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Dudley's (New, Improved) Dungeon

< Jun 30th, 2009 >Orl
                    
                    
                    
                    
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@ "Doggy, I was thinking..."

d "You can think? Wow!"

                    
                    
                    
                    
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@ "Have you ever wondered what happened if monsters were able to read scrolls of genoci-"
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 |     Dudley     | 
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 | a floating eye | 
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Floating eyes have telepaty. And they can read.
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17 Comments

#1 Zarpheek Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:02:05
So if a monster read a cursed scroll of genocide and chose to genocide humans, would Dudley be "sent in" to the monster?
#2 SmashFan2005 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:57:17
LOL! good one.
#3 eskimo68 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:21:24
Zarpheek rocks :). Maybe "Someone reads a scroll. Someone is cursing (being surrounded by soldiers)". Dudley would be fine of course... he is a demigod after all.
#4 Thvor Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:35:57
Only gets a fair from me for choosing a monster that can't speak--that little impossibility killed the joke.

I mean, yes, it'd be humorous to see a method for a floating eye to kill Dudley on its own, but this isn't it.
#5 xCheckPoint Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:58:54
C'mon! Most of the (good) jokes include at least a little impossible-in-real-nh. Being pushed back to ingame messages (remember to not use explicitely speaking/thinking characters!) constrains the real dd artist.
#6 SmashFan2005 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:15:57
@Thvor

Yes, but they can project the words from their mind using telepathy..=) You must think.. lol.
#7 Quint Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:56:16
Hmm...I need to get some more ideas of how to get some more custom tombstone messages.

Any suggestions, people?
#8 Orl Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:59:48
Ok, Thvor, but the other choice was a mind flayer and... they can kill pretty much on their own.
And I'm not so sure that a scroll -must- be spelled loudly to work...
#9 acheron Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:30:05
I just tested it in wizmode, and if you polymorph into a floating eye, you can still read a scroll. So.
#10 Orl Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:54:53
-coughcoughrecastvotecoughcough-
Last edited: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:55:11
#11 Orl Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:07:54
I'm joking. Do what you want.
#12 ajbRad Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:31:05
The floating eye has now replaced Medusa.
Last edited: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:32:30
#13 anther Fri, 3 Jul 2009 23:50:08
This could be done in a way that added to the game, I think. In addition to solving a minor logical inconsistency, it would make players treat scrolls of genocide like the dangerous weapons they are. But you'd have to be careful... and tightly control the creation of those scrolls, to avoid making the game more unfair than Syobon Action.
#14 DarthCliche Fri, 6 Aug 2010 02:41:01
G, +1 for the first panel (it's an old joke, but a good one).
#15 DarthCliche Fri, 6 Aug 2010 02:41:17
Er, -1 for calling Dogley "Doggy".
#16 Anonymous Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:29:07
Killed by Gnome with scroll of genocide?
#17 ThePathfinder Wed, 14 Oct 2015 10:50:57
They can run shellscripts(scrolls).But luckily their CPU(brain) is too dumb to compile(learn) those source codes(spellbooks).
Last edited: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 10:53:19

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