... Over in rec.games.roguelike.nethack, they have a system of codes for common message subjects. YAAP means "yet another ascension post". Does that answer ...
... it took me six or seven years to learn the game well enough, but eventually i did, and without savescumming (of course). i played a human valkyrie; try...
anyone have opinions, discoveries, comments, etc. on 3.4.1? i'm loving that wizards always have an attack spellbook in their starting equipment now; the new...
... Only had a few hours gaming time so far, but I like. ... I thouht Force Bolt was standard in 3.4.0, too? Maybe even earlier. ... Yes, very useful at low...
... i didn't think so--i played wizards for a while in 3.4.0 (even got my hands on the amulet with one, but got killed by rodney #17 or something...grr) and...
I never thought nicking stuff from shops hidden in containers was a bug. I mean we've all done it in real life, whoops. Thanks for the replies to my largely...
i ran across this on dl 1, just having begun a game and quaffing an unidentified potion of booze: "...You pass out." "You hear someone cursing shoplifters." ...
Far too many to mention. Overindulgance of food is my pet hate. 'If I can just get that last piece of black dragon down', 'I'll never do that again', 'does it ...
... Your magical power just went up. "Eye of newt..." __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus For a better Internet experience ...
... last ... you do know that casting spells will make you hungry fast, including using ctrl-t teleport as a non-spellcaster? i use this a lot when i'm trying...
Thanks for the tips Jane and phenononononom. Yes those Lichs are a problem and should rightly be genocided. Personally I always go for the R's first in the...
... you're welcome! ... rust monsters aren't so bad if you see them coming--throw daggers/darts/mjollnir/whatever, use attack spells, or zap a wand. if you...
Hey Frosty are you still out there? Drop me a line. I have not visited here in a long while. Still playing nethack, though. I have lately been avoiding the...
Hello all, Can any one help me please? I cannot work out the praying ie when, how often and so on! I try praying around every 500 turns and the result seems...
... you're right, it's not very random. pray less. there is what is called a 'prayer timeout': every time you pray successfully, your prayer timeout goes up to...
I almost never pray unless: My enlightment list says I can safely pray or... I am lawful, or.... I am about to die Normally I play as a neutral human valkyrie...
I did not know that you could get an arty farty weapon by killing things and offering them!!! Guess what I am going to do now? Ian the looney Wizard....
To me it's a must to sacrifice everything in sight at th shopping mall, in the dwarven halls. It's quite hard time if you're not neutral, since I remember that...
Now own one **** of a 'pig sticker' its magic too!!! Still cant work out the praying thing but enjoying the mayhem and destruction all the same. Another...
... Stops floating eyes from paralysing you, among other things :) __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet...
... mall, in ... since I ... priest ... artifacts ... quaranteed ... it might ... wishing ... it sounds to me like you're not playing vanilla nethack; there...
... it keeps you from getting frozen by floating eyes, gelatinous cubes, etc.; insanely useful, far more that you would guess, because it protects you from...
Personally I like an amulet of reflection. Or a silver shield. The floating eye's gaze freezes it. Or something. Very Zen. Works against wand of death. ... ...
Hello all. Have done the quest. Visited Vlad and conquered. I simply cannot work out what to do next! The level will not allow teleportation - There is a large...
... go down a few levels until you find one with two up staircases. ... they're the first things i genocide--everything that's an L, if i can manage it. good...
