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From: rassilon@eddie.MIT.EDU (Brian Preble)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack,net.sources.games
Subject: Re: Proposal: Hack release 1.0.4
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Date: Mon, 13-Apr-87 13:32:58 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 13 13:32:58 1987
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There are a few things I've always wanted to add to Hack but I don't know C
well enough to do.  They are as follows:

	Elevators:
		- usually go the right floor, but sometimes...
		- go too far down (but not hell)
		- possibly could leave you in a pool?
		- go too far up
			- garage - find useful tools
			- penthouse - monster party
			- mezzanine - expensive shops with powerful artifacts
		- sometimes have monsters in them
			- little old lady takes weapons
			  "You shouldn't be carrying *that* around here!"
			  "Give me that weapon, young man/woman!"
  			  "The little old lady takes your +5 long sword."
			  (or whatever your best weapon was)
			- repairmen kick you out
			- vadders harass you
		- you can vad the elevators
			- find tools in shaft or in rooms off the shaft that
			  can't be reached otherwise.

	Rivers:
		- river monsters (mermaids, hippocampus, shellycoat,
		  etc...
		- rivers can lead to grottos not otherwise reachable.
		- perhaps oysters with pearls, maybe a black pearl which
		  could grant 1 wish (no wands of wishing, of course)
		- current can pull you down.
		- you can't swim in them unless you take off your armor.
		- rivers could also start/end in swamps or fountains.
		- possibly have waterfalls (some warning should be given)
		- rivers that have a fountain for their source should
		  do strange things.  Make you a water breather, turn
		  you into a fish, etc...

	New armor:
		- elven mail, as strong as plate but light as leather
		- bathing suit, increases players chance of swimming in
		  pools or rivers.

	New weapon:
		- pike, if you charge (by running (HJKL, etc.)) you do
		  more damage if you hit.