larn/larn.6

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  32 .\"     @(#)larn.6      5.4 (Berkeley) 8/1/91
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  34 .Dd August 1, 1991
  35 .Dt LARN 6
  36 .Os
  37 .Sh NAME
  38 .Nm larn
  39 .Nd Exploring the caverns of Larn
  40 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  41 .Nm larn
  42 .Op Fl r
  43 .Op Fl H Ar number
  44 .Op Fl n
  45 .Op Fl h
  46 .Op Fl o Ar optsfile
  47 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  48 .Nm Larn
  49 is a fantasy games in which your child has contracted
  50 a strange disease, and none of your home remedies
  51 seem to have any effect.  You set out to find a remedy in a limited
  52 amount of time, and to collect gold along the way of course!
  53 .Pp
  54 The options are:
  55 .Pp
  56 .Bl -tag -width flag
  57 .It Fl r
  58 The
  59 .Fl r
  60 option restores a checkpointed game after it has died.
  61 .It Fl H
  62 The
  63 .Fl H
  64 option sets the hardness of the game.
  65 .It Fl n
  66 The
  67 .Fl n
  68 option suppresses the welcome message at start up, putting you directly
  69 into the game.
  70 .It Fl h
  71 The
  72 .Fl h
  73 option prints the command line options.
  74 .It Fl o
  75 The
  76 .Fl o
  77 option specifies a different options file than
  78 .Pa ~/.larnopts .
  79 .Sh COMMANDS
  80 .Pp
  81 These are the movement commands:
  82 .Bl -column " print program version" " give present pack weight"
  83 h move to the left      H run left      . stay here
  84 j move down     J run down      Z teleport yourself
  85 k move up       K run up        c cast a spell
  86 l move to the right     L run right     r read a scroll
  87 y move northwest        Y run northwest q quaff a potion
  88 u move northeast        U run northeast W wear armor
  89 b move southwest        B run southwest T take off armor
  90 n move southeast        N run southeast w wield a weapon
  91 ^ identify a trap       g give present pack weight      P give tax status
  92 d drop an item  i inventory your pockets        Q quit the game
  93 v print program version S save the game D list all items found
  94 ? this help screen      A create diagnostic file        e eat something
  95         (wizards only)
  96 .El
  97 .Sh OPTIONS FILE
  98 .Pp
  99 The file
 100 .Pa ~/.larnopts
 101 may be used to set a few options for
 102 .Nm Larn.
 103 A sequence of words terminated by whitespace is used to specify options.
 104 .Pp
 105 .Bl -tag -width "savefile: xsave-file-namex" -compact
 106 .It Sy  Word
 107 .Sy     Meaning
 108 .Pp
 109 .It bold-objects
 110 Select bold display of objects.
 111 .It inverse-objects
 112 Select inverse video display of objects.
 113 .It no-introduction
 114 Do not display intro message.
 115 .It enable-checkpointing
 116 Turn on periodic checkpointing.
 117 .It no-beep
 118 Disable beeping of the terminal.
 119 .It male
 120 Choose your sex to be a man.
 121 .It female
 122 Choose your sex to be a woman.
 123 .It name: \*qyour name\*q
 124 Choose your playing name.
 125 .It monster: \*qmonst name\*q
 126 Choose a name for a monster.
 127 .It savefile: \*qsave-file-name\*q
 128 Define what the savegame filename will be.
 129 .El
 130 .Pp
 131 Your name and monster names must be enclosed in double quotation marks and may
 132 be up to 34 characters long.  Longer names are truncated.
 133 Anything enclosed in quotation marks is considered one word, and must be
 134 separated from other words by whitespace.
 135 .Sh SPECIAL NOTES
 136 .Pp
 137 When
 138 .Sy dropping gold ,
 139 if you type '*' as your amount, all your gold gets dropped.
 140 In general, typing in '*' means all of what your interested in.  This is true
 141 when visiting the bank, or when contributing at altars.
 142 .Pp
 143 You can get out of the store, trading post, school, or home by hitting
 144 .Sy <esc> .
 145 .Pp
 146 When casting a spell, if you need a list of spells you can cast, type \fBD\fP
 147 as the first letter of your spell.  The available list of spells will be shown,
 148 after which you may enter the spell code.  This only works on the 1st letter
 149 of the spell you are casting.
 150 .Sh AUTHOR
 151 Noah Morgan
 152 .Sh FILES
 153 .Bl -tag -width "/var/games/larn.scores" -compact
 154 .It Pa /var/games/larn.scores
 155 Score file.
 156 .It Pa ~/.larnopts
 157 Options file.
 158 .El