[net.games.hack] scroll: pillar of fire

alden@osu-eddie.UUCP (Dave Alden) (02/09/85)

    I have gotten the scroll that makes a pillar of fire several
times.  What is this scroll for.  A friend of mine thinks that
its only use is to possibly harm you.  He thinks that there is a
random choice as to whether the scroll just erupts into a pillar
of flame, or if it actually harms you.  Is this true?

...dave alden
...!cbosgd!osu-eddie!alden

mjc@cmu-cs-cad.ARPA (Monica Cellio) (02/10/85)

I think it always harms you, and the harm is *permanent* hit points.

							-Dragon
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chris@byucsa.UUCP (Chris J. Grevstad) (02/17/85)

> 
>     I have gotten the scroll that makes a pillar of fire several
> times.  What is this scroll for.  A friend of mine thinks that
> its only use is to possibly harm you.  He thinks that there is a
> random choice as to whether the scroll just erupts into a pillar
> of flame, or if it actually harms you.  Is this true?

I have found that it helps against the cloud of fog.

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	Chris Grevstad
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	If things don't change they will probably remain the same.

anton@ucbvax.ARPA (Jeff Anton) (02/21/85)

I've not found any positive use for this scroll.  In fact, I've noticed
that my max hit points goes down one or two points.  Not a good piece
of magic.
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					Jeff Anton
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