[net.games.hack] shopkeeper & traps; doors

frans@duvel.UUCP (Frans Meulenbroeks) (10/31/85)

I've encountered very strange behaviour of shopkeepers. 
Normally a shopkeeper avoids traps. However when one has stolen
something out of a shop, and the shopkeeper decides to follow you
He will pass traps which are between him and the door (e.g. 
before the door opening, inside the shop) This looks like a bug
to me (I'd like to have him delayed by pits I dig in the door 
opening!).

Also I don't think its fair that the shopkeeper immediately
knows where to find you whenever you teleport away from a shop.
He/she should at least have some trouble locating me.
Oh well, maybe shopkeepers possess some supranatural senses.

About doors. I've found it very strange that in the situation
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one cannot move with the n command, whilst when standing in
the door the l command remains possible. Is this a bug
or just lack of imagination on my side?
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	Frans Meulenbroeks, Philips Microprocessor Development Systems
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