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28.\" @(#)larn.6 5.5 (Berkeley) 12/30/93
29.\" $FreeBSD: src/games/larn/larn.6,v 1.6.2.3 2001/07/22 11:01:22 dd Exp $
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31.Dd December 30, 1993
32.Dt LARN 6
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm larn
36.Nd exploring the caverns of Larn
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
984263bc 39.Op Fl H Ar number
1b5b166a 40.Op Fl hnr
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41.Op Fl o Ar optsfile
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43.Nm Larn
1b5b166a 44is a fantasy game in which your child has contracted
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45a strange disease, and none of your home remedies
46seem to have any effect. You set out to find a remedy in a limited
47amount of time, and to collect gold along the way of course!
48.Pp
49The options are:
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50.Bl -tag -width "-o optsfile"
51.It Fl H Ar number
52Set the hardness of the game.
53.It Fl h
54Print the command line options.
984263bc 55.It Fl n
1b5b166a 56Suppress the welcome message at start up, putting you directly
984263bc 57into the game.
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58.It Fl o Ar optsfile
59Specify a different options file than
984263bc 60.Pa ~/.larnopts .
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61.It Fl r
62Restore a checkpointed game after it has died.
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63.El
64.Sh COMMANDS
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65These are the keyboard commands:
66.Bl -column "v" "print program version" "g" "give present pack weight"
67.It Sy h Ta "move to the left" Ta Sy H Ta "run left"
68.It Sy j Ta "move down" Ta Sy J Ta "run down"
69.It Sy k Ta "move up" Ta Sy K Ta "run up"
70.It Sy l Ta "move to the right" Ta Sy L Ta "run right"
71.It Sy y Ta "move northwest" Ta Sy Y Ta "run northwest"
72.It Sy u Ta "move northeast" Ta Sy U Ta "run northeast"
73.It Sy b Ta "move southwest" Ta Sy B Ta "run southwest"
74.It Sy n Ta "move southeast" Ta Sy N Ta "run southeast"
75.It Sy \&. Ta "stay here" Ta Sy Z Ta "teleport yourself"
76.It Sy c Ta "cast a spell" Ta Sy w Ta "wield a weapon"
77.It Sy q Ta "quaff a potion" Ta Sy r Ta "read a scroll"
78.It Sy W Ta "wear armor" Ta Sy T Ta "take off armor"
79.It Sy D Ta "list all items found" Ta Sy e Ta "eat something"
80.It Sy ^ Ta "identify a trap" Ta Sy g Ta "give present pack weight"
81.It Sy d Ta "drop an item" Ta Sy i Ta "inventory your pockets"
82.It Sy P Ta "give tax status" Ta Sy Q Ta "quit the game"
83.It Sy v Ta "print program version" Ta Sy S Ta "save the game"
84.It Sy \&? Ta "this help screen" Ta Sy A Ta "create diagnostic file"
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85.El
86.Sh OPTIONS FILE
87The file
88.Pa ~/.larnopts
89may be used to set a few options for
90.Nm Larn .
91A sequence of words terminated by whitespace is used to specify options.
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92.Bl -column "enable-checkpointing" "Define what the savegame filename will be."
93.It Sy Word Ta Sy Meaning
94.It bold-objects Ta "Select bold display of objects."
95.It inverse-objects Ta "Select inverse video display of objects."
96.It no-introduction Ta "Do not display intro message."
97.It enable-checkpointing Ta "Turn on periodic checkpointing."
98.It no-beep Ta "Disable beeping of the terminal."
99.It male Ta "Choose your sex to be a man."
100.It female Ta "Choose your sex to be a woman."
101.It "name: \*qname\*q" Ta "Choose your playing name."
102.It "monster: \*qname\*q" Ta "Choose a name for a monster."
103.It "savefile: \*qfile\*q" Ta "Define what the savegame filename will be."
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104.El
105.Pp
106Your name and monster names must be enclosed in double quotation marks and may
107be up to 34 characters long. Longer names are truncated.
108Anything enclosed in quotation marks is considered one word, and must be
109separated from other words by whitespace.
110.Sh SPECIAL NOTES
111When
112.Sy dropping gold ,
113if you type '*' as your amount, all your gold gets dropped.
114In general, typing in '*' means all of what you are interested in.
115This is true when visiting the bank, or when contributing at altars.
116.Pp
117You can get out of the store, trading post, school, or home by hitting
118.Sy <esc> .
119.Pp
120When casting a spell, if you need a list of spells you can cast, type \fBD\fP
121as the first letter of your spell. The available list of spells will be shown,
122after which you may enter the spell code. This only works on the 1st letter
123of the spell you are casting.
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124.Sh FILES
125.Bl -tag -width "/var/games/larn/lscore12.0" -compact
126.It Pa /var/games/larn/lscore12.0
127Score file.
128.It Pa /var/games/larn/llog12.0
129Log file.
130.It Pa ~/.larnopts
131Options file.
132.El
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133.Sh AUTHORS
134.An Noah Morgan