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From: mcmillan@eosp1.UUCP (John McMillan)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Re: OK, I give up  (killed by xorn)
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Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 11:27:27 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  6 11:27:27 1984
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Xorn are clearly supposed to be very tough, but your problem sounds like a
case of a general rule -- if you consistently cannot handle a kind of
monster, you are getting to its level with inadequate experience.  2000xp
is just asking for xorn trouble.  In rogue 3.6 and 5.2, key breakpoints are:

exp level	monster
4		ant
7		centaur
9		troll
10		xorn
11		hulk

It's hard to build your experience this fast, which is a legitimate problem
the game poses.  You need good special assists to do well with less
experience.
					- Toby Robison
					allegra!eosp1!robison
					decvax!ittvax!eosp1!robison
					princeton!eosp1!robison
					(NOTE! NOT McMillan; Robison.)