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From: nadya@dartvax.UUCP (Nadya M. Labib)
Newsgroups: net.games.hack
Subject: Re: Why wasn't I invulnerable?
Message-ID: <3720@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 22-Oct-85 18:20:12 EDT
Article-I.D.: dartvax.3720
Posted: Tue Oct 22 18:20:12 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 24-Oct-85 00:36:24 EDT
References: <333@bbnccv.UUCP>
Reply-To: nadya@dartvax.UUCP (Nadya M. Labib)
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Lines: 56
Keywords: what to use a wand of wishing for...
Summary: 

In article <333@bbnccv.UUCP> ptraynor@bbnccv.UUCP (Patrick Traynor) writes:
>
>Ok, I got a wand of wishing!  After Christmas was over, I was the prowd
>owner of:
>a +4 plate mail (being worn)
>a +4 helmet (being worn)
>a +4 shield (being worn)
>a +4 elven cloak (being worn)
>3 +7 crysknives (weapon in hand)
>a +2 ring of increase damage (on left hand)
>a +1 ring of protection (on right hand)
>
>Not too long after that, I came upon David's treasure zoo.  I was kicking 
>butt like nobody's business and after eating four Wraiths, found myself at
>experience level 12 with 89 hit points and 18/76 strong.

Not bad...

>
>Several dungeon levels later, I started noticing that I wasn't as tough as I
>thought.  As a matter of fact, I was having a really rough time with every-
>one.  I survived, but it was taking three or four direct hits to put away
>monsters as mundane as Yetis and killer bees.  If not for the incredible
>armor class of -21 I would not have gotten as far as I did.  

Brute strength alone does not a winner make...

>
>Finally, I stumbled into a land of the dead of sorts.  I was surrounded by
>Vampires, said goodbye to all of my levels and was put away.

No wonder at all...

>With this awesome array of weapons and armor, why was I having such a hard
>time?  Does your armor class and/or weapon power wrap-around after getting
>to a certain level?  Does the game decide that you are just too powerful
>and boost the monsters to match you?  

No wrap-around, but just because you think you are powerful doesn't
mean you can forget about using your head.  If you had thought before
dying, writing "Elbereth" in the dust and throwing missiles might have
saved you.  Also, I didn't see you mention magic items like potions of
gain level, potions of gain strength, wand of death, wand of fire, scrolls
of genocide, and scrolls of tame monster.  These are important items,
and should not be forgotten the next time you happen to run across
a wand of wishing.  Sure, there are plenty of things to wish for, but
you have to decide what to get.  I just thought I would make a few
minor suggestions.  They always workedd for me...

>
>Perhaps next time I'll wish for 52 scrolls of genocide.

Would be nice, wouldn't it?


--nadya