Ateklabs.142 net.games utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!teklabs!tekmdp!teklabs!keithe Tue Dec 15 16:31:06 1981 rogue messages Here are some messages you may get (and their meanings) when playing the game: your hands begin to glow red - scroll of confuse monster the [room hallway] is light (by a shimmering blue light) - scroll of light your [armor] glows faintly for a moment - scroll of enchant armor you fall asleep - scroll of sleep you hear a faint cry of anguish in the distance - scroll of create monster (which has failed to create a monster) *** A scroll of create monster has a randomized chance of succeeding *** *** If no monstyer is created, you get this message *** identify what -- more-- - scroll of identify oh now this scroll has a map on it - scroll of magic mapping you begin to feel greedy and you sense gold - scroll of gold detection you feel a pull downward - scroll of gold detection, but no gold on current level your [weapon] glows blue for a moment - scroll of enchant weapon you feel a strange sense of loss - scroll of enchant [weapon or armor] but you aren't [wearing any or wielding one] you hear a maniacal laughter in the distance - you read a scroll of scare monster, which invalidates the scroll as you pick up the scroll it turns to dust - you tried to retrieve a scroll of scare monster you feel as if someone is watching over you - scroll of remove curses you hear a high pitched humming noise - scroll of aggravate monster this scroll seems to be blank - you read a NOP scroll you have been granted the boon of genocide - lucky you! wait, what's going on here... - potion of confusion you feel very sick - potion of poison you feel momentarily sick - potion of poison, but you're wearing a ring of retain strength you feel better - potion of healing (also restores sight if blind) you begin to sense the presence of monsters - potion of monster detection you sense the presence of magic on this level - potion of magic detection you have a strange feeling for a moment, then it passes - potion of [monster or magic] detection, but none remaining on this level you can't move - potion of paralysis this potion tastes like [fruit] juice - potion of see invisible you suddenly feel much more skillful - potion of raise skill (experience) you begin to feel much better - potion of extra healing you feel yourself moving much faster - potion of haste self hey, this tastes great... - potion of restore strength a cloak of darkness falls around you - potion of blindness (uh-oh) this potion tastes extremely dull - NOP potion what a bizzare schtick - you just zapped with a do nothing stick you have a tingling feeling - you just zapped with a staff of drain life, but there were no monsters to drain life from you are too weak to use it - you tried to zap with a staff of drain life but you don't have enough hit points left (you must have 2 or more) *** A staff of drain life works by reducing YOUR hit points in half, and *** *** taking the same amount, divided evenly, from all the monsters in the *** *** room. So it's best to use the drain life staff in a room with only *** *** one monster, or better yet, in a hallway, to get most effectiveness. *** When zapping with an unknown stick (generic term for staff, wand, rod), you may get any of the following responses: nothing happens - your stick is all used up " " (no response) - any of the following may be true: staff of haste monster staff of slow monster staff of polymorph (but a monster will change to another monster) staff of teleport away (but the monster disappears, temporarily) staff of teleport to (but now you're next to the monster (!)) staff of cancellation This removes a monster's ability to do any of its evil magic on you. The following monsters are thusly affected: Rust Monsters cannot ruin your armor Floating Eyes cannot tranfix you Giant Ants cannot sting you Wraiths cannot drain your energy Violet Fungi cannot hold you Leperchauns cannot steal your gold Nymphs cannot steal your magic items But apparently Umber Hulks can still confuse you. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.