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From: mcewan@uiucdcs.UUCP (mcewan )
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Subject: Re: Eye *BUG* fix suggestion - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 18-Mar-84 22:26:20 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 18 22:26:20 1984
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uiucdcs!mcewan    Mar 18 10:42:00 1984

	I still say it's unreasonable for  a monster to kill you LIKE THAT.
	Especially with Rings of Attract (aggrivate?) monster around.

I think its unreasonable to have monsters strong enough to beat you to
death. I think that this *BUG* can be fixed as follows: no matter how
hard or how many times a monster hits you, your hit points never go
below 10.

Your suggested change is fine if you want a game you can never lose (yawn),
but some of us prefer a challenge. An experienced player should know
enough not to pick a fight with an eye (unless its from a distance) and
to be careful with rings. The only way that you can be killed by an eye
that is totally unavaidable is if you walk into a treasure room, the
eye is the closest monster to the door, the eye is awake, you do not
kill it instantly (eyes are pretty wimpy creatures, after all) and it
transfixes you. If you don't like that to happen to you, tough. I don't
like walking into a treasure room and getting pounded into the ground
by a bunch of T's, X's and U's. For that matter, I hate it when I never
find a decent sword or any good magic (ever had a game where you NEVER
find a restore strength potion? Pretty tough when you hit level 17 with
strength of 6.) But I don't want the game to be changed so that you're
guaranteed to find all the magic you need, the monsters never gang up on
you, rust monsters don't hit you if you're wearing your good armor, etc.
Sure, sometimes you're going to get killed through no fault of your own.
Forget it and start a new game.

			The opinions expressed are my own and not
			necessarily those of any sane person.

			Scott McEwan
			pur-ee!uiucdcs!mcewan

	"Hitler was an idealist.""