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@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ entertainment. It can be invoked on the command line like this:
crawl -arena "kobold v goblin"
Which will cause one kobold to fight one goblin, with crawl shutting down once
-one of them has won. To make them fight for three rounds you can do:
+one of them has won. To be considered valid, a monster's name has to fully
+match its definition, e.g. "Blork the orc" rather than simply "Blork".
+
+To make them fight for three rounds you can do:
crawl -arena "t:3 kobold v goblin"
@@ -22,6 +25,12 @@ will give team A a rat and a cockroach and team B a kobold and a goblin; a
victory is declared when all of one team is dead and at lest one member of the
other team is still alive.
+Some monsters have a band (that is, a group of monsters) that will be
+generated with them during normal play. You can use the suffix "band" to
+make a monster appear with its band (if one exists). For example:
+
+ crawl -arena "Margery band v Saint Roka band"
+
You can also make multiple of a single type of monster (note that the singular
form of the names are still used):