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angband_files = \
- arena.txt attack.hlp attack.txt birth.hlp birth.txt \
- bldg.txt command.hlp command.txt commdesc.hlp commdesc.txt \
- dungeon.hlp dungeon.txt gambling.txt general.hlp general.txt \
- help.hlp helpinfo.txt \
+ attack.hlp attack.txt birth.hlp birth.txt \
+ bldg.txt charattr.hlp charattr.txt command.hlp \
+ command.txt commdesc.hlp commdesc.txt defend.hlp \
+ defend.txt dungeon.hlp dungeon.txt gambling.txt \
+ general.hlp general.txt help.hlp helpinfo.txt \
j_general.txt j_item1.txt j_item2.txt j_trans.txt \
- jattack.hlp jattack.txt jbirth.hlp jbirth.txt jbldg.txt \
- jcharattr.hlp jcharattr.txt jcommand.hlp jcommand.txt \
- jcommdesc.hlp jcommdesc.txt jdefend.hlp jdefend.txt \
- jdungeon.hlp jdungeon.txt jgambling.txt jgeneral.hlp jgeneral.txt \
- jhelp.hlp jhelpinfo.txt jmagic.hlp jmagic.txt \
- jmonster.hlp jmonster.txt jobjects.hlp jobjects.txt \
- joption.hlp joption.txt jpref.hlp jpref.txt jspecial.hlp \
- jtang.txt jtown.hlp jtown.txt jversion.txt \
- jversion.txt magic.hlp magic.txt option.hlp option.txt \
- pref.hlp pref.txt readme.txt spoiler.hlp tang.txt version.txt
+ jattack.hlp jattack.txt jbirth.hlp jbirth.txt \
+ jbldg.txt jcharattr.hlp jcharattr.txt jcommand.hlp \
+ jcommand.txt jcommdesc.hlp jcommdesc.txt jdefend.hlp \
+ jdefend.txt jdungeon.hlp jdungeon.txt jgambling.txt \
+ jgeneral.hlp jgeneral.txt jhelp.hlp jhelpinfo.txt \
+ jmagic.hlp jmagic.txt jmonster.hlp jmonster.txt \
+ jobjects.hlp jobjects.txt joption.hlp joption.txt \
+ jpref.hlp jpref.txt jspecial.hlp jtang.txt \
+ jtown.hlp jtown.txt jversion.txt magic.hlp \
+ magic.txt monster.hlp monster.txt objects.hlp \
+ objects.txt option.hlp option.txt pref.hlp \
+ pref.txt tang.txt town.hlp town.txt \
+ version.txt
EXTRA_DIST = \
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-=== Rules of the Arena ===
-
-The Arena is a contest pitting the best against each other.
-To ensure a good contest, note the following:
- 1) NO MAGIC - No potions, wands, staffs, etc.
- 2) NO THROWS- This is head-to-head.
-If fortunate, you will face the Minotaur, most feared of all
-in the arena. Defeat him and claim the prize of 10,000 gold pieces.
-
---
-This file was last updated for Kangband 2.8.3i.
-
Please choose one of the following online help files:
- (0) Attacking Monsters (attack.txt)
+ (0) Attacking and Weapons (attack.txt)
(1) Attacking from a Distance (attack.txt#DistanceAttack)
(2) Attacking Monsters in Walls (attack.txt#AttackWalls)
(3) Melee Weapons (attack.txt#MeleeWeapons)
Please choose one of the following online help files:
- (0) Defending Yourself (defend.txt)
+ (0) Defending and Armor (defend.txt)
(1) Armor Class (defend.txt#Armor)
(2) Resisting Magical Attacks (defend.txt#ResistingMagic)
(3) Ego Armor and Artifacts (defend.txt#EgoArtifact)
(3) Objects in the Dungeon (dungeon.txt#Objects)
(4) Mining (dungeon.txt#Mining)
(5) Staircases, Doors, Passages & Rooms (dungeon.txt#StairsDoorsEtc)
- (6) Random Quests (dungeon.txt#RandomQuests)
+ (6) Level Feelings (dungeon.txt#Feelings)
+ (7) Random Quests (dungeon.txt#RandomQuests)
(?) Help System Commands (helpinfo.txt)
***** [3] dungeon.txt#Objects
***** [4] dungeon.txt#Mining
***** [5] dungeon.txt#StairsDoorsEtc
-***** [6] dungeon.txt#RandomQuests
+***** [6] dungeon.txt#Feelings
+***** [7] dungeon.txt#RandomQuests
=== The Dungeon ===
-Although Zangband contains an extensive town level featuring multiple
+Although Hengband contains an extensive town level featuring multiple
towns and a large wilderness area, the bulk of your adventuring will
take place in the dungeon. Symbols appearing on your screen will
represent the dungeon's walls, floor, objects, features, and creatures
If read within the dungeon, it will teleport you back to town. If read
in town, it will teleport you back down to the deepest level of the
dungeon which your character has previously been on. This makes the
-scroll very useful for getting back to the deeper levels of Zangband.
+scroll very useful for getting back to the deeper levels of Hengband.
Once the scroll has been read it takes a while for the spell to act, so
don't expect it to save you in a crisis. Reading a second scroll before
the first has had a chance to take effect will cancel both scrolls.
Since an accidental dive to a new depth (via a trapdoor, for example),
may result in the Word of Recall dungeon depth being 'broken', so to
speak (meaning that the next Word of Recall in town will take you back
-deeper than you would like to), there is a new feature in Zangband
+deeper than you would like to), there is a new feature in Hengband
which allows you to read a scroll of Word of Recall on a different
level and 'reset' the recall depth to that level (instead of the
deepest level).
-A more complete description of Zangband objects is found elsewhere in
+A more complete description of Hengband objects is found elsewhere in
the documetnation (see object.txt [2]).
For historical reasons, secret doors are never locked.
+***** <Feelings>
+=== Level Feelings ===
+
+Once you have been on a particular dungeon level for a while, you will
+receive a 'feeling' prompt representing what your intuition tells you
+about the quality of objects and the difficulty of the monsters found
+on that level. You may check this prompt again at any time after
+receiving it by pressing 'Ctrl-F'.
+
+The actual 'feeling' prompt is generated based on a number of factors.
+Things which increase the feeling level include the presence of vaults
+and certain other special rooms, out of depth objects and monsters and
+objects of a certain quality (for example, ego items, artifacts and
+other objects that are considered 'great' (see objects.txt)). A feeling
+is only indicative of the level at the time you entered it and has no
+impact on subsequent monsters generated or items dropped.
+
+In Hengband, the nastier the feeling prompt, the better the level. From
+worst to best, the prompts are as follows:
+
+ 'What a boring place...'
+ 'This level looks reasonably safe.'
+ 'You don't like the look of this place.'
+ 'You feel your luck is turning...'
+ 'You feel nervous.'
+ 'You have a bad feeling...'
+ 'You have a very bad feeling...'
+ 'This level looks very dangerous.'
+ 'You nearly faint as horrible visions of death fill your mind!'
+
+If your personality is 'Lucky' or you have the mutation of 'white
+aura', the prompts will be changed as follows:
+
+ 'What a boring place...'
+ 'This level can't be all bad...'
+ 'You like the look of this place...'
+ 'You feel your luck is turning...'
+ 'You feel strangely lucky...'
+ 'You have a good feeling...'
+ 'You have a very good feeling...'
+ 'You have an excellent feeling...'
+ 'You have a superb feeling about this level.'
+
+Hengband also uses two other feeling prompts to denote special things.
+If you have not yet been on a level long enough to qualify for a prompt
+and press 'Ctrl-F', you will be given the prompt:
+
+ 'Looks like any other level.'
+
+If you are playing in non-preserve mode, you may also occasionally
+receive the following prompt:
+
+ 'You feel there is something special about this level.'
+
+A special feeling means one of two things, there is either a special
+room or vault on the level or there is an artifact on the level. As you
+get deeper on the dungeon, special feelings become increasingly less
+common for special room and vaults and are only commonly given when an
+artifact has been generated. Note it is possible that there could be
+both a vault and an artifact or more than one artifact on a special
+level so you should never leave a special level without fully exploring
+it unless your character's continued survival is in question.
+
+
***** <RandomQuests>
=== Random Quests ===
-During character generation, you will be asked to input the number
-of random quests you wish to participate in. You may choose any
-number from 0 to 49. Random quests are always of the type 'Kill a
-random number of an out-of depth monster'. There is a limit to the
-number of levels a random quest monster may be out-of-depth but
-these quests can still be very dangerous.
-
-Random quests always appear on even levels and are equally spaced
-throughout the dungeon (for example, a choice of 49 random quests
-results in one such quest on every even level until level 98 (level
-100 is the Serpent quest)). On entering a random quest level you
-will be told what the quest monster is and how many you have to
-kill (for example, 'This level is guarded by 10 young green
-dragons').
+During character generation, you will be asked to input the number of
+random quests you wish to participate in. You may choose any number
+from 0 to 10. Random quests are always of the type 'Kill an out-of
+depth unique monster'. There is a limit to the number of levels a
+random quest monster may be out-of-depth but these quests can still be
+very dangerous.
+
+Random quests appear on level 6, 12, 24, 38, 44, 50, 56, 62, 76 and
+88. On entering a random quest level you will be told what the quest
+monster is (for example, 'Beware, this level is protected by The
+Borshin.').
On random quest levels, no down staircases are generated until the
last monster is killed which means that you cannot continue further
-into the dungeon until you have completed your quests. When you
-kill the last quest monster, the down staircase will be created and
-the monster will drop an item of 'excellent' quality or above. This
-is true even of monsters that do not normally drop items. Using the
-services of the Trump Tower (see the Town section) can teleport you
-past a particularly nasty quest but you must come back and finish
-it later if you want your character to be a winner.
-
-Random quests can be either 'easy' or 'hard' and you must choose
-which type you want during character generation. This choice is
-irrevocable for the duration of the character's dungeon diving
-career. 'Easy' means that the game tracks how many quest monsters
-you have killed on each attempt at the quest and adds these to the
-total count. This allows you to kill one or more quest monsters,
-leave the level and return later to finish up. 'Hard' means that
-each time you enter the quest level the number of quest monsters
-remaining is reset. In other words, you have to kill all the quest
-monsters in one go.
-
-'Hard' quests can allow you to 'farm' the quest monsters by killing
-all but one, leaving the level and repeating. This allows you to
-collect and sell the dropped items and gain repeated experience for
-killing the monsters. This technique is frowned upon by many players
-and should be noted in any 'winner' post to the newsgroup.
+into the dungeon until you have completed your quests. When you kill
+the quest monster, the down staircase will be created and the monster
+will drop an item of 'excellent' quality or above. This is true even
+of monsters that do not normally drop items.
+
+If the quest monster is too strong for you, simply run away using up
+staircase or recall. In such case, the quest will be treated as
+'failed' and you cannot challenge that quest never again.
--
Original : (??)
Updated : (??)
Updated : Zangband DevTeam
-Last update: January 13, 2000
+Updated : someone
***** Begin Hyperlinks
***** [1] command.txt
-Welcome to the Zangband Online Help System.
+Welcome to the Hengband Online Help System.
Please choose one of the following online help files:
(2) Character Attributes (charattr.hlp)
(3) The Town and Wilderness (town.hlp)
(4) The Dungeon (dungeon.hlp)
- (5) Zangband Objects (objects.hlp)
- (6) Attacking Monsters (attack.hlp)
- (7) Defending Yourself (defend.hlp)
- (8) Zangband Magic System (magic.hlp)
- (9) Zangband Commands (command.hlp)
- (a) Zangband Options (option.hlp)
- (b) User Preference Files (pref.hlp)
- (c) The Zangband Newbie Guide (tang.txt)
- (d) Zangband Spoilers (spoiler.hlp)
+ (5) Hengband Objects (objects.hlp)
+ (6) Monsters and Pets (monster.hlp)
+ (7) Attacking and Weapons (attack.hlp)
+ (8) Defending and Armor (defend.hlp)
+ (9) Hengband Magic System (magic.hlp)
+ (a) Hengband Commands (command.hlp)
+ (b) Hengband Options (option.hlp)
+ (c) User Preference Files (pref.hlp)
+ (d) The Hengband Newbie Guide (tang.txt)
+ (e) Version history (version.txt)
(?) Help System Commands (helpinfo.txt)
***** [3] town.hlp
***** [4] dungeon.hlp
***** [5] objects.hlp
-***** [6] attack.hlp
-***** [7] defend.hlp
-***** [8] magic.hlp
-***** [9] command.hlp
-***** [a] option.hlp
-***** [b] pref.hlp
-***** [c] tang.txt
-***** [d] spoiler.hlp
+***** [6] monster.hlp
+***** [7] attack.hlp
+***** [8] defend.hlp
+***** [9] magic.hlp
+***** [a] command.hlp
+***** [b] option.hlp
+***** [c] pref.hlp
+***** [d] tang.txt
+***** [e] version.txt
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+Hengband Monsters.
+
+Please choose one of the following online help files:
+
+ (0) Hengband Monsters (monster.txt)
+ (1) Monster Symbols (monster.txt#MonsterSymbols)
+ (2) Monster Color (monster.txt#MonsterColors)
+ (3) Monster Memory (monster.txt#MonsterMemory)
+ (4) Unique Monsters (monster.txt#Uniques)
+ (5) Eldritch Horrors (monster.txt#EldritchHorror)
+ (6) Pets and Riding (monster.txt#Pets)
+ (7) Friendly Monsters (monster.txt#Friendly)
+
+ (?) Help System Commands (helpinfo.txt)
+
+
+***** [0] monster.txt
+***** [1] monster.txt#MonsterSymbols
+***** [2] monster.txt#MonsterColors
+***** [3] monster.txt#MonsterMemory
+***** [4] monster.txt#Uniques
+***** [5] monster.txt#EldritchHorror
+***** [6] monster.txt#Pets
+***** [7] monster.txt#Friendly
--- /dev/null
+=== Hengband Monsters ===
+
+There are hundreds of different creatures in Hengband each of which
+poses a unique challenge to the adventurer. As you progress deeper into
+the dungeon, the creatures will become progressively more difficult to
+defeat.
+
+
+***** <MonsterSymbols>
+=== Monster Symbols ===
+
+Many monsters have the same letter symbol and sometimes color on the
+screen. The exact species or type of creature can be discovered by
+'l'ooking at it (see commdesc.txt#Looking [1]).
+
+ a Giant Ant A Angelic being
+ b Giant Bat B Bird
+ c Giant Centipede C Canine
+ d Dragon D Ancient Dragon
+ e Floating Eye E Elemental
+ f Feline F Dragon Fly
+ g Golem G Ghost
+ h Humanoids H Hybrid
+ i Icky-Thing I Insect
+ j Jelly J Snake
+ k Kobold K Killer Beetle
+ l Aquatic monster L Lich
+ m Mold M Multi-Headed Hydra
+ n Naga N (unused)
+ o Orc O Ogre
+ p Human P Giant Human(oid)
+ q Quadruped Q Quylthulg
+ r Rodent R Reptile/Amphibian
+ s Skeleton S Spider/Scorpion/Tick
+ t Townsperson T Troll
+ u Minor demon U Major demon
+ v Vortex V Vampire
+ w Worm or Worm Mass W Wight/Wraith
+ x (unused) X Xorn/Xaren
+ y Yeek Y Yeti
+ z Zombie/Mummy Z Zephyr Hound
+ $ Creeping Coins , Mushroom Patch
+ % Ent, Huorn # Fumes
+
+Note that some monsters disguise themselves by assuming the shape (ie.
+symbol) of common objects found in the dungeon. These include the
+|, ), ?, !, &, $ and * symbols.
+
+
+***** <MonsterColors>
+=== Monster Colors ===
+
+You can often determine some information about a monster based solely
+on the color it is described as having, like 'a White Dragon'. In
+general, 'White' monsters are cold-based, 'Red' are fire-based, 'Blue'
+are electrical, 'Black' are acidic, and 'Green' are poisonous and a
+'Multi-Hued' monster is all of these. By being cold-based, we mean that
+the monster has either melee, magical or breath attacks that are cold
+based.
+
+Unfortunately this rule is applied somewhat inconsistently and there
+are several notable exceptions so don't be surprised. If that 'Green'
+monster spits acid at you. Note that this rule cannot be applied to the
+actual color a creature is displayed as but only to a color in its
+name.
+
+Other color and attack-type relationships are 'Bronze' and confusion
+and 'Gold' and sound. Over time the inconsistencies referred to above
+will probably get cleaned up.
+
+
+***** <MonsterMemory>
+=== Monster Memories ===
+
+Because there are so many monsters and because often different monsters
+share similar colors and symbols, it is very difficult to keep track of
+the capabilities of various creatures. Luckily, Hengband automatically
+keeps track of your experiences with a particular creature.
+
+This feature is called the monster memory. Your monster memory recalls
+the particular attacks of each creature (whether or not technically a
+monster) which you have suffered, as well as recalling if you have
+observed them to multiply or move erratically, or drop treasure, etc.
+Similary if you attack a creature with a magical attack and it resists,
+that fact is noted.
+
+If you have killed enough of a particular creature, or suffered enough
+attacks, recalling the monster memory may also provide you with
+information not otherwise available, such as a armor class or hit dice.
+These are not explained, but may be useful to give the relative danger
+of each creature.
+
+Your monster memory may be accessed by pressing '/' and then entering
+the symbol you wish to research. Each monster with that symbol of which
+you have some knowledge will displayed in turn beginning with the
+deepest. Alternatively, you may enter targetting mode by pressing '*'
+and, with the curser over the creature in question, press 'r' to
+recall details.
+
+The best feature about your monster memory is that it can be passed on
+to a new character even after you die by means of a reduced save file.
+Simply use your old savefile as the base for creating your new
+character.
+
+
+***** <Uniques>
+=== Unique Monsters ===
+
+The monsters in Hengband are unique in that each variety of monster
+has its own set of physical and, where applicable, magical abilities.
+However, some monsters in Hengband are truly unique and this group
+of monsters are often referred to as "Uniques".
+
+The Unique monsters are made unique for several reasons. Primarily,
+their name derives from the fact that unlike regular monsters which
+can appear numerous times during the course of a game, the Unique
+monsters will never be regenerated once they have been killed and
+the game will never generate two copies of the same Unique monster
+at a time so that effectively there is only one of each Unique
+monster.
+
+Unique monsters are typically based on a normal monster. For example,
+Tom the Stone Troll is based on the Stone Troll monster. However,
+Unique monsters usually have more hitpoints, hit harder and cast
+spells more effectively than the monster on which they are based.
+Unique monsters are often a different color from other monsters of
+their type to allow the player to more easily distinguish them but
+this is not always true.
+
+--- Uniques' Resistance to Magic ---
+
+Unique monsters tend to be more resistant to magic than the other
+dungeon inhabitants. Thus, slowing, confusing, sleeping and scaring
+will be less effective and may not work at all. In addition, Genocide
+and Mass-Genocide spells will never work on Uniques and *Destruction*
+will teleoprt them from a level but will not kill them.
+
+--- Keeping Track of Uniques ---
+
+Since Unique monsters are often very difficult to defeat, most
+players will attempt to kill them all before attempting to battle
+the Serpent of Chaos (itself a Unique monster). This avoids the
+need to battle two very difficult oponents at the same time.
+
+Each time your character happens upon a new Unique, this is
+recorded in your monster memory. Under the knowledge command ('~')
+is a menu item which allows you to look at which Uniques you have
+met and which of these have been defeated. It is a good idea to
+check this periodically to gauge your progress.
+
+--- Speaking Uniques ---
+
+Occasionally, you will find that a Unique monster will speak to you
+as it approaches. Typically, a monster will shout obscenities and
+challenges to combat but they may also refer to events relating to
+themselves. Hengband has no mechanism to allow you to respond to the
+monsters (other than with violence). You may prevent Unique monsters
+from speaking by changing the approopriate option under the options
+menus.
+
+--- Rewards for Killing Uniques ---
+
+You may also find that occasionally after killing a Unique monster
+that the game will tell you that the Unique was wanted. And you will
+be rewarded for killing it when you take the Unique's corpse to the
+Hunter's office at the Outpost. The amount of the reward is dependent
+upon how deep in the dungeon the relevant Unique is normally found.
+
+
+***** <EldritchHorror>
+=== Eldritch Horrors ===
+
+Some of the monsters in the dungeons of Hengband are so fearsome to
+look upon that doing so can have serious repurcussions. When you meet
+one of these sanity blasting monsters, one of several nasty things
+may happen to you. These include having your intelligence and/or your
+wisdom temporarily reduced, becoming scared or confused, or suffering
+an attack of amnesia.
+
+
+***** <Pets>
+=== Pets and Riding ===
+
+In Hengband, pets are very useful and is safety. In other variant such
+as Zangband, your pets are often so eager to destroy your opponents
+that they may forget all about you, and you get trampled under their
+feet as they charge at your foe. But in Hengband pets will never
+attack you by mistake; you can walk around in safety even in near your
+pet Hell Wyrm is spreading his breathes. And pets will never be
+irritate with you; their will is perfectly dominated by you, and all
+pets are permanently your pets.
+
+One might think that they can make the game much easier. It is of
+course highly satisfying to send your pet Hell Wyrm into a Troll pit
+and wait outside listening for the howls of agony and terror, the
+sounds of guts splattering, bones crunching and so on. But one should
+not expect to gain any experience and item drops for such a combat:
+you will only gain experience and items for creatures to whom you
+deliver the death blow yourself.
+
+Monsters which get killed by a pet don't drop items. This feature of
+Hengband is unique and severe, and you might complain about it because
+this feature is not very realistic, but this is a well-thought-out
+result of weighing game balance with reality.
+
+Finally, it takes a lot of mental energy to maintain the control over
+the charmed monsters. The first monster or the first few are 'free',
+but after that maintaining the control will start taxing your mana
+regain rate. The higher the sum of the levels of your pets the less
+mana you will be able to regain. Keep this in mind if you have a pet
+which can summon or otherwise produce more pets...
+
+
+--- Obtaining a pet ---
+
+You may obtain pets in several different ways. Some magic realms offer
+the ability to summon pets magically or to charm the creatures you
+meet. Mindcrafters may 'dominate' their oponents. Chaos patrons may
+grant pets as a gift to their devotees. Magical figurines can be thrown
+to create a pet and wands of charm monster may be used as their name
+suggests.
+
+The Capture Ball is very useful tool and any player can use it. You
+can easily get this tool at a General Store. To use it, you must wield
+it on your hand, then 'A'ctivate it, and choose a target monster to
+capture the monster. And then you can 'A'ctivate it again to release
+the monster as your pet.
+
+Hostile monsters will attempt to resist from capturing. You must make
+the monster critically injured status before caputure. On that point,
+BeastMasters are very good at using Capture Ball, and the limitation
+is somewhat loose for them.
+
+
+--- Commanding Your Pets ---
+
+Your pets are fairly well trained and will respond to a variety of
+commands such as following you closely, staying nearby and searching
+out your enemies. You can command your pets using the pet command menu
+which can be found be pressing 'p'.
+
+List of pet commands:
+
+dismiss pets
+ Dismiss specified pets. Dismissed pets will immediatly disappear
+ from current level. Hengband asks you whether you want to dismiss
+ each pet in order from high level named pets to low level unnamed
+ pets. You can press the U to dismiss all unnamed pets.
+
+specify a targert of pet
+ Choose a target monster, then all your pets wiil begin to chase
+ the target.
+
+stay close
+ Command your pets to slay as close as they can.
+
+follow me
+ Command your pets to keep some distance to you.
+
+seek and destroy
+ Command your pets to chase monsters near you.
+
+give me space
+ Command your pets to go away from your line of sight.
+
+stay away
+ Command your pets to go away as far as they can.
+
+pets open doors
+ Toggle permission of pets to open doors.
+
+pets pick up items
+ Toggle permission of pets to pick up items.
+
+allow teleport
+ Toggle permission of pets to cast teleport spell and teleport away
+ spell.
+
+allow cast attack spell
+ Toggle permission of pets to use attack spells and breath.
+
+allow cast summon spell
+ Toggle permission of pets to cast summoning spells.
+
+allow involve player in area spell
+ Toggle permission of pets to use ball spells or breath involving
+ player in the area of effect.
+
+ride a pet
+ Ride on a specified pet.
+
+get off a pet
+ Get off from a riding pet.
+
+name pets
+ Specify a target pet and name it.
+
+use both hands for a weapon.
+use one hand to control a riding pet
+ Toggle use of your left hand when you are riding. You can wield a
+ weapon two-handed for maximum damage in melee, and command the
+ riding pet to chase your target using the 'specify a target of
+ pet' command.
+
+
+--- Riding ---
+
+In Hengband, player can ride on pet horses or dragons, etc. To
+controll your horse, you must keep one hand free for holding the
+reins. But your pet will attack your target together with you, and
+enemy's attack will be dispersed. As a result of these, player's
+damage in combat will get reduced in total.
+
+The most important feature of riding is about speed. When you are
+riding on a pet, your speed doesn't depend on your original speed but
+depends only on the speed of riding pet and your proficiency level of
+riding. Quaffing the potion of speed doesn't have effect on the speed
+when you are riding, but you can throw the potion at a wall and haste
+your riding pet. You can use a wand or a spell of haste monster too.
+
+Note that your proficiency level for riding is very low at first, see
+'(e) Miscellaneous Proficiency' in the information command (~). When
+the proficiency level is low, you cannot make good use of riding, and
+your speed is also very low. You need to practice riding to gain full
+speed of riding monster. Proficiency level will raise a little when
+you attack in melee or shoot with missile weapon when riding. Ride on
+low level monster at first, and then switch to higher level monster
+little by little.
+
+
+***** <Friendly>
+=== Friendly Monsters ===
+
+You will occasionally find a monster in the dungeon that isn't out to
+get you. Such monsters are described in game messages as being
+'friendly'. A friendly monster will not attempt to hurt you but neither
+will it necessarily attack your enemies.
+
+Like pets, if you annoy a friendly monster it will turn against you.
+Also like pets, any monsters a friendly monster summons will also be
+friendly. Unlike pets, friendly monsters require no mana upkeep and can
+not be commanded using the pet commands.
+
+--
+Original : (??)
+Updated : (??)
+Updated : Zangband DevTeam
+Updated : someone
+
+***** Begin Hyperlinks
+***** [1] commdesc.txt#Looking
-Zangband Objects.
+Hengband Objects.
Please choose one of the following online help files:
- (0) Zangband Objects (objects.txt)
+ (0) Hengband Objects (objects.txt)
(1) Object Symbols (objects.txt#ObjectSymbols)
(2) Equipment and Inventory (objects.txt#EquipInvent)
- (3) Object Stacking (objects.txt#Stacking)
- (4) Objects Generation (objects.txt#Generation)
- (5) Object Compaction (objects.txt#Compaction)
- (6) Cursed Objects (objects.txt#CursedObjects)
- (7) The Ancient and Foul Curse (objects.txt#AncientCurse)
- (8) Object Flavors (objects.txt#ObjectFlavors)
- (9) Pseudo-ID (objects.txt#PseudoID)
- (a) Identifying Objects (objects.txt#Identifying)
- (b) Ego Objects (objects.txt#EgoObjects)
- (c) Artifacts (objects.txt#Artifacts)
- (d) Random Abilities of Objects (objects.txt#RandomAbilities)
- (e) Object Inscriptions (objects.txt#Inscriptions)
- (f) Object Types (objects.txt#ObjectTypes)
+ (3) Objects Generation (objects.txt#Generation)
+ (4) Object Compaction (objects.txt#Compaction)
+ (5) Cursed Objects (objects.txt#CursedObjects)
+ (6) The Ancient and Foul Curse (objects.txt#AncientCurse)
+ (7) Object Flavors (objects.txt#ObjectFlavors)
+ (8) Pseudo-ID (objects.txt#PseudoID)
+ (9) Identifying Objects (objects.txt#Identifying)
+ (a) Ego Objects (objects.txt#EgoObjects)
+ (b) Artifacts (objects.txt#Artifacts)
+ (c) Random Abilities of Objects (objects.txt#RandomAbilities)
+ (d) Object Inscriptions (objects.txt#Inscriptions)
+ (e) Object Types (objects.txt#ObjectTypes)
(?) Help System Commands (helpinfo.txt)
***** [0] objects.txt
***** [1] objects.txt#ObjectSymbols
***** [2] objects.txt#EquipInvent
-***** [3] objects.txt#Stacking
-***** [4] objects.txt#Generation
-***** [5] objects.txt#Compaction
-***** [6] objects.txt#CursedObjects
-***** [7] objects.txt#AncientCurse
-***** [8] objects.txt#ObjectFlavors
-***** [9] objects.txt#PseudoID
-***** [a] objects.txt#Identifying
-***** [b] objects.txt#EgoObjects
-***** [c] objects.txt#Artifacts
-***** [d] objects.txt#RandomAbilities
-***** [e] objects.txt#Inscriptions
-***** [f] objects.txt#ObjectTypes
+***** [3] objects.txt#Generation
+***** [4] objects.txt#Compaction
+***** [5] objects.txt#CursedObjects
+***** [6] objects.txt#AncientCurse
+***** [7] objects.txt#ObjectFlavors
+***** [8] objects.txt#PseudoID
+***** [9] objects.txt#Identifying
+***** [a] objects.txt#EgoObjects
+***** [b] objects.txt#Artifacts
+***** [c] objects.txt#RandomAbilities
+***** [d] objects.txt#Inscriptions
+***** [e] objects.txt#ObjectTypes
-=== Zangband Objects ===
+=== Hengband Objects ===
-The Zangband dungeons are full of objects and many monsters you meet
+The Hengband dungeons are full of objects and many monsters you meet
will be carrying one or more items about their person which you may
retrieve from their corpse should you be skillful enough to defeat
them. You may pick up objects by moving on top of them. By setting
weight limit.
-***** <Stacking>
-=== Object Stacking ===
-
-Normally, only one object can occupy any given floor space, which may
-or may not also contain one creature. Zangband's Stacking Options (see
-option.txt#Stacking [2]) provide a means for allowing multiple objects
-to share the same floor space by creating 'stacks'. Any object on the
-floor, including those forming part of a stack, may actually be a
-'pile' of up to 99 identical items. Objects may not be created or
-placed on spaces where doors, rubble, traps, and staircases already
-exist.
-
-
***** <Generation>
=== Object Generation ===
-Objects are generated by Zangband when you enter a dungeon level and
+Objects are generated by Hengband when you enter a dungeon level and
spread liberally around the dungeon floor. They may also be generated
when a monster is killed (assuming the monster is capable of carrying
objects). Each object has a 'native' depth or a depth at which it
***** <Compaction>
=== Object Compaction ===
-Zangband can track a large, but finite, number of objects at any one
+Hengband can track a large, but finite, number of objects at any one
time. If, as you kill monsters, the number of objects dropped together
with the number of objects already lying on the floor exceeds this
limit you will be told that the game is 'compacting objects'.
-When Zangband compacts objects it first attempts to combine similar
+When Hengband compacts objects it first attempts to combine similar
objects into piles and, if this does not create sufficient space, will
delete already existing items to create space for new ones. To the
extent possible the compacting is performed on objects some distance
that each new character must set about learning exactly what each
flavored items is.
-One of the Zangband Options allows the player to switch to 'plain'
+One of the Hengband Options allows the player to switch to 'plain'
object descriptions which removes the flavored description from known
flavored items so that the potion above, once identified, would be
described simply as a 'Potion of Heroism'.
***** <Artifacts>
=== Artifacts ===
-Of all the objects in Zangband that you might find, by far the most
+Of all the objects in Hengband that you might find, by far the most
important group are artifacts. Artifacts are unique items with
additional properties such as increasing or sustaining one or more
of your stats and granting resistances or abilities. Often an
Levitation
Permanent Light
See Invisible
- Telepathy
+ Warning
Slow Digestion
Regeneration
Free Action
Original : (??)
Updated : (??)
Updated : Zangband DevTeam
-Last update: February 2, 2000
+Updated : some people
***** Begin Hyperlinks
***** [1] option.txt#UserInterface
-***** [2] option.txt#Stacking
***** [3] objects.txt#Artifacts
***** [4] objects.txt#Inscriptions
***** [5] objects.txt#Identifying
+++ /dev/null
-=== Notes on Zangband Documentation ===
-
-This file sets out basic information regarding the official Zangband
-documentation package produced by the Zangband DevTeam.
-
-
---- Documentation Packages ---
-
-There are currently two documentation packages planned. The basic
-package will include non-spoiler information necessary for a new player
-to learn all he needs to know about playing Zangband and will be
-included in all official Zangband source and binary releases. The
-extended package will included additional spoiler files and will be
-available for download separately. Care will be taken to ensure that
-the two packages merge together properly.
-
-
---- Available Formats ---
-
-The Zangband documentation packages will be made available in three
-formats for download, plain text, html and .chm (for windows users).
-The plain text version will run from the in-game '?' command. The html
-version will be placed on the web and will be made available for
-download to allow local browsing. The *.chm file is a windows specific
-format which allows adaption of html documentation packages to be used
-in windows helpfiles. It introduces full text searching and many other
-nice features.
-
-
---- Reporting Errors / Suggestions for Improvement ---
-
-While every effort will be taken to ensure that the documentation
-packages are accurate and up to date, it is inevitable that some
-errors will be made. If you find an error or have a suggestion to
-improve documentation, please post your report or idea to the Zangband
-Development list by mailing to zangband@onelist.com. Alternatively, you
-may post your report or idea to rec.games.roguelike.angband.
-
-
---- Rules for Creating Documents ---
-
-Certain general rules have been applied in creating the official
-documentation for Zangband. The DevTeam welcomes contributions by
-players and if you wish to contribute a spoiler or other helpfile we
-would appreciate your adherence to the following guidelines. We reserve
-the right to modify your file but you will retain credit as the
-original author.
-
-1. All documents should be named using the standard 8.3 format since
- Zangband is played on systems which do not support long filenames.
-2. Menu files should be named *.hlp, non-spoiler help files *.txt and
- spoiler helpfiles *.spo.
-3. All documents should be in a fixed font, plain text format.
-4. Line length should be between 70 and 75 characters.
-5. Please use US spelling unless it directly conflicts with the game
- (for example the 'Spectre' race).
-6. No indenting of the first line of paragraphs.
-7. Left justification.
-8. Document titles are denoted by '=== Document Title ==='.
-9. Section headings are denoted by '=== Section Heading ==='.
-10. Sub-section headings are denoted by '--- Sub-section Heading ---'.
-11. Information on document authors and editors and revisions should
- be included at the end of each document.
-12. Indenting increments by 4 or 5 spaces each time.
-
-
-=== Hyperlinks ===
-
-Zangband supports links between help files as follows. At the point in
-the text where you wish to insert a link, place the text '[#]' where '#'
-is any letter or digit ('a' and 'A' are distinct for this purpose).
-This is to tell the reader which key to press to activate the link.
-Then, at the end of the file, place the following text (including the
-asterisks) where 'target_filename' is the name of the file you wish to
-link to:
-
- ***** [#] target_filename
-
-Now, when the user presses '#', the helpfile system will open up the
-target file. Opening the new file will flush the previous links so
-'#' may be reused.
-
-Note: because various operating systems use different conventions to
-denote directory structures, Zangband does not support target file
-names like './spoiler/races/races.spo'. This means that all help files
-should be kept in the lib/help or lib/info directory.
-
-We are currently testing methods of linking to a particular section
-in a document and may also implement histories to allow 'back' and
-'forward' actions similar to web browsers.
-
---- Tags ---
-
-A "tag" is something like a bookmark, it marks a line for reference by
-a hyperlink. A tag is specified with:
-
- ***** <tag_name>
-
-(the name of the tag can not be longer than 15 characters).
-
-You can then jump to the line marked with the tag with:
-
- ***** [1] target_filename#tag_name
-
-This command jumps to the line with the tag "tag_name" in the file
-target_file. You can jump inside the current file too (just use the
-filename of the current file in the link).
-
---
-Original : Zangband DevTeam
-Last update : January 13, 2000
-
+++ /dev/null
-
- The spoiler files can be found at:
- http://fmf.fwn.rug.nl/~scarblac/spoilers/
-
=== The Town and Wilderness ===
-After you have created your character, you will begin your Zangband
-adventure in the town. Symbols appearing on your screen will represent
-the walls, floor, objects, features, and creatures lurking about. In
-order to direct your character through his adventure, you will enter
-single character commands (see command.txt [1]).
+After you have created your character, you will begin your Hengband
+adventure in the town called Outpost. Symbols appearing on your screen
+will represent the walls, floor, objects, features, and creatures
+lurking about. In order to direct your character through his
+adventure, you will enter single character commands (see command.txt
+[1]).
+
+We recommend that you go to the Yeek cave next to your starting
+position in the town of Outpost. Although the King of Yeeks at the
+lowest level is a fierce enemy, the rest of the cave should be fairly
+safe. Once you complete this dungeon, you will be strong enough to
+leave Outpost in search of greater adventures. Carry lots of food and
+fuel, for the journey can be a long one.
+
+--- The Global Map ( Press the '<' at first! ) ---
+
+Since this world is very large, it is convenient to go into global map
+mode by pressing the '<' key, and then return to local map mode by '>'
+key when you are at the destination. When in the wilderness, stay in
+safe grids such as roads or plains; seas and lava fields are best
+avoided for a while.
+
+Many towns and dungeons await you; good ones to explore early on
+include the orc caves and the Labyrinth. To the northeast of the town
+of Morivant, near the center of the map, is the dread dungeon of
+Angband. It is home to the Serpent of Chaos, whom you must kill in
+order to win the game.
***** <MapSymbols>
Terrain Shops
------- -----
# (Green) A Tree 1 Entrance to General Store
- # (Light Blue) Shallow Water 2 Entrance to Armory
- # (Dark Blue) Deep Water 3 Entrance to Weapon Smith
- # (Orange) Shallow Lava 4 Entrance to Temple
- # (Red) Deep Lava 5 Entrance to Alchemy Shop
+ ~ (Light Blue) Shallow Water 2 Entrance to Armory
+ ~ (Dark Blue) Deep Water 3 Entrance to Weapon Smith
+ ~ (Orange) Shallow Lava 4 Entrance to Temple
+ ~ (Red) Deep Lava 5 Entrance to Alchemy Shop
^ (Brown) Mountains 6 Entrance to Magic Shop
. (White) Floor / Road 7 Entrance to the Black Market
. (Brown) Dirt 8 Entrance to your Home
- . (Green) Grass
- > (White) Dungeon Entrance
+ . (Green) Grass 9 Entrance to Bookstore
+ > (White) Dungeon Entrance 0 Entrance to the Museum
> (Yellow) Quest Entrance
< (Yellow) Quest Exit
Fortunately, the various shops and the other special buildings are open
on a 24-hour basis.
-Later versions of Zangband have introduced a dramatically extended town
-level to the game. In addition to the basic town and the standard nine
-shops, new buildings and multiple towns separated by a wilderness were
-added. Fixed quests (see below [3]) were also added to the game and
-could be begun by entering certain buildings in the town(s).
-
-While most people welcome these new additions, they are not for
-everyone and consequently, there are three possible town options in
-Zangband - the 'Standard' town(s), the 'Lite' town and the 'Vanilla'
-town. The default is the standard town and the lite town and the
-vanilla town options can be selected by pressing '=' during character
+The world of Hengband includes five towns separated by a wilderness
+and many dungons. Fixed quests (see below [3]) could be begun by
+entering certain buildings in the towns.
+
+While most people welcome these large world, they are not for everyone
+and consequently, there are three possible town options in Hengband -
+the 'Standard' town(s), the 'Lite' town and the 'Vanilla' town. The
+default is the standard town and the lite town and the vanilla town
+options can be selected by pressing '=' during character
generation. (see option.txt#StartUp [4])
Your choice of town is fixed for the duration of your character's
***** <StandardTown>
--- The 'Standard' Town ---
-The 'standard' town consists of a 10x10 square world. Each square
-(actually a rectangle) is the size of a standard Zangband dungeon level
-and contains themed wilderness terrain (mountainous areas, oceans,
-plains, etc). There are several towns located in various parts of the
-world and each town is situated in its own wilderness square.
+The 'standard' town consists of a 97x62 square world. Each square
+(actually a rectangle) is the size of a standard Hengband dungeon
+level and contains themed wilderness terrain (mountainous areas,
+oceans, plains, etc). There are several towns located in various parts
+of the world and each town is situated in its own wilderness square.
The wilderness is not uninhabited and can be dangerous indeed for the
unwary. As a general rule, the further your character gets from
civilization the more cautious he or she should be.
+Since this world is very large, it is convenient to go into global map
+mode by pressing the '<' key, and then return to local map mode by '>'
+key when you are at the destination. In the global map, however, you
+might suddenly get assult from monsters. In such situation, you cannot
+run away using the '<' key, you might go to the border of the screen
+to run away.
+
Each of the towns contains the standard nine shops where you can
purchase your supplies for your trips into the dungeon and sell the
items you have collected. There are also special buildings offering
The 'Lite' town option creates a 1x1 wilderness square containing a
single town. This town contains the nine standard shops, the special
-buildings and access to a limited wilderness. The fixed quests are also
-available. This option is intended to be used by players who want to
-take advantage of the special buildings and fixed quests but don't want
-the large 10x10 wilderness and by players who need a smaller wilderness
+buildings and access to a limited wilderness. The fixed quests are
+also available. This option is intended to be used by players who want
+to take advantage of the special buildings and fixed quests but don't
+want the large wilderness and by players who need a smaller wilderness
for computer efficiency reasons.
carry on your travels, or will need at a later date.
The Bookstore ("9")
- The Bookstore deals in all sorts of magical books. You can purchase
- and sell spellbooks for the spellcasters here.
+ The Bookstore deals in all sorts of magical books. You can
+ purchase and sell spellbooks for the spellcasters here.
+
+The Museum ("0")
+ This is a place where you can donate any item to display. Use it
+ when you find interesting but needless items and you want to
+ leave it in memory.
+
***** <Buildings>
=== Special Buildings ===
your performance. Note that you may not request another quest from that
person until you have collected your reward or reported your failure.
+Note: You can not use Genocide, Mass Genocide and *Destruction* in a
+quest.
--
Original : (??)
Updated : (??)
Updated : Zangband DevTeam
-Last update: January 13, 2000
+Updated : some people
***** Begin Hyperlinks
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