Physics:piner (07/22/82)
The first bug I would like to report in rogue is a missing stairs bug. Yes, I know we have been trough this before, but I have found out how the bug works. I seems that if you kill a leprechan who is standing on the stairs, and there is no gold in the room, then the gold which appears upon the leprechan's death replaces the stairs. This bug does not happen often, since you must pick up the gold in the room, get the leprechan moving, by swinging at him or reading a scroll, then back up so he is standing on the stairs. Not surprising no one has figured this out until now. The second bug is more fun. If you make it down to level 17 or more, try chucking a spear at various objects. If it is a mimic, then you will get the usual message to that effect. The problem is, the mimic does not change form. It is worth a few yucks to have stairs chase you around the room. The mimic will not change form until it gets a swing at you. So spears, darts, etc. are not much use against them. We are running version 3.6, so any later versions may have these bugs fixed.