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Thursday, 18 September, 2008 by Wellan
A blessed +2 silver 
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 ]

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scale mail (being worn) ----------- |.........| |....b.@..-######### |.......#.| |.........| -----------
The paint blobThese giant amoeboid creatures look like nothing more than
puddles of slime, but they both live and move, feeding on
metal or wood as well as the occasional dungeon explorer to
supplement their diet.

But we were not on a station platform. We were on the track ahead
as the nightmare, plastic column of fetid black iridescence oozed
tightly onward through its fifteen-foot sinus, gathering unholy
speed and driving before it a spiral, re-thickening cloud of the
pallid abyss vapor. It was a terrible, indescribable thing vaster
than any subway train -- a shapeless congeries of protoplasmic
bubbles, faintly self-luminous, and with myriads of temporary eyes
forming and unforming as pustules of greenish light all over the
tunnel-filling front that bore down upon us, crushing the frantic
penguins and slithering over the glistening floor that it and its
kind had swept so evilly free of all litter.
        [ At the Mountains of Madness, by H.P. Lovecraft ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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touches you! You dye... ----------- |.........| |....b@...-######### |.......#.| |.........| -----------
A blessed +2 red    
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 ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.
scale mail (being worn) ----------- |.........| |....b@...-######### |.......#.| |.........| -----------
@ "My SDSM!"


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Kerta September 18, 2008 01:08
First comment: 12 December, 2007 72 comments written
Not bad. Good word play.
Kerta September 18, 2008 01:10
First comment: 12 December, 2007 72 comments written
What the... Its 6:10 on the 17th. Am I posting to the future?
gneek September 18, 2008 01:38
First comment: 18 January, 2008 159 comments written
<that simpsons' kid> HA-HA! </that simpsons' kid>
Slowpoke September 18, 2008 03:17
First comment: 27 February, 2007 239 comments written
gneek, you're thinking of Nelson Muntz. Kerta, the time is shown relative to European time, either GMT or Dion's local time, I forget which; new comics are posted at midnight.
Quint Sakugarne September 18, 2008 04:27
First comment: 1 January, 2008 233 comments written
Slowpoke: I think Dion's time zone is GMT+1.

Also...VERY nice comic. Excellent.
Ren September 18, 2008 10:53
First comment: 2 April, 2008 35 comments written
Ha! Pink'd!
Mordae September 18, 2008 14:36
First comment: 11 May, 2007 116 comments written
Sounds funny. :)
Dion September 18, 2008 17:04
First comment: 2 February, 2004 100 comments written
My server is in the Netherlands.
Antheridium September 18, 2008 18:28
First comment: 17 May, 2007 442 comments written
Sad, v. sad. E
Armv September 19, 2008 19:50
First comment: 5 October, 2006 28 comments written
Yet another new idea? An oozeThese giant amoeboid creatures look like nothing more than
puddles of slime, but they both live and move, feeding on
metal or wood as well as the occasional dungeon explorer to
supplement their diet.

But we were not on a station platform. We were on the track ahead
as the nightmare, plastic column of fetid black iridescence oozed
tightly onward through its fifteen-foot sinus, gathering unholy
speed and driving before it a spiral, re-thickening cloud of the
pallid abyss vapor. It was a terrible, indescribable thing vaster
than any subway train -- a shapeless congeries of protoplasmic
bubbles, faintly self-luminous, and with myriads of temporary eyes
forming and unforming as pustules of greenish light all over the
tunnel-filling front that bore down upon us, crushing the frantic
penguins and slithering over the glistening floor that it and its
kind had swept so evilly free of all litter.
        [ At the Mountains of Madness, by H.P. Lovecraft ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.
that polymorphs items into other of its type that is just a different color. I think of Slash'em has genetic engineers...
Newtkiller January 9, 2009 12:48
First comment: 28 October, 2008 127 comments written
Another type of quantum mechanicThese creatures are not native to this universe; they seem
to have strangely derived powers, and unknown motives.

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... But the problem is, if the creature ever uses it on itself to polymorph something it has...

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