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From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods)
Newsgroups: net.games.hack
Subject: Re: Help!
Message-ID: <193@frog.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Jun-85 14:50:07 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 10 14:50:07 1985
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> In article <523@x.UUCP> john@x.UUCP (John Woods) writes:
> >	Capital-EE el bee ee are ee tee aitch.  Elbereth.
> >	If that doesn't work, your hack is broken or hacked.
> 	Alright, Elbereth is a magic word, but what does it DO,
> I seem to have missed this.
> 				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)
Less inflamatory this time:

If you engrave Elbereth on the floor, nothing will attack you (except
shopkeepers, confused monsters, and hostile dogs).  If you write with your
finger, then any movement or HJKL attack will scramble the name, and you
are no longer protected.  If you use a wand of fire or an edged weapon (my
experience here is Hack version 1, note) then the engraving is more or less
permanent (something like a 1 in 500 chance of scrambling it).  If you're
willing to use up a wand of fire, you can create a room in which you can
strike monsters with (near total) impunity!

--
John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101
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