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From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Re: Bug in 5.3 (SPOILER)
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Date: Tue, 28-Aug-84 12:44:18 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 28 12:44:18 1984
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>In article <943@pucc-h> ab3@pucc-h (Rich Kulawiec) writes:
>~| 
>~| 	It turns out, quite handily, that scrolls of identify weapon,
>~| armor, potion, and scroll will also identify wands and staves...however,
>~| Rogue will *not* prompt for these items; you must supply them yourself;
>~| so take an inventory before trying this.
>
>If you read a scroll of (say) identify potion, want to use it to
>identify a wand, but have forgotten the letter, here's what to do:
>use '*' to find out all the potions, and then start at 'a', progressing
>through the alphabet but skipping all the ones you know are potions.
>Eventually you'll hit on your wand. (Of course, if you have
>two wands and you already know about one of them, you might
>accidentally re-identify it.)

Please note that if you have NO potions then you waste the scroll on this.
I find it best to simply keep a paper inventory of wands at all times. 

chuq (3 time winner of 5.3, twice winner of Advanced)
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