Stuck in the castle!? (spoilers?)

[lerxst]

Hey all,

Plugging along with my Archaeologist, best one yet, and I reached the
castle. Now, on the right hand entrance, there are several trap doors
that drop you into Gehennom. I haven't played Nethack much lately,
and so, not thinking, I decided it would be convenient for me to block
those trap doors with boulders to allow easy passage back and forth.

So I blocked the traps, and cleared the castle. Then, realizing that
there was no down staircase and that the standard avenue of descent
was blocked, I attempted to dig a hole. Well, as you can imagine, I'm
now desperately searching for a passage downward from a castle full of
pits. Everywhere I dig, even where the boulders filled the trap
doors, the floor is too hard to dig into.

Am I stuck? Is it over? Please say no! But I don't know what else
to try!

Thanks...

Seth.

[Boudewijn Waijers]

"lerxst" <ler...@usenet.org> wrote ...

> So I blocked the traps, and cleared the castle.

> Am I stuck? Is it over? Please say no! But I don't know what else
> to try!

This is covered in detail in the FAQ that is posted here every two weeks, if I
recall correctly.

--
Boudewijn Waijers -- www.win.tue.nl/~kroisos
PP++++: My name is Efembe.

[Annie Kang]

"lerxst" <ler...@usenet.org> wrote in message
news:sc2bmus543mhn4qc2...@4ax.com...
<snip stuck on castle level because plugged all trap doors
to valley of the dead with boulders>

> Am I stuck? Is it over? Please say no! But I don't know what else
> to try!

Well, if you can level teleport, maybe you can teleport down
past the castle. That's all I can think of. Good luck!

~Annie~

[Sam Dennis]

lerxst wrote:
[blocked all the trapdoors in the castle]

> Am I stuck? Is it over? Please say no! But I don't know what else
> to try!

All right: no. And I'm not just saying that, it's true.

Use a form of level teleporting. For example, read a c?oT. (Teleport control
is useful for this.)

--
++acr@,ka"

[Seth]

Thanks all, luckily I had a =oTC and a few cursed scrolls on hand. I
should have thought about that, but then again I should have thought
about not filling the trap doors, too... ah well. Let's hope I get
smarter soon. Thanks again.

Seth.

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