johnc@dartvax.UUCP (John Cabell) (01/30/84)
Does anyone know if there is a way to find out what a scroll is without drinking it? Is the name in some sort of compre- hensible code that isn't too difficult to undo? How about wands and rings? Are the colors always the same for a certain ring? and the same with potions? Thanx in advance, --johnc
mcmillan@eosp1.UUCP (John McMillan) (02/03/84)
>> Does anyone know how to find out what a scroll is without drinking it?
There is no way to find out what a scroll is without drinking it.
P.S.: If you figure out how to drink a scroll, please let me know.
Seriously though: If you play Rogue enough, you will develop a second sense
about unidentified potions of raise level; it is often easy to suspect
when you have picked one up.
I'm not sure why, except that drinking a potion of raise level at the wrong
time is one of the most painful mistakes you can ever make in a game of Rogue.
- Toby Robison
allegra!eosp1!robison
decvax!ittvax!eosp1!robison
princeton!eosp1!robison
(NOTE! NOT McMillan; Robison.)