[s] The second effect of gypsy farm-dance.

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OK, so, to add abuse to abuse, here's what come in mind lately:
Once you've done your farming and dancing with gypsies, you've had your
120 wishes. 120 gypsies are still wandering at DL1 (don't kill them,
instead wish for amulet of ESP+blinfold+ring of teleport control (+ring of
slow digestion) (+pick-axe) so you can wait for the hermit to telport you
next to the ones still having wish for you...)

What do to with 120 gypsies wandering ? Well, at that point, you should
have maxed stats (spending a few wishes for potions of gain ability, and
finishing strength to 18/** via fortune reading) so, among other, CHA+INT
should be at 35 (wish for ring of adornment/helm of brilliance if needed).

Well, one of the effect of fortune reading is to summon foocubus, isn't it?

So, just go to the mines, protection racket (you should have a pet
powerfull enough to deal with the shopkeepers, even [s] ones, that what
figurines are for). Then go deeper in the mines, raise your XL a bit (say
up to XL 10), come back to your farm and turn your gypsies into farmers
for foocubus (and, by the way, grab the opportunity to exctinct erinys and
horned devils, there should be no trouble at that point.

120 foocubi, average 5 levels per demon according to Ray Chason's spoiler,
so that should be a net... 600 levels. Gross.

And new silly conduct for those who want to try harder:

The one-way conduct: visit each level in order only once, coming back in
an already visited level may only be done to cross it (no picking up
object (except the Amulet), using dungeon features or stash).

The ferventish conduct: items in your inventory may only be starting
items, whised items, or gift from your god (or wands of wishing).

The very ferventish conduct: same but you're not allowed to pick-up gold
or use items on the floor (except #offering corpses lying on altars).

A good gypsy farm will probably allow a very ferventish one-way ascension.


Of course, very challenged peoples will try to be very ferventish wishless
:-)

Hypocoristiquement,
Jym.