Confronting the troll in Zork I Scenario 1 ---------- >n The Troll Room This is a small room with passages to the east and south and a forbidding hole leading west. Bloodstains and deep scratches (perhaps made by an axe) mar the walls. A nasty-looking troll, brandishing a bloody axe, blocks all passages out of the room. Your sword has begun to glow very brightly. >kill troll with sword A quick stroke, but the troll is on guard. The troll swings his axe, and it nicks your arm as you dodge. >kill troll with sword Clang! Crash! The troll parries. The flat of the troll's axe hits you delicately on the head, knocking you out for a brief moment. >kill troll with sword The quickness of your thrust knocks the troll back, stunned. The troll slowly regains his feet. >kill troll with sword Your sword misses the troll by an inch. The troll's axe barely misses your ear. >kill troll with sword It's curtains for the troll as your sword removes his head. Almost as soon as the troll breathes his last breath, a cloud of sinister black fog envelops him, and when the fog lifts, the carcass has disappeared. Your sword is no longer glowing. Scenario 2 ---------- >n The Troll Room This is a small room with passages to the east and south and a forbidding hole leading west. Bloodstains and deep scratches (perhaps made by an axe) mar the walls. A nasty-looking troll, brandishing a bloody axe, blocks all passages out of the room. Your sword has begun to glow very brightly. >kill troll with sword The troll takes a fatal blow and slumps to the floor dead. Almost as soon as the troll breathes his last breath, a cloud of sinister black fog envelops him, and when the fog lifts, the carcass has disappeared. Your sword is no longer glowing.