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From: laman@sdcsvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: creative use of sleeping monsters (SPOILER REPLY)
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Date: Wed, 11-Jul-84 19:52:46 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 11 19:52:46 1984
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The comments bring to mind a little trick I used to use in versions of rogue
where there was no way to "move" onto an object without picking it up.
When I found a scare monster scroll by trying to coax a monster (that was right
behind me) over the scroll and it wouldn't walk over it (I know this is not
new.), I would dance around it avoiding the monsters thus increasing my
hit points and didn't have to worry about the scroll "waking up" only to
join in with the other monster.  I used this scroll dancing mostly after
I had identified (somehow) a scare monster scroll, picked it up, played
a bunch of levels, set it down, killed off a bunch of monsters, and then
got off the scroll.  You can't pick it up and I couldn't "move" over it
(no such command), so I would take ugly monsters for walk over to my scroll
where I would dance around a while hitting it when it was safe.  This
technique helped me win 3.6 (as did a bunch of others).  But now that 5.3 has
the "move", I don't do it any more.