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xrogue: don't segfault when backstabbing while empty-handed. The code for backstabbing checked the weapon's properties without making sure it was not NULL.
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8 A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom
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11 Michael C. Toy
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12 Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold
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15 Computer Systems Research Group
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16 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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17 University of California
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18 Berkeley, California 94720
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23 ABSTRACT
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25 Rogue is a visual CRT based fantasy game which runs
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26 under the UNIX timesharing system. This paper de-
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27 scribes how to play rogue, and gives a few hints for
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28 those who might otherwise get lost in the Dungeons
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29 of Doom.
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34 1. Introduction
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36 You have just finished your years as a student at the
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37 local fighter's guild. After much practice and sweat you
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38 have finally completed your training and are ready to embark
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39 upon a perilous adventure. As a test of your skills, the
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40 local guildmasters have sent you into the Dungeons of Doom.
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41 Your task is to return with the Amulet of Yendor. Your
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42 reward for the completion of this task will be a full mem-
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43 bership in the local guild. In addition, you are allowed to
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44 keep all the loot you bring back from the dungeons.
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46 In preparation for your journey, you are given an
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47 enchanted mace, a bow, and a quiver of arrows taken from a
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48 dragon's hoard in the far off Dark Mountains. You are also
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49 outfitted with elf-crafted armor and given enough food to
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50 reach the dungeons. You say goodbye to family and friends
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51 for what may be the last time and head up the road.
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53 You set out on your way to the dungeons and after sev-
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54 eral days of uneventful travel, you see the ancient ruins
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55 that mark the entrance to the Dungeons of Doom. It is late
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56 at night, so you make camp at the entrance and spend the
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57 ____________________
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58 UNIX is a trademark of Bell Laboratories
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71 USD:33-2 A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom
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74 night sleeping under the open skies. In the morning you
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75 gather your weapons, put on your armor, eat what is almost
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76 your last food, and enter the dungeons.
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80 You have just begun a game of rogue. Your goal is to
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81 grab as much treasure as you can, find the Amulet of Yendor,
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82 and get out of the Dungeons of Doom alive. On the screen, a
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83 map of where you have been and what you have seen on the
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84 current dungeon level is kept. As you explore more of the
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85 level, it appears on the screen in front of you.
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87 Rogue differs from most computer fantasy games in that
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88 it is screen oriented. Commands are all one or two
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89 keystrokes1 and the results of your commands are displayed
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90 graphically on the screen rather than being explained in
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91 words.2
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93 Another major difference between rogue and other com-
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94 puter fantasy games is that once you have solved all the
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95 puzzles in a standard fantasy game, it has lost most of its
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96 excitement and it ceases to be fun. Rogue, on the other
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97 hand, generates a new dungeon every time you play it and
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98 even the author finds it an entertaining and exciting game.
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104 screen. The rogue screen is intended to replace the "You
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