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Wednesday, 16 June, 2004

by Dion Nicolaas

------ \|..^.\| \|.@..\| ...+.\| \|..!.\| \|..).\| \|....- ------ @ "It's freezing cold in the dungeon today."	## # ### --------.-+-# \|......$...\|# \|........@.-# \|..........\| ------------ @ "I actually wish I wereIn 1573, the Parliament of Dole published a decree, permitting the inhabitants of the Franche-Comte to pursue and kill a were-wolf or loup-garou, which infested that province, "notwithstanding the existing laws concerning the chase." The people were empowered to "assemble with javelins, halberds, pikes, arquebuses and clubs, to hunt and pursue the said were-wolf in all places where they could find it, and to take, burn, and kill it, without incurring any fine or other penalty." The hunt seems to have been successful, if we may judge from the fact that the same tribunal in the following year condemned to be burned a man named Giles Garnier, who ran on all fours in the forest and fields and devoured little children, "even on Friday." The poor lycanthrope, it appears, had as slight respect for ecclesiastical feasts as the French pig, which was not restrained by any feeling of piety from eating infants on a fast day. [ The History of Vampires, by Dudley Wright ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. in Hell!"	## # ### --------.-+-# \|......$@..\|# \|..........-# \|..........\| ------------ A towerTowers (_brooding_, _dark_) stand alone in Waste Areas and almost always belong to Wizards. All are several stories high, round, doorless, virtually windowless, and composed of smooth blocks of masonry that make them very hard to climb. [...] You will have to go to a Tower and then break into it at some point towards the end of your Tour. [ 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. of flame erupts from the floor! Your scrolls catch fire and burn!	## # ### --------.-+-# \|......$@..\|# \|..........-# \|..........\| ------------ @ "Why do I never get quite what I asked for!"
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