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Edo wrote:
> Somewhere in the Gnome King's Wine Cellar, Alicia the Valkyrie stepped
> on a polymorph trap. Fortunately, she was wearing a ring of polymorph
> control. Feeling unadventurous, she said she wanted to be turned into
> a 'human' -- and ended up a guy!
Ehe, it happened to me also once when I wanted to polymorph in a
dragon to lay eggs: my character was female, but I polymorphed into
a male dragon. I think you might have turned back into your female
form eventually.
>
> A little while later, she entered "what seems to be an older, more
> primitive world," and a little later still, she bumped into a troll
> and was quickly torn to shreds. Oh well. It was still my best game
> ever. Certainly the weirdest.
It does feel good to go furher than you ever had before.
Are you aware that the "older, more primitive" level is present in
every game? It is a reference to one of nethack's ancesters.
chlorine