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Monday, 18 September, 2006 by Nameless
                    
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@ "Stupid... lously... nonexistant... 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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w a worm[The crysknife] is manufactured in two forms from teeth taken
from dead sandworms.  The two forms are "fixed" and "unfixed".
An unfixed knife requires proximity to a human body's
electrical field to prevent disintegration.  Fixed knives
are treated for storage.  All are about 20 centimeters long.
        [ Dune, by Frank Herbert ]

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purple wormA gargantuan version of the harmless rain-worm, the purple
worm poses a huge threat to the ordinary adventurer.  It is
known to swallow whole and digest its victims within only a
few minutes.  These worms are always on guard, sensitive
to the most minute vibrations in the earth, but may also
be awakened by a remote shriek.

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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@ "Hey, I remember you. You 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 ]

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NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. one of those monsters I sent to minetown ages ago." 
                    
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@ "How'd it get all the way back up here?" 
                    
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@ "More to the point, why is it still tame?" 
The purple wormA gargantuan version of the harmless rain-worm, the purple
worm poses a huge threat to the ordinary adventurer.  It is
known to swallow whole and digest its victims within only a
few minutes.  These worms are always on guard, sensitive
to the most minute vibrations in the earth, but may also
be awakened by a remote shriek.

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details.     
drops an amulet of"The complete Amulet can keep off all the things that make
people unhappy -- jealousy, bad temper, pride, disagreeableness,
greediness, selfishness, laziness.  Evil spirits, people called
them when the Amulet was made.  Don't you think it would be nice
to have it?"
"Very," said the children, quite without enthusiasm.
"And it can give you strength and courage."
"That's better," said Cyril.
"And virtue."
"I suppose it's nice to have that," said Jane, but not with much
interest.
"And it can give you your heart's desire."
"Now you're talking," said Robert.
        [ The Story of the Amulet, by Edith Nesbit ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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@ "...?" 
The purple wormA gargantuan version of the harmless rain-worm, the purple
worm poses a huge threat to the ordinary adventurer.  It is
known to swallow whole and digest its victims within only a
few minutes.  These worms are always on guard, sensitive
to the most minute vibrations in the earth, but may also
be awakened by a remote shriek.

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details.     
suddenly disappears.
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@ "ooOOooh. I get it. Horribly contrived plot device."
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SomeoneElse September 18, 2006 00:16
First comment: 11 September, 2006 143 comments written
I'm not too fond of this one, but at least Dudley's male again.
Nobody Special September 18, 2006 02:12
First comment: 8 June, 2005 118 comments written
It's like a TV show, I guess: you have to reestablish continuity at the end of the episode.
Dave!!! September 18, 2006 03:32
First comment: 15 September, 2006 2 comments written
Yep. Is this the end of the long series of 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 ]

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. breeding? Phew... well, hopefully my comic gets posted soon, I'm making more!
Noone at all September 18, 2006 10:49
First comment: 18 September, 2006 3 comments written
Why should there be any need to reestablish continuity? Dudley could die and start over between this comic and the next.
The Bard of Blasphemy September 18, 2006 11:18
First comment: 13 May, 2005 46 comments written
I agree... die Dudley, die!
Fathead September 18, 2006 21:31
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
Do you forget? Dudley is like South Park's Kenny!

And I thought Amulets of Change disappeared?
SomeoneElse September 18, 2006 23:13
First comment: 11 September, 2006 143 comments written
Fathead, have you considered the possibility of there being more than one amulet of"The complete Amulet can keep off all the things that make
people unhappy -- jealousy, bad temper, pride, disagreeableness,
greediness, selfishness, laziness. Evil spirits, people called
them when the Amulet was made. Don't you think it would be nice
to have it?"
"Very," said the children, quite without enthusiasm.
"And it can give you strength and courage."
"That's better," said Cyril.
"And virtue."
"I suppose it's nice to have that," said Jane, but not with much
interest.
"And it can give you your heart's desire."
"Now you're talking," said Robert.
        [ The Story of the Amulet, by Edith Nesbit ]

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. change?
Fathead November 15, 2006 05:23
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
Yes I have. I honestly forget why I said what I said, except that I may have meant that if the worm[The crysknife] is manufactured in two forms from teeth taken
from dead sandworms. The two forms are "fixed" and "unfixed".
An unfixed knife requires proximity to a human body's
electrical field to prevent disintegration. Fixed knives
are treated for storage. All are about 20 centimeters long.
        [ Dune, by Frank Herbert ]

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. had worn it (which I suppose was the case), then it would have gone.
Grognor April 19, 2007 08:07
First comment: 4 April, 2007 1161 comments written
A reference to that story arc I didn't like!

Well, entirely.
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