Just what is/are the purpose(s) of iron spikes, anyway?*

[Djabanete]

I can't be the only one who's used spikes for their nominal purpose, jamming doors. There are situations when every turn of HP regeneration matters

[Deof Movestofca]

I guess I've just been lucky (or played conservatively enough) where the issue of a spiked door or not has been the difference between life and death (or even life and very close death).

[Oramin]

I can't be the only one who's used spikes for their nominal purpose, jamming doors. There are situations when every turn of HP regeneration matters

I think I used them - back in the mid-90s.

[Ed_47569]

I think I used them - back in the mid-90s.

I remember when I first discovered uMoria in about 1996 on the old Acorn computers at my school...of course Angband was already out but didn't know about it. Well, I threw some iron spikes at Battle Scarred Veterans in uMoria, to little effect!

Took another year until I started playing Angband, 2.7.8 I think, gave up on the iron spikes when I found Anduril.