From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxi!ihps3!ihuxx!rjnoe Newsgroups: net.games.rogue Title: genocide scroll Article-I.D.: ihuxx.172 Posted: Fri Sep 10 11:32:25 1982 Received: Sat Sep 11 01:44:13 1982 The reason a scroll of genocide is found so infrequently is that the program is set up with weights for each type of scroll (as well as for each type of potion, ring, staff/wand/rod, and armor). For instance, my version has sixteen types of scrolls (yours probably does too, if it has genocide, one of the more recent additions). Of those sixteen, genocide occurs only 1 percent of the time while identify is allocated 21 percent. As far as a maximum number of times a certain type of object can show up in a game, I know of no such thing. Except for food being more likely than normal when you haven't found any in a while, the choice of things is completely random. Roger Noe (Dr. No) ihuxx!rjnoe