Re: Ultima I GS question -- bug or my problem?

[Bill North <north@spso.gsfc.nasa.gov>]

In article <3a6n8p$6nq@apple.com> Matt Ackeret, unknown@apple.com writes:
>	Ok, a couple of questions about Ultima I GS... Neither is answered in
>the documentation.. I did RTFM.

The following is based on my vague memories of the _original_, not
the GS version. I also may be confusing Ultima I and II.

>1) Is it completely normal to be attacked in a dungeon from enemies you can't
>even see?

There is (are?) invisible monsters. I believe one is the gelatinous
cube (?) that dissolves your armor.

>2) [...]
>
>I go to Lord British, he says to find the Grave of the Lost Soul.  I _DO_ 
>find it, and try to enter it..  It gives me a message and raises one of my
>attributes a few points.
>
>I go BACK to Lord British, he gives me a couple of strength points, then tells
>me to AGAIN go find the Grave of the Lost Soul.  I've even actually gone back
>and forth a few times for the heck of it, nothing's changing.
>
>[...]
>
>Any _SMALL_ hints or simple statements whether it's working "as it's supposed
>to" or not would be appreciated.. thanks..

As I remember, this is exactly as the original worked. Of the four
"signposts," some only work once and some work infinite times. If
you go past the max attribute value (99?) it rolls around back to zero.

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