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LARN(6)                     DragonFly Games Manual                     LARN(6)

NAME
     larn -- exploring the caverns of Larn

SYNOPSIS
     larn [-H number] [-hnr] [-o optsfile]

DESCRIPTION
     Larn is a fantasy game in which your child has contracted a strange dis-
     ease, and none of your home remedies seem to have any effect.  You set
     out to find a remedy in a limited amount of time, and to collect gold
     along the way of course!

     The options are:

     -H number    Set the hardness of the game.

     -h           Print the command line options.

     -n           Suppress the welcome message at start up, putting you
                  directly into the game.

     -o optsfile  Specify a different options file than ~/.larnopts.

     -r           Restore a checkpointed game after it has died.

COMMANDS
     These are the keyboard commands:

     h    move to the left         H    run left
     j    move down                J    run down
     k    move up                  K    run up
     l    move to the right        L    run right
     y    move northwest           Y    run northwest
     u    move northeast           U    run northeast
     b    move southwest           B    run southwest
     n    move southeast           N    run southeast
     .    stay here                Z    teleport yourself
     c    cast a spell             w    wield a weapon
     q    quaff a potion           r    read a scroll
     W    wear armor               T    take off armor
     D    list all items found     e    eat something
     ^    identify a trap          g    give present pack weight
     d    drop an item             i    inventory your pockets
     P    give tax status          Q    quit the game
     v    print program version    S    save the game
     ?    this help screen         A    create diagnostic file

OPTIONS FILE
     The file ~/.larnopts may be used to set a few options for Larn.  A
     sequence of words terminated by whitespace is used to specify options.

     Word                    Meaning
     bold-objects            Select bold display of objects.
     inverse-objects         Select inverse video display of objects.
     no-introduction         Do not display intro message.
     enable-checkpointing    Turn on periodic checkpointing.
     no-beep                 Disable beeping of the terminal.
     male                    Choose your sex to be a man.
     female                  Choose your sex to be a woman.
     name: "name"            Choose your playing name.
     monster: "name"         Choose a name for a monster.
     savefile: "file"        Define what the savegame filename will be.

     Your name and monster names must be enclosed in double quotation marks
     and may be up to 34 characters long.  Longer names are truncated.  Any-
     thing enclosed in quotation marks is considered one word, and must be
     separated from other words by whitespace.

SPECIAL NOTES
     When dropping gold, if you type '*' as your amount, all your gold gets
     dropped.  In general, typing in '*' means all of what you are interested
     in.  This is true when visiting the bank, or when contributing at altars.

     You can get out of the store, trading post, school, or home by hitting
     <esc>.

     When casting a spell, if you need a list of spells you can cast, type D
     as the first letter of your spell.  The available list of spells will be
     shown, after which you may enter the spell code.  This only works on the
     1st letter of the spell you are casting.

FILES
     /var/games/larn/lscore12.0  Score file.
     /var/games/larn/llog12.0    Log file.
     ~/.larnopts                 Options file.

AUTHORS
     Noah Morgan

DragonFly 3.5                  December 30, 1993                 DragonFly 3.5