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arogue7: ask about unidentified objects by default. The 'askme' option is on in some games and off in others, probably due to authorial preference. I am going to be consistent and turn it on in all of them.
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1 Welcome to XRogue
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2 http://roguelike.sourceforge.net/xrogue
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4 XRogue: Expeditions into the Dungeons of Doom
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5 Copyright (C) 1991 Robert Pietkivitch
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6 All rights reserved.
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8 Based on "Advanced Rogue"
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9 Copyright (C) 1984, 1985 Michael Morgan, Ken Dalka and AT&T
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10 All rights reserved.
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12 Based on "Rogue: Exploring the Dungeons of Doom"
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13 Copyright (C) 1980, 1981 Michael Toy, Ken Arnold and Glenn Wichman
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14 All rights reserved.
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16 See the file LICENSE.TXT for full copyright and licensing information.
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19 XRogue: Expeditions into the Dungeons of Doom
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20 ---------------------------------------------
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22 Introduction:
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24 Rogue was introduced at the University of California at Berkeley as a
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25 screen-oriented fantasy game. The game had 26 types of monsters that
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26 the player could meet while exploring a Dungeon generated by the computer.
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27 Scrolls, potions, rings, wands, staves, armor, and weapons helped the
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28 player to battle these monsters and to gain gold, the basis for scoring.
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30 The version of rogue described in this guide has been expanded to include
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31 over 200 monsters with many new capabilities and has been renamed xrogue.
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32 Many of the monsters are intelligent and they, like the player, must avoid
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33 traps and decide when it is better to fight or to run. There are also a
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34 number of new commands in this version not found in previous versions.
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36 The game contains monsters, spells, weapons, armor, potions, and other
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37 magical items that you will discover during your quest. The Dungeon's
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38 geography changes with every game and although many magical items have
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39 certain identifiable properties, such as turning the player invisible,
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40 the physical manifestation of the magic changes each game. A red potion,
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41 for example, will cause the same reaction throughout a given game but
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42 it may be a completely different potion in a new game.
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44 Entering the Dungeon with only a little food, armor, and a weapon, the
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45 player must develop a good strategy of when to fight, when to run, and
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46 how to best use any magical item found in the Dungeon. To make things
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47 interesting the player has a quest to return one of several unique and
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48 magical artifacts which are rumored to lie deep within the Dungeon.
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49 Returning with this artifact to the surface brings great honor.
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51 However, after finding the artifact, the player may wish to continue
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52 his quest deeper into the Dungeon to match wits with an arch-devil, a
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53 demon-prince, or perhaps Charon the Boatman. Defeating such a creature
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54 will gain the player many experience points which is the basis for
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55 scoring in xrogue. It is very difficult to return from the Dungeons
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56 of Doom alive. Very few players have won this game.
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58 Character Classes:
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60 Before placing the player in the Dungeon, the game requests that you
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61 select what type of character they would like to be: Fighter, Paladin,
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62 Ranger, Magic-User, Cleric, Thief, Assassin, Druid, or Monk.
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64 The Fighter
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66 A Fighter has the best odds at winning battles with monsters. At high
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67 experience levels, the Fighter is able to attack his opponent multiple
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68 times in a single turn. Strength is the main attribute of the Fighter.
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70 The Magic-User
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72 A Magic-User is able to cast spells. Intelligence is the main attribute.
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73 The number of spells a Magic-User can cast increases as he gains in
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74 experience points and in intelligence. His spell casting ability allows
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75 him to identify any item in the Dungeon. 16 spells.
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77 The Cleric
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79 A Cleric is able to pray for assistance in battle. Wisdom is the main
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80 attribute. The number of prayers granted to the Cleric increases as he
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81 gains in experience points and in wisdom. Clerics can affect (turn) the
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82 undead monsters to avoid battle. Ie., zombies, ghouls, etc. If the
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83 Cleric is very powerful relative to the undead monster, turning it will
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84 utterly destroy it. 16 prayers.
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86 The Paladin
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88 A Paladin is a type of holy warrior, being a cross between a Cleric
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89 and a Fighter. He is able to pray and affect the undead like the Cleric
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90 and fight like the Fighter, but both to a lesser extent. He is on the