larn/larn.6

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  34 .\"     @(#)larn.6      5.5 (Berkeley) 12/30/93
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  36 .Dd December 30, 1993
  37 .Dt LARN 6
  38 .Os
  39 .Sh NAME
  40 .Nm larn
  41 .Nd exploring the caverns of Larn
  42 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  43 .Nm larn
  44 .Op Fl r
  45 .Op Fl H Ar number
  46 .Op Fl n
  47 .Op Fl h
  48 .Op Fl o Ar optsfile
  49 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  50 .Nm Larn
  51 is a fantasy games in which your child has contracted
  52 a strange disease, and none of your home remedies
  53 seem to have any effect.  You set out to find a remedy in a limited
  54 amount of time, and to collect gold along the way of course!
  55 .Pp
  56 The options are:
  57 .Pp
  58 .Bl -tag -width flag
  59 .It Fl r
  60 The
  61 .Fl r
  62 option restores a checkpointed game after it has died.
  63 .It Fl H
  64 The
  65 .Fl H
  66 option sets the hardness of the game.
  67 .It Fl n
  68 The
  69 .Fl n
  70 option suppresses the welcome message at start up, putting you directly
  71 into the game.
  72 .It Fl h
  73 The
  74 .Fl h
  75 option prints the command line options.
  76 .It Fl o
  77 The
  78 .Fl o
  79 option specifies a different options file than
  80 .Pa ~/.larnopts .
  81 .Sh COMMANDS
  82 .Pp
  83 These are the movement commands:
  84 .Bl -column " print program version" " give present pack weight"
  85 h move to the left      H run left      . stay here
  86 j move down     J run down      Z teleport yourself
  87 k move up       K run up        c cast a spell
  88 l move to the right     L run right     r read a scroll
  89 y move northwest        Y run northwest q quaff a potion
  90 u move northeast        U run northeast W wear armor
  91 b move southwest        B run southwest T take off armor
  92 n move southeast        N run southeast w wield a weapon
  93 ^ identify a trap       g give present pack weight      P give tax status
  94 d drop an item  i inventory your pockets        Q quit the game
  95 v print program version S save the game D list all items found
  96 ? this help screen      A create diagnostic file        e eat something
  97         (wizards only)
  98 .El
  99 .Sh OPTIONS FILE
 100 .Pp
 101 The file
 102 .Pa ~/.larnopts
 103 may be used to set a few options for
 104 .Nm Larn.
 105 A sequence of words terminated by whitespace is used to specify options.
 106 .Pp
 107 .Bl -tag -width "savefile: xsave-file-namex" -compact
 108 .It Sy  Word
 109 .Sy     Meaning
 110 .Pp
 111 .It bold-objects
 112 Select bold display of objects.
 113 .It inverse-objects
 114 Select inverse video display of objects.
 115 .It no-introduction
 116 Do not display intro message.
 117 .It enable-checkpointing
 118 Turn on periodic checkpointing.
 119 .It no-beep
 120 Disable beeping of the terminal.
 121 .It male
 122 Choose your sex to be a man.
 123 .It female
 124 Choose your sex to be a woman.
 125 .It name: \*qyour name\*q
 126 Choose your playing name.
 127 .It monster: \*qmonst name\*q
 128 Choose a name for a monster.
 129 .It savefile: \*qsave-file-name\*q
 130 Define what the savegame filename will be.
 131 .El
 132 .Pp
 133 Your name and monster names must be enclosed in double quotation marks and may
 134 be up to 34 characters long.  Longer names are truncated.
 135 Anything enclosed in quotation marks is considered one word, and must be
 136 separated from other words by whitespace.
 137 .Sh SPECIAL NOTES
 138 .Pp
 139 When
 140 .Sy dropping gold ,
 141 if you type '*' as your amount, all your gold gets dropped.
 142 In general, typing in '*' means all of what you are interested in.
 143 This is true when visiting the bank, or when contributing at altars.
 144 .Pp
 145 You can get out of the store, trading post, school, or home by hitting
 146 .Sy <esc> .
 147 .Pp
 148 When casting a spell, if you need a list of spells you can cast, type \fBD\fP
 149 as the first letter of your spell.  The available list of spells will be shown,
 150 after which you may enter the spell code.  This only works on the 1st letter
 151 of the spell you are casting.
 152 .Sh AUTHOR
 153 Noah Morgan
 154 .Sh FILES
 155 .Bl -tag -width "/var/games/larn.scores" -compact
 156 .It Pa /var/games/larn.scores
 157 Score file.
 158 .It Pa ~/.larnopts
 159 Options file.
 160 .El