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ASCIIArt: / ------ . . \ \ _____> (c) WWWWolf // \ . . _____ > . 2000 __ / \_____ . _______> / \ / / . ./\ / \ \ | | __ / \ / \ \ \ \ | \ . / \/ __ / \ \ \ | | | _______ / . ______________________________________________ ---====================================================--- _ _ \ /\ /\ /\ /_ |_|_/_ |_o| _ _ \/\/ \/\/ \/\/ \/\/(_)| | _> | ||(/_/_ _____________________________ ---===================================--- Another stupid collection of text files =) Founded 24th January 2000 by Weyfour WWWWolf W-Files #5 Some funny events from Nethack world $Id: nethackevents.txt,v 1.0 2000/02/25 22:14:23 wwwwolf Exp wwwwolf $ -- Introductionary stuff -------------------------------------------- This file has some funny (and not that funny, but equally mind-bending) events from Nethack. Most of this stuff is being collected from Nethack 3.3, because that's the version that I play at the time of writing. Some of this stuff might have gone to rec.games.roguelike.nethack, perharps in a different form. -- Ancient stuff from 3.2.2 ----------------------------------------- When I reached one level in the Mines (turned out to be the bottom), I was greeted by a horde of little folk. One Gnome lord was waiting at some distance. Turned out to be a peaceful one. Well... I can understand that. (after seeing the friends slaughtered) "Me? Err... I'm just passing through, never mind about me..." Kaablamm! You hear an explosion in the distance! --more-- You have a sad feeling for the moment, then it passes. (In fact, it *did not* passed. DRATS! I hate it when it happens.) By the way, I noticed a small bug: I saw a red asterisk when I was blind. Picked it up. As sure as hell, it was a red gem. Now, How could I see its color when I was blind? Well, oath and oath, I have actually been playing the game for some time now... and I don't seem to suck as hard as I remembered, as I don't get clobbered by bunch of water moccasins anymore, and most of my deaths now seem to be YAverySDs with interesting screwups (I got two "sudden deaths" yesterday thanks to floating eyes, well, the second one was hallucinogen-distorted...), not some trivial mistakes like "What's a Mumak anyway? Sounds like a small creature..." ...well, I realized why I liked this game. This is *captivating*, utterly captivating. ("One... more... level...") I think I have grasped the basics of game addiction now. =) I also remembered that stetoscope also shows the amount of money the creature is carrying. Well, I suppose that's an important thing for the doctor to know... and it shows the weapons, too! Oh yeah, I actually have a question, too: There was just one thing in my last adventure I noticed. Bunch of rabid rats and an altar to Set in one room, #offered first corpse, and we had an altar to Crom, and then #offered the second one, seeing some sort of vegetation at my feet (and I'm not that surprised, all sorts of vegetation can grow in the caves). And now suddently, all creatures ceased from leaving corpses. =( Is this normal? Does the probability of creatures leaving corpses decrease when there is a co-aligned altar on the level? [No, it doesn't, it just seems that way =) ] ...Two grid bugs got closer to my 1st-level character, growling menacingly something about malloc(), but I was clever enough to wait behind a tele trap... You see here a kitten corpse named Mojimoj. =( Killed by that blasted band of orcs... YAFM: You destroy the floating eye! You feel wise! You must have been very observant. -- Ancient stuff from Slash'EM -------------------------------------- You see here a statue of a gecko named Mozilla. (And a raptor called...? =) You see here a statue of a giant rat named Mickey. You see here a statue of a fox named Che Fox. (Sorry, Che. I couldn't resist. =) -- Before 15.02.2000 ------------------------------------------------ A not that nice close-shave situation: As you kick the door, it crashes open! The leprechaun picks up a wand. (fssssssck...) The kitten misses. You destroy the kitten! The leprechaun zaps a hexagonal wand! The bolt of fire hits you! Your gloves smoulder! (Argh!) The bolt of fire bounces! You hit the leprechaun! The leprechaun zaps a wand of fire! The bolt of fire hits you! Your gloves smoulder further! (Damn, damn, damn!) The leprechaun zaps a wand of fire! The bolt of fire hits you! Your gloves smoulder completely! (Arrrrrgh!) You hear the howling of the CwnAnnwn... The bolt of fire bounces! (Uh, time to kiss a promising character goodbye?) The bolt of fire whizzes by you! (Nay!...Amaterasu Omikami smiles at me philosophically.) The leprechaun is killed by the bolt of fire! (Yessss! Stop for that wand-happy stuff...) Clash! (Are the boundaries of the game area made of steel? =) You hear a faint typing noise. (...upon examining the boundary with the stetoscope.) The carafe crashes on your head and breaks into shards. You yawn. (Booooooriiiiiing...) (In a shop:) an unlabeled scroll, price 90 zorkmids, painstakingly developed! (Yeah, shopkeepers are cunning bastards, aren't they? Sorry lad, my INT is bigger than my AC. =) What do you want to eat? [dot or ?*] You destroy Jon's ghost! Welcome to experience level 2. ( Now, who the heck was this Jon fellow? =) You see here a tin of python meat. You are beginning to feel hungry. ( Mmmmmmmmm, a dead Python... (In case you didn't get this: I'm a Perl zealot =) ) You hear the tones of courtly conversation. ( Throne room on level? ) --------- |......| |.......| |.[....| |.@..(|..# |....<.| |d......|# -.------ -.-------# #### # ### # (Who says the graves can't have fun? =) -- 15.02.2000 ------------------------------------------------------- You hear a monster behind the boulder.--More-- -------- -----########`###.......| ....|# |......| ....|# |......| ....|#######`I`@#.^.....| ....|# ---.---- +----# # #####` ### ...Poor creature! I know what it feels like... being trapped behind tons of rocks (some new scroll I didn't knew about, some time ago...) I wish this critter would have a /WoDigging or a pick-axe. -- 18.02.2000 ------------------------------------------------------- What do you want to take off? [fux or ?*] ( Hmmm... ) -- 21.02.2000 ------------------------------------------------------- You are caught in the gas spore's explosion! --more-- Welcome to experience level 5. ( It was *quite* an experience! ) -- 26.02.2000 ------------------------------------------------------- Squeaky boards? In *dungeons*? The Gnomish Mines floor is *boarded*? Weird... -- 22.03.2000 ------------------------------------------------------- You see here 13 gold pieces. A cloud of gas puts you to sleep! ( Really nasty concealment of a trap if you ask me... ) -- 7.4.2000 --------------------------------------------------------- What do you want to use or apply? [emp or ?*] ( No, I don't think EMP will have much effect on a low-tech game like this. ) -- The Nethack Cookbook --------------------------------------------- Suprise your family, amaze your friends, annoy perfect strangers with this amazing cuisine: You consume dried lichens. [24.2.2000] You consume soup made of lichens. [24.2.2000] -- EOF --------------------------------------------------------------