smy2321@acf4.UUCP (04/17/84)
Nf-From: acf4!smy2321 Apr 16 19:38:00 1984 Does anybody have a good use for the scroll of sleep?
notes@iuvax.UUCP (04/18/84)
#R:acf4:-1990000200:iuvax:9800023:000:541 iuvax!apratt Apr 17 13:19:00 1984 Re: Uses for a scroll of sleep If you have a REALLY good game going, and you're going to be on the high score list, and you don't want to have it say, "Quit on level 21" or something, you can get next to a nasty monster and read a scroll of sleep so it will get several whacks at you and kill you. Then it'll say, "Killed on level 21" instead of "Quit". I think this is a good use for a scroll of sleep. ---- "Fritz! They've killed Fritz!" -- Allan Pratt ...ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!apratt (please do not respond to iuvax!notes)
flinn@seismo.UUCP (E. A. Flinn) (04/18/84)
You don't have to go to sleep to get killed, and anyway you pay the 10% gold penalty when killed vs. quit.
tac@teldata.UUCP (04/20/84)
, (sop to the blank line eaters--consider it a religious sacrifice)
The best use for a scroll of sleep (along with cursed armor and weapons
and other assorted "useless" items) is to throw it at monsters. It has
the same chance of hitting (I think) as any other thrown device, and while
it will not kill very many things it may kill jackels, bats, eyes and
Kobolds. The true advantage comes from hitting--the object is removed
from the game!
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