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Dudley's (New, Improved) Dungeon

< May 21st, 2010 >STL
You see here 7      
blessed darts.      
j - 7 blessed darts 
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 |.d......+.......| 
#-@...............| 
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@: "These will do nicely."
You see here a book 
named "Dungeons of  
Doom for Dummies".  
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 |........@...d...| 
#-................| 
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@: "Looks helpful..."
k - a book named "Du
What do you want to 
read? [efk or ?*] k 
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 |................| 
 |........@.......| 
#-..........d.....| 
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@: "Let's see what it says..."
You feel a wrenching
Goblin hits. Goblin 
misses. Goblin hits.
Goblin hits. Goblin 
hits! You die...    
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     |....o.|       
     |$...%.|       
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Dumb and Dumber
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11 Comments

#1 DrSunglass Fri, 21 May 2010 04:49:46
My only quibble is with "Goblin hits.", which needs an article ("The goblin hits.").

#2 Sorceror Fri, 21 May 2010 05:19:32
I'm clearly missing something here.

#3 Anonymous Fri, 21 May 2010 05:43:02
Likewise.

#4 progo Fri, 21 May 2010 07:16:50
The book "Dungeons of Doom for Dummies" clearly outbeats Dudley's intelligence, hence he freezes.

Or the book could be cursed, but where's the fun in that.

#5 xolroc Fri, 21 May 2010 18:41:41
The book is meant to introduce you to the Dungeons of Doom.

It just does so the hard way.

#6 DarthCliche Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:32:28
xolroc: The footnote makes it clear that progo's interpretation is correct.

#7 octagon Thu, 1 Jul 2010 08:19:58
@DrSunglass: Possibly Dudley named the goblin "Goblin".

#8 Anonymous Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:47:29
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#9 Anonymous Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:47:46
WHY???!?!?!?!?!!?

#10 STL Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:02:36
Since no one figure it out after two and a half years: the book is uncursed, we know this because Dudley can detect blessed status of the items (from first pane). He's a priest. So the book exceeds his intelligence.

#11 ThePathfinder Wed, 25 May 2016 03:02:04
A pun on "for Dummies".

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