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From: eugene@utcsrgv.UUCP (Eugene Kligerman)
Newsgroups: net.games.hack
Subject: Re: Another hack core dump
Message-ID: <702@utcsrgv.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 25-Jan-85 11:59:44 EST
Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.702
Posted: Fri Jan 25 11:59:44 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 25-Jan-85 12:41:46 EST
References: <157@ski.UUCP>
Reply-To: eugene@utcsrgv.UUCP (Eugene Kligerman)
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Lines: 33
Keywords: hack, wand of wishing
Summary: 

In article <157@ski.UUCP> jkh@ski.UUCP (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes:
> ...
>By the way, does anyone know the syntax of a 'wish'? When it asks you what
>you want to wish for do you type in the object as you would see it listed
>in your inventory? Someone mentioned being able to wish for a +3 crysknife
>+3 gloves etc.. I hate to waste wishes experimenting with the syntax..
>(how do you make a crysknife, anyway? I've gathered worm teeth, but that
>doesn't seem to be enough...) Questions questions..
>
Wand of wishing is very handy.  Not only are you able for wish just by
giving names of items, but you can specify their enchantment.
e.g. "+5 plate mail", "+5 crysknife", etc.
However, depending how lucky (or unlucky) you are, you may not get the
items enchanted the way you want.  For example, playing as THE WIZARD, I
received +2 crysknife instead of +5.
Moreover, the items may be cursed (unable to take off or "un"-wield).

Even better,  have you ever tried to wish for more than 1 item of something?
For example, I asked for & received "3 scrolls of remove curse".

Another interesting point:  Apparently, some of the charges in a wand of
wishing are "blanks"  i.e. you zap the wand and nothing happens, and yet
the number of charges remaining decreases by one.
Note: I was playing as THE WIZARD, and the last two points may not hold
true for mere mortals.

About the crysknife:  It is merely a worm tooth that has been 'improved'.

--

Eugene Kligerman, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto

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