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From: odin@bucsb.UUCP (Odin)
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Subject: Re: Stuck at level 29 or so (spoilers, and a question)
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Date: Sat, 1-Mar-86 01:40:55 EST
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There is an interesting side effect of being confused.  When you are confused
and read a scroll the effect of the scroll is altered because you "misponounce
the words".  If you quaff a potion of confusion or booze and read a scroll of
teleportation it will teleport you to a random level, and if you are wearing a 
ring of teleport control at the time you will get to pick what level you want
to go to.  From the maze levels you will find that there is always a stairs up
but never one down, so in order to get the most out of my wands of wishing I
teleport down to level 39 (the lowest) and then walk up, otherwise I have found
that I tend to waste about 1/3 of my wishes on confusion potions and teleport
scrolls.  Be sure, though, that before you teleport down to level 39 you have
either eaten a dead dragon, or are wearing a ring of fire resistance, or you
will be burnt to a cinder.  In case you didn't know, there is a wand of wishing
hiding under a rock on every level of the maze, so one of the first things that
I wish for ( if I don't have it already) is a pick-axe to avoid carrying all
those wands of digging around.  Other useful things to wish for are a
+3 crysknife (make sure you spell it right) and a skeleton-key.

P.S.  I have a couple of questions for anyone on the net who would care to 
 reply.  Have you guys tried reading other scrolls while confused?  Have 
 you found any that were interesting?  I have tried confuse monster and
 fire, but neither had interesting effects.  Also, is it my imagination
 or can the Wizard teleport up and down levels, too.

                     
                     -   Ben Page  -
   
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