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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 $ | |
30 | .\" | |
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 | 44 | is a fantasy game in which your child has contracted |
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45 | a strange disease, and none of your home remedies |
46 | seem to have any effect. You set out to find a remedy in a limited | |
47 | amount of time, and to collect gold along the way of course! | |
48 | .Pp | |
49 | The options are: | |
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50 | .Bl -tag -width "-o optsfile" |
51 | .It Fl H Ar number | |
52 | Set the hardness of the game. | |
53 | .It Fl h | |
54 | Print the command line options. | |
984263bc | 55 | .It Fl n |
1b5b166a | 56 | Suppress the welcome message at start up, putting you directly |
984263bc | 57 | into the game. |
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58 | .It Fl o Ar optsfile |
59 | Specify a different options file than | |
984263bc | 60 | .Pa ~/.larnopts . |
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61 | .It Fl r |
62 | Restore a checkpointed game after it has died. | |
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63 | .El |
64 | .Sh COMMANDS | |
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65 | These 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 | |
87 | The file | |
88 | .Pa ~/.larnopts | |
89 | may be used to set a few options for | |
90 | .Nm Larn . | |
91 | A 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 | |
106 | Your name and monster names must be enclosed in double quotation marks and may | |
107 | be up to 34 characters long. Longer names are truncated. | |
108 | Anything enclosed in quotation marks is considered one word, and must be | |
109 | separated from other words by whitespace. | |
110 | .Sh SPECIAL NOTES | |
111 | When | |
112 | .Sy dropping gold , | |
113 | if you type '*' as your amount, all your gold gets dropped. | |
114 | In general, typing in '*' means all of what you are interested in. | |
115 | This is true when visiting the bank, or when contributing at altars. | |
116 | .Pp | |
117 | You can get out of the store, trading post, school, or home by hitting | |
118 | .Sy <esc> . | |
119 | .Pp | |
120 | When casting a spell, if you need a list of spells you can cast, type \fBD\fP | |
121 | as the first letter of your spell. The available list of spells will be shown, | |
122 | after which you may enter the spell code. This only works on the 1st letter | |
123 | of 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 | |
127 | Score file. | |
128 | .It Pa /var/games/larn/llog12.0 | |
129 | Log file. | |
130 | .It Pa ~/.larnopts | |
131 | Options file. | |
132 | .El | |
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133 | .Sh AUTHORS |
134 | .An Noah Morgan |