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From: eugene@utcsri.UUCP (Eugene Kligerman)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Re: Rust Monster
Message-ID: <819@utcsri.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 15:36:08 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 26 15:36:08 1985
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Reply-To: eugene@utcsri.UUCP (Eugene Kligerman)
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
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Summary: 

In article <816@utcsri.UUCP> ray@utcsri.UUCP (Raymond Allen) writes:
> ...
>	As a further note, the only possible use of a wand of cancellation
>on a Medusa (v5.3) or Umber Hulk (v3.6 and v5.2) is to cancel it *before*
>you can actually see it ...
>Once you see the nasty it will
>either confuse you or it won't (depending upon the luck of your saving throw
>against magic?).  Using the cancellation at this point is useless.  There
>has even been some disagreement in the past about whether cancellation is
>at all effective against such monsters.  I've never had a chance to check
>this out myself.

Not quite.  The Umber Hulk / Medusa cofuses you not when you see it, but
rather during the first hit that it makes on you.
The determination as to whether you are confused or not is done at the
time of the first hit.  If the monster hits you and you are not confused,
then you will not be confused by that monster again (each monster gets one
chance to confuse you).

The wands of cancellation DO work against the Umber Hulks / Medusas.
From the above, it should be apparent that you can use that wand
with an excellent effect.  These two monsters are the worst by far in
all three versions of rogue (3.6, 5.2, 5.3), and if you get a chance
to do so, then genocide them first (in 3.6 & 5.2).

Disclaimer:  This does NOT apply to HACK.

--

Eugene Kligerman, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto

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