From: utzoo!decvax!genradbo!wjh12!clp Newsgroups: net.games.rogue Title: Re: Re: use of sticks (minor spoiler) - (nf) Article-I.D.: wjh12.140 Posted: Sun Jan 23 03:11:59 1983 Received: Mon Jan 24 07:09:37 1983 References: uiucdcs.1223 The algorithm for drain life is actually: monster hp -= (h/2) / n i.e., your total hit points goes down by a half, and that same number of hit points are taken from all the monsters equally... Charles Perkins 3.4 winner, and think 3.6 is easy.