jon1@iham1.UUCP (Jon Carbaugh) (11/27/84)
A staff of striking is a very good weapon if it is WIELDED. I have been a total winner of SR9.0 and have gone below level 30 in 5.5 using a staff of striking. Try it! Disaster
fritzz@sdcc3.UUCP (Flippin' fritzz) (11/29/84)
> A staff of striking is a very good weapon if it is WIELDED. > I have been a total winner of SR9.0 and have gone below > level 30 in 5.5 using a staff of striking. Maybe. I think I'll stick to my +2,+2 TWS that I start off with, though. From what I remember, a staff of striking is just a +3,+3 staff. That means that you get a 15% better chance of hitting the monster, and you do 4-9 points of damage from each blow (not counting other bonuses). better than a +1,+1 mace, but I think that you can do better. -- ihnp4--\ fritzz the Zebra decvax--\ akgua----\ "No matter where you go, dcdwest---\ there you are." kgbvax-----\ ucbvax-------- sdcsvax -- sdcc3 -- fritzz
robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) (12/03/84)
The staff of striking has a number of charges that make it very useful
for a couple of strikes. You can either zap with it, or wield it and
hit (and you must be next to the monster). I think it uses one charge
when you zap, and a double charge (and double damage) when you strike,
but it just might be the other way round (it's easy to tell if you
identify the wand before using it).
Advantages: It always hits even when you are confused, if it is
charged. Two blows with a charged wand will ocasionally kill an animal
that you had no chance of killing otheriwse.
Once the charges are gone, I prefer to wield my mace.
- Toby Robison (not Robinson!)
{allegra, decvax!ittvax, fisher, princeton}!eosp1!robisonwls@astrovax.UUCP (William L. Sebok) (12/05/84)
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!wlsphil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) (12/07/84)
i don't think you can wield a staff of striking in super rogue 2.0.
also, i noticed there is a difference between plate mail and plate
armor. neither was enchanted as i was a magician and had identified them.
but one (mail) was ac 2 and the other ac 3.
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