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ROGUE(6) UNIX Programmer's Manual ROGUE(6)
NAME
rogue - Exploring The Dungeons of Doom With a Rogue Clone
SYNOPSIS
rogue [ _s_a_v_e__f_i_l_e ] [ -s ]
DESCRIPTION
This game is a clone of the rogue 5.3 game that is part of
the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Tape.
The command characters are precisely the same as in standard
rogue 5.3. h,j,k,l,y,u,b,n move you one step. Capitalize
it, and you move until you run into something. Use the con-
trol key instead, and you move until you are next to some-
thing.
Whenever the program asks you for an inventory letter, you
can type '*' to get a list of the logical choices. Some-
times, however, you don't want to see that list, but instead
you want to see the list of your scrolls, potions, weapons,
or whatever. In these cases you can type one of ?!=:/)] to
see a menu of your scrolls, potions, rings, foods, wands,
weapons or armor respectively. This is especially usefull
when you know you want to drop a particular item, a scroll
for example, but you don't want to pick it from the entire
list, just from your collection of scrolls.
When you type control-a, you are shown a line that looks
like:
R-Hp: 6.50, E-Hp: 7.00 (!: 2, V: 0)
This line refers to Hp-raise averages. Each time your
experience level goes up, your Hp is increased by a random
amount not to exceed 10. If you are curious about your luck
in these raises, you can use the ^A command. In the example
above R-Hp stands for "real Hp" which is exactly your aver-
age Hp raise during the game. E-Hp stands for effective Hp,
and is the same as R-Hp except Hp raises from potions, and
Hp-subtractions from vampires are factored in. In the above
between the parentheses, it shows that 2 Hp points were
given as a result of quaffing potions of healing, and that
vampires have taken way none. All of these Hp numbers refer
to you max Hp number; the rightmost number in Hp: (15)22 in
the status line at the bottom of your rogue screen.
The 'X' command silently creates a file in your current
directory called rogue.screen. This file contains a copy of
your screen at the time you typed typed the 'X' This works
at absolutely any point in the program. It is useful for
showing other folks what kind of a mess you got into, or
what a great game you were having. This functionality means
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that you cannot use the letter 'X' when 'calling' an object
something.
The -s (Reg.)option prints the score file and exits.
For more detailed directions, read the document _A _G_u_i_d_e _t_o
_t_h_e _D_u_n_g_e_o_n_s _o_f _D_o_o_m.
AUTHOR
Tim Stoehr <tims@zues.TEK.COM>
FILES
rogue.scores Score file
SEE ALSO
Michael C. Toy and Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold, _A _g_u_i_d_e _t_o _t_h_e
_D_u_n_g_e_o_n_s _o_f _D_o_o_m
`help doom'
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