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From: guy@slu70.UUCP (Guy M. Smith)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Fighting with arrows
Message-ID: <136@slu70.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Jan-86 13:35:46 EST
Article-I.D.: slu70.136
Posted: Tue Jan 14 13:35:46 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 17-Jan-86 01:33:00 EST
Organization: Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
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Keywords: Arrows, Weapons

I've been playing rogue 3.6 and 5.2 and am still having some trouble figuring
out the subtleties of the weapons. Specifically, I seem to get fairly good
results by simply throwing arrows without actually wielding the bow or crossbow.
This strikes me as a good technique as I don't have to waste a turn switching
to my mace or whatever if the arrows fail to stop the monster. Is there any
advantage to wielding the bow while shooting?