Dudley's dungeon



Monday, 15 May, 2006 by L
                    
                    
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@ "Okay, what was all that about?"
                    
                    
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d "Friday, you mean?"
                    
                    
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d "Don't you know I run an advice column for dungeoneers?"
                    
                    
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@ "Oh? Why would anyone in their right mind want to ask a dog how to play NetHack?"
                    
                    
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@ "If any of us is, I'd say I was the authority on the game! I ascended, after all!"
                    
                    
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d "Very well, then, time for a quiz... how do you stop a spellcaster from cursing you?"
                    
                    
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@ "That's a cinch! If you don't have Magicbane, just get..."
                    
                    
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d "Incorrect. All you need to do is zap them with a wand of mute monster."
                    
                    
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d "That'll stop their coarse language stone dead. Magicbane? Pah."
                    
                    
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d "Thus, my superiority in NetHack knowledge has been confirmed."
                    
                    
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@ "Hey! HEY! I know more about this game than you think!"
                    
                    
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@ "For example, I teach the following tutorials every third Saturday at the Guild:"
Your knife gets dull
You only are able to
write "Elberet"     
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@ "How to make a rubber 'h' stamp for use with engravings!"
A lit field surround
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@ "How to identify wands quickly in emergencies!"
You stop. Dogley is 
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@ "And how your pet can assist you in combat."
d "At their discretion, of course."


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