lake (03/10/83)
Recently I played a game (on version 4.22) where I reached level 21 with
a staff of light. I used it to light up a room, whereupon I saw a pair
of '*'. I moved over one of the '*' and found it to be gold. Since the
other one was most likely a mimic, I decided to back off and throw a couple
of arrows at it. I was quite surprised when the arrow passed directly over
the Mimic and the mimic disappeared from view. However, doing an 'f' in the
direction I threw the arrow made the mimic reappear. I suspect this is
an unintentional feature of the game.
A brief summary of what happened is illustrated by the following pictures:
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@...*.| +...*.| @...*.| @....)| +..@*)|
|*....| |@....| |.....| |.....| |.....|
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light the pick up get ready to throw it do a 'fl'
room gold throw an arrow '*' disappears
Rob Lake
alberta!lake