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From: naivar@dspo.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Interesting death
Message-ID: <143@dspo.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 24-Aug-84 15:19:43 EDT
Article-I.D.: dspo.143
Posted: Fri Aug 24 15:19:43 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 30-Aug-84 06:11:30 EDT
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Well, I was doing not-so-good but I thought my luck would improve.
I was 5th level, 38 hp, a +2 +1 mace, a good supply of food, two
healing potions, two scrolls of monster confusion, and a
staff that I hadn't identified. I was running around level 5 when
I noticed my hp were low. (Must have run into an awfully lucky snake!)
So I started being REAL careful. I found a scroll and read it. The
computer cooly printed out the statement:

You hear a hig-pitched humming noise.

I almost screamed. Well, snakes, emus, and a few zombies started
pouring out from the doorways. I managed to fight most of them off
and ran away from two bats that were trying to finish me off. I decided
that any and all monsters on this level were going to find me sooner
or later, so I started exploring again. I ran into a rattlesnake. He
cornered me. I started to fight when a kestrel decided to help him out.
Well, I quickly quaffed both healing potions and read one of my confusion
scrolls and hit the rattler. He moved over and a previously hidden orc
stepped up in his place. So now I was surrounded. I hit the orc and he
bit it then I ran for the door. I made it and killed the kestrel.
I started to wander around again, with monsters popping up to make
sure my hit points stayed at a nice 14 or so. Then I ran into my
rattler friend, who was not pleased at my narrow escape. But luck
was on my side this time and I killed him. As he died, he spit up
an agate ring. I tucked it away, hoping to use it when I needed it.
I went down to the next level, and managed to regain all my hit points.
But then a lucky *ss rattle snake took me down from 38 to 7 hp and
WAS STILL KICKING! I backed up a few paces and took a shot at him again.
Well, it worked. He crumbled to the ground. I decided that I needed to
put on that ring I was saving. I checked it and it wasn't cursed, so
I kept it on. (I still don't know what it was....) I took a few more
steps into the room and came face to face with a zombie. I did what
any good, logical, cool-headed rogueist would do. I got the h*ll out.
I ran down a hallway with the creature breathing down my neck the whole
time and wound up in a room with only one door and a kestrel. I took
a swipe at the zombie and he croaked. But I only had 8 hp. I backed up
to the wall and started hitting the kestrel. I was down to 1 hp. I
looked in my pack and found the staff. I fired it at the beastie.

The room is lit with a shimmering blue light.

Well, I went down with a nice fireworks display, at least.
AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH! Why don't they make more staves of fireballs?!?!?!
(Sorry about the length)

					Markus the bare-footed
					  Golem-rider