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From: jonok@terapin.com (Jonathan Keller)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: Re: Weapon with the highest bonuses ...
Date: 2 Sep 92 18:25:43 GMT
Organization: BBS

In article <1992Sep1.203009.14685@advtech.uswest.com>, bell@laplace (George
Bell) writes:
>
>     Just wondering ... what are the highest bonuses on a weapon that
>anyone has found in the dungeon?  Some months ago, my character found
>"a Two-Handed Sword (Flamberge) (HA) (4d5) (+18,+11) [+1] (+2 to STR)."
>I though I was lucky then ... After this character pounded the Balrog
>into submission, I have played several others, but I haven't yet
>found another weapon nearly this awesome.  I can't even find another
>weapon where both bonuses are over ten (let alone the ego weapon attributes).
>
>     Does anyone know what the highest possible bonus is for a found
>weapon?  I know that once a weapon has bonuses over 8 or so, it is nearly
>impossible to improve it using "Enchant weapon scrolls", so it appears
>the best strategy for finding an awesome weapon is to search the dungeon
>endlessly.  
>
  I don't know if there is a maximum enchantment on pre-generated items but I
do know that ego weapons, in addition to getting high stats because they are
high level weapons recieve a bonus to each of toHit and toDam, on a (HA) it's
+5, less for the rest.

Jonathan
37th Level Priest
From: seip@usc.edu (O.G.)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: What was that!!!
Date: 2 Sep 1992 23:26:28 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

OK, I am (was) a 18th level half troll warrior.  I had a HA Awl-pike (+7 +8) 
[+1] (+2 to str).  Nice weapon, found about 600 feet.  Anyway, at 750 ft, I 
found a brass amulet.  Of course, :-) being short on ID spells I tried it on.
Cursed.  Oh well, it didn't do any visable damage besides displacing a amulet
of acid resistance.  Any way, at 750 feet, I started ramdomly teleporting.  I 
walked into a room and suddenly I'm elsewhere.  It wasn't a teleport trap, 
there wasn't a message.  It happed again a few seconds later, then again.  
Finally I walked into a room and see the message "It casts a spell"  I have 
see invisible from the HA, the caster may have been in a dark passage though.
Then I get several messages like "It summons creatures"  In short order, I'm 
surrounded, then suddenly I'm blind.  I didn't see any creature that could do 
that (i.e. Bloodshot eye etc.)  I died pretty soon after that...I guessed that
something was teleporting me, then called a few buddies to finish me. 
ANY idea what got me?  I was finally killed by an Ogre but I know that wasn't 
to blame...  BTW, I am running UMoria 5.2, (I know!  I'll upgrade ASAP to 5.5)
Is there a bug that matches my experiance?


		Many Thanks,
			Jeremy Seip
			seip@aludra.usc.edu


Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
From: Stefan_Muench@un.maus.de (Stefan Muench)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: Re: Weapon problems
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 92 06:32:00 GMT
Organization: MausNet
X-Gateway: MausGate/News 1.11

There is a whole bunch of monsters that disenchant weapons and armor ...
your monster memory should tell you about it.
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From: jsanders@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (John Eric Sanders)
Subject: Re: Weapon problems
Organization: Math Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 13:20:17 GMT

In article <2aa273acwnr070@ark.abg.sub.org> ralf@ark.abg.sub.org (Ralf Stephan) writes:
>  Hi,
>
>Catspaw the Level 16 Half-Elf Ranger encounters strange problems with
>his weapon, a lead-filled mace:  Twice he enchanted it, and twice, after
>enjoying himself in the dungeon, the Hit,Dam stats went down to 0.
>What's the source of the problem?  Is there a monster which is able to
>cancel weapon enchantments?
>
>Thanks!  --ralf

Disenchanter bats, eyes, and such are a real pain, aren't they?
"The Disenchanter Bat hits you"  "There is a static feeling in the air"
Goodbye enchantment.

-- 
 The Jester (John E. Sanders)       jsanders@symcom.math.uiuc.edu       
 I have finally discovered the method to my madness.  Unfortunately,    
 there is more madness to my method than method to my madness.          
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From: petitc@vccnw01.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit)
Subject: Re: Resistance..
Reply-To: petitc@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 12:37:20 GMT

In article <5250@tuegate.tue.nl>, harryw@blade (Harry Wevers) writes:
|> Hi. 
|> I'm a 32nd level mage running around at 2000 ft (a little wimpy) 
|> and I found an armour (R) 
|> I know it resists acid,frost,fire, (I can kill almost all dragons)
|> But.. does it resist against gas (Green and Multi-hued dragons)
|> Generally, is there ANY protection against gas.
|> (I'm playing Umoria 5.5)

   Hold your breath?  :&)

-- 
"The mightiest weapon in the history of science fiction is the writer's pen"
"Although the pen is mightier than the sword, I know which one I'd choose to
fend off a murderer."
"Stop, or ELSE."  "Or else WHAT?"  "Oh.  Never mind."
From: mad19@seq1.keele.ac.uk (Andy Daley)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: Re: Weapon with the highest bonuses ...
Date: 2 Sep 92 19:28:40 GMT
Organization: University of Keele, England

In article <1992Sep1.203009.14685@advtech.uswest.com>, bell@laplace (George Bell) writes:
> 
>      So, can anyone beat my Two-Handed Sword?  I only count responses
> from version 5.* Moria players, I get tired of all the "Ring of Speed
> found at 50 ft ... (using Amiga Moria 2.23.2348c**)" postings.
> 
>                                George Bell
>                           bell@advtech.uswest.com

An easy siolution to that problem exists....

JUST DON:T READ THOSE POSTINGS THEN
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
From: scot@jlc.mv.com (Scot Salmon)
Subject: What the hell is an Orcish Pick?
Organization: John Leslie Consulting, Milford NH
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 02:34:17 GMT

I just sold an Orcish Pick (1d3) (+0,+0) (+2) to the General Store for
200 GP and thought I was getting a good deal. He wants 918 for it, even
though a normal Pick (1d3) (+0,+0) (+3) in the same store is only 458.
                                    ^^

What's so great about it? I never even used it, just found it right after
I read my WoR and figured, what the heck, I'll sell it.

-- 
                                          - Scot Salmon (scot@jlc.mv.com)
From: kgreen@ee.rochester.edu (Kenton A. Green)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: Installing Umoria 5.x on a Sun
Summary: can anyone tell me how to install umoriaa 5.x on sun?
Keywords: installation problems sun
Date: 29 Aug 92 22:35:03 GMT
Distribution: rec.games.moria
Organization: Univ of Rochester, College of Engineering and Applied Science

Hello everyone who has not immediately skipped this letter...

If this is an innappropriate or obvious question, then flame me to a crisp.
I hate to see unnecessary postings, but I can't seem to figger this one out.
I have installed moria 5.4 on VMS and on Ultrix before, so I am not a total
loser!  :)

Anyway, to the meat:  the version of cc on my system seems to have trouble
with the extern command in the externs.h file in the source directory.
Specifically, whenever cc encounters something like this:

extern int32 fubar_this

it freaks out and obstinately states that "it don't know what the hell I am
talking about, what is the int32 crap?"  (or a paraphrasing of this.)

It also is not pleased to see int16, vtype, int32u, and their ilk.  However,
plain vanilla things like int and char, it eats and grins.

So, whazzup?  Am I missing somethign obvious?  From the INSTALL notes, it
would appear that Sun is the easiest computer to install moria on, but
darned if I can do it.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.  Send them, good or bad, care of

kgreen@ee.rochester.edu

and if

1) my question has any merit

2) I get a satisfactory reply

then I will post the answer.

But I have a feeling that I am missing something, because surely millions
of people have put moria on sun's, right?

umoria, Imoria, even the president moria's!  (When Barbara's not watching...)

Kenton Green
From: mjb@acsu.buffalo.edu (Matthew J. Bernhardt)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: Re: New moria Addict
Date: 28 Aug 92 19:52:27 GMT
Organization: UB

swota@cs.albany.edu (Judith A Swota) writes:

>I thought the Drain Life actually worked on anything because it's
>actually draining Experience and hence Hit Points, and it doesn't really
>matter whether the creature is technically an "undead" without true
>"life".  Someone please correct me if I'm wrong... (and isn't the
>Priest's Orb of Draining just a built-in Drain Life?  I'm playing a
>Priest right now, and I'm sure the Orb kills everything it's aimed at.)

SPOILER!


	Wands of Drain Life affect all "living" creatures, evil or not, with
only undead being immune.
	The Orb of Draining does (3d6 + level) damage to all nonevil creatures.
Damage is doubled for evil creatures, undead or not.
	Question: For evil creatures, does the doubling of damage apply to just
the damage associated with the caster's level, or is the 3d6 damage doubled as
well?
-- 
Matt Bernhardt
University of Buffalo             THIS SPACE FOR RENT.
mjb@acsu.buffalo.edu
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From: rahayden@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (Silicon Avatar)
Subject: heh, well.....
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 01:54:42 GMT

Just a slight correction to the wording of my last post.  I did not mean
to imply that I am ready to take on the Balrog at 22nd level.  Heh.  I
meant to imply that this is the first character that I've had that has
survived to 22nd level and he is well on his way to going bashing.

Sorry for the confusion.

-- 
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
   Robert Hayden                    | Black holes result    | I disclaim
   rahayden@UMAXC.WEEG.UIOWA.EDU    | from God dividing the | everything.
   AQ650@CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU      | universe by zero      | So cope.
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From: 10563563@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (ARTHUR GIANNAKIS)
Subject: Re: This time, I was luckier...
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, Monash University 
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 07:40:54 GMT

In article <27AUG199217393935@deimos.ucc.umass.edu> s9971818@deimos.ucc.umass.edu (S9971818) writes:
>From: s9971818@deimos.ucc.umass.edu (S9971818)
>Subject: This time, I was luckier...
>Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 21:39:00 GMT
>Dr. Demento, the one who lost his potion of Gain Dexterity, just got REALLY
>lucky.  He was wandering around and got his strength drained (from 7 to 6,
>don't ask...) so he headed back to town.  As usual, the restore potion he
>needed wasn't available at the time, so he ordered one and left to wander
>at 50 feet.  In one room, he saw a strange ring sitting there.  As he had never
>seen one outside of the Magic Shop (he'd only been to 150'), he picked it up
>to sell back at home.  While selling a few extra potions and scrolls in the
>Alchemist's Shop, he saw a scroll of Identify beckoning to him.  Figuring that
>he might as well find out what the ring was, he bought it and identified it
>as a.....
>
>(remember: it was found at 50')
>
>
>
>
>a Ring of Lordly Protection (COLD) [+5]
>
>Dr. Demento is smiling broadly, figuring that the Gain Dex potion fiasco has
>been cosmically neutralized.  Now if he could only get a potion of Restore
>Strength...
>
>-=> Jonathan <=-
>
>PS.  Following from the (true) story above, what is the most powerful item
>     you have ever found at 50 feet?  (and I mean ONLY 50 feet)
I,ve found a Potion of Invulnerablity on the TOWN level......................
also found a War Hammer (HA) at 50ft (true story). Admittedly this is in 
Amiga Moria V3.00 which is a bit more forgiving than other versions..........

			Keep Hackin'.................
				The Metallian.
From: dgreen@jarthur.claremont.edu (David Green)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: Re: ego weapons
Date: 30 Aug 92 06:23:10 GMT
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711

In some article, fishtail@milton.u.washington.edu writes:
->I have the following three weapons:
->
->Lance (DF) (2d8) (+6,+7) [+8] (+2 to Stealth)
->Mace (Lead-filled) (HA) (3d4) (+10,+10) [+1] (+2 to Stealth)
->Two Hand Sword (Espandon) (SD) (3d6) (+10,+10)
->
->I would like to keep two of the above.  Which two should I keep ???
->Suggestions ??

 Well, I'd say some of it depends on what kind of character you have, and what
other equipment s/he already has.  For instance, if you don't have free action
or resistance, the DF might be the way to go for one.  If you do a lot of
hand-to-hand, the HA would probably be better.  (BTW, that should be +2 to STR)
In either case, I would recommend keeping the SD as a backup weapon for
fighting dragons.  In any case, this is rather heavily IM[AH]O.

->Another question:
->What is Gold Crown of Might [0,+2] (+2)  ?  What stat is enhanced with (+2) ??

Actually, three stats.  A Crown of Might enhances your STR, CON, and DEX.
-- 
dgreen@jarthur.claremont.edu				   David "Mishael" Green
		    Have you scritched your local Furry today?
***********************Who ordered the muon? -- I. I. Rabi**********************
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From: scot@jlc.mv.com (Scot Salmon)
Subject: {damned} items
Organization: John Leslie Consulting, Milford NH
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 22:09:03 GMT

Is there more to being {damned} than just having negative bonuses and
being cursed? It seems to me that I should be preferring the Partial
Plate Armor [22,-1] {damned} to the Chain Mail [14,+4] that I'm wearing
as long as I un-curse it (piece cake...what is it, m-b-g? Yeah, I think
so...), right? But I'm not, because I'm afraid there's more to it, because
when I un-curse something, it doesn't un-{damned} it.


-- 
                                          - Scot Salmon (scot@jlc.mv.com)
From: heilig@plains.NoDak.edu (Zachary Heilig)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: Re: New moria Addict
Date: 27 Aug 92 23:10:08 GMT
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network

In article <1992Aug26.154347.1@ualr.edu> ajsmith@ualr.edu writes:
>Hello, 
> [bunch of stuff gone, to apease my poster...]

>	1) Where do I see the Balrog, 

not for a while, I think around 2000 ft.

>
>	2) Where do I start seeing holy avengers.

I found a katana (HA) and a dagger (DF) in the shop with a brand new 
character, and later in the game, a war hammer (HA) at 500 ft, and a
foil (DF) at 600 ft.

>
>	3) What is the  most awesome Staff/wand out there for laying 
>	monsters low.

The wand of Drain Life, for not-undead critters, and probably Staff of 
Dispell Evil for the rest.

>
>	The best I got so far is a wand of Lightning Balls (ZAP)
>
>						hope to talk wit ya soon.
>						Totem.

--
  Zach

-- 
    - Zach Heilig (heilig@plains.nodak.edu)

Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules:
	The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of
	the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety
	percent.
From: rocher@husc8.harvard.edu (Jean-Marc Rocher)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: Re: Level 22 Enchanter seeks
Date: 25 Aug 92 19:22:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Aug25.152228.15098
Organization: Harvard University Science Center

In article <1992Aug24.195414.13766@ncsu.edu> mrmarcel@eos.ncsu.edu (MICHAEL RONN MARCELAIS) writes:
>only at about level 30+.  When you win moria, (defeat the Balrog AND
>retire) then the game adds millions of exp and 50 levels so that you end

	When you retire you receive 40 levels

					...Jean-Marc Rocher

"Can I look up turnip?"
"Turnip's not a dirty word.."
"It is if you sit on one"   --Blackadder III
From: Stefan_Muench@un.maus.de (Stefan Muench)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: Re: Warrior Winner!!!
Date: 29 Aug 92 05:16:00 GMT
Organization: MausNet
X-Gateway: MausGate/News 1.11

>Just curious, How can you wield a two-handed sword and hold a shield?

Not at all. In my view, this is a bug.

regards, sm
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From: rowilson@eos.ncsu.edu (RANDAL OTTO WILSON)
Subject: Re: Somthing in you pack ...
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 17:37:36 GMT

In article <dnichols.1@engr.latech.edu> dnichols@engr.latech.edu (Dennis Nichols) writes:
>I found a teo handed claymore (HA) (+6,+9) [+4] [+3 to strngth]. I already 
>had on that was [+9,+10] [+3] [+3 to strength] and a ? Hammer (SD) (+6,+9),
>so I put the second in my pack and went on hacking up creatures. I get a 
>message "somthing about whats in your pack ...". I have a 32 lv Ranger, and 
>this came after my 5th unsucessfull mce. I look in my pack and see nothing 
>unusuall. 
Did you check for {magik} next to one of the items in your pack?
It will appear next to an enchanted item that you haven't identified yet.

>          Later I kill a MBD and pick up a wand I shouldn't have been able 
>to pick up, and notice th Claymore is gone. WHAT HAPPENED !!!!????
The sword may have been destroyed by the dragon or pilfered off you
by something you would consider insignificant.  I know that when I'm
beating up on some little monster or concentrating on something big,
I sometimes don't notice messages like:
"There's smoke coming from your pack."  or "Your pack feels lighter." or
"Something shatters inside your pack," etc.
>
>
>THANKs - DJN 
>

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* "Stimpy! You idiot!"-Ren             * Randal "Runaway FTP Process" Wilson  *
* wilsonr@duck.ncsc.org                * Life sucks and then you die.         *
* rowilson@eos.ncsu.edu                * Did I do that?  Oops, sorry....      *
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* "Stimpy! You idiot!"-Ren             * Randal "Runaway FTP Process" Wilson  *
* wilsonr@duck.ncsc.org                * Life sucks and then you die.         *
* rowilson@eos.ncsu.edu                * Did I do that?  Oops, sorry....      *
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From: Stefan_Muench@un.maus.de (Stefan Muench)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: Re: what to do about bandits?
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 05:04:00 GMT
Organization: MausNet
X-Gateway: MausGate/News 1.11

1. be faster
2. be protected (eg, dispel evil)
3. ***** BE ALERT *****
From: hlr@aber.ac.uk (Hazel Marie Davey)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: Re: Compiling IBM moria 5.5
Date: 28 Aug 92 08:53:08 GMT
Organization: University of Wales, Aberystwyth

In article <1992Aug26.191840.6993@u.washington.edu> spectatr@milton.u.washington.edu writes:
>
>ARRGH!!!!  Well, I'm trying to compile moria 5.5

stuff deleted . . .

>Can someone help?  Or better yet, put up a zipped or arjed file with the
>pre-compiled files in them?  (I want to dink around with the monsters/items/
>spells/classes/races/town/everything...) Thanx!

Yes I would like to see zipped files posted of the compiled
game too as I'm having trouble compiling the source code 
and can't FTP.

Please someone spare a thought for a poor Moria player who at the
moment is stuck with v4.873.

Haze   (hlr@aber.ac.uk)
----
From: mjb@acsu.buffalo.edu (Matthew J. Bernhardt)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: Re: ego weapons
Date: 30 Aug 92 16:06:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: acsu.Btt0qy.29I
Organization: UB

fishtail@milton.u.washington.edu ( ) writes:

>I have the following three weapons:

>Lance (DF) (2d8) (+6,+7) [+8] (+2 to Stealth)
>Mace (Lead-filled) (HA) (3d4) (+10,+10) [+1] (+2 to Stealth)
                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	Try +2 to STR.

>Two Hand Sword (Espandon) (SD) (3d6) (+10,+10)

>I would like to keep two of the above.  Which two should I keep ???
>Suggestions ??
	I would keep all three.  Wield the DF as your primary, the HA as your
backup, and keep the SD in your backpack.  In this way, you'll be prepared to
beat on undead, dragons, and just plain evil nasties (e.g. Evil Iggies).

>Another question:
>What is Gold Crown of Might [0,+2] (+2)  ?  What stat is enhanced with (+2) ??

	Strength.
-- 
Matt Bernhardt
University of Buffalo             THIS SPACE FOR RENT.
mjb@acsu.buffalo.edu
From: michael@pacifier.rain.com (Michael Smith)
Subject: Compiling moria 5.5 on IBM w/ Microsoft QuickC 2.0
Organization: Pacifier BBS
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 14:46:42 GMT

Has anybody successfully done this?  I got everything to compile (after
dinking around with a lot of #ifdef's) under QuickC with a large model
but when it tries to link everything, it get ~7400 errors.  They all say:

	fixup overflow at <number> in segment <segment_name>

	That's error #L2002.

I not proficient with linker-speak so I have no idea what it is talking
about.  The manual is thoroughly cryptic, of course.  Can anybody help me?

	Michael Smith (michael@pacifier.rain.com)

-- 
Michael R. Smith (michael@pacifier.rain.com)
================================================================
<This space intentionally left blank> - sign seen on wooden door
					next to trophy case
From: greyhelm@cis.ksu.edu (Karl S. Hagen)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: IBM Moria binaries on Moria Archive
Date: 2 Sep 1992 20:46:51 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University, Dept. of Computing and Information Sciences
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: cygnus.cis.ksu.edu

   Due to an unforseen work load ... I must put off the adding
  of the 5.5 binaries.... please bare with me... I should
  have them up byt the weekend
From: mjb@acsu.buffalo.edu (Matthew J. Bernhardt)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: Re: This time, I was luckier...
Date: 28 Aug 92 19:43:41 GMT
Organization: UB

s9971818@deimos.ucc.umass.edu (S9971818) writes:

>PS.  Following from the (true) story above, what is the most powerful item
>     you have ever found at 50 feet?  (and I mean ONLY 50 feet)

	A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I had a low level mage who 
found an unknown amulet at 50 feet.  He sold it, much to his sorrow, and found
it displayed in the magic shop as an Amulet of the Magi, for an ungodly sum of
money that put it far out of reach.
	This was what caused me to stop selling unidentified amulets.
-- 
Matt Bernhardt
University of Buffalo             THIS SPACE FOR RENT.
mjb@acsu.buffalo.edu
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