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Re: Do you keep your items in any Hell level when killed?

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From: B Daniel Parks
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 00:00
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Dave Lipinski <*Dlip...@us.oracle.com> wrote in article
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> Hmmmm,
> 
> I like that thoery, I had that happen to me last night and I was firing 
> fireballs too, but I didn't find an ear there??????
> 
> Mark Asher wrote:
> > 
> > It happens every once in a while. Can't tell if it's a bug or a
feature,
> > but it's nice when it does happen. Normally, you drop stuff when killed
on
> > any level but 16.
> > 
> > Happened to me last night in an IPX game. I think I may have pkilled
myself
> > if that's possible. I have a new character, a 23rd level sorcerer, and
he
> > fireballed a creature that was swinging at him. His health was full but
> > mana shield was off. He has about 60 hit points and he died instantly.
My
> > guess is that the collateral damage from the fireball affected him. It
was
> > just a damn nightmare level skeleton that hit him.
> > 
> > Mark Asher

>From what we can tell:

	You get to keep all your stuff when:

		1) You die on level 16
		2) You die from yourself (collateral damage)

	One guy I know if he runs out of life, before he dies, casts a firewall,
and stands in it.  (suicide, to keep his stuff.)  Seems to work for him...
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From: "B Daniel Parks" <d...@parkave.net>
Subject: Re: Do you keep your items in any Hell level when killed?
Date: 1997/02/20
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