Talk:Why do I keep dying?

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Revision as of 01:33, 18 March 2013 by Bcode (talk | contribs) (Amulets aren't save (Change,Strangulation): Amulets *are* safe if BUCed. If you don't know removing strangulation while being strangled is a good idea, I'm not sure how you survived that far. Change isn't dangerous at all.)
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Amulets aren't save (Change,Strangulation)

The statement "weapons, armour and amulets are save", is very misleading, amulets can be very dangerous, even more than rings. They can be the Amulet of change or the Amulet of strangulation that are worse than any ring-sideeffekt. The Amulet of strangualation is always cursed, and even if you removed the curse somehow you still dangerous, if someone doesn't know why he is choking. An there is the Amulet of change, that disapears after use and changes your sex permanently. If you tried it on the effekt can't be undone in a simple way. The Amulet of change needn't to be cursed for doing that. In fact Amulets can be much worse than rings, so one should never use-test an Amulet, regardless of its BUC status. --79.210.110.17 21:57, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

It's not misleading. The article does mention you should curse-test these first; an uncursed amulet of strangulation is not dangerous as you can simply remove it. (They're generated cursed only 90.5% of the time according to the amulet of strangulation page, anyway.)
As for "someone doesn't know why he is choking" – I think "It constricts your throat! o - an amulet of strangulation (being worn)." is clear enough.
As for amulets of change, those are not dangerous at all. The only effect is that your gender is inverted; this only matters for foocubus interaction and eggs, both of which are rarely important (and in the case of foocubus interaction, you can simply find opposite-gender foocubi; the special case for rings of adornment is unlikely to matter). —bcode talk | mail 01:33, 18 March 2013 (UTC)