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From: iv@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.games
Subject: Re: Hack Trouble
Message-ID: <52100015@trsvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 15:19:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  7 15:19:00 1985
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Re:

   /***** trsvax:net.games / cbosgd!dpb /  4:13 am  Jan  4, 1985 */
   How do you shoot something with a 

		1. deathray
		2. fire wand
		3. sleep ray
				 etc......

	 WITHOUT HAVING IT BOUNCE BACK AND KILL YOU!!!!!!!!???
   /* ---------- */



You have to sort of play pool with your wands.  Most wands  I've  seen
will only bounce two or three times, so you must shoot your wand at an
angle which does not reflect back at you. 


	Example:

		---------
		+.../\..|
		|../..\.|
		|./....\|
		|/......@
		|\......|
		---------

Note in this example that the bolt just  hit  walls.   Strange  things
happen  if  you fire so that you hit a door way.  Also note that it is
possible to hit more than one monster with one bolt.





The situation you want to avoid is where your angle of incidence is 0,
that is, firing directly into a wall or corner.  Examples:

		---------			-------
		+.......|			+..../|
		|.......|			|.../.|
		|.......|	- or -		|../..|
		|.------@			|./...+
		|.......|			|@....|
		---------			-------

Enjoy!

				IV  (aka John Elliott IV)
				Tandy Systems Software; Fort Worth, TX
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