Re: [Slashem-discuss] Elbereth

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Pekka Rousu  wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Tina Hall wrote:
> >
> > The way I use Elbereth seems rather unbalanced at times. My
> > first thought was to restrict it to certain numbers
> > depending on type and making the permanent Elbereths not so
> > permanent too
> [...]
> > Then I got the idea that a counted conduct would be much
> > nicer. From 'You never engraved Elbereth.' for the
> > disciplined players, to 'You engraved Elbereth 10854 times.'
> > for people like me. <g>
>
> How about counting how many times a monster was scared by
> "Elbereth" (or scare monster scroll)? That tells more
> accurately how much this scaring effect was used.

Not sure whether it would, as it can't be influenced whether a
newly appearing monster is scared or not. I'd also leave out the
?oSM, or at least count it along with the different methods, as
that isn't quite as easily available.

> > As an aside, how hard would it be to check and count the
> > engravings, and add the conduct? If this is something
> > relatively simple, I'd like to try myself.
>
> I haven't added conducts to the game myself, but by looking at
> the source it looks like at least these modification should be
> done when counting "Elbereth" engravings:
[...]

Thanks! That doesn't look too complicated. I'll try it and see
what happens. :)

Tschuess
Tina
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