G:wing (08/13/82)
Noticing the last interesting story, I decided to post this happening with one of the older versions of rogue (3.6, I believe...): One time when I was cruising around the 14th level (I think so) I had a little bit of fun with a wand of polymorph. As I reached the doorway entrance to one of the rooms, a troll appeared. As I was low on hit points, I zapped the troll with the wand. To my demise, the troll polymorphed into a floating eye and promptly hypnotized me (The Monster Manual says he sould do this. Exactly what he does I can not recall as I haven't played rogue for a couple of months now...). This should be the end for me, as a monster should come up behind me and beat me to death. Of all the luck, what comes up behind me? A Rust Monster! So, here I am, with a Floating Eye to the front and a Rust Monster in the rear stuck in a doorway! After a while, I got bored enough to just hold down the space bar and the repeat key, and waited for a while more. After five minutes of this boredom, I gave up and quit. This story and possibly others like it are the reason now that you will eventually stave to death when held by a Floating Eye. (I complained to Ken about the bug when I discovered it and thats the way he corrected it.) Live Long And Prosper, And May The Force Be With You (And the Carrier, Too...) The One And Only, Philip L. Wing U.C. at Berkeley "Indiana Jones" P.S. Perhaps on my next posting I might put up the "Rogue Song"