No amulet in the High Priest's sanctum!

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I'm playing a chaotic male human barbarian in Nethack version 3.4.3 on
nethack.alt.org. I've used the candelabrum, bell, and book of the dead
to enter the High Priest's sanctum. I was wearing a ring of conflict.
The Wizard shows up as I'm hacking my way through undead. I kill him
for the second time and then make my way to the room where the object
of my quest lies, the true Amulet of Yendor. I enter the High Priest's
room... he's not there. I see a pit fiend wandering around in his
room, the altar to Moloch and a pile of stuff. The pile contains a
few spellbooks, a mace, etc, but no body, and NO AMULET.

I wander about trying to find it... not having any luck, I use my
crystal ball to search for ". Nothing. I go back up one level, use my
telepathy and try to find the priest. Nope. I wander the dungeon
aimlessly... finally the wizard re-appears and I slay him for the third
time... no, he doesn't have the amulet either.

Where could it be???

- Lost in the Dungeons of Doom, wondering if my God has played a truly
chaotic trick on his servant..

 

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Ok, let's assume Rodney killed him. I remember Rodney popping over to
the sanctum area when he showed up - so I think you're right about
that. However, when I killed Rodney later, he didn't have the amulet.
What gives? Maybe I killed his double. I'll kill him again and see if
I'm in luck.

 

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Jakob Creutzig wrote:

> A second,
> though more remote, possibility could be that somehow the High Priest

> got his hands on a c!oGL, quaffed as escape measure and hit a level
> teleport trap on the level above

He wouldn't be able to level teleport if he were carrying the Amulet.

- John H.

 

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"Graylight" <ben.applegate@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm playing a chaotic male human barbarian in Nethack version 3.4.3 on
> nethack.alt.org. I've used the candelabrum, bell, and book of the dead
> to enter the High Priest's sanctum. I was wearing a ring of conflict.
> The Wizard shows up as I'm hacking my way through undead. I kill him
> for the second time and then make my way to the room where the object
> of my quest lies, the true Amulet of Yendor. I enter the High Priest's
> room... he's not there. I see a pit fiend wandering around in his
> room, the altar to Moloch and a pile of stuff. The pile contains a
> few spellbooks, a mace, etc, but no body, and NO AMULET.

The Wizard craves one thing more than killing you, and that's
getting the Amulet. In game terms, Rodney is a covetous
monster (as is Vlad, higher liches and named demons), and hence
will attack any monster carrying the amulet, trying to kill it and
get the amulet. Hence, a possibility would be that Rodney had it
when you killed him, and you somehow overlooked it (maybe you
auto-picked it up and just didn't notice at that time?). A second,
though more remote, possibility could be that somehow the High Priest
got his hands on a c!oGL, quaffed as escape measure and hit a level
teleport trap on the level above (although I don't know if he would
try to flee at all, or if he would step onto a --known or
unknown -- level-port trap, or if this would actually level-port
him). However, if his stuff (robe, books) are there, then
Rodney should've killed him.

Best,
Jakob

 

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On 3/3/05 3:38 PM, John H. wrote:
> Jakob Creutzig wrote:
>
>> A second, though more remote, possibility could be that somehow the
>> High Priest got his hands on a c!oGL, quaffed as escape measure and
>> hit a level teleport trap on the level above
>
> He wouldn't be able to level teleport if he were carrying the Amulet.

Levelport doesn't work, but cursed potion of gain level does.

--
Kevin Wayne

"I came to Casablanca for the waters."
"Waters? What waters? We're in the desert?"
"I was misinformed."