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From: mcewan@uiucdcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Interesting Deaths - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 22-Aug-84 15:29:00 EDT
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uiucdcs!mcewan    Aug 22 14:29:00 1984

> Until the score file get trashed, I was listed as killed by a leprechaun.
> Turns out that there is a way under rogue 5.2 to save a game just after
> you get killed.  Then, when you restart the game, you have negative hit
> points but aren't dead.  The first time a monster hits you the game checks
> your hit points and if they are still negative you'll be killed again.
> 
> So, after using this bug, I was attacked by a leprechaun before I regained
> hit points enough to be positive.  Result:  Killed by a leprechaun.
> 
> 
I've used this feature to (intentionally) get on the board as "killed on
level 9 by a rust monster". However, it is possible to get killed by a
lep without cheating (I should know, I've done it). A lep takes 1 HP when
it hits you, so if you're down to one HP, you die. And a canceled lep
can beat you to death even if you start at full HP.