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Dudley's (New, Improved) Dungeon

< Jan 30th, 2009 >Dentarthurdent
Welcome, Dudley! You
are a human Rogue.  
                    
   ------------     
   |..........|     
   |...@......|     
   |....d......##   
   |..........| #   
   ------------ ### 
@ "With these dagger-chucking skills, I'll be the toughest thing in the dungeon!"
The newt bites!     
....##              
...| #              
---- #d#            
       @            
       #:# ---------
         # |        
         ##+        
           |        
@ "Oh, so you want to play? Let's see who comes out on top!"
You kill the newt!  
The dagger hits it! 
...| #              
---- #d#            
       @            
       #%# ---------
         I |        
         ##+        
           |        
@ "Ha ha! I'm unstoppable!"
...|                
....##              
...| #              
---- ###            
       #            
       d@# ---------
         : |        
         ##+        
           |        
@ "Oh crap..."
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9 Comments

#1 anther Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:04:40
Come on. :P

#2 eskimo68 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:20:41
Searching through deep nethack hides of my brain...
Is there a purple :? Nooo, errr, I need to play more. Doesn't matter actually, the idea is good anyway.

#3 DrSunglass Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:21:45
Purple : by analogy with purple L and purple h, I guess.

It's not really all that funny, and it doesn't work as a newt joke because Dudly actually kills the newt.

#4 mijae Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:19:10
Newt-king, maybe? Newt of Yendor?

#5 PIxels Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:12:08
I'd watch out for the Newt of Yendor. He carries the dread Newtonomicon, a tome of fell and awesome newtly power.

#6 ToonyMan Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:36:53
It's a newt king, the leader of them all!

#7 Quint Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:11:03
Did someone say "Newtley"?

#8 DarthCliche Fri, 4 Jun 2010 02:40:30
Purple : because of this source code comment in monst.c:
[...]
* Guidelines for color assignment:
*
* * Use the same color for all `growth stages' of a monster (ex.
* little dog/big dog, baby naga/full-grown naga.
*
* * Use colors given in names wherever possible. If the class has `real'
* members with strong color associations, use those.
*
* * Favor `cool' colors for cold-resistent monsters, `warm' ones for
* fire-resistent ones.
*
* * Try to reserve purple (magenta) for powerful `ruler' monsters (queen
* bee, kobold lord, &c.)

*
* * Subject to all these constraints, try to use color to make as many
* distinctions as the / command (that is, within a monster letter
* distinct names should map to distinct colors).
*
* The aim in assigning colors is to be consistent enough so a player can
* become `intuitive' about them, deducing some or all of these rules
* unconsciously. Use your common sense.
*/

#9 Anonymous Mon, 30 May 2011 23:19:29
That's a Rhaumbusun from SLASH'EM: http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Rhaumbusun

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