Woot!

My archeologist hasn't been doing bad so far in this game:

I got a /oPolymorph early on (sokoban?), and turned Puppy in to Purple
Worm. Sweeeeeet. One mostly empty minetown later, I've got some
protection, but no shopkeeper I can price-id ID with... So I'm kind of
bummed by that difficulty, but not too terribly much. I figure I'll find
some way around it. I also got a magic lamp out of the deal, which was
great - most of the mines were dark.

Sokoban gave me a "oReflection, so I was hurting for a bag of holding -
especially as I was trucking around with +1 Banded mail, which while nice,
weighs a lot. But I was able to handle being burdened, what with the
Purple Worm - I just stayed away from all these 'c's that kept showing
up... My second dog turned into a brown pudding, and they *will* attack
'c's, and if they get hit, they multiply :) Maybe I should have taken up
farming... But I don't have a magic whistle, so I left my 3 Christmas
puddings in the mines...

I figured if I was going to go polymorphing, I might as well empty the
tool shed...and sure enough, I got a bag of holding on my 3rd or 4th zap -
so I'm *quite* pleased! I may go back to try for the magic whistle. I
sacrificed a chickatrice corpse (checked gloves twice) and got Snickersee.
Ok, that's cool. I really wanted to try quisennart with double silver
saber, but I can live with Snickersee.

Back in the main dungeon, though, things get even better! I find an
antique weapons outlet, and the owner is being obnoxious about my pickaxe.
Feeling my honor a bit sullied, I order Puppy in to settle matters with
the guy:

Puppy bites Echourgnac. Puppy swallows Echourgnac. "Burrrrp!"
Echourgnac is killed!

As I'm going through the shop, I stumble across Grayswandir! WOOT! Now,
pity that the guard captain in minetown only had a long swor....oh, MY - a
silver saber in the shop, too!

AC is -7 now with Dwarven Mithril, not burdened, have reflection, and can
go Chop-chop-chop! This is gonna be fun :-)

--LWM

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