The Reliques of Tolti-Aph
An interactive fiction by Graham Nelson (2005) - the Inform 7 source text
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Section 3(a) - Monsters are People Too
A person has a spell called defensive charm.
A person has a text called hand-to-hand combat method. The hand-to-hand combat method of a person is usually "with bare hands". A person has a die roll called unarmed combat hit dice. The unarmed combat hit dice of a person is usually 1d2.
A monster is a kind of person. A monster can be hostile or indifferent. A monster is usually hostile. Definition: A monster is scary if its strength is 50 or more. Definition: A monster is feeble if its strength is 10 or less. Some kinds of monster are defined by the Table of Monstrous Beasts.
Instead of asking a monster about something: say "[The noun] is unreachable on most levels."
After printing the name of a monster while looking: say " (STR [strength])".
Table of Monstrous Beasts
| name | strength | hand-to-hand combat method | unarmed combat hit dice | defensive charm |
| goblin | 5 | "pummeling its green fists" | 1d4 | -- |
| gnome | 2 | "slapping its feeble arms" | 1d2 | -- |
| centaur | 9 | "kicking its hooves" | 1d6 | -- |
| werespider | 7 | "clicking its mandibles" | 1d8+1 | -- |
| wyvern | 75 | "beating its clawed wings" | 2d8+5 | -- |
| half-orc | 9 | "burrowing with its claws" | 1d6 | -- |
| harpy | 15 | "swooping with its talons" | 2d6 | aerial shield |
| giant bat | 8 | "diving to bite" | 2d4 | aerial shield |
| basilisk | 4 | "staring with cursed eyes" | 4d6 | -- |
| purple worm | 7 | "biting with acidic teeth" | 2d6+1 | -- |
| gargoyle | 10 | "punching stone fists" | 1d8+1 | -- |
| cave troll | 14 | "swinging enormous fists" | 3d4 | -- |
| cave spectre | 12 | "throwing curses" | 2d4+3 | exorcise undead |
| marsh spectre | 18 | "throwing curses" | 4d4+3 | exorcise undead |
| skeletal warrior | 25 | "slicing with ghostly blades" | 2d6+3 | exorcise undead |
| green hydra | 32 | "ducking its heads in turn" | 3d8+3 | aerial shield |
| frost giant | 28 | "throwing deadly icicles" | 2d8+4 | inner warmth |
| elemental demon | 35 | "whirling with venom" | 4d4+2 | -- |
An elemental demon called Zoorl the Elemental Demon is indifferent.[1]
Every turn:
if Zoorl is in a room (called the haunt)
begin;
if the haunt is not the location
begin;
remove Zoorl from play;
otherwise;
if Zoorl is indifferent and a hostile monster is in the location
begin;
let the victim be a random hostile monster in the location;
make Zoorl strike a blow against the victim;
end if;
end if;
end if.
Effect of casting web at a wyvern:[2]
record outcome "but the web is pathetically small compared to the great scale of the wyvern, and your efforts seem laughable";
rule succeeds.