kaufman@uiucdcs.UUCP (07/20/84)
#N:uiucdcs:34500023:000:2290 uiucdcs!kaufman Jul 20 14:19:00 1984 [Oh no, not again!] Well, another day at the office and another bunch of reemings (the official word of the 1984 US Rogue team). Haven't you wished there was some way to improve your play and your chances of winning? To spit Random Chance (actually the twin brothers Slim and None) in the eye? Now, for a limited time and a limited time only, you can take part in a series of exercises guaranteed to improve your play or double your gold back (as long as it totals the sum of two primes :-) ). No longer will the game be able to treat you like a 98 hit point weakling and push you around going: ----- | | +@, | Ha, ha, sucker, that's a xeroc! ----- So, without further ado, Exercise 1: Phind the Phantom. On the previous level, a lapse of concentration caused you to throw your ring of see invisible at a leprechaun. As a result, you come into a room in which you are sure a phantom is hiding, waiting to leap out at you. It would help immensely if you knew where it was. Using the fine logical abilities with which you have been endowed, locate the phantom. ---------------- |....:.........| |..........!...| |..............@ |*...........%.| ------------+--- Exercise 2: Role Playing: Party Room. You are running a character named Ronald Reagan who comes to the following party room: --------------- |.E....C.!...S| @D..M*..R?.T=.| What is your best winning strategy? |..:..O./.A:?.| --------------- Exercise 3: Choose Your Poison. You have the following unidentified potions: a black one, two cyan potions, a green potion, a magenta potion, two plaid potions, and a red potion. You have decided to drink one. Which will it be? Needless to say, creativity is as important as correctness. If you wish the world to see your answers, post them or send them to uiucdcs!kaufman. Mine may show up in a week. Till then, rest in peace. A man whose idea of fun is drinking potions of hallucination and then whipping out his wand of polymorph, Ken Kaufman
jones@fortune.UUCP (08/03/84)
#R:uiucdcs:34500023:fortune:43000001:000:987 fortune!jones Aug 2 18:38:00 1984 A test for rogue-acuity is a great idea. OK, you've started with 70 HP, Armor class of 4, Strength level 18, and a +2 +2 Mace. You encounter a Xorn and after trading the first few blows you discover to your dismay that you are in the dreaded random-number-generator- drought. Normally this is discovered when your HP reach 10 and you haven't landed a blow. Now, in your pack are wands of light, drain life, magic missle, five restore strength potions, a potion of see invisible, a slimemold and other useful goodies, so you decide to turn around and run; to heal and gather your thoughts. Your hit points are back up to 20 when you encounter Xorn #2 in a passageway. Here's your chance to think like a total winner! Do you: ####X@X#### <--- A. Ask if you can be excused? B. Offer to hold someone's coat? C. Bend over to tie your shoelaces? D. Ask if anyone has change for a gold piece? ------ No thanks are necessary, my reward is the look in your eyes. Dan Jones
laman@sdcsvax.UUCP (Mike Laman) (08/06/84)
>fortune!jones Aug 2 18:38:00 1984 > >A test for rogue-acuity is a great idea. OK, you've started with >70 HP, Armor class of 4, Strength level 18, and a +2 +2 Mace. You >encounter a Xorn and after trading the first few blows you discover >to your dismay that you are in the dreaded random-number-generator- >drought. Normally this is discovered when your HP reach 10 and you >haven't landed a blow. Now, in your pack are wands of light, drain >life, magic missle, five restore strength potions, a potion of see >invisible, a slimemold and other useful goodies, so you decide to >turn around and run; to heal and gather your thoughts. Your hit >points are back up to 20 when you encounter Xorn #2 in a passageway. >Here's your chance to think like a total winner! Do you: > > ####X@X#### <--- > > A. Ask if you can be excused? > > B. Offer to hold someone's coat? > > C. Bend over to tie your shoelaces? > > D. Ask if anyone has change for a gold piece? > >------ > >No thanks are necessary, my reward is the look in your eyes. > >Dan Jones I would do: E. None of the above. I would go down the steps that I am standing on (unless one of the goodies in our bag is the Amulet in which case I would go up). :-) <- Do you see your reward? Look close. Mike Laman UUCP: {ucbvax,philabs,sdccsu3,sdcsla}!sdcsvax!laman
spoo@utcsrgv.UUCP (Suk Lee) (08/15/84)
< ...and he boned the old troll!>
The answer is obviously,
E) Send quiche
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Suk Lee
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