dave@uwvax.ARPA (07/17/84)
> Given the great number of monsters you have to fight in rogue, there should > be a command that fights automatically but stops before you die. "Aha," you > say, that's the 'f' key, everybody knows that. But NOOO, I was just at level > 20, with a +4, +2 two-handed sword, 70(70) Hp, 20(20) strength and 10/whatever > experience, and did an 'f' against a black unicorn, and, you guessed it, > there I was pushing up daisies. The explanation of the 'f' command is > fight til death or near death. How stupid! The 'F' key is for fight til > death, why couldn't the author(s) of rogue put in one that would guarentee > survival? There has always been a way to ensure fighting until near death. It's called typing the direction key pointing at the monster. I admit this isn't as fast as 'f'dir, but if you're that worried about dieing, what are you typing 'f'dir for anyway? Also, I think that monsters can hit for extra damage (like in D&D). The 'f' cannot really take this into account in figuring 'near death'. If it takes the monster's normal damage into account, you will fight until near death. If the monster really whacks you, you die. Therefore, fight that 'U' slowly (unless you're wearing AC15 armor). This also gives you the benefit of chickening out when you still have enough HP to withstand a hit from another wandering monster. -- Dave Cohrs @ wisconsin ...!{allegra,heurikon,ihnp4,seismo,ucbvax,uwm-evax}!uwvax!dave dave@wisc-rsch.arpa