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- From: snelling@bnr.ca (Peter Snelling)
- Subject: Re: ATHAME
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.143950.26449@bmers95.bnr.ca>
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- Reply-To: snelling@bnr.ca (Peter Snelling)
- Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
- References: <1eh67rINNj1t@crcnis1.unl.edu> <1992Nov20.125021.16185@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:39:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.125021.16185@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>, sgg@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Shaogang Gong; RA;E211) writes:
- >In <1eh67rINNj1t@crcnis1.unl.edu> ksoutor@unlinfo.unl.edu (kevin soutor) writes:
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- >>I'm just starting to play Nethack. What's so big about this
- >>item?
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- >i wonder too. i have heard people talking about how easy is to win the
- >game if you play in wizard mode, with all the tricks. however, i have
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- To win with a wizard, not in wizard mode. Wizard mode is a debug mode
- in which winning is kind of irrelevant. You get unlimited wishes, and
- can just wish for the amulet and walk up the stairs on level 1.
- (Normally you can't wish for a REAL Amulet on Yendor -- in Wizard mode
- you can).
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- >won games in Knight, Priest, Samurai and Valkyrie (i know these are
- >easy characters to play), but never get that far with wizard. i guess
- >that i must have missed something here, yeah? any advice will be
- >appreciated.
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- The Athame isn't really all that special a weapon. However it
- has another neat feature: It can engrave very well without ever
- becoming dull.
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- "So what?" you ask. Well Engraving can be a huge help with wimpy
- character. If you engrave the word "Elbereth" (from Tolkien),
- monsters will not step on that space.
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- This allows you to stand on the space an not have any monsters attack
- you. There are a few things to watch out for. Some monsters can
- step on that space (I think all @ monsters). They can also throw
- things at you, and can also breath attacks at you. You can also
- rub the word out eventually if you stand on it and attack monsters.
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- Peter Snelling
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