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32 | .\" @(#)larn.6 5.4 (Berkeley) 8/1/91 | |
33 | .\" | |
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 |