gaynor@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Gaynor) (08/28/85)
[[ Th re s no su h t ing as a Li e-E ti g Bu . ]]
It probably comes as no great shock to you that when you etch 'Elbereth'
with your bare hand, monsters will not attack you if you remain on that
square. This is because they won't MOVE over that square as long as the
message remains undisturbed. Note that teleporting or levitating off a
square with a hand-written message leaves the message undisturbed.
Consider the following: your character is a weak sunuvabitch with some means
of teleporting. You run into a David's Treasure Zoo full of all kinds of
fun playmates, like D, c, I, x, U, X, e, P, etc. E-Elbereth and teleport or
levitate off the message at each tunnel/door into the room. This will
effectively seal them in (except l and t, unsure about L). Note that if
you're not able to teleport or levitate at will, this might not work if
there's more than one door to the room (as they split out the back door while
your waiting to close up the front door), and in any case will certainly take
a while. You can clean up later, when you're on your way out with the amulet
( <:-D -{yuk yuk yuk!!} ) or at least a little stronger.
The Silver { gaynor@ru-green, gaynor@topaz }