Killing Ghosts

[Byron C. Ellis]

This may seem like a stupid question but how does one go about killing
ghosts..sss
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[Techno]

b...@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Byron C. Ellis) writes:

>This may seem like a stupid question but how does one go about killing
>ghosts..sss

No problem. Just keep hitting them. 90% of the time you'll miss them,
but if you're persistant, you'll kill them eventually.

Shouldn't this be a FAQ ?

Techno

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[Dave Lockwood]

b...@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Byron C. Ellis) writes:

>This may seem like a stupid question but how does one go about killing
>ghosts..sss

And the stupid answer...Very carefully.

Minor spoilers follow:

Basically, you just keep beating on 'em 'till they die, or your hit points
get low. Magic/wands can also be effective, but miss often. The better
(magically) the weapon, the better your chances to hit. Non-magic weapons do
hit, but rarely.

Cheers!
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[Bear Giles]

In article <1992Jan1.1...@msb.com> da...@msb.com (Dave Lockwood) writes:
> cat flames | mail sa...@north.pole

What a wonderful idea! If you are playing nethack late Christmas eve,
you are visited by Santa (@) and if you are stridently aligned you get
one wish. If you are haltingly aligned you get a lump of coal (*).

And if you _attack_ Santa, he gates in his killer elf, Bruno (&).

Bear Giles
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[Nelson Lu]

You should also be surrounded by raindeers, who can be treated as centaurs
as far as fighting abilities go.

A Santa corpse should confer the ability to probe. Alternately, Santa should
have a stethoscope. "Santa feels that you are nice!"

Santa should be magic resistant, cold resistant, fire resistant, and poison
resistant. If you throw gold or gems at Santa, he should perhaps give you
luck, a la unicorns.

You are now wearing a ring of conflict. -more-
Santa hits the mailer daemon. -more-
The mailer daemon hits Santa. -more-
Santa is killed! -more-
"Hi, you have some mail!" -more-
The mailer daemon disappears. -more-
You read the mail. It says: -more-
"Santa has been murdered. Kill the malefactor!" -more-
Send in some balrogs. -more-
...

[The Laughing Prophet]

In article <1992Jan2.0...@leland.Stanford.EDU> clau...@leland.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu) writes:
>Santa should be magic resistant, cold resistant, fire resistant, and poison
>resistant. If you throw gold or gems at Santa, he should perhaps give you
>luck, a la unicorns.

I always thought there were cookies - if that's a different hack, use
fortune cookies.
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