From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!duke!unc!jqw
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Title: More on rings of searching
Article-I.D.: unc.3718
Posted: Wed Jul 21 01:11:15 1982
Received: Sun Jul 25 04:10:49 1982


	As nearly as I can tell, a ring of searching works
by executing one "s" command every turn you have it on. This
is an ordinary search, nothing special. However, it has been
known to make secret doors materialize in dead-end corridors where
Trolls have you trapped...
	The drawback is, of course, food (and a minor typo):
It appears that it uses food almost as quickly as if you
were actually executing the searches. If you have a ring
of slow digestion, The Amulet of Yendor, or 4K slime-molds,
great. (The minor typo is in the search command; it says
  "You found you found a %s trap" when you first find a trap.)

In reference to the earlier discussion on sticks of cancellation:

	They also neutralize the ability of violet Fungi to
hold you, so you can back off and shoot them until they die a
horrible pin-cushion death. This is what we call fun.

				Get that Amulet!
				Uncle Walker
				(Two-timer, 5.2)