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From: horst@leadsv.UUCP (John Selhorst)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Re: Monsters 5.3 *SPOILER*
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Date: Thu, 16-May-85 20:31:10 EDT
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In article <1016@vax1.fluke.UUCP>, tron@fluke.UUCP (Peter Barbee) writes:
> 
> Here are monsters for version 5.3, their symbol, the level they first appear,
> how much damage they can take, what their weapon is, and what (if any) special
> powers they have.  I also included some info about your rogue (it was in the
> same file as the monsters.
> 
> If any of this info is wrong please take me to court but don't bother to
> flame me, OK?
> 	troll	      (T) (level 12) (125 xp) 1x8/1x8/2x6  (regenerates?)
>       vampire       (V) (level 19) (370 xp) 1x10         (drain hp forever)
>                                                          (regenerates?)

As far as I can tell these guys do not regenerate. If they do, it is much
slower than I do. My usual style of fighting them is to hit a few times and
then backup to regenerate my own hit points, and then hit some more. The
monsters take a fairly consistent number of hits - depending on strength,
weapon, dexterity, experience - regardless of amount of backing up. If we
regenerate at the same speed this would not be true. ROG-O-MATIC, a reliable
guru, uses this strategy, so I expect that statistics would back me up.

This article is in no way intended as a flame, but, is strictly for the
purpose of upsetting the people who never read spoilers but accidentally
read this one. 

John Selhorst

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P.S.  There seems to much less traffic in this group lately. Is this due to
the proliferation of Hack (a marvelous game, I love it, I love it, I love
it...).