Dudley's dungeon -- Tuesday, 15 May, 2007

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Number of ratings: 10

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Wonderer	May 15, 2007 01:27
First comment: 22 March, 2007	106 comments written
Is it a vortexSwirling clouds of pure elemental energies, the vortices are thought to be related to the larger elementals. Though the vortices do no damage when touched, they are noted for being able to envelop unwary travellers. The hapless fool thus swallowed by a vortex will soon perish from exposure to the element the vortex is composed of. 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.? Is it a golem"The original story harks back, so they say, to the sixteenth century. Using long-lost formulas from the Kabbala, a rabbi is said to have made an artificial man -- the so-called Golem -- to help ring the bells in the Synagogue and for all kinds of other menial work. "But he hadn't made a full man, and it was animated by some sort of vegetable half-life. What life it had, too, so the story runs, was only derived from the magic charm placed behind its teeth each day, that drew down to itself what was known as the `free sidereal strength of the universe.' "One evening, before evening prayers, the rabbi forgot to take the charm out of the Golem's mouth, and it fell into a frenzy. It raged through the dark streets, smashing everything in its path, until the rabbi caught up with it, removed the charm, and destroyed it. Then the Golem collapsed, lifeless. All that was left of it was a small clay image, which you can still see in the Old Synagogue." ... [ The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink ] 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.? No, it's a DUST MONSTER!
L	May 15, 2007 09:36
First comment: 10 February, 2005	285 comments written
Didn't we have a slightly more comprehensible dyslexia joke earlier?
Dav	May 15, 2007 15:04
First comment: 26 June, 2004	147 comments written
Searching the archives for "dyslexia" doesn't find any comics, not even this one.
a fan	May 15, 2007 20:27
First comment: 15 May, 2007	2 comments written
I did one on dysgraphia ages ago: http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20051206 In mineMade by Dwarfs. The Rule here is that the Mine is either long deserted or at most is inhabited by a few survivors who will make confused claims to have been driven out/decimated by humans/ other Dwarfs/Minions of the Dark Lord. Inhabited or not, this Mine will be very complex, with many levels of galleries, beautifully carved and engineered. What was being mined here is not always evident, but at least some of the time it will appear to have been Jewels, since it is customary to find unwanted emeralds, etc., still embedded in the rock of the walls. Metal will also be present, but only when made up into armor and weapons (_wondrous_). [ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ] 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 dragonIn the West the dragon was the natural enemy of man. Although preferring to live in bleak and desolate regions, whenever it was seen among men it left in its wake a trail of destruction and disease. Yet any attempt to slay this beast was a perilous undertaking. For the dragon's assailant had to contend not only with clouds of sulphurous fumes pouring from its fire breathing nostrils, but also with the thrashings of its tail, the most deadly part of its serpent-like body. [ Mythical Beasts by Deirdre Headon (The Leprechaun Library) ] "One whom the dragons will speak with," he said, "that is a dragonlord, or at least that is the center of the matter. It's not a trick of mastering the dragons, as most people think. Dragons have no masters. The question is always the same, with a dragon: will he talk to you or will he eat you? If you can count upon his doing the former, and not doing the latter, why then you're a dragonlord." [ The Tombs of Atuan, by Ursula K. Le Guin ] 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. was dysgraphic (not able to write graphemes correctly, i.e. not able to identify itself properly). Meanwhile in Dak's strip Dudley is slightly dyslexic (not able to make out the shape of the character, i.e. not able to identify the monster properly).
Slowpoke	May 15, 2007 21:58
First comment: 27 February, 2007	239 comments written
I thought dyslexia affected things like 'b' versus 'd', 'p' versus 'q'. Not less-similar pairs like 'D' versus 'R'.
a fan	May 17, 2007 10:10
First comment: 15 May, 2007	2 comments written
Slowpoke, that is a common misconception. Dyslexia has nothing to do with the brain somehow rotating or mirroring the graphemes in question.
Fathead	May 19, 2007 19:55
First comment: 1 April, 2006	1136 comments written
Good thing he wasn't hungry too! Har, har....
Grognor	May 20, 2007 06:07
First comment: 4 April, 2007	1161 comments written
hmmm... I give it a good, for lack of good ratings.

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