🚀 go-pugleaf

# > I have struggled to get to level 6 with this guy, and it seems i am
# > always very near death; every penny i get goes into healing and mana,
# > and i am constantly getting wiped out. 

	I started a mage and managed to make it to 16th level before I
died.  It was tedious and time consuming.  I carried every item I found
out of the dungeon.  As soon as I had all I could carry, I'd head back for
the stairs.  When engaging in combat, I never used my weapon (If only a
wiz could use two shields), I only used spells.  If I found a staff, I
would use and recharge it unitl there were a max of 5 charges left.  Then
it would be sold.  I only played for 1-2 hour periods, that way I didn't
make it to Laoric often, and I would never waste time with the butcher.
After I was about level 10, I would go to the catacombs.  The only times I
had problems was being jumped by lots of acid beasts.  If you ever get
chain-lightning, your problems are over.
	I never buy items from Griswald, I only sell.  And I never repair
unless I know the item will be with me for a long time  (like the sword
of the stars I found when I was level 4).  

Charles Winston
ma...@u.washington.edu