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Robes and Monks

Robes are special... basically, they partially negate the penalty for wearing
a suit of metallic armor, or give you a bonus to spellcasting if you're not
wearing such a suit.

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Why riding a pet is good...

The doors problem goes away once you own a key or some such device.

Steeds better your carrying capacity, they draw occasional hits from, and deal
occasional hits to, monsters, and they help increase your own damage versus
monsters.  In a pinch you can kick them and gallop away from nasties - just
remember that you use your own speed when moving one square at a time, so use
some multiple movement command for this.

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Determining Hungriness

The #chat command can also be used to determine if certain types of
pets are hungry. Unfortunately this is more limited for horses than for
cats and dogs. According to the source (sound.c) this depends simply on
the type of sound they make.

For pets that purr and bark (cats and canines) there are three levels:

  barks, purrs  -> not hungry
  yips,  miaos  -> will be hungry within the next 1000 moves
  growls, mews  -> hungry and a tameness of five or better
  whines, yowls -> hungry and tameness less than five

For pets that neigh (horses and unicorns) there are only two levels:

  whickers -> not hungry
  whinnies -> hungry and a tameness of five or better
  neighs   -> hungry and a tameness less than five

For all other monster pets you get no information about hungriness by
chatting.

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