[net.games.rogue] hypothetical situation questions

wjb@burl.UUCP (Bill Buie) (06/12/84)

Does anybody read this newsgroup who doesn't read the spoilers?

Suppose a person is in a lower level dungeon, illuminates the room
with a lightstick, and sees a ].  Then he quaffs a potion of sense
monster.  Supposing that the ] is really a Mimic (or Xeroc), what
will our hardened rogue see?

Let's suppose that a person suspects that a ] is a Mimic, and zaps
it with a wand of cancellation.  Assuming that he's right, what will
happen to the Mimic?
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				--Bill Buie

				 Low Rider
				  3023 Au
			     Killed by a Mimic

colonel@gloria.UUCP (George Sicherman) (06/25/84)

[You swing and miss the Bug]

No!  The Rogue's Vade-Mecum says you can cancel most monsters, but NOT
Mimics (or Xerocs).  Missiles bounce right off, too.  As with the famous
"Dormant Rockadillo," the only way to identify one is to pick it up and
see if it bites you.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
...seismo!rochester!rocksanne!rocksvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel