Dudley's (New, Improved) Dungeon

< Mar 27th, 2009 >

DrSunglass

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@ "Huh, I've never seen a wand of this color before."

d "Someone must have poured a potion on it."

G - a wand of something.
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@ "I wonder what this does..."

What do you want to zap?
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Something happens.      
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@ "Well, that's great."

What do you want to drop
[abcjuzDGJKLV or *?] G  
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@ "No reason to bring it with us."

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The Wizard of Yendor    
scratches his ear.      
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@ "Man, that really itches!"

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Better than nothing?

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10 Comments

#1	NobodySpecial	Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:11:42
I guess it was a wand of nothing before it was #dipped in a potion of gain level. (http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~eva/slashem/potions.html)
#2	Medandrea	Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:13:06
Nice comic. ZAP! You hear singing. ZAP! You feel aggravated towards the mastodon. ZAP! You see here an iron chain. How would the wand react if zapped with no charges left? The default message for that is "Nothing happens," but that doesn't make sense here...
#3	Quint	Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:08:04
Something happens, but you can't tell what.
#4	slowpoke	Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:12:27
Something is better than nothing. And nothing is better than sex. So, I like this new wand a lot.
#5	TobyBartels	Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:46:09
I can only rate this one Good, because the follow-up is that much better!
#6	anther	Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:33:47
Kind of reminds me of a wand of wonder. I'm rating this one excellent just because of Medandrea's comment. Also, Medandrea: If it were zapped with no charges left, the appropriate message would be "You sense a lack of something." Last edited: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:49:56
#7	Anonymous	Thu, 7 May 2009 21:11:56
@Medandrea: "Something did not happens."
#8	Anonymous	Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:12:10
"Nothing seems to happen" would be if you don't see what happened,
#9	ThePathfinder	Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:27:16
It should be a wand of wonder.
#10	Anonymous	Wed, 9 Mar 2016 15:16:01
-less.

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