That grants you three wishes. In wizard mode you have unlimited wishes...
I have just downloaded the nethack-qt package from debian along with nethack-common 3.4. While I am using Xnethack, how can I switch to the qt-based tileset? ...
... well.... if you START in explore/wizard mode (like, put -r or -w in the prompt), you get the wand. If you start a normal game and switch to explore mode,...
... the ... not quite certain, but i have a couple ideas: first, in the file that's probably called "defaults.nh" (or something very similar), remove the #...
Hi folks, I've just signed up on this group to discuss some ideas about the various roguelike games avaible. By now I'm having a look at the following: Moria...
... I have been told that it is not possible to play in "multi player" mode by many people. The website [ nethack.org ] also states that they would not/have...
How long have you been playing? I have been playing almost 17 years, started on an old Compac with green display. I beat most of the old versions, ascended as...
... The closest ones i know of would be Diablo/Diablo II on a LAN (so you don't get mauled by some idiot teenager who spends all his time on Battle.net *rolls...
i'm andrew and i've been playing nethack since version 3.1 or 3.1.1. still haven't ascended, but i've come close (finally got my hands on the amulet for the...
On 14 Aug 2002 at 23:19, ... Hi! (waves) ... The easy way is to use a browser, and Google. It's slower than a proper newsreader (can take days for a message to...
... 3.1.1. ... on ... the ... no wands of death? ... cool! let me (personally, as i dunno if anyone else here'd appreciate it :) know how you fare! ( i play...
I saw with much interest the message posted by Andrew regarding ac - Minus 30!? Minus 40??? Crikey - I managed -9 in one game and thought I was doing B*****...
... badly--i've gotten as far as a lev 13 priest, if i remember right, and completed the first four quests (the girl's dog, killing keethrax, killing the...
... I've heard that it will go lower, but the chance of it doing so is low. ... +6 for most armour, +7 for elven (or so I've heard) ... Also, I believe they...
... i've heard that too, but i've tried many times with no success. o well... ... that would be a very, very big deal--i'd try playing wizards if that's the...
... [snip] ... a ... they're ... heavily, ... eating a (full-grown) black dragon corpse has a chance of giving you disint-resistance (the message is something...
... you ... o, good--that's not too hard. ... do you know offhand if the intrinsics gained by eating rings as a xorn are lost when you polymorph into something...
... eating ... Intrinsics gained by eating rings and amulets when polymorphed are retained when returning to human form. Also, different rings can be consumed...
Anybody figure out how to beat the Sokoban levels? Can you trick them by lifting boulders or floating over pits? Are you forced to solve the Sokoban puzzle?...
... yes; you can either spend some time figuring out how to solve them, or you can find the spoilers online. ... i don't know about lifting boulders, but you...
spoiler warning -- sobokon You cannot pick up boulders in sobokon, for instance if you are in the form of a storm giant which normally allows it. However, if...
Re Sokoban :- It took me many attempts to complete this 'level'! Having failed a great many times, a friend of mine who also plays, suggested the following...
... and ... Okay, first off: you don't actually NEED an AC of -40 to enter Gehennom. Second, armor _can_be_ enchanted up to +4 in a similar manner to ...
... the ... boulders ... of ... it ... Well... If you drop a lot of your stuff (i haven't figured out how much you can be carrying, exactly), you can squeeze...
