In
Nethack, you can have
pets. Sometimes they pick things up and drop them. Usually this is annoying, but it can be used to your
advantage. Firstly, you need a pet. Secondly, you need a
shop, preferably well-
stocked with expensive
merchandise. Move near to the shop (just outside, so that you don't get the welcome message), but send your pet into the shop (with a little movement
jiggerypokery). Wait until your
pet has picked up something, then dropped it. Move in, pick up the item that was dropped by the pet, and either keep it or drop it for some cash. You may want to put expensive
goods next to the door so that it's more likely the pet will pick it up!
Rover, fetch!
This was actually discovered by me! Submitted to the Dev-Team
According to
m_turner, it's not new... you can
train your pets to do it! Chuck (not just leave) some food at it!
DATE: 30 April 2001 23:10:20
FROM: Dave Cohrs <d.cohrs@computer.org>
TO: dave mckee <spamme@computerkid.co.uk>
CC: devteam@nethack.org
SUBJ: Re: #R341: Nethack Pet-Shop Scam
MESS: Dave McKee wrote:
>> comments: Firstly, you need a pet.
[etc]
This is by design.
Bollocks. But at least it got me a 14 rep and a C!'d node...