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From: mcooper@oberon.UUCP (Michael Cooper)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Re: Urogue seems too arbitrary
Message-ID: <165@oberon.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Dec-85 16:45:55 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 12 16:45:55 1985
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In article <179@milo.UUCP> ded@milo.UUCP (Don E. Davis) writes:
>I've recently been playing the urogue written by Herb Chong.  It
>has many nice attributes which I find interesting, but one
>which spoils the game for me.  That one is:  You have been summoned
>by the lesser god something-or-other; you are terrified; now hit your
>space key until you die.  You might as well say:  you're doing too
>good; you die.
>
>This is not fun.  I have no chance to react, to drop my scare monster scrolls
>or quaff a potion of hero.  Is this arbitrary death a "feature?"
>Or is there something I can do to avoid it?
>
>                               don davis

The "throne room" as it is called is used to help discourage total winners.
There is a random change of something like 1 in 99,999 of being summoned
to it while proceeding down into the dungeon by just moving around.
On the way back up, there is a slight chance or running into a throne
room trap that sends you to a throne room, and something like a 1 in 15
chance of being summoned when going up a staircase.


                                        mike
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