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From: geb@cadre.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: "holiday effect"
Message-ID: <220@cadre.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 19-May-84 10:51:47 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 19 10:51:47 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 21-May-84 06:05:28 EDT
Organization: Decision Systems Lab., Univ. of Pgh.
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I found out some info about rogue that may explain what I had
called the "holiday effect".  Apparently, you start the game
with a set level of "charm".  This makes your character such
that it may be lucky in encounters.  Once I even had the ability
to see invisible without wearing any rings.  This is set at
initialization by a number generated using a combination of
your login name and the date.  Thus what is a good day for
one person may not be for the next.  Certain days are certainly
much better for rogue playing than others in my experience.