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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
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Subject: Leprechauns and gold (spoiler)
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Date: Thu, 29-Dec-83 02:05:40 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 29 02:05:40 1983
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	From: lmeck@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Loren Meck):
--   Winning is everything; gold is nothing (you can always get more by
--   going up and down repeatedly through levels 7-14 on the way up to
--   kill leprechauns if you want more gold).  Therefore, never leave a
--   leprechaun standing; just walk up and attack (save arrows for numphs).
--   Even if your gold is stolen, you get whatever the leprechaun might have
--   been standing on, and it might be that two handed sword or slow monster
--   staff you need to win.

In 5.3 this is no longer correct, in my view - leprechauns can drop
HUMUNGOUS amounts of gold. I just had one on level 9 drop 685 pieces,
and 200-400 is not at all uncommon. Also, I usually don't run out of
arrows/darts/shurikens etc., and saving them is pointless. Even in
5.2 I have always attacked Leprechauns with arrows and found it to work.
And going up and down between 7 and 14 is so tedious as to be impossible -
the L's only show up once in a while.

Dave Sherman
Magnifibeast (still trying to win on 5.3 after many 5.2 successes)
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