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- From: grabiner@math.harvard.edu (David Grabiner)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
- Subject: Re: the appearance of Mr. Balrog?
- Message-ID: <GRABINER.92Dec21134552@zariski.harvard.edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 18:45:30 GMT
- Article-I.D.: zariski.GRABINER.92Dec21134552
- References: <1992Dec17.174545.28141@muddcs.claremont.edu> <BzF4L5.Bsw@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: Harvard University Dept. of Mathematics
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- In-reply-to: holdren@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu's message of 17 Dec 92 19:24:40 GMT
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- In article <BzF4L5.Bsw@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, Uther Pendragon writes:
- > dgreen@jarthur.claremont.edu (David Green) writes:
- >> The Balrog won't show up at all until you get down to 2500 feet. You've
- >> got quite a way to go before you need to worry. :)
-
- > That is, unless you polymorph some other creature into the B.
- > I was at 750 feet, very low on hp fighting a K of some kind,
- > so I zapped my Wand of Wonder at it...
- > Hmm, imagine my surprise when the K changed into a B... :(
-
- Don't worry, polymorphers; this can't happen except in hacked versions.
- (But do worry about turning townspeople into ancient multi-hued
- dragons...)
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