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Wednesday, 5 January, 2005 by Dion Nicolaas
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@ "A major consultation, please." 
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@ "If you continue this questMany, possibly most, Tours are organized as a Quest. This
is like a large-scale treasure hunt, with clues scattered
all over the continent, a few false leads, Mystical Masters
as game-show hosts, and the Dark Lord and the Terrain to
make the Quest interestingly difficult. [...]
In order to be assured of your future custom, the Management
has a further Rule: Tourists, far from being rewarded for
achieving their Quest Object, must then go on to conquer
the Dark Lord or set about Saving the World, or both. And
why not? By then you will have had a lot of practice in
that sort of thing and, besides, the Quest Object is usually
designed to help you do it.
[ 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., a great character will be destroyed." 
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@ "That must be the Wizard of YendorNo one knows how old this mighty wizard is, or from whence he
came. It is known that, having lived a span far greater than
any normal man's, he grew weary of lesser mortals; and so,
spurning all human company, he forsook the dwellings of men
and went to live in the depths of the Earth. He took with
him a dreadful artifact, the Book of the Dead, which is said
to hold great power indeed. Many have sought to find the
wizard and his treasure, but none have found him and lived to
tell the tale. Woe be to the incautious adventurer who
disturbs this mighty sorcerer!

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.!"
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Robert Barber, Tamer of a Digital One January 5, 2005 01:01
First comment: 28 September, 2004 64 comments written
Wait a minute, Dudley! I remember now! This is when a king asked the OracleDelphi under towering Parnassus, where Apollo's oracle was,
plays an important part in mythology. Castalia was its
sacred spring; Cephissus its river. It was held to be the
center of the world, so many pilgrims came to it, from
foreign countries as well as Greece. No other shrine rivaled
it. The answers to the questions asked by the anxious
seekers for Truth were delivered by a priestess who went into
a trance before she spoke.
        [ Mythology, by Edith Hamilton ]

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 DelphiDelphi under towering Parnassus, where Apollo's oracle was,
plays an important part in mythology. Castalia was its
sacred spring; Cephissus its river. It was held to be the
center of the world, so many pilgrims came to it, from
foreign countries as well as Greece. No other shrine rivaled
it. The answers to the questions asked by the anxious
seekers for Truth were delivered by a priestess who went into
a trance before she spoke.
        [ Mythology, by Edith Hamilton ]

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. if he should invade an enemy kingdom.... and lost. Trust me, I know.
Violist January 5, 2005 02:00
First comment: 25 June, 2004 206 comments written
Absolutely... and also, isn't Dudley a great character? Let's have a round of applause for Dudley the Newt(kinds of) small animal, like a lizard, which spends most of
its time in the water.
        [ Oxford's Student's Dictionary of Current English ]

"Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."
        [ Macbeth, by William Shakespeare ]

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.-Killed.

Just keep telling yourself you'll ascend and you'll ascend... if RNG doesn't bother listening.
Am Shaedan January 5, 2005 11:22
First comment: 18 May, 2004 49 comments written
And where is the reverse RNG psychology now? :)
Robert Barber, Tamer of a Digital One January 5, 2005 23:37
First comment: 28 September, 2004 64 comments written
Hey, RNG. You sound like a good fellow.
Gragt January 6, 2005 18:37
First comment: 6 January, 2005 1 comments written
The king was Cresus, for your information.
Schnee January 8, 2005 01:20
First comment: 10 November, 2004 76 comments written
That's "CroesusCroesus (in Greek: Kroisos), the wealthy last king of Lydia;
his empire was destroyed when he attacked Cyrus in 549, after
the Oracle of Delphi (q.v.) had told him: "if you attack the
Persians, you will destroy a mighty empire". Herodotus
relates of his legendary conversation with Solon of Athens,
who impressed upon him that being rich does not imply being
happy and that no one should be considered fortunate before
his death.

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.", not Cresus. Or KÏοιÏÎ¿Ï if you want to be 100% correct. :)
Schnee January 8, 2005 01:21
First comment: 10 November, 2004 76 comments written
Bah, damn comment thingie not accepting Unicode chars. >_<
Fathead April 17, 2006 20:20
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
Guess you can't be 100% correct then....
Grognor April 7, 2007 07:26
First comment: 4 April, 2007 1161 comments written
Nope.
HK June 20, 2007 18:54
First comment: 1 June, 2007 309 comments written
That sounded more like a minor consultation.
hpp3 August 21, 2008 02:13
First comment: 21 November, 2007 38 comments written
Technically, in ASCII, everything is a character.
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