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From: hachong@watmath.UUCP (Herb Chong)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Re: Who's afraid of a scare monster scroll?
Message-ID: <16444@watmath.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 14-Sep-85 14:44:50 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 14 14:44:50 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 15-Sep-85 00:13:03 EDT
References: <234@uw-june>
Reply-To: hachong@watmath.UUCP (Herb Chong)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

In article <234@uw-june> wagner@uw-june (Dave Wagner) writes:
>Version: Advanced Rogue 2.0.
>
>I have just learned the hard way (:-) that not all monsters are afraid
>of scare monster scrolls!  In particular, titans, lichs, and dragons
>aren't (now you see what I mean by "hard way"!)
>
>Does anybody out there know any reasonable guidelines for this type of thing?
>Should I just forget about using scare monsters below, say, level 25?
>Would it make any difference if the scroll had been blessed?

the probability that a monster is scared of a scare monster scroll for
this version depends upon the intelligence of the monster.  the more
intelligent the monster, the less likely it is to be afraid.  look in
the various D&D monster manuals as a starting point.  a blessed scroll
of scare monster allows you to pick it up again and reuse it once
more.  as soon as you pick it up the second time, it will vanish unless
you enchant it, whereupon it will become enchanted again.

Comment:  dave here has specified the full version of his rogue game,
which everyone should do.  a simple number is inadequate because there
are enough versions with their own numbering schemes that the name is
also required.  the versions of rogue shipped with BSD are typically
called rogue.  all the others have fancier names.  for those of you
still running rogue 3.6, you should note that there is no real standard
version.  all the ones i have are different.

Herb Chong...

I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble....

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