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From: gerber@mit-amt.MIT.EDU (Andrew S. Gerber)
Newsgroups: net.games.hack
Subject: Re: Killer nurses (*SPOILER?*)
Message-ID: <106@mit-amt.MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 12-Mar-86 18:47:14 EST
Article-I.D.: mit-amt.106
Posted: Wed Mar 12 18:47:14 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 15-Mar-86 22:19:28 EST
References: <187@moncol.UUCP> <105@mit-amt.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: gerber@mit-amt.UUCP (Andrew S. Gerber,,,2256511)
Organization: MIT Media Lab
Lines: 35
Keywords: wand of polymorph, homonculous

In article <105@mit-amt.MIT.EDU> gerber@mit-amt.UUCP (Andrew S. Gerber,,,2256511) writes:
>In article <187@moncol.UUCP> john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) writes:
>
>>Playing as a caveman, I found a wand. Not knowing what it was, I zapped a
>>homonculous that was clobbering me. It turned out that the wand was a wand
>>of polymorph and I had polymorphed the 'h' into a nurse.
>>
>>With only a couple of hit points left, I was hit by the nurse. Instead of
>>getting better, however, I was killed.
>>
>>What happened? Is a polymorphed nurse not the real thing?
>>
>
>A nurse is a monster that will kill you.  A nurse does not help you.
>A polymorphed homonculous into a nurse will kill you, becasue it is a
>nurse.
>
>Especially since the nurse is a very high-level monster.
>

This is wrong, I know.  Please don't flame at me.  It has to do with
the fact that I learned how to play HACK's high levels with a version
of HACK which raised you up 30 levels upon eating a dead giant rat.
And also it didn't care if you were hungry.  So, whenever I saw a
nurse, I killed it.  

Perhaps the original poster still had armor on?  


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