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From: emrath@uiuccsb.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Re: Cancelling UHulks and Medusas - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 19-Apr-84 02:14:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 19 02:14:00 1984
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uiuccsb!emrath    Apr 19 01:14:00 1984

We don't have 5.3 up yet, we're still playing on 5.2, but the base note
here says that if you toss an arrow into the dark and it hits something,
you are told that you hit it, but 5.3 no longer tells you what you hit.
This seems like a step in the wrong direction. You mean monsters don't
make characteristic shrieks that let me identify them when hit?
If not, how do I know whether I hit anything at all?
Whether or not the monster grunts when hit, and whether it is
recognizable, could of course be stochastic. However, if I miss,
it's as if nothing is there at all.