From: boelter3945@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: Re: Lots of near-beginner questions
Date: 17 Dec 92 17:40:35 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <1992Dec16.222555.1@hmcvax.claremont.edu>,
   cmarble@hmcvax.claremont.edu (Chris Marble) writes:
> What does a Wand of Disarming do?  Is it only useful against opponents
> that use weapons?

   Wrong kind of Disarming.  Think (D) on the keyboard.  A wand of Disarming
is useful for disarming traps and chests.

> Are their potions of Gain Experience to complement the potions of Lose
> Experience that I've found?

   Sure are.

> Is a potion of Invulnerability just the next step in Boldness, Heroism and
> Super Heroism?

   Not quite.  A Potion of Boldness is used to cancel the Afraid status you
can get by enemy spells.  Heroism and Super Heroism add a number of hit
points to your CHP and MHP (and may do something else, but I never notice). 
Invulnerability is far better, it gives you immunity to attacks for the
duration of the potion.  Exactly how it works I'm not sure, as I've only
found three so far, used one when an E.Lich showed up 'accidentally' (see my
post on playing with Staves of Summoning and such :), another got destroyed
by a white dragon, and the third I'm keeping on reserve (and hoping to find
more! :)

> Does one ever get more than 3 attacks a round with Broadsword or
> Battle Axe (European)?  I'm 30th level fighter with 18/90+ Str and Dex.
> Just wondering if I'll ever pick up another attack.

   Depends on the weight of the weapon, your exact strength and dexterity:


Number of Attacks per round:

                             Dexterity
Strength/Weight <9   <18   <67   <107   <117   118
< 2              1     1     1      1      1     1
< 3              1     1     1      1      2     2
< 4              1     1     1      2      2     3
< 5              1     1     2      2      3     3
< 7              1     2     2      3      3     4
< 9              1     2     2      3      4     4
> 9              2     2     3      3      4     4

For purposes of this table, Str and Dex of 18/xx are considered 18+xx.
So
an 18/100 dex would be the only way to get in the 118 dex column.

> Are any monsters Acid resistant?  Will my Wand of Acid Balls do 60 points
> to any opponent?

   None come to mind off hand, but since a creature is supposed to be
resistant to its own attack form (I think..), my guess would be that black
dragon bats could be Acid resistant (as an example).

> -- 
>     Chris Marble - Publicist for Amiga Tech Users Group (ATUG)
>      Unemployed engineer so my opinions must not matter much.

                                        John "Nightwind" Boelter

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