Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!snorkelwacker!husc6!xmjschm From: xmjschm@stanislav.dfci.harvard.edu (Mike Schmelzer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Hints for Theldrow Message-ID: Date: 30 Jul 90 23:13:00 GMT Sender: news@husc6.harvard.edu Reply-To: xmjschm@mbcrr.harvard.edu Distribution: comp Organization: The Molecular Biology Computer Research Resource Lines: 25 Another, more respectable, Theldrow question.... Can anyone offer specific hints of strategy regarding Theldrow, specifically: 1. The optimal mix of STR, INT, CON, CHR, WIS and DEX? 2. Which god is the most useful to be allied with? - and why? - and how to stay in good graces? 3. How good is the dagger you start with? 4. Should you get another weapon? 5. Relative advantages/disavantages of weapons? 6. What sort of armor to wear? 7. Shield or no shield? 8. Useful potions? (They're expensive!) 9. Haggling strategies? 10. How to ask questions at the bar? 11. How often to fight/retreat? 12. How much to rely on magic in combat? 13. The ever popular....anything else that I've missed. [I'd still like to know the player file format, though...] -- ============== Mike Schmelzer =================="Don't think I won't do it! ========= xmjschm@mbcrr.harvard.edu ============ Don't think I'm not crazy!" =============== 617-732-3746 =================== - T. Sludge