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From: ssnyder@tybalt.caltech.edu (Scott S. Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: YANB
Message-ID: <3764@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Date: Wed, 26-Aug-87 01:33:22 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 26 01:33:22 1987
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Keywords: nethack, giant spider, giant scorpion

In article <203@auscso.UUCP> knutson6@auscso.UUCP (John Knutson) writes:
>The giant spider hits!  The scorpion's sting was poisoned!
>Anyone got a fix?

Try changing line 312 of mhitu.c from:

			poisoned("scorpion's sting",mdat->mname);

to:

#ifdef SPIDERS
			poisoned("spider's bite",mdat->mname);
#else
			poisoned("scorpion's sting",mdat->mname);
#endiul