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Dudley's (New, Improved) Dungeon

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@ "A scroll...good."
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n-a scroll labelled TODAY'S COMIC
Drop what? [$a-zA]n 
                    
                    
                    
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@ "Eew. I'm not reading it."

Drop what? [$a-zA]n

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You can't. It is cursed.
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8 Comments

#1 NobodySpecial Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:21:40
I guess that would be the other reason to zap yourself with a wand of fire.
#2 TJR Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:47:47
You can't tell by the label what a scroll really is in Nethack.

Dudley has died often enough to wands. I think he's going to undress, deal with the scroll, and take a bath. Since the scroll is cursed, and not junk mail, it must have very explicit content:

Think of the contract Dudley signed to battle all those wimpy newts.
#3 Medandrea Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:17:01
Bizarre metacomic. But I like it.
#4 Zarpheek Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:57:20
Read what? n
Your brain is on fire!
#5 minmay Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:58:37
TJR: In really, really old versions, you could tell by the label. YUM YUM, for example, was always the scroll of food detection, and THANX MAUD was always the scroll of amnesia.
#6 TJR Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:32:43
@minmay: http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Scroll_origins claims fixed scroll labels are a myth about Hack 1.0.
#7 Sorceror Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:56:21
Zarpheek: WIN!
#8 Inkhoof Tue, 7 Aug 2012 22:52:56
Footnote makes it an E

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