From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!mcewan
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Title: Re: rings of protection - (nf)
Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1388
Posted: Wed Jan 26 18:26:57 1983
Received: Sun Jan 30 03:48:28 1983

#R:ucf-cs:-84000:uiucdcs:9500117:000:258
uiucdcs!mcewan    Jan 26 18:24:00 1983

************** SPOILER ******************

All a ring of protection does is lower your effective armor class (raise if
ring is cursed). E.g., if you are wearing armor class -2 and have a +2
ring of protection, it is exactly as if you have on armor class -4.