Dudley's dungeon

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Tuesday, 19 February, 2008 by Geko
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@ "Dogley! Dogley, come quick!"
d "What, need help getting your bones?" 
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@ "Hey, I ain't afraid of no ghostAnd now the souls of the dead who had gone below came swarming
up from Erebus -- fresh brides, unmarried youths, old men
with life's long suffering behind them, tender young girls
still nursing this first anguish in their hearts, and a great
throng of warriors killed in battle, their spear-wounds gaping
yet and all their armour stained with blood. From this
multitude of souls, as they fluttered to and fro by the
trench, there came a moaning that was horrible to hear.
Panic drained the blood from my cheeks.
[ The Odyssey, (chapter Lambda), by Homer ]

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@ "As I walked the perimeter of this room, all of it was revealed except one center square." 
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d "Uh... okay. And this is worthy of all that yelling?" 
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@ "Don't you see? It's a one in a skillion chance! It's like a NetHack monument!" 
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d "Wow, that's great and everything. Now go in, there might be a ringThree Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne,
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
        [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

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@ "And ruin it?! But, the majesty of it, man!" 
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@ "Don't the ramifications just explode in your mind like an amazing fractal?" 
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d "Amazing frac—? Whatever, do what you want. Miss the magic lampWhen he came to himself he told his mother what had passed,
and showed her the lamp and the fruits he had gathered in the
garden, which were in reality precious stones. He then asked
for some food.

"Alas! child," she said, "I have nothing in the house, but I
have spun a little cotton and will go and sell it."

Aladdin bade her keep her cotton, for he would sell the lamp
instead. As it was very dirty she began to rub it, that it
might fetch a higher price. Instantly a hideous genie
appeared, and asked what she would have. She fainted away,
but Aladdin, snatching the lamp, said boldly:
"Fetch me something to eat!"
        [ Aladdin, from The Arabian Nights, by Andrew Lang ]

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d "Honestly, Dudley, this place is curdling your brain."
@ "But... but..." 
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@ "Sigh."
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averin February 19, 2008 01:18
First comment: 19 January, 2008 6 comments written
Doesn't get much better than this.
Kernigh February 19, 2008 03:19
First comment: 6 April, 2005 349 comments written
I like this comic, because Geko drew a partly revealed room. That is not easy to draw, and we rarely witness a partly revealed room in Dudley's dungeon.

Because I do not know NetHack's exact rules for field of vision, I avoid partly revealed rooms. When I drew Dudley Potter in Squealspots, I carefully placed Dudley inside lit rooms to fully reveal the rooms, and I closed the doors to other rooms. In comic 20080129, I intentionally chose to draw a dark room.

"Field of vision" (or "line of sight") is a nontrivial topic:
http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php?title=Field_of_Vision
Wonderer February 19, 2008 03:43
First comment: 22 March, 2007 106 comments written
You could ask your little dogA domestic animal, the _tame dog_ (_Canis familiaris_), of
which numerous breeds exist. The male is called a dog,
while the female is called a bitch. Because of its known
loyalty to man and gentleness with children, it is the
world's most popular domestic animal. It can easily be
trained to perform various tasks.

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. to fetch whatever there is but of course, Dogley would simply lie and drive you mad.

Wearing a blindfoldThe blindfolding was performed by binding a piece of the
yellowish linen whereof those of the Amahagger who condescended
to wear anything in particular made their dresses tightly round
the eyes. This linen I afterwards discovered was taken from the
tombs, and was not, as I had first supposed, of native
manufacture. The bandage was then knotted at the back of the
head, and finally brought down again and the ends bound under
the chin to prevent its slipping. Ustane was, by the way, also
blindfolded, I do not know why, unless it was from fear that she
should impart the secrets of the route to us.
        [ She, by H. Rider Haggard ]

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. and kicking blindly doesn't reveal the square but it surely makes you look stupid.

Does ruining a NetHack Monument incur alignment penalty to an archeologistArcheology is the search for fact, not truth. [...]
So forget any ideas you've got about lost cities, exotic travel,
and digging up the world. We do not follow maps to buried
treasure, and X never, ever, marks the spot.
        [ Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ]

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jukka February 19, 2008 12:01
First comment: 22 November, 2006 57 comments written
This was just hilarious!
To see Dudley's enthusiasm and fuzzing and jumping up and down for what turned out to be... - nothing at all. But it COULD have been a magic lampWhen he came to himself he told his mother what had passed,
and showed her the lamp and the fruits he had gathered in the
garden, which were in reality precious stones. He then asked
for some food.

"Alas! child," she said, "I have nothing in the house, but I
have spun a little cotton and will go and sell it."

Aladdin bade her keep her cotton, for he would sell the lamp
instead. As it was very dirty she began to rub it, that it
might fetch a higher price. Instantly a hideous genie
appeared, and asked what she would have. She fainted away,
but Aladdin, snatching the lamp, said boldly:
"Fetch me something to eat!"
        [ Aladdin, from The Arabian Nights, by Andrew Lang ]

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. or a wand of'Saruman!' he cried, and his voice grew in power and authority.
'Behold, I am not Gandalf the Grey, whom you betrayed. I am
Gandalf the White, who has returned from death. You have no
colour now, and I cast you from the order and from the Council.'
He raised his hand, and spoke slowly in a clear cold voice.
'Saruman, your staff is broken.' There was a crack, and the
staff split asunder in Saruman's hand, and the head of it
fell down at Gandalf's feet. 'Go!' said Gandalf. With a cry
Saruman fell back and crawled away.
        [ The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
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Wonderer, Dogley COULD lie or just make Dudley irritatingly unsure whether he is lying or telling the truth..
Mordae February 19, 2008 13:34
First comment: 11 May, 2007 116 comments written
It's a thing of beauty.
Fathead February 24, 2008 18:37
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
Poor guy!
Strephon March 3, 2008 02:46
First comment: 12 March, 2007 17 comments written
Anyone else remember the old versions where MedusaMedusa, one of the three Gorgons or Graeae, is the only one
of her sisters to have assumed mortal form and inhabited the
dungeon world.

When Perseus was grown up Polydectes sent him to attempt the
conquest of Medusa, a terrible monster who had laid waste the
country. She was once a beautiful maiden whose hair was her
chief glory, but as she dared to vie in beauty with Minerva,
the goddess deprived her of her charms and changed her
beautiful ringlets into hissing serpents. She became a cruel
monster of so frightful an aspect that no living thing could
behold her without being turned into stone. All around the
cavern where she dwelt might be seen the stony figures of men
and animals which had chanced to catch a glimpse of her and
had been petrified with the sight. Perseus, favoured by
Minerva and Mercury, the former of whom lent him her shield
and the latter his winged shoes, approached Medusa while she
slept and taking care not to look directly at her, but guided
by her image reflected in the bright shield which he bore, he
cut off her head and gave it to Minerva, who fixed it in the
middle of her Aegis.
        [ Bulfinch's Mythology, by Thomas Bulfinch ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
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NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. would be in a random room with no lightStrange creatures formed from energy rather than matter,
lights are given to self-destructive behavior when battling
foes.

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
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(Great comic, BTW.)
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