Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 11/03/84 (WLS Mods); site astrovax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!wls From: wls@astrovax.UUCP (William L. Sebok) Newsgroups: net.games.rogue Subject: Re: Staff of striking Message-ID: <506@astrovax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 21:48:20 EST Article-I.D.: astrovax.506 Posted: Tue Dec 4 21:48:20 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Dec-84 02:56:17 EST References: <259@iham1.UUCP> <2505@sdcc3.UUCP> <1274@eosp1.UUCP> Organization: Princeton Univ. Astrophysics Lines: 11 The staff of striking indeed was a powerful weapon in Rogue 5.2 and earlier. Wielded and used as an ordinary weapon weapon it did lots of damage and never missed, which was especially useful against high armor class monsters like Xorns. It also lasted the whole game. However in Rogue 5.3 it was effectively taken away. When wielded and used as a weapon each swap with it uses up one (or sometimes two) charge(s), making wielding it not advantagous any more. I don't really feel that the wand of striking all that useful any more. -- Bill Sebok Princeton University, Astrophysics {allegra,akgua,burl,cbosgd,decvax,ihnp4,noao,princeton,vax135}!astrovax!wls