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From: gts@wjh12.UUCP (G. T. Samson)
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Subject: Re: XP an gold.(And other obscurements)
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Date: Sun, 21-Apr-85 23:34:47 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr 21 23:34:47 1985
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Petter Notstrand (from Stockholm) writes:
> 	I'm a little disturbed by the fact that you don't get your
> 	XP's or your gold pieces shown on the screen on version
> 	1.0.2. I saw something about obscuring maxHP and Strength
> 	by using adjectives instead of numbers.
> 	Please, don't!
> 
> 	Does anybody agree with me on this?
> 	/NPN

I agree with him!  Definitely!  I mean, would you play D&D if the DM only
told you things like "The gargoyle hit you...you feel bad.  No, wait, you
feel EXTREMELY bad."  It's really important to know when, for instance, you
are in such bad shape that your 14th level caveman might possibly be taken
out by one lucky blow from a kobold.  Or when you can say to yourself, "Well,
the dragon does a max 88 hp of damage with his breath, and I have 276 left...
I think it's time to kill!"

Please at least leave the strength and hp the way they are.  (I lost all
but parts 5 and 6 of the Hack 1.0.2 posting, so I haven't seen the new
style, but I think that I'd still prefer the old style.)


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