"Nethack" From a Wizard's Perspective Quiz

Answer: all of these can be Wizards

Yes, oddly enough, even orcs can be Wizards. In some classes, orcs receive better equipment to make up for the inferiority of orcish equipment. Orcish Wizards, however, receive the same general starting equipment as any other race.

Answer: You killed your pet while hallucinating.

Hallucinating can cause a number of bizarre and amusing messages. Some more examples include: "You hear Neiman and Marcus arguing!", "You hear someone say 'No more woodchucks!'", and "You hear Ebenezer Scrooge!"

Answer: the general store

The general store is guarenteed in some layouts of Minetown, but you aren't certain to get one of those. All layouts contain a temple, Izchak's lighting store, and two fountains.

Answer: Magicbane

Magicbane is always a Wizard's first gift. Grimtooth are possible for an orcish Wizard to obtain as second gifts. Elven wizards will never receive Grimtooth, but they may get Sting. Mjollnir won't be granted to a chaotic Wizard, as it is a neutral artifact and always a Valkyrie's first gift.

Answer: runesword

Stormbringer is, in fact, a runesword, which is a special weapon type that is not generated randomly. It is the only runesword in the game. It is possible to obtain a non-artifact runesword if you already have Stormbringer and encounter a bones file that has Stormbringer. The sword in the bones file will appear as a non-artifact runesword.

Answer: 8

Polymorph traps are one of the biggest hazards of the lower Mines, as they can generate severely out-of-depth monsters such as mind flayers, major demons, and dragons.

Answer: wisdom loss

Mind flayer attacks drain intelligence, but not wisdom. They can be annoying to dangerous, and the best way to deal with them is to kill them from a distance, or to just genocide them. A greased helm may protect you for a round or two.

Answer: The Dark One

Lord Surtur is the Valkyrie's Quest Nemesis. Nalzok is for the Priests. Ixoth is for Knights.

Answer: acid resistance

Although yellow dragons are resistant to stoning, their scales do not grant this effect. Green dragon scales grant poison resistance, and blue, shock resistance.

Answer: 7200

Donating between 400-600 times your level in gold can grant points of intrinsic protection. Hence, to get the most out of your money, you should donate the least amount possible to get the effect, 400 times your level.

Answer: a ring of teleport control

Medusa's level is no-teleport, therefore being able to control teleports won't help you here. Boots of levitation will allow you to cross the water. A wand of digging can be used to make a hole down to the next level. A towel may be used to cover your eyes to prevent yourself from being turned to stone by Medusa's gaze.

Answer: a spellbook

Perseus's statue may also contain a scimitar. The statues on Medusa's level won't contain any spellbooks, but some of them may contain equipment as a character of their class would normally be issued with.

Answer: a wand of wishing

The castle will always contain a wand of wishing hidden in one of the towers. It also has several storerooms in which good equipment may appear, and a number of monsters including dragons and liches may be generated there if they haven't been genocided.

Answer: wraith

Wraith corpses will grant you a level when eaten. The chance of them leaving a corpse in the Valley is very low, however. The corpses of most undead should not be eaten, as they will be tainted.

Answer: a wand of death

The demon prince Orcus has a wand of death, but it won't be very effective if you're properly equipped with magic resistance.

Answer: the Candelabrum of Invocation

The Bell of Opening will be obtained from your Quest Nemesis. The Book of the Dead is guarded by the Wizard of Yendor himself.

Answer: Candelabrum, Bell, Book

Although it doesn't matter whether you light the Candelabrum or ring the Bell first, the Book of the Dead must be read last. The usual reminder phrase is, "Make some light to read by. Ring the bell, to get the attention of the audience. Finally, read the book."

Answer: Aggravate monsters.

Although monsters will be less likely to be asleep while carrying the Amulet, you don't actually get the aggravate monsters intrinsic. Other effects of carrying it are being teleported down 1 to 3 levels while trying to use the stairs in Gehennom, and monster generation will be based off the deepest level you've visited.

Answer: the Plane of Earth

The order is: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Astral. These levels can be quite dangerous to an unprepared character, or even a prepared one!

Answer: Anhur

Thoth is for neutral Wizards, Ptah for Lawful ones, and Athena is the deity of lawful Healers. Thanks for playing, and good luck in your next game of "Nethack"!