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From: stimac@tymix.UUCP (Michael Stimac)
Newsgroups: net.games.hack
Subject: fake amulet and wand of cancellation
Message-ID: <628@tymix.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 22-Jan-86 18:19:56 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 22 18:19:56 1986
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>>Several weeks ago I posted the outcome of a game in which I had
>>retrieved the amulet, only to find out upon leaving the dungeon
>>that it was a cheap, imitation amulet, worth only a couple of Zorkmids.

>A wand of cancellation zapped over the Amulet will do this.  I bet this is how
>you killed the wizard!  You probably entered the moat from the left rather
>than from the right as I guess the wand of cancellation would have hit the hell
>hound rather than the amulet had you not killed it first.

No, I never used a wand of cancellation. I doubt that a wand of
cancellation would kill the wizard, anyway. Actually, I killed him
with a wand of fire. I seldom bother toting wands of cancellation
around with me.

>>1) I had taken advantage of the postman. Maybe the game punishes the
>>player for this by making the real amulet into a fake ???

>No.  I presume you mean you sold a scroll of mail to the shopkeeper?  If not,
>nothing you do to the postmaster damages your chances.

Actually I was trying to be discrete, and not reveal a spoiler (?).
I was referring to killing the postman when he tries to deliver the
scroll of mail.

>>2) I had read a scroll of mapping to find the Wizard and his Hound.

>You didn't *have* to.

Agreed, not necessary, but a scroll of magic mapping is a wonderful convenience!

>>In the middle of the moat I noticed an "@" which I did not go near.

>This is a bug.  It doesn't happen on my version (1.0.3 on 4.2BSD on a VAX).
>Maybe the game was corrupted?

According to private mail which I received from Don Kneller, the
@ appearing for a ghost is NOT a bug. I don't know why the ghost
appeared as an @ this one time, though. Don also revealed to me
why the amulet was fake, which I will not do at this time. I feel
it is up to him to decide if this should be public knowledge.
There is a hint in what I have said above, though.

I'd like to thank all the people who replied to my plea, either with
posted articles, or by mail. I expect to get the genuine amulet up
to the light of day in the very near future!


Michael Stimac
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