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From: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Re: Query on the use of the ring of teleportation
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Date: Mon, 12-Dec-83 23:36:08 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 12 23:36:08 1983
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The ring of telportation is far from useless, but you need plenty
of food, and a one-track mind, to use it a lot.  To make it useful,
use a scroll of Remove Curse on it; then you can take it on and off
as you like.  In Rogue 3.6, there are clever dragons that wait for you
to go into a blind alley and then block your way. (They don't attack
you, they just block your only exit...)
If you are not in the mood to fight a dragon with noplace to run,
put on your ring, "wait" 5 to 50 times, and you will be someplace else.
The same technique can be used to get around a leprechaun or nymph
blocking a doorway, if there is no good way to attack them.

If you are fleeing from a monster that is beating you, put on the ring,
keep fleeing, and hope for the best...

If you are in Umber hulk territory and don't feel strong enough to
handle them, you can try adventuring with the ring on all the time.
You get a chance of escaping any fight when you are weak (except, it
seems, never when you really want too).  This technique doesn't work
too well, though, because it takes more time to explore the level,
and meanwhile more monsters are created.
				- Keremath,  care of:
				  Robison
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