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From: rcj@burl.UUCP (R. Curtis Jackson)
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Subject: Re: cockatrice consistancy
Message-ID: <702@burl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 24-May-85 15:41:26 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 24 15:41:26 1985
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> Here is another vote against the "I'm going to kill you no matter what"
> monster the cockitrice.  After a little luck in killing the thing and
> avioding the corpse, my dog picks it up and mixes it up with the other
> corpses to my suprise.  (Sudden awareness frozen in stone.)  The least
> hack should do is to kill my dog if it tries a stupid trick like that.

Concurring viewpoint:
I haven't run across this particular problem yet, but I would be
VERY angry if I did.  Although the cockatrice may not (historically)
be fatal to non-humans by definition, it should certainly (from its
description in the game) scare the holy hell out of the dog and
prevent him from fooling with it even as a corpse.

Dissenting viewpoint:
It is another way to keep great players on their toes and keep them
interested.  Hack is attempting to simulate a 'real' imaginary
world (if that makes any sense), and life ain't fair either.

Overall viewpoint:
Is it not true that it is the hissing and the terrible gaze of
the cockatrice that cause death?  If so, why can a corpse affect
you anyway.

Attempting to take all sides for once (will I be flamed from all
sides or not flamed at all?),
-- 

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