Forum:Finding Rodney

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I got the Amulet of Yendor after the Invocation ritual and now Rodney has stolen it and I cannot find him again. I have telepathy and see invisible and have gone all the way up to level 1 looking for him. The "malignant aura" thing is happening a lot as well. Thanks for any ideas/help; I'd rather not abandon this game (lvl 23 barbarian with -16 AC twoweaponing a +7 long sword and +6 silver saber) but the curse removal housekeeping chore is getting old. Thanks again --Mannc (talk) 20:57, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Did you go downwards ? If Rodney steels the Amulet of Yendor he will typically flee from you by teleporting to the upstairs and possibly going upstairs. If he goes upstairs he might be sourrounded by a mysterious force like you and be teleported down. So he is most probably one level below the one there he stole the amulet. There are some safety features in his AI that prevent him from bringing the amulet to you, so don't expect him to show up with the amulet. Furthermore, The Wizard of Yendor may take the appearence of another Monster to hide from you, so he may not be visible as an violet '@'. He can appear as :

PM_HUMAN, PM_WATER_DEMON, PM_VAMPIRE,

PM_RED_DRAGON, PM_TROLL, PM_UMBER_HULK,

PM_XORN, PM_XAN, PM_COCKATRICE,

PM_FLOATING_EYE,

PM_GUARDIAN_NAGA,

PM_TRAPPER

For more info look at wizard.c

If you have problems with curses, keep in Mind, that there is no hard time limit to leave the Dungeon, if you need holy water, you can make some before entering the endgame (Waterwalking boots over water is the best way to dip potions). You can even pray as long you are in the dungeons of doom, just remeber to be able to pray again before entering the endgame. As the prayer timeout at that point may be very high, (see rnz and demigod) you will have to do a lot of sacrifice.--79.200.81.175 00:28, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

On a tangent - why is it important to be able to safely pray before entering the Planes?169.252.4.21 04:31, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the tips. I found Rodney, got the Amulet back and managed to make it to the Plane of Air where I was swamped with Js, As and Es -- I used up all my escape routes (wands, prayer, full healing) and didn't want to go alone so I broke my last wand of death and took some of them with me. Next time, more gold detect scrolls and confusion/booze. Mannc (talk) 10:32, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

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On another tangent (and sorry to butt in) does PM_TRAPPER imply that he'd be hiding? would he have a brain in this form? --195.2.244.193 12:29, 12 June 2014 (UTC)