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From: ab3@stat-l (Rsk the Wombat)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Re: need help on SCROLLS & RINGS
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Date: Thu, 14-Jun-84 01:57:07 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 14 01:57:07 1984
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> How do you use a 'scare monster scroll'? 

Stand on it; monsters will not hit while you're on it.  Dragons will, of
course, flame at you from a distance, though.  If you have 5.3 or some
other version with the "move" command; or if you have a full pack, you
can stand on it without picking it up; when the melee is over you can grab
it and use it again later.

> Also, are there other ways of finding out whether you've got one without 
> reading it or using an 'identify scroll'?

I can think of three:
	1) Drag a monster along so that he'll have to step on it to stay with 
you...if he avoids the scroll, it's a scare monster.  Caveat: bats and phantoms
are "confused" and "slightly confused" and may miss it just 'cause they walk 
funny.  The lazy way to do this (in a lighted room) is to stand on the other 
side of the scroll from a monster and toss an arrow or dart at it to provoke 
it to start toward you.
	2) Drop it.  It'll turn to dust when you pick it up.  Not recommended.
	3) Process of elimination...when you've identified all other scrolls.

> When a scroll doesn't say anything is that the 'create monster scroll'

	Could be the "scroll of nothing".  "Create monster" makes a monster
right next to you, and he usually hits you next round.  "Teleport" doesn't
say anything either, but does zap you somewhere else on the level.

> What does a 'ring of protection' do?

	It desceases the chance that a monster will hit you.

> Are there other nifty scrolls and magic stuff that deals with monsters
> effectively and saves your skin?

	Yup...but too numerous to go into here.
-- 
Rsk the Wombat
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