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[Tommi]

6.  What to wish for?  The only game I got wishes, I got two of them, both on level one, both from fountains.  I had no idea what to wish for (first time I got a wand of striking, most powerful item I had seen up to then.  Second wish, I went online to some web site that shows items, looked it over briefly, and got a dragon scale mail.  I probably didn't use those as effectively as I could have).

One of the best wishes early game is:

Blessed +2 gray dragon scale mail

You can wish for a greater + bonus, but it has a greater chance to fail and to come up as +0. A gray dragon scale mail gives magic resistance. If you have already a cloak of magic resistance, you may want to wish for

Blessed +2 silver dragon scale mail

A silver dragon scale mail gives reflection. But generally a shield of reflection is better for that. Not an alternative if you use two handed weapons, though.

If you find a wand of wishing and if you don't have a scroll of charging, the best wish is:

2 blessed scrolls of charging

A blessed scroll of charging gives 3 extra charges to a wand of wishing (or more exactly sets charges to 3; so use it only when empty). Usable only once! Remember that you can force out one extra wish from an empty wand of wishing by zapping it enough (but it destroys the wand). =)

Cheers,

Tommi