douglas@mprvaxa.UUCP (Jim Douglas) (04/04/84)
Boy am i *issed off,here i was on level 16 and goin' fur it!
Had a ring of searching,ring of maintain armour,3 potions of gain
strenght,2 of extra healing,2 of healing and an enchanted sword.
When outta nowhere comes an invisible stalker,oh my what to do nothing
works on this thing(even running).
How do you kill this thing ... or dont you even bother engaging it
and turn tail and run as soon as it first hits you?How please before
i cry.
blubberlingly yours
Jim"Jarliss the fiend"Douglasgwyn@brl-vgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (04/05/84)
You can attack Invisible Stalkers (Phantoms in 5.3) but they are relatively tough. It is best to catch one in a hallway so you don't lose him. There is also a potion of see invisible that lets you see the fellow while you pound on him.
phaedrus@eneevax.UUCP (04/05/84)
A technique for beating Invisies is to get to a hallway and run for
awhile. I mean pressing the "f" key and then the "h,j,k,l" key. What
happens is that the Invisi is usally confused and is a couple of steps
behind you. You then put on your armour and bet the s*** out of him.
The credit for this technique should go to ZORRO. Who I think has
devised a way for beating every monster that there is, since he's
been a total winner at least 3 times on 5.2.
--
From the contorted brain and the rotted body of the sophist.
ARPA: phaedrus%eneevax%umcp-cs@CSNet-Relay
UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!eneevax!phaedrusjanc@uofm-cv.UUCP (Jan Wolter) (04/06/84)
All wrong. Find a straight section of corridor, preferably long, and run to the end. The confused Stalker will lag behind you. Throw arrows back at him until he comes up to you and hits you. Repeat proceedure until you have 4 or 5 arrows in him, then melee directly. Don't want to waste all your arrows. When meleeing try to stay in corridors. If he doesn't hit back once, it means that he backed away instead of hitting you. Don't hit him then, you will just move next to him and give him an extra chance to hit you. Instead, hold your ground and throw something after him or take the chance to quaff a potion or read a scroll. Confuse monster is, of course, useless. If you have some worthless potion handy, pour it on the floor and then back away. With luck, the Stalker will step in the puddle, and you will be able to locate him by his sodden footprints.
jeff@dual.UUCP (Jeff Houston) (04/06/84)
To : Jim"Jarliss the fiend"Douglas
I play version 3.6 - In this rev Stalkers are usually in some sort of
confused state - They don't always chase you in a straight line when
you turn and run - this makes it tougher to hit him because you really
don't know where he/she/it (do they have a gender?) is.
There are rings of "see invisible" and a potion of "see invisible", if
you find them... I think the potion will last for the level you quaff
it on only but the ring is good as long as its on your hand.
Jeff Houston (Rogue Cheddar)
Dual Systems Corp., Berkeley, CA
{ucbvax,ihnp4,cbosgd,amd70,zehntel,fortune,decwrl}!dual!jeffsanders@aecom.UUCP (04/08/84)
A staff of cancellation will make one visible as well.
--
Jeremy Sanders
{spike|rocky2|philabs|pegasus|esquire|cucard}!aecom!{sanders|jsanders|sander}johans@mprvaxa.UUCP (04/09/84)
<avoiding the file eaters..> what is this item "to find STALKERS POUR A USELESS POTION ON THE FLOOR IN THE HOPES THAT IT STEPS INTO THE PUDDLE AN YOU CAN FOLLOW ITS SODDEN FOOTPRINTS.... what version of rogue is this in??? from the MAD SEAFORTH