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From: kscott@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Kevin Scott%Kuntz)
Newsgroups: net.games.hack
Subject: Re: cockatrice consistancy
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Date: Sat, 25-May-85 15:03:22 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 25 15:03:22 1985
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>> Here is another vote against the "I'm going to kill you no matter what"
>> monster the cockitrice. 
>Concurring viewpoint:
>I haven't run across this particular problem yet, but I would be
>VERY angry if I did.
>
>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.
>			...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua masscomp ]!clyde!rcj
***********************Spoiler time***************************

Just thought you would all like to know that those who look at the
code here say the cockatrice is -especially- deadly on full moon
nights, and only needs to hiss once (I'm sure some coder out there will
double check this, I'm not a coder myself).  Also, it appears that the
way around this is to simply be carrying a dead lizard in your pack.
It's presence is all that matters.