js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag) (09/22/84)
I seem to have just encountered a nasty bug in rogue. I found a potion, which when quaffed made me feel light headed. I also found that I could move through walls. Some kind of etherealness? Anyway, I was still able to attack monsters so I didn't mind ---- until I used the 'f' command to move forward until I encountered something. But, evidently, since I was ethereal(?) I didn't encounter anything before moving right out of the dungeon, and continuing for- ever. My screen began to scroll up as it filled with 'U's. This went on for about 4 or 5 minutes until I got bored and hung up. Is there some way out of this? What was that potion? Why didn't my character die of starvation after 5 minutes of full speed movement? Why am I posting this article? puzzled Jeff Sonntag ihnp4!mhuxl!mhuxt!js2j
segs@mhuxv.UUCP (slusky) (09/24/84)
> > I seem to have just encountered a nasty bug in rogue. I found a potion, which > when quaffed made me feel light headed. I also found that I could move through > walls. Some kind of etherealness? Anyway, I was still able to attack monsters > so I didn't mind ---- until I used the 'f' command to move forward until I > encountered something. But, evidently, since I was ethereal(?) I didn't > encounter anything before moving right out of the dungeon, and continuing for- > ever. My screen began to scroll up as it filled with 'U's. This went on > for about 4 or 5 minutes until I got bored and hung up. > > Is there some way out of this? What was that potion? Why didn't my character > die of starvation after 5 minutes of full speed movement? Why am I posting > this article? > > puzzled > Jeff Sonntag > ihnp4!mhuxl!mhuxt!js2j This is the potion of phasing. It shows up in Advanced Rogue versions. You don't say what version of rogue you are playing. (Just as a general note it is helpful to identify your version of rogue when you are asking for information on a bug or feature.) The potion of phasing is very valuable for attacking monsters from inside walls. They can't hit back but they hang around anyway getting hit. But you do have to be careful not to go wandering off the screen and you do have to take care to be back in a room or passage when you unphase. -- mhuxv!segs
fritzz@sdcc3.UUCP (fritzz the Zebra) (10/03/84)
>The potion of phasing is very valuable for attacking monsters from inside >walls. They can't hit back but they hang around anyway getting hit. >But you do have to be careful not to go wandering off the screen and you do >have to take care to be back in a room or passage when you unphase. Oh yeah? In our version they take off like a zombie with 10th level cleric after them. The only way they hang around is if they are blocked by a bunch of monsters who don't know what's going on. I find phasing (through potion or spells) to be usefull on maze levels, especially if you know where all the magic is. BTW!!!! Where is the amulet???? I got down to level 29 in 7.0 and I did a spell of detect magic to see where all the magic items where to see if could find it.(I had been doing this since level 22.) Unless some monster picked it up and hauled off with it, it wasn't there. It was a good game anyway. (I more than tripled the previous high score.) Still trying to win.... -- ihnp4--\ fritzz the Zebra decvax--\ akgua----\ At both ends of the social spectrum dcdwest---\ lies a leisure class. kgbvax-----\ ucbvax-------- sdcsvax -- sdcc3 -- fritzz