Aharpo.698
net.games
utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!houxf!harpo!ber
Mon Nov 30 23:34:56 1981
a rogue's tale
I've been playing this game since ...  I never got the amulet, I don't
know if I've ever been under level 20.  Seeing people rack up relatively
infinite scores recently inspired me to new heights.  It had to be convincing
a nymph to steal a cursed ring and becoming immortal.  It took forever to pick
up a ring.  Cursed rings were more scarce than three handed swords.  And trying
to find a willing nymph.  Meanwhile I'm getting killed on level 5 by
hobgoblins.  Tonite I  finally put it all together.  I was on level 15, I had
a -1 ring of dexterity in my pack.  I entered a dark room and there in front
of me was the nymph.  I quickly ran back into the tunnel.  Slowly I dropped
each possession as I walked towards the temple that would bestow immorality
upon me.  Saving my sword and armor least I be ambushed at the threshold I
entered the room.  Two squares lay between me and the nymph.  I dropped my
armor and stepped forward,  Soon I would know for sure.  I placed my mace
carefully on the floor.   I stood naked but for the cursed ring.  Immortality?!
I moved forward to attack the nymph.  CRASH!! I had fallen through a trapdoor...