Re: Legends: Items, Petrification, Arrests

From: gilgamesh@csource.oz.au (Benjamin Hurwitz)

Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1992 15:08:47 +0000

dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig) writes:

> 1. It's been a real interesting turn, especially in terms of treasure
>    picked up.  Too bad I haven't a clue whether it's any good.  Does
>    anybody know what the following do?
>
> 	I#1161 - Gem of Drakkenkind
> 	I#1116 - Chaos Ooze
> 	I#1118 - Psi-Monster Orb
> 	I#716  - Wizards Robes
> 	I#604  - Medal of the Warrior
> 	I#1005 - Seers' Orb
>
>    They certainly *sound* promising.  (I've been told that the Seers'
>    Orb does wonderful things in Crown of Avalon, and far less in Realm,
>    but the person who told me this didn't know specifics.  I'm in Realm,
>    naturally.)
>
>
> 2. I asked recently on this group how petrification works.  I've since
>    received answers from several people.  Unfortunately, the answers
>    didn't match.  One answered that petrification was always a 100-point
>    special attack, and that the chance of actually being turned to stone
>    was equal to the damage taken -- i.e. 100/SAR%.  One answered that
>    he and the group with which he was working had determined that
>    petrification wasn't implemented, and you only took damage.  And one,
>    associated with MG (it wasn't clear from the message whether it was
>    okay to name names), said that the chance of petrification depended
>    on *constitution*.  (When I asked, for clarification, whether this
>    meant that it didn't depend on SA damage taken, he said that it did,
>    but that the relation was a secret.)  So I'm "as befogged as before".
>
>
> 3. I just failed, yet again, in an attempt to arrest a character with
>    a bunch of guards.  Has *anyone* out there ever tried to arrest
>    a character and *succeeded*?  What does it take, 500 guards?
>
>
> advTHANKSance.
>
> -----
> Dani Zweig
> dani@netcom.com
>
>   The surface of the strange, forbidden planet was roughly textured and green
>   much like cottage cheese gets way after the date on the lid says it is all
>   right to buy it.--Scott Jones

References

Legends: Items, Petrification, Arrests
dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)
Wed, 16 Sep 1992 00:41:54 +0000