From d32c8c63bdfd26913ab0d4ac076d926bde42e7ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PatR Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2025 17:53:22 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Mention reading scrolls while blind in Guidebook --- doc/Guidebook.mn | 16 ++++++++++++---- doc/Guidebook.tex | 18 ++++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/Guidebook.mn b/doc/Guidebook.mn index 574bed82b..c55a6f058 100644 --- a/doc/Guidebook.mn +++ b/doc/Guidebook.mn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NHDT-Branch: master $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.596 $ $NHDT-Date: 1735103892 2024/12/25 00:18:12 $ +.\" $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.598 $ $NHDT-Date: 1745139202 2025/04/20 00:53:22 $ .\" .\" This is an excerpt from the 'roff' man page from the 'groff' package. .\"+-- @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ .ds f0 \*(vr .ds f1 \" empty .\"DO NOT REMOVE NH_DATESUB .ds f2 Date(%B %-d, %Y) -.ds f2 December 25, 2024 +.ds f2 April 20, 2025 . .\" A note on some special characters: .\" \(lq = left double quote @@ -2920,8 +2920,16 @@ magic spells on them). .pg One of the most useful of these is the \fIscroll of identify\fP, which can be used to determine what another object is, whether it is cursed or -blessed, and how many uses it has left. Some objects of subtle -enchantment are difficult to identify without these. +blessed, and how many uses it has left. +Some objects of subtle enchantment are difficult to identify without these. +.pg +A scroll whose label is known can be read even when the hero is blind. +If a scroll has been discovered, it will be listed in inventory by type +rather than by label, but the label is known in that situtaion even though +it isn't shown. +.pg +Many scrolls produce a different effect from usual if they are blessed or +cursed, or read while the hero is confused. .pg A mail daemon may run up and deliver mail to you as a \fIscroll of mail\fP (on versions compiled with this feature). diff --git a/doc/Guidebook.tex b/doc/Guidebook.tex index b6769704c..9cced113b 100644 --- a/doc/Guidebook.tex +++ b/doc/Guidebook.tex @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ \documentstyle[titlepage,longtable]{article} -% NetHack 3.7 Guidebook.tex $NHDT-Date: 1711040379 2024/03/21 16:59:39 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.562 $ */ +% NetHack 3.7 Guidebook.tex $NHDT-Date: 1745139202 2025/04/20 00:53:22 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.579 $ */ %+% we're still limping along in LaTeX 2.09 compatibility mode %-%\documentclass{article} %-%\usepackage{hyperref} % before longtable @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ \author{Original version - Eric S. Raymond\\ (Edited and expanded for 3.7.0 by Mike Stephenson and others)} %DO NOT REMOVE NH_DATESUB \date{Date(%B %-d, %Y)} -\date{November 16, 2024} +\date{April 20, 2025} \maketitle @@ -3158,8 +3158,18 @@ magic spells on them). One of the most useful of these is the % {\it scroll of identify}, which can be used to determine what another object is, whether it is cursed or -blessed, and how many uses it has left. Some objects of subtle -enchantment are difficult to identify without these. +blessed, and how many uses it has left. +Some objects of subtle enchantment are difficult to identify without these. + +%.pg +A scroll whose label is known can be read even when the hero is blind. +If a scroll has been discovered, it will be listed in inventory by type +rather than by label, but the label is known in that situtaion even though +it isn't shown. + +%.pg +Many scrolls produce a different effect from usual if they are blessed or +cursed, or read while the hero is confused. %.pg A mail daemon may run up and deliver mail to you as a %