mcewan (03/14/83)
#R:whuxlb:5800020:uiucdcs:9500130:000:288 uiucdcs!mcewan Mar 10 16:50:00 1983 ********************* SPOILER ******************************** "Can an umber hulk confuse you from a non-adjacent square?" Yes, and its NOT a bug. A U can confuse you whenever it is in sight - across the room if the room is lighted. It cannot confuse you if you are blind.
tim (03/15/83)
Wrong! An umber hulk can only confuse you when it comes into sight within three squares of you. Using a staff of light can be very handy when used with detect monster: you "see" a U more than three squares away in the room, so light the room. It can't confuse you, and when it gets closer it's already blown its chance by being seen earlier. An umber hulk gets one chance to confuse you every time it comes into sight within three squares, so you can really blow it with slow monster. I only know about 5.2, by the way; it may be different elsewhere. Tim
mclure (04/20/83)
#R:unc:-477700:sri-unix:5000025:000:185 sri-unix!mclure Apr 13 16:57:00 1983 You claim that lighting a room with an Umber Hulk will avoid being confused. No way, unfortunately. A few days ago I did just this and was confused (but escaped) by the Umber. Stuart