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Wednesday, 4 June, 2008 by Geko
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@ "Instead, ALL traps will have a noisemaking property."
A trap doorI knew my Erik too well to feel at all comfortable on jumping
into his house. I knew what he had made of a certain palace at
Mazenderan. From being the most honest building conceivable, he
soon turned it into a house of the very devil, where you could
not utter a word but it was overheard or repeated by an echo.
With his trap-doors the monster was responsible for endless
tragedies of all kinds.
        [ The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux ]

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in the ceiling opens and a rockBilbo saw that the moment had come when he must do something.
He could not get up at the brutes and he had nothing to shoot
with; but looking about he saw that in this place there were
many stones lying in what appeared to be a now dry little
watercourse. Bilbo was a pretty fair shot with a stone, and
it did not take him long to find a nice smooth egg-shaped one
that fitted his hand cosily. As a boy he used to practise
throwing stones at things, until rabbits and squirrels, and
even birds, got out of his way as quick as lightning if they
saw him stoop; and even grownup he had still spent a deal of
his time at quoits, dart-throwing, shooting at the wand,
bowls, ninepins and other quiet games of the aiming and
throwing sort - indeed he could do lots of things, besides
blowing smoke-rings, asking riddles and cooking, that I
haven't time to tell you about. There is no time now. While
he was picking up stones, the spider had reached Bombur, and
soon he would have been dead. At that moment Bilbo threw.
The stone struck the spider plunk on the head, and it dropped
senseless off the tree, flop to the ground, with all its legs
curled up.
        [ The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

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falls on your head! You curseCurses are longstanding ill-wishings which, in Fantasyland,
often manifest as semisentient. They have to be broken or
dispelled. The method varies according to the type and
origin of the Curse:
[...]
4. Curses on Rings and Swords. You have problems. Rings
have to be returned whence they came, preferably at over a
thousand degrees Fahrenheit, and the Curse means you won't
want to do this. Swords usually resist all attempts to
raise their Curses. Your best source is to hide the Sword
or give it to someone you dislike.
[ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]

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gneek June 4, 2008 00:03
First comment: 18 January, 2008 159 comments written
I like squeaky boards though! It's so good to step on one and realize it wasn't a hole!
Wellan June 4, 2008 00:04
First comment: 27 November, 2007 247 comments written
Not only is it a funny comic, it's also a good idea! E.
@ June 4, 2008 00:21
First comment: 26 July, 2004 155 comments written
Wierd comic, but made me lol. YANI.
Slowpoke June 4, 2008 04:55
First comment: 27 February, 2007 239 comments written
FIDDLESTICKS!!!! (is that loud enough?)
The Artist Formally Known as Hawkes June 4, 2008 12:26
First comment: 4 June, 2008 1 comments written
That's funny. I like it a lot. Of course, I try and wear helmets, which thus enable me to not have to worry about small rocks falling on my head.

So rather then curseCurses are longstanding ill-wishings which, in Fantasyland,
often manifest as semisentient. They have to be broken or
dispelled. The method varies according to the type and
origin of the Curse:
[...]
4. Curses on Rings and Swords. You have problems. Rings
have to be returned whence they came, preferably at over a
thousand degrees Fahrenheit, and the Curse means you won't
want to do this. Swords usually resist all attempts to
raise their Curses. Your best source is to hide the Sword
or give it to someone you dislike.
[ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]

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, perhaps "a clang echoes around the dungeon"?

The boulderI worked the lever well under, and stretched my back; the end
of the stone rose up, and I kicked the fulcrum under. Then,
when I was going to bear down, I remembered there was
something to get out from below; when I let go of the lever,
the stone would fall again. I sat down to think, on the root
of the oak tree; and, seeing it stand about the ground, I saw
my way. It was lucky I had brought a longer lever. It would
just reach to wedge under the oak root.
Bearing it down so far would have been easy for a heavy man,
but was a hard fight for me. But this time I meant to do it
if it killed me, because I knew it could be done. Twice I
got it nearly there, and twice the weight bore it up again;
but when I flung myself on it the third time, I heard in my
ears the sea-sound of Poseidon. Then I knew this time I
would do it; and so I did.
        [ The King Must Die, by Mary Renault ]

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trap obviously should produce noise as well, but I'm wondering what inherent noise teleportation, dart and arrowI shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong
That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.
        [ The Arrow and the Song,
         by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

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traps could produce?

I believe polymorph makes a noise if you break your armour... Land mines go boom, and I'm rapidly running out of traps.
SQLGuru June 4, 2008 14:04
First comment: 23 October, 2006 77 comments written
Teleportation - BAMF (ala Nightcrawler from X-Men)
Dart - Pffffff-thump
ArrowI shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong
That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.
        [ The Arrow and the Song,
         by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

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- TWANG (the sound of the bow"Stand to it, my hearts of gold," said the old bowman as he
passed from knot to knot. "By my hilt! we are in luck this
journey. Bear in mind the old saying of the Company."
"What is that, Aylward?" cried several, leaning on their bows
and laughing at him.
"'Tis the master-bowyer's rede: 'Every bow well bent. Every
shaft well sent. Every stave well nocked. Every string well
locked.' There, with that jingle in his head, a bracer on
his left hand, a shooting glove on his right, and a
farthing's-worth of wax in his girdle, what more doth a
bowman need?"
"It would not be amiss," said Hordle John, "if under his
girdle he had four farthings'-worth of wine."
        [ The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ]

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T-Jack June 4, 2008 15:35
First comment: 16 March, 2008 52 comments written
And what about holes and trap doors? "AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaargh..."
Jack Simth June 4, 2008 23:06
First comment: 3 January, 2005 59 comments written
Jack Simth June 4, 2008 23:07
First comment: 3 January, 2005 59 comments written
Grr. Looks like my comment broke the box. Ah well, trying again without the parenthesis. That does suggest there's a security issue that needs addressing, though.

Trap doors could go click-CLUNK-creek-click - click as the latch releases, CLUNK when the doorI knew my Erik too well to feel at all comfortable on jumping
into his house. I knew what he had made of a certain palace at
Mazenderan. From being the most honest building conceivable, he
soon turned it into a house of the very devil, where you could
not utter a word but it was overheard or repeated by an echo.
With his trap-doors the monster was responsible for endless
tragedies of all kinds.
        [ The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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falls and hits the side of the chute, creek as the spring slides it back into position, and click again as it latches.

Holes could go make rockslide sounds.
Antheridium June 5, 2008 04:53
First comment: 17 May, 2007 442 comments written
"You hear the roaring of an angry bear!"

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