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From: davidk@dartvax.UUCP (David C. Kovar)
Newsgroups: net.games.hack
Subject: Re: Beware of raise level potions
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Date: Sat, 1-Jun-85 11:07:41 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  1 11:07:41 1985
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> Guess what?  There are only 5 bits available for storing your
> experience level.  "I had a great game going..."
> 
> Suddenly my experience level was 0 !  I kept getting the message
> "Your fingertips glow white!".  Killing monsters, even hefty ones
> (e.g., &'s) did not change my level.  My hit points came back
> very slowly.  My carrying capacity decreased.  In desperation,
> I let a W hit me.
> 
> "You die..."
> 
> Killed by a Wraith.  Pretty powerful wraith, I had over 180 HP.
> 
> SOOOOO
> next time you're at level 31 of experience, be careful what you
> put in your food hole.
> 
> Bill Stoll, ..!whuxlm!wws
> Still Trying To Beat 1.0.2, and I Had The Stupid Amulet...

If you quaff another potion or eat a Wraith you go up to EL 1 and
start gaining levels very rapidly again.

-- 
David C. Kovar    
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"I felt like a punk who'd gone out for a switchblade and come back
 with a tactical nuke.

 'Shit', I thought. 'Screwed again. What good's a tactical nuke in a
  street fight?'"
			"Burning Chrome" by William Gibson