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From: wutka@gitpyr.UUCP (Mark Wutka)
Newsgroups: net.games.hack
Subject: Re: Wands of Wishing dont like me!
Message-ID: <1595@gitpyr.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 29-Mar-86 13:59:04 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 29 13:59:04 1986
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In article <1011@h-sc1.UUCP>, king@h-sc1.UUCP (jon king) writes:
> > 
> > Also, not many people know the power of empty wands.  If you've been using
> > a wand and it is now empty, just keep zapping it until it "wrests one more
> > spell out of the worn out wand."  If you like, Elbereth will keep you safe
> > while you do this.
> 
> Absolutely!   But it takes up to 100+ zaps....

 Not necessarily!!!!!   I have had games where I have wrested the last spell
with just 10 or 15 zaps several times!!

Also, your luck has MUCH to do with wishing for things. If your luck is too low
then you may wish for a +3 crysknife and get a -3 crysknife.
As long as I don't do anything to lower my luck I don't have ANY bad luck with
wands of wishing...except that sometimes the armor I wish for is cursed...but
is still +3!!
Also, if your luck is too low, when you wrest that last spell from a wand of wishing
it will say "Unfortunately, nothing happens"

I finally test my theory that you could escape the dungeon WITH the amulet after only
descending a few levels and then wishing for the Amulet and polymorphing from a
cheap, plastic imitation into the REAL thing!!  I did it and only descended to
level 5!!

-- 
Mark Wutka
Office of Computing Services
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Ga.

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