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Subject: Re: Beginner's question
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Date: Tue, 28-Jan-86 15:20:04 EST
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   Many a person may answer this but...

>      How do I (reliably) survive the lower-numbered levels?  I wander
> about, picking up scrolls and potions and food and whatnot, and killing
> monsters, but as soon as I start to get into higher-numbered levels I
> am quickly wiped out by Quaggas and various others.

   Sometimes you have to run.  Wait 'til Trolls and the like.

>      And, is there any way to get around the nasty fact that the game
> deliberately uses new names for everything (so that I can use my previous
> knowledge of scrolls and potions, etc.)?  This bothers me even more than
> the fact that there is no food on the higher-numbered levels, as I have
> to experiment to learn anything *in every game*.

   This is what makes the game difficult.  Wouldn't it become too easy
   (too fast) if you could just memorize the names?  (If I understand your
   question correctly.)

>      Finally, is there any way to restore strength other than drinking the
> potion (if I've been lucky enough to find one...) ?

   Sorry, but you can only restore strength by quaffing a potion.  You just have
to be lucky enough to quaff one of those before you waste a gain strength potion.

   Note: I am answering based on my knowledge of the versions of the game I have
played and am sorry if I answered incorrectly for a particular version.


						Paul Meyerhofer