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Does anyone play as a wizard that wants to talk to my daughter about wizard issues? Me I play as a valkyrie, not a magic user, so I am clueless....
Wendy D
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Aug 5, 2003
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Just sent you an email and it bounced back!...
Wendy D
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Aug 5, 2003
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... I play wizards: I also die a lot :( Happy to talk about them, though. Maybe we're doing the same things wrong? ...
Jane Williams
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Aug 6, 2003
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... I will talk to her if you like. I am not very experienced but always play wizards. I know a few tricks. Larry...
Larry W. Irwin Sr.
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Aug 6, 2003
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... about ... for general information, you can always read some spoilers: http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~eva/nethack/spoilerlist.html otherwise, if you'd like...
(an)drew s
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Aug 6, 2003
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Wizard... A character of nethack ( among many others ) easily killed ( very easily killed in my case ) Not good at guns or sharp things. Very good at spells...
Ian
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Aug 9, 2003
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... Me too. ... Can be good at Daggers. Since the first Artifact you get by offering is a dagger (Magicbane), practising before-hand is a Good Thing. Also,...
Jane Williams
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Aug 10, 2003
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... wizards do very, very well with a cornuthaum or a helm of brilliance; either way, a hefty + will help a lot, too....
(an)drew s
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Aug 10, 2003
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... <phenomenologischeontologie@...> wrote: > --- In thenethacklair@yahoogroups.com, Jane Williams ... All very true, but I was thinking of the earlier...
Jane Williams
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Aug 11, 2003
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... oh, yes, then you're right for sure. falling rock traps can be very nasty when you're at low levels without a metal helmet. an orcish helm can be a real...
(an)drew s
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Aug 11, 2003
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Hi, I'm Lord Absinthe, from Spain, and I'm glad to meet you all. I got a question for you, please: 1) I'm playing, in Falcon's Eye Nethack, a Chaotic Wizard...
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Aug 15, 2003
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... Hi, ... I don't play Falcon's Eye, only vanilla, so can only answer on that basis. ... What melee or missile weapons do you have? And what's your armour...
Jane Williams
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Aug 16, 2003
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Hello nethack denizens, I guess here comes my annual (about :) message. Falcon's Eye looks very much like having a regular nethack of the according version...
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Aug 19, 2003
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Hi All, I've decided I need to improve my game strategies. Can anybody offer tips on: Lowering your AC? I tend to get to about -1 and not much lower. This ...
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Aug 22, 2003
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Hi Justin, ... I guess until you get to the scrolls of enchant armor your best bet is to try *every* uncursed armor you can find. Pets and altars are a great...
flamewise
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Aug 23, 2003
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... find ... find ... how about a cloak? a shield? you're right to think that scrolls of enchant armor are going to be very useful to you--they're maybe the...
(an)drew s
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Aug 24, 2003
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Ok, so I've been fascinated by Nethack since about 1990, but have only regularly played now that I have it on my Toshiba PPC handheld. I'm still relatively new...
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Aug 24, 2003
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Well... I died. Ate a gnome, got food poisoning, died. That'll teach me. Poor lichcat. I had even managed to have my life saved by an amulet. Well, at least...
vrylakos
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Aug 24, 2003
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How do you get items blessed? It seems like a handy thing to be able to do... Vrylakos...
vrylakos
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Aug 25, 2003
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... Applying a unicorn horn usually works. If not, pray. Or have already acquired poison immunity, of course. ...
Jane Williams
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Aug 25, 2003
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... Dipping in holy water is the only way I know, but there must be others? And yes, unicorn horns and bags of holding are *much* nicer once Blessed. ...
Jane Williams
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Aug 25, 2003
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... Here's the annoying thing. I played most of this game over my breaks and lunch at work. I died while looking at the game during a slow period at work, sort...
vrylakos
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Aug 25, 2003
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What's the best way to do this? Just drink and hope? Hrn... man... I want to get playing another good nethack game. Last night a goblin ran up on me on turn 3,...
vrylakos
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Aug 25, 2003
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What's the best way to do this? Just drink and hope? Hrn... man... I want to get playing another good nethack game. Last night a goblin ran up on me on turn 3,...
vrylakos
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Aug 25, 2003
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Here are a couple of other tricks for avoiding food poisoning: 1. Eat a tripe ration -- sometimes it will make you sick to your stomach and vomit, which will...
David Strutt
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Aug 25, 2003
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Hi, Thanks to Peter and (an)drew for the lenghty tips. And one of (an)drew's tips is related to a problem I'm having in my ... Yes, and I think I found the...
supercolony
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Aug 25, 2003
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... Price-IDing in shops can help. There are a few specials: I hope you can recognise water without help, for instance. Any potion dropped by a nymph is Object...
Jane Williams
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Aug 25, 2003
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... poison and food poisoning aren't the same thing; poison resistance won't help you if you eat an old corpse. the rule is this: don't eat old corpses! if you...
(an)drew s
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Aug 26, 2003
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... you're very welcome! ... what you've described sounds like you have magic resistance--you're sure you're not wearing a cloak of magic res? or wielding...
(an)drew s
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... Oops, you're absolutely right. My memory is slipping: I've been using the easy way out of food poisoning (just don't get it!) for so long I'd forgotten the...
Jane Williams
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