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From: fdf@houxa.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Rogue and D&D
Message-ID: <240@houxa.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 1-Sep-83 14:37:56 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  1 14:37:56 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 2-Sep-83 12:55:50 EDT
Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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I would like to know if the resemblance between Rogue and 
Dungeons and Dragons is merely superficial or if it's deeper.
Obviously, the concepts of hit points, armor class, and
experience levels are the same, and many (all?) of the monsters
occur in both games. However, are weapons the same? That is,
does a mace in rogue do the same damage (1d6, I think) as a
mace in D&D? Do monsters have the same number of hit dice
in the two games? These questions come to mind since 
in my current game, I have both a +2,+4 mace and a two handed
sword. If they were D&D weapons, I believe I could readily
determine which one is better; however, in rogue I don't
know. (The mace also brings up the question of what exactly
+2,+4 means: +2 levels to hit and +4 points of damage)?

If this type of information is supposed to be "secret", I
apologize for asking, and this submission should be ignored.
(If this is the case, I'm surprised that weapons are given
+1,+1 and the like, because that information doesn't seem
to valuable in comparing anything but two  weapons of the
same type unless something is known about the power of the
weapons).

Answers, if any, may be mailed to me. Thanx.

					Frank Fite
					Bell Labs, Holmdel
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