[Coco] Re: Re: Re: Left/Right handed DoD playing...

[William Astle]

Frederick D Provoncha wrote:

> I definitely agree with you on that. Unfortunately, sometimes the
> Wizard's Image shows up early :-(

That's why I usually take a weak creature with me when I wander around 
on the third level. Then if the image shows up, it can't clobber me 
until I deal with my "friend". :) And once you find a "friend", don't 
hang out in a dead end passage like the one you start in if you go down 
the hole at the bottom left of the second level. If you do, the image 
can corner you quite easily. :)

>>It's kind of nice when you can do the "hide behind a creature and 
>>let 
>>them line up" because then you can put out your torch and go and 
>>have 
>>coffee, watch the game, or what have you, then come back for another 
>>
>>round of bashing on critters. :)
> 
> 
> Uh, that's a good point! I never thought of that before. I guess I only
> used it on Level 5 because on the upper levels I was always afraid that
> though spiders can't kill you, they may adversely affect your heart rate,
> which I'm always trying to keep as low as possible. But, I don't know...
> at what point do you become so strong that spiders can't even affect your
> heart rate?

Well, I usually find a spider immediately on Level 1 and hang out with 
it. As long as your heart rate is low enough when you find it, it 
probably won't kill you. I've never been killed by a spider right off 
the bat unless I was already tired from running around or fighting.

William Astle