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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/arogue5/arogue58.html Thu Aug 09 22:58:48 2012 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,953 @@ +<!-- Advanced Rogue --> +<!-- Copyright (C) 1984, 1985, 1986 Michael Morgan, Ken Dalka and AT&T --> +<!-- All rights reserved. --> +<!-- --> +<!-- Based on "Rogue: Exploring the Dungeons of Doom" --> +<!-- Copyright (C) 1980, 1981 Michael Toy, Ken Arnold and Glenn Wichman --> +<!-- All rights reserved. --> +<!-- --> +<!-- See the file LICENSE.TXT for full copyright and licensing information. --> +<!-- Creator : groff version 1.18.1 --> +<!-- CreationDate: Sat Jan 21 09:55:23 2006 --> +<h1 align="center"><a href="http://roguelike.sourceforge.net/arogue77">The Dungeons of + Doom</a></h1> +<br> +<h2 align="center">AT&T Bell Laboratories</h2> +<h3 align="center"><A href="http://roguelike.sourceforge.net/arogue58">http://roguelike.sourceforge.net/arogue58</A></h3> +<br> +<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" id="table1" align="center"> + <tr> + <td nowrap> + Advanced Rogue<br> + Copyright (C) 1984, 1985 Michael Morgan, Ken Dalka and AT&T<br> + All rights reserved. + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td nowrap> + Based on "Rogue: Exploring the Dungeons of Doom"<br> + Copyright (C) 1980, 1981 Michael Toy, Ken Arnold and Glenn Wichman<br> + All rights reserved. + </td> + </tr> +</table> +<p align="center">See the file LICENSE.TXT for full copyright and licensing + information.</p> +<p align="center"> </p> +<p align="center"><b>ABSTRACT</b></p> +<blockquote> + <blockquote> + <p align="justify">Rogue was first introduced by Michael Toy at the + University of California at Berkeley as a screen-oriented fantasy game. + The game had 26 types of monsters that the player could meet while + exploring a dungeon generated by the computer. Scrolls, potions, rings, + wands, staves, armor, and weapons helped the player to battle these + monsters and to gain gold, the basis for scoring.</p> + <p align="justify">The version of Rogue described in this guide has been + expanded to include over 110 monsters with many new capabilities. Many + of the monsters are intelligent, and they, like the player, must avoid + traps and decide when it is better to fight or to run. The player + chooses a character class at the beginning of the game which defines the + player's abilities. Experience, rather than gold, decides the player's + score.</p> + </blockquote> +</blockquote> +<h2 align="justify"> </h2> +<h3 align="justify">1. INTRODUCTION</h3> +<p align="justify"> + Rogue is a screen-oriented fantasy game set in the ever-changing Dungeons of + Doom. The game comes complete with monsters, spells, weapons, armor, + potions, and other magical items. The dungeon's geography changes with every + game, and although many magical items have certain identifiable properties, + such as turning the player invisible, the physical manifestation of the + magic changes each game. A red potion, for example, will cause the same + reaction throughout a given game, but it may be a completely different + potion in a new game.</p> +<p align="justify"> + Entering the dungeon with only a little food, armor, and a weapon, the + player must develop a good strategy of when to fight, when to run, and how + to best use any magical items found in the dungeon. To make things + interesting, the player has a quest to return one of several unique + artifacts, rumored to lie deep in the dungeon's bowels. Returning with this + artifact brings great glory and the title of Complete Winner. But even after + finding the artifact, the player may wish to continue further to match wits + with an arch-devil, demon prince, or even a deity found far down in the + dungeon. Defeating such a creature will gain the player many experience + points, the basis for scoring in Rogue.</p> +<p align="justify"> + It is very difficult to return from the Dungeons of Doom. Few people ever + make it out alive. Should this unlikely event occur, the player would be + proclaimed a complete winner and handsomely rewarded for any booty removed + from the dungeon.</p> +<h3 align="justify">2. CHARACTER CLASSES AND ATTRIBUTES</h3> +<p align="justify"> + Before placing the player in the dungeon, the game requests the player to + select a character class: a fighter, a magic user, a cleric, or a thief.</p> +<p align="justify"><span style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps"><strong>2.1 The Fighter</strong></span></p> +<p align="justify"> + A fighter is very strong and will have a high strength rating. This great + strength gives a fighter the best odds of winning a battle with a monster. + At high experience levels the fighter also gets to attack multiple times in + a single turn. This obviously further increases his chances at winning + battles. Intrinsic to the fighter class is a robustness which results in 1 + to 10 extra hit points for every new experience level.</p> +<p align="justify"><span style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps"><strong>2.2 The Magician</strong></span></p> +<p align="justify"> + A magician's major attribute is intelligence, which enables the magician to + cast spells. The number and variety of spells increases as the magician + gains experience and intelligence. Other types of characters can cast + spells, but only if they manage to gain extraordinarily high intelligence. + Magic users are not as hearty as fighters; they receive 1 to 8 extra hit + points for every new experience level.</p> +<p align="justify"><strong><span style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps">2.3 The Cleric</span></strong></p> +<p align="justify"> + A cleric has a high wisdom rating and can thus pray. The number and variety + of prayers which the gods are willing to grant to a cleric increase as the + cleric gains experience and wisdom. Other character types can pray only if + they manage to gain extraordinary wisdom.</p> +<p align="justify"> + Because of their religious nature, clerics can also affect the "undead" + beings, like zombies and ghouls, which became monsters after they died. If + an "undead" creature is next to a cleric, the cleric may try to turn it and + cause it to flee. If the cleric is sufficiently powerful relative to the + monster, the cleric will destroy it. This ability increases as the character + gains experience levels.</p> +<p align="justify"> + Clerics can gain from 1 to 8 extra hit points on reaching a new experience + level.</p> +<p align="justify"><strong><span style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps">2.4 The Thief</span></strong></p> +<p align="justify"> + A thief is exceptionally dextrous and has a good chance to set a trap or rob + a monster. Any type of character can try to set a trap or steal from a + monster standing next to the character, but the chances of success are low + compared to a thief's chances. +</p> +<p align="justify"> + By their nature, thieves can automatically detect all the gold on the + current level of the dungeon. They are also good at detecting hidden traps. + Because thieves slink along, they are not as likely as other characters to + wake sleeping monsters. If a thief manages to sneak up on a creature without + waking it, he will get a chance to backstab the monster. When this is done, + the damage done by the thief greatly increases based on his experience + level.</p> +<p align="justify"> + Thieves gain from 1 to 6 extra hit points from a new experience level. +</p> +<p align="justify"><strong><span style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps">2.5 +CONSTITUTION</span></strong></p> +<p align="justify">Every character has a constitution rating. A character with +an exceptionally good constitution will gain more than the normal amount of hit +points associated with the character's class when the character reaches a new +experience level. Exceptional constitution also provides better protection +versus poison-based attacks and diseases.</p> +<p align="justify"><strong><span style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps">2.6 Experience Levels</span></strong></p> +<p align="justify"> + Characters gain experience for killing monsters, stealing from monsters, and + turning monsters. Each character class has a set of thresholds associated + with it. When a character reaches a threshold, the character attains the + next experience level. This new level brings extra hit points and a greater + chance of success in performing the abilities associated with the + character's class. Magicians receive new spells, and clerics receive new + prayers.</p> +<p align="justify"> + Thieves have the lowest threshold for gaining experience levels, followed by + clerics. Fighters are next, and magicians have the highest threshold.</p> +<h3 align="justify"> + 3. THE SCREEN</h3> +<p align="justify"> + During the normal course of play, the screen consists of three separate + sections: the top line of the terminal, the bottom two lines of the + terminal, and the remaining middle lines. The top line reports actions which + occur during the game, the middle section depicts the dungeon, and the + bottom lines describe the player's current condition.</p> +<p align="justify"><strong><span style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps">3.1 The Top Line</span></strong> +<p align="justify"> + Whenever anything happens to the player, such as finding a scroll or hitting + or being hit by a monster, a short report of the occurrence appears on the + top line of the screen. When such reports occur quickly, one right after + another, the game displays the notice followed by the prompt '--More--.' + After reading this notice, the player can press a space to display the next + message. At such a point, the game ignores all commands until the player + presses a space.</p> +<p align="justify"> + <strong> + <span style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps">3.2 The Dungeon Section</span></strong> +<p align="justify"> + The large middle section of the screen displays the player's surroundings using + the following symbols: +</p> +<p> + <table border="0" cellpadding="3" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" id="table3" cellspacing="3"> + <tr> + <td align="middle">|</td> + <td> + </td> + <td>A wall of a room.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="middle">-</td> + <td> </td> + <td>A wall of a room.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="middle">*</td> + <td> </td> + <td>A pile of gold.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="middle">%</td> + <td> </td> + <td>A way to the next level.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="middle">+</td> + <td> </td> + <td>A doorway.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="middle">.</td> + <td> </td> + <td>The floor in a room.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="middle">@</td> + <td> </td> + <td>The player.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="middle">_</td> + <td> </td> + <td>The player, when invisible.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="middle">#</td> + <td> </td> + <td>The floor in a passageway.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="middle">!</td> + <td> </td> + <td>A flask containing a potion.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="middle">?</td>