Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!iuvax!rutgers!mcnc!decvax.dec.com!shlump.nac.dec.com!tle.enet.dec.com!routley From: routley@tle.enet.dec.com Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: In LARN, what do mirrors and statues do? Keywords: larn games Message-ID: <15546@shlump.nac.dec.com> Date: 24 Sep 90 19:50:44 GMT References: Sender: newsdaemon@shlump.nac.dec.com Reply-To: routley@tle.enet.dec.com () Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 25 >I've been fooling with the LARN posted to c.b.i.p, and finding it >refreshingly simple compared to nethack 3.0.9, but I can't seem to >figure out what the heck to do with/at/to/around/near mirrors and >statues... could somebody explain, please? Thanks! One of my friends says that larn is his favorite game because 1) you can win it on a regular basis, and 2) it doesn't take weeks to do it. I'm glad to see someone using it - I hoped my efforts hadn't gone to waste! Requests/bugs/etc welcome! To answer the other questions (mega, mega spoilers!): Mirrors will bounce spells back at you. If you stand at a 45 degree angle to the mirror, the spell may bounce off in a different direction instead of directly back at you (new with V12.2). Also, as one of the cookie fortunes says: "Are vampires afraid of something?" Statues are just decorative if you are playing a level 3 difficulty game or higher. Below level 3 difficulty, they produce spell books when destroyed. They can be destroyed with the VPR spell or the scroll of pulverization. Kevin Routley - Digital Equipment Corporation; routley@tle.enet.dec.com Have you bugged your source today?