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Well, I ascended Bretem, a human wizard for my first. I have been
playing since March/April, after rediscovering the game I had played
during my youth. I had played in the late 80's as a kid. My father
brought home HACK from work on a beige diskette with a red and white
label with lines on it. I loved that game, yet never got anywhere. I
didn't even think it was possible to win.
Rediscovering the game, I am loving being a noob. When I first got to
the Gnomish Mines, I was panic stricken by the 'c'. I remember the 'c'
as being a dangerous foe that ended many of my childhood nethack games.
It was as scary as ever.
After a few months of gaming, I have learned the basic do's and don'ts,
mostly from this forum. Thanks to all who helped guide me. Well, now
it is only a matter of time until I ascend every class. I just can't
stop playing.
This game was fun; my first wizard to get past the quest. I had only 3
spells heading into Gehenem. It was tough. But, I kept polymorphing
my spellbooks and reading them. I got about 20 more spells that way.
Then I was dangerous.
I also tried reverse geno on nurses for the first time. Got me about
50 hp, which I needed. I also alchemized effectively for the first
time, giving me an additional 50 hp or so.
I had a bad run-in with a wand of cancellation and my BoH. It was
depressing, but I wouldn't be stopped at that point. I had stashed 4
scrolls of gold detection in a box earlier, so they weren't destroyed.
I also had many pets through the game, and used a magic whistle to
bring them around with me. This, and charm monster spell made killing
things easy. The charm monster really helped me move on the Astral
Planes.
Time to sleep, work in the morn. How sweet it is to have that first
ascension under my belt.
Also, how do I post the specifics of this char, if anyone cares to see?
G'night...
z
Well, I ascended Bretem, a human wizard for my first. I have been
playing since March/April, after rediscovering the game I had played
during my youth. I had played in the late 80's as a kid. My father
brought home HACK from work on a beige diskette with a red and white
label with lines on it. I loved that game, yet never got anywhere. I
didn't even think it was possible to win.
Rediscovering the game, I am loving being a noob. When I first got to
the Gnomish Mines, I was panic stricken by the 'c'. I remember the 'c'
as being a dangerous foe that ended many of my childhood nethack games.
It was as scary as ever.
After a few months of gaming, I have learned the basic do's and don'ts,
mostly from this forum. Thanks to all who helped guide me. Well, now
it is only a matter of time until I ascend every class. I just can't
stop playing.
This game was fun; my first wizard to get past the quest. I had only 3
spells heading into Gehenem. It was tough. But, I kept polymorphing
my spellbooks and reading them. I got about 20 more spells that way.
Then I was dangerous.
I also tried reverse geno on nurses for the first time. Got me about
50 hp, which I needed. I also alchemized effectively for the first
time, giving me an additional 50 hp or so.
I had a bad run-in with a wand of cancellation and my BoH. It was
depressing, but I wouldn't be stopped at that point. I had stashed 4
scrolls of gold detection in a box earlier, so they weren't destroyed.
I also had many pets through the game, and used a magic whistle to
bring them around with me. This, and charm monster spell made killing
things easy. The charm monster really helped me move on the Astral
Planes.
Time to sleep, work in the morn. How sweet it is to have that first
ascension under my belt.
Also, how do I post the specifics of this char, if anyone cares to see?
G'night...
z
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