Dudley's dungeon -- Thursday, 5 May, 2005

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Average rating: Fair
Number of ratings: 6

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Nameless	May 5, 2005 02:50
First comment: 29 December, 2004	281 comments written
gets an idea You know what this site needs? A rating system! You choose a rating and it averages them out for the comic rating. The best rated comics get into a special 'Best of' section of the site. Probably too much work to set up though... Anyway, I didn't really like this one - 2/10
Beowulf	May 5, 2005 06:39
First comment: 8 January, 2005	114 comments written
It could also do with a fanart section for those of us weird enough to draw NetHack fanart. I did some the other day, by hand. If I can get my email working again I might turn it into a comic and send it in. And I totally didn't get this one. What is meant by "Hearse"? I think this was addressed earlier but I'm too lazy to go and find it again.
Netaddict	May 5, 2005 08:58
First comment: 14 April, 2004	34 comments written
Hearse is a bones pile exchange system. Although strongly discouraged, it does lend itself to potential abuses..
freshme@	May 5, 2005 09:28
First comment: 4 January, 2005	67 comments written
Okay, I think I get it. Whoever supplied this bones file modified it so it includes a trap which will probably kill the character. Dudley is lured in by the treasure trove, then the message that tells him to go for the potionPOTABLE, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only when suffering from the recurrent disorder known as thirst, for which it is a medicine. Upon nothing has so great and diligent ingenuity been brought to bear in all ages and in all countries, except the most uncivilized, as upon the invention of substitutes for water. To hold that this general aversion to that liquid has no basis in the preservative instinct of the race is to be unscientific -- and without science we are as the snakes and toads. [ The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.. But when he goes to the potionPOTABLE, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only when suffering from the recurrent disorder known as thirst, for which it is a medicine. Upon nothing has so great and diligent ingenuity been brought to bear in all ages and in all countries, except the most uncivilized, as upon the invention of substitutes for water. To hold that this general aversion to that liquid has no basis in the preservative instinct of the race is to be unscientific -- and without science we are as the snakes and toads. [ The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. the sqeaky board calls in the (master?) liches. RIP Dudley, killed by a cruel practical joke.
Beowulf	May 5, 2005 09:59
First comment: 8 January, 2005	114 comments written
Ok, I get it. Now I'm laughing, I'm just glad I'm not Dudley.
blindcoder	May 5, 2005 10:11
First comment: 21 March, 2005	27 comments written
The submitter must work on its item recognition skill. I see 5 mimics in this goodie room.
L	May 5, 2005 13:41
First comment: 10 February, 2005	285 comments written
The problem with fanart is that you have to sourcedive through monst.c in order to get the monster's physical descriptions correct. Like, did you know that GeryonGeryon is an arch-devil sometimes called the Wild Beast, attacking with his claws and poison sting. His ranking in Hell is rumored to be quite low. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. has a tail but no legs? Then again, apparantly 9/10 of all monsters come from the D&D monster manuals. I suppose reading them would be much more elucidating. Also, I was preparing a much better Hearse joke, but oh well.
Nesman	May 5, 2005 14:58
First comment: 4 January, 2005	112 comments written
blindcoder: I think the rule about mimics only works in stores, not in rooms full of treasure from another playerThese strange creatures live mostly on the surface of the earth, gathering together in societies of various forms, but occasionally a stray will descend into the depths and commit mayhem among the dungeon residents who, naturally, often resent the intrusion of such beasts. They are capable of using weapons and magic, and it is even rumored that the Wizard of Yendor is a member of this species. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.'s bone file.
L	May 5, 2005 15:13
First comment: 10 February, 2005	285 comments written
No, it's very simple. Here's what each symbol means: [ - a piece of armor ] - a mimicThe ancestors of the modern day chameleon, these creatures can assume the form of anything in their surroundings. They may assume the shape of objects or dungeon features. Unlike the chameleon though, which assumes the shape of another creature and goes in hunt of food, the mimic waits patiently for its meals to come in search of it. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. pretending to be a piece of armor And also: I demand satisfaction for the lack of yesterday's comic! You offend Shai-Hulud by sheathing your crysknife[The crysknife] is manufactured in two forms from teeth taken from dead sandworms. The two forms are "fixed" and "unfixed". An unfixed knife requires proximity to a human body's electrical field to prevent disintegration. Fixed knives are treated for storage. All are about 20 centimeters long. [ Dune, by Frank Herbert ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. without posting a strip per weekday.
Dion	May 6, 2005 00:24
First comment: 2 February, 2004	100 comments written
Well, it was a little lapse of planning on my side... I left a hole for a comic that never came. I'll make up with a weekend comic some day :-)
Eskimo	May 6, 2005 09:17
First comment: 14 April, 2004	166 comments written
Ups (my fault?) as in that case it's probably my original Pacman idea or something (note, I could not write this comment before today). Last month has just been work work work so writing submission has been way down on my priorities list.
Eskimo	May 6, 2005 09:21
First comment: 14 April, 2004	166 comments written
Besides, @ killed all the mimics :-) This comic was inspired by some rgrn thread way back where we wereIn 1573, the Parliament of Dole published a decree, permitting the inhabitants of the Franche-Comte to pursue and kill a were-wolf or loup-garou, which infested that province, "notwithstanding the existing laws concerning the chase." The people were empowered to "assemble with javelins, halberds, pikes, arquebuses and clubs, to hunt and pursue the said were-wolf in all places where they could find it, and to take, burn, and kill it, without incurring any fine or other penalty." The hunt seems to have been successful, if we may judge from the fact that the same tribunal in the following year condemned to be burned a man named Giles Garnier, who ran on all fours in the forest and fields and devoured little children, "even on Friday." The poor lycanthrope, it appears, had as slight respect for ecclesiastical feasts as the French pig, which was not restrained by any feeling of piety from eating infants on a fast day. [ The History of Vampires, by Dudley Wright ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. discussing making some really nasty bones files (on Hearse). Picture coming down the stairs and having 8 hostile Archons whacking at you immidiately. On dungeon level 4 or something. Yuck.
Kernigh	June 24, 2005 21:58
First comment: 6 April, 2005	349 comments written
The successor to http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20040212
Fathead	May 31, 2006 22:28
First comment: 1 April, 2006	1136 comments written
Goodness sakes.
Grognor	April 12, 2007 06:27
First comment: 4 April, 2007	1161 comments written
I still know never to download Hearse. Ever.

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