Dudley's (New, Improved) Dungeon

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Sorceror

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@: "So ends the ballad of Dudley, age 22, separated from his his guide and his group, several levels below the ground."

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@: "Dudley, who heard the call of The Lady and met his fate in the Dungeons of Doom, armed only with a camera and a credit card —"

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@: "tasked to find the Amulet of Yendor, and yet ill-equipped against even a simple lizard-like creature."

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@: "Let the inscription read: Here lies Dudley, killed by a newt, and tourist in the Twilight Zo-"

The newt hits Rod Serling
Rod Serling is killed!   
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https://alt.org/nethack/dudley/

In a moment, Rod Serling, the creator of Twilight Zone, will tell you about next week's episode.

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15 Comments

#1	Sorceror	Wed, 3 Feb 2010 03:33:58
OK, so I'm nowhere near as prolific a writer as the late Mr. Serling. I still think I did a good job. Ooh, my girlfriend just noticed I have "his his" in frame #2! paxed, can you fix this? Last edited: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 03:41:05
#2	mijae	Wed, 3 Feb 2010 08:43:01
For some reason, I really like the idea of tourist Dudley being "separated from his tour group", as if that was the whole start of his misadventures.
#3	Sorceror	Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:48:32
I can see people going "Wait a minute, this comic has no logical connection to the Tourist class backstory! It's meant to be a Discworld reference." To which I reply: This is the TWILIGHT ZONE.
#4	ctaboir	Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:15:18
Hey! This is a discworld référence! ;-)
#5	Chish	Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:32:59
You see here: a spellbook called "To Serve Man."
#6	Sorceror	Wed, 3 Feb 2010 14:10:45
Aloha, Dudley! Welcome to Mr Bemis's rare books! You see here a broken pair of glasses.
#7	iwantmorepies	Wed, 3 Feb 2010 14:42:20
Girlfriend? Yeah right! ;)
#8	mijae	Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:36:05
So yeah, wait till you see "next episode", tourist Dudley is going to make it a bit farther when my comic finally goes up in a couple days. ; )
#9	NorthBus	Wed, 3 Feb 2010 17:24:00
Step forward, newt. You have been judged and found obsolete.
#10	Sorceror	Wed, 3 Feb 2010 23:56:08
mijae: Recurring characters don't happen in the Twilight Zone.
#11	mijae	Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:22:28
Oh, don't worry, it's not an attempt at a sequel or anything. I just happened to also submit a strip that explicitly portrays Dudley as a tourist around the same time as you, apparently.
#12	Sorceror	Thu, 4 Feb 2010 01:16:47
mijae: was it also a new take on an old newt joke?
#13	Quint	Thu, 4 Feb 2010 05:12:59
I'm having a newt-ache from your comment Sorceror. And it feels good.
#14	mijae	Thu, 4 Feb 2010 06:16:04
@Sorcerer: er... no. ; )
#15	Sorceror	Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:40:34
I'll give you a newt ache! k - a wand of polymorph What would you like to zap? k In what direction? k Pick an object. : a lizard (newt called Quint) You hit Quint! Last edited: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 12:12:06

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