Talk:Zorkmid - Revision history

PQ: /* BUC status */

2018-02-21T16:26:02Z

BUC status

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	== BUC status ==		== BUC status ==

	The page mentions that zorkmids have no BUC status, but it can be polymorphed, and there the BUC status matters. I assume it is Uncursed for that purpose? If so, that should be mentioned on the page		The page mentions that zorkmids have no BUC status, but it can be polymorphed, and there the BUC status matters. I assume it is Uncursed for that purpose? If so, that should be mentioned on the page --[[User:PQ\|PQ]] ([[User talk:PQ\|talk]]) 16:25, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

PQ: /* BUC status */ new section

2018-02-21T16:25:30Z

BUC status: new section

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	I know that piles of gold laying around the dungeon grow greater in some proportion to the level you're on -- i.e., a pile of gold on level 1 is, on average, far less than a pile of gold on level 48. How is it calculated? I suspect it's a number of (x)-sided dice, which would explain why you don't see them generated at random on levels -1 and above... [[User:Delbow\|Delbow]] 02:49, 13 April 2012 (UTC)		I know that piles of gold laying around the dungeon grow greater in some proportion to the level you're on -- i.e., a pile of gold on level 1 is, on average, far less than a pile of gold on level 48. How is it calculated? I suspect it's a number of (x)-sided dice, which would explain why you don't see them generated at random on levels -1 and above... [[User:Delbow\|Delbow]] 02:49, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

			== BUC status ==

			The page mentions that zorkmids have no BUC status, but it can be polymorphed, and there the BUC status matters. I assume it is Uncursed for that purpose? If so, that should be mentioned on the page

Delbow: /* Generation */ new section

2012-04-13T02:49:48Z

Generation: new section

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	[[User:Yidda\|Yidda]] 03:38, February 28, 2010 (UTC)		[[User:Yidda\|Yidda]] 03:38, February 28, 2010 (UTC)
	: Done. Please improve it. -[[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 13:41, February 28, 2010 (UTC)		: Done. Please improve it. -[[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 13:41, February 28, 2010 (UTC)

			== Generation ==

			I know that piles of gold laying around the dungeon grow greater in some proportion to the level you're on -- i.e., a pile of gold on level 1 is, on average, far less than a pile of gold on level 48. How is it calculated? I suspect it's a number of (x)-sided dice, which would explain why you don't see them generated at random on levels -1 and above... [[User:Delbow\|Delbow]] 02:49, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Tjr: /* Uses */ Done

2010-02-28T13:41:23Z

Uses: Done

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	I think this page could benefit from a brief list of uses? Paying shopkeeper, buying protection, buying prophecies, buying passage through Demon Lord levels, making leprechauns teleport etc...		I think this page could benefit from a brief list of uses? Paying shopkeeper, buying protection, buying prophecies, buying passage through Demon Lord levels, making leprechauns teleport etc...
	[[User:Yidda\|Yidda]] 03:38, February 28, 2010 (UTC)		[[User:Yidda\|Yidda]] 03:38, February 28, 2010 (UTC)
			: Done. Please improve it. -[[User:Tjr\|Tjr]] 13:41, February 28, 2010 (UTC)

Yidda: /* Uses */ new section

2010-02-28T03:38:25Z

Uses: new section

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	Just type "d", for dropping a single item or stack, and then select $, which will always refer to the gold coins in your base inventory. But regardless, I do not believe you can pick up a loadstone if your pack is full, and if a loadstone is adjusted to #, and you have coins in your pack, the coins have their own letter already, and the loadstone does not hinder this in any way. [[User:Natso\|Natso]] 16:30, 22 June 2008 (UTC)		Just type "d", for dropping a single item or stack, and then select $, which will always refer to the gold coins in your base inventory. But regardless, I do not believe you can pick up a loadstone if your pack is full, and if a loadstone is adjusted to #, and you have coins in your pack, the coins have their own letter already, and the loadstone does not hinder this in any way. [[User:Natso\|Natso]] 16:30, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

			== Uses ==

			I think this page could benefit from a brief list of uses? Paying shopkeeper, buying protection, buying prophecies, buying passage through Demon Lord levels, making leprechauns teleport etc...
			[[User:Yidda\|Yidda]] 03:38, February 28, 2010 (UTC)

Natso: /* Inventory letters... */

2008-06-22T16:30:08Z

Inventory letters...

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	What happens if your inventory is full, you pick up a loadstone (letter adjusted to #) and you want to drop your zm?		What happens if your inventory is full, you pick up a loadstone (letter adjusted to #) and you want to drop your zm? [unsigned]

			Just type "d", for dropping a single item or stack, and then select $, which will always refer to the gold coins in your base inventory. But regardless, I do not believe you can pick up a loadstone if your pack is full, and if a loadstone is adjusted to #, and you have coins in your pack, the coins have their own letter already, and the loadstone does not hinder this in any way. [[User:Natso\|Natso]] 16:30, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

24.91.251.8: /* Inventory letters... */ new section

2008-04-27T23:55:12Z

Inventory letters...: new section

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	: $ a pile of coins (gold piece)		: $ a pile of coins (gold piece)
	: the game itself refers to gold pieces as coins, so we should to! there's no description of what is printed on the head or tail side though! --[[User:BlackShift\|BlackShift]] 07:26, 29 August 2006 (UTC)		: the game itself refers to gold pieces as coins, so we should to! there's no description of what is printed on the head or tail side though! --[[User:BlackShift\|BlackShift]] 07:26, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

			== Inventory letters... ==

			What happens if your inventory is full, you pick up a loadstone (letter adjusted to #) and you want to drop your zm?

BlackShift at 07:26, 29 August 2006

2006-08-29T07:26:46Z

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	Just my thoughts, --[[User:BlackShift\|BlackShift]] 07:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)		Just my thoughts, --[[User:BlackShift\|BlackShift]] 07:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

			: $ a pile of coins (gold piece)
			: the game itself refers to gold pieces as coins, so we should to! there's no description of what is printed on the head or tail side though! --[[User:BlackShift\|BlackShift]] 07:26, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

BlackShift: zorkmids <-> gold pieces

2006-08-29T07:14:44Z

zorkmids <-> gold pieces

New page

There is a clear difference between [[Zorkmid]] and [[gold piece]], Zorkmid is the currency and gold pieces are the coinage. In American English an item may cost 1 dollar, but you pay with a 1 dollar bill. E.g. nethack could possibly have silver coins as well, being worth less Zorkmids than a gold piece but still be allowed as method of payment.

The gold piece is an object, the Zorkmid not. The DevTeam separated them very well I think. Since the concepts are different, it could possibly be split into two articles, but that might also be confusing. Maybe the page could be called "gold piece" since it might be preferred that every object in the game has its own page.

The term "coin(s)" for gold pieces (used often on the wiki) is maybe a little misleading. I doubt there will be a face of Rodney on every piece even before it is digged up by a dwarf :-).

Just my thoughts, --[[User:BlackShift|BlackShift]] 07:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)