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> Speaking of which... what _would_ be a good way of doing hit points?
> I think a logarithmic scale would be nice... losing hit points becomes
> more critical as you get fewer of them. Adverbs could also be used to
> modify the adjectives to give a wider range... mildly injured-- severely
> hurt -- about to die. could be nice if you get a "--more--" message
> along with the "about to die" to keep you from getting carried away.
> This idea deserves some merit. Anybody else think anything of it?
> 
> ihnp4--\        You may ask yourself:			 fritzz the Zebra
> ucbvax-------- sdcsvax -- sdcc3 -- fritzz

Oh yes!  That "--more--" message would be a great help.  It would fix
two bugs that existed in Hack 1.0.1.  Once, in the maze, I typed "H"
thinking I'd wander off to the end of a corridor.  A dragon flamed me
about 10 times, killing me.  Sure would have been nice if my character
had been "woken up" as it would of been had I encountered a monster.
Another time, while blind, I engraved Elbereth while standing near
the doorway of a shop.  There was a monster in the doorway (a dog)
and I had teleported the shopkeeper a little ways away.  I figured the
dog would stay in the doorway while I typed "40s" to get my hitpoints
back up.  But no, the dog moved, the shopkeeper came in and pounded
on my head about 5 times.  Sure would have been nice if my character
had been "woken up".

Oh well, no doubt these bugs have already been fixed.

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