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From: 188622462@excalibur.UUCP (Greene T Richard)
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Subject: "re: killer nurses (*spoiler?*)"
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Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 13:20:01 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 13 13:20:01 1986
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In article <187@moncol.UUCP>, john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) writes:

>Something odd happened to me in a recent game that I was hoping someone on
>the net could explain.
>
>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?
>
>(I am playing an early copy of PC-HACK version 1.0.3.)
>

Yes and no.  It seems the special power of the nurse is a voluntary one.  Your
hitpoints will increase only when the nurse is in the mood, aka when all your
armour is off.  However, since you polymorphed a homunculus into a nurse
while the power was avaiable, the creature still had the personality of a
homunculus.  Therefore the attack was a normal one, not a healing one.
BTW, this personality trait is true in all polymorphs of other creatures.  I
point out that when you polymorph your dog into something nice, like, say, a
Xorn (preferably on level 2 or 3 to get at the people you dislike :-/ ), it
still acts like your dog, helping you and bringing you things.

Spoiler:  If you are being chased by an angry shopkeeper, and you have the wand
          of polymorph, zap him with it.  He is still mad, but is no longer as
          strong,  I like polymorphing the shopkeeper and watching him change
          into an acid blob.

A new college :the University of Hackenslash.
               Major studies include the art of barbaric yelling, blindly
               rushing down corridors, acting without thinking, and of
               course, how to eat a dead corpse and live to feel sick.


--
Rick Greene
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