Dudley's (New, Improved) Dungeon

< Jan 7th, 2010 >

GreyMario

f - a string.       
                    
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+...@.............| 
|.....)..>........| 
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@ "I wonder what I could use this for?"

g - a dagger.       
                    
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+.................| 
|.....@..>........| 
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@ "String, dagger..."

Apply what? f

Tie string to what? g

You tie the string  
to the dagger.      
g - a Dagger of     
Returning.          
|.....@..>........| 
|.................| 
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@ "Thank you, ingenuity! I can't wait to try out this baby!"

                    
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@ "Sweet, this is convenient."

Throw what? g

In what direction? 6

                    
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The Dagger of Returning hits the floating eye! The floating eye is killed!

Apply what? g

                    
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The Dagger of Returning hits you! You die...

@ "Bah."

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Pointy.

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12 Comments

#1	SmashFan2005	Thu, 7 Jan 2010 00:50:07
Saw the joke coming a mile away, and even then it wasn't that funny... I do like the string effect however. Last edited: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 00:50:38
#2	Sorceror	Thu, 7 Jan 2010 01:32:53
What would have made this better is Dogley: "I've got a bad feeling about this."
#3	Anonymous	Thu, 7 Jan 2010 03:11:19
"get over here!"
#4	ajbRad	Thu, 7 Jan 2010 14:29:17
Aren't Daggers of Returning in Crawl?
#5	GreyMario	Thu, 7 Jan 2010 18:26:00
The whole tie-a-string-to-a-dagger thing came up in IRC. :U
#6	Quint	Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:16:22
Well, kudos to IRC then! Man, I should visit them sometime. And finish my currently-outstanding game on NAO. And then start a new one, and waste the next five hours playing Nethack again. Last edited: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:16:59
#7	mijae	Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:12:50
Making a fancy-sounding "Dagger of Returning" from just tying on some string reminds me of 8-bit Theater's Flameface and +2 knifehat.
#8	Sorceror	Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:55:35
#3 wins for the Mortal Kombat reference.
#9	Shmuale	Mon, 17 May 2010 23:13:26
what's even worse is that the amulet was an amulet of life-saving, or whatever it's called.
#10	Anonymous	Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:49:39
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% free food!
#11	will905965	Sat, 15 Oct 2016 20:07:40
Can a dagger do that much damage with one hit?
#12	will905965	Sat, 15 Oct 2016 20:07:45
whoops double post Last edited: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:53:04

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