jho@ihuxn.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen) (07/11/84)
My son Gur asked me to post the following article:
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Recently, I received rogue version 3.2 (Advanced rogue). This games
excells rogue version 9.0 (Super rogue), but winning is next to
impossible.
On my second adventure, I was doing quite well. I had +4 platemail,
a +1, +2 two-handed sword, and several other magic items. At level 11
I read a scroll of banishment! Next thing I know is that I'm at the
53rd level being shot with a ray terror! Once terrified of something,
I get shot with another damn ray; confusion! "What the hell is goin'
around here?" I ask myself. Then, WHAM!, a ray of cold and I see a
ancient bronze dragon. Thinking quickly, I drop my scare monster scroll
and sit on it, but to no avail because that dragon is tearing my guts out.
After chewing away 25hp, I regain my compsure. Big deal! I'm still
confused! While I standing there on my scroll, the confusion wears off.
At that point, the dragon gobbled about 50 of my hp. I don't know how I
survived that ordeal. So, I start whacking away at the dragon, missing
it most of the time (I was a 9th level fighter when I began on level
53). Somehow, by a REEEEL lucky streak, I slaid before it slaid me.
"Whew!" I say to myself, wandering through a corridor and entering a
room where, YES!, OF ALL THINGS, AN ANCIENT RED DRAGON. Oh no, in
AD&D, the red dragon is more powerful than a bronze dragon. Not in
rogue version 3.2. I hit the dragon most of the time and it only
took 40hp off me. I could strike twice because at 10th level (which I
attained after killing the ancient bronze dragon), a fighter in 3.2
strikes twice a round. The amulet of Yendor is in sight. I grab it
and up a staircase. BUT THEN:
Here I am, when all of a sudden something flashes on the screen
and then I see my grave. On the epitath it says:
Killed by a lesser god (Surtur)
What! I had 124hp. That's not fair. Bye-bye 124hp in one round.
Killed by a LESSER GOD. How many of them are crammed in this killer
dungeon? Yes, a LESSER GOD. A direct copy-off Dieties&Demigods.
Hate to meet with a greater god. This game is immpossible. How
would you like to enter a party room with the following merry-makers?:
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Zeuz |
Thor | (never actually met these in 3.2, but they probably exist
Odin | there)
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Surtur
(plus countless of other celebrated gods)
How are you supposed to win 3.2?
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Yosi Hoshen
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